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BELASYSE, Thomas (1628-1700)

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bap. 16 Mar. 1628, 1st s. of Hon. Henry Belasyse‡ of Newburgh Priory, Yorks. (N. Riding) and Grace, da. of Sir Thomas Barton of Smithells, Lancs. educ. travelled abroad Second Narrative of the Late Parliament (1658), 19. m. (1) 3 July 1651, Mildred (d. 8 May 1656), da. of Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Visct. Castleton [I], s.p.; (2) 18 Nov. 1657, Mary (d. 14 Mar. 1713), da. of Oliver Cromwell‡, ld. protector, s.p. suc. fa. 20 May 1647. d. 31 Dec. 1700; will 14 Nov. 1699, pr. 26 May 1701. TNA, PROB 11/460.
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Commr. trade of Eng. and Scot. 1668-aft. 1674, CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 156; NLS, Yester Pprs. ms 14492, ff. 10–28; ms 7023, letter no. 142; Eg. 3340, f. 13. to treat with ministers of the Emperor, Spain and the Utd. Provinces 1678, CSP Dom. 1678, p. 61. Tangiers ?1680–84, CTB, 1681–5, pp. 1252–3. abuses in hospitals 1691, CSP Dom. 1690–1, pp. 240, 473. appeals in cases of prizes 1694–7; Ibid. 1694–5, p. 204; 1695, p. 111; 1697, pp. 510–11. capt., gent. pens. 1672 – 76; PC, 17 Apr. 1672 – d., ld. of trade and plantations 12 Mar. 1675 – 15 May 1696.

Ld. lt. co. Dur. 1660 – 61, Yorks. (N. Riding), 1660 – 87, 1689 – 92; custos rot. co. Dur. 1660–1, TNA, C231/7/24. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1660 – d.; commr. Corporation Act, York 1662. HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1, 275.

Col. regt. of horse 1658 – 59, 1660; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. of Cromwell’s Army, i. 259; HMC Var. ii. 115–16; CTB, i. 66. capt. tp. of horse 1667. CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 179, 182.

Amb. extraordinary France 1658, Venice and Italian States, 1669 – 70.

Parlimentarian
BELASYSE, Thomas (1628-1700)
Associated with: Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, Yorks. (N. Riding);VCH Yorks. (N. Riding), ii. 8-14.; Warwick House, Westminster (to 1682);Eg. 3340, f. 13; Survey of London, xxix. 427.; Fauconberg House (no. 20), Soho Square, Westminster (from 1682);Survey of London, xxxiii. 44, 69; HMC Astley, 37; Add. 41255, f. 35v.; Sutton Court, Chiswick (from 1675).VCH Mdx. vii. 71-72; Add. 41255.;
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oil on panel by M.D. Hout, 1651, sold at Sotheby’s 10 Apr. 2013; line engraving by A. Blooteling (after Mary Beale), 1676, NPG D28406; line engraving by Robert White, 1679, NPG D29520.

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Littleton, Charles
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WHARTON, Thomas (c. 1648-1715)

