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OWEN, Thomas (c.1580-1661), of Shrewsbury, Salop.

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b. c. 1580,Inferred from dates of entry to school and Inn of Court. 3rd s. of Edward Owen (d. 1613), draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Joanna, da. of Richard Purcell†, draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Dinthill, Salop.Vis. Salop 1623, i (Harl. Soc. xxix), 385-6; PROB11/123/29. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1589; ?L. Inn 23 May 1598.Shrewsbury School Regestum, 117; LI Admiss. i. 126. m. Priscilla, da. of Arthur Chambre of Petton, Salop, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da.Vis. Salop 1623, i. 386; CCC 1614. bur. 25 May 1661.St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury (Salop Parish Reg. Soc. xv), 286.
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Legal: ?called, L. Inn 11 Feb. 1606; ?steward, reader’s dinner, Lent 1613.LI Black Bks. ii. 97, 147. Dep. prothonotary, S. Wales bef. 1641.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 55.

Civic: ?dep. town clerk, Shrewsbury 1610 – 24; town clerk, 1624 – 45, 1660.Owen, Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 543; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. xi. 182.

Local: commr. subsidy, Shrewsbury 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, 1641;C212/22/20–23; E179/167/203; Salop Archives, 3365/223; SR. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Salop 1642.SR v. 155; Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

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OWEN, Thomas (c.1580-1661), of Shrewsbury, Salop.

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PORTER, Henry I (1614-66), of Lancaster, Lancs.

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b. 28 Jan. 1614, 1st s. of James Porter of Lancaster, and Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Trenchmore of Skerton, Lancaster.Lancs. IPM ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvi), 3; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxviii), 234. m. by 1635, Anne (d. 11 June 1680), da. of Henry Ashhurst of Ashhurst, Lancs. at least 1s.Lancaster ed. H. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxii), 80, 298; Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 234. suc. fa. 1 Feb. 1615.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 3. bur. 14 Nov. 1666 14 Nov. 1666.Lancaster ed. Brierley, 278.
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Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by June 1643-aft. Feb. 1649.SP19/118, f. 281; SP28/161, pt. 1, unfol.; Gratton, Lancs. 41, 62, 173, 287; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 250. Dep. gov. Lancaster Castle by Mar. 1646–?SP28/161, pt. 1; Chandler, Liverpool, 350. Maj. ?militia ft. Lancs. by Apr. 1654-c.Mar. 1660.Lancaster ed. Brierley, 344; CJ vii. 869a.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 13 May 1646-bef. Oct. 1649. Jan. 1659 – d.Chandler, Liverpool, 350. Alderman, Lancaster by; mayor, 1659–60.Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, unpag.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 49; Cal. Lancaster Charters ed. J. Brownbill, J. R. Nuttall (Lancaster, 1929), 18.

Religious: elder, eighth Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 511.

Local: commr. northern cos. militia, Lancs. 23 May 1648.A. and O. Steward, manor of Slyne-with-Hest, Lancs. by Oct. 1649–?Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, p. 178. Commr. militia, Lancs. 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660;SP25/76A, f. 16v; A. and O. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Capt. militia ft. Apr. 1660–?Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 17 (16–23 Apr. 1660), 271 (E.183.5). J.p. c.June 1660–1 Sept. 1666.Lancs. RO, QSC/62–5. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

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PORTER, Henry I (1614-66), of Lancaster, Lancs.

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inherited two messuages and land in Middleton, near Lancaster – one of these messuages was his main country residence at Downy Field – and four burgages and other property in Lancaster.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 3; T. Pape, Charters of the City of Lancaster (Lancaster, 1952), 59. By 1664, owned house of 19 hearths in Lancaster.E179/250/11, pt. 1.
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ASTON, John (1598-1666), of Ludlow.

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bap. 19 Nov. 1598, 2nd s. of William Aston (bur. 3 June 1627) of Ludlow and Elizabeth (bur. 25 Aug. 1631) da. of Edward Cressett of Upton Cressett, Salop.Ludlow par. reg.; Vis. Salop 1623, i (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 158. m. (1) Anne, 2s. 5 da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Mary, s.p. d. bef. Mar. 1666.Ludlow par. reg.; PROB11/319/477.
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Religious: churchwarden, Ludlow 1629.Salop Archives, LB2/1/1 ff. 172, 235. Elder, fifth Salop classis, 29 Apr. 1647.Shaw, Hist. English Church, ii. 410–11.

