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DIXWELL, Basil (1585-1642), of Terlingham, Folkestone, Kent; formerly of Canterbury, Kent; later of Broome Park, Barham, Kent

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b. 27 Dec. 1585,The Gen. n.s. viii. 102. 4th s. of Charles Dixwell (d.1591) of Coton Hall, Warws. and Abigail, da. of Henry Herdson, ropemaker, of London. unm. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 297; Dugdale, Warws. 17; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix), 96; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 3), i. 23. suc. uncle John Herdson in Terlingham estate 1622; Kntd. 18 Feb. 1628; cr. bt. 18 Feb. 1628. CB; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 194. d. 28 Dec. 1642.
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J.p. Kent 1626–?9; Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 59; Cal. of Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 87, 113. freeman, Hythe, Kent 1626; G. Wilks, The Barons of the Cinque Ports, and the Parliamentary Representation of Hythe, 73. sheriff, Kent 1626–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 69. commr. piracy, Kent, Suss. and the Cinque Ports 1629 – at least39, array, Kent 1642. C181/3, f. 247; 181/4, f. 48; 181/5, f. 131v; Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residences: Terlingham, Folkestone, Kent; Canterbury, Kent; Broome Park, Barham, Kent.
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DIXIE, Sir Wolstan (c.1576-1650), of Market Bosworth, Leics.

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b. c. 1576, 1st s. of John Dixie, yeoman of Catworth, Hunts. and Charity, da. of Thomas Henson of Oundle, Northants.Nichols, County of Leicester, iv. 506. educ. G. Inn 1595. GI Admiss. m. 31 Aug. 1598, St. James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. Regs. xiii), 22. Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Beaumont I* of Stoughton Grange, Leics., 4s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.) Nichols, iv. 506; PROB 11/213, f. 264. suc. gt.-uncle Sir Wolstan Dixie 1594; PROB 11/83, ff. 1-5v; Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the City of London ed. E.A. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxxvi), 181-6. Kntd. 12 May 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. 25 July 1650. CB, iii. 85.
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J.p. Leics. 1604-at least 1641; Add. 38139, f. 137v; C66/2859. commr. subsidy, Leics. 1605 – 08, 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1641–2, STAC 8/55/26; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23; Cal. of Herrick Fam. Pprs. ed. P.M. Pugh (NRA 17342), p. 102; SR, v. 85, 153. aid 1609; SP14/43/107. collector, fifteenth, Leics. 1608, 1625, aid 1613; E179/283/6, 17; E403/2732, f. 87v. sheriff, Leics. 1614–15; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 75. commr. to inquire into the estate of Newark hospital, Leics. 1616, HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), p. 418. lands of Sir Griffith Markham, Leics. 1619, lands of Sir Henry Beaumont, Leics. 1622; C181/2, f. 341; 181/3, f. 58. dep. lt., Leics. 1625-at least 1635; HEHL, HAM Box 53(6), f. 133v; HEHL, HA2296. commr. Forced Loan, Leics. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 28v. swans, Midlands counties 1627, C181/3, f. 227. Crown debts, various counties 1628; HMC Rutland, i. 485. commr. and collector, knighthood fines, Leics. 1630–4; E178/7154, f. 147; 178/5404, f. 12; E198/4/32, f. 4v. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1639–42, C181/5, f. 141v, 220v. array, Leics. 1642. LJ, v. 147a.

Main residence: Market Bosworth, Leics.
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DIGHTON, Christopher (1559-1604), of High Street, Worcester

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bap. 5 Nov. 1559,Par. Bk. of St. Helen’s Church, Worcester ed. J.B. Wilson, i. 12. 3rd but 2nd. surv. s. of Christopher Dighton I† (d.1587), vintner of High Street, Worcester, being 1st. s. with 2nd w. Alice, da. of one Conygard, alias Richardson. W.R. Buchanan-Dunlop, ‘Old Worcester Fams. III. Dighton’, Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. xxii. 84-5; CPR, 1554-5, p. 308; Par. Bk. St. Helen’s Church, Worcester, ii. 95, 97. m. (1) 17 Jan. 1586, Elizabeth (d. 18 Sept. 1590), da. of one Booth of Cheshire, 2s. d.v.p.; (2) 31 May 1591, Helen (Eleanor), da. of Thomas Walsgrove alias Fleet† of Worcester, clothier, 3da. Par. Bk. of St. Helen’s Church, Worcester, i. 25, 26, 29, 31, 33; ii. 7, 8, 97, 99; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 48; HP Commons, 1558-1603 sub Walsgrove alias Fleet, Thomas. d. 2 Aug. 1604. Par. Bk. St. Helen’s Church, Worcester, ii. 107.
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Member of the Twenty Four, Worcester by 1588, high chamberlain 1592 – 93, low bailiff 1596 – 97, low alderman 1597 – 98, high bailiff and judge of Ct. of Orphans 1598 – 99, high alderman 1599 – 1600, auditor 1600. Chamber Bk. ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 63; Worcs. RO, X496.5/BA9360, shelf 644/1, ff. 185v, 196, 200, 202v, 205, 207.

