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FITZWILLIAM, William (c.1609-1659), of Milton, Northants., and the Savoy, London

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b. c.1609, 1st s. of William, 1st Baron Fitzwilliam of Lifford, Donegal, and Catherine (bur. 11 Feb. 1643), da. of William Hyde of South Denchworth, Berks.CP. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 23 Aug. 1621.Al. Cant. m. lic. 11 July 1638 (with £5,000), Jane (bur. 8 Apr. 1671), da. and coh. of Hugh Perry alias Hunter, mercer of London, and wid. of Robert Perry of London, merchant, 4s. 3da.CP; Bridges, Northants. ii. 506; Finch, Wealth of Five Northants. Fams. 132. suc. fa. as 2nd baron, 6 Jan. 1644.CP. bur. 21 Feb. 1659 21 Feb. 1659.Marholm par. reg.
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Local: dep. lt. Northants. 4 Dec. 1639, 1 Sept. 1642–?Northants. RO, C 2553; F(M) Charter/2097. Commr. oyer and terminer, 16 July 1640, 20 Sept. 1644;C181/5, ff. 182v, 243. liberty of Peterborough 20 July 1640 – aft.Apr. 1641, 3 June 1654.C181/5, ff. 183, 195; C181/6, p. 36. J.p. 20 July 1640–?, 20 Aug. 1650–?d.;C181/5, ff. 183, 195; C181/6, p. 36; C231/5, p. 398; C231/6, p. 199. Northants. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653. Commr. gaol delivery, liberty of Peterborough 20 July 1640-aft. Dec. 1645, 3 June 1654;C181/5, ff. 183, 195, 265v; C181/6, p. 36. Northants. 20 Sept. 1644;C181/5, f. 243. perambulation, Rockingham Forest, Northants. 8 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 209. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. defence of Northants. 19 July 1643;LJ vi. 137b, 496b. assessment, 12 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. charitable uses, Peterborough 26 Jan. 1656.Peterborough Local Admin. (Northants. Rec. Soc. x.), 233.

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FITZWILLIAM, William (c.1609-1659), of Milton, Northants., and the Savoy, London

Will
3 Jan. 1659.Northants. RO, F(M) Charter/2323.
Estates
In 1644, inherited an estate that inc. lands in Ailsworth, Castor, Etton, Helpston, Marholm, Milton, Sutton and Ufford, Northants.SP16/376/113, f. 270; SP16/408/135, f. 259; Northants. RO, Fermor Hesketh Baker ms 717, p. 143; Finch, Wealth of Five Northants. Fams. 133-4. In 1682, the Fitzwilliams estate valued at £3,500 p.a.SP29/421/216, f. 110. In 1670, house at Milton assessed for 37 hearths.E179/157/446, m. 31d.
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GURDON, Brampton (1607-69), of Letton, Norf.

