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BRETT, Sir Robert (c.1566-1620), of Charing Cross, Westminster and Dover Castle, Kent; formerly of West Molesey, Surr.

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b. c. 1566, 4th s. of John Brett (d.1589) of Whitestaunton, Som. and Margaret, da. and coh. of Hugh Ratcliff of Stepney, Mdx., wid. of John Acland of Akeland Barton, Devon; half-bro. of Sir John Acland*. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1586, aged 20. m. (1) 14 Dec. 1590, Alice (bur. 19 June 1602), da. of James Huishe, Grocer, of St. Pancras, London, s.p.; (2) 13 July 1603 (with £1,000), Frances (d. 28 Aug. 1617), da. of (Sir) Thomas Fane of Badsell, Tudeley, Kent, 1s. d.v.p.; (3) Anne (d. 22 Feb. 1634), da. of Sir William Meredith, paymaster of the army, of Leeds Castle, Kent, s.p.F. Brown, ‘Brett Fam.’, Som. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. Procs. xxviii. 82; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 3; PROB 11/73, f. 320; 11/76, f. 182v; 11/77, f. 73; Al. Ox.; St. Pancras, Soper Lane (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlv), 444; J.V.W. Lloyd, Powys Fadog, iii. 82; VCH Northants.: Genealogical Vol. 96. Kntd. 22 Apr. 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 102. A Robert Brett of Devon is also said to have been knighted on 18 Apr. 1604, but this second Sir Robert Brett, if he existed, has proved elusive: Shaw, 131. d. 1 Sept. 1620.
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Servant to Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex by 1589; Expedition to Spain and Portugal 1589 ed. R.B. Wernham (Navy Rec. Soc. cxxv), 205. surveyor of the races, Tutbury, Staffs. 1598-at least 1610;HMC Hatfield, viii. 366; LC2/4/4, f. 57a; E179/45/37; 179/70/122, 123a; DL4/46/33, interrogatories, no. 10. equerry 1604;LC2/4/5, p. 56. gent. usher of the privy chamber by 1607-at least 1609.CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 370; Cent. Bucks. Stud. B/Buc/8/5/3.

J.p. Mdx. 1597–d., C66/1468, m. 25d. Kent 1610–d. Cal. of Assize Recs., Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 86, 134.; commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1606 – at least12, Sandwich, Kent 1614, to indict Owen the traitor, Kent 1615, annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, inquiry into lands of Skevington in Kent 1613;C181/2, ff. 13v, 142, 180, 198v-200, 228. lt. Dover Castle 1613–15;Chamberlain Letters, i. 476; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 200; Carew Letters ed. J. Maclean (Cam. Soc. lxxvi), 12. freeman, Dover 1614;Add. 29623, f. 28. commr. sewers, Wittersham level, Kent and Rother valley 1614 – at least18, Essex 1617. C181/2, ff. 219v, 247v, 265, 295, 328v.

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BRETT, Sir Robert (c.1566-1620), of Charing Cross, Westminster and Dover Castle, Kent; formerly of West Molesey, Surr.
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BOWYER, John (1557-1605), of Sidway Hall, Staffs.

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b. 1557, 1st s. of William Bowyer† of Knypersley, Staffs. and Anne, da. of William Heywood of Stonylowe, Staffs. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 1578. m. 30 Aug. 1587, Katherine (bur. 8 Dec. 1631), da. of Sir Christopher Yelverton†, j.k.b. of Easton Maudit, Northants. and Cripplegate, London, 8s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1602. Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), pp. 49-50; GI Admiss.; C142/281/86; HP Commons, 1558-1603, iii. 679; Maer transcribed S. Gill (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 2004), pp. 11-14, 26. Kntd. 12 May 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. 7 Mar. 1605. C142/289/97. sig. Jo[hn] Bowyer
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J.p. Staffs. 1594 – 95, 1596–d.; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1932), pp. 54. 100, 118, 205; Staffs. Hist. Colls. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1940), p. 189. ?freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. 1597; T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 223. commr. charitable uses, Staffs. 1599, 1603, C93/1/16; 93/2/7. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1603–d., C181/1 ff. 37v, 104v. to take depositions in Sir Edward Littleton I* v. Gilbert Wakering, Staffs. 1603. STAC 5/L49/26.