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bap. 23 Oct. 1648, 3rd but 1st surv. s. Philip Wharton, 4th Bar. Wharton, and 2nd w. Jane (d.1658), da. of Arthur Goodwin‡ of Winchenden Bucks.; bro. of Goodwin‡ and Henry Wharton‡. educ. privately (tutor Theophilus Gale); Bodl. Rawl. 49, no. 15. Protestant academy at Caen 1662-4; J. Stoye, English travellers abroad 1604-67 (1989), 304. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands) 1664-6; R. Steele, Memoirs of the Life of the Most Noble Thomas late marquess of Wharton with his speeches in Parliament, both in England and Ireland, (1715), 13. LLD Camb. 1705. m. (1) 16 Sept. 1673 (with £2,500 p.a. and £10,000), Anne (d.1685), Verney ms mic. M636/40, Sir R. Verney to J. Verney, 8 Nov. 1685. da. and coh. of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd bt. of Quarrendon, Bucks., s.p.; (2) July 1692 Lucy (d.1717), da. of Adam Loftus, Visct. Lisburne [I], Verney ms mic. M636/45, J. Verney to Sir R. Verney, 18 May, 11 June 1692; TNA, C 104/20, pt. 1. 1s. 2da. d. 12 Apr. 1715; Add. 72502, f. 44; Add. 4224, f. 78. will 8 Apr. 1715, pr. 13 Sept. 1715. TNA, PROB 11/548.
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PC 19 Feb. 1689–1702, Bodl. Carte 79, f. 743. 1708–10; Add. 28041, f. 16. commr. abuses in army 1689, Add. 17677 II, ff. 77–8; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 97. appeals for prizes 1695, appeal in Admiralty cases 1697, CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 510–11. Union with Scotland 1706; CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 110. comptroller of household 1689–1702; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 5; Add. 5763, f. 6; Flying Post or the Post Master, 14–16 Apr. 1702. c.j. in eyre south of Trent 1697–1702, CSP Dom. 1697, p. 126. 1706–10; Add. 72500, ff. 30–1. ld. lt. [I] Dec. 1708- Oct. 1710; Post Boy, 20–23 Nov. 1708, 21–23 Sept. 1710. ld. privy seal, 23 Sept. 1714–d. London Gazette, 21–25 Sept. 1714.

Commr. recusants, Bucks. 1675; custos rot., Bucks. 1689 – 1702, Westmld. 1700 – 02, 1706–14, Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 47. Oxon. 1697–1702, CSP Dom. 1697, p. 149. 1714 – d.; high steward, Malmesbury 1689 – 98, 1704 – 11, Chipping Wycombe 1694 – d., Tewkesbury 1710 – d.; lt. Woodstock Park 1690; Carte 79, f. 747. freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1691, Woodstock 1697, Appleby, 1700, Dublin 1709; ld. lt., Oxon. 1697–1702, CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 389. Bucks. Jan. – June 1702; alderman Appleby 1700, Add. 70289, f. 38. mayor 1708 – 09.

Col. drag. [I] Apr. – Oct. 1710.

Asst. Mines Adventurers 1693; commr. Greenwich Hosp. (ex officio) 1695; Q. Anne’s Bounty 1704.

Parlimentarian
WHARTON, Hon. Thomas (1648-1715), of Upper Winchendon, Bucks. and Danvers House, Chelsea, Mdx.
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1710-15, NPG 3233.

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Eagles, Robin
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WHARTON, Philip (1613-96)

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b. 8 Apr. 1613, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Wharton of Aske (d.1622), and Philadelphia, da. of Robert Carey,† earl of Monmouth; bro. of Thomas Wharton‡. educ. Eton 1624-5; Exeter Coll. Oxf. matric. 3 Mar. 1626; travelled abroad 1629-32; adm. L. Inn 18 Jan. 1638. m. (1) Sept. 1632 Elizabeth (1613-35), da. of Sir Rowland Wandesford of Pickhill, Yorks., 1da.; (2) Sept. 1637 Jane (1614-58), da. of Arthur Goodwin‡ of Winchendon, Bucks., 6s. (3 d.v.p.), 5da. (?4 d.v.p.); (3) 24 Aug. 1661 Anne (1615-92), da. of William Kerr, wid. of Edward Popham, 1s. (d.v.p.). d. 4 or 5 Feb.1696; will 1 Feb. 1696, pr. 21 Feb. 1696. G.F.T. Jones, Saw-Pit Wharton, 17; VCH Yorks. North Riding, i. 360; Morrice, Ent’ring bk. iv. 196; TNA, PROB 11/430.
Offices Held

PC 13 Feb. 1689–d. Timberland, i. 342.

Ld. lt., (Parl.) Lancs., Bucks. 1642, Westmld. 1644. Saw-Pit Wharton, 42–5, 48; Private Journals of the Long Parliament ed. V. Snow and Steele Young, (1992), iii. 127, 159n., 198n.

