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BORLASE (BURLACY), Sir William (1566-1629), of Bockmer and Little Marlow, Bucks.

Family and Education
bap. 26 Jan. 1566,Cent. Bucks. Stud. Little Marlow par. reg. transcript, 2. o.s. of John Borlase† of Little Marlow, and Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Lytton of Knebworth, Herts.Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 309-10. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1581, G. Inn 1584. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. bef. 1588, Mary (bur. 18 July 1625), da. of Nicholas Backhouse, alderman and Grocer of London, 3s. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1593; T. Langley, Hist. Hundred of Desborough, facing 317. Kntd. 28 June 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. d. 4 Sept. 1629. C142/451/107. sig. Willi[a]m Borlas.
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J.p. Bucks. 1596–d., SP 13/Case F/ no. 11, f. 2; C66/2527. sheriff 1601; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. commr. inquiry, lands of Lord Grey, Bucks. 1603, lands of Sir Edward Digby, Bucks. 1606, C181/1, ff. 72v, 130v subsidy, Bucks. 1604, 1608, 1622, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23; The Gen. n.s. ii. 230. depopulation 1607, C205/5/2. aid, Prince Henry 1609, SP14/43/107. sewers, Colne valley 1609, 1615, 1618, Bucks. and Berks. 1622–6, C181/2, ff. 90v, 229v, 317; 181/3, ff. 76v, 202v. charitable uses, Bucks. 1617; C93/7/3. sub-commr. exacted fees, Bucks. 1623; HEHL, Stowe Temple corres., box 5, STT 877. dep. lt. Bucks. at least 1625–d. Eg. 860, f. 45v; E401/2586, p. 363; Cent. Bucks. Stud. Verney Pprs. cat. 9/18.

Member, New River Co. 1619. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 111.

Main residences: Bockmer; Little Marlow, Bucks.
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BOWYER, Sir William I (1558-1616), of Denham Court, Bucks. and Westminster

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b. 14 Sept. 1558,C142/193/38. 1st s. of Francis Bowyer, alderman and Grocer, of Old Jewry, London, and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of William Tyllesworth, Goldsmith, of London.Lipscomb, Bucks. iv. 446. educ. Oxf. MA 1605; G. Inn 1609.Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. by 1589,PROB 11/75, f. 87. Mary (d.1618), da. and coh. of Thomas Pierson of Westminster, usher of Star Chamber, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. d.v.p.Lipscomb, iv. 446; PROB 11/110, f. 133. suc. fa. 1581;C142/193/38. Kntd. 11 May 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 107. d. 3 Aug. 1616.WARD 7/55/90.
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Member, Grocers’ Co. by 1581;C142/193/38. j.p. Bucks. by 1593 – d., Mdx. by 1601–d.;Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/1549; SP14/33, ff. 4, 27. commr. sewers, Mdx. 1604, London 1606, Coln valley 1609, 1615, Mdx. and Westminster 1611;C181/1, ff. 88, 100v; Lansd. 168, f. 151v; C181/2, ff. 19v, 90, 140v, 229v. collector, Privy Seal loans, Mdx. 1605;E401/2585, f. 2. commr. subsidy, Bucks. and Mdx. 1608,SP14/31/1. aid, Bucks. 1609, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 511; SP14/43/107; E179/283/12. swans, Kent, Mdx. and Berks. 1609, Northants. and Oxon. 1610,C181/2, ff. 89v, 117v. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1612 – d., London 1613–d.,Ibid. ff. 178, 196v, 251, 263. musters, Mdx. 1614;APC, 1613–14, p. 566. collector, aid for Princess Eliz., Mdx. 1614.E403/2733, f. 83v.

Teller of Exch. 1602–d.Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 233.

Main residences: Denham Court, Bucks.; Westminster.
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BOWYER, Thomas (1586-1650), of Leythorne, North Mundham, Suss.