Civic: burgess, Ludlow 21 Apr. 1632; chamberlain, 1636 – 37; alnager, 1637 – 38; low bailiff, 1639 – 40; coroner, 1640 – 41; alderman, 13 Oct. 1646; high bailiff, 1648 – 49, 1650 – 51; capital master, 1650 – 51, 1653.M. Faraday, Ludlow (Chichester, 1991), 72–3; Salop Archives, LB2/1/1 ff. 172, 235.

Local: commr. assessment, Salop 16 Feb. 1648, 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Herefs. 9 June 1657. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Salop 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Herefs., Salop 28 Aug. 1654.A.and O. J.p. Salop 4 Mar. 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6 p. 361. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A.and O.

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ASTON, John (1598-1666), of Ludlow.

Will
1 May 1665, pr. 5 Mar. 1666.PROB11/319/477.
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LITTLETON, Sir Edward, 1st bt. (1599-1657), of Pillaton Hall, Penkridge, Staffs.

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b. 12 Dec. 1599, 1st s. of Sir Edward Littleton† of Pillaton Hall, and Mary (bur. 13 Jan. 1665), da. of Clement Fisher of Packington, Warws.Great Packington, Warws. par. reg.; Penkridge Church Reg. ed. H.R. Thomas (Staffs. Par. Regs. Soc. 1946), 261; CB. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 28 Mar. 1617;Al. Ox. I. Temple 13 June 1618.I. Temple database. m. (1) (settlement 1 Oct. 1625 with £5,000), Hester, da. of Sir William Courteen of London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.;Staffs. RO, D260/M/T/5/112; Penkridge Church Reg. ed. Thomas, 50, 55, 58, 144; CB. (2) by Apr. 1653, Catherine, da. of ? of ?Ffinant, Trefeglwys, Mont., ?s.p.PROB6/34, f. 31v; Staffs. RO, D260/M/E/429/22; G. Carew, The Title and Interest of Jeremy Elwes Esq and Other Creditors of William Courten (1659), 4; VCH Worcs. iv. 336. cr. bt. 28 June 1627;CB. suc. fa. 25 July 1629.C142/456/76. d. c. Aug. 1657.Staffs. RO, D260/M/E/429/22.
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Local: commr. charitable uses, Staffs. 16 June 1630 – 24 Nov. 1632, 22 June 1637-aft. June 1639.C192/1, unfol. J.p. 8 July 1634–?, 9 Mar. 1641-aft. Aug. 1642.C231/5, pp. 143, 434, 536. Commr. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 12 Feb. 1635, 6 Feb. 1638;C181/4, f. 199v; C181/5, f. 91. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 29 May 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 6v, 219. Staffs. 4 Dec. 1643, 20 Jan. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 107, 251. Dep. lt. by Aug. 1635–?SP16/296/10. f. 21. Sheriff, 3 Oct.1636–30 Sept. 1637.Coventry Docquets, 367, 368. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 267b; LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. array (roy.), 16 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Custos rot. 6 Aug. 1642–?C231/5, p. 536. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. impressment (roy.), 16 Nov. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 108.

: 1st bt. (1599-1657), of Pillaton Hall, Penkridge, Staffs. 1599 – 1657.
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LITTLETON, Sir Edward, 1st bt. (1599-1657), of Pillaton Hall, Penkridge, Staffs.

