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BULSTRODE, Sir William (c.1560/3-1645/6), of Ridlington Park Lodge and Uppingham, Rutland and Blackfriars, London; later of Coventry, Warws.

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b. c. 1560 /3,He was described as aged 50 at his 2nd marriage, but aged 66 at his 3rd. o.s. of Richard Bulstrode of Hedgeley Bulstrode, Bucks. Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 26-7. m. (1) 8 Apr. 1602, Alice (bur. 23 July 1605), ?da. of Richard Temple of Temple Hall, Sibsden, Leics., wid. of John Dive, verderer of Ridlington Park, Rutland, s.p.; Leics. RO, DE3012/1, unfol.; DE3468/1, unfol.; PROB 11/98, f. 111; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 212; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 45; Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 167-8. (2) lic. 30 Jan. 1611, Mary, da. of Henry Baskerville, alderman of London, wid. of Benjamin Gonson of Much Baddow, Essex and Charles Brooke of Templecombe, Som. s.p.; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1520-1610 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxv), 327; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 361. (3) 29 June 1629, Anne (d. 4 Jan. 1634), wid. of Henry Banister* (d.1628), Goldsmith of London and Hackney, Mdx., s.p. J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, ii. 371; W. Robinson, Hackney, ii. 25-6; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 196; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 44. Kntd. 6 Aug. 1599. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. d. bet. 26 Nov. 1645 and 11 Feb. 1646. PROB 11/195, ff. 173v-4. sig. Will[ia]m Bulstrode.
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Capt. of ft. 1589, 1596, 1599 [I]. Norris-Drake Expedition (Navy Recs. Soc. cxxvii) ed. R.B. Wernham, 345 (Bulsterell), 348 (Bolstroode); Longleat, Devereux pprs. (IHR microfilm) vol. 1, ff. 85v, 90; HMC Hatfield, ix. 146, 330.

Capt. militia ft. Warws. 1597, muster-master, Leics. 1598; APC, 1597, pp. 105, 164; 1597–8, p. 504; HMC Hastings, iv. 188. j.p. Rutland by 1604 – at least36, Mdx. 1629-at least 1636; C231/5, f. 20; SP16/405; Eg. 2986, f. 23. sheriff, Rutland Nov. 1604-Feb. 1606; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 113. dep. lt.?1607-at least 1626; HMC Hatfield, xix. 124; HEHL, HA10612–13. collector (jt.) tenths, 1607, aid 1609, 1613, Privy Seal loans 1625–6; SP14/43/107; E179/283, ‘TG 10806’, ‘commrs. for the aid’; E403/2737, f. 159v; E401/2586, p. 69; APC, 1626, p. 167. commr. subsidy 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–3; HMC 5th Rep. 401; E115/306/81. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1610 – d., enclosures, Oxon. Northants. and Rutland 1611, swans, E. Midlands 1619, C181/2, ff. 106, 139, 341. Forced Loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; Procs. 1628, vi. 34–5. Midland Assoc. 1643, assessment, Warws. and Coventry 1645. LJ, v. 589; A. and O. i. 620, 641.

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BULSTRODE, Sir William (c.1560/3-1645/6), of Ridlington Park Lodge and Uppingham, Rutland and Blackfriars, London; later of Coventry, Warws.
Main residences: Ridlington Park Lodge; Uppingham, Rutland; Blackfriars, London; Coventry, Warws.
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BULSTRODE, Henry (1578-1643), of Horton, Bucks.

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b. 28 Dec. 1578, 1st s. of Edward Bulstrode of Upton, Bucks. and Cicely, da. of Sir John Croke† of Chilton, Bucks.Lipscomb, Bucks. iv. 572. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1592; I. Temple 1595.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. (1) Mary (d. 13 Dec. 1614),Lipscomb, iv. 572. da. of Thomas Read of Barton, Berks., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.);Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 13. (2) 20 July 1615, Bridget (d. 29 Oct. 1631), da. of Henry Evans, wid. of John Allen of London, s.p.Lipscomb, iv. 572. suc. fa. 1598.C142/253/69; CSP Dom. 1598-1601, p. 364. bur. 10 Aug. 1643 10 Aug. 1643.Lipscomb, iv. 572.
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J.p. Bucks. 1618–d.;C231/4, f. 61; C66/2858. commr. sewers, Colne Valley 1618, 1622–6;C181/2, f. 317v; 181/3, ff. 76v, 202v. sheriff, Bucks. 1631–2;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1635 – 42, Bucks. and Beds. 1635–40,C181/4, f. 197; 181/5, ff. 4, 176, 218v. defence, Midland Assoc. 1642, assessment, Bucks. 1643 – d., sequestration of delinquents 1643, levying of money 1643.A. and O. i. 50, 90, 110, 140, 146, 227.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642–d.;HMC 5th Rep. 55. gov. Aylesbury, Bucks. 1643, Henley, Oxon. 1643.B. Whitelocke, Mems. of Eng. Affairs, i. 224, 359, 534.

