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BLUNDELL, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1579-1625), of London and King’s Co. Ire.

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Family and Education

b. 4 Sept. 1579,Cat. Ashmolean Mss, 119. 2nd s. of John Blundell, yeoman, of Great Linford, Bucks. and Catherine, da. and coh. of Roger Budoxshyde. Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 160-1; REQ 2/391/184. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1596, BA (Christ Church) 1600, MA 1603; G. Inn 1618. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. Joyce, da. of William Serjeant of Waldridge, Dinton, Bucks., 5s.; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 160-1. 1s. illegit. PROB 11/147, f. 269. Kntd. 30 Jan. 1618; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167. cr. bt. 13 Oct. 1620. d. 26 Apr. 1625. CB, i. 224-5.

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Surveyor-gen. of the exch. [I] 1610–17; Patentee Officers in Ire. ed. J.L.J. Hughes (Irish mss comm.), 13. sec. to Sir Ralph Winwood* by 1616–17; CSP Ire. 1615–25, pp. 50–1. remembrancer for Irish affairs 1617–22; C66/2132. commr. licensing pedlars 1617, inquiry, [I] 1622; C231/4, f. 39; C66/2135; V. Treadwell Buckingham and Ire. 191. v.-treas. [I] 1622–d. C66/2231, 2260; HMC 4th Rep. 277, 302, 373.

MP [I] 1613–15. R. Bagwell, Ire. under the Stuarts, 134.

Steward, Bury St. Edmunds abbey lands 1616–18; C66/2104; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 559. j.p. Westminster 1618–22. C181/2, f. 331v; C193/13/1.

Member, Africa Co. 1618, E.I. Co. by 1623. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 99; CSP Col. E.I. 1622–4, p. 226.

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BLUNDELL, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1579-1625), of London and King’s Co. Ire.

Main residences: London, King's Co. Ire, [I].

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Commons 1604-1629

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BLUNDELL, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1579-1625)

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BENCE, Alexander (c.1547-1613), of Aldeburgh, Suff.

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b. c. 1547, 1st s. of John Bence of Aldeburgh, mariner and Joan, da. of William Wigenhall, burgess of Aldeburgh. T.S. Hill, Regs. of Par. of Thorington, ped. bet. pp. 100-1, 105; PROB 11/59, f. 106v; 11/53, f. 331v. m. 2 Sept. 1571, Mary (d. c.Jan. 1610), da. of Thomas Squire, of Aldeburgh, merchant, 9s. (5 d.v.p.), 2da. suc. fa. 1577. d. 27 Jan. 1613. Hill, 101-2, 105; PROB 11/106, ff. 14v-15.

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Chamberlain, Aldeburgh, Suff. 1573 – 74, bailiff, 1586 – 87, 1592 – 93, 1598, 1606 – 07, 1611–12 and one other occasion, Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE1/I2/1, ff. 68v, 212; EE1/C1/1, f. 2; Recs. of Bor. of Aldeburgh ed. A.T. Winn, 27, 30, 33. capital burgess by 1606–d.; C66/1708, m. 24. commr. subsidy, Aldeburgh, Suff. 1607. E179/239/181.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 219.

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BENCE, Alexander (c.1547-1613), of Aldeburgh, Suff.

Main residence: Aldeburgh, Suff.

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Commons 1604-1629

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BENCE, Alexander (c.1547-1613)

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AUCHER (AGAR, ARCHER), Sir Anthony (c.1586-1637), of Bishopsbourne, Kent

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b. c. 1586,C142/329/182. 1st. s. of Anthony Aucher of Bishopsbourne and Margaret, da. of Edwin Sandys, abp. of York. m. 18 June 1605, Hester (bur. 4 Dec. 1637), da. and coh. of Peter Collett, Merchant Taylor of Loughton, Essex and London, 1s. 2da. Kntd. 4 July 1604; suc. fa. 1610. d. 3 July 1637. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 181; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/93/1/1, unfol.; C142/544/59; Cent. Kent Stud. PRC 32/52, f. 49; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 134. sig. Ant[hony] Aucher.

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Member, Virg. Co. 1609 – 24, cttee. ?by 1613 – at least19; member, Somers Is. Co. 1615, A. Brown, Genesis of US, i. 212; ii. 770, 796; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 363. E.I. Co. by 1624-at least 1627. Cent. Kent Stud. U269/1/OE652; CSP Col. E.I. 1625–9, p. 316.

Freeman, Rochester, Kent 1614; Rochester, Guildhall Mus. customal, new f. 31. j.p. Kent by 1619-at least 1624, Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 134, 153, 158. sheriff 1613–14; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 69. commr. sewers, Havering and Dagenham, Essex 1612, E. Kent by 1619-at least 1621, C181/2, f. 168; 181/3, ff. 3v, 40; Cent. Kent Stud. S/EK/SO2, pp. 374–5, 393. Kent 1625, C181/3, f. 157v. subsidy, Canterbury, Kent 1621. C212/22/20.