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MEREDYDD, Rowland ap (by 1529-1600 or later), of Bodowyr, Anglesey.

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b. by 1529, 1st s. of Meredydd ap Rhys ap Hywel of Bodowyr by Catherine, da. of Owen ap Meurig of Bodowen. m. Agnes, da. of Rhydderch ap David of Myfyrian in Llanidan, 4s. 1da. suc. fa. ?1555 or later.Griffith, Peds. 51; Arch. Camb. 1848, pp. 241-3; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, ii. 137.
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Bailiff, commote of Twrcelyn 1550; j.p. Anglesey from 1555; collector of relief 1558, subsidy 1563; commr. defence 1569; escheator 1570 – 71; commr. inquiry into concealed lands in manor of Aberffraw, Anglesey 1590.Augmentations, ed. Lewis and Davies (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xiii), 177; Star Chamber, ed. Edwards (same ser. i), 16; E179/219/7, 12, 13; Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 56–7; Trans. Anglesey Antiq. Soc. 1939, p. 67.

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AP MEREDYDD, Rowland (by 1529-1600 or later), of Bodowyr in Llanidan, Anglesey.
Main residence: Bodowyr, Anglesey.
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MEREDYDD, Rowland ap (by 1529-at least 1600)

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MEREDITH, William (d.c.1604), of Blackfriars, London and Stansty, Denb.

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2nd s. of Richard Meredith of Stansty by Jane, da. of Morgan ap David ap Robert. m. (1) bef. 12 Feb. 1566, Martha, da. and coh. of Robert Long, mercer of London, 2s. 2da.; (2) Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Palmer of Wingham, Kent. Kntd. 1603.Lloyd, Powys Fadog, iii. 82; Palmer, Wrexham, 195; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 114; GEC Baronetage, i. 209; CPR, 1547-8, pp. 11, 280, 360; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, 388; 1563-6, pp. 524-5; Arch. Camb. lxxxvii. 243.
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Bailiff and collector of lordship of Swinfield; collector and bailiff of manor of Newington, Kent 1598; dep. treasurer at war in the Netherlands 1587 – 97; acting treasurer at war Apr. 1597; paymaster of the forces there from May 1597; dep. treasurer at war 1599.E315/309/116; HMC Ancaster, 81, 119, 229; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 267, 269, 271–2, 277, 278, 281, 317, 321, 487–8; HMC 5th Rep. 287; HMC Hatfield, vii. 178, 196, 200, 248, 305, 426; viii. 19; ix. 93, 97–8; xvi. 415; CSP Dom. 1595–7, pp. 405–13; Add. 1580–1625, p. 205; APC, xxvii. 16, 130, 134, 135, 143, 333, 334–5; xxviii. 310; xxix. 12–13, 25, 130, 136–7, 139, 419–20, 595, 644–5, 712; xxx, xxxi, xxxii, passim.

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MEREDITH, William (d.c.1604), of Blackfriars, London and Stansty, Denb.
Main residences: Blackfriars, London; Stansty, Denb.
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MEREDITH, William (-d. c.1604)

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MERES, Lawrence (d.c.1593), of Lincs.; later of Yorks; ?Suff.

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s. of Sir John Meres of Kirton, Lincs. by his 2nd w. Jane, da. of William Bleasby of Bleasby. educ. G. Inn 1540, called bef. 1552. m. (1) Constance Stegle, 2da.; (2) Faith, da. of Sir William Tyrwhitt of Scotter, Lincs., wid. of Ambrose Sutton of Wellingore, Lincs., s.p.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 664-5; Genealogist, iv. 257-8; Pens. Bk. G. Inn, i. 499.
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J.p. Suff. from c. 1561, Lincs. (Lindsey, Holland) from 1564–87; recorder, Grimsby 1565; member, council in the north by 1568; j.p. Cumb. Northumb. Westmld. and all three ridings of Yorks. by 1574; escheator, Yorks. Jan. – Oct. 1579, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1582.HMC 14th Rep. VIII, 296; CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, p. 61; Lansd. 35, f. 134; 121, f. 69; CPR, 1563–6, p. 24.

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MERES, Lawrence (d.c.1593), of Lincs.; later of Yorks; ?Suff.
Main residences: Lincs., Yorks., [I] and ?Suff.
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MERES, Lawrence (-d. c.1593)

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MEYRICK (MERRICK), Gelly (c.1556-1601), of Gellyswick, Hascard, Pemb.; Wigmore Castle, Herefs.; Gladestry, Rad. and Essex House, London.

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b. c. 1556, 1st s. of Rowland Meyrick, bp. of Bangor, by Catherine, da. of Owen Barret of Gellyswick. m. 1584, Elizabeth or Margaret, da. of Ieuan Lewis of Gladestry, wid. of John Gwynne of Llanelwedd, Rad., 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1566. Kntd. 1596.
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Steward of Welsh lands of Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex c. 1587, his receiver gen. for wine impost 1598; j.p. Rad. from c. 1591, custos rot. 1598, dep. lt. 1598; lt.-col. under Essex at Cadiz 1596, Azores 1597, marshal of forces under Essex in Ulster 1599.DWB; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 70, 136–7, 185, 214; HMC Hatfield, viii. 368; APC, xxviii. 500; D. Mathew, Celtic Peoples and Renaissance Europe, 348; PRO Index 4208.

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MEYRICK (MERRICK), Gelly (c.1556-1601), of Gellyswick, Hascard, Pemb.; Wigmore Castle, Herefs.; Gladestry, Rad. and Essex House, London.
Main residences: Gellyswick, Hascard, Pemb. and Wigmore Castle, Herefs. and and Gladestry, Rad. and Essex House, London.
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MEYRICK (MERRICK), Gelly (c.1556-1601)

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