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BARKER, John II (1619-aft. 1662), of Netherham, High Ham, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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bap. 1 Aug. 1619, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Barker of High Ham, Som and his wife, Elizabeth.High Ham par. reg. m. by 1653, Maria, 3s. 3da. (?1 d.v.p.).High Ham par. reg. suc. fa. 1654.High Ham par. reg. d. aft. 1662.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 444.
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Military: lt. of ?horse (parlian.), Som. by 1646.D. Underdown, Som. in the Civil War and Interregnum (Newton Abbot, 1973), 126. Capt. of horse, regt. of Thomas Harrison I* by May 1649-aft. July 1654.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 106, ii. 67. Lt. of horse, tp. of John Okey*, 1–13 July 1659; capt. 13 July-bef. Sept. 1659.CJ vii. 700b, 715b. Capt. of horse, regt. of Nathaniel Rich* (later Richard Ingoldsby*), Sept. 1659-aft. May. 1660.Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 129, 170; CJ vii. 817b.

Local: j.p. Som. 5 Mar. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 254. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Som., Bristol and Bath 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. assessment, Som. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Jan. 1656;R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 180. sewers, Mar. 1656-aft. Sept. 1659;C218/6, pp. 154–394. militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

: of Netherham, High Ham, Som.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BARKER, John II (1619-aft. 1662), of Netherham, High Ham, Som.

Will
not found.
Estates
leased manor of Netherham, High Ham, Som. (confiscated from Sir John Stawell*) from Cttee. for Compounding, 1651.CCC 517.
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HAMILTON, Sir James (d. 1665), of Orbiston, Lanarkshire.

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b. aft. 1634, 1st s. of Sir John Hamilton of Orbiston and Bethia, da. of Sir John Henderson of Fordell.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 323; G. Hamilton, Hist. of the House of Hamilton (Edinburgh, 1933), 645-6. m. (1) bef. 1654, Joanna (or Jean), da. of Ludovick Houston of that ilk, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) c.1662, Margaret Stewart, da. of Sir Archibald Stewart of Blairhall, wid. of David Bosewell of Auchinleck, s.p.House of Hamilton, 647; Regs. Gt. Seal Scot. 1660-8, p. 284-6. Kntd. bef. Feb. 1652. suc. fa. bef. 1664. d. May 1665.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 323; Commissariot Recs. of Glasgow ed. F.J. Grant (Edinburgh, 1901), 215; NRS, CC9/7/31, unfol.
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Civic: burgess, Glasgow 30 Sept. 1644, re-adm. 3 May 1656.Burgesses of Glasgow ed. J.R. Anderson (Edinburgh, 1925), 115, 148.

Scottish: dep. Dunbartonshire, tender of union, 1652. 31 Dec. 1655Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 53, 118; House of Hamilton, 646. Commr. assessment, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. 1656 – ?Acts Parl. Scot. vi, pt 2, 839–41; A. and O. J.p. Dunbartonshire; Lanarkshire 1656, 1663 – ?; Ayrshire 1663–?Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIII, f. 81v; NRS, JC26/26, unfol.; Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 311, 313; House of Hamilton, 646. Sheriff, Lanarkshire 1656–7; Dunbartonshire 1662, 1664.Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 316; House of Hamilton, 646. Commr. Dunbartonshire, Edinburgh Convention, Jan. 1660;NLS, MS 20775, ff. 72, 74. excise, Lanarkshire 1661.House of Hamilton, 646.

: Lanarkshire.
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HAMILTON, Sir James (d. 1665), of Orbiston, Lanarkshire.

Will
15 May 1664, pr. 19 June 1665.NRS, CC9/7/31, unfol.
Estates
in March 1664 owned baronies of Erskine (Renfrewshire), Dunnotar and Kirkpatrick (Dunbartonshire); also lands in Inchinnan (Renfrewshire) and Paisley regality (Dunbartonshire); ferries between Dumbarton and Kirkpatrick burghs, and salmon fisheries of the River Clyde; Erskine vicarage and lands, teinds and vicarages of Easter Kirkpatrick, Morrisland and Dunterchinnan.Regs. Gt. Seal Scot. 1660-8, pp. 284-6.
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DANVERS alias VILLIERS, Robert (1624-75), of Wycombe, Bucks. and Knighton, Rad.

