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b. 21 Aug. 1597, 1st s. of Sir William Twysden† of East Peckham, and Anne (d. 14 Oct. 1638), da. of Sir Moyle Finch bt.; bro. of Thomas Twisden*.Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 135; CB; J.R. Twisden, The Fam. of Twysden and Twisden (1939), 145; Cent. Kent. Stud. U49/F19, unfol.; Add. 34163, ff. 4-v. Add. 34176, ff. 63-5v. educ. St. Paul’s sch.;Reg. St Paul’s School, ed. M. McDonnell (1977), 125. Emmanuel, Camb. 8 Nov. 1614;Al. Cant. travelled abroad 1621-3;APC 1619-21, p. 390. G. Inn, 2 Feb. 1623.G. Inn Admiss. i. 169. m. 27 Jan. 1635 (with £200), Isabella (d. 11 Mar. 1657), da. of Sir Nicholas Saunders† of Ewell, Surr., 3s. 3da.Add. 34163, ff. 109v, 111v; Vis. Kent 1619, 135; CB; Twisden, Fam. of Twysden, 175. Kntd. 1 June 1620;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 175. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 8 Jan. 1629.Add. 34163, f. 4v; Twysden, Fam. of Twysden, 125. d. 27 June 1672.CB; Twisden, Fam. of Twysden, 186.
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Local: commr. sewers, Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1622, 1628, 1639;C181/3, f. 42; C181/3, ff. 248v, 252v, 255; C181/5, f. 129v. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1623, 1625, 1632;C181/3, ff. 94, 188v; C181/4, f. 106v. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1625, 1629, 31 Mar. 1640, 25 May 1671;C181/3, f. 166; C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 167; C181/7, p. 578. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1630, 1639, 22 Mar. 1666;C181/4, ff. 18v, 37v; C181/5, f. 144; C181/7, p. 354. Denge Marsh, Kent 1636;C181/5, f. 40v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 Jan. 1636 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.C181/5, ff. 36, 222; C181/7, pp. 7, 615. J.p. Kent 17 Feb. 1636-Aug. 1642, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, p. 192; C220/9/4, f. 40v; Cent. Kent. Stud. U47/47/O1, pp. 21–2, 86, 89. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 15 Mar. 1639;C181/5, f. 131v. subsidy, Kent 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1664;SR. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1660–8.SP29/11, f. 205; Cent. Kent. Stud. U48/O5/1; HMC Finch, i. 510. Commr. corporations, 16 Jan. 1662;Eg. 2985, f. 66. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: freeman, Winchelsea 1625.E. Suss. RO, WIN55, f. 298.

: of Roydon Hall, Kent., East Peckham.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown.Twisden, Fam. of Twysden, opp. 144.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

TWYSDEN, Sir Roger (1597-1672), of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent.

Will
16 July 1670, pr. 11 Dec. 1673.PROB11/343/578.
Estates
House in Red Cross Street, by 1642;Add. 34163, f. 96. purchased house in Dean’s Yard, Westminster, for £180, Nov. 1654.Cent. Kent. Stud. U1823/2/E7; Add. 34163, f. 109v. In March 1645, Twysden’s estate was valued at £2,000 p.a.CCC 864.
Oxford 1644
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