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SANDERSON, Robert (1587-1663)

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b. 19 Sept. 1587, 2nd s. of Robert Sanderson of Gilthwaite Hall, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Carr of Butterthwaite Hall, Yorks. I. Walton, Life of Dr. Robert Sanderson (1678), unpag. [8]. educ. Rotherham g.s.; Lincoln, Oxf. matric. 1603, BA 1605, fell. 1606-19, MA 1607, BD 1617, DD 1636; ord. deacon 1611, priest 1612. m. c.1621, Ann, da. of Henry Nelson, rect. Haugham, Lincs. Walton, [31]. 3s. 2da. d. 29 Jan. 1663; will 6 Jan. 1663, pr. 28 Mar. 1663. TNA, PROB 11/310.
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Chap. to Charles I 1631.

Chap. to George Montaigne†, bp. London; to Charles I 1631; rect. Wyberton, Lincs. 1618 – 19, Boothby Pagnell, Lincs. 1619 – 60, Muston, Leics. 1633 – 41; vic. Heckington, Lincs. 1618 – 25; preb. Lincoln, 1629 – 60, Christ Church, Oxf. 1642 – 48; Regius Prof. Divinity, Oxf. 1642–8 (ejected 1648); commr. Savoy conference 1661. Bodl. Tanner 282, f. 35.

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SANDERSON, Robert (1587-1663)
Associated with: Sheffield, Yorks.; Boothby Pagnell, Lincs.; Oxf., Oxon. and Buckden, Hunts.
SAUNDERSON
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oil on canvas after J. Riley, Christ Church Oxf.; etching and line engraving by W. Hollar, 1668, NPG D29539.

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Adams, Beverly
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DOLBEN, John (1625-86)

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b. 20 Mar. 1625, eld. s. of Dr William Dolben (d.1631), preb. of Lincoln and rect. of Stanwick, Northants., and Elizabeth, da. of Capt. Hugh Williams of Cochwillan, Caern., niece of John Williams†, abp. of York. Oxford DNB (William Dolben). educ. Westminster 1637-40; Christ Church, Oxf., matric. 1640, MA 1647, deprived 1648, ord. priest 1656, DD 1660; G. Inn, 1674. m. Catherine (1626-1706), da. of Ralph Sheldon of Stanton Derbys., niece Gilbert Sheldon, later abp. of Canterbury, 2s. 1da. (d.v.p.); d. 11 Apr. 1686; admon. 20 Apr. 1686, to Catherine Dolben. Northants. RO, D(F)176; Borthwick, admon. 20 Apr. 1686.
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Clerk of the closet 1664 – 68; ld. almoner 1675–84. Bodl. Tanner 34, ff. 177–8.

Rect. Newington-cum-Britwell, Oxon. 1660; canon Christ Church Oxf. 1660–6, CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 86. St Paul’s 1661 – 66; adn. London 1662 – 64; dean Westminster 1662 – 83; vic. St Giles, Cripplegate, London, 1662.

Commr. Rose Castle dilapidations 1669, CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 414; Harl. 3785, f. 263. rebuilding of St Paul’s bef. 1677. Tanner 145, f. 223.

Ensign, royalist army, York 1644, Marston Moor, 1644; maj. 1645–6. VCH Northants. iv. 51–54.

Gov. Charterhouse 1675. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 354.

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DOLBEN, John (1625-86)
Associated with: Aldersgate Street, var. lodgings in London incl. Red Lion 1685.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, by unknown artist, Christ Church, Oxf.;  oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely c.1660 (Group portrait, with John Fell* [1982], later bishop of Oxford, and Richard Allestree), Christ Church, Oxf.; funeral effigy, attrib. J. Latham, York Minster; mezzotint, after J. Huysmans, c.1678-79, NPG D1651.

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Adams, Beverly
Eagles, Robin
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SANCROFT, William (1617-93)

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b. 30 Jan. 1617, 2nd s. of Francis Sancroft (d.1649) of Fressingfield, Suff, yeoman farmer and Margaret, da. of Thomas Boucher (Butcher) of Wilby. educ. Bury St Edmunds Sch. bef. 1634; Emmanuel, Camb., matric. 1634, BA 1638, MA 1641, fell. 1642-51, BD 1648, DD 1662; Padua Univ. matric 1660. Bodl. Tanner 114, f. 89. unm. d. 23 Nov. 1693; admon. to gt.-nephew, William Sancroft of Suff. 1699. TNA, PROB 44/7.
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Chap. to Charles II 1661 – 77; PC 1678 – 89.

Chap. to John Cosin, bp. of Durham, 1660; delegate to Savoy Conference 1660; rect. Houghton-le-Spring Durham 1661 – 64; preb. Durham 1662 – 65, St Paul’s 1664 – 78; dean York 1664 – 65, St Paul’s 1664 – 78; adn. Canterbury 1668 – 70; prolocutor, lower house of Convocation of Canterbury 1670; ecclesiastical commr. 1681–4. Tanner 282, f. 81.

