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bap. 3 June 1616, 1st s. of Sir George Courthop of Whiligh and 1st w. Alice (d. bef. 1627), da. of Sir George Rivers† of Chafford, Kent.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 85; Mems. of Sir George Courthop 1616-85 ed. C.S. Lomas (Cam. Misc. xi), 103. educ. Westerham g.s. (Mr Walter), 1623-8; Merchant Taylors' school, 1628-30;Reg. of the Scholars Admitted into Merchant Taylors' School ed. C. Robinson, i. 124; Merchant Taylors' School Reg. ed. E.P. Hart (1936). Westminster school 1630-1632;Rec. of Old Westminsters, i. 222. Univ. Coll. Oxf., 22 June 1632; BA 8 May 1635;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Near East) Oct. 1636-Dec. 1639. m. 12 July 1643, Elizabeth (d. 18 Dec. 1690), da. and h. of Edward Hawes, merchant, of London, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da.E. Suss. RO, SAS/CO/c/166-8; Mems. of Sir George Courthop, 155. suc. fa. 12 Oct. 1642.Mems. of Sir George Courthop, 136-7, 155. Kntd. 24 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 234; Mems. of Sir George Courthop, 148. d. 18 Nov. 1685.Mems. of Sir George Courthop, 155.
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Central: commr. for alienations, 1642 – 53, 1654–75.Mems. of Sir George Courthop, 137–9; CTB iv. 265. Dep. recvr. of fines in chancery for purchase of writs of covenant and of entry, 5 Mar. 1660–d.C54/4048/1.

Local: j.p. Suss. by Oct. 1646-bef. 14 July 1649,C231/6, p. 51; E. Suss. RO, QR/E73; ASSI35/90/2, 5. 1656–d.C231/6, p. 343; C193/13/5–6; C220/9/4. Coroner, Mar. 1653-July 1654.ASSI35/94/9; ASSI35/95/9–10. Commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656;C181/6, p. 178. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 4 Oct. 1660; Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 7 Dec. 1660, 18 June 1670; Suss. 14 May 1670;C181/7, pp. 61, 71, 541, 552; E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2/6; 1/3. oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 373. militia, Suss. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Dep. lt. Aug. 1660–d.SP29/11, f. 237; E. Suss. RO, ASH 3207; Abstract Suss. Deeds and Docs. 186. Commr. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR v. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Court: gent. pensioner, June 1660–d.E407/1/8, 50, 51, 56, 58; Mems. of Sir George Courthop, 148; CTB iii. 854.

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Commons 1640-1660
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COURTHOP, George (1616-85), of Whiligh, Ticehurst, Suss.

Will
20 Aug. 1685, pr. 5 June 1686.E. Suss. RO, SAS/CO/105; PROB 11/383/392.
Estates
inherited from fa., Oct. 1642, Whiligh manor, Ticehurst, and Mosehams manor, Suss.; house in Leadenhall Street, St Katherine Creechurch, London, and property in St Botolph without Bishopgate.F. G. Courthope, `Extracts from the mems. of Sir George Courthope', Suss. Arch. Coll. li, illus. facing p. 66; E. Suss. RO, SAS/CO/101, 702-4; Suss. Manors, ii. 312, 487. Rent charge of £60 p.a. out of Barnes manor, 1661-1670 (land forfeited by regicide Sir Hardress Waller*).E. Suss. RO, SAS/CO/303-4, 417, 1089-90; SAS/CO/c/156. Owned Westfield manor, Suss. in 1669.Suss. Manors, ii. 474.
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