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MILLER, Robert (c.1564-1624), of Winterbourne Came and Upcerne, Dorset.

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b. c. 1564, 1st. s. of John Miller of Winterbourne Came by Anne, da. of Giles Winterhay of Chetnole. educ. I. Temple 1578. m. (1) Dorothy (d. 15 Oct. 1591), da. and h. of Henry Bailey of I.o.W., 1s.; (2) Margaret, da. of Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtenay, sis. of Thomas Freke, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1595. Kntd. 1603.
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Receiver of the revenue in the Exchequer for Som. and Dorset 1589; j.p. Dorset from c. 1601, sheriff 1599–1600.

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MELLER (MILLER), Sir Robert (c.1564-1624), of Little Bredy, Dorset and Westminster
Main residences: Winterbourne Came; Upcerne, Dorset.
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This biography is based upon the Roberts thesis.

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MILLER, Robert (c.1564-1624)

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MITFORD, Henry (c.1543-96), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

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b. c. 1543, 1st s. of Christopher Mitford of Newcastle by Jane, da. of Henry Anderson of Newcastle. m. Barbara (d.1596), da. and coh. of Edmund Perkinson of Hulam, co. Dur., 7s. 6da. suc. fa. 1581.
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Alderman, sheriff, Newcastle 1582 – 83, mayor 1584 – 85, comptroller of the port.

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MITFORD, Henry (c.1543-96), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
Main residence: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
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MITFORD, Henry (c.1543-96)

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MOFFETT, Thomas (1553-1604), of London; later of Bulbridge, near Wilton, Wilts.

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b. 1553, 2nd s. of Thomas Moffett, haberdasher of London, by his w. Alice Ashley of Kent. educ. Merchant Taylors’; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1569, Caius 1572, BA 1573, MA 1576; Basle MD 1578; travelled Italy and Spain 1579, Germany 1580-2; MD Camb. 1582. m. (1) 23 Dec. 1580, Jane (d.1600), da. of Richard Wheeler of St. Ethelburga’s, London; (2) Catherine (d.1626), da. of Robert Sadler of Salthorpe, Wilts., wid. of Richard Brown, 1da.
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Candidate, coll. of physicians 1585, fellow and censor 1588; physician to the forces in Normandy 1591 – 92; physician to the 2nd Earl of Pembroke.

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MOFFETT, Thomas (1553-1604), of London; later of Bulbridge, near Wilton, Wilts.
Main residences: London; Bulbridge, near Wilton, Wilts.
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MOFFETT, Thomas (1553-1604)

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MOCKET, John, of Melcombe Regis, Dorset.

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m. 15 Sept. 1574, Eleanor, da. of Peter Mounsell of Weymouth, 2s. 1da.
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Mayor, Weymouth 1585 – 86, 1598–9.

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MOCKET, John, of Melcombe Regis, Dorset.
Main residence: Melcombe Regis, Dorset.
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MOCKET, John

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MOHUN, Reginald I (1507/8-67), of Hall and Boconnoc, Cornw.

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b. 1507 /8, yr. s. of John Mohun of Hall (d.1508) by Anne, da. of Richard Coode of Morval, m. Joan or Jane, da. of Sir William Trevanion of Carhayes by Anne, da. of Sir Richard Edgecombe, 4s. inc. William 4da. suc. bro. 1516.C142/78/116; Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 145, 239-40; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 324-5, 501 (Vivian has confused the generations); CPR, 1557-8, pp. 6-7; Maxwell Lyte, Hist. Dunster, ii. 481-2.
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Esquire of body by Sept. 1552–3; j.p. Cornw. 1547 – 53, 1559 – c.61, sheriff 1552 – 53, 1559 – 60, commr. piracy 1565.J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, iii. 139 n; APC, vii. 283.

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MOHUN (MONE), Reginald (1507/8-67), of Hall House and Bodinnick, Cornw.
Main residences: Hall; Boconnoc, Cornw.
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MOHUN, Reginald I (1507/8-67)

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MOHUN, Reginald II (c.1564-1639), of Hall and Boconnoc, Cornw.

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b. c. 1564, 1st s. of William Mohun of Hall and Boconnoc by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Horsey. m. (1) 7 Sept. 1589 Mary, da. of Henry Killigrew, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) bef. 1593, Philippa, da. of John Hele I, 1s. 1da.; (3) bef. 1604, Dorothy, da. of John Chudleigh, 3s. 4da. suc. fa. 6 Apr. 1588. Kntd. 1599; cr. Bt. 26 Nov. 1611.
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J.p. Cornw. from c. 1591, q. 1593, sheriff 1592 – 93, dep. lt. 1600; portreeve, Fowey 1595; recorder, East Looe prob. from 1588, Lostwithiel 1608.

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MOHUN, Sir Reginald (c.1565-1639), of Boconnoc, Cornw.
Main residences: Hall; Boconnoc, Cornw.
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N.M.S.
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MOHUN, Reginald II (c.1564-1639)

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MOHUN, William (c.1540-88), of Hall and Boconnoc, Cornw.

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b. c. 1540, 1st s. of Reginald Mohun I by Joan, da. of Sir William Trevanion. educ. ?Padua 1556-7; L. Inn 1559. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Horsey, 2s. inc. Reginald II 1da.; (2) Anne, da. and coh. of William Reskimer, wid. of John Trelawny of Menheniot, 3s. 2da. suc. fa. 22 Apr. 1567. Kntd 1583.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 325, 396; H. C. Maxwell Lyte, Hist. Dunster, ii. 483.
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Sheriff, Cornw. 1571 – 72, 1557 – 58; customer, Falmouth 1572; j.p. Cornw. from c. 1569, Devon from c. 1579; commr. piracy, Cornw. 1577; dep. lt. and commr. musters by 1585, commr. 1586; recorder, East Looe 1587.Lansd. 14, f. 108; 48, f. 136; 56, f. 168; 146, f. 19; A. L. Rowse, Tudor Cornw. 393; T. Bond, E. and W. Looe, 236.

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MOHUN, William (c.1540-88), of Hall and Boconnoc, Cornw.
Main residences: Hall; Boconnoc, Cornw.
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MOHUN, William (c.1540-88)

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