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FITZJAMES, Henry (c.1627-86), of Covent Garden and Millbank, Westminster.

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b. c. 1627, 3rd s. of Leweston Fitzjames† of Leweston, Dorset, and Eleanor, da. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish, Glos.; bro. of John Fitzjames* and Thomas Fitzjames*.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 222-3. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 4 Mar. 1642, ‘aged 15’;Al. Oxon. M. Temple, 29 May 1647.MT Admiss. i. 144; MTR ii. 951. m. bef. 2 Sept. 1650, (1) Frances (bur. 8 Oct. 1678), da. of Sir George Chute of Stockwell, Surr., wid. of John Tufton (d. 24 Jan. 1650) of Westminster, at least 1s.;Alnwick, Northumberland MS 549, ff. 55, 65 (BL Microfilm 331); PROB11/208/599 (Sir George Chute), PROB11/257/381 (Dame Anna Chute). (2) 31 July 1679, Jane (bur. 13 May 1689), da. of John Stynt, Haberdasher, of London, wid. of John Duncombe of Shalford, Surr., Sir Lawrence Smith of Bow, Mdx., and Thomas Hoare of Westminster.London Mar. Lics. 490; par. reg. St Sepulchre, Holborn, London; PROB11/395/160 (Dame Jane Fitzjames); Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 40; Lysons, Environs, iii. 301; CB (Sir Lawrence Smith). Kntd. bef. 25 Feb. 1673.HMC Portland iii. 334. bur. 5 Mar. 1686 5 Mar. 1686.Lysons, Environs, iii. 301; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 223..
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Military: capt.-lt. (parlian.) regt. of John Fitzjames by 9 Dec. 1645-aft. June 1647;Northumberland MS 547, ff. 13v–14; R.J.K. Temple, ‘The Massey Brigade’, 438–9, 445. capt. regt. of Richard Ingoldsby*, 16 June-5 Dec. 1660;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 161. capt.-lt. tp. of Ld. Rutherford, Dunkirk 23 Oct. 1661;Dalton, Army Lists, i. 19. coy. of Sir John Sayers, 8 Sept. 1667;SP44/20, f. 178. guidon and maj. of horse, tp. of duke of York, 1 May 1674;SP44/35A, f. 88; SP44/29, f. 271. maj. regt. of earl of Plymouth, 25 July 1685.Dalton, Army Lists, ii. 6.

Local: j.p. Essex, June 1680–?d.C231/7, p. 30.

: Westminster.
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FITZJAMES, Henry (c.1627-86), of Covent Garden and Millbank, Westminster.

Will
admon. to wid., Dame Jane Fitzjames, 7 May 1686.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 223.
Estates
?1650, property in Westminster and Surr. in right of first wife;C6/133/86; PROB11/208/599, PROB11/257/381. bef. May 1663-aft. 1670, house at Millbank, near the Golden Anchor;Northumberland MS 553, f. 73; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 223. ?July 1672, messuages in St Margaret’s, Westminster, forfeited on outlawry for debt;CTB iii. 1266. 1679, property in Barking and Dagenham, Essex, in right of second wife.PROB11/395/160.
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MICHELL or MITCHELL, William (d. 1663), of Wingerworth, Derbys.

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s. of Christopher Michell of Morthen, Whitston par. Yorks.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. m. 29 May 1655, Mariana, da. of Dixie Hickman of Kew, Surr. and wid. of Sir Henry Hunloke 1st bt. of Wingerworth, 1da. d. bef. 23 July 1663.St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, London, par. reg.; Derbs. RO, Chesterfield par. regs.; Wingerworth par. regs.; PROB11/311/524; CB.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) Hull garrison by c.Apr. 1645.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Capt. of ft. regt. of Robert Lilburne*, c.Aug. 1647; regt. of John Mauleverer (later Richard Deane), c.Aug. 1648-c.Jan. 1651;M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (2015–16), i. 89, 103. maj. Jan.-Oct. 1651;SP28/74, ff. 13, 18, 453, 457–8, 460; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 54. lt.-col. Oct. 1651-Mar. 1655.HMC 5th Rep. 342; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 559; Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 112–3. Col. of ft. Mar. 1655–60.Clarke Pprs. iii. 30; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 93, 125. Cdr. forces in shires of Lanark, Renfrew and Dunbarton 2 Aug. 1655.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLVII, unfol.: 2 Aug. 1655. Gov. Aberdeen by 1656;Firth and Davis, Regimental Hist. ii. 554. Dundee 1657–9.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LI, f. 19; TSP vii. 416.

