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?s. of James Parkhurst of Lenham (d.1598). Arch. Cant. vii. 36. m. lic. 2 May 1618, Anne, da. of Sir Gervase Elwes, lt. of Tower, 1s. at least 1da. Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 60; London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 1020; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 10; Eg. 2538, f. 249. Kntd. 19 July 1619. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 172. bur. 9 Mar. 1667 9 Mar. 1667. Musgrave’s Obit. ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xlvii), iv. 357. sig. William Parkhurst.
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Sec. to Sir Henry Wotton*, amb. to Venice and later Savoy, 1604 – 11, 1612; acting agent, Savoy 1612–14. Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, ii. 476.

Bailiff, Jersey 1622–4; APC, 1621–3, p. 213; G.R. Balleine, Biographical Dict. of Jersey, 322. j.p. Mdx. 1625 – at least40, Kent 1625 – 26, Essex 1625 – 26, Surr. 1625 – 26, Oxf. from 1644; C231/4, ff. 175v-6, 177, 191; C66/2859; Harl. 1622; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 190. collector, Privy Seal loan, Surr. 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 49. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1625 – 26, London 1625 – 27, Mdx. 1625, 1636 – 38, from 1641, C181/3, ff. 139, 182v, 183v, 191, 208v, 235; 181/5, ff. 57v, 114, 213v, 231. array, Kent 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Warden of Mint, Tower of London 1623–6 (jt.), 1626–9 (sole), 1629–43, 1660–d. (jt.), Shrewsbury 1642–3, Oxf. 1643–6; C66/2300/14; 66/2477/28; C.E. Challis, ‘Ld. Hastings to Gt. Silver Recoinage’, New Hist. of Roy. Mint ed. C.E. Challis, 282–3, 339; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 393. commr. mastership of Mint 1625–6, New Hist. of Roy. Mint, App. 2, pp. 741–2. ltcy. of Tower of London 1625, 1626, 1627, CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 547, 572; APC, 1627–8, p. 86. goldsmiths’ abuses 1635, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 123. regulation of gold and silver thread 1636, incorporation of maltsters 1637, brewing by 1638, gaming fraud 1638. CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 178; 1636–7, p. 404; 1637–8, pp. 230, 295.

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PARKHURST, Sir William (d.1667), of Richmond, Surr. and the Tower of London; later of Lenham, Kent.
Main residences: Richmond, Surr.; the Tower of London; Lenham, Kent.
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P.M.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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PARKHURST, Sir William (-d.1667)

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