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GLANVILLE, John (1586-1661), of Tavistock, Devon and Lincoln’s Inn; later of Broad Hinton, Wilts. and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

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b. c.1586, 2nd s. of John Glanville† (d.1600) of Tavistock, j.c.p. 1598-d. and Alice, da. of John Skerret of Tavistock; bro. of Francis*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 411. educ. L. Inn 1603, called 1610; DCL Oxf. 1644. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 131; Al. Ox. m. by 1615, Winifred, da. of William Bourchier of Barnsley, Glos., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. Vivian, 411, 413. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1641. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. d. 2 Oct. 1661. Vivian, 411.
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Fee’d counsel, Liskeard, Cornw. c.1612-at least 1624, Cornw. RO, B/LIS/273, 280. Plymouth, Devon by 1617, W. Devon RO, W132, f. 181v. recorder, Okehampton, Devon from c.1613, W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 364. Plymouth 1620–40, HMC 9th Rep. i. 266. Launceston, Cornw. by 1621-at least 1630, Cornw. RO, B/LAUS/297, 342. Bristol 1630–46; D.H. Sacks, Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 237–8. reader, Thavies Inn 1618, Readers and Readings in the Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. spec. ser. xiii), 139. L. Inn 1630, bencher 1627 – 37, marshal 1629–30; LI Black Bks. ii. 270, 289. sjt.-at-law 1637–d., Order of Sjts.-at-Law, 186. king’s sjt. 1640 – 49, 1660–1. List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. spec. ser. vii), 19.

Sec. at war, Cadiz expedition 1625; HMC Cowper, i. 201. prothonotary, Chancery 1633–6; C66/2183/17; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 220. Speaker of House of Commons 13 Apr.-5 May 1640. CJ, ii. 3a.

J.p. Wilts. 1637 – c.45, 1660 – d., Hants 1643 – 44, Devon, Dorset and Som. from 1643; C231/5, p. 250; C220/9/4, f. 95v; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 94–5, 243. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1637–42, C181/5, ff. 73–4, 220–1. assessment, Wilts. 1660. SR, v. 221 (as Granville).

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GLANVILLE, John (1586-1661), of Tavistock, Devon and Lincoln’s Inn; later of Broad Hinton, Wilts. and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
Main residences: Tavistock, Devon; Lincoln's Inn; Broad Hinton, Wilts.; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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GLANVILLE, John (c.1586-1661)

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GLANVILLE, Francis (1582-1639), of Kilworthy, nr. Tavistock, Devon

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b. c. May 1582,C142/271/158. 1st s. of John Glanville† of Tavistock, j.c.p. 1598-d. and Alice, da. of John Skerret of Tavistock; bro. of John*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 411. educ. L. Inn 1597. LI Admiss. m. 21 Sept. 1604, Elizabeth, da. of William Crimes of Buckland Monachorum, Devon, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 9da. (3 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1600; Vivian, 411-12. Kntd. 16 May 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 176. d. 16 Jan. 1639. C142/582/167.
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J.p. Devon c.1604-c.1635, C66/1662; C193/13/2. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. dep. lt. 1623-at least 1635, CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 127; SP16/291/14. commr. fees 1623, Bodl. Tanner 287, f. 72. piracy 1624, 1630, 1637, C181/3, f. 130; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, f. 84. Privy Seal loan 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 222. martial law, Devon and Cornw. 1626, HMC Cowper, i. 276. Forced Loan, Devon 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 10v. sewers 1627, 1634, C181/3, f. 217v; 181/4, f. 163v. knighthood fines 1631, SP16/187/18. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral 1633, GL, ms 25475/1, f. 14. survey, Catwater harbour, Plymouth, Devon 1636. PC2/45, p. 419.

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GLANVILLE, Francis (1582-1639), of Kilworthy, nr. Tavistock, Devon
Main residence: Kilworthy, nr. Tavistock, Devon.
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GILES, Sir Edward (1566-1637), of Bowden House, Ashprington and Dean Court, Dean Prior, Devon