Family and Education
b. 28 Nov. 1586,Soc. Gen. North Mundham par. reg. o. surv. s. of Thomas Bowyer†, cllr.-at-law, of Leythorne and the Middle Temple, London with his 2nd w. Jane, da. of John Birch of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx., bar. Exch. 1564-81. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 61; HP Commons, 1558-1603, i. 473-4. educ. M. Temple 1605. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) by 1610, Anne (bur. 18 June 1623), da. of Adrian Stoughton* of West Stoke, nr. Chichester, Suss., at least 3s. (2 d.v.p). 4da. d.v.p. ; (2) 21 June 1624, Jane (bur. 10 Apr. 1640), da. and h. of Emery Cranley, yeoman, of Dunsfold, Surr., wid. of Samuel Austen of Shalford, Surr. and (Sir) George Stoughton* of Stoughton, nr. Guildford, Surr., s.p.; (3) c.1641, Anne (bur. 11 May 1683), da. and coh. of James Maxwell, 1st earl of Dirletoun [S], 2s. 1da. (). suc. fa. 1595; cr. bt. 23 July 1627. bur. 28 Feb. 1650 28 Feb. 1650. Soc. Gen. North Mundham par. reg.; J. Patching, ‘Sir Thomas Bowyer’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xlv. 211; Add. 45193, f. 10; CP, iv. 387; PROB 11/221, f. 152; CB, ii. 31.
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Commr. sewers, Suss. 1610 – at least41, Hants and Suss. 1641, C181/2, f. 134v; 181/5, ff. 115v, 296. j.p. Suss. 1611 – 35, 1641-at least 1642; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 38; C231/5, pp. 157, 475; ASSI 35/84/8. steward, Chichester dioc. 1619; Acts of Dean and Chapter of Cath. Church of Chichester ed. W.D. Peckham (Suss. Rec. Soc. lviii), 221. commr. brewhouse survey, Suss. 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 203. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641–2; SP14/122/89; C212/22/21, 23; SR, v. 66, 156. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1626–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 138. collector, billeting money, Chichester rape, Suss. 1626; E.S. Cunliffe, ‘"Booke Concerning The Deputy Leiuetennantshipp"’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xl. 22. commr. Forced Loan, Suss. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 59v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635 – 36, 1642. C181/5, ff. 8v, 36, 222.

Main residence: Leythorne, North Mundham, Suss.
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BOWYER, Sir William II (1588-1641), of Knypersley, Staffs.

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b. 26 July 1588, 1st s. of John Bowyer* of Sidway, Staffs. and Katherine, da. of Sir Christopher Yelverton†. educ. ?Pembroke Coll. Camb. c.1601; Staple Inn; G. Inn 1604. m. 14 Nov. 1609, Hester (bur. 14 Jan. 1658), da. of Sir William Skeffington of Fisherwick, Staffs., 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1605;C142/289/97; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), pp. 49-51; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; Par. Reg. of Biddulph ed. N.W. Tildesley (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1991), pp. 33, 55; ‘Elford Par. Regs.’ (Staffs. RO, transcript), 49, 50, 51. Kntd. 5 Sept. 1617. J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 435. d. 8 Mar. 1641. C142/702/36. sig. W Bowyer.
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J.p. Staffs. 1614–d., C66/1988; 66/2858. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1628, 1641, C212/22/20–1, 23; Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/116, unfol.; E179/283/27; SR, v. 65. charitable uses 1621, 1632, 1638, Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/116; C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1624–d., C181/3, f. 119v; 181/5, f. 219. administering the oaths of supremacy and office to j.p.s, Staffs. 1625, Staffs. RO, Q/SO/2, f. 44. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 53v. swans, Midland counties 1627; C181/3, f. 227. sheriff, Staffs. 1627–8, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 129. dep. lt., 1629-at least 1639; SP16/149/81i; 16/412/9. commr. knighthood fines, 1630–1, E178/7154, f. 290. sewers 1634. C181/4, f. 189.

