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ACLAND, Sir John (by 1553-1620), of Columbjohn, Broad Clyst, Devon

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b. by 1553, 2nd s. of John Acland (d.1553) of Ackland Barton, Landkey, Devon and Margaret, da. and coh. of Hugh Radcliffe of Stepney, Mdx.; half-bro. of Sir Robert Brett*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 3-4; Procs. Som. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. xxviii. pt. 2, pp. 82-3. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf.; Reg. Exeter Coll. ed. C.W. Boase (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxvii), 318. L. Inn 1573. LI Admiss. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of George Rolle† of Stevenstone, Devon and wid. of Robert Mallett (d.1577) of Woolleigh, Beaford, Devon, 1da. d.v.p.; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 4; PROB 11/59, ff. 210v-11v. (2) pre-nuptial settlement 26 Nov. 1605, Margery, da. of Sir Henry Portman of Orchard Portman, Som. and wid. of Gabriel Hawley (admon. 16 Mar. 1604) of Buckland Sororum, Som., s.p. C142/392/101; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 4; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 113; PROB 11/103, f. 368v. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. d. 14 Feb. 1620. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 4. sig. John Aclande.
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J.p. Devon by 1587–d., E163/14/8, f. 7v; C193/13/1, f. 22v. commr. sewers 1600, C66/1541. piracy 1603 – 04, 1615, C181/1, ff. 70, 93; 181/2, f. 242. recusants 1606; L.F. Jewitt, Hist. Plymouth, i. 143. freeman, Exeter, Devon 1607; Exeter Freemen ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 113. commr. inquiry into duchy of Cornw. lands, W. Country 1607, C181/2, f. 34. subsidy, Devon 1608, SP14/31/1. sheriff 1608–9, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 36. commr. inquiry into lands of Sir Walter Ralegh†, Devon 1612. C181/2, f. 170.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610–d. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 466; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 317.

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ABBOT, Maurice (1565-1642), of Coleman Street, London.

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b. 2 Nov. 1565, IGI, ‘Surr.’ 5th s. of Maurice Abbot (d.1606), clothworker of Guildford, Surr. and Alice March of Guildford. educ. Guildford g.s.; appr. Draper ?1589; G. Inn 1633. m. (1) Joan (bur. 17 Sept. 1597), da. of George Austen* of Shalford, Surr., dep. chamberlain of the Exch., s.p.; (2) 27 May 1598 (with £500), Margaret (d. 5 Sept. 1630), da. of Bartholomew Barnes of Widford, Herts., Mercer and alderman of London, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Surr. Arch. Colls. iii. 257, 266; O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. and Antiqs. of Surr. i. 80; Drapers’ Hall, London, freedom list 1567-1656, p. 86; GI Admiss.; Mar. Lic. 1520 to 1610 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxv), 250; PROB 11/108, f. 169; Oxford DNB. The ped. in Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 90, is inaccurate. Kntd. 12 Apr. 1625. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 188. bur. 7 Dec. 1642 7 Dec. 1642. GL, ms 4449/2, f. 122. sig. Morris Abbott.
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Member, Levant Co. 1588, Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 31. husband by 1608 – 13, asst. by 1611 – 24, treas. 1614 – 16, auditor (jt.) 1617; SP105/147, ff. 1v, 29, 48v, 58, 72, 89v; SP105/148, f. 113v. freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1596, P. Boyd, Roll of Drapers’ Co. of London, 1. liveryman 1604, asst. 1615 – d., renter warden 1615 – 16, 2nd warden 1620 – 21, 1st warden 1622 – 23, master 1625 – 26, 1638–9; Drapers’ Hall, London, min. bk. 1603–40, ff. 10, 115, 157, 172, 194v, 323v. member, E.I. Co. 1600, auditor (jt.) 1602, 1607 – 08, cttee. 1607 – 09, 1614 – 41, dep. gov. 1615 – 24, gov. 1624–38; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, pp. 116, 155, 176, 179, 303, 416; 1617–21, pp. 173, 283, 435; 1622–4, pp. 120, 299; 1640–3, pp. 61, 177; Dawn of Brit. Trade to E. Indies comp. H. Stevens, 218. cttee. Virg. Co. 1610, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 233. auditor (jt.) 1619–20; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 225, 219, 386. member, French Co. 1611, Select Charters of Trading Cos. 65. N.W. Passage Co. 1612, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. by 1615, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, pp. 239, 368. Fishing Assoc. 1633-at least 1637; CUL, ms Dd. xi. 71, f. 32. asst. Irish Soc. 1613, 1615, auditor (jt.) 1613; CLRO, Jors. 29, ff. 16v-17, 118v; letter bk. FF, f. 80v. commr. trade with Dutch 1614 – 15, 1619, trade 1621–2; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 362; 1617–21, p. 233; APC, 1621–3, pp. 80, 208. member, Muscovy Co. by 1624; APC, 1623–5, p. 402. commr. govt. of Virg. 1624. Recs. Virg. Co. iv. 491.

Auditor, St. Stephen’s Coleman Street, London 1605 – 06, 1610 – 20, 1622 – 23, gen. vestryman by 1622 – at least34, select vestryman by 1623 – at least34, common cllr. (jt.) 1623 – 25, feoffee 1624 – 26, 1632–4. GL, ms 4458/1, pp. 3, 5, 12, 19, 21, 79, 89; 4457/2, ff. 90, 107, 108, 121, 130, 138(2), 146, 155, 162v, 170, 179v, 190v, 214; Letters of John Davenport ed. I.M. Calder, 19.

