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BROMLEY, Sir Henry (c.1560-1615), of Holt Castle, Worcs., Shrawardine Castle, Salop and St. Lawrence Pountney, London; later of Westminster.

Family and Education
b. c. 1560, 1st s. of (Sir) Thomas Bromley† of Hodnet, Salop, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Adrian Fortescue of Shirburn Castle, Oxon. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 78; VCH Oxon. viii. 179. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1576, aged 16; I. Temple 1580. Al. Ox.; CITR, i. 303. m. (1) by 1583, H. Hall, Soc. in Elizabethan Age, 278 Elizabeth (bur. 21 Aug. 1589), da. of Sir Thomas Pelham of Eythropp, Bucks., 1s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.); Suss. Genealogies: Lewes Cent. comp. J. Comber, 206; Soc. Gen. microfiche WO/REG/95100/1-4; Nash, Worcs. i. 595; Condover Par. Reg. (Salop Par. Reg. Soc. vi), 54; PROB 11/127, f. 65v. (2) 26 Nov. 1591, Elizabeth (d. 19 Mar. 1592), da. of Hugh Verney of Fairfield, Som. and wid. of William Palmer (d.1586), of Parham, Suss. 1s.; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 78; Parham par. reg. (Soc. Gen. Transcript); Soc. Gen. microfiche WO/REG/95100/1-4; C142/237/129; PROB 11/127, f. 65. (3) settlement 28 June 1593, (with £4,200), WARD 7/55/245. Anne da. of Sir Thomas Scott† of Scot’s Hall, Kent and wid. of Richard Knatchbull (d.1591), of Mersham Hatch, Kent, Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 63-4, 128-9; J.R. Scott, Scott, of Scot’s Hall, 227. 3s. (1 d.v.p.); Soc. Gen. microfiche WO/REG/95100/1-4; Nash, ii. 446-7; PROB 11/127, f. 65. (4) 7 June 1604, W.B. Wilson, St. Laurence Pountney, 133. Anne (d. 1 Jan. 1629), Nash, i. 598. da. of William Beswicke of London, alderman, Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 152. and wid. of William Offley (bur. 1601), of St. Lawrence Pountney, Merchant Taylor and Merchant of the Staple, s.p. ‘Mss Relating to the Fam. of Offley’ ed. G.C. Bower, The Gen. n.s. xx. 51. suc. fa. 1587; C142/213/114. Kntd. 1592. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 89. d. 14 May 1615. WARD 7/55/245. sig. Henry Bromley.
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Verderer, Feckenham Forest, Worcs. c.1588-at least 1593; STAC 5/G2/6. j.p. Worcs. by 1591 – 1601, by 1604 – c.06, c. 1608 – d., Salop 1597 – 1601, by 1604 – c.06, c.1608–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/1, ff. 28v, 105; C66/1620; 66/1698; 66/1748; 66/2047. sheriff, Worcs. 1591–2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 158. dep. lt., Worcs. 1595 – 1601, 1609-at least 1613; G. Owen, Taylor’s Cussion, pt. 1, f. 37v; E178/4779; C66/1746, m. 2d; Worcs. RO, BA81/705:24/647(4). collector, Privy Seal loan, Worcs. 1597–8, APC, 1597–8, p. 559. aid 1609; SP14/43/107. commr. eccles. causes, Worcs. 1598, C66/1478, mm. 8–11. subsidy, Worcs. 1598, 1599, E179/201/241; E112/116/167B. Worcester, 1599, inquiry into spoils of wood, Worcs. bef. 1599, E133/9/1406. purveyance, Worcs. 1599; C231/1, f. 70. i.p.m., Worcs. 1599, Salop 1600, C66/1503, m. 16d; C142/261/25. charitable uses, Worcs. 1599, 1600, C93/1/35; 93/1/8. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches 1600, 1606–7, C66/1523, m. 7d; C181/2, ff. 17v, 51. attach the body of Edward Hall, Worcs. 1601; C66/1555, m. 29d. member, Council in the Marches of Wales, 1603-at least 1608, HMC Hatfield, xv. 392; Docs. Connected with Hist. Ludlow ed. R.H. Clive, 259. chief steward, estates of Worcester Cathedral by 1606; Cal. Q.S. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1900), i. xcviii. commr. inquiry into the estates of Gunpowder plotters, Worcs. 1606. C181/1 f. 130.

Member, embassy to Scot. 1594; N. Tyacke, ‘Puritan Politicians and King James VI and I’, Pols. Religion and Popularity in Early Stuart Britain ed. T. Cogswell, R. Cust and P. Lake, 23–5. gent. of the privy chamber 1603-at least 1609. Harl. 6166, f. 68v; C54/1998.