Main residence: Knypersley, Staffs.
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BOROUGH (BURGH, BURROUGHES), John (1583-1643), of Old Palace Yard, Westminster

Family and Education
bap. 1 Sept. 1583, 3rd s. of William Borough of Sandwich, Kent and Jacomine, da. of one (Daniel?) Godschalk of Nieuwkerk, Brabant.Soc. Gen. St. Peter’s, Sandwich par. reg. 17, 20, 23, and mar. entry, 4 Dec. 1575; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 319. The Oxford DNB misidentifies Borough’s parentage. educ. G. Inn 1612; DCL, Oxf. 1643. GI Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. (1) lic. 3 Oct. 1608, Sylvester (d.1609), da. of Robert Denne of Denne Hill, Kingston, Kent, wid. of Thomas Coppin of Manston, Kent, ?2ch. d.v.p.; Canterbury Mar. Lics. 1568-1618 ed. J.M. Cowper, 55; E. Hasted, Kent, vi. 357; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 100; Harl. 1823, f. 29. (2) by 1622, Dorothy, da. of one Cassey, 2s. 2da. Cott. Julius C.III, f. 35; Index to Admons. in the PCC 1631-48 ed. M. Fitch (Brit. Rec. Soc. c), 47; GI Admiss. 208, 217. Kntd. 17 July 1624. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 185. d. 21 Oct. 1643. Life, Diary and Corresp. of Dugdale ed. W. Hamper, 55.
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Clerk of recs. in the Tower (jt) 1612, kpr. by 1622–d.; C66/1956; Coll. of Arms (London Survey Cttee. xvi) 50; APC, 1621–3, p. 111; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 383–4. servant to Sir Francis Bacon* by 1618, sec. by 1620-at least 1621; Letters and Life of Francis Bacon ed. J. Spedding, vi. 336; CD 1621, vii. 568. gent. of the privy chamber by 1622-at least 1623; APC, 1621–3, pp. 133, 454. Mowbray herald (extraordinary) 1623, Norroy king of arms 1623 – 33, Garter 1633–d.; Coll. of Arms (London Survey Cttee. xvi), 49, 280; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 60. clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1623-at least 1639; APC, 1623–5, p. 127; 1625–6, p. 14; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 116; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 614. commr. to revive rights of order of the Garter 1633; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 332. sec. to Thomas Howard, 21st or 14th earl of Arundel, amb. to Holy Roman Empire 1636. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 63.

Commr. new buildings, London 1630. Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 115.

Main residence: Old Palace Yard, Westminster.
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BORLASE, Henry (1591-1621), of the Middle Temple, London and Little Marlow, Bucks.

Family and Education
bap. 29 May 1591,Cent. Bucks. Stud. Little Marlow par. reg. transcript, 10. 3rd s. of Sir William Borlase* (d. 4 Sept. 1629) The Gen. n.s. ii. 232. of Little Marlow, and Mary, da. of Nicholas Backhouse, alderman and Grocer of London; bro. of William*. Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 309; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 40. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1604, M. Temple 1607, called 1619. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 486, 636. unm. bur. 4 Dec. 1624 4 Dec. 1624. Cent. Bucks. Stud. Little Marlow par. reg. transcript, 18.
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Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Little Marlow, Bucks.
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BOOTH, William (1595-1636), of Dunham Massey, Cheshire

Family and Education
b. 1595, 1st s. of Sir George Booth (d.1652) of Dunham Massey and 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Sir Edmund Anderson, c.j.c.p. of Flixborough, Lincs. and Eyworth, Beds.G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, i. 525; Cheshire Archives, CR63/2/34, unfol. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1609; L. Inn 1614. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. May 1619, Vere (bur. 4 May 1629), Harl. 2180, f. 58. da. of (Sir) Thomas Egerton II† of Dodleston, Cheshire, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 26 Apr. 1636. Ormerod, i. 525; Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 25-6.
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Custos. rot. Cheshire 1621–6,C231/4, f. 130v; E163/18/12, f. 10v. commr. sewers, Chester 1626-at least 1627, C183/3, ff. 215, 237v. Forced Loan, Cheshire 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. charitable uses 1630–1. C192/1, unfol.

