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TWYSDEN, Sir Roger (1597-1672), of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent.

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b. 21 Aug. 1597, 1st s. of Sir William Twysden† of East Peckham, and Anne (d. 14 Oct. 1638), da. of Sir Moyle Finch bt.; bro. of Thomas Twisden*.Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 135; CB; J.R. Twisden, The Fam. of Twysden and Twisden (1939), 145; Cent. Kent. Stud. U49/F19, unfol.; Add. 34163, ff. 4-v. Add. 34176, ff. 63-5v. educ. St. Paul’s sch.;Reg. St Paul’s School, ed. M. McDonnell (1977), 125. Emmanuel, Camb. 8 Nov. 1614;Al. Cant. travelled abroad 1621-3;APC 1619-21, p. 390. G. Inn, 2 Feb. 1623.G. Inn Admiss. i. 169. m. 27 Jan. 1635 (with £200), Isabella (d. 11 Mar. 1657), da. of Sir Nicholas Saunders† of Ewell, Surr., 3s. 3da.Add. 34163, ff. 109v, 111v; Vis. Kent 1619, 135; CB; Twisden, Fam. of Twysden, 175. Kntd. 1 June 1620;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 175. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 8 Jan. 1629.Add. 34163, f. 4v; Twysden, Fam. of Twysden, 125. d. 27 June 1672.CB; Twisden, Fam. of Twysden, 186.
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Local: commr. sewers, Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1622, 1628, 1639;C181/3, f. 42; C181/3, ff. 248v, 252v, 255; C181/5, f. 129v. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1623, 1625, 1632;C181/3, ff. 94, 188v; C181/4, f. 106v. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1625, 1629, 31 Mar. 1640, 25 May 1671;C181/3, f. 166; C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 167; C181/7, p. 578. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1630, 1639, 22 Mar. 1666;C181/4, ff. 18v, 37v; C181/5, f. 144; C181/7, p. 354. Denge Marsh, Kent 1636;C181/5, f. 40v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 Jan. 1636 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.C181/5, ff. 36, 222; C181/7, pp. 7, 615. J.p. Kent 17 Feb. 1636-Aug. 1642, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, p. 192; C220/9/4, f. 40v; Cent. Kent. Stud. U47/47/O1, pp. 21–2, 86, 89. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 15 Mar. 1639;C181/5, f. 131v. subsidy, Kent 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1664;SR. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1660–8.SP29/11, f. 205; Cent. Kent. Stud. U48/O5/1; HMC Finch, i. 510. Commr. corporations, 16 Jan. 1662;Eg. 2985, f. 66. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: freeman, Winchelsea 1625.E. Suss. RO, WIN55, f. 298.

: of Roydon Hall, Kent., East Peckham.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown.Twisden, Fam. of Twysden, opp. 144.

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TWYSDEN, Sir Roger (1597-1672), of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent.

Will
16 July 1670, pr. 11 Dec. 1673.PROB11/343/578.
Estates
House in Red Cross Street, by 1642;Add. 34163, f. 96. purchased house in Dean’s Yard, Westminster, for £180, Nov. 1654.Cent. Kent. Stud. U1823/2/E7; Add. 34163, f. 109v. In March 1645, Twysden’s estate was valued at £2,000 p.a.CCC 864.
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FANE, Sir George (1581-1640), of Dover and Burston, Hunton, Kent.

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b. Mar. 1581, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Fane (d. 1589) of Badsell, Tudeley, Kent, and 2nd w. Mary, da. of Henry, 6th Baron Bergavenny; bro. of Sir Francis†.VCH Northants. Fams. 95-6. educ. Maidstone g.s.; Queens’ Camb. c.1595; L. Inn, 19 Nov. 1597.Recs. Maidstone, 89; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. i. 125. m. (1) 3 Sept. 1607, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Nov. 1618), da. of Robert Spencer†, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, s.p.; (2) 1620, Anne (d. 5 Mar. 1664), da. of Sir Oliver Boteler of Teston, Kent, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).VCH Northants. Fams. 95-6. Kntd. 23 July 1603;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 120. suc. uncle (Sir) Thomas Fane†.VCH Northants. Fams. 95-6. d. 26 June 1640.J. Thorpe, Registrum Roffense (1679), 874.
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Civic: freeman, Dover 1602, 1614; Maidstone 1625.Add. 29625, f. 38; Add. 28036, f. 157v; Recs. Maidstone, 85.

