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FINCH, John I (1579-1630), of the Inner Temple and St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London

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b. 22 Nov. 1579, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of (Sir) Moyle Finch†, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth, suo jure 1st countess of Winchelsea, da. of (Sir) Thomas Heneage† of Copt Hall, Essex, chan. of Duchy of Lancaster 1590-5; bro. of Francis*, Heneage*, Sir Theophilus* and Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt.*; educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1594; I. Temple 1598, called 1606. m. by 1620, Anne (d. ?1624), da. of Thomas Walker, c. usher of exch. 1603-13, of Westminster, 2s. 1da. (d.v.p.).B. l’Anson, Hist. Finch Fam. 41; Misc. Gen. et Her. ii. 337; W. Berry, County Genealogies. Peds. of Fams. in Kent (1830), p. 207. d. Sept. 1630.
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Dep. recorder, London 1619–24.CLRO, Reps. 34, f. 162; 39, f. 10v.

Freeman, Winchelsea 1624. E. Suss. RO, WIN 55, f. 279.

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FINCH, John I (1579-1630), of the Inner Temple and St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London
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FINCH, Henry (c.1558-1625), of Gray’s Inn, London and Whitefriars, Canterbury, Kent; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London

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b. c. 1558, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Finch† (d.1563) of The Mote, Canterbury and Katherine, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Moyle†, Speaker 1542, of Eastwell, Kent; bro. of (Sir) Moyle Finch†. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1572, BA 1576; G. Inn 1577, called 1585. m. by 1584, Ursula, da. and h. of William Thwaites of Ulcombe, Kent, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Kent (Harl. soc. xlii), 68; PROB 11/48, f. 355v; St. George’s Canterbury Par. Reg. ed. J.M. Cowper, 16-20, 178-9; W.H. Terry, Life and Times of John, Lord Finch, 16; Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 336. Kntd. 20 June 1616. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 158. bur. 13 Oct. 1625 13 Oct. 1625.
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Freeman, Canterbury, Kent 1590, St. Albans, Herts. 1614; Freemen of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 316; HALS, St. Albans corp. ms 155. j.p. Kent c. 1592 – d., Canterbury 1608; commr. sewers, Wittersham levels, Kent and Suss. 1604 – at least09, E. Kent 1604, C181/1, p. 189. Kent 1620–d., C181/1, p. 180; 181/2, f. 88v; 181/3, ff. 3v, 157v. subsidy, Kent and Canterbury 1608, Kent 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. aid, Canterbury 1609, SP14/43/107. piracy, Cinque Ports 1612-at least 1616, C181/2, ff. 185, 247. recorder, Sandwich, Kent 1613–d.; W. Boys, Sandwich, 423; E. Kent Archives Cent. Sa/AC 7, f. 35. commr. oyer and terminer, Sandwich 1613, Home circ. 1618 – d., charitable uses, Kent 1615, 1616;C181/2, ff. 82, 198v, 307; C93/6/18; 93/7/7. high steward, Faversham, Kent 1617; W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 361. commr. improvement, L. Inn Fields 1618, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. inquiry, Wye Coll. Kent 1622. C181/3, f. 78.

Fee’d counsel, Cinque Ports 1593, Sandwich 1595, Boys, 423, 779. Haberdashers’ Co. London 1607, GL, ms 15842/1, f. 159. New Romney, Kent by 1624;E. Kent Archives Cent., NR/AC/2, p. 27. ancient, G. Inn 1593, bencher 1604 – 16, reader 1604, reader’s asst. 1605; PBG Inn, 159, 161, 167, 168, 171. reader, Barnard’s Inn c.1595; Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 192. commr. codification of penal laws 1610; Add. 11402, f. 160. sjt.-at-law 1614, king’s-sjt. 1616–d. Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 511; List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J.C. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 17.

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FINCH, Henry (c.1558-1625), of Gray’s Inn, London and Whitefriars, Canterbury, Kent; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London
Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Whitefriars, Canterbury, Kent; Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, London.
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FIENNES, James (c.1603-1674), of Broughton Castle, Oxon.