Main residences: Holt Castle, Worcs.; Shrawardine Castle, Salop; St. Lawrence Pountney, London; Westminster.
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BROMLEY, Sir Henry (c.1560-1615)

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BROMFIELD, Robert (c.1575-1642), of Montague Close, St. Saviour’s, Southwark, Surr.; later of Arneways, Lambourne, Essex

Family and Education
b. c. 1575, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Bromfield (d.1612), merchant, of Southwark and Udimore, Suss. and Grace, da. of Thomas Martin of Surr.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 107; VCH Suss. ix. 173. educ. New Inn; M. Temple 1595. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1597, with £100, Sara, da. of John West, woodmonger, of Southwark, at least 2s.; LMA, P92/SAV/3002 (St. Saviour’s Southwark par. reg.); PROB 11/84, f. 125; HMC 5th Rep. 356. (2) by June 1624, Anne, da. of John Palmer of Southwark, wid. of Robert Faldo of North Mimms, Herts., ?s.p. H.F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in Eng. 192; PCC Admins. 1620-30, p. 37. d. ?1642. R. Stevens, St. Mary and All Saints, Lambourne, 10.
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Vestryman, St. Saviour’s, Southwark 1613 – ?39, churchwarden 1615 – 17, 1622 – 23, 1628–9; LMA P92/SAV/450, pp. 449, 467, 473, 513, 568. commr. subsidy, Southwark, Surr. 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. sewers, Kent and Surr. 1632, 1639. C181/4, f. 126v; 181/5, f. 153v.

Examiner, Star Chamber by 1634. Vis. London, 107.

Main residences: Montague Close, St. Saviour's, Southwark, Surr.; Arneways, Lambourne, Essex.
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WINGFIELD, John (c.1560-1626), of Tickencote, Rutland

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b. c. 1560, 2nd s. of Robert Wingfield† (d.1580) of Upton, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Cecil† of Little Burghley, Northants.; bro. of Sir Robert*. educ. Westminster sch.; Trin. Camb. 1578. m. (1) by 1593, Elizabeth (d. 14 Feb. 1602), da. and h. of Paul Gresham of Tickencote, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) Margaret (bur. 3 Sept. 1618), da. of Robert Thorold of Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincs., wid. of John Blythe of Denton, Lincs., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). bur. 29 July 1626.Blore, Rutland, ii. 69-70; The Gen. ii. 154; List of Queen’s Scholars of St. Peter’s College, Westminster comp. J. Welch, 55; Al. Cant.
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J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) c. 1587 – ?1605, Rutland by 1604–d.; E163/14/18; C66/1549; SP14/33, f. 51; C66/1620; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 14. feodary, Lincs. 1594 – 1601, 1609–14; WARD 9/275. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1604 – d., Lincs. and Northants. 1607, subsidy, Rutland 1608, oyer and terminer, Midlands circ. 1610–d. C181/1, f. 74; 181/2, f. 106v; 181/3, ff. 199, 206; SP14/31/1.

Servant to Robert Cecil† (later 1st earl of Salisbury) c.1604. HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 158–9.

Main residence: Tickencote, Rutland.
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WHITTINGHAM, Timothy (c.1560-1638), of Cowling, Yorks.; later of Holmside, co. Dur.

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b. c.1560,STAC 8/301/30, f. 42. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Whittingham, dean of Durham 1563-79, and Katherine, da. of Louis Jacquemaine of Orleans, France. J.H. Colligan, William Whittingham of Chester, 75. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1572, BA 1576, MA 1579; incorp, Oxf. 1577; M. Temple 1576. Al. Cant.; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1590, Elizabeth (d. 13 Mar. 1615), da. of Bryan Askwith of Osgoodby, Yorks., 6s. (at least 3 d.v.p.) 2 da. suc. fa. 1579; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxii. 213; J. Surtees, Dur. ii. 330. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 129. d. by 30 Apr. 1638. Durham UL, Prob. Recs. 1638, A229.
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Treas. maimed soldiers, Yorks. (Richmondshire) 1592, 1594, hospitals 1598; N. Riding Q. Sess. Recs. ed. J.C. Atkinson, ii. 262, 264, 269; iii. 30 j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) by 1592 – d., co. Dur. 1612–d.; Durham Q. Sess. Rolls (Surtees Soc. cxcix), 224. escheator, Yorks. 1595; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 193. commr. sewers, N. Riding 1604 – 23; member, High Commission, prov. of York 1604/5; commr. Admty. causes, Yorks. 1608, subsidy N. Riding 1608, N. Riding and co. Dur. 1621 – 22, 1624, aid N. Riding 1609, 1612, oyer and terminer, co. Dur. 1618 – 28, border malefactors 1618–19; Yorks. Arch. Soc. MD125; HMC Hatfield, xv. 394; HCA 14/39/217; C212/22/20–3; E179/283, ‘commrs. for the aid’; 179/214/369; C181/2, f. 311; 181/3, f. 240; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 96. provost-marshal, Durham militia by 1631. Surtees, ii. 326.