Will
admon. 5 Feb. 1658.PROB6/34, f. 31v.
Estates
inherited manors of Huntingdon, Levedale, Longridge, Otherton, Pillaton Hall and Preston; prebends of Congreve, Coppenhall, Dunston, Longridge, Penkridge, Shareshill and Stretton; site of Penkridge College; Teddersley Chase; advowson of Penkridge; lands in Bickford, Chillington, Church Eaton, Forbridge, Hanbury, Hatherton, Penkridge, Whiston and Wolgarston, Staffs.; and manor and advowson of Shelsley Walsh, Warws.C142/456/76. In 1638, he purchased manors of Coven and Brinsford, Little and Great Saredon and Shareshill, Staffs.Staffs. RO, D260/M/T/5/5. By 1642, also owned lands in Acton Trussell, Apeton, Blymhill, Brineton, Drayton, Essington, Haughton, Hayhouse, Marston, Mitton, Moreton, Norbury, Rodbaston, Weston Jones, Weston under Lizard and Wilbrighton; and ‘free chapels’ of Coppenhall, Shareshill and Stretton, Staffs.SP23/100, pp. 555, 557-9; Staffs. RO, D260/M/T/5/113. In 1646, his estate was reckoned to be worth about £500 p.a.CCC 2082. In 1650, manor of Pillaton; mills at Acton and Bednall; property in Huntington, Levedale, Otherton, Penkridge and Wolgarston; and tithes in Congreve, Mitton and Water Eaton were valued at £324 p.a.SP23/100, pp. 570, 575-6. The estate of his heir was valued at £1,500 p.a. in the early 1660s and at £1,442 p.a in 1671.Staffs. RO, D1178/4; ‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 21. In 1666, Pillaton Hall was assessed at 25 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1927), 23.
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lodging at Mr Tippins in Holywell, Oxford (1644).Wm. Salt. Lib. S.MS.454/2.
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presented Gilbert Littleton to rectory of Handsworth, Staffs., 1636.IND1/17003, p. 15.
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BERNARD, Robert (1600-66), of Huntingdon, Hunts.

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b. 1600, 1st s. of Francis Bernard, of Kingsthorpe, Northants. and his 2nd w., Mary, da. of Ambrose Woolhouse, of Glasswell, Derbys.S.E. Higgins, The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon (1903-4), i. 74. educ. Northampton g.s.; Queen’s, Oxf.;Bridges, Northants. i. 404. M. Temple 13 Nov. 1615.M. Temple Admiss. i. 104. m. (1) 13 Apr. 1625, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Tallakerne, of Ashen Hall, Essex, 3s. 2da.;Bridges, Northants. i. 404; Higgins, Bernards of Abington, i. 79-80; Vis. Hunts. 1684 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xiii), 78. (2) Elizabeth (d.1663), wid. of Sir Francis Astley (d.1638), of Hillmorton, Warws. and of Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby of Geashill [Ire.] (d.1642), and da. of Sir James Altham†, of Oxhey, Herts. s.p.Bridges, Northants. i. 404; Hunts. RO, M15A/2; Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London, ed. W.H. Hunt (Harl. Soc. xxxvi), 26. suc. bro. Francis bef. 24 Apr. 1630.PROB6/13, f. 159. Kntd. 9 June 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. cr. bt. 1 July 1662.CB. d. 18 Apr. 1666.Bridges, Northants. i. 404; Lansd. 921, f. 11.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 23 Nov. 1621;M. Temple Admiss. i. 104. bencher, 11 Feb. 1647.M. Temple Bench Bk. ed. A.R. Ingpen (1912), 195. Counsel, Trinity, Camb. by 1636 – aft.59; Camb. Univ. 1646.Trinity College, Cambridge, senior bursar’s audit bk. 1637–59, ff. 12–345; CUL, University Archives, Grace Bk. H, p. 13. Sjt.-at-law, Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet St. Oct. 1648–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 499. Assize judge, Northern circ. July 1660, June 1661;C181/7, pp. 6, 102. Durham and Sadberge Aug. 1660;C181/7, pp. 33, 83. Durham 22 July 1661.C181/7, p. 115.

