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ERISEY, Richard (1590-1667/8), of Erisey, Grade, Cornw.

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b. 19 May 1590, 1st s. of James Erisey of Erisey and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Carew of Antony, Cornw.C142/662/107; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 155. educ. Leiden Univ. 24 July 1606;Index to English-Speaking Students at Leyden ed. E. Peacock (1883), 33; HMC Salisbury, xvii. 37. M. Temple, 15 May 1610.MT Admiss. i. 95. m. (1) 9 Apr. 1615, Elizabeth, da. of Peter Carew of Bickleigh, Devon, 1s. (James*); (2) c.1620, Mary, da. of Sir James Ley† of Westbury, Wilts (later 1st earl of Marlborough), 3s. 1da. d. betw. 7 Oct. 1667-31 July 1668.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 155.
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Local: j.p. Cornw. by Oct. 1626 – 4 Oct. 1643, 25 May 1650–13 Sept. 1653. SP16/37/50, f. 77; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 78; C231/6, pp. 186, 205. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 7v. to examine tenures, 5 Mar. 1628;CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 7. subsidy, 1629, 1663.HMC 4th Rep. 405; SR. Member, cttee. for co. stock, c.July 1640.Antony House, Carew-Pole HD/13/1. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 28 July 1642–?CJ ii. 694b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644;A. and O. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 170. tendering Engagement, 28 Jan. 1650;FSL, X.d.483 (47). oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659.C181/6, pp. 9, 308.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Jan. 1648.SP16/518, f. 1.

: of Erisey, Cornw., Grade.
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ERISEY, Richard (1590-1667/8), of Erisey, Grade, Cornw.

Will
7 Oct. 1667, pr. 31 July 1668.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 155.
Estates
IPM of fa. (1601) lists Erisey and other manors in Cornw. in all 1,800 acres;C142/662/107; Keeler, Long Parliament, 165. by 1650, held lands as free tenant of duchy of Cornwall in Helston-in-Kerrier and (as freeholder) held manor of Trelugan, Gerrans parish from the same.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 44-5; ii. 193.
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WILLIAMS, Henry (c.1623-75), of Lower Caebalfa, Clyro, Rad.

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b. c. 1623, o.s. and h. of Robert Williams of Caebalfa and ?Eleanor, da. of William Vaughan of Courtnewydd.Soc. Gen., Williams docs., box 2, pedigree by Wood. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 15 Nov. 1639, ‘aged 16’.A. and O. m. (1) by 1652, Susan (bur. 12 Jan. 1672), da. of Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney Court, Herefs. and coh. of her bro. Thomas, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Katherine, s.p.Vis. Herefs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 143-4. suc. fa. c.Dec. 1642.PROB11/200, f. 318v. d. 15 Dec. 1675 / 1 Feb. 1676.PROB11/350, f. 207.
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Local: treas.-at-large, Rad. by May 1646–?48.SP28/251, pt. 1. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Brec. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Herefs. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; SR.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (E.1075.6). militia, Rad. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655; Brec. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16. sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649.A. and O. J.p. Brec. by 30 July – 12 Nov. 1649, by 25 Mar. 1650 – ?67; Rad. 16 Mar. 1649–?d.;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 272–5, 334–9. Herefs. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, 7 July 1657–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 371; C193/13/3, f. 29; C193/13/4, f. 42; C193/13/5, f. 45v. Sheriff, Rad. 1649–50, 1663 – 64; Brec. 1662 – 63; Herefs. 1674–5.List of Sheriffs (List and index ix), 62, 239, 269. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. poll tax, Brec., Rad. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. Rad. 1674–d.CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 116.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16.

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WILLIAMS, Henry (c.1623-75), of Lower Caebalfa, Clyro, Rad.

Will
15 Dec. 1675, pr. 1 Feb. 1676.PROB11/350, f. 207.
Estates
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DUTTON, John (1594-1657), of Sherborne, Glos.

