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MAYNARD, Charles (c.1598-1665), of Little Easton, Essex; later of Walthamstow, Essex

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b. c. 1598,Aged 67 in 1665: R. Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 76. 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Henry Maynard† (d.1610) of Easton Lodge, Little Easton and Susan, da. and coh. of Thomas Pierson of Westminster; bro. of John* and Sir William*. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 679; C142/319/195; PROB 11/75, f. 86v. educ. travelled abroad (Spain) 1620; J. Wadsworth, Further Observations of the English Spanish Pilgrim (1630), p. 18. L. Inn 1625. LI Admiss. m. lic. 16 July 1633 (with £800), Mary, da. of Zegar Corsellis, merchant, of St. Mary-at-Hill, London, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.T. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 212; PROB 11/147, f. 148; Morant, Essex, i. 34. d. 19 Nov. 1665. Clutterbuck, i. 76.
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Jt. auditor, Ct. of Wards 1634–46. C66/2664/27; Whereas many Petitions have been Preferred (1645: STC (2nd edn.), W1627); A. and O. i. 833. Maynard is sometimes incorrectly described as auditor of the Exch.: CB, iv. 126; Vis. Essex, 679; Morant, i. 34; HP Commons, 1660–90, iii. 45.

Verderer, Waltham forest, Essex from 1641, R. Morris, Verderers and Cts. of Waltham Forest, 63. commr. perambulation 1641, sewers, Essex 1660, 1663, Herts. and Mdx. 1663. C181/5, f. 208v; 181/7, pp. 48, 224.

Main residences: Little Easton, Essex; Walthamstow, Essex.
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MARTIN, Nicholas (1580-1634), of Exeter, Devon

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bap. 3 Dec. 1580,Devon RO, St. Petrock, Exeter par. reg. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of William Martin† (d.1609) of Exeter, merchant and his 2nd w. Katherine, da. of William Bogan of Totnes, Devon; half-bro. of Richard* and Thomas*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 553; R. Dymond, ‘St. Petrock, Exeter’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xiv. 463. educ. appr. merchant by 1610. Exeter Freemen ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 116. m. 7 Feb. 1613, Susanna, da. of John Sheere of Exeter, s.p. Devon RO, St. Kerrian, Exeter par. reg.; C2/Jas.I/M19/50. bur. 9 Oct. 1634 9 Oct. 1634. Devon RO, St. Petrock, Exeter par. reg. sig. Nicho[las] Martin.
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Freeman, Exeter 1610, Exeter Freemen, 116. bailiff 1616–17, J.J. Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxi. 211. common councilman 1619–d., Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, p. 333. recvr. 1625 – 26, sheriff 1626 – 27, mayor 1631–2, Alexander, 211. commr. oyer and terminer 1632, C181/4, f. 127v. alderman c.1633–d. Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, p. 836; St. Petrock, Exeter par. reg. (burial entry).

Gov., Exeter French Co. by 1631. Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, p. 779.

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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HERNE, John (c.1594-1649), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and Hendon, Mdx.

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b. c. 1594,Age calculated from date of admiss. to L. Inn. 2nd s. of Richard Herne (d.1625) of London, alderman and Merchant Taylor, and Alice, da. of John Paske of Camb. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 378; C142/418/84; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 5. educ. ?Clare, Camb. 1608; L. Inn 1611, called 1618. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 202. m. 4 Aug. 1618, Susan, da. of John Woodward of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, Grocer, 5s. 6da. (?1 d.v.p.). admon. 17 Oct. 1649. GL, ms 4374/1; PROB 11/155, f. 253; 11/209, ff. 216-7. sig. John Herne.
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Member, E.I. Co. by 1624. CSP Col. E.I. 1622–4, pp. 487–8.

Reader, Furnivall’s Inn c. 1624; bencher, L. Inn 1636 – d., Lent reader 1639, kpr. of Black Bk. 1649. LI Black Bks. ii. 265–6, 339, 349, 380.

