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LONGE, Richard (1579-1648), of Bristol.

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bap. 1 Nov. 1579, s. of Thomas Longe of Axminster, Devon, mercer, and Joan.Axminster par. reg. educ. appr. to John Merrick of Bristol, merchant 20 Sept. 1600.Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 118v. m. 8 Sept. 1611, Mary, da. of John Barker, merchant and alderman of Bristol, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.).St Werburgh, Bristol, par. reg. bur. 11 Feb. 1648 11 Feb. 1648.Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 252.
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Civic: burgess, Bristol 29 Sept. 1608–d.;Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 118v. common cllr. 14 Sept. 1618;Bristol RO, 04264/2, f. 73v. sheriff, 1621 – 22; supervisor, free sch. 1628 – 29, 1639 – 40; pauper children and coals, 1629 – 30, 1631 – 32; highways, 1631 – 32, 1632 – 33, 1634 – 35, 1638 – 39; hosps. 1632 – 33, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35; auditor, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35, 1643 – 44, 1644 – 45, 1645; asst. orphans ct. 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35, 1635 – 36; charity money, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35; supervisor, city lands, 1635 – 36, 1637 – 38, 1638 – 39, 1642 – 43, 1643 – 44, 1644 – 45; treas. hosps. 1635–6;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 168; Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 7v, 16, 34, 38, 45, 53, 64, 71, 94, 87, 79; 04264/4, pp. 38, 74, 115. alderman, 12 Aug. 1636- 28 Oct. 1645;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 69; 04264/4, p. 125. mayor, 1636 – 37; constable of staple, 1637 – 38, 1645; clavenger, 1644–5;Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 71, 79; 04264/4, pp. 74, 115. member, cttee. for safety of city, c.Mar.-10 Sept. 1645.Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 93.

Mercantile: warden, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 1616 – 17; asst. 1620 – 21, 1627 – 32, 1633 – 36, 1638 – 40, 1642 – 44; treas. 1623 – 24; master, 1636 – 37, 1637–8.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters II, pp. 55, 89, 95, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 137, 139, 141.

Religious: churchwarden, St Werburgh, Bristol 1620 – 22, 1628 – 29; clavenger, 1621 – 22, 1628 – 29, 1631–2;Bristol RO, P/St. W/Chw/3(b), pp. 20, 27, 50, 68. feoffee by Nov. 1636–d.Bristol RO, P/St. W/D/3/4.

Local: commr. array (roy.), Bristol 16 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

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LONGE, Richard (1579-1648), of Bristol.

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10 June 1646, cod. 24 June 1647, pr. 11 Mar. 1648.Bristol RO, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 128.
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Paid subsidy on £7 in goods, 1629;E179/116/518. lessee of city lands at Portishead, Som. Sept. 1643-May 1645;Bristol RO, 00488(26); 00906/3b, 3c. in 1646, owned houses in Corn St. and Baldwin St. (mortgaged), Bristol, and Congresbury; tenements in St Nicholas St., Bristol; farm and lands at Syston (conveyed May 1645).Bristol RO, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 128; Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 252.
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MORE, Samuel (1594-1662), of Larden Hall, Shipton, and Linley Hall, More, Salop.

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b. 9 Sept. 1594, 1st s. of Richard More* of Linley Hall and Sarah, da. of Roger Harris, draper, of Shrewsbury; bro. of Thomas*.Frag. Gen. xiii. 134. educ. Shrewsbury 1609.Shrewsbury School Reg. ii. 216. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1611, with £600, his cos. Katherine (div.1620), da. and coh. of Jasper More of Larden Hall, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p. (disowned); (2) by 1627, with 1000 marks, Elizabeth Worsley of Deeping Gate, Maxey, Northants. (bur. 17 Nov. 1655), 3s. 4da. suc. fa. 6 Dec. 1643. d. 3 May 1662.Salop Archives 1037/10/3; Shipton Par. Reg. (Salop Par. Reg. Soc. Hereford xxii), 19, 20; Salop Par. Regs. More, 17-20, 27, 30; New York Gen. and Biog. Record, xxxvi. 213-4, 218-9; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg. cxiv. 166; Herefs. RO, T74/200.
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Household: servant to Edward, 11th Baron Zouche, Apr. 1616–25.New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg. cxiv. 165; PROB11/146/488.

