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MARLOTT, William (1574-1646), of Ashurst and Shoreham, Suss.

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bap. 30 May 1574, 4th s. of Thomas Marlott (d. 1601) of Itchingfield, and 1st w. m. bef. 1613, Mary, 1s. (d.v.p.). bur. 8 Feb. 1646 8 Feb. 1646.Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 122; P. S. Godman, ‘Itchingfield’, Suss. Arch. Coll. xli. opp. p. 108; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Horsham, 217–21.
Offices Held

Local: ?commr. piracy, ?S. coast 1613–14.PC2/23, f. 42; CSP Dom. 1611–1618, p. 206. Dep. farmer (jt.), gt. customs, Suss. by 25 Jan. 1616-aft. 31 May 1631.APC 1615–6, p. 377; SP16/59, f. 32; PC2/40, f. 551. Dep. v.-adm. by 1628–?d.SP16/145/20; HCA14/44, pt. i, f. 5; CJ iii. 367a. Commr. prize goods, 1628;CSP Dom. 1627–1628, p. 572; HCA14/44, f. 3, 51. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 271v. sewers, Suss. 1630, 1637;C181/4, ff. 47, 54; C181/5, f. 70. charitable uses, 1636;C192/1. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645.SR; A. and O. Member, Suss. co. cttee. 1 Nov. 1642.CJ ii. 830a. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. J.p. Suss. by 18 Sept. 1644–d.ASSI35/85/1. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 7 Apr. 1645.SP16/509, f. 83.

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MARLOTT, William (1574-1646), of Ashurst and Shoreham, Suss.

Will
admon. 15 July 1646.Godman, ‘Itchingfield’, 108, 113.
Estates
property in Shoreham bef. June 1624.C54/2596/25; C54/2987/24.
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CLINTON alias FINES, Francis (1611-82), of Little Sturton, Baumber, Lincs.

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b. 7 May 1611, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Clinton alias Fiennes of Little Sturton, and Mary, da. of Thomas Dighton of Little Sturton.Tattershall, Lincs. par. reg.; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 380. educ. G. Inn 26 Feb. 1630.G. Inn Admiss. m. by July 1635, Priscilla (d. 15 Feb. 1680), da. of John Hill of Honiley, Warws., at least 5s. 1da.LC5/134, f. 17; Tattershall par. reg.; Threekingham, Lincs. par. reg.; Lincs. Peds. 380; Al. Ox.; CB ii. 104. suc. fa. c.1623;Cal. of Admons. in the Consistory Ct. of Lincoln, 1540-1659 ed. C. W. Foster (British Rec. Soc. lii), 234. d. 5 Feb. 1682;Lincs. Peds. 380. bur. 8 Feb. 1682 8 Feb. 1682.Baumber bishop’s transcript.
Offices Held

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 20 July 1635-aft. 1641.LC3/1, f. 25; LC5/134, f. 17. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 22 July-aft. Dec. 1642.SP28/143, pt. 6, ff. 16, 45. Gov. Tattershall Castle, Lincs. June 1648-c.Apr. 1649.HMC Portland, i. 467; LJ x. 357a; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 86. Capt. militia horse, Lincs. by July 1655-c.July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 871, 894; E113/9, unfol. (deposition of Richard Cust*); PRO31/17/33, p. 39; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 345; 1659–60, p. 38; A Narrative of the Late Parliament (1658), 14 (E.935.5).

Local: commr. Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 24 Feb. 1644,‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 37–8, 116–17. 28 Aug. 1654; sequestration, 3 July 1644;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657; Lincs. (Lindsey) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincoln 9 June 1657;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Lincs. 26 Apr. 1645.C181/5, f. 252. Sheriff, 2 Dec. 1645–1 Dec. 1646.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 80. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. 1649 – 16 July 1650A. and O. J.p. Lindsey by Feb., 26 Sept. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.Lincs. RO, LQS/A/1/11; C231/6, pp. 191, 267. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred, 26 Apr. 1649–14 Aug. 1660;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/8–11; C181/6, pp. 38, 389. Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657;C181/6, p. 197. securing peace of commonwealth, Lincs. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 185. charitable uses, Lincoln 3 Mar. 1656;C93/23/22. for public faith, Lincs. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

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CLINTON alias FINES, Francis (1611-82), of Little Sturton, Baumber, Lincs.

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TOPHAM, Christopher (d. 1671), of Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York, Yorks.

