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BERTIE, Sir Montagu (1608-1666), of Grimsthorpe, Lincs.

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b. by 7 May 1608,Lincs. AO, ANC/Lot 340/3. 1st s. of Robert Bertie, 14th Lord Willoughby de Eresby and 1st earl of Lindsey, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edward Montagu* of Boughton, Northants. CP, viii. 19. educ. Sidney Suss. Camb. 1623. Al. Cant. m. (1) 18 Apr. 1627, Martha (with £10,000) T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 220. (d.July 1641), da. of Sir William Cockayne, Skinner, of Broad Street, London, ld. mayor 1619-20, wid. of John Ramsey, 1st earl of Holdernesse, 5s. 3da.; CP, viii. 20. (2) c.1650, Bridget (bur. 24 Mar. 1657), Ibid. suo jure Baroness Norris, da. and h. of Edward Wray* of Rycote, Oxon. and wid. of Edward Sackville of Wytham Abbey, Berks., 3s. 1da.Ibid; PCC Admons. (Index Lib. lxv), 123. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. styled. Lord Willoughby 1626-42; summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony of Willoughby de Eresby, 3 Nov. 1640; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Lindsey 23 Oct. 1642; CP, viii. 19. cr. KG 15 Apr. 1661. Shaw, i. 35. d. 25 July 1666. CP, viii. 20-1.
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Commr. sewers, River Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1625, Lincoln, Lincs. 1627, 1660 – 64, Fenland 1629 – 42, Essex and Kent 1642, Bedford gt. level 1662, Herts. Mdx. and Essex 1663, Westminster 1664; C181/3, ff. 168v, 228v; 181/4, ff. 39, 154v; 181/5, ff. 42, 223, 227v; 181/7, pp. 75, 147, 223, 253, 259; CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 404, 526. warden, Waltham Forest, Essex 1626 – 46, 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 227; 1660–1, p. 553; 1661–2, p. 402; 1663–4, p. 623. j.p. Lincs. (Holland, Lindsey and Kevesten) 1628 – at least40, 1660–d. (custos rot. Lincs. 1640, 1660–d.), Essex 1638, Woodstock, Oxon 1660, Saffron Walden, Essex 1660, Cambridge, Cambs. 1660, St. Albans, Herts. 1660, Haverfordwest, Wales 1660 – d., Poole, Dorset 1661 – d., York, Ainsty, Yorks. 1661, Cawood, liberty, Yorks. 1664; C231/4, ff. 260, 261; 231/5, pp. 312, 397; 231/7, p. 9; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 506–7; C220/9/4; C193/12/3; C181/7, pp. 30, 47, 49, 50, 52, 101, 113, 297, 319, 367. dep. lt. Lincs. 1629-c.42; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/3. commr. swans, Lincs. and elsewhere, c. 1629, Lincs. 1635, 1664,C181/3, f. 268; 181/5, f. 14; 181/7, p. 298. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1629 – 42, 1660 – d., Home circ. 1660 – d., Hants and Wilts. 1660 – d., Oxford circ. 1660 – d., Eastern circ. 1660 – 65, London 1660 – d., Mdx. 1660 – d., Northern circ. 1660 – d., Lincs. 1661, Bristol, Som. 1664, Herts. 1664;C181/3, f. 258; 181/4, ff. 10v, 195v; 181/5, ff. 4, 220; 181/7, pp. 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 67, 121, 298, 303, 323, 349, 356, 358, 360, 361, 365, 370. exacted fees, Lincoln 1633, C181/4, f. 158v. navigation of river Welland 1634, 1664;Ibid. f. 161; 181/7, p. 281. freeman, Boston, Lincs. 1634; Boston Corp. Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey, ii. 684. steward, honor of Bolingbroke 1640–6; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 186. commr. array, Lincs. 1642; Northants. RO, FH133; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 355. kpr. Woodstock Park, Oxon. 1644 – 46, 1660–d.; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 237; 1664–5, p. 226. ld. lt. Lincs. 1660–d.; Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 25, 100. commr. gaol delivery, Newgate 1664.C181/7, p. 295.