Col. regt. ft. (Parl.) 1642.

Parlimentarian
WHARTON, Philip (1613-96)
Associated with: Healaugh, Yorks.; Wooburn, Bucks.; Winchendon, Bucks.VCH Yorks. North Riding, i. 241; B. Dale, The Good Lord Wharton (1901), 42.;
Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir A. van Dyck, 1632, National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA, 1937.1.50; (with 2nd wife) oil on canvas, by unknown artist, c.1656, Wycombe Museum; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1685, Tate Britain, T12029.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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THYNNE, Thomas (1640-1714)

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b. 8 Sept. 1640, 1st s. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, bt. and Mary, da. of Thomas Coventry†, Bar. Coventry; Staffs. Pedigrees, (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 222-3. bro. of James Thynne‡. educ. Kingston-on-Thames g.s., Hayes, Mdx. (Dr Thomas Triplett); Christ Church, Oxf. 1657. m. by 1673 (with £7,000) Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 100, ff. 204-5. Frances, (d.1712) da. Heneage Finch, 3rd earl of Winchilsea, Longleat, Bath mss, Coventry pprs. 85, f.13. 2s. d. v.p. 1da. ?v.p. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 6 Mar. 1680, cos. in Wiltshire estates 12 Feb. 1682. d. 28 July 1714; SCLA, DR 671/89, p. 27. will 4 Nov. 1709 (undated codicil), pr. 4 Aug. 1714. TNA, PROB 11/541, sig.169.
Offices Held

Groom of the bedchamber to James, duke of York, 1666 – 72; envoy to Sweden 1666 – 69; PC 18 June 1702-May 1707, Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 68, f. 67; Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 185. 8 Mar. 1712 – d.; first ld. of trade and plantations 1702–7. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 488.

Commr. for assessment Glos. and Salop 1673 – 80, Oxford Univ. 1677 – 79, Herefs., Staffs. and Warws. 1677 – 80, for recusants Oxford 1675; dep. lt. Staffs. 1678 – ?87, Som. 1682, CSP Dom. 1682, p. 356. Wilts. 1682 – 83; steward Sutton Coldfield 1679 – d.; high steward Tamworth 1681 – d., Lichfield 1712 – d.; custos rot. Wilts. 1683 – 88, 1690–1706, Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 46. 1711–d.; HMC Portland, iv. 693–4. warden Forest of Dean 1712–d.; Worcester RO, Pakington mss, 705:349/4739/2/vii. constable of St Briavels Castle 1712 – d.

FRS 1664; mbr. SPG 1701–d. CSP Dom. 1700–1, p. 358.

Parlimentarian
THYNNE, Thomas I (1640-1714), of Drayton Bassett, Staffs.
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oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, 1675, Courtauld Gallery, London.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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FANE, Thomas (1683-1736)

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b. 3 Oct. 1683, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. Vere Fane, 4th earl of Westmorland, and Rachel, da. of John Bence, alderman of London; bro. Vere Fane, 5th earl of Westmorland, John Fane* [1578], 7th earl of Westmorland, and Mildmay Fane‡. educ. Mr Taylor’s sch., Darenth, Kent c.1693-4; Eton c.1694-7; sch. at Kensington c.1697; travelled abroad (The Hague) 1699-1702. Add. 34223, ff. 9-12 (Westmorland’s autobiography); Eton Coll. Reg. 1441-1698, 120. m. (lic. 14 June 1707) Katherine (d. 1730), da. and h. of Thomas Stringer of Sharleston, Yorks., wid. of Richard Beaumont of Whitley, Yorks. (d.1704), s.p. Add. 34223, f. 31-32; TNA, C 6/359/69. d. 4 July 1736; will 11 Apr. 1734, pr. 7 July 1736. TNA, PROB 11/678.
Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber, Prince George, duke of Cumberland, 1704–1708; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 30; Add. 70075, newsletter of 29 Apr. 1704. PC 16 Apr. 1717 – d.; first ld. of trade and foreign plantations, 1719 – 35.

