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BOYNTON, Sir Matthew, 1st Bt. (1592-1647), of Barmston, Yorks.

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bap. 26 Feb. 1592, o. surv. s. of Sir Francis Boynton of Barmston and Dorothy, da. and coh. of Christopher Place of Halnaby, Yorks. Yorks. ERRO, PE6/1, p. 6; C142/125/70; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 8; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 147-9. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1606; L. Inn 1609. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. (1) settlement 27 Sept. 1613 (with £2,000) Frances (d. 3 July 1634), da. of Sir Henry Griffith of Burton Agnes, Yorks., 9s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (1 d.v.p.); Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 147-8; C142/381/154; HUL, DDWB, box 24; M. Imrie, Manor Houses of Burton Agnes, 47, 52. (2) lic. 11 May 1636, Katherine (d. 23 Feb. 1667), da. of Sir Thomas Fairfax II* of Gilling and Walton, Yorks., wid. of Robert Stapleton* of Wighill, Yorks., 2s. (at least 1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.). London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 227; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 147-8; Yorks. ERRO, PE185/1 (12 Feb. 1644); PROB 11/200, ff. 97-8; CSP Ire. (Adventurers), 1642-59, p. 187. suc. fa. 1617; C142/367/59. Kntd. 9 May 1618; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. cr. bt. 15 May 1618. CB. d. 5 Mar. 1647. Scarborough Recs. 1640-60 ed. M.Y. Ashcroft (N. Yorks. Co. RO, xlix), 94. sig. Matt[hew] Boynton.
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J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1622 – c.37, N. Riding 1622; C231/4, f. 139. commr. sewers E. Riding, 1621 – 34, N. Riding 1623, oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1624-c.37; C181/3, ff. 47v, 96, 110, 187; 181/4, f. 189v. dep. lt., E. Riding 1629–38; SCL, Strafford Pprs. 12/50, 18/157. collector, Privy Seal loans, E. Riding 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 289. col. militia ft., E. Riding by 1626–38; Scarborough Recs. 1600–40, 174–5; Add. 28082, f. 80v. commr. Forced Loan, E. Riding 1626–7; C193/12/2. sheriff, Yorks. 1628 – 29, Dec. 1643-Oct. 1645; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163–4. commr. swans, Midlands and North 1629, repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, E. Riding 1633, charitable uses 1633, martial law, Hull, Yorks. June 1643, assessment E. Riding 1643 – d., levying and sequestration money, N. Riding 1643, Northern Assoc. Yorks. 1645–6; C181/3, f. 268; HUL, DDHA/18/35; C192/1, unfol.; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, f. 292; A. and O. i. 91, 112, 148, 230, 544, 644, 705–6. freeman, Scarborough, Yorks. 1645. Scarborough Recs. 1640–60, 47.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642–6. LJ, v. 494b.

Commr. to reside with Scottish army 1644. Ibid. vi. 704b.

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BOWYER, Robert (bef. 1569-1621), of Tower Hill, the Middle Temple and the Palace of Westminster, London

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b. bef. 1569, 2nd s. of William Bowyer II† (d.1569) of Wimbledon, Surr., kpr. recs. in the Tower, and Agnes, da. of Sir John Harcourt† of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon., wid. of John Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe, Norf. W. Berry, County Geneal. Suss. 134-5; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 62; PROB 11/52, f. 20; HLRO, Hist. Collection, 238/2, pp. 103-3a (transcript); GL, ms 17621. educ. BA Oxf. 1579; Clifford’s Inn; M. Temple 1580, called 1589. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. unm. d. 15 Mar. 1621. HLRO, Braye 99, inside front cover. sig. Ro[bert] Bowyer.
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?Dep. kpr. of recs. Chancery 1594; HEHL, EL 2842. jt. kpr. recs. in the Tower 1604–12; C66/1649. clerk of the Parls. 1609–d. HMC Downshire, ii. 201; HLRO, Braye 99, inside front cover.