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b. 14 May 1607, 1st s. of Brampton Gurdon† (d. 1650) of Assington, Suff. and his 2nd. w. Muriel, da. of Martin Sedley of Morley, Norf.;‘The Gurdon pprs.’ ed. W.B. Gurdon, E. Anglian, n.s. iv (1891-2), 369; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 142; Vis. Norf. 1664, i. 88-9; F.A. Crisp, Vis. Eng. and Wales - Notes (1893-1921), ix. 114. half-bro. of John Gurdon*. educ. I. Temple 28 May 1625.I. Temple database; Winthrop Pprs. i. 318. m. 19 Apr. 1636, Mary (d. 1679), da. of Henry Polsted, merchant, of London, 2s. 1da.‘Gurdon pprs.’, 369; Vis. Norf. 1664, i. 89; Crisp, Vis. Notes, ix. 114. bur. 4 Nov. 1669 4 Nov. 1669.Southburgh par. reg.
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Local: member, Suff. co. cttee. 1643 – 50, 1659–60. 21 Mar. 1643Suff. ed. Everitt, 134. Commr. assessment, Suff., 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 26 Jan. 1660; Norf. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;LJ v. 658a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653. E.1062.28) An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 12 Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25. Norf. and Norwich 16 Dec. 1657;SP25/78, p. 333. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Dep. lt. Apr. 1645–?CJ iv. 125b; LJ vii. 342a; HMC 6th Rep. 57. Commr. oyer and terminer, 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, f. 257; C181/6, pp. 16, 379. Thetford 21 Sept. 1654;C181/6, p. 66. gaol delivery, Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. Thetford 16 Nov. 1654;C181/6, p. 72. commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645;A. and O. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. Norf. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Suff.; Norf. July 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 61v; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 39, 51. Thetford 20 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 73. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650.A. and O. Treas. maimed solders, Norf. c.1654.Norf. QSOB, 78. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 4 Aug. 1657-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 248, 381. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 339. for public faith, Norf. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: capt. militia ft. (parlian.) Suff. June 1643 – ?50; col. militia horse, Apr. 1650–5, Aug. 1659–60. Col. of horse, 3 June-Aug. 1645. Capt. militia horse, Norf. by July 1655-aft. June 1656.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: warrant from earl of Suffolk, 29 June 1643; SP25/77, pp. 865, 888; SP25/119, p. 65; CJ vii. 760a; ‘Gurdon pprs.’, 337–8; J.G.A. Ive, ‘The local dimensions of defence’ (Camb. Univ. PhD thesis, 1986), 222, 223, 256.

Religious: elder, thirteenth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 429.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 25 June 1659.CJ vii. 693b.

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GURDON, Brampton (1607-69), of Letton, Norf.

Will
10 Feb. 1663, cod. 21 Feb. 1663, pr. 10 Feb. 1670.PROB11/332/217.
Estates
purchased advowson of Southburgh, Norf. for £30, Oct. 1658;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: receipt from Cuthbert Locke, 14 Oct. 1658. purchased advowson of Garveston, Norf. for £30, Aug. 1668.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: pprs. on Garveston sale, July-Aug. 1668.
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GRATWYKE, Roger (1593-1655), of Tortington and Seaford, Suss.

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bap. 23 Sept. 1593,East Malling par. reg. (IGI). 3rd s. of Sir William Gratwyke (d. 1613) of East Malling, Kent and Tortington, Suss. and Margery, da. of William Lee of South Mimms, Herts. m. (1) lic. 1 Feb. 1613, Elizabeth (b. 1596), da. of Philip Gratwyke of Cowfold, Suss. s.p.; (2) 20 Nov. 1620, Anne (bap. 5 June 1586, bur. 27 Dec. 1669), da. of Thomas Selwyn of Friston. Suss. s.p. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 109, 142; Cal. Suss. Marr. Lics. (Suss. Rec. Soc. i), 122; (Suss. Rec. Soc. ix), 47; Friston par. reg.; Notes IPMs Suss., 108; Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 114. d. bef. 11 Sept. 1655.PROB11/246/146.
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Civic: jurat, Hastings 2 June 1632–d.;Hastings Museum, C/A(a)2, f. 63. Seaford 13 Oct. 1640–d.E. Suss. RO, Seaford MS 6, pp. 5, 6, 251, 257, 260, 266, 273, 276, 281, 282, 286. Bailiff, Seaford 1642, 1649, 1650, 1653.E. Suss. RO, Seaford MS 6, pp. 262, 265, 289–92; Seaford par. reg. transcript.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), Suss. 1643.T.W.W. Smart, ‘Extracts from the MSS of Samuel Jeake’, Suss. Arch. Coll. ix. 49.

Local: commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. Suss. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. 21 Feb. 1646–d.C231/6, p. 40; C193/13/3–4; Stowe 577; CUL, Dd.VIII.1; ASSI35/97/7. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 14, 60, 90, 125.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, by Feb. 1651;SP22/2b, f. 102. cttee. of navy and customs by 25 Feb. 1651.Add. 9300, f. 189.

