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GODFREY, Thomas (1586-1664), of Halling, Kent; formerly of Winchelsea, Suss.; later of Hoddiford, Sellinge, Kent

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b. 3 Jan. 1586, 2nd s. of Thomas Godfrey (d.1624) jurat of Lydd, Kent, being o.s. with 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Michael Pix of Ashford, Kent; half-bro. of Richard II*. educ. Challock g.s. (Mr. John Lancashire) 1594; St. John’s, Camb. 1599; M. Temple 1603-6. m. (1) 5 May 1608, Margaret (d. 29 June 1611), da. of William Lambarde† of Westcombe, Kent, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 28 May 1612, Sarah, da. of Thomas Iles, proctor, of Hammersmith, Mdx., 9s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxii), 132; Top. et Gen. ii. 450-65. Godfrey mistakenly dated his first marriage to 1609.
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Gent. in ordinary to Henry Howard, earl of Northampton 1606–8. Top. et Gen. ii. 541.

Freeman and jurat, Winchelsea, Suss. 1609 – 11, auditor 1609 – 10, dep. mayor 1611; Ibid. 452–3; E. Suss. RO, WIN 55, ff. 150v, 162v, 170, 173v. dep. to the Guestling of the Cinque Ports for Winchelsea 1610; Top. et Gen. ii. 453; Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 392. lt. militia horse, Kent 1617, scoutmaster 1632; Top. et Gen. ii. 457, 462. commr. sewers, Walland marsh, Kent 1625, Dengemarsh 1632, Kent and Suss. 1645; C181/3, ff. 166, 189, 253; 181/4, ff. 19, 38v, 107; 181/5, ff. 41, 259; 181/6, f. 367. ?freeman, New Romney, Kent 1628; j.p. Kent 1631-at least 1642. Top. et Gen. ii. 461; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 421.

Sewer (extraordinary), king’s Household 1618. Ibid. 457.

Main residences: Halling, Kent; Winchelsea, Suss.; Hoddiford, Sellinge, Kent.
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GODFREY, Thomas (1586-1664)

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GODFREY, Richard II (1592-1642), of New Romney, Kent

Family and Education
bap. 23 Nov. 1592, 3rd s. of Thomas Godfrey (d.1624), jurat of Lydd, Kent being o.s. with 3rd w. Elizabeth, da. of Richard Allard of Biddenden, Kent; half-bro. of Thomas*. educ. St. John’s, Camb.; M. Temple 1610; travelled abroad (France, Utd. Provinces, Spanish Neths.) 1616. m. c.1615, Mary, da. of John Moyle of Buckwell, nr. Wye, Kent, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 8da.Soc. Gen. Lydd par. reg.; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 192; PROB 11/123, f. 399; Top. and Gen. ii. 453, 455-7. d. 15 Mar. 1642. W. Morris, Wye, 81.
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Freeman and jurat, New Romney 1624; E. Kent Archives Cent. NR/AC2, p. 28. dep. to the Guestling of the Cinque Ports 1624, 1626 – 27, auditor 1624, 1627; Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 431, 434, 437. commr. sewers, Walland Marsh, Kent 1625, sale of Camber Castle, Suss. 1626. C181/3, f. 89; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 115.

Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
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GLYNNE, Thomas (c.1596-1647), of Glynllivon, Caern.