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b. c. 1603, 1st s. of William, 1st Visct. Saye and Sele and Elizabeth, da. of John Temple of Burton Dassett, Warws. and Stowe, Bucks.; bro. of John† and Nathaniel Fiennes†.CP, xi. 488. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1618, Emmanuel 1622; travelled abroad 1624-5; L. Inn 1628. Al. Cant.; APC, 1623-5, p. 392; LI Admiss. m. bef. 1631, Frances (d.1684), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Cecil*, Visct. Wimbledon, 3s. d.v.p. 2da. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. 14 Apr. 1662. d. 15 Mar. 1674. CP, xi. 489.
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J.p. Oxon. 1632 – 36, 1641 – 48, c.1660–d.; C231/5, pp. 75, 219, 431; C193/13/2, ff. 53–4; C220/9/4. commr. sewers, Oxon. and Berks. 1635, C181/4, f. 179. oyer and terminer 1641, C181/5, f. 400. execution of ordinances, Oxon. 1644, assessment 1644, Glos. and Oxon. 1647, 1657, 1660 – 62, appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Glos. and Oxon. 1648, 1660; A. and O. i. 456, 542, 927, 966, 972, 1083, 1090, 1136, 1237, 1241; ii. 1077, 1376, 1432, 1440. dep. lt. Oxon. 1660 – 68, ld. lt. 1668–d.; SP29/11, f. 223; 29/42, f. 115v. freeman, Oxford 1668. Oxf. Council Acts ed. M.G. Hobson (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. ii), 27.

Commr. exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648. A. and O. i. 853, 1209.

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FIENNES, James (c.1603-1674), of Broughton Castle, Oxon.
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FIELD, Joseph (1570-1627), of Trinity ward, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

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bap. 31 Dec. 1570, ?o.s. of Richard Field, mariner, of Hull.Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 332; Hull RO, freemen’s reg. 1396-1645, f. 116v. m. (1) 17 May 1591, Isabell (bur. 9 Sept. 1609), da. of Richard Kay, mariner, of Hull, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.);Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 30-79, 198, 328, 374, 379, 403, 409, 414, 437, 454, 461; Hull RO, freemen’s reg. 1396-1645, f. 90v. (2) by 1612, Joan (bur. ?8 June 1640),The register gives ‘Jane Field widow’ [Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 491], but Joan Field disappeared from the subsidy accts. in 1641 [E179/205/440, 461, 469]. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 98-124, 429, 440; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 40, f. 156v; E179/205/440. suc. fa. by 1591.Field’s father was dead when he took up his freedom: Hull RO, freemen’s reg. 1396-1645, f. 116v. bur. 16 Dec. 1627 16 Dec. 1627. Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 463. sig. Joseph Feild.
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Freeman, Hull 1591, chamberlain 1595 – 96, sheriff 1600 – 01, alderman 1602 – d., mayor 1603 – 04, 1614–15; Hull RO, freemen’s reg. f. 116v; Bench Bk. 4, ff. 295v, 333v, 343v, 353; Bench Bk. 5, ff. 18, 92v. feoffee, Hull g.s. 1604–?d.; Hull RO, D.786, D.817. collector subsidy, Hull 1606, E401/2406. overseer, Charity Hall 1618–19. Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, f. 28v.

Member, Hull Merchants’ Co. 1591; Hull RO, Merchants’ Soc. Reg. 1647–1706 [DSN 1]. Merchant Adventurer by ?1602, MI in Holy Trinity, Hull. His earliest recorded shipment to the staple at Middelburg was in 1602, see E190/311/11, f. 17v. dep. gov. 1619; APC, 1619–21, pp. 90–1. member, ?Eastland Co. by 1602, He was trading with the staple at Elbing by 1602: E190/311/11, f. 3. French Co. 1611. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 65.

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FIELD, Joseph (1570-1627), of Trinity ward, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
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FETHERSTONHAUGH (FETHERSTONE), Francis (1574/5-1638), of The Strand, Westminster

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b. 1574 /5, 2nd s. of John Fetherstonhaugh (d.1619) of Stanhope Hall, Wardell, co. Dur. and Margaret, da. of Anthony Radcliff of Blanchland, Northumb.; bro. of Ralph*. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1588; G. Inn 1591. unm. Durham Vis. Peds. ed. Foster, 119; Harl. 1040, f. 4v. d. 27 May 1638.
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Servant to Thomas Cecil†, 2nd Bar. Burghley by 1604; Harl. 4712, f. 249; PROB 11/141, f. 181v. gent. pens. by 1620-at least 1625, SP14/118/26; PROB 11/141, f. 181v; LC2/6, f. 47v. ?(extraordinary) c.1625–d.; Harl. 1040, f. 4v. freeman, New Romney, Kent 1621. E. Kent Archives Cent. NR/AC1, f. 267v.