Capt. of ft. (Dutch army) by 1626; CJ, i. 866a; Procs. 1626, iii. 350. col. Life Gds. 1639–46; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 427; P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 26. col. of horse 1662 – 66, capt. 1666–d. CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 475; 1665–6, p. 489; Lincs. AO, 1ANC/12M/6.

Gent. of privy chamber 1634 – 43, bedchamber 1643–9; LC5/134, p. 24; LC3/1; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 278. ld. gt. chamberlain 1642–d.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 584. PC 1643 – 46, 1660–d. CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 507; Oxford DNB.

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BERRY, Robert (c.1542-1618), of Castle Lodge, Ludlow, Salop

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b. c. 1542, s. of John Berry of Devon. m. by 1579, Winifred (bur. 26 Oct. 1610), da. of Robert Hall of Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., 2s. 3da. bur. 24 May 1618.M. Faraday, Ludlow 1085-1660, p. 229; Ludlow (Salop par. reg. soc. xiii), 83, 84, 97, 99, 104, 300, 315; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 45. sig. Rob[er]t Berry.
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Surveyor, Crown estates Herefs. and Salop 1575–?d., Bringwood Forest, Herefs. 1604; Harl. 354, f. 1; Lansd. 171, f. 397; C66/1666. freeman, Ludlow 1579, common cllr. 1585 – 91, chamberlain 1588 – 89, low bailiff 1589 – 90, alderman 1591 – d., high bailiff 1592 – 93, 1601 – 02, 1613 – 14, coroner 1602 – 03, 1614–15; Faraday, 98, 193; Salop RO, LB2/1/1, ff. 1, 7, 9, 12, 38, 42, 102, 106v. porter, Ludlow Castle 1596–7. Faraday, 44.

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BERKELEY (BARKLEY, BARTLETT), Francis (1583/4-1628), of Lincoln’s Inn, Shrewsbury and Hadnall, Salop

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b. 1583 /4, 1st s. of Edmund Berkeley, draper of Shrewsbury and Hadnall and 1st w. Mary, da. and coh. of William Felton of Ewdnes, Worfield, Salop.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 33. educ. Shrewsbury sch. 1589; Brasenose, Oxf. 1598 (aged 15); L. Inn. 1605, called 1612. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, 46; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 143. m. by 1615, Anne (d. 21 Nov. 1629), da. of Thomas Purcell of Dinthill, Salop, 3s. 2da. C142/456/74; St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury (Salop par. reg. soc. xv), 69. suc. fa. 1609. C142/316/49. d. 3 Oct. 1628.C142/456/74. sig. Fra[ncis] Bark(e)ley.
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Freeman, Wenlock liberty 1624. Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), vi. 276.

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BERKELEY (BARKLEY, BARTLETT), Francis (1583/4-1628), of Lincoln’s Inn, Shrewsbury and Hadnall, Salop
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BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (c.1577-1617), of Bruton, Som.

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b. c.1577,Date calculated from age at admiss. to Oxf. 1st s. of Sir Henry Berkeley† of Bruton and Margaret, da. of William Lygon of Madresfield, Worcs. and wid. of Sir Thomas Russell† (d. 9 Apr. 1574) of Strensham, Worcs.; bro. of Sir Henry Berkeley*. Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 6; C142/172/163. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1590, aged 13, BA 1593; M. Temple 1594; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. vol. Cadiz expedition 1596; S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada, 1596, p. 147. embassy, France 1598. HMC Hatfield, viii. 16; xxiii. 22. m. by 1597, Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Killigrew I* of Hanworth, Mdx., 5s. 2da. Vis. Som. 6. Kntd. 27 June 1596. Usherwood, 147. suc. fa. 1601. d. 1 May 1617. C142/270/148; 142/366/170.
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Steward, S. Stoke and Corton manors, Som. 1601; E315/309, f. 138v. j.p. Som. by 1602–d., C66/1594, 2076. commr. sewers 1603, 1610, 1616, C181/1, f. 70; 181/2, ff. 129v, 245v. col. militia ft. by 1605 – 09, dep. lt. from 1608, Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 57, 112, 147. collector, aid 1612–13. E403/2732, f. 169.