Sec. to 1st Lord Buckhurst (Thomas Sackville†) by 1599–1608. MTR, 395; Bowyer Diary, ix.

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BOWYER, Robert (bef. 1569-1621), of Tower Hill, the Middle Temple and the Palace of Westminster, London
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BOWES, William (1585/7-1649), of Barnes, Bishop Wearmouth, co. Dur.

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b. 1585 /7, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Ralph Bowes† of Aske, Yorks. and Barnes, co. Dur. and Joan, da. and h. of William Headlam of Nunthorpe, Yorks., wid. of Francis Bowes of Streatlam, co. Dur. R. Surtees, Hist. and Antiq. of co. Palatine of Durham, iv. 112; Durham Vis. Peds. ed. Foster, 38. m. by 1641 (with £600), Anne da. of Edward Ventris of Great Shelford, Cambs. 1s. 1 other ch. Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 53; Surtees, iv. pt. 1, p. 112; PROB 11/171, f. 181; 11/210, ff. 207v-8; CCC, 2386. suc. fa. 1623. DURH 3/189/110. d. 2 Feb. 1649. CCC, 2386.
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Commr. sewers, co. Dur. 1630. C181/4, f. 58.

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BOWES, William (1585/7-1649), of Barnes, Bishop Wearmouth, co. Dur.
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BOWES, William (1585/7-1649)

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BODENHAM, Sir Francis (c.1582-1645), of Ryhall, Rutland

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b. c. 1582, Aged 39 in 1621: T. Blore, Hist. Rutland, 49. 1st s. of Sir William Bodenden alias Bodend of Ryhall and Biddenden, Kent and 1st w. Sence, da. of Francis Harington† of Stamford and South Witham, Lincs. J. Wright, Hist. Rutland (1684), p. 112; Blore, 49. educ. Sidney Suss., Camb. 1601; G. Inn 1603. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) lic. 2 June 1614, Penelope (d. 1625), da. of Sir Edward Wingfield† of Kimbolton Castle, Hunts. 2s. (1 d.v.p.); Cal. Hunts. Wills comp. W.M. Noble, 222. (2) 21 Sept. 1627, Theodocia (d. Sept. 1671), da. of Francis, Lord Hastings† of Old Castle, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics. at least 2s. 1da. HMC Hastings, iv. 350; Wright, 112-13; Blore, 49; PROB 11/206, ff. 199-200; 11/208, f. 232v. suc. fa. 1613; PROB 11/122, ff. 234-5. Kntd. 6 Aug. 1616. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. d. c. May 1645. Wright, 113; PROB 11/206, ff. 199-200. sig. Fra[ncis] Bodenham.
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Sheriff, Rutland 1614 – 15, 1634–5; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 114. j.p. Rutland 1617–?d., soke of Peterborough 1638; C231/4, ff. 33, 153; C231/5, f. 317. commr. swans, E. Midlands 1619, subsidy, Rutland 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641 – 42, Forced Loan 1626–7; C181/2, f. 341; C212/22/20–1, 23; SR, v. 65; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. dep. lt. Rutland by 1628–?44; SP16/119/62; Eg. 2986, f. 86. commr. knighthood fines, 1630 – 32, sewers, Gt. Fens 1631, Welland navigation 1634, Poll Tax, Rutland 1641, assessment 1642, Irish aid 1642, array, 1642. E178/5595, ff. 3, 7, 10; E178/7154, f. 299C; C181/4, ff. 94, 161; SR, v. 107, 141, 152; Northants. RO, FH133.

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BISHOPP, Sir Edward (1602-1649), of Parham, Suss.; later of Cannon Row, Westminster.

