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MARKHAM, Thomas (by 1523-1607), of Ollerton, Notts. and Kirby Bellars, Leics.

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b. by 1523, s. of Sir John Markham by his 3rd w.; bro. of William. m. by 1565, Mary, da. and h. of Sir Rice Griffin of Braybrooke and Dingley, Northants., 7s. 4da. in addition to 7ch. d. inf.Vis. Notts. (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xiii), 21; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 24; C. Brown, Newark, i. 41.
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Gent. waiter to 2nd Earl of Rutland by 1549; bailiff, manor of Mansfield, Notts. Nov. 1550, Clipston, Notts. 1568; keeper, Lyndhurst and Normanswood within Sherwood forest Nov. 1550, Sherwood forest 1564; member, household of Princess Elizabeth by 1558; gent. pens. and standard bearer 1559–73 j.p.q. Notts. 1561–91; steward, lordship of Newark, Notts. 1568; sheriff, Notts. 1577 – 78; commr. to administer oath of supremacy 1592.HMC Rutland, i. 294; iv. 363; CPR, 1549–51, p. 210; 1563–6, pp. 73–4; 1566–9, pp. 127, 323; HMC Hatfield, iv. 189; E407/1/6; LC2/4/3, pp. 95–6; CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, p. 31.

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MARKHAM, Thomas (by 1523-1607), of Ollerton, Notts. and Kirby Bellars, Leics.
Main residences: Ollerton, Notts.; Kirby Bellars, Leics.
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MARKHAM, Thomas (by 1523-1607)

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MARTIN, Nicholas (d.1599), of Exeter, Devon.

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2nd s. of Richard Martin, mayor of Exeter, by his 2nd w. Julian, da. of William Hurst, merchant of Exeter; bro. of William. m. (1) 1561, Mary (d.1576), da. of Leonard Yeo, 4s. 3da.; (2) Mary (d.1579), da. of William Strode I, of Newnham, wid. of Thomas Prestwood, s.p.; (3) Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Rous, 4s.
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Bailiff, Exeter 1571, mayor 1574 – 75, 1585 – 86, sheriff 1582; j.p. Dorset from 1579.

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MARTIN, Nicholas (d.1599), of Exeter, Devon.
Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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Commons 1558-1603
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MARTIN, Nicholas (-d.1599)

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MANTELL, Matthew (bef.1550-89), of Milton, Northants.; Monks Horton and Hythe, Kent.

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b. bef. 1550, 1st s. of Sir Walter Mantell (exec. 1554), of Horton, by Mary or Jane, da. of Sir James Hales of Canterbury. educ. I. Temple 1568 or 9. m. Lucrecia, da. of John Wake of Hartwell, Northants., 2s.Add. 5521, f, 43; Berry, Co. Genealogies, Kent, 332; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 87; Assoc. Architectural Soc. Reps. vi (1861-2), ped. between pp. 18-19.
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MANTELL, Matthew (bef.1550-89), of Milton, Northants.; Monks Horton and Hythe, Kent.
Main residences: Milton, Northants. and Monks Horton and Hythe, Kent.
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S.M.T.
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MANTELL, Matthew (bef. 1550-89)

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MANWOOD, John (by 1524-71), of Sandwich, Kent.

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b. by 1524,Date of birth estimated from admission to freedom of Sandwich. 1st s. of Thomas Manwood, draper of Sandwich, by Catherine, da. of John Galloway of Cley, Norf.; bro. of Roger. m. (1) ?1545, Alice Jones of Sandwich, wid., 5s. 2da.; (2) ?1557, Agnes Arras of Faversham, wid., s.p.; (3) 1562, Katherine Brough or Brock, 2s. 4da. suc. fa. 1538.
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Freeman, Sandwich 1545, common councilman 1546, auditor 1547–8 and many later years, searcher of woollen cloths 1552, keeper of chest 1552 – 55, jurat 1553, mayor 1555 – 56, 1559 – 60, brodhull rep. 1552, 1556, 1558, 1559, 1561, 1564, 1565, 1567, 1568, keeper of orphans 1557 – 67, bailiff to Gt. Yarmouth 1559, 1561, burgess of Shepway court 1559, foundation governor free grammar school 1563, sessor for levying men for defence 1564.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 136; W. Boys, Hist. Sandwich, i. ped. opp. p. 246, 842; J. M. Cowper, Regs. of St. Alphage, Canterbury, 106; Sandwich old red bk. 1529–51, new red bk. 1568–81, little black bk. passim; Cinque Ports white bk. 248–62; CPR, 1560–3. p. 613.

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MANWOOD, John (by 1524-71), of Sandwich, Kent.
Main residence: Sandwich, Kent.
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A.D.K.H.
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Commons 1558-1603
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MANWOOD, John (by 1524-71)

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MANWOOD, Roger (by 1532-92), of Hackington, nr. Canterbury, Kent and ’St. Bartholomew’s House’, London.

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b. by 1532, 2nd s. of Thomas Manwood of Sandwich, Kent, and bro. of John. educ. St. Peter’s sch. Sandwich; I. Temple 1548, called. m. (1) settlement 30 May 1571, Dorothy (d.1575), da. of John Theobald of Seal, Kent, wid. of John Croke of London and of Christopher Allen of London, 3s. inc. Peter 2da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of John Coppinger of Allhallows, Kent, wid. of John Wilkins of Stoke, Kent, s.p. Kntd. 1578.DNB; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 135; Foss, Judges, v. 516, 523; Add. 29759, ff. 26-7; Arch. Cant. xvii. 239 n.
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Common serjeant, I. Temple 1552, bencher 1558, Lent reader 1565, serjeant-at-law 1567.

Recorder, Sandwich Apr. 1555–66; j.p.q. Kent 1561 – d., Mdx. 1564 – d., many other counties from 1573; commr. Rochester bridge 1561, 1568, 1571, 1574; steward or judge of Chancery and Admiralty cts. of Dover temp. Eliz.; steward of liberties to Archbishop Parker to 1572; puisne judge c.p. 14 Oct. 1572; circuit judge, western circuit by 1573 – 74, Oxford circuit by 1587; chief baron, Exchequer 17 Nov. 1578 – d.; member, high commission 23 Apr. 1576; receiver of petitions, Parlts. of 1584, 1586, 1589.Foss, v. 516–17; Cal. I.T. Recs. i. passim; Sandwich little black bk. 1552–67, f. 62; Cinque Ports white bk. ff. 250, 254, 255, 256, 260; Canterbury burmote bk. 1, ff. 146, 273; Strype, Parker , ii. 168; Foss, v. 407, 408; Egerton 2345, f. 45; APC, xv. 226; Strype, Grindal, 309–10.

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MANWOOD, Roger II (by 1532-92), of the Inner Temple, London.
Main residences: Hackington, nr. Canterbury, Kent; 'St. Bartholomew's House', London.
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MANWOOD, Roger (by 1532-92)

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