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BEAUMONT, Sir Henry I (c.1545-1607), of Coleorton, Leics.

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b. c. 1545,Age calculated from date of admiss. to university. 1st s. of Nicholas Beaumont† of Coleorton and Anne, da. of William Saunders of Welford, Northants.; bro. of Sir Thomas I*. Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 743-4. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1560; L. Inn 1566. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. Elizabeth (d. 26 Mar. 1608), da. of John Loveys, Mercer, of London and h. to her bro. Humphrey, 1s. suc. fa. 1585; Kntd. 21 Apr. 1603. d. 31 Mar. 1607. Nichols, 742; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 296; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, i. 88.
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J.p. Leics. by 1584 – d., custos rot. 1605–d.; E164/14/8; C66/1682. sheriff 1594–5; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 75. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by 1598–d.; C66/1482; C181/2, f. 26v. collector, fifteenths Leics. 1603; E179/283/1. commr. to inquire into lands, of Henry, 11th Lord Cobham, Leics. 1603, into Bye-plotters 1603, Gunpowder plotters 1606. C181/1, ff. 71, 72v, 130v.

Main residence: Coleorton, Leics.
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BEAUMONT, Sir Thomas II (c.1582-1625), of Coleorton, Leics.

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b. c. 1582, o.s. of Sir Henry Beaumont I* and Elizabeth, da. of John Loveys, Mercer, of London.Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 743-4; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 296. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. c.1596; I. Temple 1610. Al. Cant.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. lic. 2 Oct. 1600, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Sapcote of Bracebridge, Lincs., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 853; Nichols, iii. 744. Kntd. or 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103, 109. suc. fa. 1607, aged 25; C142/302/118. cr. bt. 17 Sept. 1619, CB, i. 127. Visct. Beaumont of Swords [I] 20 May 1622. CPR Ire. Jas. I, 542. d. 8 Feb. 1625. C142/421/130.
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J.p. Leics. by 1608 – 16, 1618-at least 1623; SP14/33, f. 36v; C231/4, ff. 29, 63; HMC Hastings, ii. 62. commr. oyer and terminer, Midlands rising, Leics. 1607, Midlands circ. 1612–16; C181/2, ff. 35, 161v, 259v. sheriff, Leics. 1610–11; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 75. capt. militia horse, Leics. by 1614–16; HEHL, HAM53/6, ff. 12, 22. commr. sewers, Lincs. 1618, Lincs., Rutland and Northants. 1624; C181/2, f. 330; 181/3, f. 99. commr. subsidy, Leics. 1621 – 22, 1624. C212/22/20–1, 23.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1612. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 544.

Main residence: Coleorton, Leics.
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BEAUMONT, Sir Henry II (1581-1605), of Gracedieu, Leics. and Inner Temple, London

Family and Education
b. 21 Dec. 1581, 1st s. of Francis Beaumont†, of Gracedieu and the Inner Temple and Anne, da. of Sir George Pierrepont† of Holme Pierrepont, Notts., wid. of Thomas Thorold of Marston, Lincs.Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 656. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1597, BA (Christ Church) 1600; I. Temple 1597. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. 8 Oct. 1604, Barbara, da. and coh. of Anthony Faunt of Foston, Leics., 1da. (posth.). suc. fa. 1598; Kntd. 21 Apr. 1603. d. 13 July 1605. Nichols, iii. 661; Recs. of Bor. of Leicester ed. H. Stock, iv. 45; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101.
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Freeman, Leicester 1603; H. Hartopp, Reg. Freemen of Leicester, i. 99. j.p. Leics. by 1604–d. C66/1620.

Main residences: Gracedieu, Leics; Inner Temple, London.
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BEALE, Francis (1577-at least 1637), of Barnes, Surr.; later of Newport, I.o.W

Family and Education
bap. 26 Dec. 1577,Allhallows London Wall Par. Reg. ed. R. Hovenden, 10. 1st s. of Robert Beale† of Barnes, clerk of the PC 1372-93, 1597-1601, and Edith, da. of Henry St. Barbe of Ashington, Som. R.C. Hoare, Hist. Mod. Wilts. v. 10; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 184. educ. G. Inn, entered 1591. GI Admiss. m. 8 Jan. 1602, Mortlake Par. Reg. ed. M.S. Cockin and D. Gould (Barnes Hist. Soc.), 36. Joan, da. of Thomas Knaresborough, yeoman, of Wandsworth, Surr., s.p. Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 78-9; Surr. Arch. Colls. xxxiii. 21. suc. fa. 1601. C142/269/34. d. aft. 1637.
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Asst. Mines Royal 1605. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 15.