J.p. Mdx. 1629-at least 1641, C231/4, f. 266; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 580. commr. oyer and terminer 1634 – 38, 1641, C181/4, f. 189; 181/5, ff. 57v, 114, 213v. abuses by brickmakers and bricklayers, ?London 1638, C181/5, ff. 117v, 118v-19. ?prevention of ordnance exports 1638, T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 183 (as Heron). assessment, Mdx. 1641–2. SR, v. 63, 86, 153.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn, London; Hendon, Mdx.
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HARRIS, Thomas (c.1557-1627), of Shrewsbury, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Tong Castle, Salop and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

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b. c. 1557,Assuming him to have been aged 18 on entry to L. Inn. ?2nd s. of John Harris of Cruckton, Salop and Eleanor, da. of Thomas Prowde of Sutton, Salop. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 223-4. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. ?1565; ?Clement’s Inn; L. Inn ?1575, called 1583. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium comp. E. Calvert, i. 17, 36; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. i. 427. m. by 1598, Eleanor, da. of Roger Gifford†, MD, of Fleet Street, London, 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Salop, 223-4; PROB 11/90, f. 159. cr. bt. 1623. CB, i. 218. d. 18 Feb. 1627. C142/431/105; 142/432/122. sig. Tho[mas] Harries.
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Steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1593, bencher 1596 – 1604, reader 1600; sjt.-at-law 1603–d. LI Black Bks. ii. 28, 46, 59, 61; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 177.

J.p. Salop 1600 – d., Cheshire 1601 – d.; commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. (Gunpowder plotters) 1606, Oxf. circ. 1607–d., C181/1, f. 132; 181/2, f. 38. subsidy, Salop and Shrewsbury 1621 – 22, 1624; collector, tenths and fifteenths, Salop 1624. C212/22/20–23; E179/283, vol. ‘TG 28398’.

Main residences: Shrewsbury, Salop; Lincoln's Inn, London; Tong Castle, Salop; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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GREVILLE, Robert (1607-1643), of Beauchamp’s Court, Alcester, Warws.

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b. c. 1607,Aged 36 in 1643: ibid. 191. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Fulke Greville of Thorpe Latimer, Lincs. and Mary, da. of Christopher Copley of Wadworth, Yorks. R.E.L. Strider, Robert Greville, Lord Brooke, 5; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 9. educ. Camb., MA 1629; Ath. Ox. ii. 432; Al. Cant. Leiden 1624; travelled abroad 1624-7 (Neths., France, Switzerland, Italy, Savoy). E. Peacock, Eng. Speaking Students at Leyden Univ. 43; APC, 1623-5, p. 201; ‘Genealogie, Life and Death of ... Robert Lorde Brooke’ ed. P. Styles, Dugdale Soc. xxxi. 170-1. m. settlement 19 Feb. 1630, WARD 7/99/81. Katherine (d.1676), da. of Sir Francis Russell*, 4th earl of Bedford, 5s. suc. cousin, Sir Fulke Greville*, 1st Lord Brooke as 2nd Lord Brooke 30 Sept. 1628, fa. 1632. d. 2 Mar. 1643. Vis. Warws. 9; CP, ii. 333; PROB 11/162, f. 363v-4.
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Freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1629; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1629-at least 1642, C181/3, f. 258; 181/5, f. 220. j.p. Warws. 1630 – at least40, Mdx. 1641–2, C231/5, pp. 35, 437, 533; C66/2859. commr. swans, Staffs.,Warws. 1635, 1638, C181/4, f. 199v; 181/5, f. 90. ld. lt. (parl.), Warws. and Coventry 1642–d. CJ, ii. 426a; HMC 5th Rep. 90.

Member, Providence Is. Co. 1630-at least 1638. CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 122, 263.

Commr. Treaty of Ripon 1640. HMC 8th Rep. ii. 57.

