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DIGGES, Sir Dudley (1583-1639), of Philip Lane, London and Chilham Castle, Kent

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b. May 1583, C142/251/97. 1st s. of Thomas Digges† of London and Wingham, Kent and Anne, da. of Sir Warham St. Leger of Leeds Castle, Kent. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xliii), 65. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1600, BA 1610; Al. Ox. household of Abp. Whitgift by 1602; HMC Hatfield, xii. 141. travelled abroad (France) 1604; CSP Dom. 1603-10, p. 91. G. Inn 1618 and 1631. GI Admiss. m. aft.1607, Mary (d.1631), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Wye, Kent, 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. C142/309/181; Vis. Kent, 65; F.H. Kemp, Kemp and Kempe Fams. 35-6; W.L. Spiers, ‘Note-Bk. and Acct. Bk. of Nicholas Stone’, Walpole Soc. vii. 86; IGI; C142/603/88. suc. fa. 1595; C142/251/97. Kntd. 29 Apr. 1607. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. d. 18 Mar. 1639. C142/603/88. sig. Dudly Digges.

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Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1609–d., C181/2, f. 88; 181/5, f. 98. Kent 1620 – 25, 1631, C181/3, ff. 3v, 157v; 181/4, f. 75. Suss. 1630, C181/4, f. 37v. piracy, Cinque ports 1616, 1625, 1629, 15 Mar. 1639–d.; C181/2, f. 246v; 181/3, f. 175v, 247v; 181/4, f. 48. j.p. Kent 1616 – 26, 1628–d., C231/4, ff. 29, 261; SP16/405, f. 34; Som. RO, DD/PH219/66. capt. militia ft. by 1621, HMC Finch, i. 42. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. dep. lt. by 1623 – at least26, ?1628-at least 1636, CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 614; 1635–6, p. 165; Arch. Cant. lxxxii. 141; P. Clark, Eng. Prov. Soc. 345. commr. inquiry into profits of Wye Coll., Kent 1623; C181/3, f. 83v. collector, Privy Seal loan, Kent 1626, APC, 1626, p. 168. commr. Forced Loan 1626–7, Harl. 6846, f. 37; C193/12/2, f. 26v. recusants’ lands 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1631–d., C181/4, f. 72v; 181/5, f. 97v. London and Mdx. 1636. C181/5, ff. 57, 58v.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609, A. Brown, Genesis of US, i. 212. E.I. Co. 1611, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 280. N.W. Passage Co. 1612; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 240. member, Muscovy Co. 1620. Rabb, 280.

Member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1613-at least 1633; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 349. gent. of Privy Chamber from 1618; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 173; CD 1628, ii. 115. commr. transportation of ordnance 1619, CD 1621, vii. 416. trade 1621 – 22, 1625, APC, 1621–3, pp. 80, 208; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 59. Irish inquiries 1622; Ibid. 421. PC [I] from 1622; V. Treadwell, Buckingham and Ire. 1616–28, p. 206. commr. exacted fees 1622, APC, 1621–3, p. 325. better plantation of Virg. 1631; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 192. master in Chancery 1631-at least 1635; E. Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 305; C181/4, f. 198v. master of the Rolls 1636–d. G.E. Aylmer, King’s Servants, 72; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 622.

Amb. Russia 1618; commr. (jt.) to treat with Utd. Provinces 1620–1. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 196, 224.

Bencher, G. Inn 1631–d. PBG Inn, i. 299.

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DIGGES, Sir Dudley (1583-1639), of Philip Lane, London and Chilham Castle, Kent

Main residences: Philip Lane, London; Chilham Castle, Kent.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DIGGES, Sir Dudley (1583-1639)

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CROSSING, Francis (c.1598-1638), of Exeter, Devon.

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b. c. 1598,C142/394/18. o. s. of Hugh Crossing, cloth merchant of Exeter, and Joan, da. of John Barret of Barnstaple, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 255; C2/Chas.I/C103/49. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1615;Al. Ox. appr. cloth merchant, France, c.1616-17.C2/Chas.I/C103/49. m. by 1620, Elizabeth, da. of Matthew Pitt* of Weymouth, Dorset, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Devon, 255. suc. fa. 1622. bur. 7 Nov. 1638 7 Nov. 1638.Regs. Exeter Cathedral ed. W.U. Reynell-Upham and H.T. Soper (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc.), 64. sig. Francis Crossinge.C2/Chas.I/C36/42.