Scottish: commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656; assessment, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, Derbys. 9 June 1657; militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

: Derbys.
MITCHELL
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MICHELL or MITCHELL, William (d. 1663), of Wingerworth, Derbys.

Will
21 May 1662, pr. 23 July 1663.PROB11/311/524.
Estates
purchased lead mines in the Dovegang, Wirkworth, Derbys. (forfeited from Thomas Coke of Melbourne) by Mar. 1653;CCC 1849. and land in Scarsdale by 1660;A Seventeenth Century Scarsdale Misc. (Derbs. Rec. Soc. xx), 51. in 1662 calculated ‘my iron goods, wares, merchandises, plantations and adventures’ to be worth c.£3,000.PROB11/311/524.
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STARKEY, George (1616-76), of New Windsor, Berks.

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bap. 29 Feb. 1616, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Starkey of New Windsor.New Windsor par. reg.; GI Admiss. 200; The MSS of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle ed. J.N. Dalton (Windsor, 1957), 231. educ. G. Inn 6 July 1633.G. Inn Admiss. 200. m. by 1641, Ellen, da. of William Woolley of Warrington, Lancs. 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.New Windsor par. reg.; Ashmole, Antiquities, iii. 74; MSS of St George’s Chapel, 62, 231. suc. fa. 1649.Ashmole, Antiquities, iii. 74. bur. 16 May 1676.New Windsor par. reg.
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Legal: called, G. Inn 1 June 1641; ancient, 21 May 1658–d.PBG Inn, i. 342, 422.

Civic: understeward, New Windsor by 1643 – 59, 1 Sept.-13 Nov. 1662;Bodl. Ashmole 1126, f. 58; R.R. Tighe and J.E. Davis, Annals of Windsor (1858), ii. 273; The First Hall Bk. of the Borough of New Windsor 1653–1725, ed. S. Bond (Windsor, 1968), 12, 13. bro. by 1653–30 Sept. 1662;First Hall Bk. 11. j.p. Sept. 1657 – Sept. 1658, Sept. 1661–13 Nov. 1662. 1658 – ?Sept. 1659First Hall Bk. 4, 11, 12, 13. Town counsel, Reading Sept.; New Windsor 29 July 1667–d.Berks. RO, R/AC 1/1/8, ff. 109v, 110v, 111; R/AC 1/1/9, f. 16; First Hall Bk. 18, 28.

Local: solicitor, cttee. for sequestrations, Berks. by May 1643.CJ iii. 93a. Member, co. cttee. by Dec. 1645.CCC 935. Recvr. advance of money by June 1646.CCAM 578. J.p. Jan. 1647–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 73; CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 315. Steward, castle ct. Windsor Castle by 1652-June 1659.R. Spalding, Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke 1605–1675 (Oxford, 1990), 341; Whitelocke, Diary, 521. Commr. assessment, Berks. 1661; subsidy, 1663.SR.

: of New Windsor, Berks.
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STARKEY, George (1616-76), of New Windsor, Berks.

Will
17 Apr. 1676, pr. 8 June 1676.PROB11/351/145.
Estates
property in New Windsor and parsonage of Shinfield, Berks. 1676;PROB11/351/145. leased lands from chapter of St George’s Chapel, Windsor.MSS of St George’s Chapel, 62, 231, 237.
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HOWARD, Edward, Lord Howard of Escrick (c.1602-75), of Escrick, Yorks., and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.

