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FLEETWOOD, Sir Gerrard (c.1582-c.1657), of Crawley, Hants and Woodstock Park, Oxon.

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b. c. 1582, yr. s. of Sir William Fleetwood I* (d.1616) of Cranford, Mdx. and Jane, da. of William Clifton of Barrington, Som.; bro. of Sir Miles*.N and Q (ser. 10), v. 48, 403; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 224. m. (1) 17 Jan. 1599, Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 64. Jane (bur. 12 Mar. 1618), da. of William Lambert of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., s.p.; N and Q (ser. 10), v. 403. (2) c.1620, Woodstock Chamberlain’s Accts. 1609-50 ed. M. Maslen (Oxon. Rec. Soc. lviii), 78. Mary, da. of William Dutton of Sherborne, Glos., wid. of George Fettiplace of Coln St. Aldwyn, Glos., 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; B. Morgan, Dutton Fam. 246; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 55. (3) aft. 1634, Isabel (bur. 24 Nov. 1642), The Gen. n.s. vi. 94. da. of Hercy Neville of Grove, Notts., wid. of Sir Richard Harpur of Hemington, Leics. and Sir Peter Frescheville* of Staveley, Derbys., s.p.; Fam. Min. Gent. (Harl. Soc. xl), 1235. (4) Anne (d.1690/1), s.p. N and Q (ser. 10), v. 403-4. Kntd. 9 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 112. d. c. 1657. sig. Ger[rard] Fletewood.
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Freeman, Southampton 1608; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. ranger, Woodstock Park, Oxon. 1611–?42; N and Q (ser. 10), v. 404; CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 458; VCH Oxon. xii. 440. commr. poll tax, Hants 1641, SR, v. 155. raising money (roy.) 1643–4. SP23/178, f. 92.

Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) 1629-at least 1641. LC3/132, f. 137; LC3/1, unfol.

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FLEETWOOD, Sir Gerrard (c.1582-c.1657), of Crawley, Hants and Woodstock Park, Oxon.
Main residences: Crawley, Hants.; Woodstock Park, Oxon.
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FITZWILLIAM, Walter (c.1575-1654), of Dogsthorpe, Northants.

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b. c.1575, 2nd s. of Sir William Fitzwilliam† (d.1618) of Milton, Northants. and Winifred, da. of Sir Walter Mildmay† of Apethorpe, Northants. chan. of exch. 1559-89; bro. of William, 1st Bar. Fitzwilliam of Liffer [I].M.E. Finch, Five Northants. Fams. (Northants. Rec. Soc. xix), 240. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1591; travelled abroad (Italy) 1606. Al. Cant.; HMC Hatfield, xviii. 102. prob. unm. bur. 7 Jan. 1654 7 Jan. 1654. Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 635.
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Commr. preservation of ditches, Lincs., Northants., and Cambs. 1605, C181/1, f. 118. gaol delivery, Peterborough, Northants. 1606, 1618–25, C181/2, ff. 3, 314v; 181/3, ff. 85, 115. sewers, Northants. and Lincs. 1609–27, C181/2, ff. 84, 119v, 330v; 181/3, ff. 35v, 99, 217v. j.p. Peterborough. by 1623–5. C181/3, ff. 85, 155.

Carver, king’s Household 1615, STAC 8/144/6. cupbearer by 1616; Lansd. 273, f. 28. gent of privy chamber extraordinary by 1625-at least 1641; LC2/6, f. 38; LC3/1, unfol. commr. inquiry into timber imports 1638. CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 363.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610-c.1612. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 467, 546, 982; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 292.

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FITZWILLIAM, Walter (c.1575-1654), of Dogsthorpe, Northants.
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FISHER, John (fl.1613-1642).

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?; ?unm. sig. John Fysher.
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Muster-master of militia, Northants. by 1613-at least 1619,HMC Buccleuch, iii. 155–6, 217. Canterbury 1624-at least 1630, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/FA/23, ff. 204, 339v; CC/AC/4, f. 6v. London 1635-at least 1642; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 378; 1641–3, pp. 152, 222. freeman, Canterbury 1625. Roll of Freemen of City of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 317.

