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DORMER, Sir William (by 1514-75), of Wing, Bucks.

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b. by 1514, o.s. of Sir Robert Dormer by Jane, da. of John Newdigate. educ. ?I. Temple. m. (1) lic. 11 Jan. 1535, Mary (d.1542), da. of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent, 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) Dorothy (d.1613), da. of Anthony Catesby of Whiston, Northants., 1s. Robert 6da. suc. fa. 1552, KB Sept. 1553.Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc, lviii), 40; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 531-2; Mon. Brass Soc. Trans. vi. 59; H. Clifford, Life of Jane Dormer (1887), 15; CPR, 1547-8, p. 81; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, pp. 262, 351; C142/95/5.
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J.p. Bucks. from c. May 1547; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1553 – 54, 1568–9.

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DORMER, William (by 1514-75), of Eythrope in Waddesdon, Bucks.
Main residence: Wing, Bucks.
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DORMER, Sir William (by 1514-75)

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DORMER, Robert (1551-1616), of Wing, Bucks.

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bap. 26 Jan. 1551, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Dormer by his 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of Anthony Catesby of Whiston, Northants. educ. G. Inn 1567; Oxf. supp. BA 1569. m. Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Browne, 1st Visct. Montagu, 6s. 3da. suc. fa. 1575. Kntd. 1591; cr. Bt. 10 June 1615, Baron Dormer 30 June 1615.CP; G. Lipscomb, Bucks, iii. 532.
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J.p. Bucks. from c. 1577, q. by 1591, sheriff 1584 – 85, commr. musters 1595; marshal and master of the King’s hawks from c.1600.HMC Hatfield, v. 523; x. 270; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 43.

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DORMER, Robert (1551-1616), of Wing, Bucks.
Main residence: Wing, Bucks.
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R.V.
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DORMER, Robert (1551-1616)

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DONNING, John (b.c.1530), of Chichester and Rye, Suss.

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b. c. 1530, s. and h. of Ralph Donning, physician of Chichester by Anne, da. and h. of William Huntlowe ?of Dorset.
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Customer, Rye by 1565, mayor 1567 – 68, 1570 – 71, 1571 – 72, 1573 – 74, brodhull rep. 1572; bailiff to Yarmouth 1573.Chichester Wills, 5, f. 21; Harl. 1043, f. 108; L. A. Vidler, New Hist. Rye, 160; Cinque Ports black bk. ff. 3. 8; E. Suss. RO, Rye mss; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 264.

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DONNING, John (b.c.1530), of Chichester and Rye, Suss.
Main residences: Chichester; Rye, Suss.
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DONNING, John (-b. c.1530 of Chichester and Rye.Suss)

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DONNE LEE, alias DOWNLEE, DOUNLEY, Edward (d.1598), of Abercynfor, Llandydfaelog, Carm.

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s. of Ralph Lee of Saunderton, Bucks. by Frances, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Jones of Abermarlais by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Edward Donne or Dwnn. m. Anne, da. of Richard Haywood, at least 3s.
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J.p. Carm. by 1580, rem. 1589, rest. by 1592, dep. lt. 1587, sheriff 1587 – 88, 1593 – 94; v.-adm. N. and W. Wales 1595–7.G. Owen, Desc. Pemb. ed. H. Owen, iv. 390 and n.; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 20, 199; Trans. W. Wales Hist. Soc. ii. 19; Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 213; HMC Foljambe, 2, 6; EHR, xxiii. 756–7.

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DONNE LEE, alias DOWNLEE, DOUNLEY, Edward (d.1598), of Abercynfor, Llandydfaelog, Carm.
Main residence: Abercynfor, Llandydfaelog, Carm.
DOWNLEE, DOUNLEY
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DONNE LEE ALIAS DOWNLEE, DOUNLEY (-d.1598)

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DONNE, John (1572-1631), of London.

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b. 1572, 1st s. of John Donne (d.1576), citizen and ironmonger of London, by Elizabeth, da. of John Heywood. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1584; ?Camb. 1587; ?travelled abroad c.1590; L. Inn 1592 from Thavie’s Inn. m. 1601, Ann (d.1617), da. of Sir George More of Loseley, 12 ch. suc. fa. Jan. or Feb. 1576.
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Master of revels, L. Inn 1592 – 93, preacher 1616 – 22; sec. to Sir Thomas Egerton I by 1598 – 1602; chaplain to James I 1615; rector of Keyston, Hunts. 1616, of Sevenoaks, Kent from 1617, of Blunham, Beds. 1627; dean of St. Paul’s from 1621; vicar of St. Dunstan-in-the-West from 1624.

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DONNE, John (1572-1631), of Drury Lane, Westminster; formerly of Mitcham, Surr.
Main residence: London.
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The principal authorities are: R. C. Bald, John Donne, A Life (1970); E Gosse, Life and Letters of John Donne (1899); C. M. Coffin, John Donne and the New Philosophy (1937); H. Fausset, John Donne; K. Grandsden, John Donne (1954); S. Dark, Five Deans (1927); John Donne, Poetry and Prose, ed. H. W. Garrod; Anderson, Lives of the Poets, iv. (1793); J. E. kempe, The Classic Preachers of the English Church (1877); G. Keynes, A Bibliography of Donne (1932); Works of John Donne, ed. H. Alford (1839); DNB; Walton, Life of John Donne, printed in Garrod, op. cit. xvii-xliv; Metaphysical Lyrics and Poems, ed. H. J. C. Grierson (1950); E. K. Chambers 'John Donne, diplomatist and soldier' in Mod. Language Rev. (1910), v. 492-3; J Sparrow 'The date of Donne's travels' in A Garland for John Donne, ed. T Spencer (1931), pp. 123-51; A. L. Shapiro, 'John Donne and Lincoln's Inn 1591-4' in Times Lit Supp. 16, 23 Oct. 1930; N. and Q. cxcvii. 310-13.

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