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b. 7 July 1600, 1st s. of William Bloys, merchant, of Ipswich and Grundisburgh Hall and Frances, da. of John Tye of Ipswich.Suff. RO (Ipswich), GC17/755/1, p. 108; Vis. Suff. 1664-1668 (Harl. Soc. lxi.), 138; ‘Some Suff. church notes’, E. Anglian, n.s. xiii (1909-10), 211-12; Copinger, Manors of Suff. iii. 20, 48. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1617, BA 1620; G. Inn 15 Nov. 1619.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. m. 30 Sept. 1624, Cicely (d. 1661), da. of Sir Thomas Wingfield of Letheringham, Suff. 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA30/787, f. 16a (eccentric foliation); ‘Some Suff. church notes’, 212. suc. fa. 1622.‘Some Suff. church notes’, 211. d. 13 Nov. 1673.‘Some Suff. church notes’, 212.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Suff. 1641, 1663; Ipswich 1663; further subsidy, Suff. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660.SR. J.p. 12 Aug. 1641-bef. Oct.1653, by Oct. 1660–?d.C231/6, p. 468; C193/13/4, f. 93v; C220/9/4, f. 82; C193/12/3, f. 96v; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 36; B105/2/4, f. 133v. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Ipswich 1664, 1672;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Suff. 28 July 1642.LJ v. 245b. Member, Suff. co. cttee. 1642–57.Suff. ed. Everitt, 131. Dep. lt. 3 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 337b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 1644–6;Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Religious: elder, second Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 424.

Military: col. militia ft. Suff. by June-Aug. 1648.‘The ancient families of Suff.’, ed. F. Haslewood, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. viii. 135; J.G.A. Ive, ‘The local dimension of defence’ (Camb. PhD 1986), 230–1.

Civic: freeman, Ipswich 15 Apr. 1661–d.E. Anglian, n.s. vii. 79.

: of Grundisburgh Hall and Suff., Ipswich.
BLOIS
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BLOYS (BLOIS), William (1600-73), of Grundisburgh Hall and Ipswich, Suff.

Will
18 Feb. 1673, pr. 13 Sept. 1673.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA30/312/183.
Estates
worth £300-£420 p.a.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA30/787, ff. 24b, 25a, 140a, 146a, 156a, 161a, 166a, 168a, 171a.
Oxford 1644
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