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bap. 5 Oct. 1594, 1st s. of William Dutton of Sherborne, and Anne, da. of Sir Ambrose Nicholas, Salter and alderman of London.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 54-5. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 3 Nov. 1609; BA 26 Oct. 1612, DCL 1 or 2 Nov. 1642;Al. Ox. I. Temple 24 May 1614.I. Temple database, 205. m. (1) settlement 5 July 1619, ‘with a competent sum’ Elizabeth (d. 28 Apr. 1638), da. of Henry Bayntun† of Bromham, Wilts. 1s. d.v.p. 3 da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 1648, Anne, da. of John King, bp. of London 1611-21, s.p.Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxxiii. 106. suc. fa. 10 Nov. 1618. d. 14 Jan. 1657.G.B. Morgan, Hist. and Gen. Mems. of the Dutton Fam. of Sherborne (1899), 72, 104, 113, 124.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Glos. 1619 – 27, 19 Dec. 1628–44; liberty of Slaughter, Glos. 3 June 1624, 4 July 1633 – 25 Feb. 1634, 15 June 1635, 15 June 1637.C231/4, ff. 166, 261; C231/5, p. 247; C181/4, f. 147; C181/5, f. 71. Commr. subsidy, Glos. 1621–2, 1624.C212/22/20–1, 23. Dep. lt. by 1624–42.SP16/54/28; Glos. RO, GBR/H2/2, p. 28; LJ v. 291b. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 24 Jan. 1625-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/3, ff. 137v, 260v; C181/4, ff. 12v, 195; C181/5, ff. 7, 219v. Glos. 13 Apr. 1631;C181/4, f. 81v. sewers, 1 June 1625, 26 June 1635;C181/3, f. 172; C181/5, f. 13v. Glos., Worcs. 29 June 1629;C181/4, f. 18. Forced Loan, Glos. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 21; APC 1627, pp. 125, 374, 449. charitable uses, 1630;C93/12/3. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 19 Sept. 1632;Glos. RO, TBR/A1/1, f. 80. gaol delivery, liberty of Slaughter 15 June 1637;C181/5, f. 71v. further subsidy, Glos. 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), ?July 1642;Northants. RO. FH133, unfol. contributions (roy.), 1643;Harl. 6804, ff. 115–16v. excise (roy.), Berks., Bucks., Northants., Oxon., Oxf. and Warws. 20 Feb., 18 Mar. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 259, 263.

: of Sherborne, Glos.
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DUTTON, John (1594-1657), of Sherborne, Glos.

Will
14 Jan. 1656, pr. 17 Oct. 1657.PROB11/265/700.
Estates
Manors of Sherborne, Northleach Foreign, Turkdean, Aldsworth, Nether Coberley, Upper Coberley, Nether Hempen, Henchwick, Pegglesworth, Standish, Windrush, Cheltenham; lands in Bourton-on-the-Water, Wick Rissington, Brokethorpe, Burford and St Thomas; rectories of Sherborne, Windrush, Glos.C3/357/20; C142/378/107; Morgan, Mems. Dutton Fam. 86, 88; Cal. Charters...in the Muniment Room at Sherborne House (1900), 13. Held an interest in manor of Horningsham, Wilts.CCC 1797. Income bef. compounding, 10 Dec. 1646: £2,280 p.a.Morgan, Mems. Dutton Fam. 153-5.
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St Martin’s Lane, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.Morgan, Mems. Dutton Fam. 117.
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employed Henry Beesley, later vicar of Swerford, Oxon., as tutor to his ward, Thomas Pope, 2nd earl of Downe.Morgan, Mems. Dutton Fam. 106, 111.
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WENMAN, Sir Francis (1599-1640), of Caswell, Oxon.