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GRATWYKE, Roger (1593-1655), of Tortington and Seaford, Suss.

Will
5 Jan. 1654, pr. 11 Sept. 1655.PROB11/246/146.
Estates
Balsden manor, Rottingdean, 1613-4;PROB11/121/614; Suss. Manors, i. 18.assessed at £4 (in goods) for the lay subsidy 1627;E179/191/377a. property in Seaford, including a malthouse and malt mill, 1640-47;E. Suss. RO, Seaford MS 6, pp. 246, 284. Seaford manor 1642-d.Suss. Manors, ii. 387.
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ANDERSON, Sir Henry (1584-1659), of East Cowton, Yorks.

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bap. 15 Mar. 1584, 1st s. of Henry Anderson†, alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and 2nd w. Fortune, da. of Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslington, Northumb.Vis. Northumb. ed. Foster, 6. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 24 Nov. 1599;St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. reg.; Al. Ox. G. Inn 11 Feb. 1602.G. Inn Admiss. 103. m. (1) by 1607, Mary (d. aft. 1643), da. of Richard Remington of Lockington, Yorks. archdeacon of E. Riding, 5s. 2da.;St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. reg.; Vis. Northumb. ed. Foster, 6; Welford, Men of Mark, i. 79. (2) by Nov. 1650, Frances (bur. 27 Oct. 1652), da. of ?, ?s.p.;St Dunstan-in-the-West, London par. reg.; CCC 2335. (2) 29 Sept. 1653, Elizabeth (d. aft. 1659), wid. of one Stret.St Bride, Fleet Street, London par. reg.; PROB11/293, f. 32. Kntd. by June 1605;C181/1, f. 120v; C142/643/8. suc. fa. 5 Aug. 1605;C142/643/8. bur. 25 Mar. 1659 25 Mar. 1659.St George the Martyr, Southwark par. reg.
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Local: commr. gaol delivery, co. Dur. 19 June 1605–28 June 1634.C181/1, f. 120v; C181/2, ff. 17, 346v; C181/3, ff. 10, 256v; C181/4, ff. 6, 122v. J.p. 19 Sept. 1606–28 June 1634.C181/2, f. 16v; C231/5, p. 140. Commr. subsidy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624;SP14/31/1, f. 48v; C212/22/21–3. co. Dur. 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/21–3. piracy, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 22 Oct. 1614.C181/2, f. 215v. Sheriff, Northumb. 6 Nov. 1615–11 Nov. 1616.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 99. Commr. charitable uses, co. Dur., Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed 1 Dec. 1617-aft. June 1624;C93/9/6, 22; C93/10/4. co. Dur. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 29 June 1629; Morpeth 8 July 1629; Northumb. and Morpeth 16 Dec. 1629;C192/1, unfol. malefactors, northern marches 10 Jan. 1619, 6 Mar. 1620;Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 97. sewers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 26 July 1623.C181/3, f. 96. Collector (jt.), privy seal loan, co. Dur. 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 392; APC 1625–6, p. 453. Commr. survey fortifications, Tynemouth 21 Apr. 1626;APC 1625–6, p. 445 feudal tenures, co. Dur. c.July 1626;Univ. of London, Goldsmiths’ ms 195, i. f. 2v. Forced Loan, 1626–7;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 12v. recusants, northern cos. 1 June 1627-July 1630;APC 1627, p. 313; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 47; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 301. further subsidy, N. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. assessment, 1642.SR.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne by May 1606–?d.; alderman c. May 1613 – bef.June 1657; mayor, 1613–14.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/2, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk. for Sealing Docs. unfol.; APC 1613–14, p. 103; The Mayors and Sheriffs of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. C. H.H. Blair, Arch. Ael. ser. 4, xv. 52.