Family and Education
b. c. 1596,Assuming age 18 on entry to Lincoln’s Inn. 1st s. of Sir William Glynne† of Glynllivon and Llanfwrog, Anglesey and 1st w. Jane, da. of John Griffith I* of Plas Mawr, Caernarvon and Trefarthen, Llanidan, Anglesey.J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 125, 171-2. educ. ?Oxf. Univ. 1613, L. Inn 1614.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. settlement 13 May 1636 (with £500) Ellen, da. and coh. of Owen [ap] Robert Owen of Bodafon, Llanfwrog, Anglesey, 1s. 1da.Griffith, 171; C2/Chas.I/G12/1, 2/Chas.I/G36/7. suc. fa. 1620.G. Roberts, ‘Glynnes and Wynnes of Glynllifon’, Trans. Caern. Hist. Soc. ix. 28, 40. d. bet. 26 Nov.-30 Dec. 1647.PROB 11/206, ff. 4v-5; LJ, ix. 622b. sig. T[homas] Glynne.
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Dep. lt. Caern. 1620–42;NLW, Clenennau 401; NLW, 9060E/1313; HEHL, EL7443. commr. subsidy, Caern. 1621, 1624, 1628 – 29, 1641;NLW, Brogyntyn 3329; C212/22/23; E179/220/154–6; SR, v. 67, 90. j.p. Caern. 1621 – d., Anglesey 1638–d.;JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 11–12, 26–30. sheriff, Caern. 1621–2;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 248. commr. subsidy arrears, Caern. 1626, Forced Loan 1626 – 27, knighthood fines 1630, piracy, N. Wales 1631, Poll Tax, Caern. 1641, Irish aid 1642, assessment 1642 – 43, 1647;E179/224/598, f. 2; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2; C181/4, f. 95v; SR, v. 107, 141, 157; A. and O. i. 978, 1096. col. militia ft., Caern. by 1644;Cal. N. Wales Letters ed. B.E. Howells (Bd. of Celtic Studs. Hist. and Law ser. xxiii), 61. gov., Caernarvon 1646–d.;CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 445, 563; Cal. N. Wales Letters, 61–2. v.-adm. N. Wales by Feb. 1647–d.Cal. Wynn Pprs. no. 1815; LJ, ix. 622b.

Main residence: Glynllivon, Caern.
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GLYNNE, Thomas (c.1596-1647)

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GLEMHAM, Sir Thomas (c.1598-c.1650), of Burwell, Lincs. and Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Suff.

Family and Education
b. c. 1598, 1st s. of Sir Henry Glemham* and Anne, da. of Thomas Sackville†, 1st earl of Dorset.Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 140. educ. Trin., Oxf. 1610, DCL 1645; travelled abroad 1613-16. Al. Ox.; APC, 1613-14, p. 199. m. (1) 21 May 1619, with £4,000, Catherine (d.1627), da. of Sir Peter Vanlore, merchant, of Fenchurch Street, London, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) 22 July 1630, Mary, da. of Thomas Perient of Birch, Essex, wid. of John Soame of Burnham-Westgate, Norf., s.p. R.W. Goulding, ‘Notes on the Lords of the Manor of Burwell’, Associated Architectural Socs. Reps. and Pprs. xxiv. 78; Add. 19132, f. 54; Clifford Diary ed. V. Sackville-West, 103; H.W. Billing Wayman, ‘Loans from Suff., 1627’, East Anglian, n.s. xiii. 7; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 157. Kntd. 10 Sept. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 166. suc. fa. 1632, aged 33. Goulding, 78. d. by 13 Mar. 1650. PROB 11/211, f. 297.
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Commr. sewers, Suff. 1620 – at least37, fens 1635, 1640–2, C181/3, ff. 13v, 201v; 181/5, ff. 10, 24v, 82, 181, 196v. commr. subsidy, Aldeburgh, Suff. 1621 – 22, 1624, Suff. 1642; C212/22/20–1, 23; SR, v. 156. j.p. Suff. 1622-at least 1636, C231/4, f. 142; SP16/405. capt. militia ft. by 1626, col. 1628, Add. 39245, ff. 101v, 140v. commr. Forced Loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 55v. piracy 1627, 1640, C181/3, f. 232; 181/5, f. 176. dep. lt. 1628-at least 1639, Add. 39245, f. 136v; Add. 15084, f. 4. commr. knighthood compositions 1631, E178/7198, f. 12. gaol delivery, Etheldred liberty, Suff. 1632, C181/4, f. 127. navigation, Ouse, Suff., 1635, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 306. swans, Suff. and Essex 1635, oyer and terminer, Suff. 1640, Beds. 1640, C181/5, ff. 28v, 175, 179v. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. excise (roy.), Berks., Bucks., Northants., Oxon. and Warws. 1645, regulation, Berks., Bucks. and Oxon. 1646. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 277, 286.