Local: commr. sewers, River Rother, Kent 1602, 1604;C181/1, ff. 28v, 95v. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1604, 1611, 1617, 1623, 1625, 1632;C181/1, f. 90v; C181/2, ff. 147v, 300; C181/3, ff. 94, 188v; C181/4, f. 106v. Denge Marsh, Kent 1604, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1636;C181/1, f. 92; C181/2, f. 209; C181/3, ff. 134v, 185; C181/5, f. 40v. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1609, 1611, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1622, 1625, 1629, 1630, 1639;C181/2, ff. 87v, 328v; C181/3, ff. 59v, 172v; C181/4, ff. 18, 37v; C181/5, f. 144. Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1610, 1622, 1626, 1628, 1639;C181/2, f. 106; C181/3, ff. 42, 254v; C181/5, f. 129v. Kent 1613;C181/2, f. 187v. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1614, 1625, 1629, 31 Mar. 1640;C181/2, f. 219v; C181/3, f. 165v; C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 167. Suss. 1627.C181/3, f. 209v. J.p. Kent 1605–d.Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments Jas. I ed. Cockburn, 20. Asst. Dover harbour board 1606.Jones, Annals of Dover, 100. Commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1609, 1613, 1616, 1625, 1629, 1630;C181/2, ff. 85, 246v; C181/3, ff. 175v, 247; C181/4, f. 48. subsidy, Kent 1611, 1621, 1622, 1624, 1626, 1629. 1613 – d.E179/127/569; C212/22/20–1; E115/254/79; E115/157/25; E115/570/7. Collector, aid for Princess Elizabeth, 1612. 1613 – d.E163/16/21. Asst. Rochester Bridge, Kent; sen. warden, 1614, 1635; jnr. warden, 1627.Rochester Bridge Trust mss, E719; Traffic and Politics ed. N. Yates and J.M. Gibson (Woodbridge, 1994), 294. Commr. inquiry, recusants’ lands, Kent 1622.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449 (misdated). Sheriff, 1622–3.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 69. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1625–d.;C181/3, ff. 138v, 261; C181/4, ff. 13, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 163. Cinque Ports 1639;C181/5, f. 131v. Forced Loan, Kent 1626 – 27; Rochester 1627.Harl. 6846, f. 37; C193/12/2, ff. 26v, 86. Pres. Cobham Coll. by 1628.A.A. Arnold, ‘Cobham Hall’, Arch. Cant. xxvii. 87. Commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 269. survey of highways, Kent 1631;C181/4, f. 88. knighthood fines, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1631;E178/5368, f. 17. charitable uses, Kent 1632;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 1639.C181/5, f. 131v.

: of Dover and Kent., Burston.
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FANE, Sir George (1581-1640), of Dover and Burston, Hunton, Kent.

Will
17 Dec. 1639, cod. 5 May 1640, pr. 13 July 1640.PROB11/183/568; Cent. Kent Stud. U282/F3-4.
Estates
succeeded to estate at Burston in 1607; lived in St Martin’s Lane, Westminster, c.1635-40;Cent. Kent. Stud. U282/F2. owned lands in Yorkshire, Bloomsbury and Bedford Levels, as well as property in Kent, including Aylesford rectory.Cent. Kent. Stud. U282/C1, unfol.; PROB11/183/568.
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DAWSON, Henry (1596-1653), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