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FETHERSTONHAUGH (FETHERSTONE), Francis (1574/5-1638), of The Strand, Westminster
Main residence: The Strand, Westminster.
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FERRERS, Sir John (1565/6 or 1569/70-1633), of Walton-on-Trent, Derbys. and Tamworth Castle, Warws.

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b. 1565 /6 or 1569/70,Earlier date calculated from univ. admiss.; later date from fa.’s i.p.m. 1st s. of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth and his 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir Humphrey Bradbourne of Lea, Derbys. C.F. Palmer, Hist. Tamworth, 365; The Gen. n.s. vii. 12. educ. Trin. Oxf. 16 Oct. 1583, aged 17; L. Inn 1584. LI Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. (1) by 22 Oct. 1592, FSL, L.e. 594, 22 Oct. 1592, Sir John Puckering to Sir Humphrey Ferrers describing latter as ‘Good Brother’. Dorothy (bur. 19 Dec. 1616), Soc. Gen. Tamworth par. reg. 1614-35, p. 18. da. of Sir John Puckering†, 1s. 3da.; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 7, 309. (2) by May 1625, Elizabeth, ?s.p. C78/251/16. suc. fa. 1608. The Gen. n.s. xvii. 282. Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103. bur. 15 Aug. 1633 15 Aug. 1633. Soc. Gen. Tamworth par. reg. 1614-35, p. 143. sig. Jo[hn] Ferrers.
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Surveyor of woods, Tutbury honour, Derbys. 1603–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 166. j.p. Warws. 1604 – d., Derbys. by 1608–d., FSL, L.e. 655; SP14/33, ff. 13v, 63v; SP16/212. Lichfield, Staffs. 1611-at least 1622, C181/2, f. 151; 181/3, ff. 52, 59. Tamworth, Warws. 1619; C231/4, f. 81. commr. subsidy, Warws. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624; SP14/31/1; 14/123/78; C212/22/21, 23. sheriff, Staffs. 1614–15; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147. commr. Forced Loan, Warws. and Derbys. 1626–7. SP16/50/54; 16/33/131.I.

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FERRERS, Sir John (1565/6 or 1569/70-1633), of Walton-on-Trent, Derbys. and Tamworth Castle, Warws.
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FERRERS, Edward (c.1573-1639), of Lombard Street, London; later of Barnes, Surr.

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b. c. 1573, Age calculated from date of freedom. yr. s. of Roger Ferrers (d.1579) of Corsham, Wilts. and Margaret, da. of Giles Badger of Fiddington, Ashchurch, Glos. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 59; ‘Procs. at the Spring Meeting’, Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. l. 2-3; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1520-1610, 301; PROB 11/146, ff. 252-5; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 351. educ. apprentice, London. m. Katherine, da. of Henry Topsfeyld, Grocer, of London, PROB 11/94, f. 24; E. Layfielde, Soules Solace (1633), dedication. 2s. 1da. d. by 24 June 1639. PROB 11/180, ff. 342-4.
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Freeman, Mercers’ Co. London 1597; Mercers’ Hall, London, ‘Names of all the freemen of the company from 1347’, unfol. principal burgess, high steward and j.p. Tewkesbury, Glos. 1610–d.; C66/1811/2; Glos. RO, TBR A1/2, no. 9. bailiff of Cheltenham manor, Glos. 1615. C66/2027/1.

Member, Crown land consortium 1607–10. E401/2409; 401/2412; 401/2414.

Commr. impositions on starch 1608. CD 1621, vii. 439.

Member, Irish Co. 1611. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 290.

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FERRERS, Edward (c.1573-1639), of Lombard Street, London; later of Barnes, Surr.
Main residences: Lombard Street, LondonBp. of London Mar. Lics. 1520-1610 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxv), 301.; Barnes, Surr.
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FERRAR (FARRER), Nicholas (1593-1637), of St. Sithes Lane, London; later of Little Gidding, Hunts.

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b. 22 Feb. 1593,Ferrar Pprs. ed. B. Blackstone, 9. 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Nicholas Ferrar, Skinner, of St. Sithes Lane and Mary, da. of Lawrence Woodnoth of Shavington, Cheshire; bro. of John*. A.L. Maycock, Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding, ped. educ. Enborne, Berks. (Robert Brooks) c.1601-6; Ferrar Pprs. 10. Clare, Camb. 1606, BA 1610, MA 1613; Al. Cant. travelled abroad (Low Countries, Germany, Italy, Spain) 1613-17. Ferrar Pprs. 12-20. Ordained deacon 1626. Ibid. 26. unm. d. 4 Dec. 1637. The Gen. n.s. xxvi. 69.
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Fell. of Clare 1610–31. W.J. Harrison and A.H. Lloyd, Fellows of Clare, 27.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1621, dep. to treas. 1622–4. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 467; ii. 29, 535.