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b. and; bap. 20 Oct. 1624 (as Robert Wright), illegit. s. of Frances (bur. 4 June 1645), da. of Sir Edward Coke† and w. of John Villiers (d. 18 Feb. 1658), 1st Viscount Purbeck, with Sir Robert Howard* of Clun, Salop, and Audley End, Essex.J. Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. A. Clark (1898), ii. 97; Burke, Extinct Peerages, 558; ‘Sir Robert Howard’, Oxford DNB; St Giles, Cripplegate and St Mary the Virgin, Oxford par. regs. educ. travelled (France, Italy), bef. 1642.CCC 1075; CJ vii. 602b. m. 23 Nov. 1648, Elizabeth (b. 7 Apr. 1629, bur. 22 Aug. 1709), da. and coh. of Sir John Danvers* of West Lavington, Wilts. 2s. 4 da. (1 d.v.p.)Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 97; Burke, Extinct Peerages, 558-9. suc. mo. 1645; grandmo. (Lady Elizabeth Hatton), 1646.PROB11/200/312. summ. to Lords as Visct. Purbeck, 15 June 1660.HMC 5th Rep. 154; HMC 7th Rep. 110. d. 1675.
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Military: col. of ft. (roy.) 15 June 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 47.

Diplomatic: ?envoy to Paris, May 1652.CCSP ii. 135.

Local: freeman, Chipping Wycombe, Bucks. 13 Apr. 1668.The First Ledger Book of High Wycombe ed. R.W. Greaves (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xi), 185.

: of Wycombe, Bucks. and Rad., Knighton.
VILLIERS
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Commons 1640-1660
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DANVERS alias VILLIERS, Robert (1624-75), of Wycombe, Bucks. and Knighton, Rad.

Will
admon. (as Robert Danvers alias Villiers) 1676.Burke, Extinct Peerages, 559.
Estates
from 1645, interests in Stoke Poges, Bassetbury, Cippenham and other lands in Bucks.; land at Allerston, Yorks.; Pitsey and other manors in Essex;CCAM 669-70; CP (under Purbeck); CCC 1075; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iv. 549; VCH Bucks. iii. 174, 306-7, 310, 437n. from 1646, manor of Fakenham, Norf.;PROB11/200/312. from ?1653, Siluria, Knighton, Rad.;Burke, Extinct Peerages, 559; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 425. from 1655, moiety of manors Bradenstoke, Cleverton, Lea, Malmesbury, Westbury, Whitchurch, Wilts.;VCH Wilts. viii. 150; ix. 95; x. 139; xiv. 122, 139, 142. 1655-9, manor of West Lavington, Wilts.;VCH Wilts. vii. 200. 1655-1661, lands in Wilts. Northants. Som. and Mdx. forfeit by Sir John Danvers’ posth. attainder.Wilts. RO, 9/26/3.
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OSBORNE, Sir Edward (1596-1647), of Kiveton, Harthill, Yorks.