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bap. 2 Sept. 1596, 1st s. of Hugh Dawson, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Isabel, da. of one Carr.St Nicholas, Newcastle par. reg.; St Nicholas Regs. ed. H.M. Wood (Dur. and Northumb. Par. Reg. Soc. xxviii), 9. educ. appr. mercer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne c.1610.Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. H.M. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 14. m. 20 Jan. 1626, Elizabeth (bur. 9 Feb. 1665), da. of one Selby, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.St Nicholas Regs. ed. Wood, 24. suc. fa. Oct. 1608.All Saints, Newcastle par. reg. d. 2 Aug. 1653.Anon. ‘Alderman Henry Dawson’s monument’, Procs. of the Soc. of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i. 291.
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Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1626- 2 Oct. 1643, 5 Dec. 1644–d.;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, pp. 110, 113; Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. Dodds, 14; Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Min. Bk. 1639–56 ed. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 28; CJ iii. 714b. common cllr. Oct. 1645–d.;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, p. 166. alderman, 5 Dec. 1644–d.;CJ iii. 714b. dep.-mayor, 7 Apr.-Oct. 1646;CJ iv. 495b; LJ viii. 257b; Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, pp. 191, 193. mayor, Oct. 1646 – Oct. 1647, Oct. 1652–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, p. 199; MD.NC/1/2, f. 209. Steward, manor of Whickham, co. Dur. Bailiff, Gateshead Sept. 1652–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/2, ff. 200, 201; MD.NC/2/2, p. 87.

Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by 1634–d.; Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. ci), ii. 254. asst. 15 May 1645–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, ff. 21, 26, 35, 43, 48, 56, 68, 75, 87, 96. Member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4 Jan. 1649–d.Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 269.

Local: customer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5 Dec. 1644.CJ iii. 715a. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649;SP18/1/23, f. 32. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parliament no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). J.p. co. Dur. 29 July 1652–d.C231/6, p. 243.

: of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
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DAWSON, Henry (1596-1653), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

Will
21 June 1653, pr. ?,PROB11/230, f. 397v.
Estates
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CLINTON, alias FIENNES, Edward, Lord Clinton (1624-57), of Tattershall Castle, Lincs.

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bap. 30 Dec. 1624, 1st s. of Theophilus Clinton alias Fiennes, 4th earl of Lincoln (d. 1667), and Bridget, da. of William Fiennes, 1st Visct. Saye and Sele. m. c. Jan. 1648, Anne (d. 1707), da. and coh. of John Holles, 2nd earl of Clare, 1s. d. c. Apr. 1657.CP; LC4/203, f. 21v.
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Local: commr. assessment, Lincs. (Keveston) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lindsey 16 Feb. 1648; militia, Lincs. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

: Edward, Lord Clinton (1624-57) of Tattershall Castle, Lincs. 1624 – 57.
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CLINTON, alias FIENNES, Edward, Lord Clinton (1624-57), of Tattershall Castle, Lincs.

Will
not found.
Estates
reversionary interest (on m.) in honour of Folkingham Castle, Tattershall Castle and manor, and other lands, Lincs.CSP Dom. 1665-6, p. 177.
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GIBSON, Sir Alexander (1630-61), of Durie, Scoonie Parish, Fife.

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b. 1630, s. and h. of Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie and Cecilia, da. of Thomas Fotheringham of Powrie, Fife. m. 10 June 1651, Marjory (d. 1667), da. of Andrew Murray, Lord Balvaird, 3 da. suc. fa. June 1656. d. 6 Aug. 1661.CB; Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 273-4; Diary of John Lamont ed. G.R. Kintoch (Edinburgh, 1830), 138.
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Local: ?j.p. Fife 1656–7. 26 June 1657Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 312. Commr. assessment, Fife and Kinross, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Scottish: commr. to treat with English Parl. Feb. 1660; to attend Charles Stuart in Holland, Apr.-May 1660.Dow, Cromwellian Scot. 259, 263. Commr. Fife, Scottish Parl. Jan. 1661. PC, 13 July 1661. Ld. of articles, 1661. Commr. plantation of kirks, 1661; excise, 1661.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 274; Reg. PC Scot. 1661–4, pp. 1, 2.

Civic: burgess, Edinburgh 12 Oct. 1660.Recs. Burgh Edinburgh, 1655–65, 217.