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 May 1606–?d.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.HO/1/1, p. 366; Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 267.

Parish: vestryman, Pittington, co. Dur. by 1615-c.1631.Churchwardens Accts. of Pittington ed. J. Barmby (Surt. Soc. lxxxiv), 9, 69, 93.

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ANDERSON, Sir Henry (1584-1659), of East Cowton, Yorks.

Will
7 July 1658, cod. 7 Mar. 1659, pr. 29 June 1659.PROB11/293, ff. 32, 399.
Estates
in 1605, inherited manor and capital messuage of Little Haswell, Haswell Grange, a fourth part of manor of Seaton Carew, a fourth part of manor of Pesspool, and lands in Boyesfield, co. Dur.; and the lease of Elswick colliery, Northumb.C142/643/8; E 178/4355; Hist. Northumb. xiii. 244. In 1608, he sold his lands in Pesspool and Boyesfield for £1,300.Surtees, Co. Dur. i. 20. In 1612, he purchased three messuages and other property in Billingham, co. Dur. worth £120 p.a.C6/155/2; VCH Co. Dur. iii. 197. In 1622, he purchased, for £5,000, the manor of East (or Long) Cowton, Yorks. worth £291 p.a., which he mortgaged in 1634 for £1,300, and again in 1640 for £1,000.C2/JasI/A11/13; C3/393/59; PROB11/293, f. 399; VCH N. Riding, i. 161. He also purchased the rectory of Cowton, worth £240 p.a.C6/155/2. In 1631, he sold the manor of Little Haswell for £4,600.E. Mackenzie, M. Ross, Co. Palatine of Durham, ii. 335. By 1640, his estate at East Cowton was worth between £1,000 and £1,200 p.a.C6/155/2; Cliffe, Yorks. 276-7. In 1654-5, he claimed his estate in Yorks. was worth £1,000 p.a. and had been let by the compounding commrs. for £1,700 p.a.C6/127/3; CCC 2337, 3162-3.
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WRAY, Sir Christopher (1602-46), of Ashby cum Fenby, nr. Grimsby, and Barlings, Lincs.

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bap. 14 May 1602, 11th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir William Wray, 1st bt.† (d. 13 Aug. 1617), of Ashby cum Fenby, and 2nd w. Frances, da. of Sir William Drury† of Hawstead, Suff.; half-bro. of Sir John* and Edward Wray†.Glentworth par. reg.; C. Dalton, The Wrays of Glentworth (1880-1), i. 220; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lv), 1323. educ. travelled abroad 1616-19;APC 1615-16, p. 585. vol. Dutch army 1622.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 5. m. 3 Aug. 1623, Albinia (d. Jan. 1660), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Cecil†, 1st Visct. Wimbledon, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.).Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 221, 258; ii. 45, 363-5, app. pp. 16-17. Kntd. 12 Nov. 1623.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 183. d. 6 Feb. 1646.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 254; ii. 365, app. p. 17.
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Civic: freeman, Gt. Grimsby c.1621–d.N. East Lincs. Archives, Gt. Grimsby, Mayor’s Ct. Bks., 1/102/8, f. 167.