Member, Queen Anne’s Council from 1603, Add. 38139, f. 104v (ex inf. Dr. Helen Payne). Council for Virg. 1607. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 93.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609; Ibid. 232. member, E.I. Co. 1611. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 240.

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BERKELEY, Sir Maurice (c.1577-1617), of Bruton, Som.
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BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1579-c.1667), of Yarlington, Som.

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b. c. 1579, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Berkeley† (d.1601)C142/270/148. of Bruton, Som. and Margaret, da. of William Lygon of Madresfield, Worcs., wid. of Sir Thomas Russell† of Strensham, Worcs.; bro. of Sir Maurice*. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 7. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1590, aged 11. Al. Ox. m. c.1608, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Neville I* of Billingbear, Berks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 4 da. (1 d.v.p.). S.W. Bates Harbin, Som. MPs, 144; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 250; CCC, 1989. Kntd. 29 Apr. 1609. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 148. d. by Sept. 1667. PROB 11/324, ff. 438v-9.
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Capt. of ft. [I] to 1603. CSP Ire. 1603–6, pp. 30, 91, 165; 1606–8, p. 538.

J.p. Som. 1618 – at least43, 1660–d.; C231/4, f. 64; Q.S. Recs. ed. E.H. Bates (Som. Rec. Soc. xxviii), p. xx; Som. RO, DD/SE/45/1. commr. to supervise Leighfield forest, Rutland and Beaumont forest, Northants. 1621, CSP Dom.1619–23, p. 302. sewers, Som. 1625–41, C181/3, f. 186; 181/4, ff. 21, 172v; 181/5, f. 205. disafforestation, Roche forest, Som. 1627, C66/2441/1. enclosure Sedgemoor, Som.1628, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii, pt. 2, p. 267. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1635 – 40, 1662–d.; C181/5, ff. 6, 170v; 181/7, pp. 130, 495. manufacture of hard soap, Western parts 1638, C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. navigable rivers, Som. 1638, Ibid. f. 99. subsidy, 1640, SR, v. 89, 156. array, 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. raising money 1644, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 208. assessment 1660 – 61, 1663–4; SR v. 219, 337, 467, 539. dep. lt. Som. 1660–d.; SP29/11, f. 227, SP29/60, f. 150; Som. RO, DD/BR/bn/37. commr. loyal and indigent officers, Som. 1662. SR, v. 384.

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BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1579-c.1667), of Yarlington, Som.
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BERKELEY (BARKELEY, BARTLETT), Roland (c.1548-1611), of Worcester and Spetchley, Worcs.

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b. c. 1548, s. of William Berkeley and ?Elizabeth, da. of William Burghill of Cowarne, Herefs. educ. ?Oxf.; ?appr. clothier, Worcester. m. 15 Apr. 1574, Katherine (27 Dec. 1629), da. of Thomas Heywood of Gloucester, Glos., 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 9da. suc. fa. 1583. d. 1 June 1611.Survey of Worcs. by Thomas Habington ed. J. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist Soc. 1893-5, 1896-9), i. 370, ii. 281; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 11; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 12 ; IGI; A.D. Dyer, City of Worcester in Sixteenth Cent. 186-7.
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Auditor, Worcester 1581 – 82, member of the Twenty-Four 1583, high chamberlain 1583 – 84, low bailiff 1585 – 86, low alderman 1586 – 87, high alderman and judge of the Orphans Court 1587 – 88, high alderman 1588–9; Worcs. RO, BA9360, shelf 644/1, ff. 149v, 160, 161, 163v, 166, 169; Dyer, 187. gov. of the g.s. and almshouse, Worcester, by 1606 – d., treas. 1606 – 07, 1609–10. Worcs. RO, BA/3617/7, ff. 55, 56, 59, 60.