Local: j.p. Huntingdon 1625-aft. Nov. 1628;C181/3, ff. 140v, 171v, 244v; Hunts. by 1632–?d.; I. of Ely July 1649-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 163; A Perfect List (1660). liberty of St Peter, York 14 Aug. 1661.C181/7, p. 116. Commr. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 11 Dec. 1633;C181/4, f. 154. Beds., Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 26 Aug. 1661;C181/7, p. 117. further subsidy, Huntingdon 1641;SR. array (roy.), Hunts. June, 11 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. charitable uses, I. of Ely 10 Apr. 1647;C93/19/25. militia, Hunts. 2 Dec. 1648; I. of Ely 26 June 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Steward and judge, ct. of pleas, I. of Ely 22 June 1649-aft. Sept. 1659.CJ vi. 239b; Ely Episcopal Recs. 119–20. Commr. assessment, Hunts. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; I. of Ely 26 Jan. 1660; Huntingdon 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. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Hunts. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 16, 379; C181/7, pp. 13, 348. Northern circ. 10 July 1660, 14 June 1661;C181/7, pp. 18, 109. gaol delivery, I. of Ely by Mar. 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 20, 385. Durham 22 July 1661.C181/7, p. 115. Commr. poll tax, Hunts., Huntingdon 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Hunts. Nov. 1660–d.Bodl. Carte 223, f. 337; Hunts. RO, D/DM20B/9. Commr. subsidy, Hunts., Huntingdon 1663;SR. sewers, Hunts. 19 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 302.

Civic: recorder, Huntingdon bef. Mar. 1627-c.Feb. 1663;Hunts. RO, Huntingdon borough recs. box 12, bdle. 4, ff. 9–10; Pepys’s Diary, iv. 30, 62. Godmanchester, Hunts. 1636–?d.R. Fox, The Hist. of Godmanchester (1831), 163–4.

Household: steward to 1st and 2nd earls of Manchester, prob. late 1620s-d.Beds. RO, SJ 81.

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BERNARD, Robert (1600-66), of Huntingdon, Hunts.

Will
5 Dec. 1665, pr. 15 May 1666.PROB11/320/365; Hunts. RO, Acc. 15/32.
Estates
bought Trinity Guild lands, Godmanchester, Hunts. for £2,580, 1641;Hunts. RO, M44A/9: indenture, 16 Feb. 1641. Brampton Park, Brampton, Hunts. 1653;Hunts. RO, M44A/9: deed, 20 June 1653. Grafham manor, Hunts. for £3,400, 1660;Hunts. RO, M44A/9: acquitance, 12 July 1660. part of the manor of Hemingford Abbots, Hunts.Lansd. 921, f. 31.
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LAMPEN, John (1604-61), of Padreda, Linkinhorne, Cornw.

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bap. 12 Aug. 1604, 1st s. of John Lampen of Padreda and Alice, da. and coh. of Henry Clobery of Saltash, Cornw.Linkinhorne par. reg. transcript; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 274. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 14 Mar. 1623; ?M. Temple, c.1625.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 949. m. 14 Feb. 1628, Wilmot, da. of John Landrey of Wilcomb, Cornw. at least 6s. 4da. suc. fa. bef. 20 Nov. 1634.Linkinhorne par. reg. transcript; PROB11/166/523. d. bef. 25 May 1661.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 274.
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Local: treas. Cornw. co. cttee. c.Apr. 1648.FSL, X.d.483 (12). Commr. assessment, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Sheriff, 28 Jan.-7 Nov. 1650.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. J.p. by 15 Feb. 1651-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 205; C193/13/4, f. 14. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

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LAMPEN, John (1604-61), of Padreda, Linkinhorne, Cornw.

Will
25 Apr. 1660, pr. 25 May 1661.PROB11/304/311, 322.
Estates
Main estate in parishes of Linkinhorne, North Hill and St Cleere; by d. also lands in South Grills, South Carne and Kellington (Minster Altarnun and Kellington parishes), manor of Thewpolth (par.?), two messuages in borough of Callington;PROB11/304/311. purchased (1633) manor of Rillaton Peverley (Linkinhorne);Plymouth and West Devon RO, 74/309/13; PROB11/304/311. by 1649-50 held Measham and other lands in manor of Carnedon Prior (Linkinhorne and North Hill parishes) and freeholder of manor of Rillaton (Linkinhorne), both from duchy of Cornw.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 24, 26, 30, 122-3, 125.
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CRESSETT, Richard (1608-77), of Cound and Upton Cressett, Salop.