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BOWYER, John (1557-1605), of Sidway Hall, Staffs.
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BOWYER, Sir Edmund (1552-1627), of Camberwell, Surr. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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b. 12 May 1552, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of John Bowyer, barrister of L. Inn and Camberwell, being 1st s. with his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Robert Draper of Camberwell. educ. L. Inn 1568, called 1577. m. 25 May 1573, Katherine (bur. 12 July 1609), da. of William Byne of Washington, Suss., s.p. suc. fa. 1570;Coll. Top. et Gen. iii. 151-2; LI Admiss.; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 32. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 107. d. 18 Feb. 1627. WARD 7/75/17.
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J.p. Surr. by 1579–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 182; E163/18/12, f. 78. commr. suppression of Jesuits, 1592, Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/1380/2. subsidy 1594 – 95, 1608, 1622, Southwark, Surr. 1608, 1622, 1624, HMC 7th Rep. 652; Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/1510; SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. sewers, Surr. 1598, 1613, Surr. and Kent 1603, 1624, 1625; APC, 1597–8, p. 491; C181/1, f. 46; 181/2, f. 191; 181/3, ff. 114v, 161v. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1600–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 137. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1602 – d., the Verge 1604 – d., Surr. 1608, the Marshalsea 1620, 1623, C181/1, ff. 31, 93v; 181/2, f. 73v; 181/3, ff. 1, 97, 198v, 208v. preservation of ditches on the Thames, Mdx., Surr., Berks., Kent, Essex, 1602, 1605, C181/1, ff. 5v, 113v. inquiry into lands of Henry Brooke alias Cobham†, 11th Lord Cobham, Surr. 1603, C181/1, f. 71v. audit the accounts of St. Saviour’s Southwark, 1606, C33/112, f. 21. inquiry into lands of John Deacon, Surr. 1608; C181/2, f. 70. commr. and collector aid, Surr. 1609, 1612; SP14/43/107; Harl. 354, f. 68v; E403/2732, f. 129v. commr. inquiry, Wandle River 1610, M.S. Giuseppi, ‘River Wandle in 1610’, Surr. Arch. Colls. xxi. 176. annoyances, 1611, Mdx. 1613; C181/2, ff. 142, 199. collector, Privy Seal loan, Surr. 1611–13; Add. 27877, f. 140. dep. lt. Surr. by 1615–d.; HMC 7th Rep. 670; C66/2384/3. gov. of Camberwell g.s. 1615; W.H. Blanch, Ye Par. of Camerwell, 251. commr. brewhouse survey, Surr. 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 203. collector, Benevolence 1622, SP14/135/62. commr. inquiry into concealed lands, London and Mdx. 1623, C181/3, f. 98v. Forced Loan, Surr. 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 57v. martial law 1626. C66/2384/3.

Commr. poor prisoners by 1589 – at least1600, 1624, suppression of Jesuits 1593, Rymer, vii. pt. 1, p. 117, pt. 4, p. 136; APC, 1589–90, p. 91; 1599–1600, p. 644. starch manufacture 1620, CD 1621, vii. 442. trade 1625; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 59. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1625–d. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 346.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1610. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 45.

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BOWYER, Sir Edmund (1552-1627), of Camberwell, Surr. and Lincoln’s Inn, London
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BRANDLING, Sir Francis (1595-1640/1), of Felling, co. Dur. and Alnwick Abbey, Northumb.