Gent. pens. by 1625-at least 1637. LC2/6, f. 47v; Procs. 1628, vi. 129; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 29.

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FISHER, John (fl.1613-1642).
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FISHER, Richard (d.1634), of Old Street ward, Ludlow, Salop.

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m. by 1597, Mary (bur.12 Feb. 1632), 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.). bur. 1 Nov. 1634 1 Nov. 1634.Ludlow (Salop par. reg. soc. xiii), 116-55, 276, 279, 319, 348, 353. sig. R[ichard] Fissher.
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Freeman, Ludlow 1600, common cllr. 1601 – 05, chamberlain 1602 – 03, low bailiff 1604 – 05, alnager 1605 – 06, alderman 1608 – d., high bailiff 1609 – 10, 1618 – 19, 1627 – 28, coroner 1610 – 11, 1619 – 20, 1621–2. Salop RO, LB2/1/1, ff. 31v, 35v, 42, 53, 58v, 69, 80, 87, 123, 126v, 134v, 156.

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FISHER, Richard (d.1634), of Old Street ward, Ludlow, Salop.
Main residence: Old Street ward, Ludlow, Salop.
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FINCH, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (1578-1639), of Icklesham, nr. Winchelsea, Suss. and Charterhouse Yard, London; later of Eastwell, Kent

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b. 13 June 1578, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of (Sir) Moyle Finch†, 1st Bt. (d.1614), of Eastwell, and Elizabeth, suo jure 1st countess of Winchilsea, da. and h. of (Sir) Thomas Heneage† of Copt Hall, Essex, chan. of the Duchy of Lancaster 1590-5; bro. of Francis*, Heneage*, John I* and Sir Theophilus*.B. l’Anson, Finch Fam. 41. educ. Trin., Camb. c.1592; Padua 1605-6; Al. Cant.; HMC Finch, i. 38; G.L. Andrich, Univ. Patavinae, 137. travelled abroad (Italy, France) 1605-6. HMC Hatfield, xvii. 262; HMC Finch, i. 38. m. 19 Feb. 1609, Cicely (d.1642), da. of John Wentworth† of Gosfield Hall, Gosfield, Essex, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.). St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street (Harl. Soc. reg. lxxii), 5; Misc. Gen. et Her. ii. 336. Kntd. 8 Jan. 1609; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 147. suc. bro. Sir Theophilus as 3rd Bt. 20 Nov. 1619; styled. Visct. Maidstone 12 July 1628; suc. mother as 2nd earl of Winchilsea 23 Mar. 1634. CB; CP. d. 4 Nov. 1639.
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J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1618-at least 1636, C231/4, f. 66; C193/13/2. Kent 1636–d.; C231/5, f. 192; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 263, 364. freeman, Winchelsea 1621; E. Suss. RO, WIN 55, f. 234v. commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1616-at least 1623. C181/2, ff. 247, 295; 181/3, f. 94.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627. Bodl. Tanner 71, f. 161.

Commr. swans c.1628. C181/3, f. 267.

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FINCH, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (1578-1639), of Icklesham, nr. Winchelsea, Suss. and Charterhouse Yard, London; later of Eastwell, Kent
Main residences: Icklesham, nr. Winchelsea, Suss.; Charterhouse Yard, London; Eastwell, Kent.
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FINCH, John II (1584-1660), of the Moat and Christchurch, Canterbury, Kent and Gray’s Inn, London