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BULSTRODE, Henry (1578-1643), of Horton, Bucks.
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BULLINGHAM, Francis (1554-1633), of Cathedral Close, Lincoln, Lincs.

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b. 19 Mar. 1554,Lincs. N and Q, ii. 99-101. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Nicholas Bullingham, bp. of Lincoln 1560-71, and his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Hamond Sutton of Washingborough, Lincs. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 204. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1568, King’s 1569-72; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1576. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) unknown, 1s. d.v.p. ; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 204. (2) 11 Feb. 1591, Ibid., 204; Lincs. AO, Bif/2/5/23-5. Mary (d. 27 Nov. 1607), W. J. Monson, Lincs. Church Notes (Lincoln Rec. Soc. xxxi), 236. da. of George Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe, Lincs., wid. of Richard Hiltoft of Boston, Lincs. and Anthony Neville of Skellingthorpe, Lincs., 2da.; G. Holles, Lincs. Church Notes (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), 62. (3) 21 Feb. 1611, S.G.R. Barret, Hist. Totteridge, 98. Ellen (bur. 12 Mar. 1625), da. of one Lynaker, wid. of Robert Thomas, Draper, of London, s.p. St. Pancras Soper Lane (Harl. Soc. Reg. xliv), 298, 444; PROB 11/116, ff. 253-7. suc. fa. 1576. SP12/108/45. bur. 18 Nov. 1633 18 Nov. 1633. Soc. Gen. ‘Boyd’s London Burials’, MX/R234, p. 74.
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Registrar, Lincoln dioc. by 1580, principal registrar c. 1593 – 1611, sub-collector of clerical subsidies 1595–1608; State of the Church ed. C.W. Foster (Lincoln Rec. Soc. xxiii), 251; Episcopal Recs. ed. C.W. Foster (Lincoln Rec. Soc. ii), 151; C2/Jas.I/B41/39; C2/Jas.I/D4/47; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 379; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 460. freeman, Lincoln 1600, HMC 14th Rep. VIII, 76. Boston 1604; Boston Corp. Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey, i. 687–8. commr. inquiry, charitable uses, Lincs. 1604,Lincs. AO, 1 MM/7/8/6. sewers, Fenland 1604, Lincs. and Notts. 1606, Lincs. and Lincoln 1607, Lincs. and Newark, Notts. 1608.C181/1, f. 75; 181/2, ff. 48v, 75v, 120.

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BULLINGHAM, Francis (1554-1633), of Cathedral Close, Lincoln, Lincs.
Main residence: Cathedral Close, Lincoln, Lincs.
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BYRON, John (1599-1652), of Newstead Abbey, Notts.

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b. c. 1599, 1st s. of Sir John Byron of Newstead and Anne, da. of Sir Richard Molyneux I* of Sefton, Lancs. educ. Trin. Camb. 1615, MA 1618; travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1620-3; DCL Oxf. 1642. m. (1) aft. 1629, Cecilia (d. Feb. 1638), da. of Thomas West†, 3rd Bar. de la Warr, wid. of Sir Francis Bindloss* of Borwick, Lancs., s.p.; (2) 1644, Eleanor (d. 26 Jan. 1664), da. of Robert Needham*, 2nd Visct. Kilmorey [I], wid. of Peter Warburton of Arley, Cheshire, s.p. suc. fa. 1625; cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626; cr. Bar. Byron of Rochdale 24 Oct. 1643. d. by 13 Aug. 1652.CP, ii. 454; Al. Cant.; APC, 1619-21, p. 156; Clarendon, Life (1827) i. 284; C142/455/37; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162.
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Commr. musters, Notts. 1626, APC, 1625–6, p. 476. sheriff 1634–6, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 105. exacted fees 1634, perambulation Sherwood Forest 1641, C181/4, f. 159; 181/5, f. 210. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. rebels’ estates (roy.), Lancs. and Cheshire 1644. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 118.