Bursar, Emmanuel Camb. 1644, master, 1662 – 65.

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SANCROFT, William (1617-93)
Likenesses

oils on canvas after B. Lens, Lambeth Palace; line engraving by D. Loggan, 1680 NPG 636; chalk drawing by E. Lutterel, c.1688, NPG 301.

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Adams, Beverly
Paley, Ruth
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DAWES, William (1671-1724)

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b. 12 Sept. 1671, 3rd s. of Sir John Dawes, bt. (1644-71) of Bocking, Essex and Christian, da. of Robert Hawkins (d.1654) of Bocking, Essex, freeman of London. CSP Dom. Addenda 1660-85, p. 83. educ. Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1680-7; St John’s, Oxf., scholar 1687-9; St Catherine’s, Camb. fell. and MA 1695, DD 1696. m. 1 Dec. 1692, Frances (c.1676-1705), da. and event. coh. of Sir Thomas Darcy‡, bt. of Braxted Lodge, Essex, 5s. (4 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Whole Works of … Sir William Dawes ed. J. Wilford (1733), i. pp. xlviii-li. suc. bro. as 3rd bt. bef. 29 July 1690. d. 30 Apr. 1724; will 29 Apr. 1724, pr. 20 May 1724. TNA, PROB 11/597.
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Chap. to William III 1697, Whole Works, i. p. xx. to Anne 1702.

Preb. Worcester 1698 – 1708; rect. and dean Bocking, Essex 1699 – 1714.

Master, St Catherine’s, Camb. 1697 – 1714; v.-chan. Camb. 1698 – 99; commr. 50 new churches 1712–d. Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches ed. M.H. Port (London Rec. Soc. xxiii), pp. xxxiv-v.

Ld. justice 1714; PC 1714 – d.

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DAWES, William (1671-1724)
Associated with: Lyons, Essex; Putney, Surr.; Church Lane, Kensington, London 1708–24.
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oil on canvas by Claude Laudius Guynier, 1714, St Catherine's, Camb.; line engraving by S. Gribelin after J. Closterman, NPG D31420; line engraving by G. Vertue after T. Murray, NPG D34828.

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Adams, Beverly
Handley, Stuart
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DAVIES, Francis (1605-75)

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b. 14 Mar. 1605, parents unknown. educ. Jesus, Oxf. matric. 1621, BA 1625, MA 1628, fell. c.1628, BD 1640, DD 1661. unm. d. 14 Mar. 1675; will 6 Mar. 1675, pr. 12 Apr. 1675. TNA, PROB 11/347.
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Rect. Pen-tyrch and Radyr, Glam. 1630, Llan-gan with Llantrithyd, Glam. 1638, St Andrew, Glam. 1667, Llangattock, Brec. 1667, Bedwas, Mon. 1668; preb. St. Andrew’s, Llandaff 1639, Fairwater, Llandaff 1668; adn. St Davids 1644, ejected c. 1645, adn. Llandaff 1660; chap. to Penelope, countess of Peterborough, c. 1656 – 59.

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DAVIES, Francis (1605-75)
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ROBINSON, John (1650-1723)

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b. 7 Nov. 1650, 2nd s. of John Robinson (d.1651), cooper of Cleasby, Yorks. and Elizabeth (d.1688), da. of Christopher Potter of Cleasby, Yorks. Add. 4275, f. 53. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. matric. 1670, BA 1673; Oriel, Oxf. fell. 1675-86, ord. 1677, MA 1684, DD 1710; Lambeth DD 1696. CSP Dom. 1696, p. 394. m. (1) 1686, Mary (d.1718), da. of William Langton of Lancs.; Add. 4275, f. 53. (2) 1719, Add. 70145, E. to A. Harley, 23 July 1719. Emma (c.1674-1748), da. of Sir Job Charlton‡, bt. (1614-97), c.j. of Chester and Speaker of the House of Commons, and wid. of Thomas Cornwallis of Abermarlais, Carm.; d.s.p. d. 11 Apr. 1723; will 1 Feb. – 1 Mar. 1723, pr. 7 May 1723. TNA, PROB 11/591.
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Ld. privy seal, 1711 – 13; PC 1711 – 23; ld. almoner 1713 – 14.

Sec. and chap. Swedish Legation, 1678 – 79, 1680 – 83, 1689 – 92, chargé d’affaires, 1679 – 80, agent in charge 1683 – 87, 1694 – 96, minister-resident 1696 – 1702; envoy 1702 – 09; principal adviser and interpreter to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough 1707; envoy plenip. peace negotiations, Utrecht, 1712 – 13.

Vic. Lastingham, Yorks. 1694 – 1709; preb. Canterbury 1697; dean, Wolverhampton 1709, Windsor 1709 – 14, chapel royal 1713 – 18.

