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ST. JOHN, Henry (c.1568-1621), of Farley Chamberlayne, Hants.

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b. c. 1568, 1st s. of William St. John† of Farley Chamberlayne and Norton Walrey, Wonston, Hants, and Barbara, da. of Thomas Gore of Nether Wallop, Hants and wid. of Thomas Twyne of Wonston.Friends of Lydiard Tregoze, iv. 58-9; xvi. 8; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 193. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1585, aged 17; L. Inn 1588. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. (1) Anne, at least 2s. d.v.p.; (2) by 1600 (with £100), PROB 11/73, f. 218v-219. Ursula, da. of Hugh Stukeley of Marsh, Charhampton, Som., 3s., 4da.; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 44-5. (3) by 1614, Margaret, da. of Peter Fuller of St. Helens, I.o.W., 2da. (1 d.v.p.). PROB 11/137, ff. 429-32. suc. fa. 1609; C142/321/87; PROB 11/114, ff. 56v-58. d. 7 Apr. 1621. C142/389/104.
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Capt. militia ft. Hants by 1603-at least 1612; Whithed Letter Bk. (Hants Rec. ser. i), 21, 27, 95. j.p. Hants by 1616–d. C231/4, f. 37.

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ST. JOHN, Henry (c.1568-1621), of Farley Chamberlayne, Hants.
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BOND, John (c.1550-1612), of Taunton, Som.

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b. c. 1550. educ. Winchester; New Coll. Oxf. 1569, aged c.19, BA 1574, MA 1579.Al. Ox.; Ath. Ox. ii. 115. m. Anstice, 1da. PROB 11/120, f. 333v. d. 3 Aug. 1612. Ath. Ox. ii. 115.
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?Chaplain, New Coll. by 1574; Ibid. ii. 115. master, Taunton g.s. 1579-at least 1599. Collinson, Som. iii. 239; Oxford DNB.

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BOND, John (c.1550-1612), of Taunton, Som.
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BOKENHAM, Sir Henry (c.1575-1638), of Great Thornham, Suff.

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b. c. 1575,Calculated from date of admiss. to Emmanuel, Camb. 1st s. of Edmund Bokenham of Thelnetham, Suff. and Mary, da. of John Wiseman of Great Thornham and coh. to her bro. Edward. W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. iii. 314. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1591. Al. Cant. m. 1601, Dorothy (d. 1 Oct. 1654), da. and coh. of Guildford Walsingham of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.). IGI; Copinger, Manors of Suff. i. 375. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 124. suc. fa. 1619. C142/384/138. d. c. Oct. 1638. C142/604/115.
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Gent. pens. 1603-at least 1609. E407/1/36; E179/70/121.

Commr. subsidy, Suff. 1624–5, C212/22/23; Harl. 305, f. 206. sewers 1626; C181/3, f. 201v. j.p. Suff. 1626–d.; C231/4, f. 207; C193/13/2, f. 63. commr. Forced Loan, Suff. 1627; C193/12/2, f. 55v. sheriff Suff. 1629–30. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132.

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BOKENHAM, Sir Henry (c.1575-1638), of Great Thornham, Suff.
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BOGANS (BUGGINS), John (d.1606), of Helston, Cornw.

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Yr. s. of John Bogans (d. by 1590) of Totnes, Devon and Dennys, da. of one Dottynge.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 98. m. by 1579, Alice, da. of Alexander Penhellick of Helston, 2s. 1da. d. 7 Feb. 1606. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 40; C142/296/122; PROB 11/100, f. 114. sig. John Bogans.
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Freeman, Helston by 1588 – d., mayor 1588 – 89, 1603–4; C219/31/28; 219/35/1/157. collector subsidy, Cornw. 1602. E401/2399–400, unfol.

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BOGANS (BUGGINS), John (d.1606), of Helston, Cornw.
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SEYMOUR, William, Lord Beauchamp (1587-1660), of Amesbury House, Amesbury, Wilts. and Tottenham Court, Great Bedwyn, Wilts.; later of Essex House, London.

