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FEILDING, Basil (c. 1608-75)

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b. c. 1608, 1st s. of William Feilding, (later earl of Denbigh) and Susan, da. of Sir George Villiers, sis. of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham. educ. Queens’ Coll. Camb. (1621); Basel Univ.; travelled abroad (Germany) 1631. m. (1) 1633 (with £4,480), Warws. CRO, CR 2017/F30/1. Anne (d.1635) da. of Richard Weston, earl of Portland, s.p.; (2) 12 Aug. 1639 (with £50,000), Barbara (d. 1 Apr. 1641) da. of Sir John Lambe (d.1647) of Rothwell, Northants, s.p.; CSP Ven. 1636-39, pp. 540, 572; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 452. (3) 8 July 1641 (with £4,000), Warws. RO, CR 2017/L1/a/1. Elizabeth (d. 1670) da. and coh. of Edward Bourchier, 4th earl of Bath, s.p.; (4) 1670, Dorothy (1654-1709?) da. of Francis Lane of Glendon, Northants., s.p. KB 1626. d. 28 Nov. 1675; admon. 29 Apr. 1676.
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Amb. Venice 1634–9; CSP Ven. 1632–36, 243–4. gent. of bedchamber to Charles, Prince Wales aft. 1630; Warws. RO, CR 2017/R12. commr. treaty of Uxbridge 1645; speaker of House of Lords 1648 – 49; mbr. council of State 1649, 1650. Schoenfeld, Restored House of Lords, 33.

Ld. lt. Denb. and Flint 1642, Warws. 1643; recorder, Coventry 1647–51; custos rot. Warws. 1660-d., Leics. 1667–d. HMC Hastings, ii. 169.

Col. regt. of horse 1642; cdr. West Midlands Assoc. 1643 – 45; capt. tp. of horse 1667. CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 182–3.

Associated with: Newnham Paddox, Warws. and Martinsthorpe (Mastrop), Rutland.VCH Rutland, ii. 84-85.;
FIELDING, HAPSBURG
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ROPER, Henry (c. 1677-1723)

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b. c.1677, 3rd s. Christopher Roper, 5th Bar. Teynham, and Elizabeth Browne, da. Francis Browne, 3rd Visct. Montagu; of John, 6th Bar. Teynham, and Christopher * [1343], 7th Bar. Teynham. m. (1) lic. 15 Feb. 1705 (with £12,000), Catharine Clare (d.1711), da. of Philip Smythe, 2nd Visct. Strangford [I], and 2nd w. Mary, da. of George Porter, Canterbury Mar. Lic. ed. J.M. Cowper v. 470. 2s. 1da.; (2) lic. vic. gen. 22 Jan. 1716, Mary (d. 4 Jan. 1717), da. of Sir John Gage, bt. of Firle, Suss. and Mary, da. of Sir William Stanley, bt. s.p.; (3) Mar. 1718, Anne (d.1755), da. and coh. Thomas Lennard, earl of Sussex, wid. of Richard Barrett, 2s. 1da. d. 16 May 1723; admon. 10 June 1723 to wid., 20 Nov. 1755 to da. Anne Tyler. TNA, PROB 6/99, f. 99, PROB 6/131, f. 152.
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Gent. of the bedchamber, 2 Feb. 1723.

Associated with: Lynsted Lodge, Kent; Westminster.Daily Courant, 18 Sept. 1722; Daily Post, 17 May 1723.;
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ROPER, Christopher (d. 1699)

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b. betw. 1674 and 1677. 2nd s. Christopher Roper, 5th Bar. Teynham, and Elizabeth Browne, da. Francis Browne, 3rd Visct. Montagu; of John, 6th Bar. and Henry, 8th Bar. Teynham. educ. privately (James Dodd alias Walton). G. Anstruther, The Seminary Priests: A Dictionary Of Secular Clergy in England 1558–1850, iii. 51. unm. d. bef. 23 Sept. 1699.
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ROPER, John (d.c. 1697)