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bap. 28 Mar. 1608, 1st s. of Edward Cressett of Upton Cressett and 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 1635), da. of Sir Henry Townshend† of Cound.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 3, ii. 328; ser. 4, vi. 219; Vis. Salop 1623, i (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 158; Salop Archives, 5460/7/3/1; 6001/2791 p. 455. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 16 May 1623.Al. Ox. m. 1628 Jane (d. 6 Sept. 1640, aged 29), da. of George Huxley (d. 1629) of Edmonton, Mdx. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.).Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 3, ii. 328; Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 259-60; Salop Archives, 5460/3/12; 5460/4/5/4; 6001/2791 p. 455. suc. fa. c.1646.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, viii. 300-1. bur. 16 Apr. 1677 16 Apr. 1677.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, vi. 219; ser. 3, ii. 328.
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Civic: burgess, Much Wenlock 1640.Salop Archives, WB/B3/1/1 p. 680.

Religious: elder, third Salop classis, 1647.The Severall Divisions and Persons for Classicall Presbyteries (1647), 5.

Local: commr. assessment, Salop 14 May, 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). J.p. 17 Feb. 1647–?54.C231/6 p. 74 Treas. maimed soldiers, 19 Apr. 1653–4.Salop County Records, i. 5.

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CRESSETT, Richard (1608-77), of Cound and Upton Cressett, Salop.

Will
not found.
Estates
patrimony of Upton Cressett, Cound, Holgate, Felhampton, Long Stanton, Rushbury manors; rectory and tithes of Clee St Margaret; advowsons of Upton Cressett, Cound, Rushbury and Clee St Margaret.Salop Archives, 5460/3/12, 14, 15.
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FOWELL, Sir Edmund (1593-1674), of Fowelscombe, Ugborough, Devon

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b. 1 Aug. 1593, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Arthur Fowell (d. by 1606) of Fowelscombe and Mary, da. of Richard Reynell of Ogwell. m. 1614, Margaret, da. of Sir Anthony Paulett of Hinton St George, Som. 4s. inc. John Fowell* (2 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.).C142/340/233; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 370. suc. bro. 20 June 1612.C142/340/233. Kntd. 8 Nov. 1619. cr. 1st bt. 1 May 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 174; CB iii. 189. bur. 9 Oct. 1674 9 Oct. 1674.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 370.
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Local: j.p. Devon 11 May 1624 – ?26, 8 July 1628 – 23 Jan. 1643, c. 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650, 1661–?d.C231/4, ff. 164v, 249; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 11; M. Wolffe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War (Exeter, 1997), 19, 267 n. 10; Devon RO, DQS 28/3; Eg. 2557. Commr. subsidy, 1624, 1663;C212/22/23; SR. piracy, 17 July 1630, 4 Aug. 1637, 3 Mar. 1662;C181/4, f. 52v, C181/5, f. 84, C181/7, p. 139. Devon and Exeter 15 Mar. 1639;C181/5, f. 132v. sewers, Devon 6 Mar. 1634;C181/4, f. 163v. hard soap, western cos. 9 Jan., 17 May 1638;C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. further subsidy, Devon 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1661, 1664, 1672.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. 18 Oct. 1642–?, Aug. 1660–d.CJ ii. 812b; A. and O.; Mercurius Publicus no. 35 (23–30 Aug. 1660), 546 (E.195.73). Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.LJ x. 311b; A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) Plymouth by 9 Jan. 1643–?aft. June 1646.SP28/128, pts. 20, 26.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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FOWELL, Sir Edmund (1593-1674), of Fowelscombe, Ugborough, Devon

Will
none found.
Estates
Two manors in Ugborough; other holdings in Ermington, Totnes, Holwell, Farleigh, Ford, Modbury, Dean Prior, Devon; Tresage in Altarnun, Cornw.C142/340/233. Paid subsidy of £24 on lands in Ugborough, 1641.E179/102/494.
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COOPER, Sir Anthony Ashley, 2nd bt (1621-83), of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset

