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bap. 20 Sept. 1590, o.s. of Thomas Earle of Sall, Norf. and Anne (d. 1598), da. of Arthur Fountaine of Sall.Blomefield, Norf. vi. 245; W.L.E. Parsons, Salle (Norwich, 1937), 208, 226. educ. Norwich sch. (Richard Briggs);H.W. Saunders, Hist. of the Norwich Grammar Sch. (Norwich, 1932), 274. Peterhouse, Camb. 1609;Al. Cant. Furnival's Inn; L. Inn 1611, called 1618.LI Adm.; LI Black Bks. ii. 202. m. 25 Feb. 1617, his cos. Frances (d. 1671), da. of John Fountaine of Sall, 4s. 2da.Blomefield, Norf. vi. 246; Parsons, Salle, 221, 226. suc. fa. 1605.Blomefield, Norf. vi. 245. d. 7 Sept. 1667.Blomefield, Norf. vi. 246-7n.
Offices Held

Legal: pensioner, L. Inn 1633 – 34; bencher, 1636, autumn reader, 1639. Oct. 1648 – June 1660LI Black Bks. ii. 311, 339, 349; J.H. Baker, Readers and Readings (Selden Soc. xiii.), 140, 344. Sjt.-at-law, Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane; treas. 1655–6. June 1656J.H. Baker, Order of Serjeants at Law (Selden Soc. v.), 509. Assize judge, Northern circ., Feb. 1657; Oxf. circ. June 1657; Midland circ. July 1659, July 1660.C181/6, pp. 162, 210, 230, 369; C181/7, p. 7; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. of Eng. Assizes (Cambridge, 1972), 274. Protector’s sjt.at-law, 15 June 1657–9.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 509.

Civic: recorder, Thetford by 1641–?d.C231/5, p. 431. Retained counsel, Norwich 1642–4; steward, 1644 – 50; recorder, 1650-July 1660.Norf. RO, Norwich assembly bk. 1642–68, ff. 5, 15, 95v, 210v; Index to Norwich City Officers, pp. xxvii, xxviii, 55.

Local: j.p. Norf. 26 Feb. 1641 – bef.Mar. 1660, by Oct. 1660 – d.; Thetford 26 Nov. 1641–?, Nov. 1654–?, Nov. 1665–d.; Christ Church close, Norwich by Dec. 1655 – aft.Mar. 1660; Northumb. Aug. 1656–?, Aug. 1658-Mar. 1660; Oxon. June 1657 – Mar. 1660; Glos., Mon., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. July 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/5, pp. 431, 489; C231/6, pp. 321, 346, 369, 371–3; C231/7, p. 272; C181/5, f. 212v; C181/6, pp. 73, 126, 184. Commr. assessment, Norwich 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Norf. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). oyer and terminer, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 261. Norwich 3 Aug. 1644 – aft.Oct. 1645, by Dec. 1653–10 Oct. 1660;C181/5, ff. 241, 261; C181/6, pp. 25, 386. Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 16, 378; C181/7, pp. 13, 389. Thetford 21 Sept. 1654;C181/6, p. 66. Northern circ. 23 June 1656;C181/6, p. 172. Oxf. circ. 16 June 1657;C181/6, p. 231. London 4 Aug. 1657–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 253, 356. Peterborough 6 July 1659;C181/6, p. 368. Midland circ. 22 June 1659–23 Jan. 1661;C181/6, p. 370; C181/7, p. 15. gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234v, 261. Thetford 16 Nov. 1654;C181/6, p. 71. Newgate gaol 4 Aug. 1657–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 253, 356. Peterborough 6 July 1659;C181/6, p. 368. Norwich Cathedral 23 Mar. 1667;C181/7, p. 395. New Model ordinance, Norwich 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Dep. lt. May 1648–?CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 296b. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Norf. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assize, co. Dur. 18 July 1656;C181/6, p. 182. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658–d.;C181/6, pp. 292, 360; C181/7, p. 286. subsidy, Norf. 1663.SR.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

: of Heydon Hall, Heydon, Norf. and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, G. Soest.K. Pearson, The Life, Lttrs. and Labours of Francis Galton (Camb. 1914), i. plate lxv.

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Commons 1640-1660
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EARLE, Erasmus (1590-1667), of Heydon Hall, Heydon, Norf. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
31 Aug. 1667, pr. 29 Nov. 1667.PROB11/325, ff. 256-266.
Estates
bought Heydon Hall, ?c.1640;B. Cozens-Hardy, ‘Some Norf. halls’, Norf. Arch. xxxii (1961), 183. bought land at Sall and Burston, Norf. from Sir William Paston for £1,620, 1642;Blomefield, Norf. viii. 273, 377. bought the manor of Stinton, Norf. from Sir Horatio Townshend*, c.1643;Blomefield, Norf. viii. 269. tenant of the dean and chapter of Norwich, manor of Amner, Norf. bef. 1649;Parliamentary Survey of Dean and Chapter Properties, ed. G.A. Metter (Norf. Rec. Soc. li. 1985), 28. bought the manor of Cawston, Norf. from Sir John Hobart*, 3rd bt. for £3,450, 1662;Blomefield, Norf. vi. 259, 261. bought the manor of Thurning, Norf. c. 1666.Blomefield, Norf. ix. 377.
Oxford 1644
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