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b. ?Dec. 1602, 8th but 5th surv. s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk (d. 28 May 1626), and 2nd w. Catherine (d. 1638), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Knyvet† of Charlton, Wilts., wid. of Richard Rich of Rochford Hall, Essex; bro. of Sir Robert Howard*, Sir William Howard*.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 178; CP. educ. travelled abroad 1620-3.APC 1619-21, p. 242. m. 30 Nov. 1623, Mary (bur. 30 Jan. 1634), da. of Sir John Boteler, 1st bt.† of Bramfield Place, Herts. 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da.CP; R.E.C. Waters, Genealog. Mems. of the Extinct Fam. of Chester of Chichely (1878), i. 150. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 159. suc. to Escrick estate 1622; cr. Baron Howard of Escrick 12 Apr. 1628. d. 24 Apr. 1675.CP.
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Local: j.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) 27 Feb. 1623-Mar. 1652;C231/4, f. 150. Essex 12 July 1626–15 July 1642;C231/4, f. 206v; C231/5, p. 530. Saffron Walden, Essex 10 May 1634-aft. Aug. 1638;C231/5, p. 134; C181/5, f. 117v. Herts. 4 Nov. 1648-c.Aug. 1652;C231/6, p. 125. Mdx. Worcs. by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1652;C193/13/3. Westmld. by Feb. 1650–29 July 1652;C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 245. Cumb. by Feb. 1650-c.Aug. 1652.C193/13/3. Commr. swans, all cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 24 Jan. 1642–?;C181/5, f. 218v. London 12 Jan. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 230, 243v, 264v. Mdx. 13 Jan. 1644-aft. Jan. 1645.C181/5, ff. 231, 246v. Ld. lt. Worcs. 5 Mar. 1642–?A. and O. Commr. sewers, Essex and Cambs. 24 Mar. 1642;C181/5, f. 228. E. Riding by June 1654 – 19 Oct. 1659, 22 Sept. 1660 – 6 June 1664, 16 Feb. 1666-aft. July 1667;C181/6, pp. 46, 192, 299, 403; C181/7, pp. 44, 198, 351, 406. for Worcester, 23 Sept. 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644, 25 Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 243v, 264v. Northern Assoc., E. Riding 20 June 1645; militia northern cos., 23 May 1648; militia, Herts. Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648; assessment, Cumb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Herts. Yorks. York 26 Nov. 1650.A. and O. Custos rot. Worcs. by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1652.C193/13/3. Commr. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15).

Central: jt. farmer of greenwax fines, 16 Dec. 1631-aft. Mar. 1639.E214/41, 66; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 624. Commr. treaty with Scots at Ripon, 24 Sept. 1640;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1275. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. to attend king in Scotland, 20 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 265b. to attend king at York, 2 May 1642.LJ v. 37a. Member, cttee. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 758b; LJ v. 343a. advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642.CJ ii. 866a; CCAM 1. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 16 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 206b; LJ vi. 181b. cttee. for sequestrations, 24 Aug. 1643;LJ vi. 195a. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for excise, 7 June 1645; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 2 1 May 1647; cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647;A. and O. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for revenue, 18 Dec. 1648.LJ x. 632b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 20 Feb. 1650.CJ vi. 369a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a.

: Lord Howard of Escrick (c.1602-75), of Escrick, Yorks. 1602 – 75 and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.
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HOWARD, Edward, Lord Howard of Escrick (c.1602-75), of Escrick, Yorks., and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.

Will
22 Apr. 1675, pr. 26 Apr. 1675.PROB11/347, f. 259.
Estates
inheritance inc. manors of Bardalgarth, Escrick and Wheldrake and advowsons of Escrick and Wigginton, Yorks.C142/435/119; Coventry Docquets, 704. He and his bro. paid £3,265 p.a. rent as farmers of greenwax fines.E214/41. By 1645, he owned or leased a house on Charing Cross, Mdx.Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 124, 125, 126, 127; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 263. In 1646, estate reportedly worth less than £1,200 p.a.CCAM 669. In 1647, leased from William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, for three years, a messuage on west side of Salisbury House, St Martin-in-Fields, Westminster, paying £50 p.a. rent.Hatfield House, Cecil mss, Accts. 162/1, lease bk. 1636-50, f. 134. In 1649-50, Committee for Advance of Money and Committee for Compounding granted him a seven year lease on Wallingford House, London.CCC 179, 185, 187. In 1649, he purchased manor of Cholsey, Berks.CCC 2011-12. In 1650, purchased a parcel of ground in St Martin-in-the-Fields for £40 from trustees for the sale of crown lands, which he had formerly leased from Committee for Revenue.E320/L13. In 1668, sold his estate at Escrick.VCH E. Riding, iii. 20. At his d. estate inc. manor of Tollesbury and Tollesbury Hall, Essex.PROB11/347, f. 259.
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HERBERT, Edward II (d. c. 1666), of the Upper Grange, Magor, Mon.