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educ. ?appr. merchant, York c.1620.York Freemen ed. F. Collins (Surt. Soc. cii), 76. m. (1) 2 Apr. 1627, Elizabeth (bur. 26 Mar. 1628), da. of Henry Chambers (bur. 14 June 1632), alderman and merchant of Hull, 1da.; (2) aft. June 1643, Judith (bur. 26 Dec. 1665), da. of Philip Penrose of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York, wid. of Bigod Blaides (bur. 20 June 1643), cordwainer, of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York, ?s.p.St Mary, Hull par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Hull par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York par. reg.; York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/3, ff. 774-5; C7/324/72; C7/348/55, 66, 73; Par. Regs. of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York ed. R.B. Cook (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xli), 9, 41, 75. bur. 5 Jan. 1671 5 Jan. 1671.St George the Martyr, Surr. par. reg.
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Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers, York ?-?d.; gov. 1664, 1665, 1666.Borthwick, YMA.Ph.4 (York Merchant Adventurers Act. Bk. 4), ff. 149, 152. Dep. Eastland Merchants, York 1665–8.Borthwick, York Eastland Merchants’ Court Bk. 1645–97, ff. 39v, 43.

Civic: freeman, York ?1627–d.;York Freemen ed. Collins, 76. ?chamberlain, 1632 – 33; ?common cllr. 1636 – ?; sheriff, 21 Sept. 1647 – 21 Sept. 1648; one of the twenty-four, Sept. 1648–50; alderman, 12 Apr. 1650 – d.; ld. mayor, 15 Jan. 1660–15 Jan. 1661.York City Archives, York House Bk. 35, ff. 151v, 292v; 36, ff. 210, 246; 37, f. 131.

Local: j.p. York 12 Apr. 1650–d.York City Archives, York House Bk. 36, f. 246. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 14 Aug. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, York and Ainsty 14 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 222.

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TOPHAM, Christopher (d. 1671), of Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York, Yorks.

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not found.
Estates
Topham had a new house, complete with ‘two splay windows’, built in 1648 outside Micklegate Bar, York, ‘on the east side of the street.York City Archives, York House Bk. 36, f. 218.
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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Sir Sidney (c.1572-1644), of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts. and Hemington, Northants.

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b. c.1572, 7th but 6th surv. s. of Sir Edward Montagu† (d.1602) of Boughton, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir James Harington† of Exton and Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland.Bodl. Carte 74, f. 349; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 115. educ. privately (Christopher Green); Christ’s, Camb. 1588;Al. Cant. M. Temple 11 May 1593.M. Temple Admiss. i. 65. m. (1) lic. 21 Aug. 1619, Pauline (d.1638), da. of John Pepys of Cottenham, Cambs. 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.;Vis. Northants. 1681, 141; W.C. Pepys, Genealogy of the Pepys Family (1887), pedigree VI; Bridges, Northants. ii. 216. (2) 17 Jan. 1644, Anne (d.1676), wid. of John Pay of Westminster, da. of Gregory Isham of Barby, Northants. s.p.F.R. Harris, Life of Edward Montagu (1912), i. 18; Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 141. Kntd. 20 July 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. d. 25 Sept. 1644.NMM, SAN/A/3, f. 120; Vis. Northants. 1681, 141.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 22 May 1601;M. Temple Admiss. i. 65. associate bencher, 9 Feb. 1616.Mins. of Parl. of the MT, ed. C.T. Martin (1904–5), ii. 602.

Household: steward, manor of Kimbolton, Hunts. 1605.Harl. 7002, f. 65.

Central: master of requests, extraordinary, 1616 – 18; in ordinary, 1618-June 1640.APC 1615–16, pp. 388, 400; 1618–19, p. 18; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 290; HMC Rutland, i. 521.

Local: j.p. Hunts. 1621–d.C213/4, p. 119; Add. Ch. 33169. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641; Northants. 1624;C212/22/20–3; SR. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 1621-Jan. 1644;C181/3, ff. 22v, 243; C181/4, ff. 34, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 214. oyer and terminer, London 1621-Jan. 1644;C181/3, ff. 46v, 243; C181/4, ff. 16, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 214. Norf. circ. 1629-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/3, f. 257; C181/4, ff. 9v, 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. Forced Loan, Hunts. 1626.T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. Collector, knighthood fines, 1630–4.Bodl. Carte 74, ff. 174–175; E178/5348, f. 4, 9; E178/7154, f. 101v; E198/4/32, f. 1. Commr. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1633;C181/4, f. 153v. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1635-aft. Aug. 1640;C181/5, ff. 9v, 101; Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.1A, f. 198. further subsidy, Hunts. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 11 Aug. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Sir Sidney (c.1572-1644), of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts. and Hemington, Northants.