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b. 6 Sept. 1602, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Bishopp* and his 2nd w. Jane, da. of Sir Henry Weston† of Sutton Place, Surr. J.W. Fitzwilliam, Parham in Suss. 50-1, 54. educ. Trin. Oxf. 1619; I. Temple 1620. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. 12 Sept. 1625, Mary (bur. 24 Dec. 1663), da. of Sir Nicholas Tufton*, 2nd bt., of Hothfield, Kent, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. Kntd. 18 Dec. 1625; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 26 Nov. 1626. d. 2 Apr. 1649. Fitzwilliam, 50-51, 54; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190; CB, i. 156.
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Sheriff, Suss. 1636–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 141. commr. sewers, Suss. 1637. C181/5, f. 69.

Col. horse and foot (roy.) 1643–4. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 61; J. Travers, An Exact and True Relation of the Taking of Arundel Castle (1644), p. 4.

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BISHOPP, Sir Edward (1602-1649), of Parham, Suss.; later of Cannon Row, Westminster.
Main residences: Parham, Suss.; Cannon Row, Westminster.
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BERKELEY (BARKLEY, BARTLETT), Robert (1584/5-1656), of Spetchley, Worcs. and the Middle Temple, London

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b. 1584 /5, 2nd s. of Rowland Berkeley* (d.1611), clothier of Worcester, Worcs. and Spetchley and Katherine, da. of Thomas Heywood of Gloucester, Glos. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 11-12. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1597, aged 12; M. Temple 1601, called 1608. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 491. m. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Thomas Conyers of East Barnet, Herts. Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 139. Kntd. 14 Apr. 1627. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 192. d. 1970. Diary of Henry Townshend ed. J.W. Willis Bund, i. 33; C142/718/155. sig. Ro[bert] Barkely.
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Sheriff, Worcs. 1613–14; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 159. j.p. 1613–43; Cal. Worcs. Q.S. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund, i. pp. xxi, xxviii. commr. subsidy, Worcs. and Worcester 1621 – 22, 1624, charitable uses, Worcester 1624, 1630, 1632, 1636–7; C212/22/21–3; C181/3, f. 114; C192/1, unfol. ?collector, Privy Seal loans, Worcester 1625–6; SP16/44/9. commr. Forced Loan, Worcs. 1626 – 27, sewers, Worcs./Glos. borders 1627 – 42, oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1631 – 42, London 1632 – 42, the Verge 1634 – 42, Mdx. 1634 – 42, piracy, London and lower Thames 1633–42. C193/12/2; C181/3, f. 220; 181/4, ff. 71v, 128, 138f, 158, 172.

Recorder, Worcester 1619–24; Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 1602–50 ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 157, 185, 192. bencher, M. Temple 1625 – 27, autumn reader 1626; MTR, 701, 708. sjt.-at-law 1627; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 183. king’s sjt. 1627–32; List of English Law Officers ed. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 18. j.k.b. 1632–43; Sainty, Judges, 32. judge of assize, Norf. circ. 1633 – 35, Northern circ. 1635 – 38, Midlands circ. 1639–40. J.S. Cockburn, Hist. Eng. Assizes, 271–2.

Commr. decay of trade 1622; APC, 1621–3, p. 208. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1633–41. CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326.

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BERKELEY (BARKLEY, BARTLETT), Robert (1584/5-1656), of Spetchley, Worcs. and the Middle Temple, London
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BARKHAM, Sir Edward, 1st Bt. (1591-1667), of Southacre, Norf. and Tottenham, Mdx.