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1st. s. of Walter Herbert of Christchurch, Mon. m. Elizabeth, 6s. 2da. d. c. 1666.Clark, Limbus Patrum, 283; PROB11/325/490.
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Local: customer, port of Cardiff by 11 Mar. 1648-Aug. 1649.Letter-Bk. of John Byrd ed. Roberts (S. Wales Rec. Soc. xiv), 2, 27. Commr. sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649; assessment, Mon. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. by 3 July 1649-bef. Oct. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 359–62. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mon. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Mon. 26 July 1659;A. and O. sewers, 2 June 1655, 25 Feb. 1659.C181/6, pp. 105, 348.

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

: Magor, Mon.
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HERBERT, Edward II (d. c. 1666), of the Upper Grange, Magor, Mon.

Will
27 June 1666, pr. 29 Nov. 1667.PROB11/325/490.
Estates
in 1665, 35 acres, customary lands in Lebenyth; at d 20 acres in Redwick, lands in Llanfrechfa,Undy, Nash, Christchurch, St Brides Wentloog or St Brides Netherwent, Shirenewton, customary lands in Goldcliff, Mon.; lands in Bishopston, Glam.Gwent RO, D43/3648; PROB11/325/490.
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KINGE, Henry (1601-aft. 1669), of Norwich, Norf.

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bap. 31 May 1601, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Kinge, town clerk of Norwich 1615-38, and Rebecca, da. and h. of Henry Gosling of Drayton, Norf.The First Par. Reg. of St. George of Tombland, Norwich, ed. G.B. Jay (Norwich, 1891), 32; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), i. 115. m. Rebecca (d. 1691), da. of Matthew Howard of Norwich, 1da.Vis. Norf. i. 115. suc. fa. 1642.Vis. Norf. i. 115. d. aft. 1669.DWL, MS Harmer 76.1, f. 51.
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Local: commr. additional ord. for levying of money, Norf. 1 June 1643; association, London and neighbouring cos. 19 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Norwich 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Norf. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Norwich May 1648–?CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 296b. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Norf. 26 July 1659. by Feb. 1650 – Mar. 1660A. and O. J.p.; Christ Church close, Norwich 22 July 1656–?Mar. 1660.Norf. QSOB, 21; C231/6, p. 316; C181/6, p 184. Commr. sequestration, Norf. Feb. 1650-aft. Dec. 1652; steward and treas. May 1650.CCC, 172, 229, 622. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650; ejecting scandalous ministers, Norf. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, Norwich 13 Oct. 1655;C181/6, p. 127. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 339. Deeping and Gt. Level 21 July 1659.C181/6, p. 382. Jt. treas. Norwich Castle by 1656.Norf. QSOB, 89. Steward of the leet, North Walsham hundred by 1657.Norf. QSOB, 96. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 379.

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

: of Norwich, Norf.
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KINGE, Henry (1601-aft. 1669), of Norwich, Norf.

Will
not found.
Estates
tenant of two water mills at Trowse, Norf. formerly belonging to the chapter of Norwich Cathedral, 1649.Parliamentary Survey of Dean and Chapter Properties in and around Norwich in 1649, ed. G.A. Metters (Norf. Rec. Soc. li.), 93-4.
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NORTON, Richard (1615-91), of Southwick, Hants.

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b. 19 Nov. 1615, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Daniel Norton† and Honor, da. of Sir John White of Southwick.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 113. educ. ?privately (Mr Fletcher);Christie, Life of Shaftesbury, i. 12-13. Brasenose, Oxf. 9 Dec. 1631;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 10 May 1634;G. Inn Admiss. 204. travelled abroad aft. Nov. 1634.PC2/44, f. 140v. m. (1) 4 July 1636, Anne (d. bef. 12 Apr. 1648), da. of Sir Walter Erle* of Charborough, Dorset, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) bef. 21 Nov. 1648, Elizabeth, da. of William Fiennes†, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 4 July 1636.C142/534/101; Hants RO, 5M50/437; ancestry.com select births and christenings; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 113; PROB11/219/404 (Dame Honor Norton). d. May 1691.Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 238.
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Civic: burgess, Southampton 17 Dec. 1634.Southampton RO, SC 3/1/1, f. 201v. Freeman, Portsmouth 5 Oct. 1640.Portsmouth RO, CE1/5, p. 39; Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 352.

