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FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.

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b. 29 Mar. 1584, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fairfax I* and Ellen, da. of Robert Aske of Aughton, Yorks. educ. privately (Edward Fairfax); G. Inn 1602; vol. Dutch army 1602.GI Admiss.; HMC Hatfield, xii. 208, 320. m. (1) 1608, Mary (d. 2 June 1619), da. of Edmund, 3rd Bar. Sheffield, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 16 Oct. 1646, Rhoda (d. 11 Oct. 1686), da. and coh. of Thomas Chapman, Draper of Soper Lane, London and Wormley, Herts., wid. of Thomas Hussey† of Gonerby, Lincs., 1da. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 188. Kntd. 30 Jan. 1608; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144. suc. fa. as 2nd Bar. Fairfax of Cameron [S] 1 May 1640. C142/600/124. d. 14. Mar. 1648. Bodl. Add. A119, f. 27. sig. Fer[dinando] Fairfax.
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J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) by 1611–d.; W. Riding Q.S. Recs. ed. J. Lister (York Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liv), 2, 7. commr. sewers 1611, oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1617 – d., subsidy, W. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624; Privy Seal loans 1625, composition for feudal tenures, N. parts 1626, Forced Loan, W. Riding 1626–7; Yorks. ERRO, DDBE/27/2; C181/2, f. 200; C212/22/20–23; SR, v. 83; C66/2384/2 (dorse); SP16/44/4; APC, 1626–7, p. 244. col., militia ft., Yorks. 1639–42; Bodl., Fairfax 31, ff. 133–4; HMC Cowper, ii. 228–9; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 432b. commr. Poll Tax, W. Riding 1641, assessment, 1642 – 44, Yorks. 1644 – d., sequestration, 1643, levying money, 1643, excise 1645, Northern Assoc. 1645; steward, honour of Pontefract, Yorks. 1645–d. SR, v. 150; A. and O. i. 91, 112, 148, 229–30, 544, 643–4, 705–6, 964–5, 1081–2; Historical Collections ed. J. Rushworth, v. 641; LJ, vii. 507.

Gen. Yorks. (parl.) 1642 – 45; gov. Hull, 1643 – 44, York 1644–5. Fairfax Corresp. ed. R. Bell, iii. 21, 51–2; Yorks. Arch. Soc. ms 735.

Commr. excise disputes 1645, scandalous offences 1646. A. and O. i. 691, 853.

Main residences: Denton; Nun Appleton, Yorks.
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WYNN, William (c.1595-1663/5), of Westminster Abbey and Isleworth, Mdx.; later of Garthgynan, Llanvair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denb. and Hammersmith, Mdx.

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b. c.1595,Assuming age 16 at matriculation at Cambridge. 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir John Wynn†, 1st bt. of Gwydir, Caern. and Sidney, da. of Sir William Gerard† of Ince, Lancs., ld. chan. [I] 1576-81; J.E. Grifith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 281. bro. of Henry* and Sir Richard*. educ. ?Westminster sch. 1608; St. John’s, Camb. 1611; G. Inn 1621. J. Gwynfor Jones, Wyn Fam. of Gwydir, 151-3; NLW, 9054E/571; GI Admiss. m. settlement 26 Oct. 1624, Jane, da. and h. of Thomas Lloyd of Milton, Kent, 3s. 1da. Denb. RO, DD/WY/6557; C2/Chas.I/L45/2. d. 1663 /5. NLW, Wynnstay 88/75; PROB 11/316, f. 264. sig. William Wynn.
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Servant to Sir Lionel Cranfield*, master, Gt. Wardrobe and Ct. of Wards 1619 – 21, to John Williams, bp. of Lincoln and ld. kpr. 1621–5. NLW, 9056E/878; 9057E/960–1; 9060E/1376; 9061E/1418.

Commr. subsidy, Denb. 1621 – 22, 1624, Denb. and Merion. 1641; C212/22/20–23; SR v. 68, 90–1. dep. lt. Denb. ?by 1626 – 42, 1662–d.; APC, 1626, p. 113; SP16/462, f. 1; NLW, Wynnstay 68/62; 88/75; CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 46; 1665–6, p. 374. commr. Forced Loan, Denb. 1626 – 27, Poll Tax, Denb. and Merion. 1641, Caern. 1660; C193/12/2; SR, v. 107, 157–8. prothonotary, N. Wales 1641 – 42, 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 631; 1664–5, p. 158. commr. assessment, Denb. and Merion. 1642, Denb. 1657, Irish aid 1642; SR, v. 141, 222; A. and O. ii. 1086. j.p. Denb. 1644 – 46, 1660–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 75, 78–80. commr. ?sequestration and compounding, N. Wales 1649, Propagation of the Gospel, Wales 1650, N. Wales 1654, relief of prisoners, Denb., Flint. 1653. A. and O. ii. 343, 761, 991.