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b. 9 Dec. 1599,C142/260/169. o. (posth.) s. of Francis Wenman of Caswell and Frances, da. of William Goodere of Polesworth, Warws.Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 308; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 67. educ. Trinity, Camb. Michaelmas 1615; M. Temple, 21 Feb. 1618.Al. Cant.; MTR ii. 625-6. m. bef. 1625, Anne, da. of Sir Samuel Sandys of Ombersley, Worcs. 2s. 1da.Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 308; Al. Ox. (Samuel Wenman). suc. fa. at birth.C142/260/169. Kntd. 8 June 1618.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. d. 26 June 1640.C142/593/37; Witney, Oxon. par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Oxon. 3 July 1629–?d.C231/5, p. 12; Coventry Docquets, 63; C193/13/2, f. 54. Commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 18 July 1634.C181/4, f. 179. Verderer, Wychwood Forest, Oxon. by 9 June 1636.V.J. Watney, Cornbury and the Forest of Wychwood (1910), 227.

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WENMAN, Sir Francis (1599-1640), of Caswell, Oxon.

Will
30 March 1640, pr. 16 Feb. 1641.PROB11/185/275.
Estates
manor of Lew, Oxon. (156a. after enclosure).VCH Oxon. xiii. 93-4; PROB11/185/275.
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GEWEN, Thomas (bef.1586-1660), of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw.

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b. bef. 1586,Aged 21 in Nov. 1606: PROB11/108/321 (Thomas Gewen). o.s. of Christopher Gewen of Werrington, Devon, and Joan, da. of William Noble of Boyton.C2/Jas.I/G11/2. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. by 1603, BA 1604; I. Temple, 23 Nov. 1605, called 18 Oct. 1614.G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, i. 170; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. (1) 4 Mar. 1609, Anne, da. of Hugh Vaughan of Exeter, Devon, 2s. d.v.p.;Werrington par. reg. transcript; C2/CHAS.I/H51/8; GL, 6538; Al. Ox. (Christopher Gewen). (2) 23 July 1622, Mary, da. of Matthias Springham of London and Richmond, Surr. wid. of Arthur Puckell of London, Leatherseller, 1s. 4 da. (2 d.v.p.).Richmond Par. Regs. (Surr. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 144; PROB11/130/14; PROB11/136/242; PROB11/303/157; GL, 4996, ff. 86-8; Cornw. RO, FP/16/1/1, pp. 31, 33. suc. fa. 1610.Cornw. RO, WW/640; PROB6/8, f. 2v. bur. 28 Nov. 1660 28 Nov. 1660.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 365; Mems. of St Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 662.
Offices Held

Local: jt. auditor, duchy of Cornw. 17 July 1622–27 Oct. 1634.DCO, ‘Duchy servants’, 105; C66/2409/18; C66/2538/30; C66/2673/1. Commr. duchy of Cornw. assessions, 1624, 1626. 1 May 1628 – 15 July 1642DCO, ‘Duchy servants’, 105. J.p. Cornw., by Oct. 1656–d.C231/4, f. 241; C231/5, p. 529; C193/13/6, f. 11v; C220/9/4, f. 13. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633.GL, 25475/1, f. 13. Havenor, feodary and escheator, duchy of Cornw. 20 May 1633-c.1650, May 1660–d.Western Antiquary, vii. 138; Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 73; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 365. Stannator, Foymore, Cornw. c.1636.Bodl. Add. C.85, p. 19. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 8 June 1654, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1654, E.1064.10); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. treas. Devon by Nov. 1643-c.Sept. 1645.SP28/153, ‘unfit parts’. Commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644;A. and O. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: viander, Newport 1626.C219/40/280. Recorder, Launceston 19 Sept. 1646-c.1651, 30 Mar. 1654–1660.Cornw. RO, B/LAUS/350, 355.

: Cornw., Boyton.
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GEWEN, Thomas (bef.1586-1660), of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw.