Dep. warden, Cinque Ports 1705 – 08; dep. gov., Dover Castle 1705–8; Add. 34223, f. 15. master forester and kpr. of Cliff Bailiwick, forest of Rockingham, Northants. 1705–d.; CTB 1714–15, p. 509; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 52. custos rot., Northants. 1715–35; Northants. RO, W(A) box 1. i. 11. c.j. in eyre, Trent N. 1716–19. CTB 1717, p. 184; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 31.

Vol. in the Resolution c.1697–99. Add. 34223, f. 9.

Gov., York Buildings Co. 1720–1. Flying Post or the Post Master, 6–9 Feb. 1720; D. Murray, The York Buildings Company (Glasgow, 1883).

Parlimentarian
FANE, Thomas (1683-1736)
Associated with: Mereworth Castle, Kent; Apethorpe, Northants.; King Street, Westminster.VCH Northants, ii. 542-3, 545, 547; VCH Northants. fams. 102; Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;
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Eagles, Robin
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FANE, Vere (1678-99)

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b. 25 May 1678, 2nd but 1st surv. s. Vere Fane, 4th earl of Westmorland, and Rachel, da. of John Bence, alderman of London. educ. Eton (c.1690); travelled abroad (Hague) 1698-9. Add. 34223, f. 8. unm. d. 19 May 1699; admon. 18 Jan. 1700. VCH Northants. Fams. 102.
Offices Held

Guidon and cornet, 1st tp. of Life Gds. 1697.

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FANE, Vere (1678-99)
Associated with: Mereworth, Kent;Ibid. 86, 102.; Apethorpe, Northants.
Author
Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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BERKELEY, Charles (1630-65)

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bap. 11 Jan. 1630, 2nd s. of Sir Charles Berkeley (d. 12 June 1668) and Penelope, da. of Sir William Godolphin, bt.‡; bro. of Sir Maurice Berkeley‡, later 3rd Visct. Fitzhardinge [I], and John Berkeley‡, later 4th Visct. Fitzhardinge [I]. educ. privately (Hugh Cressy), MA Oxf. 1663; travelled abroad (Italy) 1644–8. m. c. Sept. 1664, Browning, Danby, ii. 10. Mary (d. 12 Sept. 1679), da. of Hervey Bagot, Pipe Hall, Warws. 1 da. Kntd. 30 May 1660. d. 3 June 1665; will, pr. 29 June 1665. TNA, PROB 11/317.
Offices Held

Groom of the bedchamber to James Stuart, duke of York, 1656 – 62; groom of stole to duke of York 1660–2; CUL, Add. 7091, p. 15; C.H. Hartmann, The King’s Friend: A Life of Charles Berkeley, 73. kpr. of the privy purse, 1662 – d.; cttee. on Tangier 1664; Hartmann, 118. special envoy to France Nov. 1664.

Commr. Ireland 1663; commr. to manage estates of James Scott, duke of Monmouth. CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 173.

Cornet, regt. of George Digby (later 2nd earl of Bristol) (French army) 1652 – 56; capt. duke of York’s 2nd Life Guards 1657 – 58, 1661 – d.; capt. Sandown Castle, Kent Dec. 1660–1661; lt. gov. Portsmouth 1662 – d.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1662.

Asst. Royal Adventurers to Africa 1665.