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b. 1 Sept. 1587, Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 31. 2nd. s. of Edward Seymour (d.1612), styled Lord Beauchamp and Honora, da. of Sir Richard Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset; bro. of Sir Francis*. CP, vi. 597. educ. Trowbridge g.s. Wilts. c.1598-1604; The Gen. n.s. xvii. 103. Magdalen, Oxf. 1605, BA 1607, MA 1636, MD 1645; Al. Ox. M. Temple 1618. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 22 June 1610, Arbella (d. 25 Sept. 1615), da. of Charles Stuart, 1st earl of Lennox [S], s.p.; D. Durant, Arbella Stuart, 180, 207; CP, vi. 600-1. (2) 3 Mar. 1617, Frances (d.1674), da. of Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). S. Shaw, Hist. and Antiqs. of Staffs. ii. 11; Wilts. RO, 1332/55. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616; mq. of Hertford 3 June 1641; KG 27 May 1660; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 34, 159; Wilts. RO, 1300/199. styled. Lord Beauchamp Aug. 1618; summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony 29 Jan. 1621; suc. grandfa. 6 Apr. 1621 as 2nd earl of Hertford; restored 13 Sept. 1660 as Bar. Seymour and 2nd duke of Somerset. d. 24 Oct. 1660. CP, xii. pt. 1, pp. 70-3; Nicholas, Procs. 1621, i. 26; Wilts. IPMs, 30-1.
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Commr. subsidy, Som. 1621 – 22, Wilts. 1624, 1629; C212/22/20–1, 23; Add. 34566, f. 132. dep. lt. Wilts. 1624; SP14/178/21. gaol delivery, Southampton, Hants 1624 – 35, oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1626 – 42, 1660, Som. 1624, Mdx. 1641, 1660, C181/3, ff. 104v, 206v; 181/4, f. 202v; 181/5, ff. 183, 213, 220v; 181/7, ff. 2, 8. Wilts. 1643 – 44, Hants 1643–4; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 86, 91, 152, 243. j.p. Berks., Dorset, Hants, Som., Wilts. 1626 – at least41, 20 July 1660 – d., Oxford, Oxon. 1644, custos rot. Wilts. 1626 – at least36, 20 July 1660 – d., Som. 1641, 20 July 1660–d.; C231/4, ff. 205v, 206v, 207; 231/5, p. 481; 231/7, p. 17; E163/18/12, f. 86; SP16/405; C66/2859; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 159. commr. Forced Loan, Hants, Som., Wilts. 1626 – 27, Dorset 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 14, 49, 50v, 63v. swans, Western counties 1629, piracy, Southampton, Hants 1636; C181/4, f. 2; 181/5, f. 43v. ld.-lt. (jt.) Som. 1639 – 42, (sole) 10 July 1660 – d., Wilts. 10 July 1660–d.; Sainty, Lords Lieutenant, 31, 91. commr. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, London 1641, C181/5, f. 213v. array, Bristol, Som., Wilts. 1642; Northants RO, FH133. safety (roy.) Oxon. 1643, defence (roy.) Oxford 1644, inquiry, Christchurch hospital, Oxford 1644. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, pp. 30, 220, 233.

Recorder, Lichfield, Staffs. ?1660. VCH Staffs. xiv. 81.

Commr. treaty of Ripon 1640, Rymer, ix. pt. 3, p. 35. treaty of Uxbridge (roy.) 1645, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 253. treaty of Newport (roy.) 1648; Clarendon, iv. 393. PC 19 Feb. 1641-at least 1645; 31 May 1660–d.; PC2/53, pp. 101, 232; PC2/54, pt. 2, p. 4. gov. to Prince Charles, 1641–4; Rymer, ix. pt. 3, pp. 76–7; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, iii. 258. commr. relief of the king’s army and Northern counties 1641, safety of the kingdom 1641, enacting bills 1641, revenue inquiry 1641, raising and levying money for the defence of Eng. and Ire. 1642; SR, v. 78, 167; Rymer, ix. pt. 3, pp. 61–2, 82. member, Council of War (roy.) 1643–6; Harl. 6851, f. 104; Harl. 6852, f. 254. groom of the stool and gent. of bedchamber 1644 – at least48, 5 June 1660–d.; HMC 4th Rep. 308; LC3/1; Clarendon, iv. 393; Sainty and Bucholz, Royal Household, pt. 1, p. 120. member, Prince of Wales’s Council 1645;Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 252. lt.-gen. (roy.) Western counties 1642–4. Clarendon, ii. 227; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, pp. 27–9, 140.