: of Durie, Scoonie Parish, Fife.
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GIBSON, Sir Alexander (1630-61), of Durie, Scoonie Parish, Fife.

Will
testament confirmed 8 Aug. 1662.NRS, CC20/4/12.
Estates
at d. owned baronies of Durie and Largo, Fife;CB. Durie erected into a barony by grant of 7 Aug. 1656.Reg. Gt Seal Scot. 1652-9, pp. 235-8.
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WILLYS (WILLIS), Sir Thomas (1612-1701), of Fen Ditton, Cambs.

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bap. 6 Sept. 1612, 1st s. of Richard Willys, counsellor at law, of the Inner Temple and Fen Ditton and Jane, da. and h. of William Henmarsh of Ball’s Park, Herts.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 184; G.J. Armytage, ‘Peds. of Cambs. fams.’, The Gen. n.s. xv. 122; ‘The posterity of Mary Honywood’, Topographer and Genealogist, i. 405; MIs Cambs. 51; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies. educ. St John’s, Hertford (Mr Frisney); Christ’s, Camb. 1629; G. Inn 2 Feb. 1631.Al. Cant.; Biographical Reg. of Christ’s College ed. J. Peile (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 399; GI Admiss. 191. m. (1) c.Dec. 1630, Anne (d. 20 Oct. 1685), da. and coh. of Sir John Wilde of Mystole, Kent, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.);MIs Cambs. 51; CUL, EDR. H3. Fen Ditton, nos. 37-42, 44-5, 63; Armytage, ‘Peds.’, 122; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies. (2) by 1701, Frances.PROB6/81, f. 111v. suc. fa. 1625;MIs Cambs. 51. cr. bt. 15 Dec. 1641.CB. d. 17 Nov. 1701.MIs Cambs. 51.
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Local: commr. sewers, Cambs. 1638, 26 May 1669;C181/5, f. 121; C181/7, p. 462. Deeping and Gt. Level 7 July 1640 – aft.Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/5, ff. 182, 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 381. Essex and Cambs. 24 Mar. 1642;C181/5, f. 228. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. subsidy, Cambs. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, Cambs. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, Cambs. 1642, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. 5 Mar. 1650–1680.C231/6, p. 177; The Names of the Justices (1650), 7 (E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660), 5. Commr. pontage, Camb. 1654;Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 463. militia, Cambs. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 13, 635. swans, Beds., Hunts., Cambs. and I. of Ely 26 Aug. 1661.C181/7, p. 117. Sheriff, Cambs., Hunts. 1665–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 15. Conservator, Bedford Level 1669 – 89; bailiff 1689–d.S. Wells, Hist. of the Drainage of the Gt. Level (1830), i. 350, 459–73. Commr. recusants, Cambs. 1675.CTB iv. 803.

Civic: freeman, Camb. 3 Apr. 1660–d.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archive, common day bk. 1647–81, f. 125; Downing Coll. Cambridge, Bowtell MS 6, unfol.: Camb. borough treasurers’ acct. 1659–60.

: of Fen Ditton, Cambs.
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WILLYS (WILLIS), Sir Thomas (1612-1701), of Fen Ditton, Cambs.

Will
admon. 26 July 1705.PROB6/81, f. 111v.
Estates
in 1625 inherited the manor of Fen Ditton, Cambs. which had been bought for £3,904 in 1606;W.K. Clay, A Hist. of the Par. of Horningsey (Camb. Antiq. Soc. vii), 19. sold manor of Ball’s Park, Herts. 1637;RCHM Cambs. ii. 53. bought lands in the Great Level, Cambs. 1657;Jonas Moore’s Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns ed. F. Willmoth and E. Stazicker (Cambs. Recs. Soc. xxiii), 117. bought manor of Histon, Cambs. 1658;VCH Cambs. ix. 96-7. bought advowson of Histon St Andrew, Cambs. for £1,500, 1658;Cambs. RO, L.11.128. estates worth £1,000 p.a. 1660;Burke Commoners, i. 688. assigned estates to Ralph Hare to use of himself, his wife and his son John Willys, 4 Sept. 1683.Cambs. RO, L.11.79.
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FRY, William (c.1588-1672), of Yarty, Membury, Devon.