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bap. 21 July 1566, o. surv. s. of John Giles† of Bowden and Agnes, da. of Hugh Stukeley of Afton, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, p. 409. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1583; Al. Ox. New Inn; M. Temple 1585. M. Temple Admiss. m. 28 Jan. 1588, Mary (bur. 26 Jan. 1643), da. and h. of Edmund Drew of Hayne, Devon, wid. of Walter Northcote (d. 30 Sept. 1587) of Crediton, Devon, s.p. Vivian, 409, 581. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 118. suc. fa. 1606. bur. 28 Dec. 1637 28 Dec. 1637. Soc. Gen., DE/REG/107408/2 (Dean Prior burial reg.). sig. Edward Giles.
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Officer militia, Devon by 1596, HMC 15th Rep. vii. 14. commr. inquiry, Sir Robert Bassett’s† lands 1606, C181/1, f. 130. piracy, Devon 1607 – d., Exeter, Devon 1607-at least 1612, C181/2, ff. 52, 175; 181/5, f. 84. oyer and terminer 1612, C181/2, f. 164v. sheriff, Devon 1612–13, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 37. capt. militia ft. by 1613, HMC 15th Rep. vii. 63. j.p. c.1613–d., C66/1988; C193/13/2, f. 14v. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. impressment 1623, 1625, APC, 1621–3, p. 436; 1623–5, p. 499. sub-commr. fees 1623, Bodl. Tanner 287, f. 72. dep. lt. 1626–?d., E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes Mayors’, Western Antiquary, xi. 74; SP16/291/14. commr. Forced Loan 1627; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 10. freeman, Totnes, Devon by 1629; Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxxii. 112. commr. sewers, Devon 1634, C181/4, f. 163v. col.-gen. militia 1635. SP16/291/14.ii.

Vol. Low Countries bef. 1603. J. Prince, Worthies of Devon, 421.

Member, New Eng. Co. 1620. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 898.

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GILES, Sir Edward (1566-1637), of Bowden House, Ashprington and Dean Court, Dean Prior, Devon
Main residences: Bowden House, Ashprington; Dean Court, Dean Prior, Devon.
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GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643), of King’s Somborne, Hants.

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b. 31 Oct. 1577,C142/248/13. 2nd s. of Sir Henry Gifford† (d.1592) PROB 11/81, f. 60; C142/234/73. of King’s Somborne and Susan, da. of Henry Brouncker of Erlestoke, Wilts., wid. of Robert Halswell of Halswell, Som. Hants Field Club Pprs. ix. 12-14. m. May 1601, Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 124. his cos. Winifred, da. of Sir Henry Wallop† of Farleigh Wallop, Hants, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Hants Field Club Pprs. ix. 12-14. suc. bro. 1597. PROB 11/90, f. 232. Kntd. 7 May 1603. Nichols, Progs. Jas. I, i. 112. bur. 28 Nov. 1643 28 Nov. 1643. Hants Field Club Pprs. ix. 14.
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Capt. militia ft. Hants 1603–12, Whithed Letter Bk. (Hants Rec. ser. i), 21, 27, 95. horse 1625; Add. 21922, f. 5. ranger, Chute forest, Wilts. 1606–d.; C66/1720; Lansd. 1217, f. 63. steward, Stockbridge, Hants July-Nov. 1609; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 221. warden, Roche forest, Som. 1609–27; C66/1685; Som. RO, DD/PH223, f. 44. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1610; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. commr. sewers, Winchester, Hants 1617, C181/2, f. 296v. gaol delivery 1618–24, Ibid. ff. 325v, 335v, 181/3, ff. 47v, 74, 103. alderman 1620–d.; Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 11, passim. commr. martial law, Hants 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. oyer and terminer 1628, APC, 1627–8, p. 318. swans, Hants, Wilts., Dorset, Som., Devon and Cornw. 1629, C181/4, f. 2. assessment Hants 1641, SR, v. 88. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. j.p. 1642–?d. C231/5, p. 528.

Member, earl of Hertford’s embassy to Spanish Neths. 1605; HMC Bath, iv. 200. gent. of privy chamber extraordinary to Charles I, c.?1628. LC3/1.

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GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643), of King’s Somborne, Hants.
Main residence: King's Somborne, Hants.
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V.C.D.M.
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GIFFARD, Emmanuel (c.1580-1634), of Whitehall, London

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b. c. 1580, 3rd s. of John Giffard, ‘priest’, and da. of one Wyot. unm. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 181; PROB 6/15, f. 19. bur. 10 Apr. 1634.Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 566.
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Servant to James I by 1620; commr. for Irish affairs 1625; gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) 1632–4. SP14/118/26; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 46; LC5/132, f. 281.

Freeman, Rye 1621. E. Suss. RO, RYE 1/10, f. 210.

Member, embassy to Germany 1631–2. T. Birch, Court and Times of Chas. I, ii. 153–4; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 206.

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GIFFARD, Emmanuel (c.1580-1634), of Whitehall, London
Main residence: Whitehall, London.
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J.P.F.
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GIFFARD, Emmanuel (c.1580-1634)

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