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b. 19 Dec. 1591, 1st s. of Sir Edward Barkham, Leatherseller (later Haberdasher) of London and Southacre, ld. mayor of London 1621-2, by Jane, da. of John Crouch of Corneybury, Layston, Herts. St. Lawrence Jewry (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxx), 23; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 84. educ. King’s, Camb. 1611, BA 1613; L. Inn 1614. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. 31 July 1622, Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Berney of Reedham, Norf. 3s. 7da. (4 d.v.p.). Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 84; PROB 11/102, ff. 348-9. cr. bt. 26 June 1623; CB, i. 219. Kntd. 30 June 1623; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. suc. fa. in Norf. estates 1634. C142/512/1. d. 2 Aug. 1667.
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Freeman, Boston 1625; Boston Corp. Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey, ii. 474. collector, subsidy, Norf. 1629; E401/2445. sheriff, Norf. 1635–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 89. commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1641, Poll Tax 1641, Irish Aid, 1642, assessment 1642, sequestration, 1643, accounts 1643, levying money, Mdx. and Norwich 1643, execution of ordinances, Mdx. 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, vols. Mdx. 1643, maintenance of army 1644, assessment 1644 – 52, Mdx. and Norf. 1659 – d., militia, Mdx. 1644, 1648, Mdx. and Norf. 1659, Mdx. 1660, New Model Ordinance, Mdx. 1645; j.p. Norf. by 1650 – 56, 1660–d. SR, v. 64, 86, 107, 141, 153; A. and O. i. 114, 140, 149, 170, 232–3, 293, 383, 400, 536, 556, 623, 1177, 1239; ii. 668, 1328, 1330, 1373, 1375, 1435.

Trustee, Crown lands 1649, 1652, fee farm rents 1650. Ibid. ii. 170, 359, 692.

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BARKHAM, Sir Edward, 1st Bt. (1591-1667), of Southacre, Norf. and Tottenham, Mdx.
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ASKWITH (AYSCOUGH, ASCUE), Robert (1567-1623), of Hosier Lane, York

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bap. 28 Dec. 1567, 1st s. of Robert Askewith†, draper of York and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Cartmel, barber of York. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 105; York Wills (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xiv), 30. m. by 1608, Mary, s.p. Borthwick, Reg. Test. 30, ff. 746v-7v; C142/666/74. suc. fa. 1597; C142/255/180. Kntd. 13 Apr. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 162. d. 28 Sept. 1623. C142/666/74. sig. Robert Askwith.
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Freeman, York 1588, chamberlain 1591 – 92, common councilman 1595 – 99, sheriff 1599 – 1600, member of the Twenty-Four 1600, alderman 1602–d.; York Freemen ed. F. Collins (Surtees Soc. cii), 30; York City Archives, House Bk. 32, ff. 185v, 199v; York City Lib., R.W. Skaife, Civic Officials and Parl. Rep. of York, ff. 26v-7. commr. survey R. Ouse, Yorks. 1604, 1610; C181/1, f. 98v; 181/2, f. 127v. ld. mayor, York 1606 – 07, 1617–18; York City Archives, House Bk. 33, f. 1; House Bk. 34, f. 107. commr. subsidy, York 1608, 1621, aid 1609; SP14/31/1, 14/43/107; C212/22/20–1. collector, Privy Seal loans, York 1611–12; Add. 27877, f. 161. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1618; C181/2, f. 317. collector, Palatine Benevolence, Bootham ward, York 1620. York City Archives, House Bk. 34, f. 216v.

Master, Merchant Taylors’ Co. York 1594 – 95, 1606–8; Skaife, ff. 26v-7. member, Virg. Co. 1610. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 237.

Commr. Union 1604–6. CJ, i. 319a.

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ASKWITH (AYSCOUGH, ASCUE), Robert (1567-1623), of Hosier Lane, York
Main residence: Hosier Lane, York.
Ayscough, Ascue
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ASKWITH (AYSCOUGH, ASCUE), Robert (1567-1623)

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ADAMS, Lawrence (d.1645), of Totnes and Dartington, Devon

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s. of William Adams of ?Totnes. m. (1) 1597 (with £400), Mary, da. of William Gould of Staverton, Devon and wid. of George Martyn, 1s. 1da.; REQ 2/405/59; Devon RO, Z15/30/1/1. (2) 17 Aug. 1615, Elizabeth Wise. bur. 23 June 1645. Devon RO, Totnes par. reg. sig. Lawrens Adams.
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‘Master’, Totnes by 1615–?d., mayor 1615–16, 1633–4. E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes Mayors’, Western Antiquary, x. 149; Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxxii. 115.

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ADAMS, Lawrence (d.1645), of Totnes and Dartington, Devon
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ADAMS, Lawrence (-d.1645)

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