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BLAKE, William (c.1582-1630), of Hale House, Kensington, Mdx.

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b. c. 1582, 1st s. of John Blake of Andover, Hants, and Margaret, da. of William Blake of East Anton, Hants.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 210. m. Mary (bur. 29 Sept. 1644),Kensington Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 117. da. of Henry Beverley of London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 210. suc fa. 1606;PROB 11/109, ff. 184-5v. Kntd. 13 Oct. 1627.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 193. d. 30 Oct. 1630.C142/480/114.
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Freeman, Vintners’ Co. 1603,GL, ms 15211C/1, f. 5. 3rd warden 1619–20.Ibid. 15201/2, ff. 251, 278.

Commr. sale of Crown lands 1604–8;Estates of Eng. Crown ed. R. Hoyle, 222; E403/2723, f. 227v. chirographer, c.p. 1626–d.C2/Chas.I/B77/56; 2/Chas.I/B66/11; M. Prestwich, Cranfield, 479.

Commr. preservation of ditches, home counties 1605;C181/1, f. 113v. j.p. Mdx. 1620 – d., Westminster 1629–d.C231/4, f. 109; C66/2527.

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BLAKE, William (c.1582-1630), of Hale House, Kensington, Mdx.
Main residence: Hale House, Kensington, Mdx.
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BISSE, Edward (c.1588-by 1647), of Spargrove, Som.

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b. c. 1588, 1st s. of Edward Bisse of Spargrove, and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Geoffrey Upton of Warminster, Wilts.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 2), i. 285; iv. 22. educ. M. Temple 1608.M. Temple Admiss. m. 11 Nov. 1617,IGI (par. reg. of Milton Clevedon, Som.) Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Hawker of Heytesbury, Wilts., 2s. 5da. (3 d.v.p.).Add. 34568, f. 50; PROB 11/199, f. 300; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 2), ii. 145-6. suc. fa. 1630.IGI (par. reg. of Milton Clevedon, Som.) d. by 1647.
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Commr. complaints, Gillingham Forest, Dorset 1627;Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 649. j.p. Som. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, i. 11.

Col. ft. (roy.) by 1642–23 July 1644.P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 30.

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BISSE, Edward (c.1588-by 1647), of Spargrove, Som.
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BISHOPP, Sir Thomas (1553-1626), of Parham, Suss.

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b. 30 Apr. 1553,Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Suss. ed. E.W.T. Attree (Suss. Rec. Soc. xiv), 29. o.s. of Thomas Bishop† of Henfield and Elizabeth, illegit. da. of Sir Edward Belknap of Blackfriars, London, wid. of Walter Scott of Stapleford Tawney, Essex. J.W. Fitzwilliam, Parham in Suss. 50-1; HP Commons, 1509-58, i. 436-7; CB, i. 156. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1562; Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple 1572. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. (1) 19 Sept. 1577, Anne, da. of William Cromer† of Tunstall, Kent, s.p.; (2) c.1589, Jane (bur. 24 Jan. 1637), da. of Sir Henry Weston† of Sutton Place, Surr., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1560; Fitzwilliam, 50-2; E.R. Mores, Hist. and Antiqs. of Tunstall in Kent, 92; H. de Candole, Story of Henfield, 77. Kntd. 7 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. cr. bt. 24 July 1620. CB, i. 156. d. 26 Nov. 1626. Fitzwilliam, 53. sig. Tho[mas] Bisshoppe.
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J.p. Suss. 1578–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 134; E163/18/12, f. 80v. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1584 – 85, 1601–2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 137. capt. militia ft. Suss. c.1585; Harl. 703, f. 18. commr. subsidy 1589, c. 1603, 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Ibid. f. 1; E179/282/60, rot. 45; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. recusancy 1592, Harl. 703, f. 67v. grain 1595, Ibid. f. 83. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1602 – d., Kent 1603 – 18, Suss. 1604–d., C181/1, ff. 28v, 57, 81; 181/2, f. 320; 181/3, ff. 166, 173. dep. lt. Suss. 1604–d.; Add. 11402, f. 94; E. Suss. RO, L/C/D/1, f. 28. commr. aid 1609, 1612, SP14/43/107; E163/16/21, unfol. pressing of seamen 1620, 1623, 1625, 1626, APC, 1619–21, p. 248; 1621–3, p. 436; 1625–6, p. 29; 1626, p. 13. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1624–d., C181/3, ff. 111, 208. Forced Loan, Suss. 1626. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144.