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b. 16 Apr. 1595, 1st s. of Robert Brandling* and his 1st w. Jane, da. of Francis Wortley of Wortley, Yorks.Surtees, Hist. co. Palatine Dur. ii. 90; Vis. Durham ed. Foster, 47. educ. Oxf. 1613; travelled abroad 1614. Al. Ox.; SO3/6, unfol. (Nov. 1614). m. (1) settlement 18 May 1618, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Ralph Grey* of Chillingham Castle, Northumb., 6s.; C142/753/5. (2) settlement 4 Feb. 1638, Elizabeth (bur. 28 Feb. 1676), da. of Sir William Pitt* of Stratfield Saye, Hants, wid. of Richard Wheeler of Datchet, Bucks., s.p. Surtees, ii. 90; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 195. Kntd. 1970; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 164. suc. fa. 1634. C142/753/5. d. 1640 /1. sig. Francis Brandling.
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J.p. Northumb. 1618–d.; C231/4, f. 58; SP16/405. commr. inquiry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. 1618 – 20, survey Crown manors, Northumb. 1621 – 22, subsidy 1624, recusants 1626; C181/2, ff. 310v, 340; 181/3, ff. 14, 38, 41v; C212/22/23; Northumb. RO, 1DE7/90, 106. sheriff, Northumb. 1626–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 99. commr. Forced Loan, Northumb. 1626–7; C193/12/2. dep. lt. Northumb. by 1640. CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 312; 1640, p. 42.

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BRANDLING, Sir Francis (1595-1640/1), of Felling, co. Dur. and Alnwick Abbey, Northumb.
Main residences: Felling, co. Dur; Alnwick Abbey, Northumb.
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BRANDLING, Robert (1575-1634), of Felling, co. Dur. and Alnwick Abbey, Northumb.

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bap. 23 Jan. 1575, 1st s. of William Brandling of Felling, co. Dur. and North Gosforth, Northumb. and Anne Helye. m. (1) by 1594, Jane (bur. 17 Jan. 1606/7), da. of Francis Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., 6s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Mary, da. of Thomas Hilton of Hilton, co. Dur. 2s.; 1ch. illegit with Jane Shaw; 1-2ch. illegit. with Jane Kirsopp. suc. fa. 1575.Surtees, Hist. co. Palatine Dur. ii. 90; Durham Vis. Peds. ed. Foster, 47; C2/Jas.I/B9/23; Durham High Commission Acts ed. W.H.D. Longstaffe (Surtees Soc. xxxiv), 55, 62. d. 29 June 1634. C142/753/5.
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Freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. 1600; Newcastle Freemen ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 6. member, Hostmen’s Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1601–?d.; Recs. Co. Hostmen ed. F.W. Dendy (Surtees Soc. cv), 267. j.p. co. Dur. by 1602–?d.; C181/1, f. 25; 181/2, f. 81v. sheriff, Northumb. 1617 – 18, 1630–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 99. surveyor, Crown mines, co. Dur. and Northumb. 1620; SP14/116/74. commr. inquiry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1618 – 20, survey Crown manors, Northumb. and co. Dur. 1621, sewers, co. Dur. 1630. C181/2, ff. 310v, 340; 181/3, ff. 14, 38; 181/4, f. 58.

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BRANDLING, Robert (1575-1634), of Felling, co. Dur. and Alnwick Abbey, Northumb.
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BRAKIN, Francis (c.1546-c.1628), of Chesterton, Cambs. and Gray’s Inn, London

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b. c. 1546,Age calculated from date of admiss. to G. Inn. 2nd s. of Richard Brakin of Chesterton, and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Wren of Haddenham, I. of Ely, Cambs.Add. 5812, f. 33; Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 68-9. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1561; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1567, called 1579.Al Cant.; GI Admiss. m. Barbara, da. of Thomas Goodrick of Ely, Cambs., 3s. 4da.Add. 5812, f. 33. d. c. 1628.
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Dep. recorder, Cambridge, Cambs. 1583 – 1608, recorder 1608–24;Downing Coll. Camb. Lib., Liber Rationalis 1561–89, f. 225; Cambs. RO, Box II/9, ff. 1, 18; Mun. Rm. Shelf C.7, f. 134; VCH Cambs. iii. 549. reader, Staple Inn 1586;PBG Inn, i. 72. treas. G. Inn 1623–4.Ibid. 35, 260.