Capt. of ft. 1627, HMC Gawdy, 124. lt.-col. 1639, E351/292. col. 1640, E351/293. col. (roy.) 1642 – 46, col.-gen. (roy.) Northumb. 1643–4; P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 158. vol. Dutch army 1629; H. Hexham, Historical Relation of the Famous Siege of the Busse, (1630), unpag. gov. of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks. 1640–1, HMC Var. ii. 258; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 364. York (roy.) 1642 – 43, 1644, Carlisle, Cumb. (roy.) 1644 – 45, Oxford, Oxon. (roy.) 1645–6. Newman, 158

Member, Westminster Co. of Soapmakers by 1636. C66/2788/10.

Gent. of the privy chamber extraordinary to Chas. I by 1641. LC3/1, unfol.

Main residences: Burwell, Lincs.; Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Suff.
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GLEMHAM, Sir Thomas (c.1598-c.1650)

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GLEANE, Sir Peter (1564-1633), of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Norf.

Family and Education
bap. 27 June 1564,Norf. RO, St. Peter Mancroft, par. reg. o.s. of Thomas Gleane† of Norwich, alderman and draper or mercer, and Alice, da. of Robert Wolmer of Shottisham, Suff. Vis. Norf. (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv), 82; Norf. RO, Rye ms 4, p. 515. educ. BA Clare, Camb. Al. Cant. m. 1584, Maud (d. bef. 7 May 1633), da. of Robert Suckling† of St. Andrew’s, Norwich, 3s. 2da. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 130. suc. fa. 1602; B. Cozens-Hardy and E.A. Kent, Mayors of Norwich, 73. Kntd. 13 June 1624. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 184. bur. 10 May 1633. Norf. RO, St. Peter Mancroft, par. reg. sig. Peter Gleane.
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Freeman, Norwich 1606, Norf. RO, NCR/Case 16/C/5. alderman 1606 – d., sheriff 1610 – 11, auditor 1614 – 15, member, Chamberlains’ Council 1614 – 15, mayor 1615–16; Norwich City Officers ed. T. Hawes (Norf. Rec. Soc. lii), 68. commr. sewers, Norf. 1607, Norwich 1611, 1621, C181/2, ff. 46v, 149; 181/3, f. 41. oyer and terminer 1616–d., C181/2, f. 196; 181/3, f. 98; 181/4, f. 123v. gaol delivery 1618, C181/2, f. 319v. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624. C212/22/20, 21, 23.

Main residence: St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Norf.
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GLEANE, Sir Peter (1564-1633)

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GLASIER, Hugh (d.1610), of St. John’s Churchyard, Chester and Lea by Backford, Cheshire.

Family and Education
2nd s. of William Glasier† (d.1588), v.-chamberlain of the Palatinate of Chester, and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Hugh Aglionby† of London. educ. I. Temple 1580. m. Mary Crispe, 3s. suc. bro. John 1595. Lancs. and Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc. liv), 128. d. 6 July 1610. Cheshire Sheaf, 1st ser. i. pt. 3, p. 115; Cheshire Archives, CR60/83, f. 21. sig. Hu[gh] Glaseour.
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Freeman, Chester 1596, alderman 1596–d., Cheshire Archives, AB/1, f. 247; 39th DKR, 133. mayor 1602–3; J. Hemingway, Hist. Chester, i. 233; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), xiii. j.p. Cheshire 1602 – d.; adm. of the Dee 1602 – 03; asst. to chamberlain of Chester 1604–d.; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 156–7. commr. subsidy, Chester 1608, 1610, SP14/31/1; Cheshire Archives, CAS/9. inquiry, lands of Roger Hurleston, Cheshire 1609. Cheshire Archives, CHB/3, f. 97.

Main residences: St. John's Churchyard, Chester; Lea by Backford, Cheshire.
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GLASIER, Hugh (-d.1610)

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