Local: dep. lt. Lincs. 2 Apr. 1624–d. 2 Apr. 1624 – d.C231/4, f. 163v; Lincs. RO, 3-ANC/8/1/9a. J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey); Kesteven 16 May 1625–d.C231/4, ff. 163v, 187. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 19 May 1625–8 Jan. 1634, 10 Feb. 1642–d.;C181/3, ff. 169, 228v; C181/4, ff. 39v, 83v; C181/5, f. 223. Holland 11 Apr. 1626;C181/3, f. 199. Deeping and Gt. Level 26 Nov. 1629–d.;C181/4, ff. 30, 93v; C181/5, ff. 10, 269; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/3–5. Ancholme Level 6 May, 14 Dec. 1637;C181/5, ff. 67, 88v. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 111v. Forced Loan, Kesteven, Lindsey 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 31v, 32v; Lincs. RO, 2-ANC/8/14. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. 5 June 1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, f. 14v. exacted fees, Lincs. and Lincoln 15 Dec. 1633;C181/4, f. 158v. charitable uses, Caistor, Lincs. 25 Nov. 1634;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, Lindsey 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, Lincs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645.SR; A. and O. Member, cttee. for Lincs. and Hull 28 Apr. 1642;CJ ii. 544b, 545b, 547b-548a, 592b-593b; LJ v. 27b, 87. Lincs. co. cttee. 24 May 1642–d.CJ ii. 585b; LJ v. 82b. Capt. militia horse by 30 June 1642–?The Humble Petition of Captain William Booth of Killingholme (1642), 1–2 (E.154.38); A Declaration of the House of Commons in Vindication of Divers Members of Their House (1642), 7 (E.107.37). Commr. sequestration, Lindsey 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645–d.C181/5, f. 251v.

Court: gent. of privy chamber by 1625–?LC2/6, f. 38.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. to reside with armies at Newark, 5 Dec. 1645.CJ iv. 366b.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 1 Sept. 1642-c.Apr. 1645.SP28/261, ff. 252, 255; CJ iv. 432a.

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WRAY, Sir Christopher (1602-46), of Ashby cum Fenby, nr. Grimsby, and Barlings, Lincs.

Will
4 Oct. 1645, pr. 27 Mar. 1646.PROB11/195, f. 291v.
Estates
in 1617, inherited Barlings Abbey, manors of Ashby cum Fenby, Barnoldby le Beck, Brigsly, Grainthorpe, Grainsby, Humberston, Radcliffe and Waithe and messuages, tenements, lands and rents, Lincs.C142/386/87; Lincs. RO, HILL/1/7/2. In 1639, received approximately a third of £16,789 from the crown for manor and mansion house of Wimbledon (part of his w.’s inheritance).SO3/12, f. 75; NLW, Wynnstay ms 173, p. 11; CSP Dom. 1639-40, pp. 157, 342. In 1645, estate inc. manors of Butterwick, Croft, Grainsby, Orford and Wainfleet and lands, tenements in Binbrook, Butterwick, Orford and Owston, Lincs.PROB11/195, ff. 291v-292; C8/318/274.
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GRENE, Giles (c.1596-1656), of Afflington, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.

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b. c. 1596, o.s. of John Grene, merchant, of Dorchester, Dorset.PROB11/125/127. educ. M. Temple, 24 June 1614.M. Temple Admiss. i. 102. m. Elizabeth (admon. 24 Oct. 1673),PROB11/343, f. 118; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1493. 2s. 5da.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iii. 78; London Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. xcii), 36; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840. suc. fa. c.1615.PROB11/125/127. bur. 5 Jan. 1656 5 Jan. 1656.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. ii. 288.
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Civic: freeman, Weymouth bef. Jan. 1618;Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 451. bailiff, 1620 – 21; capital burgess, 1621.Dorset RO, Weymouth corp. order bk. ff. 68, 72.

Household: steward, Corfe Castle lordship c.1620-c.1642.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 527, 529.

Central: clerk in crown office, k.b. by 1622-aft. 1623.Nicholas, Procs. 1621, i. 321; STAC8/295/30. Commr. Algiers expedition debts, 1627–8.APC 1627–8, p. 34; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 567. Surv. of salt works, Apr. 1636.CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 360. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b. Commr. for navy, 15 Sept. 1642.A. and O. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Oct. 1642, 19 Apr. 1645;LJ v. 407b; A. and O. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.

Local: commr. piracy, Dorset 1622;C181/3, f. 73. inventory of prize goods, Weymouth and Poole 1627;APC, 1627, p. 87. shipwreck enquiry, Isle of Purbeck 1633;CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 531–2. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113v. charitable uses, 1638–9;C192/1, unfol. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Mercantile: member, cttee. Dorchester Co. Mar. 1624–8.F. Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 63, 456; Whiteway Diary, 60–1.