High master, Weavers, Walkers and Clothiers’ Co. Worcester 1596–7. Worcs. RO, b705:232 BA6955/2, f. 27v.

Main residence: High Street, Worcester.
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DIGBY, Sir John (1581-1653), of Bromham, Beds. and Great Queen Street, Westminster; later of Sherborne, Dorset

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bap. 27 Feb. 1581, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir George Digby† (d.1587) of Coleshill, Warws. and Abigail, da. of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Ketteringham, Norf; bro. of Philip*.J. Nichols, Hist. and Antiqs. Leics. iv. 474; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 17; C142/212/45. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1595, MA 1605; I. Temple 1598; Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. ?travelled abroad. m. 31 May 1609, Beatrice (d. 15 Sept. 1658), da. of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Salop, wid. of Sir John Dyve of Bromham, Beds., 2s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.). St. James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. reg. xiii), 34; J. Hutchins, Hist. and Antiqs. Dorset, iv. 248; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 478; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 23; Nichols, iii. 474. Kntd. or 14 May 1606; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 139. cr. Bar. Digby of Sherborne 25 Nov. 1618, earl of Bristol 15 Sept. 1622. C66/2167/6; 66/2282/6. d. 21 Jan. 1653. Nichols, iv. 474. sig. Jhon Digbye; Bristol.
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Carver, king’s Household by 1606-c.1611, HMC Hatfield, xviii. 182; E179/70/121–2. v.-chamberlain 1616 – 25; PC 1616 – 25, 1641–6. APC, 1615–16, p. 469.

Amb. to Spain 1610 – 16, 1617–18 (extraordinary), 1622–4; Holy Roman Empire 1621 (extraordinary). Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 61, 143, 258–9, 267.

J.p. Beds., Dors., Northants., Som. 1617 – 26, 1628 – c.45, custos rot. Dors. 1642-c.1645; C231/4, ff. 42, 211, 259, 261; C231/5, p. 530. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1617 – c.45, Western circ. 1629-c.1645, C181/2, f. 287; 181/3, f. 259. subsidy, Dorset, London and king’s Household 1621 – 22, 1624. C212/22/20–23.

Main residences: Bromham, Beds.; Great Queen Street, Westminster; Sherborne, Dorset.
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DIGBY, Sir John (1581-1653)

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DIGBY, Philip (1577-at least 1636), of ?St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Sherborne, Dorset

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bap. 27 July 1577, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir George Digby† (d. 1587) of Coleshill, Warws. and Abigail, da. of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Ketteringham, Norf.;IGI ‘Warws.’; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 17; Nichols, Leics. (1800), iii. 474. bro. of Sir John Digby*. ?; ?unm. sig. Phillippe Digbye.
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Main residences: ?St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster; Sherborne, Dorset.
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DEVEREUX, Walter (c.1591-1641), of Lamphey, Pemb., Essex House, The Strand, Westminster and Chartley, Staffs.

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b. c. 1591, illegit. s. of Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex (exec. 1601) and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Southwell of Woodrising, Norf.; half-bro. of Michael Molyns*. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1604; riding academy, Angers, France 1608; ?M. Temple 1618. unm. Kntd. 2 Sept. 1617.Al. Ox.; ‘Les Gentilshommes Etrangers ... a l’academie d’equitation d’Angers au xviie siecle’, Revue d’Anjou, xxvi. 12; M. Temple Admiss.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 165. bur. 24 July 1641. WCA, St. Clement Danes par. reg. vol. 2, unfol. sig. W[alter] D’evreux.
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Capt. of ft., 3rd earl of Essex’s regt., Neths. 1624-c.1626. SP84/121, ff. 254v, 269v-70v, 274, 277.

Main residences: Lamphey, Pemb.; Essex House, The Strand, Westminster; Chartley, Staffs.
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DEVEREUX, Sir Walter (1575-?1656), of Blundeston, Suff., Leigh Court, Worcs. and Castle Bromwich, Warws.