Main residences: Westminster Abbey; Isleworth, Mdx.; Garthgynan, Llanvair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denb.; Hammersmith, Mdx.
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BROWNE, Sir William (c.1564-1637), of Chichester, Suss. and Radford Semele, Warws.

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b. c. 1564, 1st s. of John Browne of Kirdford, Suss. and Anne or Agnes, da. of Philip Mellershe of Wonersh, Surr. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1581, aged 17, BA 1585; Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple 1589. m. by 1595, Elizabeth, da. of John Richards of Hants, 3s. 1da.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 107; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss.; PROB 11/80, f. 314. suc. fa. 1592; WARD 7/24/30. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 129. d. 11 Mar. 1637. C142/565/198.
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Capt. militia ft. Suss. by 1603-at least 1606; Harl. 703, f. 136. j.p. Suss. 1605 – 17, Warws. 1617–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 12, 75; C231/4, f. 46; C193/13/2. commr. subsidy, Warws. 1621–2 1624, SP14/123/78; C212/22/21, 23. Forced Loan 1627. C193/12/2, f. 61.

Main residences: Chichester, Suss.; Radford Semele, Warws.
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BROWNE, John I (c.1575-1638), of Gloucester and Churcham, Glos.

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b. c. 1575,STAC 8/4/9. 1st s. of John Browne, alderman and Mercer, of Gloucester and Hester, da. of one Michell of Gloucester, ?wid. of one Webbe. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 113; REQ 2/398/25; PROB 11/82, f. 259v. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1598, Soc. Gen. St. Nicholas, Gloucester par. reg. Eleanor (d. 14 July 1603), da. of Robert Robinson of Gloucester, T.D. Fosbrooke, Original Hist. of City of Gloucester, 183. s.p.; (2) Sarah (d. by 17 Dec. 1646), ?wid. of one Wilshire, s.p. Abstracts of Glos. Inquisitions Post Mortem ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and G.S. Fry (Index Lib. xiii), 79, 139; PROB 11/198, ff. 252, 255. suc. fa. 1593. PROB 11/82, f. 160. d. 29 Aug. 1638. Glos. RO, GBR B2/1, f. 62v.
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Common councilman, Gloucester 1599, Glos. RO, GBR B3/1, f. 182. sheriff 1603–4, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 185. alderman 1607–d., Glos. RO, GBR B2/1, f. 40. mayor 1610 – 11, 1621 – 22, 1634–5, Fosbrooke, 209. Aug.-Oct. 1636, Glos. RO, GBR B2/1, f. 62. commr. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. dep. lt. 1623-at least 1626; Glos. RO, GBR H1/1; Glos. RO, GBR, H2/2, p. 67. commr. sewers, Glos. 1615, C181/2, f. 240. Wye valley 1621, C181/3, f. 33. martial law, Gloucester 1628. APC, 1627–8, p. 335.

Main residences: Gloucester; Churcham, Glos.
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WOLSTENHOLME (WORSNAM), Sir John (c.1562-1639), of All Hallows, Barking, London; later of St. Olave, Hart St., London.

Family and Education
b. c. 1562, Aged 77 in 1639: D. Lysons, Environs of London (1795), iii. 396. 2nd s. of John Wolstenholme of Great Stanmore, Mdx. and the da. of one Larkin. Burke Extinct and Dorm. Baronetcies, 578. educ. G. Inn 1611. GI Admiss. m. by 1596, Catherine (bur. 24 Jan. 1611), da. of John Fanshawe of Dronfield, Derbys., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Burke, 578; J.E. Cussans, Hist. Herts. i. 139; St. Olave, Hart St. London (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 143. suc. fa. 1603; Lysons, iii. 399. Kntd. 12 Mar. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. d. 25 Nov. 1639. C142/604/113. sig. Jo[hn] Wolstenholme.
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Customs officer, London by 1594?, by 1604 – 19 CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 546. collector of Tunnage and Poundage outwards (sole?), (jt.) 1619–d., HMC Laing, i. 102; C66/2205/4. New impositions outwards (sole) 1608 – 19, (jt.) 1619–d., CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 449; SO3/6, unfol., July 1619. pretermitted customs 1620-at least 1621; HMC 7th Rep. 253; CD 1621, vii. 425. farmer, French wine duties (jt.) 1607 – 32, currant duties (jt.) 1613 – 32, gt. farm of customs (jt.) 1621–38, F.C. Dietz, Eng. Public Finance, 333–5, 346–8. sweet wine duties (jt.) 1623–32, APC, 1627–8, pp. 24–5. tobacco duties (jt.) 1632–7. Dietz, 355–6.