Chan. Oxf. Univ. 1643–7, I. Roy and D. Reinhart, ‘Oxford and the Civil Wars’, Hist. of Univ. of Oxf. ed. N. Tyacke, iv. 708, 724. 6 June 1660–d. R.A. Beddard, ‘Restoration Oxford and the remaking of the protestant establishment’, Hist. Univ. of Oxf. ed. N. Tyacke, iv. 816.

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SEYMOUR, William, Lord Beauchamp (1587-1660), of Amesbury House, Amesbury, Wilts. and Tottenham Court, Great Bedwyn, Wilts.; later of Essex House, London.
Main residences: Amesbury House, Amesbury, Wilts.; Tottenham Court, Great Bedwyn, Wilts.; Essex House, London.
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ROBSON, John (c.1581-1645), of Morpeth and Whalton, Northumb.; later of Durham, co. Dur.

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b. c. 1581, s. of Robert Robson (d. by 1607), rect. of Warcop, Westmld. educ. Appleby sch. Westmld. (Reginald Bainbrigg); Queen’s, Oxf. 1598, BA (St. Edmund Hall, Oxf.) 1602, MA 1605, incorp. Camb. 1607. m. by 1621, Margaret, da. of John Cradock, chan. of Durham dioc., 2s. (1 d.v.p.). ordained 1605 or 1606. bur. 12 Apr. 1645 12 Apr. 1645.Al. Ox.; Al. Cant.; J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. i. 198; Regs. Durham Cathedral (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxiii), 86, 93. sig. Jo[hn] Robson.
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Fell. Caius, Camb. 1608. Venn, i. 198.

Rect. Morpeth 1610 – c.43, Whalton 1614–d.; IND 1/17000, f. 207; J. Walker, Sufferings of the Clergy (1714), pt. 2, p. 19; Al. Cant. member, York convocation from 1614; Recs. of Convocation ed. G. Bray, xiv. 465. chaplain to Jas. I by 1620; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 174. preb. Durham cathedral 1623–d. J. Le Neve, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, xi comp. J.M. Horn, D.M. Smith and P. Mussett, 98.

Member, High Commission, York prov. 1620-at least 1639, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 174; viii. pt. 1, p. 91; pt. 2, p. 198; Acts of High Commn. Ct. within Durham Diocese ed. W.H.D. Longstaffe (Surtees Soc. xxxiv), 258, 273. commr. sewers, co. Dur. 1630, C181/4, f. 58. j.p. Northumb. and co. Dur. 1630-at least 1640. C231/5, pp. 36, 38; C66/2859.

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ROBSON, John (c.1581-1645), of Morpeth and Whalton, Northumb.; later of Durham, co. Dur.
Main residences: Morpeth; Whalton, Northumb.; Durham, co. Dur.
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BODEN (BUDDEN), John (c.1547-1614), of Shaftesbury, Dorset and Clement’s Inn, London

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b. c. 1547.E134/5 Jas.I/Hil. 22. educ. ?Clement’s Inn. m. (1) by 1589, 1da.; C142/378/123. (2) c.1608, Alice (d. 16 June 1614), wid. of Richard Laning, yeoman, of Pegges Iwerne Minster, Dorset, s.p. Som. and Dorset N and Q, xxiv. 268; PROB 11/125, f. 94v. d. 10 Aug. 1614. C142/378/123.
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Feodary, Dorset 1592–d.; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 197; WARD 9/502. steward, duchy of Lancaster estates, Blandford, Dorset 1598–1603; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, i. 631. commr. piracy, Dorset 1602, 1605, 1611; C181/1, ff. 24, 114; 181/2, f. 159v. recorder, Shaftesbury 1604–d.; C.H. Mayo, Shastonian Recs. 8. commr. Admlty. causes, Dorset, C181/1, f. 117. j.p. 1608–d., SP14/33. commr. aid 1609. SP14/45/109.