Main residences: Cowling, Yorks.; Holmside, co. Dur.
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WHITTINGHAM, Timothy (c.1560-1638)

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WENTWORTH, Thomas I (c.1568-1627), of Lincoln’s Inn and Henley, Oxon.

Family and Education
b. c. 1568, 2nd s. of Peter Wentworth† (d.1597) of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon. and 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of William Walsingham of Footscray, Kent, wid. of Geoffrey Gate of Waltham, Essex; bro. of Walter†; half-bro. of Geoffrey Gates†.W.L. Rutton, Three Branches Wentworth Fam. 300-2; Bucks. Recs. vi. 238. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1584, aged 16; L. Inn 1585, called 1594. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 35. m. by 1598, Dorothy, da. and coh. of Thomas Keble of Newbottle, Northants., 6s. at least 3da. Rutton, 273; Baker, Northants. i. 659. d. by Sept. 1627. Oxf. Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xcv) ed. H.E. Salter and M.G. Hobson, 6.
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Freeman, Oxford, Oxon. 1603; Oxf. Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxxvii) ed. H.E. Salter, 157. j.p. Oxford 1603 – 14, 1616–d., Ibid. 157, 254; C181/1, f. 73; C181/2, f. 71, C181/3. f. 2. commr. gaol delivery 1604 – 05, subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624. Royal Letters to Oxf. ed. O. Ogle, 249; C181/1, f. 79; C212/22/20, 21, 23.

Fee’d counsel, Oxford 1603, Oxf. Council Acts, 157. recorder 1607–d.; Oxf. Council Acts, 181; C181/2, f. 7. bencher, L. Inn 1609, marshal 1611, reader 1612, kpr. of black bk. 1618, treas. 1620. LI Black Bks. ii. 120, 141, 208, 218.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn; Henley, Oxon.
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WENTWORTH, Sir John (c.1578-1651), of Somerleyton, Suff.

Family and Education
b. c. 1578, Add. 19154, f. 389. o.s. of John Wentworth of Darsham, Suff. and Elizabeth, da. of John Southwell of Barrow Hall, Suff. Ibid; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 175. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1588, BA 1592; Al. Cant. L. Inn 1592. LI Admiss. m. Anne, da. of Sir Stephen Soames of London and Little Thurlow, Suff., s.p. Add. 19154, f. 389; Copinger, v. 64. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 119. suc. fa. 1618. PROB 11/133, ff. 405-6. bur. 16 Oct. 1651 16 Oct. 1651. Add. 19154, f. 389.
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J.p. Suff. 1617 – at least36, Norf. 1620-at least 1636; C231/4, ff. 42, 109; C231/5, f. 76; C193/13/1. sheriff, Suff. 1619–20, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132. commr. sewers 1619, 1626, C181/2, f. 349; 181/3, f. 201v. dep. lt. 1623–d., C231/4, f. 157; Suff. and the Great Rebellion ed. A. Everitt, (Suff. Rec. Soc. iii), 39. commr. fen drainage, Norf. and Suff. 1625, C193/8, no. 60. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Suff. 1633, GL, ms 25475/1, f. 20v. sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, E. Assoc. 1643, A. and O. i. 115, 168, 235, 293. capt. militia ft., Somerleyton 1643, A. Suckling, Hist. and Antiqs. of Suff. ii. 48. commr. scandalous ministers, Suff. 1644, Cttee. Scandalous Ministers ed. C. Holmes, (Suff. Rec. Soc. xiii), 25. assessment 1644 – 50, New Model Army 1645, militia 1648. A. and O. i. 537, 624, 639, 975, 1243; ii. 43, 309, 478.

Elder, Beccles classis, Suff. 1645. W.A. Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 426.

Main residence: Somerleyton, Suff.
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WARRE, Roger (d.1641), of Bridgwater, Som. and the Middle Temple, London; later of West Monkton, Som.

Family and Education
yr. s. of Roger Warre (d.1616) of Hestercombe, Som. and Eleanor, da. of Sir John Popham of Wellington, Som. and Littlecote, Wilts; bro. of Thomas*.Sales of Wards 1603-41 ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), p. xix; Collinson, Som. iii. 259-63. educ. M. Temple 1605, called by 1615. M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 601. m. (1) Sarah, da. of Alexander Popham† of Huntworth, Som., 1da; Som. Wills ed. F. Brown, v. 108-9. (2) 25 Dec. 1628, Martha, wid. of Roger Chaplin of Taunton, Som., s.p. Som. RO, Thurloxton par. reg.; Sales of Wards, p. xxv. d. by 9 Nov. 1641. E115/403/125.
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Feodary, Som. 1613–37, Sales of Wards, p. xix. commr. sewers 1615, 1625; C181/2, f. 246; C181/3, f. 186v. recorder, Bridgwater 1617–28. S.G. Jarman, Hist. Bridgwater, 274.