Commr. Virg. plantation 1631. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 192.

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FERRAR (FARRER), Nicholas (1593-1637), of St. Sithes Lane, London; later of Little Gidding, Hunts.
Main residences: St. Sithes Lane, London; Little Gidding, Hunts.
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FERRAR (FARRER), John (c.1588-1657), of St. Sithes Lane, London; later of Little Gidding, Hunts.

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b. c. 1588, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Nicholas Ferrar, Skinner, of St. Sithes Lane and Mary, da. of Lawrence Woodnoth of Shavington, Cheshire; bro. of Nicholas*.D.R. Ransome, ‘John Ferrar of Little Gidding’, Recs. of Hunts. iii. 17; we are grateful to Dr. Ransome for commenting on an earlier draft. educ. Enborne, Berks. (Robert Brooks) c.1598; travelled abroad (Hamburg, c.1612). Ferrar Pprs. ed. B. Blackstone, 10; Ransome, 17. m. (1) 16 Feb. 1613, HALS, King’s Walden par. reg. Anne (d. 12 July 1613), P. Peckard, Mems. Nicholas Ferrar, 11. da. of William Shepherd of Great Rollright, Oxon., s.p.; Ibid. (2) 14 Feb. 1615, St. Olave’s, Hart Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 260. Bathsheba, da. of Israel Owen, Grocer, of London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). A.L. Maycock, Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding, ped., opp. p. 322. suc. fa. 1620. C142/382/73. d. 28 Sept. 1657. The Gen. n.s. xxvi. 68.
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Freeman, Skinners’ Co. 1613; Ransome, 17. Merchant Adventurers by 1613; Peckard, 11. member, E.I. Co. 1614, CSP Col. E.I. 1613–16, p. 289. Somers Is. Co. by 1618, Rich Pprs.: Letters from Bermuda ed. V.A. Ives, 109, 132, 157. cttee. Virg. Co. by 1618, dep. treas. 1619 – 22, auditor 1620–4. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 213, 227, 385, 473; ii. 30, 536.

Commr. Virg. plantation 1631. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 192.

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FERRAR (FARRER), John (c.1588-1657), of St. Sithes Lane, London; later of Little Gidding, Hunts.
Main residences: St. Sithes Lane, London; Little Gidding, Hunts.
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FERNE, John (c.1553-1609), of Temple Belwood, Lincs. and the King’s Manor, York

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b. c. 1553, 1st s. of William Ferne of Doncaster, Yorks. and Temple Belwood and Anne, da. of Robert Sheffield of Beltoft, Lincs.STAC 5/H22/21; Staffs. Hist. Colls. iii (pt. 2), p. 71; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 350-1. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1572; Clement’s Inn; I. Temple 1576, called 1587. Al. Cant.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. by 1583, Elizabeth, da. of John Nedham of Wymondley Priory, Herts., 10s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Lincs. Peds. 350-1; York Wills (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xxii), 169. suc. fa. 1592; Kntd. 30 May 1604; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. 20 June 1609. C142/313/69. sig. Jo[hn] Ferne.
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Recorder, Doncaster 1588 – 92, 1603–d.; Doncaster Bor. Courtier ed. A. Brent, i. 22, 118, 195, 233. steward, reader’s dinner, I. Temple 1600. CITR, i. 431.

Member, Council in the North, 1595 – d., dep. sec. 1595 – 1604, sec. and kpr. of the signet (jt.) 1604–d.; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 93; R. Reid, Council in the North, 489, 496. j.p. Cumb., co. Dur. Northumb. Westmld. and Yorks. by 1601 – d., Ripon liberty, Yorks. by 1601 – d., Cawood and Otley liberties, Yorks. by 1601–d. (custos rot. 1606–d.), Southwell liberty, Notts. 1604–d. (custos rot. 1606–d.); C181/1, ff. 7v, 8v, 80; 181/2, f. 14. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by 1601 – d., member, High Commission, York prov. 1603 – d.; commr. sewers, W. Riding 1603, E. Riding 1604, survey, R. Ouse 1604, swans, Yorks. 1605. HMC Hatfield, xv. 394; C181/1, ff. 1, 98v, 106, 117, 209.

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FERNE, John (c.1553-1609), of Temple Belwood, Lincs. and the King’s Manor, York
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