Civic: freeman, Hastings and Rye 1621; Shrewsbury 28 Dec. 1645; Ludlow 13 Oct. 1647.Hastings Mus. corp. bk. 1 f. 221; East Suss. RO, Rye 1/10 f. 210; Salop Archives, 3365/69; LB2/1/1 f. 238. Bailiff, Bishop’s Castle 1647–8, 1652–3.Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, corporation order bk. ff. 211, 220v.

Local: commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, Herefs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Salop 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;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Mont. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. Herefs. militia, 23 May 1648;LJ x. 277a. associated cos. of N. Wales, 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Herefs. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mont. 2 Dec. 1648; Salop 2 Dec.1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Worcs., N. Wales 12 Mar.1660. 13 Apr. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p. Salop, by c.Sept. 1656–20 Feb. 1662.CJ vi. 187a; C231/6, p. 160; C193/13/4, f. 82; C193/13/6, f. 74; C220/9/4, f. 72. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 11, 303. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by 1644; col. by 1645. Gov. Hopton Castle, Salop 18 Feb. – 13 Mar. 1644; Montgomery 18 May 1645 – 25 Mar. 1647; Ludlow 6 June 1646–7; Hereford 15 Apr. 1647-May 1648.HMC Bath, i. 36–7; HMC Portland, iii. 155; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 441, 564; 1648–9, p. 14; SP28/229.

Religious: elder, sixth Salop classis, Apr. 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 411–12.

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MORE, Samuel (1594-1662), of Larden Hall, Shipton, and Linley Hall, More, Salop.

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CROKE, Richard (c.1623-83), of the Inner Temple and All Saints, Oxford.

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b. c.1623, 1st s. of Unton Croke I* of the Inner Temple and Marston, Oxon. and Anne (c.1602-70), da. and h. of Richard Hore of Marston; bro. of Unton Croke II*.Vis. Oxon, 1566, 1574 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. v), 280-1; MI, St Nicholas, Marston, Oxford; Marston par. reg.; Wood, Life and Times, i. 195. educ. I. Temple 24 Jan. 1636.I. Temple database. m. 1 June 1653, Elizabeth (d. 27 Mar. 1683), da. of Martin Wright (c.1594-1664), goldsmith of Oxford, 3s. (1 d.v.p.).St Peter-in-the-East and St Martin, Oxford, par. regs.; Wood, Life and Times, iii. 40, 73; Bodl. Top. Oxon. c.172, p. 320. suc. fa. ?28 Jan. 1671.Parochial Colls. ed. Davis, 203; Marston par. reg. Kntd. 16 Mar. 1681.Wood, Life and Times, ii. 259. d. 14 Sept. 1683.Wood, Life and Times, iii. 40, 73.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 5 Nov. 1646;CITR ii. 273. bencher, 23 Nov. 1662; autumn reader, 1670. Sjt.-at-law, April 1675.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 196, 507.

Civic: dep. recorder, Woodstock 1649–60;VCH Oxon. xii. 372–400. freeman, Aug. 1652.Woodstock Chamberlains’ Accounts 1609–50, 229. Cllr. Mercers’ Co. Oxf. 7 June 1650–1660.Oxon. RO, city archives, G.5.4, ff. 18v-27. Dep. recorder, freeman and bailiff, Oxf. 12 Dec. 1653;Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 200–1. recorder, 12 June 1660–d. Commr. barges, 24 May 1661.Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 262, 282; Oxford Council Acts 1665–1701, 158.