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bap. 22 Dec. 1575,Add. 19101, f. 147. 1st or 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edward Devereux†, 1st bt., of Castle Bromwich, Warws. and Katherine, da. of Edward Arden of Park Hall, Warws. educ. G. Inn 1594; ?M. Temple 1618. m. (1) by 1603, (with £100 p.a.), Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Bayspoole of Albey, Norf., s.p.; (2) by 1615, Elizabeth (d. by 8 June 1634), da. of Thomas Knightley of Burgh Hall, Staffs., wid. of Matthias/Mathy Martin of Barton, Cambs., 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 30; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 279-80; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 106; T.R. Nash, Colls. for Hist. Worcs. ii. 76; GI Admiss.; M. Temple Admiss.; Worcs. RO, 970:5:99 BA892/13, ‘Cal. of Deeds at Madresfield Ct.’ iii. no. 940. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 123. suc. fa. 1622 as 2nd bt.; 1st cousin twice removed and of the half-blood, Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex as 5th Visct. Hereford, 1646. d. by 24 Dec. 1656. CSP Dom. 1658-9, p. 159. sig. Wa[lter] Devereux.
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Commr. piracy, Suff. 1612; C181/2, f. 174v. sheriff, Warws. 1616 – 17, 30 Sept. – 9 Oct. 1637, Worcs. 1625–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147, 159. commr. subsidy, Warws. 1621 – 22, 1624, Worcs. 1624, 1641; SP14/123/78; C212/22/21, 23; SR, v. 67, 90. j.p. Warws. and Worcs. 1623-at least 1642; C231/4, f. 153; Cal. Q. Sess. Pprs. I: 1591–1643 ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc.), xxix. commr. charitable uses, Worcester 1624, 1630, Worcs. 1636-at least 1638, Chamber Order Bk. of Worcester, 1602–50 ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 49; C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1626 – at least36, Midland circ. 1626, C181/3, ff. 205v, 207; 181/5, p. 65. Forced Loan, Warws. 1627, SP16/50/54. to disafforest Malvern Chase 1632; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 45. member, Council in the Marches 1633; Eg. 2882, f. 162v. commr. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635; C181/4, f. 199v. dep. lt. Worcs. by 1637-at least 1643; HEHL, EL7443; Diary of Henry Townshend ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc.), ii. 13, 69, 111. commr. assessment 1641, 1644 (Parl.), July 1644 SR, v. 157; A. and O. i. 507. taking accts. (roy.), Warws., raising troops (parl.), Worcs. Sept. 1644; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 229. nominated ld. lt. Mon. 1646. LJ, viii. 546b.

Trustee, estates of Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex 1620–1. Longleat, Devereux Pprs. (IHR microfilm), Box vii. no. 103.

Main residences: Blundeston, Suff.; Leigh Court, Worcs.; Castle Bromwich, Warws.
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DERING, Sir Edward (1598-1644), of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent

Family and Education
b. 28 Jan. 1598, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Dering† of Surrenden Dering and his 2nd w. Frances, da. of Sir Robert Bell† of Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf., Speaker 1572-6. educ. Westminster sch.; Magdalene, Camb. 1615-17; M. Temple 1617; travelled abroad (France) 1620. m. (1) 25 Nov. 1619 (with £3,000), Elizabeth (d. 24 Jan. 1622), da. of Sir Nicholas Tufton* of Hothfield, Kent, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 1 Jan. 1625, Anne (d. 13 Apr. 1628), da. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss., 1s. 1da.; (3) 16 July 1629 (with £2,000), Unton (d. 10 Nov. 1676), da. of Sir Ralph Gibbes of Honington, Warws., 2s. 2da. Kntd. 22 Jan. 1619; cr. bt. 1 Feb. 1627; suc. fa. 1636. d. 22 June 1644.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 208; Berry, Peds. Kent Fams. 398; Diaries and Pprs. of Sir Edward Dering 2nd Bart. 1644-84 ed. M.F. Bond, 109; Cent. Kent. Stud. U350/E4, unfol., entries of 5 and 11 Aug. 1620; Oxford DNB, xv. 875.
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Commr. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 1620-at least 1625, C181/3, ff. 4, 157v. Rother valley, Kent and Suss. 1623-at least 1639, Ibid. f. 94; 181/5, f. 144. Dengemarsh, Kent 1624-at least 1636; C181/3, f. 134v; 181/5, f. 40v. freeman, Hythe, Kent 1625; E. Kent Archives Cent., H1209, f. 201. j.p. Kent 1626–42; Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 58; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 421. commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1629-at least 1630; C181/3, f. 247; 181/4, f. 48. lt. Dover Castle 1629–34/5; Add. 49977, f. 51; CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 134; 1635–6, p. 243. commr. knighthood fines, Kent and the Cinque Ports 1630-at least 1632, E178/7154, f. 88c; 178/5368, unfol.; Stowe 743, f. 85. highways repair, Kent 1631, C181/4, f. 88. subsidy 1641, array 1642. SR, v. 85; Northants. RO, FH133.