Col. of ft. and horse (parl.), 1642–d. A. Hughes, Pols. Soc. and Civil War in Warws. 148.

Recorder, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. by d. ‘Genealogie’, 191.

Main residence: Beauchamp's Court, Alcester, Warws.
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GERRARD, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1584-1630), of Bryn, Lancs.

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b. c. 1584,DL7/24/77; STAC 8/122/15. 1st s. of Thomas Gerrard, 1st bt.* of Bryn, Lancs., and Cecily, da. of Sir Walter Manney of Staplehurst, Kent. J. Foster, Lancs. Peds. m. (1) 1610 (with £1,500) C2/Chas.I/G19/31. Frances (d. c.1626), da. of Sir Richard Molyneux I* of Sefton, Lancs., 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.); Lancs. and Cheshire Fun. Certs. 1600-78 ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 203. (2) Dorothy, da. of one Moore, wid. of John Petre (d. Jan. 1623) of Handfield Hall, West Hanningfield, Essex, s.p. Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 71; Catholic Fams. of Eng. ed. J.J Howard and H.F. Burke, i. pt. 2. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 16 Feb. 1621. CB, i. 21-2. d. 15 May 1630. DL7/26/57. sig. Tho[mas] Gerard(e).
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Freeman, Liverpool, Lancs. 1620, G. Chandler, Liverpool Under Jas. I, 241. Preston, Lancs. by 1622; Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 76. commr. subsidy, Lancs. 1621–2; C212/22/20, 21. capt. militia ft., Lancs. 1624. LJ, iii. 395a.

Main residence: Bryn, Lancs.
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FOXTON, Richard (1576-1648), of Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge, Cambs.

Family and Education
bap. 25 Nov. 1576, 9th s. of William Foxton (d.1589), alderman of Cambridge, and his 2nd w. Katherine, wid. of one Fludd.Cambs. RO, Gt. St. Mary’s, Camb. par. reg. transcript; J.M. Gray, Biog. Notes on Mayors of Camb. 29. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1590,Al. Cant. M. Temple 1597, called 1607.M. Temple Admiss. m. 23 Feb. 1608,Cambs. RO, Stapleford par. reg. transcript, 210. Joan, wid. of John Wise of Cherry Hinton, Cambs., da. of one Cooke of Chishall, Cambs., s.p.Add. 5812, f. 13; Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 48. bur. 8 Dec. 1648 8 Dec. 1648.Cambs. RO, Gt. St. Mary’s par. reg. transcript. sig. Ric[ard]us Foxton.
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Freeman, Cambridge bef. 1617, alderman 1617–46,Cambs. RO, Mun. Rm. Shelf C.7, f. 75v; C.H. Cooper, Annals of Camb. ii. 425. auditor 1618, 1625, 1627 – 28, 1630, 1632, 1639 – 41, 1643,Cambs. RO, Mun. Rm. Shelf C.7, ff. 83, 136v, 164, 170, 187v, 205, 295, 305, 329, 361. mayor 1619 – 21, 1635 – 36, 1643–4.Gray, 34.

Fee’d counsel, Cambridge 1617–46.Cambs. RO, Mun. Rm. Shelf C.7, f. 80.

Commr. gaol delivery, Cambridge 1617–41,C181/2, f. 291v; 181/5, f. 212. subsidy 1624;C212/22/23. j.p. Cambridge 1629–d.;C181/4, f. 22v; CUL, UA Coll. Admin. 5, f. 40. commr. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1633,C181/4, f. 154. sewers. Cambridge 1628,C181/5, f. 121. E. Assoc. 1643 – d., New Model Ordinance, Cambs. 1645, assessment 1645–d.A. and O. i. 243, 621, 637, 961, 1078.

Main residence: Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge, Cambs.
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EGLESTON, Thomas (1557-1608), of Winchelsea, Suss.