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bap. 12 Dec. 1596, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Hewett Osborne of Parsloes, Dagenham, Essex, and Joyce (d. Apr. 1619), da. of Thomas Fleetwood† of The Vache, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks.C142/364/5; Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 143; G.E. Cokayne, ‘Peds. of the fams. of Osborne and Buckby’, The Gen. n.s. xxiv. 4, 5. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1611;Al. Cant. I. Temple 16 Nov. 1615;I. Temple Admiss. Database. travelled abroad 1625-6.APC 1625-6, p.116. m. (1) 13 Oct. 1618, Margaret (bur. 7 Nov. 1624), da. of Sir Thomas Belasyse† of Newburgh Priory, Yorks., 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 23 Oct. 1626, Anne (bur. 20 Aug. 1666), da. of Thomas Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh, Lancs., wid. of William Middleton of Thrintoft, Yorks., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. St Mary Bothaw, London par. reg.; Harthill par. reg.; St Olave, York Par. Reg. ed. F. Harrison, W. J. Kaye (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxiii), 94, 95; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 171; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), 67; Cokayne, ‘Fams. of Osborne and Buckby’, 5-6. suc. fa. 24 Aug. 1599;WARD9/160, ff. 335-6; CSP Ire. 1599-1600, p. 131. cr. bt. 13 July 1620.CB. d. 9 Sept. 1647.Cokayne, ‘Fams. of Osborne and Buckby’, 5.
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Local: j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 26 June 1629-aft. 1641; N., E. Ridings 28 May 1633-c.1644.C231/5, pp. 12, 107; N. Riding QS Recs. ed. J.C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. iv), 234. Commr. recusants, northern cos. 8 June 1629-aft. July 1638;C66/2615/1; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 47; ix. pt. 1, p. 57; pt. 2, p. 162. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 13 June 1629-aft. June 1641.C181/4, ff. 14v, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203. Member, council of the north, June 1629 – Aug. 1641; v.-pres. by Dec. 1632-Apr. 1641.Strafforde Letters, i. 81; R. Reid, Council in the North, 427, 488, 498. Capt. militia horse, W. Riding 14 Jan. 1630-aft. July 1639;Add. 28094, f. 3; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P19/85. lt. col. Yorks. by c.1635-c.1642.Add. 28082, f. 81; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers, 279. Commr. charitable uses, W. Riding 9 July 1631–20 Feb. 1637.C192/1, unfol. Dep. lt. Yorks. by c.1635-aft. 1641;Add. 28082, f. 81. dep. lt. gen. 10 Feb. 1639-c.1642.Add. 28088, ff. 85v, 88; Worcs. RO, 899:749/8782/68/65. Commr. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 20 Feb. 1636-aft. Dec. 1637;C181/5, ff. 38v, 53, 87. assessment, W. Riding 1642;SR. array (roy.), Yorks. 18 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. levying of money (roy.), c.Dec. 1642-aft. Mar. 1644.Bodl. Firth c.7, f. 8; Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xviii), 159.

: of Kiveton, Yorks., Harthill.
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Commons 1640-1660
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OSBORNE, Sir Edward (1596-1647), of Kiveton, Harthill, Yorks.

Will
admon. 16 Nov. 1657.PROB3/33, f. 238v.
Estates
in 1619, sold manor of Parsloes for £1,150 and purchased lands in Harthill, Yorks.Cokayne, ‘Fams. of Osborne and Buckby’, 5. In 1627, acquired rent charge of £20 p.a. issuing out of manor of Maunby, nr. Northallerton, Yorks.CCC 1834. In c.1630, he and Sir Thomas Wentworth†, the future earl of Strafford, were granted annual rent of £200 for 14 years out of the alum patent.Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. Clay, 160; Cliffe, Yorks. 91. In 1631, lent Sir Thomas Danbie* £2,000 and in 1633 borrowed £2,000 by statute staple.LC4/201, ff. 85v, 215v. In 1636, he and Danbie purchased manor of Thorpe Salvin, Yorks., from Francis Nevile* for £6,200.C54/3160/31; C54/3265/37. In 1646, estate consisted of estate for life in manor and rectory of Seaton Ross; cap. messuage of Kiveton; lands in Anston, Harthill, Kiveton, Thorpe Salvin, Treeton, Wales and Woodall; lands in Yafford and Danby Wiske, nr. Northallerton, all in Yorks., valued at £971 p.a.Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. Clay, 159. At his d. personal estate valued at £2,019.Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 143.
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King’s Manor (the seat of the council of the north), York 1633-c.1640.HMC Cowper, ii. 16, 237.
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KELSEY, Thomas (c.1616-?1687), of Shere, Surr., and Bishopsgate Street, London.