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b. 17 Sept. 1584, 1st s. of Henry Finch*, sjt.-at-law, of Whitefriars, Canterbury, and Ursula, da. and h. of John Thwaites of Ulcombe, Kent; bro. of Nathaniel†. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1596; G. Inn 1601, called 1611. m. ?1612, Eleanor (bur. 7 Dec. 1623), da. of George Wyat of Boxley, Kent, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) ?1627, Mabella (d. Sept. 1669), da. of Charles Fotherby, dean of Canterbury, of Bishopsbourne, Kent, s.p.W.H. Terry, Life and Times of John, Ld. Finch, 16, 65; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, 195; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 93. Kntd. 15 June 1625; suc. fa. 1625; cr. Bar. Finch of Fordwich, Kent 7 Apr. 1640. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 188; CP. d. 20 or 27 Nov. 1660. C.F. Routledge, Hist. of St. Martin’s, Canterbury, 163; Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 52. sig. Jo[hn] Finch.
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Custos brevium, k.b. 1611; C3/303/51. bencher, G. Inn by 1617 – 34, asst. reader 1617, reader 1618, dean of the Chapel 1626, treas. 1626–7; PBG Inn, 227, 230, 271, 274, 500. recorder, Canterbury 1617 – 19, 1620 – 21, ?1625; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/FA/22(1), ff. 295, 395; FA/22(2), f. 448v; FA/23, f. 39; Sloane 1455, ff. 1–3v, 4–8; I. Temple Lib., Petyt 538/51, f. 23. KC 1626–d.; List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 85. att.-gen. to Queen Henrietta Maria 1626–34;LR5/57, f. 8v; Sloane 1455, ff. 8–9. counsel-gen. (jt.) Cinque Ports 1627–34; Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 438, 463. sjt.-at-law 1634; c.j.c.p. 1634 – 19 Jan. 1636, 21 Jan. 1636–40; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 511; Sainty, Judges, 49. dep. (jt.) c.j. in Eyre, S. of Trent 1635-at least 1636; CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 487; C99/9, 53, 87. judge of assize, Western circ. 1635–9; Western Circ. Assize Orders 1629–48 ed. J.S. Cockburn (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xvii), 81–181. ld. kpr. 1640–1. PC2/51, p. 3.

Freeman, Canterbury 1617, Roll of Freemen of City of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 316. common cllr. by 1626; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U66, f. 29. j.p. Kent by 1619 – at least39, Mdx. 1629 – at least36, Cornw. Devon, Dorset, Hants, Som. and Wilts. by 1636; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 134; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 364; commr. martial law, Kent 1626, Forced Loan 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 94, 144. inquiry, Hyde Park waterworks, Mdx. 1633, BRL, 602204/308. sewers, Westminster 1634, Surr. and Kent 1639; C181/4, f. 191; 181/5, f. 153. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1635, Midland circ. 1636, Western circ. 1637–8, BRL, 603372/101, 109, 114, 123. composition, forests of Dean and Essex 1635, Rymer, ix. pt. 1, p. 20. charitable uses, Kent 1637–40; C192/1, unfol. high steward, Camb. 1640; C.H. Cooper, Annals of Camb. iii. 295. gov. Charterhouse Hosp. London 1640–1. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 853; LMA, Acc/1876/G/02/02, f. 23v.

Commr. revenues of Queen Henrietta Maria 1627, LR5/57, f. 9r-v. exacted fees 1630, CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 236. regulation of starchmakers 1632, Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 217. execution of poor laws 1632, PC2/42, f. 54. examination of Hanaper accts. 1633, enforcement of soap monopoly 1634; BRL, 602204/293; C181/4, f. 186. trustee, Queen Henrietta Maria’s lands by 1635, chan. 1636–?40, Soc. Antiq. ms 565; Diary of Sir Richard Hutton 1614–39 ed. W.R. Prest (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. ix), 106. commr. lands of Queen Henrietta Maria 1639; BRL, 602756/229. PC 1640–?9; PC2/51, p. 3; HMC Portland, i. 192. commr. Regency 1640; Rymer, ix. pt. 3, p. 31. esq. of the Body (extraordinary) by 1641. LC3/1, unfol.

Speaker of House of Commons 1628 – 29.

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FINCH, John II (1584-1660), of the Moat and Christchurch, Canterbury, Kent and Gray’s Inn, London
Main residences: the Moat; Christchurch, Canterbury, Kent; Gray's Inn, London.
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