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GRENE, Giles (c.1596-1656), of Afflington, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.

Will
21 Dec. 1655, pr. 20 May 1656.PROB11/252/668.
Estates
lease of Afflington, worth £160 p.a., by Nov. 1620;Hutchins, Dorset, i. 527, 529, 579. by 1636 held Great Farm, Kimmeridge;SP16/319/89. purchased Payne’s Place (of 16 hearths) Motcombe, for £4,500, in 1654.C7/418/59; Dorset Hearth Tax, 34.
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TREVANION, John (c.1613-43), of Caerhays, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1613, 1st s. of Charles Trevanion† of Caerhayes, and Amy, da. of Sir John Mallet of Enmor, Som.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 502. educ. L. Inn, 15 May 1633.LI Admiss. i. 220. m. 8 Dec. 1634, Anne, da. of John Arundell of Trerice, 4s., 2da.Cornw. RO, CF/1/2422; CF/2/775; Newlyn par. reg. d. 26 July 1643.Coate, Cornw. 98.
Offices Held

Local: commr. array (roy.), Cornw. 29 June-c.Oct. 1642.Northants RO, FH133; Cornw. RO, B/35/219; Antony House, Carew-Pole BC/24/2/132.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) ?Sept. 1642–d.Bellum Civile, 23.

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TREVANION, John (c.1613-43), of Caerhays, Cornw.

Will
not found.
Estates
entailed as heir to his fa. in 11 Cornish manors.Cornw. RO, CF/1/2422; CF/2/775.
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COKE, Sir John (c.1607-1650), of Melbourne Hall, Derbys.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1607, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Coke†, sec. of state 1625-40, and 1st w. Mary (d. Mar. 1624), da. of John Powell of Presteigne, Herefs.; bro. of Thomas*.J. T. Coke, Coke of Trusley, 58; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘John Coke’. educ. privately (Peter Mease);HMC Cowper, i. 97, 111, 132. Trinity College, Camb. Easter 1624;Al. Cant.; HMC Cowper, i. 150. G. Inn 9 Oct. 1627.G. Inn Admiss. m. 25 July 1633 (with £1,000), Elizabeth (d. 3 Oct. 1659), da. of Timothy Pusey of Selston, Notts., and wid. of William Willoughby (d. 1630) of Oxon., s.p.Coke, Trusley, 63; Thoroton, Notts. i. 12; HMC Cowper, ii. 13. Kntd. 16 July 1633;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 201. suc. fa. 8 Sept. 1644;HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘John Coke’. d. c. July 1650.Infra, ‘Thomas Coke’; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 282; Coke, Trusley, 66.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Derbys. 2 July 1634-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/5, p. 142. Commr. gaol delivery, Derby 17 Nov. 1638, 8 Feb. 1645. by Jan. 1639 – Mar. 1642C181/5, ff. 119, 248. Dep. lt. Derbys., 1 Nov. 1642–?HMC Cowper, ii. 310; iii. 137–8; CJ ii. 828a, 892b-893a; LJ v. 428a. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 23 Jan. 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 160, 220. assessment, Derbys. 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 26 May 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. array (roy.), 27 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. Member, Derbys. co. cttee. 3 Aug. 1642.LJ v. 260b. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. Westminster Assembly, 16 Oct. 1645.CJ iv. 309a; LJ vii. 645b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. to receive king, 6 Jan. 1647.CJ v. 44a; LJ viii. 648b.

: of Melbourne Hall, Derbys.
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COKE, Sir John (c.1607-1650), of Melbourne Hall, Derbys.