Gent. of the privy chamber extraordinary 1627. Cent. Kent. Stud. U350/E4, unfol., entry of 23 Jan. 1627.

Capt. of horse (roy.) 1642, col. 1643–4. Arch. Cant. xxi. 234; P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 107.

Main residence: Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent.
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DERING, Sir Edward (1598-1644)

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DENTON, Sir Thomas (c.1574-1633), of Hillesden, Bucks.

Family and Education
b. c. 1574, o.s. of Alexander Denton of Hillesden, and a da. of Richard Willison of Sugwas, Herefs.PROB 11/60, ff. 227-8v; PROB 11/57, ff. 152v-3. Thomas Denton is not mentioned in his grandmother’s will: PROB 11/78, ff. 81-2v. educ. All Souls, Oxf. 1589, aged 15.Al. Ox. m. by c.1595, Susan, da. of John Temple of Stow, Bucks.,Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 576. at least 4s. incl. Sir Alexander*, 2da.PROB 11/164, f. 217r-v identifies 4 sons 1 daughter (Susan). A 2nd daughter, Margaret, married Sir Edmund Verney: BL, mic. 636/2; Cent. Bucks. Stud. PR96/1/1. Vis. Bucks. (Harl.Soc. lviii), 38 incorrectly identifies Denton’s mother as Mary, daughter of Sir Roger Martin, and names 5 sons and 4 daughters. suc. fa. 1578;PROB 11/60, f. 228v. Kntd. July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. d. 19 Sept. 1633.Letters and Papers of Verney Fam. ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lvi), 157. sig. Tho[mas] Denton.
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?Capt of ft. France 1591.Lansd. 149, f. 50.

Sheriff, Bucks. 1600–1;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. recvr. and surveyor of Tutbury manor, Staffs. 1604;CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 179. commr. inquiry into lands of Gunpowder plotters, Bucks. 1607;C181/1, f. 130v. j.p. Bucks. 1608,SP14/33. Buckingham, Bucks. 1618–30;C181/2, f. 338; 181/4, f. 68. dep. lt. Bucks. by 1608-at least 1625;HEHL, EL 1692; Eg. 860, ff. 48v, 115v; SP14/33, f. 7v. steward, hundreds of Rowley and Stodfold, Bucks. 1608;E315/310, f. 56v. commr. charitable uses, Bucks. 1608, 1610, 1621, 1629–30,C93/2/29; 93/3/6, 26; 93/8/15. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1616–23,C181/2, f. 258r-v; 181/4, f. 146v. Home circ. 1620;C181/3, f. 14v. commr. subsidy, Bucks. 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20–3. sub-commr. exacted fees, Bucks. 1623; HEHL, Temple Corresp., Box 5, STT 877. commr. Privy Seal loan, Bucks. 1625–6,E401/2586, p. 363. Forced Loan 1626–7,C193/12/2, f. 3v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. knighthood fines 1630–1. E178/7154, pt. 2, f. 107; 178/5156, ff. 4, 7.

Main residence: Hillesden, Bucks.
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DENTON, Sir Alexander (1596-1645), of Hillesden, Bucks.

Family and Education
bap. 21 Mar. 1596,Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 576; iii. 17. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Denton* of Hillesden, and Susan, da. of John Temple of Stow, Bucks.Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 38. educ. Christchurch, Oxf. 1612.Al. Ox. m. 2 Sept. 1617, Mary (bur. 6 Apr. 1641), da. and coh. of Edmund Hampden of Hartwell, Bucks., 1s. 6da.Cent. Bucks. Stud. PR 96/1/1; PR 52/5/1; PR 102/1/1. Kntd. Sept. 1617;Al. Ox.; F. P. Verney, Mems. of Verney Fam. during Civil War, ii. 189-90. suc. fa. 1633.PROB 11/164, f. 217r-v. bur. 5 Jan. 1645 5 Jan. 1645.Cent. Bucks. Stud. PR 102/1/1. sig. Alexander Denton.Verney, ii. 197.
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Capt. militia horse, Bucks. by 1628;Eg. 860, f. 152, undated but before Aug. 1628. commr. charitable uses, Bucks. 1629–30;C93/12/6. j.p. Buckingham, Bucks. 1630-at least 1638;C181/4, f. 68; 181/5, f. 120v. sheriff, Bucks. 1637–8;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. commr. oyer and terminer, Bucks. 1640,C181/5, f. 169v. array 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. levying of money 1643.A. and O. i. 227.

Main residence: Hillesden, Bucks.
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DENTON, Sir Alexander (1596-1645)

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