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b. c.1588, 1st s. of Nicholas Fry of Yarty and Eleanor (d. 18 Mar. 1621), da. of John Brett of Whitestaunton, Som.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 375-6. educ. St Alban’s Hall, Oxf. 3 May 1605, ‘aged 17’; I. Temple 31 Jan. 1609.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. 14 May 1610, Mary (bur. 22 Dec. 1660), da. of John Yonge of Colyton, Devon, 4s. d.v.p. 2da. suc. fa. 25 Oct. 1632. bur. 1 May 1672.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 375-6.
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Mercantile: member, Dorchester Co. 1623–7.F. Rose Troup, John White: The Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 458.

Local: commr. hard soap, western cos. 9 Jan. 1638.C181/5 f. 92. Capt. trained bands, regt. of Sir Henry Rosewell, E. Devon 1639.CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 433. Commr. subsidy, Devon 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 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.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 18 Oct. 1642–?CJ ii. 813a. Commr. charitable uses, 1642;Prince, Worthies (1701), 175. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644. 12 Mar. 1642 – 26 May 1643A. and O. J.p., by July 1646–?62;C231/5, p. 512; C220/9/4, f. 17v; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 42; Devon RO, QS order bk. 1/8, midsummer sessions 1646; Eg. 2557. Dorset July 1652 – aft.Oct. 1653, 3 Mar. 1656–?Mar. 1660;C231/6 pp. 241, 327; C193/13/4, f. 22. Som. July 1652–4 Mar. 1657.C231/6 pp. 245, 360. Commr. Devon 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), 168. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 10 July 1660–14 June 1661;C181/6 pp. 9, 308; C181/7 pp. 9, 95. Devon Apr. 1659;C181/6, p. 354. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, Devon 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. (parlian.) Devon regt. Oct. 1642–?3;SP28/128 (Devon), Pt. 1, accts. of Richard Verman, f. 26v. col. Devon regt. brigade of Edward Massie*, 1645–6. 2 Mar. 1650CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 397–430. Col. militia horse and dragoons, Devon; capt. militia horse, 24 May 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 504, 507.

: Devon., Membury.
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FRY, William (c.1588-1672), of Yarty, Membury, Devon.

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LOCKHART, John (d. 1693), of Castlehill, Lanarkshire.

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3rd s. of Sir James Lockhart of Lee and Martha, da. of Sir George Douglas of Mordington, Berwickshire; bro. of George II* and William*. educ. Edinburgh Univ. MA 15 July 1650. m. Catherine Thomson of Gourlabanks, 1s. 1da. cr. Lord Castlehill 22 Nov. 1665. d. Oct. 1693.Young, Parliaments of Scot. 433-4; S.M. Lockhart, Seven Centuries: a Hist. of the Lockharts of Lee and Carnwath (privately published, 1976), appx.
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Legal: faculty of advocates, Edinburgh, adm. 4 Jan. 1656, re-adm. 7 June 1662. Ld. of session, 22 Nov. 1665. Ld. of justiciary, 6 Feb. 1671–8, 1683–d.Faculty of Advocates in Scot. 1532–1943 ed. F.J. Grant (Edinburgh, 1944), 125; Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 434.

Scottish: commr. security of protector, Scotland 26 Nov. 1657; assessment, Lanarkshire 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Commry. Lanark, Renfrew and Dunbarton shires 5 Nov. 1658.NLS, Lockhart Charters A.1, folder 4, no. 16. Dep. kpr. of signet, 15 Apr. 1660.NLS, Lockhart Charters A.1, folder 2, no. 10. PC, 1684. Commr. for Lanarkshire, Scottish Parl. 1693.Young, Parliaments of Scot. 433–4.

: Lanarkshire.
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LOCKHART, John (d. 1693), of Castlehill, Lanarkshire.