Marshal, Christmas feast I. Temple, 1579 – 81, 1583 – 89, steward 1590, 1594 – 1602, 1604 – 05, 1610, 1612, 1615 – 16, 1618, 1623, 1626. CITR, i. 301, 314, 326, 359, 370, 397, 450; ii. 6, 12, 53, 69, 92, 97, 109, 140, 157.

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BISHOPP, Sir Thomas (1553-1626), of Parham, Suss.
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BINGLEY, John (c.1572-1638), of Chester, Cheshire, St. Stephen’s, Westminster and Dublin, Ireland

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b. by 1572,Birth date calculated from admiss. as freeman. 2nd s. of John Bingley, shearman, of Chester. educ. G. Inn 1612. GI Admiss. m. (1) Anne (bur. 17 May 1615), da. of Thomas Henshaw, Merchant Taylor of London; Regs. Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester, 112. (2) c.July 1617, Elizabeth (d. aft. 1648), wid. of Sir John Grey (bur. 7 Oct. 1611) and da. of Edward Neville, 8th Lord Abergavenny. CP; R. Bingley, ‘Sir John Bingley’, Jnl. of Fam. Hist. Soc. of Cheshire, vii. 7-9. Kntd. 10 Jan. 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167. d. 1638. Index Prerogative Wills Ire. ed. A. Vicars, 13. sig. Jo[hn] Bingley.
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Freeman, Chester 1593; Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 72. commr. sewers, Mdx. 1610, 1619, C181/2, ff. 140v, 347. Colne Valley 1624, C181/3, f. 116. annoyances 1613, C181/2, f. 199v. collector, Privy Seal loan, merchant strangers, London 1613; E403/2732, f. 196v. j.p. Mdx. 1614 – d., Westminster 1618–d. C181/2, ff. 331v; 181/3 ff. 7, 98v.

Chief remembrancer (jt.), exch.[I], 1603–10; CSP Ire. 1603–6, pp. 76–7; Bodl. Carte 61, f. 483. constable, Maryborough Castle, co. Cork, 1604; Bodl. Carte 62, f. 12. customs farmer, Drogheda 1605 – 11, Ire. 1613 – 24; comptroller, musters and cheques [I], 1627–d.; CSP Ire. 1625–32, p. 200. commr. plantation of Ulster, 1628, 1631. Ibid. 303, 636.

Writer of the tallies, Exch. 1609–20. Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 207. The position was sometimes referred to as auditor of the receipt. Ibid. 201.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609; member, Africa Co. 1618. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 80, 318; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 99.

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BINGLEY, John (c.1572-1638), of Chester, Cheshire, St. Stephen’s, Westminster and Dublin, Ireland
Main residences: Chester, Cheshire; St. Stephen’s, Westminster; Dublin, Ireland, [I].
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BINDLOSS, Sir Francis (1603-1629), of Borwick Hall, Warton, Lancs.

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bap. 9 Apr. 1603,Warton Par. Regs. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxiii), 28. 1st s. of Sir Robert Bindloss (d.1630), C142/462/139. of Borwick Hall, and 2nd w. Mary, da. of Edmund Eltoft of Thornhill, Lancs. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxiv), 31; J. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 62. educ. St John’s, Camb. 1617; G. Inn 1620. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) ?Dorothy, da. of Thomas Charnock* of Charnock, Astley, Lancs., 1da.; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxiv), 31; C142/462/139. (2) by 1625, Cecilia, da. of Thomas West†, Lord De La Warr, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. CB, ii. 140. Kntd. 9 July 1624. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 185. d. 25 July 1629. C142/455/37.
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Steward, Warton manor, Lancs. 1627–d. E315/311, f. 22.

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BINDLOSS, Sir Francis (1603-1629), of Borwick Hall, Warton, Lancs.
Main residence: Borwick Hall, Warton, Lancs.
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BILSON, Sir Thomas (1592-c.1647), of West Mapledurham, Buriton, Hants and Southwark, Surr.