Master, Weavers, Walkers and Clothiers’ Co., Worcester 1590. V. Green, Hist. and Antiqs. of City and Suburbs of Worcester, ii. p. lxxii.

Commr. subsidy, Worcester 1598, 1599, 1603, 1608, E179/201/245; 179/201/246; 179/260/1; SP14/31/1, f. 46v. gaol delivery by 1603-at least 1610; C181/1, f. 46v; 181/2, f. 122v. j.p. Worcs. c.1609–10. C66/1822, mm.23d-4d; Cal. Q.S. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1900), ii. 142, 147.

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BERKELEY (BARKELEY, BARTLETT), Roland (c.1548-1611), of Worcester and Spetchley, Worcs.
Main residences: Worcester; Spetchley, Worcs.
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BERKELEY, Maurice (1599-1654), of Stoke Gifford, Glos.

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b. 1599,J. Smyth, Berkeley Mss ed. J. Maclean, i. 265. 1st s. of Richard Berkeley* (d. 1661) of Stoke Gifford and his 1st wife Mary, da. of Robert Rowe, Haberdasher, of London. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 9. m. (1) 1622, APC, 1621-3, p. 119. with £3,500, CSP Dom. 1634-5, p. 406. Elizabeth (d. Nov. 1623), Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 527. da. of Sir Edward Coke* of Stoke Poges, Bucks., 1da.; Vis. Glos. 9. (2) by 1627, with £2,800, HMC 6th Rep. 94. Mary, da. of Sir George Tipping of Wheatfield, Oxon., 2s. Smyth, i. 265. Kntd. 11 Sept. 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 178. bur. 3 Jan. 1655 3 Jan. 1655. W.R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Glos. 50. sig. Mau[rice] Berkeley.
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J.p. Glos. 1625 – 27, 1628–31, C231/4, ff. 188, 227, 261; C231/5, p. 51. 1643; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 14. commr. sewers 1625, C181/3, f. 172. dep. lt. 1626, by 1639–42, SP16/41/30i; HMC 5th Rep. 345; LJ, v. 291. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 20v. commr. charitable uses 1630, C93/12/3. subsidy 1641–2, SR, v. 62, 84, 151. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. imprest 1643, sheriff (roy.) 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent, pp. 102, 117.

Member, Virg. Co. 1623. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 240.

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BERKELEY, Charles (1599-1668), of Bruton, Som.

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b. 14 Dec. 1599,CP, v. 409. 1st s. of Sir Maurice Berkeley* of Bruton, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Killigrew I* of Hanworth, Mdx., bro. of John†.Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 6. educ. Eton 1613; Queen’s, Oxf. 1615.Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry, 25; Al. Ox. m. 6 Sept. 1627, Penelope (bur. 29 Apr. 1669), da. of Sir William Godolphin* of Godolphin, Cornw., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 9da. (7 d.v.p.).CP, v. 409. suc. fa. 1617;C142/366/170. Kntd. 26 Aug. 1623;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. suc. s. Sir Charles† as 2nd Visct. Fitzhardinge of Berehaven [I] 3 June 1665.CP, v. 408-9. d. 12 June 1668.Ibid. 409.
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Dep.-lt. and col. militia horse, Som. 1625–37;T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, pp. 116, 317. commr. Forced Loan, Som. 1627,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. swans, Western circ. 1629, sewers, Som. 1629, 1634, 1641, 1660, Bedford level 1662, Lea valley 1663;C181/4, ff. 2, 21, 172v; 181/5, f. 205; 181/7, pp. 26, 148, 223. ranger, Cranborne Chase, Dorset 1637-c.45;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 296. commr. assessment, Som. 1641 – 42, 1660, 1663 – 65, Westminster 1661,SR, v. 66, 156, 219, 335, 467, 539. array, Som. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. j.p. Som. 1643 – 45, Mdx., Westminster and Som. 1660–d.,Q.S. Recs. ed. E.H. Bates Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxviii), p. xx; C220/9/4; C193/12/3. custos rot. Som. 1660–d.;C 231/7 p. 58. commr. contributions (roy.), Som. 1643, accts. 1644,Docquets of Letters Patents 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 75, 194. oyer and terminer, Western circ., London and Mdx. 1660 – d., the Verge 1662, Som. and Bristol 1664;C181/7, pp. 8, 67, 68, 141, 298, 435, 444, 508. freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1661;Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 356. commr. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662,SR, v. 382. highways and sewers 1662–3,C181/7, pp. 143, 198; Tudor and Stuart Procs. ed. Steele, i. 405. gaol delivery, Newgate 1664.C181/7, p. 295.