Family and Education
bap. 2 Nov. 1557, 1st s. of William Egleston of Winchelsea and his w. Margaret, da. of James Blechendon of Aldington, Kent.E. Suss. RO, WIN 53, f. 162; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 138-9; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 116. m. (1) Susan (d.1595), da. of Humphrey Hales of the Dungeon, Kent, at least 1da.; Susan Hales was the sister of Sir James Hales and Joyce Hales, for which see PROB 11/85, ff. 102v-3; E. Suss. RO, AMS 632. However, her name does not appear in the family pedigree: Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 59. (2) Mary, da. of George Woodward† of Upton, Bucks., at least 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1579. d. by 14 June 1608. PROB 11/111, f. 437.
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Freeman, Winchelsea 1585, jurat 1585–?d., auditor, chamberlain’s accts. 1586, E. Suss. RO, WIN 53, ff. 263–4, 274. dep. mayor 1589, 1596, mayor 1589 – 91, 1593 – 95, 1596–7; E. Suss. RO, WIN 54, ff. 48, 62, 104, 109, 152; APC, 1595–6, p. 207. dep. for Winchelsea, Brotherhood of the Cinque Ports 1586 – 89, 1593 – 97, 1600 – 02, Guestling 1594, 1598 – 1601, bailiff to Great Yarmouth, Norf. 1595 – 96, auditor to the Guestling 1600–1. Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 331, 333–4, 336–7, 341–3, 346, 348, 350, 352, 354, 356, 360, 365, 367–9, 373.

Main residence: Winchelsea, Suss.
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COVENTRY, Sir Thomas (1578-1640), of Croome d’Abitot, Worcs., the Inner Temple, London and Durham House, The Strand, Westminster

Family and Education
b. 1578, 1st s. of Thomas Coventry of Croome d’Abitot, j.c.p. and Margaret, da. and h. of William Jefferies of Croome d’Abitot. Soc. Antiq., Prattinton Collection, Top. viii, Croome d’Abitot, 13-17. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1592 aged 14; I. Temple 1595, called 1603.Al. Ox.; CITR, i. 405; ii. 1. m. (1) bef. 1606, Sarah, da. of John Sebright of Blacks Hall, Wolverley, Worcs. 1s. 1da.; (2) 20 Apr. 1610, Elizabeth (bur. 25 May 1653), da. of John Aldersey of London, Haberdasher, wid. of William Pichford of London, grocer/apothecary, 4s. 4da.Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 5; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 13; Vis. Worcs, (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 126; Regs. St. Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxi), 123; E.A.B. Barnard, ‘Coventry’s of Croome’, Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. n.s. xx. 34; PROB 11/128, f. 176v; CP. Bramston mistakenly identified Elizabeth Pichford’s maiden-name as Hoskins: Autobiog. of Sir John Bramston ed. P. Braybrooke (Cam. Soc. xxxii), 251. suc. fa. 1606; Kntd. 16 Mar. 1617; cr. Bar. Coventry of Aylesborough, 10 Apr. 1628.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161; CP. d. 14 Jan. 1640. sig. Thomas Coventrye.
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Commr. gaol delivery, Worcs. 1603–5,C181/1, ff. 46v, 106v. London 1614, Newgate, London 1616, assurance, London 1615, sewers, London 1615,C181/2, ff. 218, 237v, 243v, 253. Westminster 1634;C181/4, f. 191. j.p. Surr. 1616, Mdx. 1616, Westminster 1619;C231/4, f. 34; 181/2, f. 331v. custos rot. Worcs. 1624;C231/4, f. 172. commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1614, London 1615, the Verge 1617,Ibid. ff. 214, 238, 287. riot at Spanish amb.’s house 1618,Ibid. f. 319. Oxford circ. 1625,C181/3, f. 179. tolls in markets and fairs, Wales 1620,CD 1621, vii. 462. subsidy, London 1621;T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, ii. 246. gov. Charterhouse hosp., London 1621–d.;G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 852; LMA, ACC/1876/G/02/02, f. 21. commr. buildings, London and Westminster 1625;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 70. high steward, Cambridge, Cambs. 1626–d.,C.H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iii. 185, 295. St. Albans, Herts. ?1633,A.E. Gibbs, Corp. Recs. of St. Albans, 6, 297. Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks. 1634-at least 1637,Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, ff. 166, 215. Evesham, Worcs. at d.; Evesham Bor. Recs. of the Seventeenth Century 1605–87 ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 41. freeman, Droitwich, Worcs. C7/305/4.