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b. c.1616, ygr. s. of Thomas Kelsey (bur. 6 Sept. 1623), yeoman, of Shere, Surr. and Mary Willet.Shere par. reg. appr. to Henry Graunt, Draper, of St Peter Cornhill, 20 Oct. 1630; free, 15 May 1639.Drapers’ Co. Apprentice Bk. cr. MA, Oxf. 14 Apr. 1648.Wood, Fasti Oxonienses, ii. 111. m. ?bef. June 1655, ?da. of Henry Graunt (d. aft. Dec. 1671), 1s.Wood, Life and Times, i. 433; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 491; 1671-2, p. 98; CCSP v. 197; Drapers’ Co. recs. d. bef. 6 Aug. 1687.PROB6/63, f. 88v.
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Military: officer (parlian.), Norwich and Boston garrisons bef. 1645; maj. of ft. regt. of Edward Montagu II*, Apr. 1645; lt.-col. regt. of Richard Ingoldsby*, Dec. 1645-Oct. 1651.Wanklyn, New Model Army i. 48, 58, 67; ii. 63; LJ vii. 279; HMC 6th Rep. 81. Dep. gov. Oxf. June 1646;Wood, Annales, 556, 560, 597, 602, 604, 640; CSP Dom. 1648–9, pp. 193, 221; LJ x. 407. gov. June 1649-May 1651.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 175. Col. of dragoons, May 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 178, 188. Lt. of Dover Castle and gov. of garrison, May 1651-Dec. 1659.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 189, 201, 209, 253; CCSP iv. 508. Maj.-gen. Kent and Surr. Aug. 1655-Jan. 1657.TSP iii. 300, 701; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 275; Clarke Pprs. iii. 50; TSP iv. 88, 117. Col. of horse, Kent 5 Aug.-12 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 749a, 796a.

Civic: freeman and bailiff, Oxf. 10 Mar. 1648.Oxford Council Acts 1626–65, 154. Freeman, Sandwich 10 July 1654;Cent. Kent. Stud. Sa/AC8, f. 113. Dover 30 July 1656.Eg. 2096, ff. 188–9.

Local: j.p. Oxon. 13 Mar. 1649–?Mar. 1660;The Names of the Justices (1650), 45 (E.1238.4); C231/6, p. 144; C193/13/4, f. 79; C193/13/5, f. 85; C181/6, pp. 157, 331. Essex, Mdx., Surr. Mar. 1655 – ?Mar. 1660; Woodstock Apr. 1656 – Aug. 1660; Kent Mar. 1657–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 306, 307, 362; C181/6, pp. 157, 331. Commr. assessment, Oxon. and Oxf. 7 Apr. 1649, 7 Dec., 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 292 (E.1062.28). Kent 9 June 1657.A. and O. Visitor, Oxf. Univ. 23 May 1649.CJ vi. 215b. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Kent 28 Aug. 1654, 13 Sept. 1656; Surr. 13 Sept. 1656;A. and O.; SP25/77, p. 322. sewers, Kent 14 Apr. 1656, 17 June 1657, 1 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 157, 228, 367. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659;C181/6, pp. 263, 386. I. of Sheppey, Kent 5 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 396. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 June 1656–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 170, 219, 237, 277, 306, 373. Custos rot. Kent 7 May 1657–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 362; C193/13/5, f. 53. Commr. militia, Kent, Surr. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Central: treas. to excise commrs. May 1653.Clarke Pprs. iii. 5. Commr. admlty. and navy, 28 July, 3 Dec. 1653, 8 Nov. 1655, 31 May 1659.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

: Surr. and London., Bishopsgate Street.
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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

KELSEY, Thomas (c.1616-?1687), of Shere, Surr., and Bishopsgate Street, London.