Asst. Mineral and Battery Works Co. 1635, dep. gov. 1637. BL, Loan 16/2, ff. 73, 77v.

Capt. of horse 1640, Docquets of Letters Patent, 113; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 365. col. (roy.) 1642–6; P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 54. field-marshal-gen. Worcs., Salop, Cheshire, Lancs. and N. Wales 1643–4; CSP Dom. 1644, p. 371. gov. of Chester 1644–6,Richard Symonds’s Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army ed. C.E. Long (Cam. Soc. lxxiv), 173, 259. Caernarvon 1646. Newman, 54.

Gent. of privy chamber extraordinary by 1626-at least 1641; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162; LC3/1, unfol. lt. of the Tower 1641–2; CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 215, 281. gent. of the robes to James, duke of York 1644–6, Ibid. 1644–5, p. 191. gov. 1648 – 50, supt.-gen. and recvr. of revenues 1650–d. Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, iv. 328; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 394; CCSP, ii. 51, 101.

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BYRON, John (1599-1652), of Newstead Abbey, Notts.
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BYRD (BIRD), William (c.1561-1624), of London and Walthamstow, Essex

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b. c. 1561, 2nd s. of William Byrd (d.1568)R. Griffin (Lord Braybrooke), Hist. Audley End, 291-2. of Saffron Walden, Essex, and Mary, da. and h. of James Woodhall, yeoman, of Saffron Walden.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 365-6. educ. All Souls, Oxf. 1581, aged 20, BCL 1583, DCL 1588; adv. 1589.Al. Ox. m. aft. 1613, Jane (bur. 1 Mar. 1645), da. and coh. of John Johnson, Merchant Taylor, of London, wid. of Richard Trafford of Low Leyton, Essex, s.p.The Gen. ii. 155. Kntd. 20 Mar. 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. bur. 5 Sept. 1624 5 Sept. 1624.Lansd. 984, f. 31.
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Fell. All Souls, Oxf. 1587 – 1604, dean 1593; member, Doctors’ Commons 1590, treas. 1608–11;B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers in Eng. 211–12; G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 48. j.p. Saffron Walden, Essex 1602 – 03, Mdx. 1620–d.C181/1, ff. 35v, 65v; C231/4, f. 109; C193/13/1, f. 64v.; commr. piracy, London and home counties 1603–d.,C181/1, f. 67; 181/2, ff. 12v, 101v, 214, 220v, 299v, 339; 181/3, f. 79v. sewers, Mdx. 1604, Essex 1604, 1620,C181/1, f. 89v; 181/3, f. 19. Admlty. causes, Mdx. and home counties 1603–19,HCA 1/32/1, ff. 29, 38, 55, 90. assurances, London 1615,C181/2, f. 237. survey, Jersey 1617,CSP Dom. Addenda, 1580–1625, pp. 564, 582, 590; APC, 1616–17, pp. 187, 302. oyer and terminer, Essex 1622.C181/3, f. 68v.

Judge, High Ct. of Delegates 1597–1622;Levack, 211. master in Chancery (extraordinary) 1598, (ordinary) 1610–d.;C216/1/5; T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 90. judge, Prerogative Ct. of Canterbury 1611–d.;Levack, 211. dean of arches 1617–d.;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 53; Levack, 211. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620–d.R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 346.

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BYRD (BIRD), William (c.1561-1624), of London and Walthamstow, Essex
Main residences: London; Walthamstow, Essex.
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BYNG, William (1586-by 1669), of Wrotham, Kent; later of Deal Castle, Kent

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bap. 28 Aug. 1586, 5th but 3rd surv. s. of Robert Byng† (d.1595) of Wrotham, being 2nd s. with his 2nd w. Mary, da. of William Maynard; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 27-8; Cent. Kent. Stud. Wrotham par. reg. half-bro. of George†. educ. G. Inn 1612. GI Admiss. unm. sig. Will[iam] Byng.
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Servant to Henry Howard, earl of Northampton by 1607–14; Top. and Gen. ii. 451, 455; Archaeologia, xlii. 377. capt. Deal Castle 1611–42. SP29/6/48.