Local: j.p. Hants 26 Feb. 1641 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650–d.C231/5, pp. 431, 528; C193/13/3, f. 56v; A Perfect List (1660), 49; C220/9/4. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;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, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672. 1660 – ?76SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); Ordinance for Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. by 21 June 1642–?, 1660 – ?76LJ v. 156b. July, 1689–d.Add 21922, f. 238v; SP29/51, f. 112; SP29/225, f. 125. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; defence of Hants and Southampton 20 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, Hants 1643–4.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 56. Commr. for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Southampton 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 9, 308; C181/7, pp. 9, 636. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 14 June 1654;C181/6, p. 44. Hants 25 July 1671;C181/7, p. 584. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 363. Foreman of grand jury, 1656.TSP v. 215. Lt. Alice Holt and Woolmer forests by Aug. 1656 – July 1659, July 1660–2.CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 5; 1657–8, pp. 136, 264; 1658–9, p. 361; 1659–60, p. 28; 1660–1, p. 138; Eg. 2551, f. 28. Commr. for public faith, Hants 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). preservation of timber, New Forest 1 Mar. 1660;CJ vii. 856b. poll tax, Hants 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Forester, South Bailiwick, New Forest 1660–70.Cal. of New Forest Docs. ed. Stagg, 121–204. Commr. recusants, Hants 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Military: capt. (parlian.) under Sir William Waller*, Portsmouth Aug.-Sept. 1642. Col. of horse, dragoons and ft. army of Sir William Waller, 1643–5. Col. of horse, army of 2nd earl of Manchester, Surr., Suss., Hants and Berks. 25 July 1643.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; A. and O.; D. Hall and N. Barber, ‘Norton’s Horse’, Procs. Hants Field Club Arch. Soc. lxi. 227, 239–40. Gov. Southampton by 18 Dec. 1643–4;CJ iii. 347b, 353a. Portsmouth 10 May 1645 – Dec. 1648, by 22 Oct. 1655 – bef.12 May 1659, by 19 Apr. – May 1660, Aug. 1660–1. June – Sept. 1660LJ vii. 364a, 365a; CJ vii. 653a-b; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 391; 1655–6, p. 106; 1659–60, p. 548; 1660–1, p. 213; SP29/47, f. 230; Ludlow, Mems. ii. 80. Col. of ft., 1667. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of Charles Powlett I†, 1689–d.HP Commons 1640–1660.

Religious: elder, second Hants classis, 8 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262–3.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1652, 14 July 1653, 25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 220b, 284b; A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653;CJ vii. 287b. cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1.

: Hants.
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Commons 1640-1660
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NORTON, Richard (1615-91), of Southwick, Hants.

Will
5 July 1689, contested, and judgment passed on 26 Feb. 1692.PROB11/412/10
Estates
inherited manors of Southwick, Berry, Kilmeston Plunkenet, Weston Corbett and Wellesworth, and lands inc. messuages at Berry, Lee Heath, Newland farm and West Boarhunt, all in Hants, in some of which his mo. Dame Honor had a life interest.VCH Hants, iii. 163, 324, 387; Hants RO, 5M50/377, 378, 1246, 1817-20, 1824-7, 1886. Also inherited former priory, manor, rectory and tithes of Ixworth, Suff.JRL, RYCH3336, 3339, 3341, 3343; E134/15and16Chas2/Hil12; Hants RO, 5M50/439, 441, 442; Suff. RO (Bury), HA507/2/183. Held a succession of leases for three lives on Old Alresford manor, Hants, from bishops of Winchester.VCH Hants, iii. 304-5; CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 64; Hants RO, 5M50/1094. By Mar. 1650 also owned lands in Cosham, Farlington and Widley (Portsmouth).VCH Hants, iii. 107; Hants RO, 5M50/1886. Contracted to purchase Middle Park, Hampton Court, for £3,700, but when no money was paid contract declared void in Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1653-4, pp. 300, 356 In 1678 sold Weston Corbett to Thomas Higgons* for £1,645.VCH Hants, iii. 387.
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CLOTWORTHY, Sir John (d. 1665), of Massereene, co. Antrim, and St Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
1st s. of Sir Hugh Clotworthy of Massereene and Mary, da. of Roger Langford of Muckmaire, co. Antrim. m. bef. 1643, Margaret, 1st da. of Roger Jones, 1st Visct. Ranelagh, 1da. Kntd. 26 Nov. 1626. cr. Visct. Massereene and baron of Lough Neagh, 21 Nov. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 191. suc. fa. 12 Feb. 1630.CP. d. 25 Sept. 1665.Lodge, Peerage, iii. 63n.
Offices Held

