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bap. 30 Sept. 1561,Reg. St. Alphaege, Canterbury ed. J.M. Cowper, 2. 1st s. of William Lovelace† of Bethersden, sjt.-at-law, and 1st w. Anne, da. of Robert Lewes, alderman of Canterbury. educ. ?G. Inn 1580. m. by c.1581, Elizabeth (bur. 3 Dec. 1627), da. of Edward Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kent, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. A.J. Pearman, ‘Kentish Fam. of Lovelace’, Arch. Cant. x. 207-8; J. Hall Pleasants, ‘Lovelace Fam. and its connections’, Virg. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. xxviii. 87, 90; GI Admiss. suc. fa. 1577; Kntd. 30 July 1599; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. bur. 12 Oct. 1629 12 Oct. 1629. Pearman, 206. sig. Willia[m] Lovelace.
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J.p. Kent by 1590 – 95, 1598-at least 1625; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 293; P. Clark, Eng. Prov. Soc. 261; C231/1, f. 54; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 158. commr. Kent sewers, E. Kent by 1605-at least 1628; Cent. Kent. Stud. S/EK/SO2, p. 80; S/EK/SO3, p. 98. freeman, Canterbury 1612; Roll of Freemen of City of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 56. dep. lt. and capt. of militia ft., Canterbury by 1617-at least 1623; HMC 9th Rep. i. 162; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/FA/23, f. 152. surveyor of the highways (jt.), Bethersden 1623–5, Bethersden par. recs. CW/2, f. 121v. vestryman by 1627; Pearman, 204. commr. subsidy, Canterbury 1624. C212/22/23.

Soldier, army in Ire. by 1599, officer in Anglo-Dutch service by 1602-at least 1606. HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 593, 332.

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LOVELACE, Sir William (1561-1629), of Lovelace Place, Bethersden and Greyfriars, Canterbury, Kent
Main residences: Lovelace Place, Bethersden; Greyfriars, Canterbury, Kent.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LOVELACE, Sir William (1561-1629)

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