Main residences: Bridgwater, Som.; the Middle Temple, London; West Monkton, Som.
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WARRE, Roger (-d.1641)

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WANDESFORD, John (1593-1665), of Kirklington, Yorks. and Gray’s Inn, London

Family and Education
bap. 16 Dec. 1593, 2nd s. of Sir George Wandesford of Kirklington and his 1st w. Catherine, da. and coh. of Ralph Hansby of Beverley, Yorks.; bro. of Christopher*.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 344. educ. Well g.s. Yorks.; Camb. Univ.; G. Inn 1613, called 1617; DCL Oxon. 1642. T. Comber, Mems. Ld. Dep. Wandesford, 23; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 226; Al. Ox. unm. Comber, 63. bur. 21 Jan. 1665 21 Jan. 1665. GL, ms St. Andrew’s, Holborn par. reg. sig. Jo[hn] Wandesford.
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Consul, Aleppo 1630–8. A.C. Wood, Levant Co. 253.

Commr. excise (roy.) Oxon., Northants., Warws., Bucks. and Berks. 1646, corporations, Yorks. 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, hackney coaches, London and Westminster 1662 – 63, assessment, Mdx. 1663–d. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 259; SR, v. 458, 543; HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), p. 275; C181/7, p. 151.

Main residences: Kirklington, Yorks.; Gray's Inn, London.
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STAPLETON, Sir Robert (1548-1606), of Lacock Abbey, Wilts.; Chelsea, Mdx. and Easdyke, Wighill, Yorks.

Family and Education
b. 25 May 1548, o.s. of Sir Robert Stapleton of Wighill, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Mallory† of Studley, Yorks.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis Yorks. i. 171-2. educ. L. Inn 1565; Court. LI Admiss. m. (1) Catherine (d.1580), da. of Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham, Yorks., 2s. 2da.; (2) c.1584, Olive (d.1646), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Sharington† of Lacock Abbey, wid. of John Talbot of Salwarp, Worcs., 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 1557;C142/113/35. Kntd. 28 Aug. 1570.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 74. bur. 3 Oct. 1606 3 Oct. 1606.H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, ‘Stapeltons of Yorks.’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. viii. 422.
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J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) c. 1569 – 83, (E. Riding) c.1575–83;Eg. 2345, f. 136; SP12/104; Royal 18/D/III. capt., militia ft., York 1569;York Civic Recs. ed. A. Raine (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. cxii), 169. commr. musters, Yorks. by 1573; Lansd. 56, f. 168. sheriff 1581–2.List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163.

Vol., Low Countries 1585–6.Leicester’s Triumph ed. R.C. Strong and J.A. van Dorsten (Sir Thomas Browne Institute, spec. ser. ii), 130.

Main residences: Lacock Abbey, Wilts. and Chelsea, Mdx. and Easdyke, Wighill, Yorks.
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STAPLETON, Sir Robert (1548-1606)

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PRICE, Charles (c.1585-1645), of Pilleth, Rad.

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b. c. 1585,Date of birth estimated from birth date of eldest sibling, James Price II*. 7th s. of John Price (d.1597) of Pilleth and Catherine (d.1589), da. of Roger Vaughan† of Clyro, Rad.; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, i. 252; Trans. Rad. Soc. xxxviii. 53. bro. of James Price II*. unm. d. 17 Jan. 1645. Life of Dugdale ed. W. Hamper, 77. sig. Charles Price.
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Dep. steward (jt.) cantref Maelienydd, Rad. 1616–40; K. Parker, Hist. Presteigne, 65; Add. 70003, f. 133. ?muster-master, Salop by 1617–19; HMC Westmorland, 367. collector of Crown rents, cantref Maelienydd to 1630, capt. militia ft., Rad. by 1637–?d.; HEHL, EL7443. dep. lt. by 1640; j.p. and custos rot., 1641–d.; Add. 70003, f. 132v; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 333. commr. Poll Tax, 1641, SR, v. 158. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. impressment (roy.) 1643, K. Parker, Rad. 64. accts. (roy.) 1643. Ibid. 65.

?Ensign of ft., Low Countries 1624; SP84/121, f. 277. capt. of ft., Welsh brigade [I] 1625–6, CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 478, 483; CSP Ire. 1625–32, p. 163; AO1/291/1093. [I] 1633–8. CSP Dom. 1633–4, pp. 113–14.

MP [I] 1634–5. CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 63.

Main residence: Pilleth, Rad.
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