Freeman, Newport I.o.W. 1623, I.o.W. RO, NBC 45/2, f. 196v. Yarmouth I.o.W. 1625; Add. 5669, f. 88. capt. militia ft. Hants by 1637. Add. 21922, f. 201.

Main residences: Barnes, Surr.; Newport, I.o.W.
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BEALE, Francis (1577-at least 1637)

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BAYNTUN, Sir Edward (1593-1657), of Bromham House, Bromham, Wilts.; later of Avebury and Spye Park, Wilts.

Family and Education
bap. 5 Sept. 1593,Burke LG, ii. 1293. .s. of Sir Henry Bayntun* and Lucy, da. of Sir John Danvers† of Dauntsey, Wilts. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 8; H. Bayntun-Coward, Fam. of Bayntun, ped. We are grateful for the kind hospitality given by Mr. Bayntun-Coward while this biography was being researched. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1610. Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1616 (with £2,000), SP16/151/41; PROB 11/115, f. 312v.Elizabeth (d. 30 Mar. 1635), Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 453.da. of Sir Henry Maynard† of Easton, Essex, 4s. incl. Edward† and Henry†, 2da.; Vis. Wilts. 8. (2) Mary, sis. of Nicholas Bowell of Cokethorpe, Oxon., 2s. incl. Nicholas†, 1da.; HP Commons 1660-90, i. 610; C5/125/7. 1s. and 1 other ch. illegit. with Katherine Gerrard, 1s. illegit. with Anne Hardy. SP16/151/41. suc. fa. 1616; PROB 11/128, f. 399v. Kntd. 22 Oct. 1613. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 153. d. 18 Dec. 1657. MI, Bromham church. sig. Ed[ward] Baynton/Bayntun
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Burgess, Devizes, Wilts. Mar. 1614, member of the Twelve, Sept. 1614, common councilman by 1621-at least 1626; Wilts. RO, G20/1/16, ff. 272, 275; G20/1/17, ff. 1v, 41. j.p. Wilts. 1619 – 42, by 1650, C231/4, f. 87; 231/5, f. 529; The Names of the JPs ... Michaelmas Terme 1650, p. 61. Devizes 1640–d.; Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, f. 139v; C231/5, f. 460. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1621, 1624, 1626, 1629, C212/22/21, 23; E115/237/126; Add. 34566, f. 132. to survey lands of Wotton-under-Edge sch., Glos. 1629, LJ, iv. 18a. knighthood fines, Wilts. 1630–2, E178/5702, ff. 4, 8, 12; 178/7154, f. 185v. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1633; GL, ms 25475/1, f. 11v. dep. lt. Wilts. by 1626 – at least31, col. militia horse by 1626; Procs. 1626, ii. 339–40; SP16/91/84; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 193.sheriff 1637–8. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154.

Cdr. (parl.) Oct.1642-Jan. 1643. VCH Wilts. x. 228.

Main residences: Bromham House, Bromham, Wilts.; Avebury and Spye Park, Wilts.
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BAYNTUN, Sir Edward (1593-1657)

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BAYNTUN, Sir Henry (1571-1616), of Bromham House, Bromham, Wilts.