Will
not found.
Estates
1644, inherited an estate in Derbys. and elsewhere worth approximately £1,500 p.a.Young, Coke, 224-7.
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TREVOR, John (1624-72), of Plas Têg, Flint.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 23 Aug. 1624,Mems. of St Margaret, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke (1914); SP29/80, f. 14. 1st s. of Sir John Trevor* of Plas Têg and Trefalun, Denb. and Anne, da. of Edmund Hampden of Wendover, Bucks.SP29/80, f. 13v. educ. Univ. Leiden, 21 Nov. 1643.English-Speaking Students at Leyden ed. E. Peacock, 99. m. 21 June 1649,St Mary Abbots, Kensington, par. reg. (IGI). Ruth (bur. 3 Dec. 1687), da. of John Hampden* of Great Hampden, Bucks., 5s. 3da.SP29/80, f. 13v; St Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield, London, par. reg. Kntd. bef. 4 Feb. 1668.CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 223. d. 28 May 1672.SP29/319A, f. 50.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Denb. 5 Aug. 1642-bef. Mar. 1649;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 74–6. Flint by Mar. 1648–11 June 1649;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 111. Westminster by Oct. 1660–?d. Commr. assessment, Denb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1664; Flint 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1664; Mdx., Salop 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. associated cos. of N. Wales, Denb., Flint 21 Aug. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Westminster, N. Wales 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Commr. poll tax, Denb., Flint, 1660; subsidy, Denb., Flint, Westminster, liberty of duchy of Lancaster (Mdx.) 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655, 1668–d.;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. of appeals, forests, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Custos brevium, Common Bench, 21 Jan.-May 1660.CJ vii. 817b, 863b. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. PC, 29 Sept. 1668–d. Sec. of state (north), 4 Dec. 1668–d.SP30/C, f. 11; SP44/25, f. 75. Commr. inquiry into land settlements [I], 2 July 1671;CSP Dom. 1671, p. 358. prize appeals, Apr. 1672.CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 419.

Diplomatic: envoy extraordinary to France, Apr. 1663, Feb.-June 1668.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 126; 1667–8, pp. 223, 228, 297, 329, 331, 335, 354, 525; Bulstrode Pprs. ed. A. Morrison (1897), 22–4, 43.

: of Plas Têg, Flint.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, family group, early 1630s;E.S. Jones, Trevors of Trevalyn (1955), opp. 64. oils, P. Lely, c.1670.Trevors of Trevalyn, opp. 74.

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TREVOR, John (1624-72), of Plas Têg, Flint.

Will
not found.
Estates
interest in sea coal farm with Sir Charles Wolseley*, Philip Jones*, Stephen Harvey and Gilbert Gerrard, Dec. 1658.The Glynde Place Archives ed. R. Dell (1964), 49.
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St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1657-8.Henry Cromwell Corresp. 300; Glynde Place Archives, 49.
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LISTER, Thomas (c.1597-1668), of Coleby, Lincs., and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1597, 1st s. of William Lister of Rippingale, Lincs. and Grisell (bur. 23 Apr. 1642), da. of William Ryvett of Rowston, Lincs.C142/605/15; A. Gibbons, Notes on Vis. Lincs. 1634, 25-6. educ. G. Inn, 1 Nov. 1616.G. Inn Admiss. 144. m. 22 Feb. 1622, Margaret (bur. 14 Nov. 1661), da. of Sir William Armyne* of Osgodby, Lincs., s.p.Lenton, Lincs. par. reg.; Gibbons, Notes, 26, 29; Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden ed. W. H. Hunt, iv. 23. suc. fa. 15 May 1641.C142/605/15. bur. 10 Nov. 1668 10 Nov. 1668.Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden ed. Hunt, iv. 48.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 19 May 1625 – 3 Aug. 1639, 10 Feb. 1642–14 Aug. 1660;C181/3, ff. 170, 230; C181/4, ff. 40v, 155v; C181/5, f. 223v; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 111v. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–?, 6 May 1654–26 May 1662;C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, p. 28, 382. Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655–20 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 109, 198. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–8 Oct. 1659.C181/6, pp. 175, 320. J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) 9 Mar. 1629 – 25 Sept. 1639, 1 June 1641-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/4, f. 265v; C231/5, pp. 355, 450. Holland, Lindsey by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1660.C193/13/3. Capt. militia ft. Lincs. 2 July 1629-aft. May 1643.Gibbons, Notes, 27; CJ iii. 67b. Commr. exacted fees, Lincs. and Lincoln 15 Dec. 1633;C181/4, f. 158v. swans, Lincs. 26 June 1635;C181/5, f. 15. further subsidy, Kesteven 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Lincoln 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Mdx., Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Lincs. 13 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 351a. Commr. sequestration, Lindsey 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Kesteven 7 May 1643; Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 2 Dec. 1644–2 Dec. 1645.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 80. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, Morton, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1647;C93/19/23. Lincs. 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Lincoln 3 Mar. 1656;C93/23/22. Lindsey 26 Feb. 1657;C93/24/8. Lincs. and Lincoln militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Lincs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Lincoln 2 Dec. 1648; Westminster 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650,Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). 28 June 1659;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 15, 370.