Auditor (jt.), I. Temple 1609, 1610, 1612, bencher 1614, reader 1616, treas. 1617–25;CITR, ii. 44, 52, 69, 88, 92, 95, 104, 110, 115, 126, 134, 140, 145. jnr. counsel, Skinners’ Co. London 1604-at least 1608;GL, ms 30727/5, unfol. 1604–8 accts. reader, Lyon’s Inn, London 1609;Readings and Moots at Inns of Ct. II ed. S.E. Thorne and J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. cv), p. cvi. judge, Sheriff’s Ct., London 1614–16,W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 357; CLRO, Remembrancia viii. no. 18. Oxf. circ. bef. 1616;Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 54. recorder, London 1616 – 17, Coventry, Warws. 1634 – d.; fee’d counsel, corporation of London 1617, CLRO, Reps. 33, ff. 5r-v, 72r-v; VCH Warws. viii. 249. Worcester, Worcs. 1616–d.,Chamber Bk. of Worc. (Worcs. Hist Soc. n.s. viii), 141. Merchant Taylors’ Co. London 1617–20,GL, ms Merchant Taylors’ accts. vols. 11 and 12, unfol. ?Camb. Univ. 1617-at least 1625;D.M. Owens, Cambridge Univ. Archives: A classified list, 45; Life of the Renowned Dr. Preston ed. E.W. Harcourt, 117. Worcester 1624–d.;Chamber Bk. of Worcester, 29. solicitor gen. 1617–21;C231/4, f. 37. acting att. gen. 1620–1,APC, 1619–21, p. 268. att. gen. 1621–5;CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 558. ld. kpr. 1625–d.Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 157.

Cttee. Virg. Co. c.1610-at least 1622;A. Brown, Genesis of US, ii. 866; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.R. Kingsbury, iii. 65. member, Hon. Art. Co. London 1614;Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. G.A. Raikes, 22. freeman, Grocers’ Co. London 1627.GL, ms 11592A, unfol.

Commr. gold and silver thread 1618, enforcement of gold and silver thread patent 1618, right of free warren 1618, markets and fairs 1620,CD 1621, vii. 366–7, 411, 466–7. abuses in silk-dyeing 1620;HMC Rutland i. 458. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620;R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 348. commr. composition, illegal wine casks 1619,CD 1621, vii. 471. trade 1625, defective titles 1625;Rymer, viii. pt. 1, pp. 33, 59, 70. Following his appointment as ld. kpr. in Nov. 1625, Coventry was an ex officio member of numerous commissions which, for the sake of brevity, are omitted here. PC 1625–d.APC, 1625–6, p. 223.

Main residences: Croome d'Abitot, Worcs.; the Inner Temple, London; Durham House, The Strand, Westminster.
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BROMLEY, William (fl.1604-1608), of London

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?Woodward and kpr., woods in Som. 1595;E315/309, f. 96. ?bailiff and rent-collector, Kingland manor, Heref. 1598;Ibid. f. 113v. ?surveyor of Crown lands, Derbys. 1598-at least 1603;Ibid. f. 117v; 315/310, f. 3v. ?bailiff and rent-collector, lands of St. John, Cheshire 1600;E315/309, f. 131v. ?surveyor of Exch. lands, Cumb. 1603.Ibid. f. 147.
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V-chan. palatinate of Lancaster (jt.) 1604-c.1608;Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 94. escheator, Lancs. c.1608.Ibid. 123.

Main residence: London.
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