Will
18 Mar. 1644, pr. 13 Jan. 1645.PROB11/192/225.
Estates
bought Hinchingbrooke House, Hunts. July 1627;HMC Buccleuch, i. 266, iii. 319; VCH Hunts. ii. 136. sold land at Eltington, Northants. 1631;Coventry Docquets, 611. bought manor of St. Neots, Hunts. 1631;VCH Hunts. ii. 339. he and Edward Bagshawe* bought land at Tichmarsh, Northants. from (Sir) Gilbert Pykeringe*, 1638;Coventry Docquets, 721. bought manor of Eynesbury, Hunts. 1639.VCH Hunts. ii. 273.
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ELVINES, Edward (d. 1665), of St Nicholas parish, Worcester.

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1st s. of Thomas Elvines of Worcester. m. Susanna (bur. 18 May 1663), 3s. (1.d.v.p.), 7 da.(4 d.v.p.). suc. fa. by Mar. 1610. bur. 8 Apr. 1665 8 Apr. 1665.St Nicholas, Worcester, par. reg.; Worcs. Archives, consistory ct. admin. 1609/166, Thomas Elvins, 8 Mar. 1610.
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Civic: constable, St Nicholas ward, Worcester 1613 – 14, 1619 – 20, 1622–3. 1627 – 12 June 1645Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 123, 160, 180. Member, forty-eight, Worcester, 6 Aug. 1646–14 Sept. 1660;Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, shelf 18, box 4, town clerk’s bk. unfol.; shelf A14, chamber order bk. 1650–68, f. 38; Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 395, 414–5. auditor, 1633, Oct. 1653;Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 277; shelf A14, chamber order bk. 1650–68, f. 12. collector of poor rate, St Nicholas ward 1632 – 33, 1638, May 1642-Jan. 1643;Worcs. Archives, 850/BA 3696/1, St Nicholas poor bk. 1632–50, unfol. rates assessor, 1633; city chamberlain, 1635–6;Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 280, 295. collector for defence of city, 25 Aug. 1642;Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 355. sheriff, 6 Aug. 1646; mayor and judge of orphans, 31 Aug. 1646, Sept. 1651. J.p. 31 Aug. 1646 – ?60; high alderman, 30 Aug. 1647, 22 Mar. 1650. 1647 – ?60Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 414–15, 416, 417, 435, 454; Nash, Collections, ii. app. cxiii. Member, twenty-four, 28 Aug. 1646–14 Sept. 1660. 1647 – ?60Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 416; Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, A14, chamber order bk. 1650–68, f. 38. Gov. free sch. and almshouses, by 13 June; treas. 17 June 1649–50.Worcs. Archives, b261.1/BA 3617 ff. 116–18. Member, cttee. to approve master of storehouse, 7 Dec. 1649.Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 456. Surveyor, city lands, 8 Oct. 1655, 13 Oct. 1656.Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, A14, chamber order bk. 1650–68 ff. 21, 26.

Local: commr. sales of lead from Worcester Cathedral steeple, 18 Feb. 1648;Worcester Cathedral Lib. MS D247. militia, Worcester 2 Dec. 1648; Worcs. and Worcester 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, Worcs. 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). Sub-commr. excise, Worcester 25 Feb. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 12; Bodl. Rawl. C386, 10 May 1650. Commr. charitable uses, Worcs. 5 Mar. 1652;C93/22/10. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: gov. Worcester Sept. 1651.P. Styles, ‘City of Worcester during the Civil Wars, 1640–60’, Studies in Seventeenth Century West Midlands History (Kineton, 1978), 251.

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ELVINES, Edward (d. 1665), of St Nicholas parish, Worcester.

Will
29 Oct. 1664, pr. 3 May, 1665.Worcs. Archives, consistory ct. wills, Edward Elvines.
Estates
lessee of Lower Pitchcroft meadow, Worcester, from chamber of Worcester, 1636;Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 305. (with Robert Sterrop) bought confiscated fee farm rent of rectory of Powick, Worcs. for £110, 10 Dec. 1650;E308/7 pt. 2, vol. fol. 252-434 ff. 298v, 307. lessee of tavern in Broad St., Worcester, property of bp. of Worcester, 1661;Worcs. Archives, b009:1/BA 2636/40/3/43801. held messuages in High St. and Broad St. at death.Worcs. Archives, consistory ct. wills, Edward Elvines, 1665.
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STEWART, Alexander (1634-1700), 5th earl of Moray [S], of Darnaway Castle, Morayshire.