Military: maj./lt.-col. militia ft. (parlian.) Lincs. by Nov. 1647-c.Apr. 1660.CJ v. 322a; vi. 206b; vii. 869b; Bodl. Rawl. C.179, pp. 277, 418. Dep. gov. Lincoln by Nov. 1648–?The Second Centurie (1648, 669 f.13.22). Capt. militia horse, Lincs. 13 July 1659–?CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 24, 38.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Commr. for compounding, 27 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 300a. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650,CJ vi. 357b. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652, 2 Feb. 1660;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.CJ vi. 533a; vii. 221a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

: of Coleby, Lincs. and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
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LISTER, Thomas (c.1597-1668), of Coleby, Lincs., and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Will
16 May 1664, cod. 15 Feb. 1667, 28 Oct. 1668, pr. 19 Nov. 1668.PROB11/328, f. 230v.
Estates
in 1641 inherited estate that inc. manor of Northall in Coleby and property in Aslackby, Creeton, Dowsby, Rippingale and Rowston, Lincs.C142/605/15. In 1647, purchased no. 43, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. (par. of St Clement Danes) and property in St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx., for £800.C54/3380/24-5; Survey of London, iii. pt. 1, 53. About 1650, purchased a house on Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.Survey of London, xxxvi, 231. In 1651, purchased, for £812, fee farm rents in Lincs. and Northants. worth £62 p.a.SP28/288, f. 30. By 1654, estate inc. manors of Northall in Coleby, Creeton and Rippingale; a capital messuage in Coleby (Coleby Hall); a capital messuage in Rippingale (Downe Hall); lands and tenements in Aslackby, Bassingham, Coleby, Creeton, Dowsby, Morton, Rippingale, Rowston and Wragby, Lincs.; advowson of two parts of rectory of Rippingale; and a house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.Lincs. RO, BRA 664; Gibbons, Notes, 27-8. Estate worth at least £500 p.a.C142/605/15; Lincs. RO, BRA 149; Gibbons, Notes, 25.
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presented George Wilson to rectory of Leasingham, Lincs., 1651; Augustine Wheldall to rectory of Addlethorpe, Lincs., 1651; Richard Northam to rectory of Harlaxton, Lincs., 1651; Harbert Grey to vicarage of North Somercoates, Lincs., 1651; Thomas Jon to vicarage of Bradley, Lincs., 1652; Richard Sharpe to rectory of Sedgebrook, Lincs., 1652; Stephen Browne to rectory of Raithby, Lincs., 1653;Add. 36792, ff. 26, 31, 33, 34, 44v, 54v, 64. John Bucke to rectory of Rippingale, Lincs., 1657.N. Bennett, Lincs. Par. Clergy (Lincoln Rec. Soc. ciii), 318.
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