?Dep. alderman, London by 1612-at least 1614, GL, ms 4457/2, ff. 121, 130, 138(2). auditor 1615 – 16, 1617–18, CLRO, Jors. 30, ff. 69, 199. The dates A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 60, are incorrect. alderman, Bridge Without ward 1626 – 31, Coleman Street ward 1631 – d., sheriff 1627 – 28, mayor 1638–9; Beaven, i. 65; ii. 60; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 205. trustee, Gresham Coll. London 1615-at least 1640; Mercers’ Hall, London, Gresham Repertories, i. 1596–1625, p. 208; ii. 1626–69, p. 68. ?freeman, Hull, Yorks. by 1621;Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, f. 60v. commr. lic. passage overseas, London 1623, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 51. new buildings 1625, 1630; Ibid. viii. pt. 3, p. 115; C193/8/58. j.p. Surr. 1627-at least 1636; C231/4, f. 219; C193/13/2, f. 66. commr. sewers, London 1629-at least 1632, C181/3, f. 256; C181/4, f. 129. charitable uses, Surr. 1630, C192/1, unfol. St. Paul’s Cathedral repair 1631–6; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 7; GL, ms 25475/1, f. 75v. collector (jt.), knighthood fines, London by 1635; E198/4/32, f. 2v. commr. ltcy. London 1639, CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 541; PC2/50, p. 159. assessment 1641. SR, v. 153.

Commr. bankruptcy 1612–13, C54/2148/26; 54/2149/1. merchants’ ships, Algiers expedition 1621, French goods 1626, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 511. Algiers expedition debts 1627-at least 1628, APC, 1627–8, pp. 34–5; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 301; 1627–8, p. 567. debts of Philip Burlamachi 1633. CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 55.

Farmer, great customs 1621–5, F.C. Dietz, Eng. Public Finance, 333–4. duties on sugar by 1624, LJ, iii. 365a. wines and currants by 1627–32, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 443; E214/990. pretermitted customs (except London and Hull) by 1631, SO3/10, unfol. May 1631. silks landed in London (jt.) 1638. CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 153.

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KNOLLYS, Sir Robert II (1589-1659), of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks.

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bap. 6 Apr. 1589, 2nd s. of Richard Knollys† (d.1596) of Stanford-in-the-Vale and Joan, da. of John Heigham of Gifford, Suff. educ. ?Eton 1599; Oriel, Oxf. 1603. m. by 1614, Joan (bur. 29 Dec. 1660), da. of Sir John Wolstenholme*, Merchant Adventurer and farmer of the customs, of Great Stanmore, Mdx. and Nostell Priory, Yorks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (at least 2 d.v.p.). F.G. Lee, Hist. of Church of Thame, 595; Al. Ox.; Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry; Berks. RO, T/R 37, entries of 6 Apr. 1589, 5 Mar. 1626 and 29 Mar. 1629; T/R 29, entries of 30 Apr. 1630 and 16 Mar. 1632; T/R 50, p. 13; Oxon. RO, transcript of Rotherfield Greys par. reg., entry of 2 Nov. 1634; HP Commons 1660-90, sub ‘William Knollys’; PROB 11/181, f. 279v. suc. bro. Henry aft. 1596; Kntd. 10 or 12 Jan. 1613. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 152. bur. 26 June 1659. sig. Robert Knollys.
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Freeman, Abingdon, Berks. 1614; A.C. Baker, Historic Abingdon, 70. j.p. Berks. 1617 – 38, Oxon. 1633-at least 1640; C231/4, f. 45; 231/5, ff. 101, 312; C66/2858, dorse. commr. subsidy, Berks. 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. charitable uses 1626-at least 1639, C93/10/22; 93/11/13; 93/15/19; 192/1, unfol. dep. lt. by 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 357, 365. commr. martial law 1626, Add. 21922, f. 86. Forced Loan 1626, SP16/40/39. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1634, C181/4, f. 179. oyer and terminer, Berks. 1640, C181/5, p. 353. impressment of soldiers, Berks. (roy.) 1644. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 162.

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GAMULL, Thomas (1571-1613), of Bridge Street, St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester and the Inner Temple.

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b. 1571, 1st s. of Edmund Gamull (d.1616) Cheshire Archives, CR60/83, f. 27v. of Chester, alderman and merchant and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Case of Eaton, Cheshire; bro. of William*. Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 268-9; Vis. Cheshire, (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lviii), 103-4. educ. King’s sch. Chester 1579-83; Cheshire Archives, ‘L. and I. of King’s Sch. Chester’, transcript, unpag. Brasenose, Oxf. 1587 aged 16, BA Queen’s 1591; I. Temple 1593, called 1603. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. Alice, da. of Richard Bavand† of Chester, wid. of David Lloyd of Chester, 1s. 3da. Vis. Cheshire (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lviii), 103-4; Tomb, St. Mary’s Centre, Chester; JRL, Eng. 922, bdle. D-H, unnumb. d. 11 Aug. 1613. Cheshire Archives, CR60/83, f. 22v. sig. Tho[mas] Gamull.
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Freeman, Chester 1601, Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 84. alderman 1602, Cheshire Archives, AB/1, f. 272v. recorder 1606–d., Ibid. f. 290. j.p. 1606–d., Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), p. xiii. commr. subsidy 1608, 1610, 1611, E115/112/30; SP14/31/1; Cheshire Archives, CAS/9. aid, 1609. SP14/43/107.

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