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bap. 29 Feb. 1592,Hants RO, 74M81W/PR1, unfol. (par. reg. of St. Swithun’s, Winchester). 1st s. of Thomas Bilson, DD, bp. of Winchester 1597-1616, and Anne, da. of Thomas Mill† of Southampton, Hants. Hants Field Club Pprs. xix. 261-4, 273. educ. New Coll. Oxf. 1606; L. Inn 1609; travelled abroad, Florence 1609. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; CSP Dom. 1603-10, p. 564. m. 6 Aug. 1612, Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. Reg. x), 64. Susanna, da.of Sir William Uvedale of Wickham Hants, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Hants Field Club Pprs. xix. 261-4, 273. Kntd. 25 Oct. 1613; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 153. suc. fa. 1616. C142/353/85. d. c. 1647. PROB 11/304, f. 11v.
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J.p. Hants 1614–21; C66/1988; C193/13/1. commr. sewers, Winchester, Hants 1617, C181/2, f. 296v. subsidy, Hants 1621 – 22, 1624; C212/22/20–1, 23; I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/36. capt. militia ft., Hants 1628-at least 1640; Add. 21922, f. 151v, passim. commr. assessment, Hants 1641. SR, v. 88.

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BILSON, Sir Thomas (1592-c.1647), of West Mapledurham, Buriton, Hants and Southwark, Surr.
Main residences: West Mapledurham, Buriton, Hants.; Southwark, Surr.
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BIGG, Thomas (c.1577-1621), of Lenchwick, Worcs.

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b. c. 1577, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Bigg* of Lenchwick and Ursula, da. of Clement Throckmorton† of Haseley, Warws.Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 16. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1594, aged 17; M. Temple 1597. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. settlement 3 Oct. 1601, C142/423/75. Anne (d. 1636), da. of William Wytham of Ledston, Yorks., Vis. Worcs. 16; PROB 11/170, ff. 289v-92. s.p. suc. fa. 1614; C142/341/45. cr. bt. 26 May 1620. C66/2233/2. d. 11 June 1621. Survey of Worcs. by Thomas Habington ed. J. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1896-9), ii. 216.
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Capt. ?militia, Worcs. by 1614; PROB 11/135, f. 186. j.p. Worcs. by 1614 – d., Evesham, Worcs. 1614–d.; Evesham Bor. Recs. of Seventeenth Cent. ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 15; C66/1988; C66/2234. asst. burgess, Evesham 1614, capital burgess 1614 – d., alderman 1614 – d.; commr. charitable uses, Worcs. 1616, 1619, 1620, C93/7/11; 93/8/3; 93/8/14. sewers, Worcs. and Glos. 1618, C181/2, f. 309v. subsidy, Evesham 1621. SP46/65, f. 173.

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BIGG, Thomas (c.1577-1621), of Lenchwick, Worcs.
Main residence: Lenchwick, Worcs.
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BIGG, Sir Thomas (c.1554-1614), of Lenchwick, Worcs.