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b. bet. 1674 and 1676, 1st s. Christopher Roper, 5th Bar. Teynham, and Elizabeth Browne, da. Francis Browne, 3rd Visct. Montagu; of Christopher, 7th Bar. and Henry, 8th Bar. Teynham. educ. privately (James Dodd alias Walton). G. Anstruther, The Seminary Priests, iii. 51. unm. d. c. 1697.
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ROPER, Christopher (1653-89)

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b. c. 10 Feb. 1653, 1st surv. s. of Christopher Roper* [1399], 4th Bar. Teynham, and 2nd w. Philadelphia (d.1655), 3rd da. of Sir Henry Knollys. m. ?1674, Elizabeth, da. Francis Browne, 3rd Visct. Montagu, and Elizabeth Somerset, 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. (1 d.v.p.). d. ?May 1689.
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Page of honour to Queen Catharine of Braganza, 1667. CTB ii. 182.

Ld. lt. Kent Dec. 1687–8. HMC Lords, ii. 302.

Associated with: Lynsted Lodge, Kent.
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ROPER, Christopher (1621-73)

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b. 10 Apr. 1621, TNA, WARD 7/77/155. 1st s. of John Roper, 3rd Bar. Teynham, and Mary (d.1640), 2nd da. of William Petre, 2nd Bar. Petre. m. (1) with £5,200, pre-nuptial settlement 20 Apr. 1642, Kent HLC (CKS), U55/T653. Mary (d. 21 Dec. 1647), 1st da. of Sir Francis Englefield, bt. of Wootton Bassett, Wilts. and Winifred, da. and coh. of William Brokesby of Shoulby, Leics. 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) Philadelphia (d.1655), wid. of Sir John Mill of Newton Bury, Hants and 3rd da. of Sir Henry Knollys, clerk-comptroller of the green cloth, of Grove Place, Nursling, Hants and Katherine, da. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis of Portchester, groom porter to James I, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.; (3) 29 Mar. 1660, Margaret (d. by June 1722), yst. da. of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 18th Bar. Kerry and Lixnaw [I], and Honor, da. of Sir Edmond FitzGerald of Ballymaloe and Cloyne, co. Cork, s.p. d. 23 Oct. 1673; will none found.
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Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1660, 1670. TNA, C181/7, pp. 60, 538, 561.

Associated with: Lynsted Lodge, Kent.
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WEST, John (c. 1654-1723)

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b. c. 1654, 3rd but 1st surv. s. Charles West, 5th Bar. De la Warr and Anne (d.1703), da. of John Wylde of Droitwich, Worcs. educ. DCL, Oxford Univ. 1702; m. 18 June 1691, Margaret (d.1738), da. of John Freeman, merchant of London, wid. of Thomas Salwey, 1s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1812), v. 24. d. 26 May 1723; will 21 May 1723; pr. 27 June 1723. TNA, PROB 11/591.
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Groom of stole and first gent. of bedchamber to George, prince of Denmark 1697–1708; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 193; CTB, xxiii. 221. treas. of chamber 1713–14; CTB, xxvii. 340; TNA, E351/566. teller of exch. 1714 – 15; recvr.-gen. of excise 1715 – 17.

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SYDNEY, Robert (1649-1702)

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b. 1649, 1st s. Philip Sydney, 3rd earl of Leicester, and Catherine, da. William Cecil, 2nd earl of Salisbury. educ. unknown. m. 1672 (with £10,000), TNA, C 10/251/64; Verney, ms. mic. M636/25, Sir R. to E. Verney, 2 May 1672. Elizabeth (1653–1709), da. John Egerton, 2nd earl of Bridgwater, 4s. 2da. Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage (1831 edn.), 510. d. 11 Nov. 1702; will 14 Dec. 1700–1 Nov. 1702, pr. 2 Dec. 1702. TNA, PROB 11/467.
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Associated with: Penshurst, Kent; Leicester House, Leicester Sq. Westminster.
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