J.p. Cambs. 1591–d.,Hatfield House, ms 278, unfol.; E163/18/12. Ely 1602 – d., Cambridge 1603–d.;C181/1, ff. 31v, 39v; 181/3, ff. 82v, 197; CUL, UA Collection Admin. 5, f. 38. commr. gaol delivery, Cambridge 1602 – d., Ely 1602–d.,C181/1, ff. 25v, 32; 181/3, ff. 192v, 221. conservation of ditches, Ely 1603,C181/1, f. 58v. sewers, fenlands 1605, river Gleane 1617–8,C181/1, f. 112v; 181/2, ff. 282v, 327. subsidy, Hunts. 1608, Cambridge, Cambs., I. of Ely 1608, 1621, 1624,SP14/31/1; C212/22/20, 21, 23. aid Prince Henry, Cambs. 1609,E179/283. oyer and terminer, Eastern circ. 1610–d.,C181/2, ff. 106v, 332v; 181/3, f. 257v. repair Gt. Bridge, Cambridge 1617,C181/2, f. 289v. swans, I. of Ely 1620.C181/3, f. 13.

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BRAKIN, Francis (c.1546-c.1628), of Chesterton, Cambs. and Gray’s Inn, London
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BRADSHAW, Joseph (aft. 1585-1632), of Old Palace Yard, Westminster.

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b. aft. 1585, one of 5s. of John Bradshaw (d.1606), brewer, of Stratford-le-Bow, Mdx. and Westminster and Elizabeth Empson. WCA, Elsam, ff. 570v-74. m. by 1622, Elizabeth Anderson (d. by 26 Dec. 1657), 3s. 1da. d.v.p. bur. 20 Dec. 1632 20 Dec. 1632. W. Briggs, Abstracts of PCC Wootton Wills, iii. no. 413; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 113, 115, 123, 131, 549, 563.
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Member, Artillery Co. of London 1623; Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. G.A. Raikes, 36. liveryman Brewers’ Co. 1624, asst. 1628 – d., renter warden 1629–30; GL, ms 5445, xiv. unfol., 7 Oct. 1624; xv. unfol., 21 Oct. 1628, 18 July 1629. overseer of poor, St. Margaret’s, Westminster 1624–5. WCA, E152, unfol.

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BRADSHAW, Joseph (aft. 1585-1632), of Old Palace Yard, Westminster.
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BRACE, John (c.1578-1630), of Hill Court, Dodderhill, Worcs.

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c.1578, 1st s. of Philip Brace of Dodderhill, and Eleanor, da. and h. of one Newport.Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 14-15; C2/Eliz./D8/57. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxf., 1594, aged 16. Al. Ox. m. by 1614, Eldest son aged 17 when he matriculated in 1631, Al. Ox. (Brace, Philip). Cecily, da. of Sir Samuel Sandys* of Ombersley, Worcs., 2s., 1da. Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 23. suc. fa. 1598; Worcs. Wills and Admins. ed. E.A. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. and Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1904), i. 400. uncle Francis Brace† 1599. C142/325/186. d. 12 Aug. 1630. MIs, St. Augustine’s Church, Dodderhill, Worcs. comp. P. Harris (Birmingham and Midland Soc. of Genealogy and Heraldry), 1.
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BRACE, John (c.1578-1630), of Hill Court, Dodderhill, Worcs.
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BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent