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BODEN (BUDDEN), John (c.1547-1614), of Shaftesbury, Dorset and Clement’s Inn, London
Main residences: Shaftesbury, Dorset; Clement’s Inn, London.
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BLUNDEN, William (1602-1644/5), of Blunden Hall, Bishop’s Castle, Salop

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bap. 30 May 1602, 1st s. of Richard Blunden of Bishop’s Castle and 1st w. Jane, da. of Richard Ottley of Pitchford, Salop.Bishop’s Castle par. reg. (Salop par. reg. soc. xxiv), 74; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 49-50. educ. M. Temple 1623; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) Dorothy (bur. 8 July 1629), da. of Edmund Waring of Humfreston, Salop, 1da.; (2) 24 Sept. 1631, Susan (bur.11 Jan. 1635), da. of Charles Herbert of Lydham, Salop, 1s.Bishop’s Castle par. reg. 121-30. suc. fa. 1619. C142/393/167. d. 1644 /5. sig. W[illia]m Blunden.
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Churchwarden, Bishop’s Castle 1634–6; Bishop’s Castle par. reg. 130–1. commr. subsidy, Salop 1641, Poll tax 1641, Irish Aid 1642, assessment 1642; SR, v. 65, 88, 107, 141, 155. bailiff, Bishop’s Castle 1642–3. Gale of Life ed. J. Leonard, D. Preshous, M. Roberts, J. Smith and C. Train, 158.

Capt. dragoons (roy.) 1642 – d.

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BLUNDEN, William (1602-1644/5), of Blunden Hall, Bishop’s Castle, Salop
Main residence: Blunden Hall, Bishop’s Castle, Salop.
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POTTER, Thomas (d.c.1652), of Coventry, Warws.

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m. (1) by 1595, Anne (bur. 17 Mar. 1598), at least 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 22 Aug. 1598, Anne (bur. 12 July 1649), da. of ?Humphrey Fenn of Coventry, 1s. 9da. (1 d.v.p.).Regs. Holy Trinity, Coventry: baptisms 1561-1653, pp. 33, 59, 68, 70, 74, 80, 83, 87, 89, 91, 94; Regs. Holy Trinity, Coventry: mars., burials 1561-1653, pp. 15, 79, 81, 83, 109, 143. d. c. 1652. Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/20/2, p. 458. sig. Thomas Potter.
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Sheriff, Coventry 1613–14, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 179. member, common council by 1616 – 17, gt. council 1617 – at least29, 1637, dep. alderman from 1619, mayor 1622 – 23, treas. (jt.) from 1626, Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1, ff. 213, 217v, 228v, 253v, 285v, 293v, 350, 352. bailiff, Cheylesmore Park by 1642-at least 1648. Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/20/2, pp. 371, 427.

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POTTER, Thomas (d.c.1652), of Coventry, Warws.
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MORTON, Sir Albertus (c.1584-1625), of Cannon Row, Westminster.

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b. c. 1584, 4th s. of George Morton† (d. c.1613) of East Stour, Chilham, Kent and Mary, da. of Robert Honeywood of Henewood, Postling, Kent. Top. and Gen. i. 400. educ. Eton Coll. Bucks. 1596; Westminster sch. (king’s scholar); King’s Camb. 1602, aged 18, fell. 1605-18, BA 1607, MA 1610; G. Inn 1625. Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry; Recs. of Old Westminsters comp. G.F. Russell Barker and A.H. Stenning, ii. 663; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 13 Jan. 1625, Memorials of St. Margaret’s Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 332. Elizabeth (admon. 29 Dec. 1626), da. of Sir Edward Apsley of Thackham, Suss., s.p. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 8. Kntd. 29 Sept. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 166. d. 6 Sept. 1625. CSP Dom. 1625-6, p. 100. sig. Alb[ertus] or Albertus Morton.
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Sec. (jt.) to amb. to Venice, Sir Henry Wotton*, 1603 – 11, 1612 – 13, to Electress Palatine 1616 – 19; agent, Savoy 1613 – 15, protestant princes of the Union 1617 – 21; clerk (extraordinary), Privy Council 1614 – 19, (ordinary) 1619 – 23; member, Privy Council and sec. of state, 9 Feb. 1625 – d.; amb. (extraordinary), Utd. Provinces 1625. APC, 1613–14, p. 661; 1621–3, p. 387; 1623–5, p. 453; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 34; 1625–6, p. 2; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 141, 197, 229, 289.

Patentee, soap-boiling [I] by 1624;APC, 1623–5, pp. 336, 350. commr. to compound for defective titles 1625, trade 1625.

Commr. new buildings, London 1625. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, pp. 32, 59, 70.

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MORTON, Sir Albertus (c.1584-1625), of Cannon Row, Westminster.
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