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bap. 8 May 1634, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of James Stewart, 4th earl of Moray [S], and Margaret Home, sister of James Lord Home. educ. St Andrews Univ. bef. 1653. m. (c. 1656) Emilia (d. 1683), da. of Sir William Balfour of Pitcullo, Fife, 8s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da. suc. fa. 22 Mar. 1653. KT, 6 June 1687. d. 1 Nov. 1700.CP; Scots Peerage, vi. 321-3; St Andrews University Library, Countess of Moray’s Bible; NRAS 217 (Stewart of Moray MSS), box 5, no. 328.
Offices Held

Local: hereditary sheriff, Inverness-shire Oct. 1660–d.CP.

Military: col. militia, Elgin and Nairn 1669.CP.

Scottish: ld. justice-gen. 1 June 1675. Commr. treasury, 27 Sept. 1678–89. Extraordinary ld. of session, 17 July 1680–89. Sec. of state, 2 Nov. 1680–89. High commr. of Parl. 1686–9.CP; Scots Peerage, vi. 322.

: 5th earl of Moray [S], of Darnaway Castle, Morayshire.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, aft. G. Kneller;NT Scotland, Falkland Palace. line engraving, P. Vanderbank aft. G. Kneller, 1686.BM; NPG.

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STEWART, Alexander (1634-1700), 5th earl of Moray [S], of Darnaway Castle, Morayshire.

Will
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inc. lands in Morayshire, including Darnaway, Doune and Castlestewart. Donisbristle in Fife and a large part of the estate retained by his mo. until her d. in 1683.NRAS 217, box 5, no. 328.
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BOSCAWEN, Hugh (1625-1701), of Tregothnan, Penkevil, Cornw.

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bap. 21 Aug. 1625, 2nd s. of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan and his wife Margaret, da. of Robert Rolle of Heanton Satchville, Devon; bro. of Charles Boscawen* and Edward Boscawen*. m. 1648, Margaret (d. 1688), da. and h. of Theophilus Clinton, 4th earl of Lincoln, 8s. (d.v.p.), 2 da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. bro. Sept. 1645. bur. 10 June 1701.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 47; A. Austin, Hist. of the Clinton Barony (1999), 76 and genealogical table; Devon RO, 1262M/E/30/13.
Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Grampound 30 July 1646–?;Cornw. RO, J.2078; Royal Institution of Cornw. HH/13/3. Tregony by 1690–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 8 June 1654, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 90; Westminster 1679.A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1654, E.1064.10); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Commr. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 170. tendering Engagement, 28 Jan. 1650.FSL, X.d.483 (47). J.p. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–80, June 1688–d.C193/13/3, f. 10; C193/13/4, f. 13v; C193/13/6, f. 11v; C231/6, p. 205. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. July 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 377–8; C181/7, pp. 10, 636. free and voluntary present, Powder hundred, Cornw. Nov. 1661;Cornw. Hearth Tax, 249. subsidy, 1663.SR. Stannator, Blackmore, Cornw. 1673. Commr. recusants, Cornw. 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Military: col. militia ft. Cornw. 14 Feb. 1650–?, Apr. 1660–80.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 521; HP Commons 1660–90, i. 686. Gov. St Mawes 1698–d.HP Commons 1660–90, i. 686.

Central: PC, 14 Feb. 1689–d. Commr subscriptions, new E. I. Co. 1698.HP Commons 1660–90, i. 686.

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BOSCAWEN, Hugh (1625-1701), of Tregothnan, Penkevil, Cornw.

Will
17 July 1700, pr. 19 Nov. 1701.PROB11/462/239.
Estates
inherited from bro. estate centred on the 24-hearth mansion of Tregothnan, Penkevil par, including manors of Tregothnan (Penkevil), Blanchland (Keykenwen), Tremilla (Feock), and lands in at least seven other parishes;Cornw. Hearth Tax, 73; PROB11/188/277. also manor of Tregony and properties in Tregony borough and Grampound borough;Maclean, Trigg Minor, iii. 72; PROB11/188/277. freeholder of manors of Helston in Trigg (Helston par.), and Treverbyn Courtney (St Austell), and free tenant of manors of Moresk (St Clements) and Tibesta (Creed) from duchy of Cornw., bef. 1650;Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 54, 93; ii. 174, 204. his wife’s jointure lands included estates in Cornw. and Lincs.PROB11/462/239
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NAPER, Gerard (1606-73), of More Crichel, Dorset.