Gov. Charterhouse 1713; Davies, Charterhouse in London, 355. commr. 50 new churches 1711–d., Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches ed. M.H. Port (London Rec. Soc. xxiii), pp. xxxiv-xxxv. Q. Anne’s Bounty c.1715; Christ Church Lib. Oxf. Mins. of the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty. visitor, Balliol, Oxf. 1713.

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ROBINSON, John (1650-1723)
Associated with: Hampstead, Mdx.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by unknown artist, Oriel, Oxf.; engraving by G. Vertue after Michael Dahl, 1712, British Museum; engraving by M. Vandergucht (NPG 31421).

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Adams, Beverly
Kilburn, Matthew
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CUMBERLAND, Richard (1632-1718)

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b. 15 July 1632, s. of Richard Cumberland, tailor and citizen of Fleet Street, London and Marjory (Margaret, Mary), (surname unknown). educ. St Paul’s; Magdalene, Camb. matric. 1650, BA 1653, MA 1656, fell. 1656, BD 1663; incorp. Oxf. 1657; DD 1680. m. 22 Sept. 1670, Anne (d.1684), da. of [forename unknown] Quinsey (Quincy) of Aslackby, Lincs. 1s. 3da. TNA, PROB 11/566. (4 ch. d.v.p.). d. 9 Oct. 1718; will 15 Sept. 1714 – 9 Sept. 1717, pr. 4 Nov. 1718. Ibid.
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Rect. Brampton-by-Dingley, Northants. 1658 – 91, St Peter’s Stamford, Lincs. 1670; preacher Univ. Cambridge 1661; chap. to Sir Orlando Bridgeman‡, bt.; vic. All Saints Stamford, Lincs. 1670 – 1718; lecturer Stamford, Lincs. 1670.

Elected mbr. lower house of Convoc. 1675; commr. Q. Anne’s Bounty 1705. Nicolson London Diaries, 374.

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CUMBERLAND, Richard (1632-1718)
Associated with: Aldersgate, London; Brampton, Northants. 1658–70; Westminster c.1691–1718.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by Thomas Murray, 1706, the Palace, Peterborough; mezzotint, after Murray, by J. Smith, 1714, NPG D1609.

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Adams, Beverly
Kilburn, Matthew
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ROBERTS, William (1585-1665)

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b. 1585, s. of Symon Roberts and Sisle, da. of Edward Goodman (1476-1560), mercer, sis. of Gabriel Goodman, dean of Westminster. educ. Queens, Camb. BA 1608-9, fell., 1611-30, MA 1612, jun. proctor, 1619-20, BD 1621, DD 1626; ord. deacon, priest 1616. unm. d. 12 Aug. 1665; will 4 May 1665, pr. 10 Aug. 1666. TNA, PROB 11/321.
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Preb. Lincoln, 1628 – 37; sub-dean Bath and Wells, 1629 – 37; rect. Llanrhaiadr, 1637, Esgobaeth Llanelwy, i. 413–14. Llandyrnog, 1637; adn. Bangor, 1637, Esgobaeth Llanelwy, i. 413–14. Anglesey, 1637; seq. 1649.

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ROBERTS, William (1585-1665)
Associated with: Plas Bennett and Ruthin, Denb.
Likenesses

portraits reproduced in Archaeologia Cambrensis. Archaeologia Cambrensis, 5th ser. viii. 64, iv. 346.

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Adams, Beverly
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CROFT, Herbert (1603-91)

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b. 18 Oct. 1603, 3rd s. of Sir Herbert Croft‡, and Mary, da. of Anthony Bourne, Holt Castle, Worcs. educ. Coll. Eng. Fathers, St Omer 1617; Eng. Coll. Rome 1626; Christ Church, Oxf. BD 25 June 1636, DD 18 Apr. 1640; ord. deacon and priest, 1638. m. bef. 1651, Anne, da. of Jonathan Browne, dean of Hereford, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.). Wotton, Baronetage, ii. 360–3 ; Bodl. Tanner 44, f. 102. suc. bro. 1659. d. 18 May 1691; will 4 Jan. 1690, pr. 13 July 1691. TNA, PROB 11/405.
Offices Held

Chap. to Charles I 1640; dean, chapel royal 1668 – 69.

Rect. Uley, Glos. 1638, Harding, Oxon. 1639; chap. to Algernon Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland, 1639; canon, Salisbury 1639 – 44, Worcester 1640 – 62, Windsor 1641; dean, Hereford 1644; seq. 1644; restored to all posts 1660.

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CROFT, Herbert (1603-91)
Associated with: Thame, Oxon.; Croft Castle, Herefs 1644–91.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, c.1665–1670, Croft Castle, Herefs.

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Adams, Beverly
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Lords 1660-1715
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