Irish: MP, co. Antrim 1634–5. 16 Oct. 1654CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 63. Commr. monopoly, licensing of alehouses, wines and spirits, E. Ulster bef. 1641. 16 Oct. 1654R. Armstrong, Protestant War: the ‘British’ of Ireland and the wars of the Three Kingdoms (Manchester, 2005), 1. Commr. assessment, co. Antrim, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). J.p. cos. Down and Antrim bef. Jan. 1657.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 623. Commr. uniting and dividing parishes bef. Aug. 1657.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 645; St J.D. Seymour, The Puritans in Ire. (Oxford, 1921), 145. Member for co. Antrim, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 170. Commr. managing affairs of Ireland, 8 Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 255. PC, 1 Dec. 1660.CP. Commr. 1649 officers, 2 Mar. 1661;NAI, Lodge’s MSS, 1.A.53.55, f. 130. ct. of claims for Irish land settlement, 19 Mar. 1661.Lodge, Peerage, iii. 63n. Custos rot. co. Londonderry 1663–d.CP.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 23 Jan. 1643;CJ ii. 940a. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 243b, 299a. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645; cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 12 Oct. 1646, 7 Apr. 1647;CJ iv. 690b, 693b; LJ ix. 127b. cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647.A. and O.; LJ ix. 449a. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 Apr. 1647.CJ v. 135b. Commr. determining differences, Adventurers in Ireland, 1 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. British forces in Ulster, c.Dec. 1641-c.1648.Regimental Hist. ii. 652–3. Capt. of boats, Lough Neagh, 28 Jan. 1642.Lodge, Peerage, iii. 64n. Col. of ft. royal army in Ire. 7 Mar. 1661.Lodge, Peerage, iii. 63n.

Academic: FRS, 20 May 1663.CP.

: co. Antrim and St Andrew’s, Mdx., Holborn.
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CLOTWORTHY, Sir John (d. 1665), of Massereene, co. Antrim, and St Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx.

Will
14 Sept. 1665, pr. 23 Oct. 1666.PRONI, D.207/16/14.
Estates
inherited large holdings in cos. Antrim and Down, centred on barony of Massereene, co. Antrim; leased Drapers’ Company lands, Londonderry plantation, 1 Nov. 1632.T.W. Moody, The Londonderry Plantation (Belfast, 1939), 446. Awarded 11,200 acres of plantation lands, co. Antrim, 1654.Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 201. At d. held 42,429 acres in Ireland, inc. substantial estates in cos. Antrim, Monaghan, Cavan, Louth and Tipperary, with other lands in cos. Wicklow, Clare and Westmeath.J. Ohlmeyer, Making Ireland English: the Irish Aristocracy in the Seventeenth Century (Yale, 2012), 308, 371; Down Survey website.
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EXTON, Edward (c.1588-1664), of St Lawrence’s, Southampton, Hants.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1588, 1st. s. of John Exton, merchant, of Southampton. m. (1) bef. 1613, Elizabeth,Southampton RO, SC5/2/2, f. 197; P.W. Coldham, English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 (2002), 180-1. at least 1da.;PROB11/314/359; ‘Robert Richbell’, HP Commons 1660-1690. (2) 7 Sept. 1630, Anne Baker (?d. 1642), wid. of Southampton;Hants Marriage Licences 1607-1640, 73. (3) Frances, 1da. PROB11/314/359. suc. fa. c.1611.Southampton RO, SC3/1/1, f. 172v; ‘James Exton’, Recs. of London’s Livery Cos. database. d. 1664. PROB11/314/359.
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Mercantile: member, French Co. 1611.Select Charters of Trading Companies, ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 66.