Will
pr. 10 Aug. 1696.NRS, CC8/8/80, ff. 194-5.
Estates
centred on Castlehill, Lanarkshire; held 1-year lease of 2,470 acres in co. Armagh, from 1 May 1657.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 681-2.
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LLOYD, John (c.1617-63), of Fforest Brechfa, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, Carm. and Woking, Surr.

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b. c. 1617, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Griffith Lloyd of Fforest Brechfa and Joan, da. of John Wogan of Stone Hall, St Lawrence, Pemb.West Wales Recs. i. 61-3; F. Jones, ‘Squires of Stone Hall’, NLWJ xxv. 23-4. educ. G. Inn 6 Aug. 1635.G Inn Admiss. 208. m. c.1646, Beatrice (d. 26 Mar. 1668), da. of Francis Annesley†, 1st Visct. Valentia [I], wid. of James Zouche of Woking, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1659; cr. bt. 28 Feb. 1662.CB iii. 246. d. 31 Dec. 1663.C108/188, pt. i, ‘legal’, unfol.
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Military: lt. of ft. regt. of Sir John Meyrick*, royal army, 1640. Capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Sir John Meyrick, army of 3rd earl of Essex, 1642; col. ?by 1644.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1247; Peacock, Army Lists, 28; C108/188, pt. ii. ‘misc.’.

Local: commr. assessment, Carm. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; Pemb. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Surr. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661. 10 Feb. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Hants, Surr., Mar. 1660–?, 17 Sept. 1660–d.;C231/6, p. 75; C231/7, p. 40. Carm. by 18 Mar. 1661–d.Phillips, Justices of the Peace, 172. Commr. sequestration, Surr. 18 Oct. 1648; militia, Carm., Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos rot. Carm. Mar.-6 Sept. 1660.Phillips, Justices of the Peace, 172. Commr. poll tax, Carm., Surr. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Carm. c.Sept. 1661–d.SP29/42, f. 124. Commr. subsidy, Carm., Surr. 1660.SR.

Religious: elder, Guildford classis, 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church ii. 434. Presented Philip Smith to rectory of Chobham, Surr., 1651.C108/189, pt. i, ‘misc.’, unfol.

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LLOYD, John (c.1617-63), of Fforest Brechfa, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, Carm. and Woking, Surr.

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admon. 8 Feb. 1664, 16 July 1668, 16 Feb., 2 Dec. 1676.CB iii. 246.
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Half Moon, King St, Westminster, Mar. 1648.C108/189, pt. ii, ‘correspondence 2’.
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BRIGHT, John (1619-88), of Badsworth Hall, Badsworth, and Carbrook Hall, Sheffield, Yorks.

