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MAYNARD, Henry (aft.1547-1610), of St. Albans, Herts.; later of Little Easton, Essex.

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Family and Education

b. aft. 1547, 2nd s. of John Maynard of St. Albans, being 1st s. by his 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of Robert Parrott of Oxford, wid. of John Bridges. m. Susan, 2nd da. of William or Thomas Pierson, 8s. 2da. Kntd. 1603.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 76; (xiv), 595; F. Chancellor, Ancient Sep. Mons. of Essex, 83; Essex Rev. xliv. 76-8. On Maynard generally, see A. G. R. Smith, ‘Sir Michael Hickes and the Secretariat of the Cecils, circa 1580-1612’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1962) chs. 2, 3, 10.

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Sec. to Sir Nicholas Bacon; to Lord Burghley by 1582; j.p. Essex from c. 1592, commr. musters from 1599, sheriff 1603 – 04, dep. lt. 1603, surveyor crown lands by 1606, custos rot. from 1608; surveyor musters, Ireland Oct. 1598, muster master gen. for life Dec. 1604.Essex RO, Q/SR passim; CSP Ire. 1600–1, p. 249; APC, xxix. 701; xxxii. 501; SP14/60; Lansd. 171, f. 397; Colvin, Lieutenants and Keepers of Rolls of Essex, 80.

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MAYNARD, Henry (aft.1547-1610), of St. Albans, Herts.; later of Little Easton, Essex.

Main residences: St. Albans, Herts.; Little Easton, Essex.

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A.G.R.S.

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Commons 1558-1603

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MAYNARD, Henry (aft. 1547-1610)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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MELLES, Arthur, ?of Ipswich and Cockfield Hall, Suff.

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MELLES, Arthur, ?of Ipswich and Cockfield Hall, Suff.

Main residences: ?of Ipswich; Cockfield Hall, Suff.

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N.M.F.

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Commons 1558-1603

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MELLES, Arthur

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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MERE, Henry (d.1608), of the Inner Temple, London and Sherborne, Dorset.

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3rd s. of Hugh Mere of Sherborne by Alice, da. of Thomas Alombridge or Alanbridge of Dorset; bro. of William. educ. Sherborne c.1560; I. Temple 1576, called 1587. m. 1582, Magdalen, da. of Bartholomew Lyte of Tucks Cary, Som., 1s. 6da.

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Escheator, Som. and Dorset 1591 – 92; collector for the bailiwick of Fineshade, Northants.; gov. Sherborne sch. 1592, warden 1599.Vis. Dorset 1623 (Harl. Soc. xx), 68–9; CSP Dom. 1604–10, p. 472.

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MERE, Henry (d.1608), of the Inner Temple, London and Sherborne, Dorset.

Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; Sherborne, Dorset.

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A.M.M.

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Commons 1558-1603

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MERE, Henry (-d.1608)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644