Parlimentarian
BERKELEY, Sir Charles II (1630-65), of Whitehall.
Author
Creighton, Anne
Handley, Stuart
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Lords 1660-1715
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FANE, Vere (1645-93)

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b. 13 Feb. 1645, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. Mildmay Fane, 2nd earl of Westmorland, and 2nd w. Mary, da. of Horatio Vere†, Bar. Vere of Tilbury; half-bro. Charles Fane, 3rd earl of Westmorland. educ. (unknown). m. 13 July 1671 (with £6,000), Add. 34223, f. 4; Northants. RO, W(A) 4 iv. 1, (34). Rachel (d.1711), da. of John Bence‡, alderman of London, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da. KB 23 Apr. 1661. d. 29 Dec. 1693; will 28 Dec. 1693, pr. 10 Jan. 1694. TNA, PROB 11/418.
Offices Held

Dep. lt. Kent 1668–82, HMC Finch, i. 509; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 223. 1689 – 92; asst. warden, Rochester bridge 1672 – d., warden 1673, 1680, 1687; jt. ld. lt. Kent 1692 – d.

Parlimentarian
FANE, Sir Vere (1645-93), of Mereworth, Kent.
VANE
Author
Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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FANE, Charles (1635-91)

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b. 6 Jan. 1635, 1st s. Mildmay Fane, 2nd earl of Westmorland, and 1st w. Grace, da. of Sir William Thornhurst, of Agnes Court, Kent; half-bro. Vere Fane, 4th earl of Westmorland. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 18 Sept. 1649; travelled abroad (France and Low Countries) 1652-4. VCH Northants. Fams. 100. m. (1) 15 June 1665 (with £8,000), Northants. RO, W(A) 1 x. 10. Elizabeth, (d.1669?) HMC Portland, iii. 312. da. and h. of Charles Nodes (Noads) of Shephalbury, Herts., s.p; (2) by 1674 (with £10,000) Northants. RO, W(A) 2 vii. 1. Dorothy Brudenell (d.1740) da. Robert Brudenell, 2nd earl of Cardigan, s.p. d. 18 Sept. 1691; will 23 Oct. 1690, pr. 5 Mar. 1692. TNA, PROB 11/408.
Offices Held

Dep. lt. Northants. c. Aug. 1660–6; commr. assessment, Northants. Aug. 1660–6, Hunts. 1664 – 66, oyer and terminer, Nassaborough July 1660; capt. vol. horse Northants. Nov. 1660; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 459. kpr. Cliffe bailiwick, Rockingham Forest 1682–d. Northants. RO, W(A) 6 vi. 2/8; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 42.

Parlimentarian
FANE, Charles, Lord le Despenser (1635-91), of Apethorpe, Northants.
VANE
Author
Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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FANE, Mildmay (1602-66)

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b. 24 Jan. 1602, 1st s. of Sir Francis Fane† (later earl of Westmorland), and Mary Mildmay (d.1640), da. of Sir Anthony Mildmay, of Apethorpe; bro. of George Fane‡. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1618, MA 1619; travelled abroad (France) ?1620, (France, Italy, Switzerland) 1622-5; Add. 34220, f. 6; APC, 1621-3, p. 323. L. Inn 1622. m. (1) 6 July 1626, Grace (d.1636), da. of Sir William Thornhurst of Agnes Court, Old Romney, Kent, 1s. 5da. (2 d.v.p); Add. 34220, f. 9; VCH Northants. Fams. (2) 21 June 1638, Mary (d.1669), da. of Horace Vere†, Bar. Vere of Tilbury, wid. of Sir Roger Townshend‡, bt., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.). Add. 34220, f. 10; VCH Northants. Fams. KB 1 Feb.1626. d. 12 Feb. 1666; will 20 Sept. 1662, pr. 17 May 1666. TNA, PROB. 11/322.
Offices Held

Freeman, Maidstone 1617; dep. lt. Northants. by 1627; commr. array Northants. and Kent 1642; HMC Montagu, 155. capt. vol. horse Northants. c. 1660; ld. lt. (jt.) Northants. 1660 – d.

Capt. of horse (roy.) 1642.

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FANE (VANE), Mildmay (1602-1666), of Apethorpe, Northants. and Mereworth Castle, Kent
VANE
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line engraving by P. Williamson (1662), NPG 8277.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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