Local: dep. steward, manor of Woodstock 1649–?Woodstock Chamberlains’ Accounts 1609–50, 229. J.p. Oxf. by 12 Dec. 1653–16 Aug. 1660, 16 Mar. 1665-aft. Nov. 1669;Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 200–1; C181/6, pp. 81, 353; C181/7, pp. 319, 511. Abingdon 24 Nov. 1655-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 131, 330. Wallingford 3 Mar. 1656-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 136, 329. Woodstock 1 Apr. 1656-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 157, 331. Oxon. 8 Jul. 1656-aft. 1662.C231/6, p. 340; A Perfect List (1660); Oxon. RO, QS/C/A2/02. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Oxf. 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR. gaol delivery, 10 Feb. 1655-aft. Nov. 1672;C181/6, pp. 81, 271; C181/7, pp. 98, 629. securing peace of commonwealth, Oxon. by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 595. oyer and terminer, St Albans borough 6 Oct. 1658;C181/6, p. 318. Oxf. circ. 18 June 1662;C181/7, p. 152. militia, Oxon. 26 July 1659; Oxf. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Thames navigation, Oxon. 5 Sept. 1661, 19 Nov. 1664;C181/7, pp. 118, 291. subsidy, Oxon., Oxf. 1663;SR. recusants, Oxon. 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Central: commr. sale of royal palace of Woodstock, Oct. 1649.The Woodstock Scuffle (1650, E.587.5); The Just Devil of Woodstock (1661), sig. A1 (E.1055.10).

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CROKE, Richard (c.1623-83), of the Inner Temple and All Saints, Oxford.

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3 Apr. 1682, pr. 6 Dec. 1683.PROB11/374/499.
Estates
bef. 1661, leases in Marston from Corpus Christi and Brasenose Colleges; wealthiest householder in All Saints’ par. Oxford, 1665; from Jan. 1671, further fields.Oxford City Docs. 1268-1665, 88; Bodl. Top. Oxon. c.405; VCH Oxon. v. 217.
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BARRINGTON, Henry (1592-aft. 1659), of Brick House, Colchester, Essex.

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bap. 30 Mar. 1592, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Barrington, alderman, of Colchester.St Botolph, Colchester par. reg. pp. 8, 9, 11, 40. m. (1) by 1616, Elizabeth, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.;St Botolph, Colchester par. reg. pp. 30, 31, 35, 87; Reg. of the scholars admitted to Colchester Sch. 1637-1740 ed. J.H. Round and C.L. Acland (Colchester, 1897), 15, 43; Essex RO, D/AC/W13/347. (2) lic. 8 Nov. 1639, Catherine, wid. of Robert Hayes of Hertford, Herts and ?da. of Dr John Sherwood of Bath, Som. s.p.London Marr. Lics. 1521-1869 ed. Foster, 87; Vis. Herts. ed. Metcalfe, 64; PROB6/17, p. 64; Al. Ox. ‘John Sherwode’. suc. fa. by 30 Sept. 1625.St Botolph, Colchester par. reg. p. 82. d. aft. Jan. 1660.Essex RO, D/B 5/Gb3, f. 208v.
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Civic: member, first council, Colchester by Nov. 1623 – Oct. 1627; alderman, Oct. 1627 – bef.13 Nov. 1653, by 11 Aug. 1655 – 19 Jan. 1660; jt. bailiff, Sept. 1629 – Sept. 1630; mayor, Sept. 1637 – Sept. 1638, bef. 31 Aug. – 29 Sept. 1641, Sept. 1648 – Sept. 1649, Sept. 1658–19 July 1659.Essex RO, D/B 5/Gb3, ff. 30v, 66, 89–97, 176v-184v; D/B 5/Gb4, ff. 21–33v, 128v, 137v, 180v-195, 208v.

Local: commr. assessment, Colchester 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Essex 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; sequestration, Colchester 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Essex, 7 May 1643; Colchester 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Essex 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. 11 Oct. 1643–?CJ iii. 273b. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 24 Feb. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654;‘The Royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; A. and O. for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; New Model ordinance, Essex, Colchester 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. militia, Essex 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655.A. and O; SP25/76A, f. 14v. Master, St Mary Magdalen’s hosp. Colchester 1650–?d.VCH Essex, ix. 327. J.p. Essex by Feb. 1650–?Mar. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 25v; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxiii. Commr. gaol delivery, Colchester 19 Apr. 1655-aft. Feb. 1659.C181/6, pp. 103, 347.

Military: ?gov. (parlian.) Colchester by July 1643.Add. 31116, p. 131.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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PIGOT, Gervase (1616-69), of Thrumpton, Notts.