Main residence: Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
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BOND, Thomas (1580-c.1652), of Durham House, The Strand, Westminster; later of Ogbourne St. George, Wilts.

Family and Education
bap. 11 Apr. 1580,St. Stephen Walbrook (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlix), 6. 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir George Bond (d.1592), Haberdasher, of London, ld. mayor 1588-9, and Winifred, da. of Sir Thomas Leigh, Mercer, of London, ld. mayor 1558-9.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ii. 274; Soc. Gen. ‘Boyd’s Inhabitants of London’, 3107; PROB 11/137, f. 476v; C142/782/132. educ. Corpus, Oxf. 1596; travelled abroad (France, Italy) c.1597; M. Temple 1604.Al. Ox.; J. Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Wilts. 93; MTR, 447. m. c. Feb. 1635, Frances, da. of Edmund Bale of Saddington, Leics., 1s. 1da.Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 70; Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 373. d. c. 1652.PROB 11/229, f. 19v.
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Sec. to Sir Thomas Egerton† (later ld. chan. Ellesmere) 1602–17.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 193; HMC Downshire, vi. 313.

Member, Virg. Co. 1620.A. Brown, Genesis of US, 831.

Recvr.-gen. fines, alienations office 1620–d.;CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 122, 164; 1627–8, p. 357; 1640, p. 349; E401/2459; PROB 11/229, f. 19v. recvr. (jt.), duchy of Lancaster, for lands in Berks., Bucks., Dorset, Glos., Hants, Herefs., Oxon., Som., and Wilts. 1625-c.43;Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 224. commr. sewers, Wilts. 1635;C181/5, f. 21v. j.p. Wilts. 1644–6;CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 67; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 142. sheriff, Wilts. 1649–50.List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154.

Main residences: Durham House, The Strand, WestminsterBodl. Tanner 314; f. 214; CSP Dom. 1625-6; p. 261.; Ogbourne St. George, Wilts.
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BRERETON, Roger (d.c.1617), of Halghton, Bangor Iscoed, Flints. and Hinton, Whitchurch, Salop

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3rd s. of Owen Brereton (d.1595) of Borras Hovah, Wrexham, Denb. and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of John Salusbury of Lleweni, Denb.J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 7. ?; ?unm. d. c. 1617.Date derived from j.p. record. sig. Roger Brereton.
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J.p. Flints. 1582 – 1617, Salop 1598-at least 1604; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 96–103; C231/1, f. 56. sheriff, Flints. 1591–2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 251. ?bailiff, Whitchurch, Salop by 1598. HEHL, EL756.

Main residences: Halghton, Bangor Iscoed, Flints.; Hinton, Whitchurch, Salop.
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BRERETON, Roger (-d.c.1617)

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BRERETON, Thomas (1585-1632), of Yard, Combe Florey, Som.

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b. 2 Feb. 1585,C142/272/55. o.s. of Thomas Brereton of Yard and Jane, da. of Robert Hill of Yard. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 14. educ. G. Inn 1602. GI Admiss. m. 18 July 1603, Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 364. Elizabeth, da. of Christopher Anketill of Stour Provost, Dorset, s.p. Vis. Som. 14. suc. fa. 1602. C142/272/55. d. 21 Aug. 1632. C142/720/18.
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Treas., W. Som. 1613–14; Q.S. Recs. 1607–25 ed. E.H. Bates (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 100. j.p. Som. by 1614–d., Q.S. Recs. 1625–39 ed. E.H.B. Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiv), 116, 156. commr. sewers 1616, 1625, 1629, C181/2, f. 246; 181/3, f. 186v; 181/4, f. 21. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 50. enclosure, Sedgemoor 1628. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 267.

Main residence: Yard, Combe Florey, Som.
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BRERETON, Thomas (1585-1632)

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