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b. 21 Mar. 1586,S.H.A. Hervey, Dict. of Herveys, iii. 389. 1st s. of John Hervey of Ickworth, and Frances, da. and coh. of Edmund Bocking of Ashbocking, Suff.Collins, Peerage, iv. 148-9. educ. G. Inn 1611; travelled abroad 1616.GI Admiss.; APC, 1616-17, p. 30. m. (1) 21 Mar. 1614,Hervey, iii. 389. Susan (d. 6 Feb. 1637), da. of Sir Robert Jermyn† of Rushbrooke, Suff. 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (4 d.v.p.);Ibid. 390-1. (2) 1642, Penelope (d.1661), da. and coh. of Thomas, 1st Earl Rivers, wid. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Dorset and Sir John Gage, 1st bt., of Firle, Suss., s.p.Collins, Peerage, iv. 148-9. Kntd. 7 May 1608;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 145. suc. fa. 1630. d. 30 Sept. 1660.Hervey, iii. 389.
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Capt. militia horse, Suff. 1619-at least 1632;Add. 39245, ff. 42v, 157v. dep. lt. by 1626-at least 1639;Ibid. f. 103v; Add. 15084, f. 1. commr. Forced Loan 1627,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. knighthood fines 1630–1;Suckling, Suff. ii. 116; E178/7356, f. 13; 178/7198, f. 12. j.p. 1630–9;C231/5, p. 35; SP16/405, f. 62. commr. oyer and terminer 1640, 1643,C181/5, f. 175v. assessment, 1640–2,SR, v. 66, 89, 156. array 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. inquiry, rebels’ estates 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 92.

Main residence: Ickworth, Suff.
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HERVEY, Sir William II (1586-1660)

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