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b. 15 Dec. 1586, 1st s. of Thomas Combe of Stratford-upon-Avon and Mary (d. 1617), wid. of William Yonge of Caynton, Edgmond, Salop, da. of Anthony Bonner of Chipping Campden, Glos.Stratford-upon-Avon par. reg.; Dugdale, Warws. ii, 685-6; Vis. Salop 1623, ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 519; M. Eccles, Shakespeare in Warws. (Madison, Wisconsin, 1963), 120; E.K. Chambers, William Shakespeare (2 vols. Oxford, 1930), ii. 138. educ. M. Temple 17 Oct. 1602;MTR i. 425, ii. 503. Christ Church, Oxf. 8 July 1603;Al. Ox. m. 7 June 1612 (with £2,000) Katherine (d. 21 June 1662), da. of Edward Boughton of Little Lawford, Warws., 1s. d.v.p. 9da. (7 d.v.p.). suc. fa. Jan. 1609. d. 30 Jan. 1667.Newbold-on-Avon, Warws. par. reg.; Dugdale, Warws. ii, 685-6; R.B. Wheler, Hist. and Antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon (Stratford-upon-Avon, 1806), 79, 84.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Warws. by Mar. 1615 – 24 Feb. 1640, 29 Jan. 1641 – Mar. 1660, July 1660–d.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, ER 1/1/67; C231/5, p. 425; C231/6, p. 160; C193/12/3; A Perfect List (1660), 58–9; Warwick County Records, i. pp. xxviii, 11; iii. p. xx. Sheriff, 1615–16.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 147. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 61. swans, midland cos. and Welsh borders 1627;C181/3, f. 227v. Staffs. and Warws. 1635, 1638;C181/4, f. 199v; C181/5, f. 91. subsidy, Warws. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, sub.-cttee. of accts. Warws. by 12 Sept. 1645–?7.SP28/246. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;SR; A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–22 June 1659.C181/6, pp. 15, 312.

: Old Stratford and Welcombe, Stratford-upon Avon, Warws.
Likenesses

Likenesses: Memorial, Stratford-upon-Avon church.Wheler, Hist. and Antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon ,79, 84.

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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

COMBE, William (1586-1667), of The College, Old Stratford and Welcombe, Stratford-upon Avon, Warws.

Will
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Estates
Old Stratford (at least 120 acres), Stratford-upon-Avon; from 1614, principal owner, Welcombe estate, Stratford-upon-Avon.Mins. and Accts. of Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation v, 1593-98 ed. L. Fox (Dugdale Soc. xxxv), 69; Eccles, Shakespeare in Warws. 102; VCH Warws. iii. 264. Ashorne manor, Warws. by Michaelmas, 1639.Warwick County Records, ii. 49. Bought manors of Alvechurch, Blockley (for £1,394 12s 5d), Woodhall; Hallow Park and site of Hallow manor house (for £856 10s), Worcs. all in 1648 from trustees for sale of bishops’ lands.C54/3372/13; Bodl. Rawl. B239, p.18; VCH Worcs. iii. 267, 368, 370.
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