Gent. of the privy chamber extraordinary 1625;C115/108/8632. comptroller of the Household to Prince Charles 1648, (as king) 1660–2;HMC Portland, iii. 222; HMC Pepys, 242. PC 1660–d.;PC2/54, f. 57; PC2/60, f. 171. treas. of the Household 1662–d.CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 250; 1667–8, p. 436.

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BERKELEY (BARKLEY), Richard (c.1580-1661), of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb, Glos.

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b. c. 1580, o.s. of Henry Berkeley of Stoke Gifford and Meriall, da. of Thomas Throckmorton† of Coughton, Warws.Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 9. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1592, aged 12. Al. Ox. m. (1) settlement 19 Feb. 1598, WARD 7/27/220. Mary (d. 24 July 1615), S. Rudder, New Hist. of Glos. 699. da. of Robert Rowe, Haberdasher, of London, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da.; Vis. Glos. 9; J. Smyth, Berkeley Mss ed. J. Maclean, i. 265. (2) Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Mariet of Remenham, Berks., wid. of William Molyns of Sandall, Hants and William Molyns of Mongewell, Oxon., s.p. Vis. Glos. 9; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 110. suc. to estates of grandfa. Sir Richard Berkeley* 1604, PROB 11/104, f. 109. fa. 1608. WARD 7/41/140. d. 12 May 1661. Rudder, 699. sig. Ry[chard] Berkeley.
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Commr. recusants, Berks. 1602, sewers, Glos. 1607, 1615, 1625–35; C181/1, f. 34; C181/2, ff. 23, 129, 240, 245; C181/3, ff. 172, 240, 251; C181/5, f. 13. j.p. by c.1606-at least 1641; C66/1698; C66/2859. commr. charitable uses 1609–30, C93/3/33; C93/12/3. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641–2; C212/22/20–2, 23; SR, v. 62, 84, 151. dep. lt. by c.1614–42, Smyth, i. 265; LJ, v. 291b. 1660–d.; SP29/11/159. commr. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 20v. martial law 1628, APC, 1627–8, p. 288. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1632, Glos. RO, TBRA1/1, f. 80. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Member, Virg. Co. 1619. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 240.

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BERKELEY (BARKLEY), Richard (c.1580-1661), of Stoke Gifford and Rendcomb, Glos.
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BENSON, Richard (c.1556-1609), of Old Street ward, Ludlow, Salop

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b. c. 1556, yr. s. of ?William Benson (d.1565), cardmaker and common cllr. of Ludlow. educ. appr. (ironmonger); m. 5 May 1578, Anne (bur. 27 Oct. 1609), da. of Alderman Richard Rascoll alias Rosegrave of Ludlow, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. bur. 4 Nov. 1609 4 Nov. 1609.M. Faraday, Ludlow 1085-1660, p. 134; Ludlow (Salop par. reg. soc. xiii), 10, 87, 93, 98, 104, 108, 257, 298.
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Freeman, Ludlow 1580, member, Hammermen’s guild 1580, churchwarden 1587 – 88, common cllr. 1590 – 1601, chamberlain 1593 – 94, low bailiff 1596 – 97, town renter 1600 – 06, alderman 1601 – d., high bailiff 1603 – 04, coroner 1604–5. Faraday, 194, 229; Ludlow, 16; Salop RO, LB2/1/1, ff. 1, 12, 21, 25, 31v-2, 38, 48v, 53, 64.

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