Will
admon. 6 Aug. 1687.PROB6/63, f. 88v.
Estates
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STEWARD, Robert (1617-72), of Barton Mills, Suff. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 6 Apr. 1617, 3rd s. of Thomas Steward of Barton Mills and Sarah, da. of Sir Edward Lewkenor† of Denham, Suff.Denham Par. Regs. (Bury St Edmunds, 1904), 6-7; Vis. Suff. 1664-8 (Harl. Soc. lxi.), 194. educ. Mildenhall g.s.; Bury St Edmunds g.s.;Biographical List of Boys Educated at King Edward VI Free Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds (Bury St Edmunds, 1908), 371-2. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1633, BA 1639, MA (Trinity Hall) 1641;Venn, Al. Cant. L. Inn 1641.LI Admiss. m. Elizabeth (d.1692), 2da.PROB6/47, f. 89v; PROB11/412/432. Kntd. 1670.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 244. bur. 10 July 1672.HP Commons 1660-1690.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 1651; bencher, 1669.LI Black Bks. Ii. 392; iii. 66, 67. Master in chancery, 1670–d.T.D. Hardy, Cat. of Lord Chancellors (1843), 94.

Local: j.p. Norf. 11 July 1657–d.C231/6, p. 372. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Suff. 26 June 1657; I. of Ely 1661; King’s Lynn 1661, 1664;A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Norf. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, Cambs. and Norf. 7 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 42. Norf. and Suff. 1 Aug. 1664, 20 Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 287, 523. subsidy, Norf., King’s Lynn 1663.SR.

Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn 1659;Cal. Lynn Freemen, 168. recorder, Apr. 1660–d.Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 200.

Central: chairman, cttee. of ways and means, 27 Nov. 1666 – 25 Jan. 1667, 14 Mar.-25 Apr. 1668.HP Commons 1660–90. Trustee, sale of fee farm rents, 1670–d.CTB iii. 414.

: of Barton Mills, Suff. and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn.
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STEWARD, Robert (1617-72), of Barton Mills, Suff. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
admon. 20 July 1672.PROB6/47, f. 89v.
Estates
probably resident in King’s Lynn by 1660;Add. 41656, f. 13. possibly owned lands at Wisbech and Leverington, Cambs.PROB 11/412/432.
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PENINGTON, Isaac (1583-1661), of Wood Street, London and Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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bap. 17 Nov. 1583,St Olave, Southwark par. reg. 1st s. and h. of Robert Penington, Fishmonger, of London and Judith, da. of Isaac Shetterden of London.J. Foster, Pedigree of Sir Josslyn Penington (1878), 66; Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 10030-1. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1615,St John at Hackney par. reg. Abigail, da. of John Allen, merchant, of London, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da (1 d.v.p.); (2) 23 Dec. 1629, Mary, da. of Matthew Young, brewer, of London, wid. of Roger Wilkinson of St Dunstan-in-the-West, Haberdasher, s.p.St Andrew Undershaft par. reg., St Peter le Poer par. reg.; St Mary, West Bergholt par. reg.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 151; Oxford DNB. suc. fa. 1627.PROB11/151/518. d. 16 Dec. 1661.Eg. 3349, f. 88.
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Civic: liveryman, Fishmongers’ Co. 12 Dec. 1613; asst. 27 May 1622 – 27 June 1660; third warden, 23 June 1634–36; prime warden, 22 June 1640–2. 29 Jan. 1639 – 23 Oct. 1657GL, MS 5570/2, pp. 96, 451; 5570/3, pp. 165–6, 432; 5570/4, p. 889; 5578A/1, p. 201, 273. Sheriff, London and Mdx. 1638–9. Alderman, London; ld. mayor, 1642–3.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 65; CLRO, Rep. 53, f. 79v.

Religious: member, vestry St Stephen, Coleman Street 27 Dec. 1633; collector for poor, 10 Apr. 1636; auditor, churchwardens’ accts. 26 Feb. 1638.GL, MS 4458/1, ff. 89. 101, 105.