Member, E.I. Co. 1600, cttee. 1619-at least 1627, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 116; 1617–21, p. 283; 1625–9, p. 363. Virg. Co. 1609–19, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 407; R. Brenner, Merchants and Rev. 99. member, Hudson venturers 1610, Somers Is. Co. 1612, Rabb, 407. cttee. N.W. Passage Co. 1612, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 241. member, Baffin venturers 1615–16, Rabb, 407; K.R. Andrews, Trade, Plunder and Settlement, 352. Muscovy Co. by 1624, APC, 1623–5, p. 359. Fishery Assoc. 1632–d. SP16/221/1; CUL, Dd. xi. 71, f. 35v.

Commr. reform of king’s Household 1618, M. Prestwich, Cranfield, 206. navy 1618–28, Ibid. 212, 217; M. Oppenheim, Admin. of Roy. Navy, 195; SP16/93/63. transportation of ordnance 1619, CD 1621, vii. 416. trade 1621 – 22, 1625, APC, 1621–3, p. 80; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. overseas travel licences from 1622, APC, 1621–3, p. 362. sale of decayed munitions 1623, HMC 7th Rep. 252. pirates evading punishment 1623, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 46. better plantation of Virg. 1624 – 25, 1631–3, Ibid. vii. pt. 4, p. 144; viii. pt. 3, p. 192; APC, 1625–6, p. 23; CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 171. navy provisions from 1625, C181/3, f. 156v. Spanish prize ships from 1625, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 113. sale of Spanish prizes 1626, C231/4, p. 405. French prize goods 1627-at least 1630 (treas. 1627–8), APC, 1627, pp. 86, 288; 1628–9, p. 167; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 366. French bills of exchange 1629, APC, 1629–30, p. 194. Algiers pirates 1632, C115/106/8398. tobacco inquiry 1634, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 40–1. Chatham Chest inquiry 1635–7, CSP Dom. 1635, p. 543; 1636–7, p. 568. navy victuallers’ accts. 1636. Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 45.

J.p. Mdx. 1619 – d., Westminster by 1620–d., C321/4, f. 95v; C181/3, f. 16; C66/2761. commr. oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1620–5, C181/2, ff. 351v, 352v; 181/3, ff. 182v, 183v. Forced Loan, London 1627, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 142. piracy, London 1630, 1633, 1635, London and Mdx. Mar. 1639–d. C181/4, ff. 37, 45, 138v; 181/5, ff. 26v, 130v.

Main residences: All Hallows, Barking, London; St. Olave, Hart St, London.
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BROOKING, Christopher (c.1553-1627), of Totnes, Devon

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b. c. 1553,REQ 2/417/118. ?s. of Nicholas Brooking of Totnes, merchant. m. 19 Jan. 1577, Mary Weymouth, 3s. 6da. (1 d.v.p.). bur. 12 Aug. 1627 12 Aug. 1627. Devon RO, Totnes par. reg. sig. Croffer Brokinge.
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Warden of Magdalene almshouses, Totnes 1588 – 89, recvr. Totnes 1588–9, Devon RO, 1579A-O/5/45. mayor 1595 – 96, 1614 – 15, ‘master’ 1596–d. E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes Mayors’, Western Antiquary, x. 4, 148.

Member, Spanish Co. 1604, Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 99. French Co. 1611. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 254.

Main residence: Totnes, Devon.
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BROOKE, Thomas (c.1561-1612), of Whitchurch, Hants.

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b. c. 1561, 1st s. of Richard Brooke of Whitchurch and Elizabeth, sis. and h. of John Twyne.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 214-5. educ. Winchester 1573; New Coll. Oxf. 1581, aged 20, BA 1584; Clement’s Inn; I. Temple 1585, called 1595. Winchester Scholars ed. Kirby, 145; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. c.1598, Susan, da. of Sir Thomas Forster of Hunsdon, Herts., j.c.p. 1607-12, 8s. 3da. Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 143; T.V. Balch, Brooke Fams. of Whitchurch, 3-10. suc. fa. 1594. PROB 11/83, f. 331v. d. 13 Sept. 1612. C142/338/52.
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Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 1586 – 87, 1591–2, List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 150; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 143. Hants 1594; C142/233/110. bencher, I. Temple 1607, reader 1611; CITR, ii. 30, 50, 56. alderman, Whitchurch by 1608; C66/1778/1. j.p. Hants by 1608–d., SP14/33, f. 56. commr. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1. aid 1612. Harl. 354, f. 68.