Civic: burgess, Southampton 16 Aug. 1611;Southampton RO, SC3/1/1, f. 172v. constable, 1613–14;Southampton Assembly Bks. ed. Horrocks, iv. 23; Southampton RO, SC3/7/8–9. juror, 1615 – 44, 1648–d.;Southampton Court Leet Recs. ed. Hearnshaw, 471, 495, 516, 530; Southampton RO, SC3/7/14–22, 26–38. steward, 1615 – 17, bailiff, 1618–19;Southampton RO, SC3/7/10–15; Bk. of Remembrance ed. Gidden, 105–6. sheriff, 1620;Southampton RO, SC3/7/16; Bk. of Examinations and Depositions, 1642–1644 ed. Anderson, i. 22. mayor, 1623, 1636;Southampton RO, SC2/1/6, ff. 210, 289. alderman of the four wards, 1639 – 42, 1653–d.;Southampton RO, SC3/7/17–20, 29–38. auditor, 1639 – 47, 1652–d;Southampton RO, SC3/7/17–25, 28–38. kpr. of keys of Godshouse gate, 1639–40;Southampton RO, SC3/7/17–18. Westgate 1641;Southampton RO, SC3/7/19. Eastgate 1642, 1656–62;Southampton RO, SC3/7/20. overseer of workhouse, 1658–60.Southampton RO, SC3/7/34–37.

Local: commr. gaol delivery, Hants 20 Feb. 1624 – aft.Feb. 1635, 1658;C181/3, ff. 104v, 241v; C181/4, ff. 23, 202; C181/6, p. 313. piracy, Southampton 24 Mar. 1636;C181/5, f. 43v oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, 1635. 1639 – 42HMC 11th Rep. III, 55. J.p., 1655–d.Southampton RO, SC3/7/17–20, 30–38; A Perfect List (1660), 50; Woodward et al, General Hist. Hants, ii. 312. Commr. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Hants. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660, 1661; Hants and Southampton 10 Dec. 1652;SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28); Ordinance for an Assessment (1660), 51 (E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Southampton 3 Aug. 1643; Hants 10 June 1645; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; defence of Hants and Southampton 22 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants and Southampton, assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Hants and Southampton 1660;SR. corporations, Hants 1662;HMC 11th Rep. III, 55. subsidy, Southampton 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 18 Sept. 1645.SP16/509, f. 111v.

Religious: member, first Hants classis, 17 Nov. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263.

: of St Lawrence’s, Hants., Southampton.
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EXTON, Edward (c.1588-1664), of St Lawrence’s, Southampton, Hants.

Will
17 Jan. 1663, pr. 17 July 1664.PROB11/314/359.
Estates
portions of manor of Hill, Hants, purchased in the 1650s, for £1,700.Southampton RO, SC4/3/255; Hants RO, 5M50/2022-3. In Jan. 1663 tenements at Hill once leased, but now ‘lately purchased’, from Richard Whithed II*. Orchard and house in East Street; dwelling house leased from churchwardens of St Lawrence; Bakers Close leased from Queen’s College, Oxf., all in Southampton. Wheatlands, Olivers and Ladland Great Marsh, all leased from Sir Walter Long†, deceased. Land and cottage Little Briddlesford, parish of Arreton; 6 acres of meadow, parish of Whippingham; close in parish of Bull Ring house and another in Newport; and other property in I.o.W.PROB11/314/359.
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TOMKINS, William (1599-1640), of Garnstone, Weobley, and Monnington-upon-Wye, Herefs.

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bap. 31 Mar. 1599, 1st s. of James Tomkins† and Anne, da. and coh. of James Boyle of Hereford; bro. of Thomas*. m. settlement 1 Apr. 1619, Mary (with £1,600), da. of Sir George Morton of Winterbourne Clenston, Dorset, s.p. suc. fa. 1636. d. Dec. 1640.St Nicholas, Hereford, par. reg.; C142/556/101; Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 293.
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Local: j.p. Herefs. 8 May 1635–d.Coventry Docquets, 71; C231/5, p. 165.

: Weobley and Monnington-upon-Wye, Herefs.
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TOMKINS, William (1599-1640), of Garnstone, Weobley, and Monnington-upon-Wye, Herefs.

Will
10 Oct. 1639, pr. 10 Mar. 1641.PROB11/185/371.
Estates
manors of Dilwyn and Huntley in Dilwyn par.; messuage called Gatbridge in Dilwyn; lands in par. of Yazor, Byford, Staunton-on-Wye; a mill in Weobley.PROB11/185/371.
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