Local: commr. subsidy, London 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan. 1660; Bucks. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. and Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Norf., Suff. 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.SR; A. and O. Col. London militia ft. (2nd white regt.) 1642; usurper maj. 1643. 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645Archaeologia lii. 135; Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 21v. Lt. Tower of London 29 July 1643. 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645LJ vi. 154b, 159a. Member, London militia cttee. 29 Aug. 1643. 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, London, by Jan. 1654 – 26 Nov. 1657; Norf. circuit by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 230v, 265; C181/6, pp. 1, 253, 379. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Feb. 1654–26 Nov. 1657;C181/5, ff. 244, 265; C181/6, pp. 1, 253 sewers, London 14 Jan. – aft.Dec. 1645, 13 Aug. 1657; Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/5, ff. 247, 266; C181/6, pp. 5, 200, 256. commr. for Bucks. 25 June 1644; New Model ordinance, London 17 Feb. 1645; London militia, 2 Sept. 1647, 17 Jan. 1649, 7 July 1659; militia, Bucks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. Asst. London corporation for poor , 7 May 1649. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. Gov. Emmanuel Hosp. 8 May 1649. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660CLRO, Rep. 59, f. 407v. Commr. Southwark militia, July 1649. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Bucks.; Surr. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C193/13/3, ff. 4v, 62v; C193/13/4, f. 97. Mdx. aft. May 1652-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/4, f. 60v. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Bucks., London 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 375b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642; Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for compounding, 8 Nov. 1643, CJ iii. 305a. 8 Feb. 1647,A. and O. 2 Nov. 1649;CJ vi. 318a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Nov. 1651.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b.

Mercantile: gov. Levant Co. 8 Feb. 1644–54.A. and O.; Wood, Hist. Levant Co., 52.

: of Wood Street, London and Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. C. Johnson;Fishmongers’ Co. London. oil on canvas, attrib. W. Dobson;Guildhall Art Gallery, London. line engraving, unknown, 1643.A True Declaration and Just Commendation (1643, E.99.27), frontispiece.

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Web Title

PENINGTON, Isaac (1583-1661), of Wood Street, London and Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.

Will
attainted.
Estates
inherited freehold and copyhold lands in Norf. and Suff., 1627;PROB11/151/518. assigned manor of Hanslop, Bucks., worth £61 p.a. June 1628;CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 156. purchased The Grange, Chalfont St Peter, bef. 1636;Lipscombe, Hist. of Bucks. iii. 240; SP16/326/18; Coventry Docquets, 697; VCH Bucks. iii. 193. it was alleged he ‘hath store of bishops’ lands’ in late 1640s;Mystery of the Good Old Cause (1660), 28 (E.1923.2). property forfeited in Nov. 1660 included 5 houses in Whitefriars, near Fleet Street. CTB i. 92, 107; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 406; 1661-2, p. 60.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
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HALL, Thomas (d.1675), of Donington, Lincs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 2nd s. of Thomas Hall of Donington (d. Feb. 1615), and 2nd w. Mary, da. of Alexander More of Ingoldsby, Lincs.Ingoldsby par. reg. (mar. entry 11 Dec. 1606); Lincs. RO, INV/115/152; LCC wills, W1615/267; LCC wills, W1621/ii/217; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 440. m. (1) by 1639, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Belgrave of North Kilworth, Leics., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) by July 1673 (with £2,771), Sarah, da. of ?Donington bishop’s transcript (entries 8 Aug., 6 Dec. 1639, 22 Oct., 10 Nov. 1640); PROB11/350, f. 240v; Lincs. Peds. 440. bur. 12 May 1675.Lincs. Peds. 440.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642–d.;C181/5, f. 224v; C181/6, pp. 40, 389; C181/7, pp. 77, 544; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12. sequestration Lincs. (Holland) 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; assessment, 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., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Boston 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647; Holland 23 June 1647; New Model army, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, Morton, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1647;C93/19/23. Lincs. 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. 1650 – 29 July 1652A. and O. J.p. Holland by Feb., Mar. 1660–22 July 1670.C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 243; C231/7, p. 374; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, 17 Apr. 1660–?Mercurius Publicus no. 16 (12–19 Apr. 1660), 255 (E.183.8). Commr. poll tax, Holland 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. swans, Lincs. 19 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 300.