Main residence: Whitchurch, Hants.
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WILLIAMS, Thomas (1602-1630), of Ugborough, Devon

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b. 17 Mar. 1602, 1st s. of Thomas Williams (d.1638) of Stowford, Harford, Devon and Jane, da. and h. of Richard Edgcumbe† of Calstock, Cornw.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 789; C142/571/159. educ. I. Temple 1619. I. Temple database of admiss. m. settlement 12 Apr. 1624 (with £1,100), Anna, da. of (Sir) John Speccott* of Thornbury, Devon and Penheale, Cornw., 1s. 2da. d. 9 Sept. 1630. C142/457/87. Many of the details in Vivian for this stage of the pedigree are inaccurate.
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Main residence: Ugborough, Devon.
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BROOKE, Sir Robert (1573-1646), of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suff. and Walbrook, London

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bap. 8 Mar. 1573,Transcript of Regs. of United Pars. of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw ed. M.S. Brooke and A.W.C. Hallen, 302. 1st s. of Robert Brooke, Grocer, of Bucklersbury, London, alderman 1590-1601, and Ursula, da. of Robert Offley, Merchant of the Staple, of Gracechurch Street, London. The Gen. n.s. xix. 227. m. (1) 24 Oct. 1597, Joan (d. 12 May 1618), da. of Sir Humphrey Weld, Grocer, of London, ld. mayor 1608-9, s.p.; St. Mary Le Bow, Cheapside, All Hallows, Honey Lane, and St. Pancras, Soper Lane ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlv), 420; G.E. Cokayne, Some Acct. of Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of City of London, 40. (2) c.1620 (with £700), Elizabeth (d. 22 July 1683), da. of Thomas Culpeper of Wigsell, Salehurst, Suss., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1601; Kntd. 9 Jan. 1609. d. 10 July 1646. St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, 321, 323, 381, 389, 393; W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. ii. 220; F.W.T. Attree ‘Suss. Colepepers’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xlvii. 65-6; T. Gardner, Hist. Acct. of Dunwich (1754), p. 142; Top. and Gen. i. 491; Add. 19083, f. 285; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 147.
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Commr. piracy, Suff. 1612, 1640, C181/2, f. 174v; 181/5, f. 176. sheriff 1613–14, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132. j.p. 1614 – 12 July 1637, 11 Nov. 1637-at least 1641; C66/1988; 66/2859; Cal. Of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 73–4. commr. sewers 1619, C181/2, f. 349v. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1641–2, C212/22/20–1, 23; Harl. 305, f. 206; SR, v. 66, 156. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 55. sea-breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638, C181/5, f. 103. propositions, Suff. 1642; dep. lt. 1642-at least 1643; LJ, v. 245, 337; Suff. and Gt. Rebellion ed. A. Everitt (Suff. Recs. Soc. iii), 39. commr. assessment, Suff. 1643 – d., levying money 1643, defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, LJ, v. 658; A. and O. ii. 168, 235, 293, 537, 639. gaol delivery, Suff. 1644, oyer and terminer, Suff. and Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1644, C181/5, ff. 232–3v. New Model Ordinance, Suff. 1645; A. and O. i. 624. elder, Halesworth classis, Suff. 1645. W.A. Shaw, Hist. of Eng. Church during Civil Wars and under Commonwealth, ii. 425.

Main residences: Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suff.; Walbrook, London.
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VERE, Sir Edward (1581-1629), of The Hague, United Provinces.

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b. 21 Mar. 1581, illegit. s. of Edward de Vere (d.1604), 17th earl of Oxford, and Anne, da. of Henry Vavasour of Copmanthorpe, Yorks. HMC Hastings, ii. 29; C24/379, unnumb. bdle., Lee v. Vavasour et al., f. 2; Oxford DNB sub Vavasour, Anne; CP, x. 250-4. educ ?Leiden Univ. 1595; Pilgrims and other people from British Isles in Leiden comp. J.W. Tammel, 350. unm. Kntd. 15 or 16 Apr. 1607. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. d. c. 12 Aug. 1629. HMC Cowper, i. 391. sig. Edwarde Vere.
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Capt.-lt. Neths. by 1601 – 05, capt. 1605, sgt.-maj. 1605 – 14, lt.-col. 1614–d. D.J.B. Trim, ‘Fighting "Jacob’s Warres". The Employment of English and Welsh Mercenaries in the European Wars of Religion’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 2002), pp. 397–8; HMC Buccleuch, i. 526; Add. 46189, f. 24v.

Main residence: The Hague, United Provinces.
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