Will
20 Jan. 1659, pr. 29 Jan. 1661.PROB11/303/157.
Estates
purchased lease of barton of Bradridge, Boyton, Cornw. 1625 (confirmed 1628).E306/12, box 2, bundle 22, item 2; E367/240, 2789. Barton House and 654 acres said to be worth £203 p.a. in 1650.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 5-6. Purchased freehold of same, ?aft.1650, and granted that and manor of Boyton, 1660 (confirmed to son, 1661).PROB11/303/157; CTB i. 47, 214, 301.
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LUDLOWE, Edmund I (1595-1666), of Kingston Deverill, Wilts.

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bap. 25 June 1595, 2nd s. of Sir Edmund Ludlow† (d. 1624) of Maiden Bradley and Hill Deverill and 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Henry Manning of Down, Kent, wid. of Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon; bro. of Sir Henry II*; half-bro. of Henry I†.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxvi. 153. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 10 June 1610; BA 11 Dec. 1611;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 26 Oct. 1610.I. Temple database. m. (1) ?26 May 1645, Jane Stephens;Shipton Moyne, Glos. par. reg.; Bodl. Eng. hist. c. 487, p. 1176. (2) ?17 June 1657, Katherine Clement (d. 1666),St Paul, Covent Garden, London, par. reg. d.s.p. bur. 28 Sept. 1666 28 Sept. 1666.St Andrew, Holborn, London par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644;LJ vi. 637. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, ?9 June 1657. A. and O. J.p. by 19 Jan. 1649-bef. c.Sept. 1656.C231/6, p. 131; C193/13/3, f. 69v; C193/13/4, f. 109.

: Wilts.
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LUDLOWE, Edmund I (1595-1666), of Kingston Deverill, Wilts.

Will
aft. 30 Jan., pr. 23 Nov. 1666.PROB11/322/363.
Estates
from ?1624, manor and Broad Dean farm, Kingston Deverill, Wilts.;PROB11/322/363. from 1664, held mortgage on manor of Hurstbourne Tarrant with Ibrop and Upton, Hants, on which he had foreclosed bef. his death;CSP Dom. 1668-9, p. 212; Hoare, Wilts. i. (Mere), 15. in 1666 land in Ealing, Mdx.; lodging in the Strand, Westminster.PROB11/322/363.
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HODGES, Thomas II (1603-49), of Wedmore, Som.

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bap. 5 Oct. 1603, 1st s. of George Hodges of Wedmore and Eleanor (or Margaret), da. of John Rosse of Shepton Beauchamp, Som.Shepton Beauchamp par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 53, 95. educ. ?L. Inn 26 Oct. 1629.LI Admiss. i. 209. unm. suc. fa. 1634.Wedmore Par. Reg. (1888-90), iii. 81. bur. 31 May 1649.Wedmore Par. Reg. iii. 101.
Offices Held

Local: capt. militia, Som. by 1639;Wells Corporation Properties, ed. A.J. Scrase and J. Hasler (Som. Rec. Soc. lxxxvii), 137; Wells Convocation Acts Bks. ii. 754. col. bef. 1646.CJ iv. 650a. Commr. sewers, July 1641-aft. Jan. 1646;C181/5, ff. 205–268. commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. J.p. by Oct. 1646–d.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 1. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

: Som.
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HODGES, Thomas II (1603-49), of Wedmore, Som.

Will
25 May 1649, pr. 23 July 1649.PROB11/208/751.
Estates
owned property at Wedmore, Som.PROB11/208/751.
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UPTON, John I (1590-1641), of Lupton, Brixham, Devon.