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b. c. ,STAC 8/201/17, f. 12. His funeral monument, however, states that he died aged more than 63, while the heralds who visited Worcestershire in 1582 said he was then aged 40: Nash, Worcs. ii. 196; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 16. 1st s. of Thomas Bigg of Lenchwick and Maud or Magdalen, da. of William Hoby of Leominster, Herefs. Vis. Worcs. 16; VCH Worcs. ii. 350. m. by 1577, Eldest son aged 17 when he matriculated in 1594, and 45 at his death in 1621. Al. Ox. (Bigg, Thomas); Survey of Worcs. by Thomas Habington ed. J. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1896-9), ii. 216. Ursula (d. 13 Aug. 1601), da. of Clement Throckmorton† of Haseley, Warws., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1581; Kntd. 23 July 1603. d. 4 May 1614. Survey of Worcs. ii. 215-17; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 123; C142/341/45; PROB 11/123, ff. 494v-5v. sig. Tho[mas] Bigge.
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Commr. to take the defendants answer in Sir Edward Hoby* v. Bartholomew Kighley et al. 1586; E112/49/Worcs./2. escheator, Worcs. 1592–3; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 188. commr. i.p.m., Worcs. 1593, CPR, 1592–3 (L. and I. Soc. cclxxxii), 48. sheriff 1593–4; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 158. j.p. by 1595 – d., Evesham, Worcs. at d.; CPR, 1594–5 (L. and I. Soc. cccx), 132; C66/1898, mm. 23d-24d; Evesham Bor. Recs. of Seventeenth Cent. ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 15. commr. to survey the tithes of Broadway, Worcs. 1597, SP46/40, f. 279v. eccles. causes, Worcs. 1598, C66/1478, m. 8. subsidy, 1598, 1600, 1603, 1608, 1610 – 11, Evesham 1608, 1611, E179/201/240; 179/201/239; 179/201/273; 179/201/274; 179/201/275; E115/134/113; SP14/31/1. charitable uses, Worcs. 1599, 1600, 1601, 1605, C93/1/35; 93/1/8; 93/1/2; 93/2/20. to take surrender of letters patent from Sir Fulke Greville* 1601, CPR, 1582–3 (L. and I. Soc. cclxxxvi), 106, 112. to determine issue in Edward and Margaret Marsh v. Timothy Smyth, by 1604; HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 206–7. alderman, Evesham 1605–d.; G. May, Descriptive Hist. of Town of Evesham, 459; Evesham Bor. Recs. 10, 15. bailiff, Blackenhurst Hundred, Worcs. by 1606–8; Cal. Q.S. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1900), i. xcix; Evesham Bor. Recs. 4. commr. oyer and terminer for the Gunpowder plotters, Worcs. 1606, C181/1, f. 132v. inquiry estate of Sir Philip Kighley*, 1609, SP46/69, ff. 75–83. gaol delivery, Evesham 1610, C181/2, f. 127. sewers, Worcs. 1611. Ibid. f. 143v.

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BIGG, Sir Thomas (c.1554-1614), of Lenchwick, Worcs.
Main residence: Lenchwick, Worcs.
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BEVILL, Sir Robert (1572-1634), of Chesterton, Hunts. and Rickmansworth Bury, Herts.

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bap. 28 Sept. 1572, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Robert Bevill† of Chesterton and Joan, da. of William Lawrence of St. Ives, Hunts.Vis. Hunts. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliii), 8-9. educ. G. Inn 1592. GI Admiss. m. (1) c.1599, Mary (d. 19 Jan. 1611), da. and h. of Peter Coles of Preston Capes, Northants., wid. of Edward Knightley of Fawsley, Northants. and G. Inn, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; C142/322/170; N and Q, cc. 463-6. (2) 20 Aug. 1617, Elizabeth (d. July 1647/Feb. 1648), da. of Sir Robert Hampson, Merchant Taylor and alderman of London, wid. of John Hewitt of Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. and Sir Gilbert Wakering of Rickmansworth, Herts., s.p. St. Mary le Bowe (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlv), 325; C2/Chas.I/B49/61; PROB 11/203, f. 230. suc. fa. 1602; C142/281/61. cr. KB 25 July 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 155. d. 13 Dec. 1634. C142/530/154. sig. Robert Bevill.
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J.p. Hunts. 1601 – d.; commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by 1602 – d., sewers, Gt. Fens 1604–d.; C181/1, ff. 16, 74; Add. 34217, f. 8; Hunts. RO, dd/M78/6. sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. Feb.-Nov. 1606; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 14. commr. subsidy, Hunts. 1607 – 08, 1621, 1624, Forced Loan 1626; E179/283, vols. ‘TG 11414’ and ‘JPR 6359’; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–23; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. collector, aid 1609, 1612, 10ths (jt.) 1624; E179/283, vols. ‘commrs. for the aid’, ‘TG 28398’; E403/2732, f. 96. commr. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1616; C181/2, f. 257v. overseer of game (jt.) Rockingham Forest, Northants. 1620; Add. 34217, f. 6. dep. lt., Hunts. by 1624; SP14/178/10. commr. enclosure, Gt. Fens 1624, commr. knighthood fines, Hunts. 1630–1. C181/3, f. 126v; E178/7154, f. 101c; 178/5348, ff. 4, 9.

Adventurer, Bedford Level drainage 1632–d. Hunts. RO, dd/M19/3/1.

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BEVILL, Sir Robert (1572-1634), of Chesterton, Hunts. and Rickmansworth Bury, Herts.
Main residences: Chesterton, Hunts.; Rickmansworth Bury, Herts.
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