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b. 5 Apr. 1616, o.s. of Gervase Pigot of Thrumpton, and 3rd w. Frances (d. 3 May 1673), da. of William Milward of Long Eaton, Derbys.MI Thrumpton; WARD5/32, unfol.; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 22; Thoroton, Notts. i. 33-4. educ. Repton sch.;Repton Sch. Reg. 1557-1910 ed. M. Messiter (1910), 6. St Catharine’s, Camb. 6 July 1631, Christ’s, Camb. 18 Apr. 1632;Al. Cant. L. Inn 1 Nov. 1634.LI Admiss. i. 225. m. (1) 14 Aug. 1638, Mary (d. 2 Feb. 1644), da. and coh. of John St Andrew of Gotham, Notts. 1s. d.v.p. 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 6 Apr. 1647, Elizabeth (d. 28 Aug. 1649), da. of Simon Edmonds, ald. of London, 1s. 1da.MI Thrumpton; Lockington, Leics. par. reg.; St Mary, Mortlake, Surr. par. reg.; Vis. Notts. 22; Thoroton, Notts. i. 33-4. suc. fa. 25 Oct. 1617;C142/361/148. d. 9 Aug. 1669.Thoroton, Notts. i. 34.
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Local: j.p. Notts. 19 Mar. 1641-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 435. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 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;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. by 9 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 275b. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 20 July 1643–?CJ iii. 176b; SP28/241, unfol. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; sequestrations, 4 Sept. 1643;CJ iii. 225a; LJ vi. 204a. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; taking accts. in northern cos. 29 July 1645; sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646–14 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. militia, Notts. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, 18 July 1649, 12 July 1653;C93/20/1; C93/22/12. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 371. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Notts. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 146. surveying Sherwood Forest 19 June 1657;A. and O. for public faith, Notts. 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660.SR. Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1668–d.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 104.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 558a.

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PIGOT, Gervase (1616-69), of Thrumpton, Notts.

Will
17 Oct. 1668, pr. 16 Nov. 1669.Notts. RO, DD/2008/11/7/3; PR/NW, will of Gervase Pigot, 1669.
Estates
inherited manor and capital messuage of Thrumpton, chapel and tithes of Thrumpton and lands in Sutton Bonnington and Kingston on Soar, Notts.C142/361/148; WARD5/32; Notts. RO, DD/SY/1, 200. In 1650, he purchased, for £63, a fee farm rent in Notts. worth £6 p.a.SP28/288, f. 2. In his will, he referred to lands that he had purchased in Gotham, Notts.Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of Gervase Pigot, 1669. His house at Thrumpton was assessed at 29 hearths in 1674.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. Webster, 85.
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St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, London (1647);Regs. of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 138. lodgings in Whitehall (Aug. 1659).Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 402; CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 95.
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presented Marmaduke Goode to rectory of Ufton, Berks. 1651; Leonard Curtis to rectory of Wilford, Notts. 1652; George Fisher to rectory of Hickling, Notts. 1652;Add. 36792, ff. 34v, 40, 40v. John Moore to rectory of East Leake, Notts. 1662.S. P. Potter, Hist. of East Leake (Nottingham, 1903), 32.
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MEAUTYS (MEWTAS), Thomas (aft. 1585-1649), of Gorhambury, Herts. and Angel Court, Charing Cross, Westminster.

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b. aft. 1585, 3rd s. of Thomas Meautys (d. c.1618) of St Julian’s Hosp. St Albans, Herts. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Coningsby of North Mimms, Herts.Add. 5524, f. 176; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 75; The Private Corresp. of Jane, Lady Cornwallis ed. Lord Braybrooke (1842), pp. xlix-l. educ. L. Inn 1608; G. Inn 1626.LI Admiss. i. 147; G. Inn Admiss. 178. m. bef. May 1641, Anne (bur. 20 Sept. 1680), da. of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Culford, Suff. 1da.Herts. RO, II.A.9; II.A.12. Kntd. 25 Feb. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. bur. 31 Oct. 1649 31 Oct. 1649.A. C. Bunten, Sir Thomas Meautys (1918), 99.
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Household: ?servant to Robert Cecil†, 1st earl of Salisbury, ?-1612.HMC Hatfield, xxiv. 226. Sec. to Sir Francis Bacon†, Visct. St Albans by 1616–22.Bunten, Meautys, 12; The Letters of John Chamberlain ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), ii. 216; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 101; L. Jardine and A. Stewart, Hostage to Fortune (1998), 418, 489.