Military: capt. (parlian.) by Sept. 1643-aft. Jan. 1645.A. and O. i. 294; SP28/144, pt. 3, f. 9v.

: of Donington, Lincs.
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HALL, Thomas (d.1675), of Donington, Lincs.

Will
14 July 1673, pr. 9 Mar. 1676.PROB11/350, f. 240.
Estates
fa. d. with personal estate valued at £723.Lincs. RO, INV/115/152. Hall’s second w. came with portion of £2,771 and leases valued at £800. He bequeathed lands to her, by way of jointure, worth at least £320 p.a. His estate also inc. lands and messuages in Donington, the rectory and advowson of Donington and property in Bicker, Holbeach, Quadring, ‘Sutton’, Wigtoft and several other townships nr. Donington.PROB11/350, ff. 240v-242v; C6/4/106.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
presented Joseph Swift to vicarage of Donington, 1671.Clergy of the C of E Database Record ID: 48049, The Clergy of the Church of England Database.
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HARRIS, John II (c.1596-1648), of Lanrest, Liskeard, Cornw. and Radford, Plymstock, Devon.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1596, 2nd s. of John Harris† of Lanrest, Liskeard, Cornw. and Joan, da. and h. of Robert Harte of Stoke Climsland, Cornw.; bro. of Christopher Harris†. m. (1) 30 Sept. 1630, Elizabeth (bur. 26 July 1637), da. of Emorb Johnson of Bridge, South Pemberton, Som. 1s;WARD7/58/57; C142/688/38; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 447-8; Som. and Dorset N and Q, ii. 230, 233. (2) c.Oct. 1641, Mary, wid. of Thomas Wise* of Sydenham, Devon, and da. of Edward, 1st Visc. Chichester of Carrickfergus, s.p.G.H. Radford, ‘Wyses of Sydenham’, Trans. Devon Assoc. xli. 133, 137. suc. bro. Christopher 1623, gt.-uncle Sir Christopher Harris† 1625.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 448. d. by 24 Apr. 1648.CCC 117.
Offices Held

Local: under-steward, Liskeard manor, Cornw. by Sept. 1624-aft. 1633.SC2/160/47–9. Provost-marshal, Cornw. 1629.A. Duffin, Faction and Faith: Politics and Religion of the Cornish Gentry before the Civil War (Exeter, 1996), 124. Commr. to inspect Catwater Harbour, Plymouth, Devon 1636;Devon and Cornw. N and Q xii. 239. piracy, Cornw. 1637; Devon 1637, 1639.C181/5, ff. 83v, 84v, 132v. V.-adm. (jt.) 1638–?aft. 1642.HCA30/620, no. 45; HCA14/49, nos. 178, 307. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Devon 8 Aug. 1642.Northants RO, FH133, unfol. J.p. Feb. 1643–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 11. Commr. duchy of Cornw. assessions, c.July 1645.Coate, Cornw. 182.

Civic: feoffee, Liskeard town lands, 10 Jan. 1625.Cornw. RO, B/LIS/26/10. Recorder, Liskeard 1636.Cornw. RO, B/LIS/282.

: Cornw., Liskeard and Devon., Radford.
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HARRIS, John II (c.1596-1648), of Lanrest, Liskeard, Cornw. and Radford, Plymstock, Devon.