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bap. 19 July 1579,Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 11. 1st s. of Sir Edward Boys of Fredville and 1st w. Mary, da. of Peter Wentworth† of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. 1594, BA 1597; M. Temple 1599; ? travelled abroad 1604. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss.; Add. 29759, f. 49v. m. 20 Mar. 1604, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Alexander Hammon of Acrise, Kent, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/93/1/1. The month of the mar. is omitted from this reg. but cf. Canterbury Mar. Lics. 1568-1618 ed. J.M. Cowper, 58. 6s. 6da. (1 d.v.p.). Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 40. Kntd. or 12 May 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130, 132. suc. fa. 1635. Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 98.
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Commr. sewers, Kent 1620 – at least39, Dengemarsh, Kent 1636; C181/3, f. 3v; 181/4, f. 75; 181/5, pp. 80, 292. freeman, Sandwich 1626; E. Kent Archives Cent. Sa/AC 7, f. 132a. j.p. Kent 1632-at least 1642; C231/5, f. 90; PRO30/26/104, f. 23. commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1639;C181/5, p. 262. lt. Dover Castle 1640, constable 1642–6; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 487; S.P.H. Statham, Hist. Dover, 417. commr. subsidy, Kent 1641, Poll Tax 1641, SR, v. 63, 85, 107, 152. dep. lt. 1642, CJ, ii. 724a. commr. sequestration 1643, levying of money 1643, composition 1643, defence 1643, S.E. Assoc. 1643 – 44, oyer and terminer, Kent 1644, A. and O. i. 113, 148, 231, 247–8, 336, 451, 541. gaol delivery 1644, C181/5, p. 472. assessment 1644 – 45, New Model ordinance 1645. A. and O. i. 620, 639.

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BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent
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BOSWELL, William (1583-1650), of Westminster

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bap. 23 June 1583, 1st s. of John Boswell of Hartest, Suff. by Frances, da. of Richard Eliot of Boxted, Suff.Suff. RO (Bury St. Edmunds), Boxted par. reg.; PROB 11/86, ff. 213-14. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1600, BA 1604, MA 1607; incorp. Oxf. 1608; travelled abroad (Italy, Germany, France) 1614-18.Al. Cant.; Al. Ox. m. 1629, Margaret (bur. 31 July 1682), da. of Sir Ralph Bosvile of Bradbourne Hall, Sevenoaks, Kent and h. to her bro. Leonard, 1s. suc. fa. 1592; Kntd. 25 July 1633. d. 2 Apr. 1650.PROB 11/370, f. 316; CUL, wills 3, f. 219; Add. 19077, f. 348; Add. 19128, f. 113; J. Dunlop, Pleasant Town of Sevenoaks, 114; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 201.
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Fell. Jesus, Camb. 1606 – 29; proctor, Camb. 1623 – 24; freeman, Boston 1624; master, St. John’s hosp. Northampton 1629–?43. Camb. Univ. Hist. Reg. 40; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 88; CJ, iii. 141; Lincs. Hist. and Arch. xiii. 48.

Sec. of embassy, Paris 1619 – 22, Savoy and Venice 1628 – 29; sec. and commissary to John Williams, bp. of Lincoln 1622–?5; sec. (jt.) to special navy commrs. 1626–7. Life of Lord Herbert ed. J.M. Shuttleworth, 95; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 386; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 483.

Clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1622 – ?42; commr. Crown debts 1628; kpr. (jt.) State Paper Office 1629 – ?42; commr. survey of the Mint 1631; recvr. of American revenues (jt.) 1632; commr. maltsters and brewers 1637.Cott. Julius C.V, f. 301; CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 375, 476; 1623–5, pp. 74, 171; 1636–7, p. 404; APC, 1621–3, p. 353; HMC Rutland, i. 485; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii, pt. 3, pp. 183, 277.

Agent, Utd. Provinces 1631 – 34, amb. 1634–49. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 199.

Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) 1632. LC5/132, p. 302.

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BOSWELL, William (1583-1650), of Westminster
Main residence: Westminster.
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