Family and Education
b. 1571,C142/234/59. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Bayntun (Baynton)† and Agnes, da. of Sir Griffith Rhys of Carew Castle, Pemb. educ. L. Inn 1588. m. Lucy (bur. 14 June 1621), da. of Sir John Danvers†of Dauntsey, Wilts., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1593; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 7-8; LI Admiss.; Reg. St. Martin-in-the- Fields ed. J.V. Kitto, 166. Kntd. 14 Sept. 1601. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 99. d. 24 Sept. 1616. Burke’s Landed Gentry, 1293. sig. Henry Bainton or Bayntun.
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Capt. of militia horse, Wilts. by 1586-at least 1597, CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 357; Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne Pprs. vii. f. 102. col. of militia ft. by 1605–10; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 58, 64; Add. 5496, f. 73. j.p. Wilts. 1592 – 93, 1594–d.; A.D. Wall, ‘Wilts. Commission of Peace, 1590–1620’ (Univ. Melbourne MA thesis, 1966), p. 163; SP14/33, f. 66; C66/1549. dep. warden, Melksham Forest, Wilts. 1600–d.; VCH Wilts. v. 401, 437; STAC 8/7/9; 8/47/19. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1600, 1604, 1608, E179/198/333, 342; SP14/31/1. sheriff 1601–2, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154. dep. lt. by 1609-at least 1611; Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. 152–3, 171–2. commr. charitable uses, Wilts. 1613; C93/5/20. member of the Twelve, Devizes, Wilts. 1614–d. Wilts. RO, G20/1/16, ff. 275, 280v.

Main residence: Bromham House, Bromham, Wilts.
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BAYNTUN, Sir Henry (1571-1616)

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BAXTER, John (c.1550-1611), of Derby and the Middle Temple, London

Family and Education
b. c. 1550, 1st s. of Henry Baxter of Cannock, Staffs. and Alice. educ. STAC 5/B45/13. New Inn; M. Temple 1568, called 1585. M. Temple Admiss. m. Rose, s.p. suc. fa. by 1558. Lichfield RO, will of John Baxter, 1611; STAC 5/B45/13. d. bet. 3-15 May 1611. HMC Rutland, i. 431 sig. John Baxter.
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Gaoler, Derbys. 1588–?; Ibid. 266. under-sheriff Staffs. 1588–9, T.E. Hartley, ’Under-Sheriffs and Bailiffs in Some English Shrievalties, c.1580 to c.1625’, BIHR, xlvii. 180. clerk of the peace, Derbys. by 1591–d.; E. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties, 75; HMC Rutland, i. 431. town clerk, Derby by 1600–?d.; R. Clark, ‘Derby “Town Chronicle” 1513–1698’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. cxviii. 175, 183. commr. i.p.m., Staffs. 1601–2, C142/270/109. gaol delivery, Derby 1603, inquiry, lands of Nicholas Fitzherbert, Derbys. 1604. C181/1, ff. 48v, 91v.

Main residences: Derby; the Middle Temple, London.
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BAXTER, John (c.1550-1611)

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BAWTREE, Leonard (c.1555-1625/6), of Carlby, Lincs. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Family and Education
b. c. 1555, 3rd s. of John Bawdry, yeoman, of Leake, Lincs.Lincs. AO, Lincoln consist. ct. wills 1576, no. 189. educ. Trin., Camb. 1570; Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1575, called 1584.Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. i. 434. m. (1) 25 Jan. 1580, Agnes Chester of Boston, Lincs., s.p.; (2) 27 Apr. 1585, Mary (bur. 14 Mar. 1618), da. of Thomas Shotbolte of Ardeley, Herts., s.p.; (3) 21 May 1618, Mary, wid. of Robert Tyghe, DD, vic. of Allhallows Barking, London, s.p. C142/82/11; R. Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 607; Reg. St. Mary Woolnoth ed. Brooke and Hallen, 140; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 110; Herts. Par. Regs. ed. W. Phillimore, ii. 4; Boston (Lincoln Rec. Soc. par. regs. iii), 80. admon. 17 Feb. 1626. sig. Leo[nard] Bawtree.
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J.p. Lincs. (Holland) by 1591 – d., (Kesteven) 1618 – d.; commr. sewers, Fenland 1604, Lincs. 1607 – d., Boston 1608, Welland navigation 1618, subsidy, Holland and Boston 1608, aid, Holland 1609; freeman, Boston 1614; commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1622–d.C181/1, f. 74; 181/2, ff. 48v, 60, 330v, 181/3, ff. 62, 126, 169, 177v, 206; C231/4, p.75; SP14/31/1, 43/107; Boston Corp. Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey, ii. 148.

Bencher, L. Inn 1602 – 14, reader 1603, 1613, kpr. Black Bk. 1607 – 08, treas. 1611–12;LI Black Bks. ii. 73, 78, 108, 141, 147. sjt.-at-law 1614 – d.

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Main residences: Carlby, Lincs.; Lincoln's Inn, London.
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BAWTREE, Leonard (c.1555-1625/6)

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