Central: clerk of the privy council, extraordinary, 1619; in ordinary, 1622–d.APC 1617–19, p. 386; 1625–6, p. 4; C66/2269, m. 11; CCSP ii. 63. Clerk of writs and processes, star chamber, 1626–31.C66/2382, m. 3; Coventry Docquets, 182. Recvr. of tobacco fines, 1634–41.CSP Dom. 1635, pp. 160–1. Jt. muster-master-gen. 1636–42.CSP Dom. 1635–6, pp. 298, 323; C66/2733, m. 8; Coventry Docquets, 196. Commr. maltsters and brewers, 1637.CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 404. Sec. to depopulations commn. by 1640.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 209.

Civic: freeman, Camb. 1620–d.Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 137.

Local: commr. boundaries, London 1626, 1631.APC 1626, p. 355; 1630–1, p. 347 . Overseer of poor accts. St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster 1628–9.WCA, F355, unfol. Visitor, St Albans g.s. 1645.VCH Herts. ii. 64.

Mercantile: treas. Starchmakers’ Co. 1638–41.Coventry Docquets, 233; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 165.

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MEAUTYS (MEWTAS), Thomas (aft. 1585-1649), of Gorhambury, Herts. and Angel Court, Charing Cross, Westminster.

Will
intestate, admon. 3 Dec. 1649.PROB6/24, f. 147.
Estates
granted estates of Viscount St Albans by ct. of chancery in 1632 in order to settle St Albans’s debts; these lands were sold after his death to Sir Harbottle Grimston* for £12,760; income from court offices prob. £1,000-£1,200 p.a.Aylmer, King’s Servants, 204, 294.
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WESTON, Nicholas (1611-56/7), of Covent Garden, Mdx.

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bap. 10 May 1611, 3rd s. of Richard Weston†, 1st earl of Portland (d. 1635) and 2nd w. Frances, da. of Nicholas Waldegrave of Borley, Essex, bro. of Jerome†, Benjamin*.CP; Putney, Surr. par. reg. educ. MA, Cambridge, 1629;Al. Cant. ?travelled abroad. ?; ?unm. d. bef. 12 Jan. 1657. PROB6/33, f. 9v.
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Civic: burgess, Yarmouth, I.o.W. 21 Aug. 1634;Add. 5669, f. 97v. Southampton 23 Aug. 1634;Southampton RO, SC3/1/1, f. 200. Newtown 22 Mar. 1640.I.o.W. RO, JER/BAR/3/9/8, p. 18.

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WESTON, Nicholas (1611-56/7), of Covent Garden, Mdx.

Will
admon. 12 Jan. 1657.PROB6/33, f. 9v.
Estates
annuity of £300 on d. of his fa. 1635;Strafforde Letters, i. 389. land in North Fen, Whittlesea, Isle of Ely, conveyed to him by his bro. Jerome bef. July 1644.LJ vi. 625b; viii. 275b; SP20/1, pp. 985, 1040.
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VAUGHAN, John II (c.1615-71), of Cefnbodig, Llanycil, Merion.

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b. c.1615, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Vaughan of Trawscoed, Llanuwchllyn, Merion. and Catherine Morus, da. of Morus ap John of Tai’n-y-Foel, Cerrig-y-drudion, Denb.Arch. Cambr. 5th ser. viii. 97; G. Inn Admiss. 197. educ. G. Inn 1632, called 23 June 1640.G. Inn Admiss. 197; PBG Inn, i. 339. m. Catherine, da. of Huw Nanney of Nannau, Llanfachreth, Merion. ?wid. of Howel Vaughan of Glan-y-llyn, 3da.Arch. Cambr. 5th ser. viii. 97; NLW, SA/1671/145. suc. fa. 1639.PROB11/180/103. bur. 26 Apr. 1671 26 Apr. 1671.Arch. Cambr. 5th ser. viii. 97.
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Local: j.p. Merion. 29 Apr. 1643 – ?56, 7 Jan. 1658–?d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 49–51. 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;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. associated cos. of N. Wales, 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Merion. 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 21 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; SR.

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VAUGHAN, John II (c.1615-71), of Cefnbodig, Llanycil, Merion.