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bap. 19 Oct. 1606, 1st s. of Sir Nathaniel Napper† of More Crichel and Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Gerard of Hyde, Purbeck, Dorset.Hutchins, Dorset i. 611; iii. 125. educ. travelled abroad c.1626;APC 1625-6, p. 477. adm. M. Temple 8 Nov. 1627.M. Temple Admiss. m. 7 Jan. 1633, Margaret (d. 1660), da. and coh. of John Colles of Barton Grange, Pitminster, Somerset, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p.Whiteway Diary, 127; Hutchins, Dorset iii. 125. suc. fa. 6 Sept. 1635.Vis. Dorset, 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 49. cr. bt. 25 June 1641;SO3/12, f. 153. Kntd. 29 June 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. d. 14 May 1673.CB
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Poole 3 Aug. 1627;Hutchins, Dorset, i. 32. Weymouth 16 Oct. 1640;Weymouth Charters ed. Moule, 113. Lyme Regis 1662.Weymouth Min. Bks. 48. Trustee, Dorchester almshouse bef. Nov. 1650–?Recs. of Dorchester ed. Mayo, 560–1.

Local: j.p. Dorset 1636 – 44, by Oct. 1660 – May 1670; Poole May 1665–?C231/5, p. 275; C231/7, pp. 254, 367; C220/9/4, f. 19; C193/12/3, f. 24v. Col. militia ft. Dorset 1636–40.Dorset RO, D84 (official). Commr. charitable uses, 1638–9;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 25 May 1638 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–23 Jan. 1671;C181/5, ff. 104v, 221v; C181/7, pp. 9, 530. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113v. oyer and terminer for piracy, 26 Sept. 1639-aft. Feb. 1642;C181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR.; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); array (roy.), 29 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. contributions (roy.), 21 Sept. 1643; rebels’ estates (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 73, 75. Kpr. Chittered Walk, Cranborne Chase, Dorset bef. 1646.Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, ff. 28v-29r. Sheriff, Dorset 7 Nov. 1650–1.CJ vi. 492a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39. Commr. gaol delivery, Poole 24 Feb. 1655.C181/6, p. 95 Dep. lt. Dorset c.1640–?, 26 July 1660–d.SP29/8, f. 67. Commr. corporations, 10 Oct. 1662.Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1, unfol. Surveyor of flooded lands, 4 Dec. 1662.Dorset RO, D/BKL, box 8C/64, bundle ‘Sir Ralph Bankes’, unfol. Commr. subsidy, 1663;SR. waste land, c.Feb. 1663.CSP Dom. 1663–4, pp. 43, 81.

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NAPER, Gerard (1606-73), of More Crichel, Dorset.

Will
12 Nov. 1667, codicils 11 Jan. 1672, 9 May 1673, 13 May 1673, pr. 21 Oct. 1673.PROB11/343/180.
Estates
inherited Middlemarsh Grange, Minterne Magna, and More Crichel, Dorset;Dorset Hearth Tax, 29, 52, 56. at d. also held lands in Wareham, Sutton Waldron, Woodsford and Buckland, Dorset, and unspec. lands in Wilts. and Som.PROB11/343/180. Rentals estimated at £1,211 (1640) and £2,067 (1653).Dorset RO, D84 (manorial).
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Cursitor’s Alley, London, Feb. 1656 the Dolphin in the Strand May-June 1656.Add. 34014, ff. 10, 25, 75v.
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PRIDEAUX, Edmund II (1606-83), of Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornw.