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b. 7 Apr. 1590, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Arthur Upton of Lupton and 1st w. Gertrude (bur. 14 Feb. 1598), da. of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh.Prince, Worthies (1701), 578; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 744. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 29 Nov. 1605, BA 9 June 1608; I. Temple 3 Feb. 1610.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. 28 Feb. 1613 with £1000, Dorothy (bur. 20 Feb. 1644), da. of Sir Anthony Rous† of Halton, St Dominick, Cornw. 6s. inc. Arthur Upton*, John Upton II*, 8da.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 744. suc. fa. 1618.C142/650/140. d. 11 Sept. 1641.C142/701/11; Prince, Worthies (1701), 578; Vivian, Devon, 744.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Devon 29 June 1624-c.1625, 1626–d.C231/4, ff. 168, 200; C66/2367, 2859. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;SP16/53/96. piracy, 17 July 1630; sewers, 6 Mar. 1634;C181/4, ff. 52v, 164. hard soap, western cos. 9 Jan. 1638;C181/5, f. 92. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638;C181/5, f. 109v. further subsidy, Devon 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR.

Mercantile: member, Providence Is. Co. 1632.A.P. Newton, Colonising Activities of English Puritans (1914), 126.

: Devon., Brixham.
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UPTON, John I (1590-1641), of Lupton, Brixham, Devon.

Will
5 June 1639, pr. 6 Dec. 1641.PROB11/187/490.
Estates
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JONES, Richard I (1578- betw. 1658 and 1664), of Trewern, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Rad.

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Family and Education
b. 1578,E178/5136. 1st s. of Griffith Jones of Trewern and Joanna, da. of Ieuan Lewis† of Gladestry (Llanfair Llythynfwg), Rad. m. Margaret (d. aft. Feb. 1646), da. of John Price of Pilleth, 2s. d.v.p.CPR 1593-4, p. 77; Add. 39732, ff. 104, 107; Add. 39747, ff. 56, 74, 204; SP23/205/965, 969. suc. fa. by 4 Mar. 1594.CPR 1593-4, p. 77. d. betw. 11 Feb. 1658-23 May 1664.C6/113/72; C6/19/75.
Offices Held

Local: sheriff, Rad. 1614–15.List of Sheriffs (L. and I ix), 269. J.p. 1615-at least 1647.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 326–34; SP28/251, unfol. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641.C212/22/21–2; SR. Dep. lt. by 1623–46.NLW, Lleweni 668; HEHL, EL7443; SP28/251, unfol. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 74; SP16/58/13. Capt. militia horse, 1637–42.HEHL, EL7443. Dep. steward, Cantref Melienydd, Rad. bef. 1640.Add. 70003, f. 133. Commr. further subsidy, Rad. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 386a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. defence of Rad. (roy.) 17 June 1643; accts. (roy.) 1 June 1644; rebels’ estates (roy.), 19 June 1644; contributions (roy.), 19 June 1644.Bodl. Dugdale 19, ff. 21, 87; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 50, 219, 223, 224. Custos rot. 3 Feb. 1645-bef. Mar. 1649.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 333–4.

Civic: freeman, New Radnor by 1620.C219/37/368.

: of Trewern, Rad., Llanfihangel Nant Melan.
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JONES, Richard I (1578- betw. 1658 and 1664), of Trewern, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Rad.

Will
Estates
concentrated on parishes of Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Old Radnor and Gladestry, Rad.HP Commons 1604-1629. Considered in 1660s to be worth £300 p.a. and ‘capable of very great annual improvement’.C5/508/15.
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COMPTON, Sir Henry (c.1584-1649), of Allfarthing, Wandsworth, Surr., Brambletye, East Grinstead, Suss. and Finch Lane, London.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1584, 3rd s. of Henry Compton†, 1st Baron Compton (d. 1589), of Compton Wynyates, Warws. and o.s. with 2nd w. Anne (d. 1618), da. of Sir John Spencer† of Althorp, Northants., wid. of Sir William Stanley†, 3rd Baron Monteagle.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Ardingly, 178-9. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 8 June 1599, ‘aged 15’;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 30 June 1602.LI Admiss. i. 134. m. (1) by 1604, Cecily (d. 1624), da. of Robert Sackville†, 2nd earl of Dorset, 2s. 3da.; (2) 1625, Mary (d. 1656), da. of Sir George Browne of Wickhambreaux, Kent, wid. of Thomas Paston of Binham, Norf., 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Ardingly, 178-9; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ii. 216. KB, 25 July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154. d. bef. 5 July 1649. CCC 1603.
Offices Held

Legal: associate bencher, L. Inn 1604.LI Black Bks. ii. 84. Custos brevium, c.p. (reversion, 12 Dec. 1604) by 21 June 1630-Feb. 1644.C66/1644; Lansd. 1217, ff. 20, 41v; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 182; Coventry Docquets, 178; CJ iii. 385a-b; LJ vi. 405a, 406a-b.