Will
30 May 1670, pr. 1 Sept. 1671.NLW, SA/1671/145.
Estates
Oxford 1644
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TRELAWNY, Samuel (1630-66), of Ham, nr. Plymouth, Devon, and Hengar, St Tudy, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 31 Mar. 1630, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Trelawny* of Ham and Agnes, da. of Richard Coga of St Michael Carhays, Cornw.Plymouth St Andrew’s Par. Regs. ed. M.C.S. Cruwys (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1954), 555; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 80; Mevagissey par. reg. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 10 July 1647;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 2 Aug. 1647, called 25 Nov. 1661.G. Inn Admiss. i. 245; PBG Inn, i. 441. m. 5 Feb. 1651, Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Billing of Hengar, Cornw. s.p.Maclean, Trigg Minor, i. 389. suc. fa. Mar. 1644. d. Apr. 1666.PROB11/320/496.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Devon 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Cornw. 1661, 1664; poll tax, Devon 1660.SR. J.p. Mar. 1661–d.C231/7, p. 88. Commr. piracy, 3 Mar. 1662;C181/7, p. 140. subsidy, Cornw., Devon 1663.SR.

: of Ham, nr. Plymouth, Devon and St Tudy, Cornw., Hengar.
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TRELAWNY, Samuel (1630-66), of Ham, nr. Plymouth, Devon, and Hengar, St Tudy, Cornw.

Will
18 Apr. 1666, pr. 31 May 1666.PROB11/320/496.
Estates
inherited lands in Devon and Cornw. and property at Plymouth, 1644; on marriage acquired an estate in Cornw. centred on the 8-hearth house at Hengar.Cornw. Hearth Tax, 42.
Oxford 1644
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WHITE, John II (1590-1645), of the Middle Temple and Whitefriars, London

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 26 June 1590, 2nd s. of Henry White (d. 1613) of Henllan, Rhoscrowther, Pemb., and Jane, da. of Richard Fletcher of Bangor.Pemb. Historian, v. 69. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 20 Nov. 1607, ‘aged 17’;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 6 Nov. 1610.MTR ii. 528. m. (1) bef. 1625, Katherine, da. of Edward Barforte or Barfoot of Lambourne, Essex, 1da.; (2) 1 Sept. 1631, Mary, da. of Thomas Style of Little Missenden, Bucks., 4s. 5da.St Dunstan in the West, London, par. reg.; St Stephen, Coleman Street, par. reg.; Pemb. Historian, v. 69; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 346; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1451. d. 30 Jan. 1645.Mercurius Britannicus no. 68 (27 Jan.-3 Feb. 1645), 540 (E.27.8).
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 19 June 1618; autumn reader, 1641; bencher, 1641.MTR ii. 629, 900, 910.

Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. May 1623; Dorchester Co. 1625 – 33; Massachusetts Bay Co. 1629.Genesis of the US ed. A. Brown (1890), ii. 1051; I.M. Calder, Activities of the Puritan Faction (1957), p. xxiv; F. Rose Troup, The Massachusetts Bay Co. and its Predecessors (New York, 1930), 85.

Religious: feoffee for impropriations, 1625–32.T. Fuller, Church Hist. vi. 67.

Local: ?j.p. Haverfordwest, Pemb. 26 June 1635–?C181/5, f. 21. Commr. ?sewers, Mdx 22 June 1639;C181/5, f. 143. assessment, Surr. 21 Mar. 1643;LJ v. 658b. accts. of assessment, Southwark and adjacent parishes 3 May 1643; levying of money, Surr. 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for I.o.W. 29 Mar. 1644.CJ iii. 440b. Commr. oyer and terminer, Surr. 4 July 1644; gaol delivery, 4 July 1644.C181/5, ff. 239, 239v.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 17 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 725a. cttee. for plundered ministers ?by 2 Feb. 1643, by 10 Dec. 1644;CJ ii. 951b; Add. 15669, f. 239. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations by 5 Apr. 1644.SP20/1, f. 132.

: of the Middle Temple and Whitefriars, London.
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WHITE, John II (1590-1645), of the Middle Temple and Whitefriars, London

Will
not found.
Estates
residence in Whitefriars, bef. June 1632;St Dunstan in the West par. reg. lease on messuage in St Sepulchre, London, bef. 10 May 1643.CJ iii. 79a.
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