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BYNG, William (1586-by 1669), of Wrotham, Kent; later of Deal Castle, Kent
Main residences: Wrotham, Kent; Deal Castle, Kent.
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BYNG, Henry (1573-1635), of Grantchester, Cambs. and Gray’s Inn, London

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b. 22 July 1573, 1st s. of Thomas Byng, DCL, of Hackney, Mdx., master of Clare, Camb. 1571-99, and Katherine, da. of Vincent Randell of Westminster, wid. of Thomas Flete of Biddenden, Kent; (?bro. of Thomas*). educ. Clare, Camb. 1589; G. Inn 1592, called 1599. m. 6 Jan. 1611, Katherine, da. of Thomas Clench* of Holbrook, Suff., 6s. (3 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1599.Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 32, 286; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 36; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 142; Add. 19105, f. 58; Grantchester par. reg. (Soc. Gen. transcript). d. 1 Mar. 1635. C142/524/83.
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Fee’d counsel, King’s, Camb. 1606, W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 345. Camb. Univ. 1632; HMC Cowper, i. 449. custos brevium, k.b. (jt.), 1608-at least 1610; N.H. Nicolas, Life of William Davison (1823), pp. 222–5. reader, Staple Inn 1609, G. Inn 1615; ancient, G. Inn 1609–23; PBG Inn, i. 187–8, 219. sjt.-at-law 1623–d. Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 181.

Steward, Sudbury 1614; Suff. RO (Bury St. Edmunds), Sudbury bor. ct. bk. 4, p. 418. commr. survey lands of Trin., Camb., Cambs. 1616, supervise property, 1631, sewers, Fens 1618 – 31, swans, Isle of Ely, Cambs. 1620, enclosure, Fens 1622 – 24, inquiry into revenue of Wye Coll., Kent 1622; C181/2, ff. 256v; 181/3, ff. 13, 49v, 78, 126v; 181/4, ff. 90v, 94; APC, 1618–19, p. 350. j.p. Cambs. 1625–d., C231/4, f. 183; C193/13/2. commr. Forced Loan, Cambs. 1627. C192/12/2, f. 5.

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BYNG, Henry (1573-1635), of Grantchester, Cambs. and Gray’s Inn, London
Main residences: Grantchester, Cambs.; Gray's Inn, London.
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BYNG, George (d.1632), of Dover, Kent

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m. by 1584, Anne (bur. 13 Sept. 1631), 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). bur. 25 Nov. 1632 25 Nov. 1632.Soc. Gen. Dover St. Mary par. reg.; Cent. Kent. Stud. PRC32/50/24.
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BYNG, George (d.1632), of Dover, Kent
Main residence: Dover, Kent.
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BYNG, George (-d.1632)

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BUTTON, Sir William (c.1570-1624/5), of Fulham, Mdx. and Park Gate, Tavistock, Devon.

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b. c. 1570, Assuming age 16 at admiss. to New Coll. Oxf. 1st s. of Miles Button of Dyffryn House, St. Nicholas, Glam. and Margaret, da. of Edward Lewis of Van, Glam. W. Berry, Hants Genealogies, 34-5.; bro. of James*. educ. New Coll., Oxf. 1586, BA 1589; G. Inn 1618. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. aft. Jan. 1617, IGI, Hants. Martha (d. by 1658), PROB 11/280, f. 33. da. of Arthur Ascott of Tetcott, Devon, 2da. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 21; PROB 11/124, f. 189. Kntd. 15 Dec. 1606; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 141. suc. fa.?1607. PROB 11/112, f. 295v. d. by 19 Feb. 1625. CSP Dom. 1623-5, p. 479.
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Att. (jt.), sheriff’s ct., Glam. 1592–d.; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 180; 1619–23, p. 504. surveyor customs, London, 1618–d. SO3/6, unfol. Mar. 1618.

Asst. master of ceremonies 1605–d.; SO3/3, unfol., Aug. 1605; SO3/5, unfol., Sept. 1612. commr. to license overseas travel 1607. C181/2, f. 33v.

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BUTTON, Sir William (c.1570-1624/5), of Fulham, Mdx. and Park Gate, Tavistock, Devon.
Main residences: Fulham, Mdx.; Park Gate, Tavistock, Devon.
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H.J.L.
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