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Freeman, Exeter 1619–d.,Exeter Freemen ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 121. bailiff 1621 – 22, 1628 – 29, common councilman 1623–d.,A. Jenkins, Hist. Exeter, 135, 138, 163; Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, f. 250v. sheriff 1629–30,List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 182. capt. militia by 1630,T. Westcote, View of Devon in 1630, p. 153. mayor 1634 – 35, j.p. 1634 – 35, by 1637–d.,Jenkins, 143, 163. alderman by 1637–d.;SP16/323, p. 64. commr. innovated offices, Devon June 1638–d.C181/5, f. 109v.

Member, Dorchester New Eng. Co. from 1624;F.R. Troup, John White, 457. treas. Exeter French Co. 1625 – 26, gov. 1631–2.W.B. Stephens, ‘Officials of French Co., Exeter in Early Seventeenth Cent.’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxvii. 112.

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CROSSING, Francis (c.1598-1638), of Exeter, Devon.

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CROSSING, Francis (c.1598-1638)

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Oxford 1644

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CRESHELD, Richard (c.1585-1652), of Evesham, Worcs. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

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b. c. 1585,C3/308/86. 2nd s. of Edward Cresheld of Mattishall, Norf. and Bridget, da. of Robert Hurleston of Mattishall. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 28. educ. lawyer’s clerk c.1601-2; C3/308/86. L. Inn 1608, called 1615. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 175. m. by 1611, Elizabeth, da. of Richard Egioke of Salford Priors, Warws., 1s. d.v.p. 4da. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 28; VCH Warws. iii. 160; Add. 11042, f. 18. bur. 22 Jan. 1652 22 Jan. 1652. GL, ms 6673/2. sig. Rich[ard] Cresheld.

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Prothonotary or clerk of the pprs. Evesham bor. ct. 1605 – 09; att. Evesham bor. ct. ?1606–9; C3/308/86. recorder, Evesham 1622–d.; Evesham Bor. Recs. of Seventeenth Cent. ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 24, 48. bencher, L. Inn 1633 – 36, Lent reader and marshal 1635–6; LI Black Bks. ii. 309, 330. sjt.-at-law 1636; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 186. justice assize, Home circ. winter 1647, 1648, summer 1647, 1648; CJ, v. 76a, 236b, 451a, 598a. j.c.p. 1648–9. Sainty, Judges, 76.

Freeman, Evesham 1608, free burgess 1622; Evesham Bor. Recs. 3, 24. commr. to take answer to bill of Anthony Langston* 1622, C2/Jas.I/L11/46. subsidy, Evesham c. 1624 – 25, 1625, 1628, E179/201/286; E179/201/293; E179/201/298 Forced Loan, 1627; C193/12/2, f. 77v. j.p. Worcs. 1627–?9, Essex 1647–?9, Herts. 1647–?9, Kent 1647–?9, Suss. 1647–?9, Surr. 1647–?9; C231/4, f. 228v; C231/6, ff. 79, 96. commr. sewers, Glos. and Worcs. 1629–31, C181/4, ff. 18, 64v, 79. gaol delivery, Worcester 1630, 1638, Ibid. f. 44v; 181/5, f. 100. disafforestation, Malvern Chase, Worcs. 1631, B.S. Smith, Hist. Malvern, 151. charitable uses, Worcs. 1632, 1637, 1638, C93/14/1; C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1637–42, C181/5, ff. 62, 218v. Kent 1648, CJ, v. 534a. making the Avon navigable 1636, T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 6 assessment, Worcs. 1643, 1644, 1647, 1648, A. and O. i. 95, 542, 977, 1095. sequestration, Worcs. 1643, Ibid. 117. levying money, Worcs. 1643, Ibid. 151. reducing Worcs. to the obedience of Parl. 1644, Ibid. 507. militia, Worcs. 1648. Ibid. 1244.