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b. 15 Sept. 1606, 3rd s. of Humphrey Prideaux of Soulden and Honor, da. of Edmund Fortescue of Fallopit, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 611. educ. Bodmin g.s. bef. 1622; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 28 June 1622, BA 1625, incorp. Oxf. 1625; I. Temple, 14 Nov. 1629, ?called 30 Oct. 1638.Al. Cant.; I. Temple database. m. 24 Mar. 1639, Bridget (d. Oct. 1690), da. of John Moyle II* of Bake, St Germans, 5s (2 d.v.p.), 4 da. suc. bro. Feb. 1643. d. 25 Oct. 1683.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 611-2; Cornw. RO, transcript of St Germans par. regs.; Parochial Hist. Cornw. (4 vols., Truro, 1870), iii. 14-15.
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Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). tendering Engagement, 28 Jan. 1650.buller FSL, X.d.483 (47). J.p. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, 25 July 1656–?d.C193/13/3, f. 10v; C193/13/4, f. 14; C231/6, p. 345. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1662–?Cornw. RO, PB/3/23. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR. Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1663–4 Nov. 1664.Cornw. RO, PB/3/3, PB/3/7; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

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PRIDEAUX, Edmund II (1606-83), of Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornw.

Will
28 Aug. 1683, pr. 1684.Cornw. RO, G/1257; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 611.
Estates
centred on Prideaux Place, Padstow (18 hearths in 1660s).Cornw. Hearth Tax, 148. In Oct. 1644 lands in Cornwall confiscated and rented out at £40 p.a.Cornw. RO, B/35/229. Held Padstow manor (with fines worth £3 5s 1d in 1656-7) and manor of Padstow Penkevel.Cornw. RO, PB/4/77, PB/4/11. At d. held Benallack, Carsella and Polmark, Cornw.Cornw. RO, G/1257.
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WITHRING, Thomas (c.1596-1651), of Sherborne Lane, St Mary Abchurch, London.

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b. c.1596, 2nd s. of Thomas Withering (d. 1618) of Overton, Checkley, Staffs. and Dorothy, da. of John Fearne of Crakemarsh, Staffs.MI, St Andrew, Hornchurch, Essex; Staffs. RO, Wills and Prob. in the Consistory Ct. of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, Inventory of Thos. Witherings [sic], 24 Nov. 1618; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 340. appr. haberdasher, London 10 July 1618.LMA, CLC/L/HA/C/011/MS15860/004, f. 119. m. by 1640, Dorothy (bur. 18 Jan. 1655), da. of John Oliver of Little Wilbraham, Cambs. at least 1s. 1da.St Andrew, Hornchurch par. reg.; PROB11/219, f. 393; PROB11/259, f. 265; Vis. London, 340; CSP Dom. 1652-3, pp. 367, 662. d. 28 Sept. 1651.W.J. Hyde, Early Hist. of the Post (1894), 211.
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Civic: freeman, Mercers’ Co. 15 Feb. 1626–d.Mercers’ Co. Archives, Acts of Ct. 1625–31, f. 284.

Central: harbinger, ct. of Henrietta Maria, ?-c.1632.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 123; HMC Cowper, ii. 20. Dep. postmaster for foreign posts, 15 Mar. 1632–29 July 1640;Bodl. Bankes 41/2, f. 97; HMC 4th Rep. 22; HMC 5th Rep. 47; Coventry Docquets, 183. for inland and colonial posts, 22 June 1637–29 July 1640.Bodl. Bankes 5/2, f. 136; HMC 5th Rep. 47; Coventry Docquets, 202.

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WITHRING, Thomas (c.1596-1651), of Sherborne Lane, St Mary Abchurch, London.

Will
12 Nov. 1649, pr. 27 Dec. 1651, 17 Feb. 1652.PROB11/219, f. 393; PROB11/220, f. 372v.
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said to have acquired estate in Essex by 1637 worth at least £800 p.a.SP16/375/20, f. 43v; HMC Cowper, ii. 249. By 1637 owned a house in St Mary Abchurch, London.J. Taylor, The Carriers Cosmographie (1637), sig. C4v; Inhabitants of London, 1638, 105. In 1640, purchased property at Duston, Northants. which he appears to have sold in 1643.HMC Cowper, ii. 248, 249, 254, 256, 331. His wife came with an estate worth at least £105 p.a.CSP Dom. 1652-3, p. 367. About 1646, purchased manor of Nelmes in Hornchurch, Essex.VCH Essex, vii. 37. His office as postmaster probably worth more than £1,000 p.a. and according to some reports, betw. £4,000 and £5,000 p.a.Bodl. Bankes 5/2, f. 137; K. Sharpe, ‘Thomas Witherings and the reform of the foreign posts, 1632-40’, BIHR lvii. 156. His personal estate and his properties in Essex, Lincs. and elsewhere were valued by his widow at £18,000.C7/387/8.
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Walthamstow, Essex (1638, 1641).HMC Cowper, ii. 191; CSP Dom. 1641-3, p. 160.
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