Will
24 Mar. 1648, pr. 3 Nov. 1649.PROB11/210/29.
Estates
inherited (1623) manor of Lannetton, Cornw., manor of East Draynes, St Neot and St Cleer, Lanrest and other lands in Liskeard parish, rectories of Liskeard and Talland, and other lands in Cornw.;WARD7/58/57; WARD7/58/202. inherited (1625) manors of Whitchurch, Gowswell and Radford, Devon, and other lands in Devon and Cornwall;C142/688/38. bef. d. was freeholder of duchy of Cornwall in manor of Liskeard, holding the ruined castle and grounds.Parl. Survey Duchy Cornw. ii. 77, 79, 81, 83, 86, 88.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
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BECKE, Gabriel (1602-65), of Great Chapel Street, St Margaret’s, Westminster

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 7 Mar. 1602, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Job Beck (bur. 25 Mar. 1619) of Wood Stanway, Stanway, Glos., and Susan, da. of ?Stanway, Glos. par. reg.; Glos. RO, D1375/22-3. educ. L. Inn 5 May 1632;LI Admiss. called, 12 Feb. 1648.LI Black Bks. ii. 377. m. 30 Nov. 1648, Ann, da. of Samuel Dunch* of North Baddesley, Hants., at least 1s.St Dunstan-in-the-West, London par. reg.; St Margaret, Westminster par. reg. bur. 9 Feb. 1665 9 Feb. 1665.St Margaret, Westminster par. reg.
Offices Held

Central: member, sub-cttee., cttee. for advance of money, c.Sept. 1643.CCAM 26. Clerk-register to treasurers for assessment, 30 Sept. 1644, 15 Aug. 1645, 9 Mar., 1 May 1646.CJ iii. 644b; A. and O. i. 550; LJ viii. 205a-b; CTB i. 202. Clerk, ct. of wards, 10 June 1645–?LJ vii. 422a-b. Member, cttee. to register royalists in London, 13 Nov. 1645. Auditor, Irish accts. 4 Aug. 1646-aft. June 1649.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 486; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 201. Visitor, Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. ordinance for raising £50,000 for Ireland, 25 Jan. 1648.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 771. Trustee, Irish lands, 5 June 1648.A. and O. Solicitor, protectoral council, 8 May 1656-c.Apr. 1659.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 312; PRO31/17/33, p. 371.

Local: member, Glos. co. cttee. 3 July 1646;LJ viii. 410b. sub-cttee. of accts. Oxon. by Feb. 1647.SP28/257, pt. 1, unfol. (Becke et al. to the Cttee. of Accts. 11 Feb. 1647). J.p. 11 Mar. 1647-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 81. Glos. 8 July 1656-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 340. Westminster 5 Apr. 1658-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 390. Commr. assessment, Oxon. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Berks., Glos., Hants 9 June 1657; Westminster 9 June 1657, 2 Mar., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; CJ vii. 858b; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Oxon. 16 Aug. 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 290. Westminster 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 7 July 1657–31 Aug. 1660.C181/6, pp. 244, 399.

: St Margaret’s, of Great Chapel Street, Westminster.
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BECKE, Gabriel (1602-65), of Great Chapel Street, St Margaret’s, Westminster

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1619, inherited lands in Batsford, Glos.Glos. RO, Gloucester wills 1619/114 (Job Becke). In 1632, ‘Gabriel Becke of London gent.’ sold 4 messuages in Batsford.C54/2899/13; Coventry Docquets, 624. In 1642, invested £300 as an Irish Adventurer, and in the 1650s received lands in Co. Westmeath, Ireland.Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 176; CSP Ire. 1647-60, pp. 497, 547. In 1648, purchased Withington Wood, Glos., from trustees for the sale of bishops’ lands for £241.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 7. In 1650, purchased 4 fee farm rents in Berks. worth £87 p.a. for £806, and 9 fee farm rents in Glos. worth £144 p.a. for £1,300.SP28/288, ff. 6, 7, 8. By 1651, Becke and another gent. had acquired for £4,335 a 99 year lease on a mortgaged estate in Sapperton, Glos. worth £500 p.a.CCC 1050; VCH Glos. xi. 91. His house in Great Chapel Street, Westminster, assessed for 10 hearths in 1664.London and Mdx. 1666 Hearth Tax ed. M. Davies et al. (BRS cxxx), 1707.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Mr Miller’s house, White’s Alley, Chancery Lane, London (June 1643).Bodl. Clarendon 22, f. 80.
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