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bap. 14 Oct. 1619, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Stephen Bright of Carbrook Hall, and Joan (bur. 11 Nov. 1633), da. of George Westby of Whaley, Derbys., wid. of William Smales of Derbys.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 12. educ. G. Inn 18 June 1639.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) c.1646, Katherine (d. Jan. 1663), da. of Sir Richard Hawksworth of Hawksworth, Otley, Yorks., wid. of William Lister of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks., 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 13 Oct. 1664, Elizabeth (d. 26 June 1674), da. of Sir Thomas Norcliffe of Langton, Yorks., 1da. d.v.p.; (3) lic. 11 July 1682, Susanna (d. Nov. 1682), da. of Sir Thomas Liddell, 2nd bt., of Ravensworth Castle, co. Dur., wid. of Thomas Vane of Raby Castle, co. Dur., s.p.; (4) 7 June 1683 (with £5,000), Susanna (d. 19 Apr. 1737), da. of Michael Warton of Beverley, Yorks., s.p.Goodmanham, Yorks. bishop’s transcript; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P73/28-9; WWM/D136-7, 152-5; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 13; Hunter, Hallamshire, 417-18; CB. suc. fa. 6 June 1642;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 12. cr. bt. 16 July 1660;CB. d. 13 Sept. 1688.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 13.
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Local: church burgess, Sheffield c.June 1642–d. Gov. Sheffield g. s., c.June 1642–?d.P.J. Wallis, ‘Sheffield church burgesses’, Trans. of the Hunter Arch. Soc. vii. 55–6. Commr. assessment, Yorks. (W. Riding) 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652,A. and O.; SR. 24 Nov. 1653,An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, W. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, 2 Mar. 1647, 21 Feb. 1648, 21 May 1650.C93/19/27; C93/19/33; C93/20/30. J.p. by 1648-bef. Oct. 1660;Add. 29674, f. 148. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657–?C181/6, p. 196. Sheriff, Yorks. 15 Nov. 1654-c.Nov. 1656.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D667a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164. Commr. inquiry concerning church livings, W. Riding c.May 1650;W. Yorks. Archives (Wakefield), C413. ejecting scandalous ministers, W. Riding and York 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, E., W. Ridings 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Yorks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655 – 20 May 1659, 14 Dec. 1670–?;C181/6, pp. 108, 197; C181/7, p. 558. W. Riding 8 Dec. 1671.C181/7, p. 606. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ., June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 376. poll tax, W. Riding 1660;SR. disbanding army, Sept. 1660–?Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P59/5, 33, P61/1, 41. Lt. col. militia ft. by July 1660–?, 1 Aug. 1668–d.SP29/42/67, ff. 133v-134; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D669. Dep. lt. by c.1664–d.Beinecke, Osborn Shelves, Danby boxes [OSB. MSS 6], box 2, folder 37 (W. Riding militia pprs.); CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 151; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D670.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 10 Nov. 1642–1 Jan. 1644;SP28/147, pt. 2, unfol. col. 1 Jan. 1644-July 1650.SP28/147, pt. 2; Hunter, Hallamshire, 419; Autobiog. of Capt. John Hodgson ed. J. Ritson, 36. Gov. Sheffield Castle Aug. 1644-c.Jan. 1645, by Jan. 1648–?;Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D729; W. Yorks. Archives (Wakefield), QS 10/2, p. 111; Hunter, Hallamshire, 143. York aft. Apr. 1645-aft. May 1649;Infra, ‘Sir Ferdinando Fairfax’; Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke ms LXVII, ff. 57, 61; Hunter, Hallamshire, 143. Hull by Mar. 1655-Feb. 1658.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/4 (Hull Bench Bk. 1650–64), p. 152; TSP iii. 239–40; vi. 784. Col. militia ft. Yorks. Aug. 1651–?, Aug. 1659–?CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 350, 360, 379; CJ vii. 749a, 772b.

Central: commr. visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

: of Badsworth Hall, Badsworth and Carbrook Hall, Yorks., Sheffield.
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BRIGHT, John (1619-88), of Badsworth Hall, Badsworth, and Carbrook Hall, Sheffield, Yorks.

Will
23 Nov. 1687, pr. 16 Oct. 1688.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D165a-b.
Estates
1630-2, fa. fined £25 for distraint of knighthood.‘Compositions for not taking knighthood at the coronation of Charles I’ ed. W. P. Baildon, in Misc. 1 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxi), 89. In 1642, Bright’s estate worth about £650 p.a.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P1, P111; P. Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets 1640-1760, 204. During 1640s, he acquired large parts of the earl of Arundel’s sequestered estate in Hallamshire, inc. half of manor of Eccleshall and lands in Carbrook.Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets, 206, 210. In 1653, purchased manor of Badsworth for £8,600.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P57/3-4, 6, P185b(v); Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets, 210-11. Betw. 1660 and 1688, made numerous substantial additions to his estate, mostly in vicinity of Badsworth, so that at his d. his gross annual rental had risen to £3,210.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D147, 149-50, 516-19, 673-4, 697-700; WWM/Br P74/15, 17, P185b(x)1-27, P185c(iii)/351; Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 435; Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets, 214-16. At his d. his estate inc. manors of Badsworth, Eccleshall and Billingley, Badsworth Hall, Carbrook Hall, Westwell Hall and Barnby Hall, lands in Sheffield, Rotherham, Attercliffe, Darfield, Kinsley and Edale and numerous coalmines at Handsworth.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D137-8, 142-3, 145, 149, 152, 165.
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