Mercantile: member, E. I. Co. 1614.CSP Col. E. India 1513–1616, p. 297. Asst. Westminster Co. of Soapmakers, Jan. 1632.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. ii. 136; Coventry Docquets, 231. Lic. to export Welsh butter, 21 June 1636.Coventry Docquets, 286.

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 1617, 1624 – 25, 1630 – 31, 1637, 20 July 1641;C181/2, f. 292; C181/3, ff. 133, 166v; C181/4, ff. 46v, 53v, 73v; C181/5, ff. 69, 205v. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1629, 31 Mar. 1640;C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 167. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 1636;C181/5, f. 42. Hants. and Suss. 1638;C181/5, f. 115v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 1639.C181/5, f. 149. J.p. Suss. 1624–44. Dep. lt. July 1624–Mar. 1642.Harl. 703, f. 174v; SO3/7, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 300; Fletcher, Suss. 353. Commr. martial law, 1627;C66/2431; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii (2), 144; E401/2586, p. 40. oyer and terminer, 18 Dec. 1627, 23 May 1637;C181/3, f. 236; C181/5, f. 68v. Home circ. 14 June 1639-aft. Jan. 1642.C181/5, ff. 138v, 222. Asst. warden, Sackville Coll. East Grinstead, 1628–44.W. Suss. RO, Add. MSS 17841–2; Bodl. Rawl. B.431, ff. 15, 37v; F. Hill, Sackville College (1931), 104. Commr. piracy, Suss. 23 May 1637.C181/5, f. 68v. Ranger, Ashdown Forest, Suss. bef. 1638.Hill, Sackville Coll. 104.

Diplomatic: amb. (roy.) Lisbon, 1646–8.E. Prestage, Dip. Rel. Portugal (1925), 109–11.

: Surr., Suss., Wandsworth and London., Finch Lane.
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COMPTON, Sir Henry (c.1584-1649), of Allfarthing, Wandsworth, Surr., Brambletye, East Grinstead, Suss. and Finch Lane, London.

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in 1619 acquired Brambletye manor, near East Grinstead, from Richard Sackville, 3rd earl of Dorset; house rebuilt by Compton in 1631.Suss. Manors, i. 60. Suss. property inc. leases from Lord Abergavenny, and Sir John Gage bt.Preston Manor, Brighton, Thomas-Stanford collection, ES/CG/21; E. Suss. RO, Firle Place MS, Box 13/76. Lands in Yorks., Wilts., Northants., Essex, Norf., Som., Dorset, Bucks., Hants, Kent, Mdx. and London,CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 431; 1638-9, pp. 575-6; 1633-4, p. 57; CCC 78, 88, 91, 94, 115, 541, 1603, 2926; SO3/10, unfol. inc. a house in Finch Lane.Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford ed. D.J.H. Clifford (1994), 74. From 1633 held part of the estate of his bro., the earl of Northampton, in return for having paid his debts.SP17/B/11. Assessed at £4 for the lay subsidy in Suss. in 1626.E179/191/377a. Entire estate worth over £3,000 p.a.SP23/205, pp. 1-3.
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chambers in L. Inn as custos brevium, 1630-48;LI Black Bks. ii. 223, 292, 296, 298, 302; LIL, E1a1 (Red Bk.), ff. 142, 143-4. living in St Bride’s, Farringdon Without, London, Jan. 1635.Bodl. Bankes 14, ff. 5-6.
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