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b. 22 July 1621, 1st s. of Sir John Cooper, 1st bt.† of Rockbourne, Hants, and Anne, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st bt.† of Wimborne St Giles; bro. of George Cooper*. educ. privately (Aaron Guerdon) 1627-37; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 24 Mar. 1637;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 18 Jan. 1638.LI Admiss. 234. m. (1) 25 Feb. 1639, Margaret (d. 11 July 1649), da. of Sir Thomas Coventry†, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, s.p.; (2) 15 Apr. 1650, Frances (d. 31 Dec. 1652), da. of David Cecil†, 3rd earl of Exeter, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (3) 30 Aug. 1655, Margaret, da. of William Spencer†, 2nd Baron Spencer, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 23 Mar. 1631. cr. Baron Ashley, 20 Apr. 1661; earl of Shaftesbury, 23 Apr. 1672. FRS 1663. d. 22 Jan. 1683.CP; HP Commons 1660-1690; PRO30/24/6A/385.
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Local: dep. lt. Dorset 1642 – 44, 26 July 1660; Wilts. 24 July 1660.SP29/8, f. 67; PRO30/24/1/18. Commr. contributions (roy.), Dorset 21 Sept. 1643; rebels’ estates (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 73, 75. oyer and terminer (roy.), 6 Oct. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 81. Mdx. by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 3, 328. Western circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 8, 377; C181/7, pp. 8, 635. London 9 Dec. 1672–?;C181/7, p. 630. Norf., Oxf., Home, Northern, Midland circs. 3 Feb. 1673–? 1643 – ?74C181/7, pp. 634, 641. J.p. Dorset 31 Oct.; Wilts. 10 Aug. 1646 – ?74; Mdx. Oct. 1653–?1659.Christie, Shaftesbury, i. appx 2, p. xxxvii; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94; C231/6, pp. 45, 273. Sheriff, Dorset 1643; Wilts. 1 Dec. 1646–11 Feb. 1648.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 154; Christie, Shaftesbury, i. appx 2, p. xlvii. Commr. impressment (roy.), Dorset 14 Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 111. Member, Dorset co. cttee. 14 Aug. 1644.PRO30/24/2/44. Commr. assessment, Dorset, Wilts. 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; Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dorset militia, 24 July 1648; LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. tendering Engagement, Dorset 1650; ejecting scandalous ministers, Dorset, Poole, Wilts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Poole 24 Feb. 1655, 20 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 95, 357. Oxf. 25 Nov. 1672;C181/7, p. 629. sewers, Som. Nov. 1657-aft. Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 268, 394; C181/7, p. 24. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. Mdx. and Westminster 28 Jan. 1673.C181/7, p. 632. V.-adm. Hants Apr. 1660–1.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, Dorset, Mdx., Wilts. 1660;SR. highways, London and Westminster 8 May 1662-aft. Apr. 1663.C181/7, pp. 143, 193; HP Commons 1660–1690. Ld. lt. Dorset 1672–4.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Military: col. of ft. and capt. of horse (roy.), 1643–4. Gov. Weymouth 1643. Field-marshal-gen. Dorset (parlian.), c.Aug. 1644-Apr. 1646.Add. 29319, f. 36. Col. of horse, 13 Jan.-Nov. 1660. Gov. and capt. of ft. I.o.W. Feb. 1660–1.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 99–101; PRO30/24/1/14–17.

Civic: freeman, Poole, 1651; Salisbury 29 June 1654.Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 82. High steward, Salisbury 5 Sept. 1672–d.PRO30/24/1/24. Freeman, Skinners’ Co. 1681–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: commr. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652.CJ vii. 74a. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 14 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653, 19 May 1659, 2 Jan., 15 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 285a, 344a, 801a; A. and O.; TSP i. 642; Woolrych, Commonwealth to Protectorate, 379. Commr. for governing army, 26 Dec. 1659; care of Tower, 26 Dec. 1659. 31 May 1660 – 19 May 1672CJ vii. 797a. PC,; ld. pres. Apr.-Oct. 1679. Commr. trade, Nov. 1660–72. Treas. for prizes, 20 Jan. 1665–7. Ld. of treasury, 1667–72. Commr. union with Scotland, 1670. Pres. trade and plantations, 1672–4. Ld. chan. 1672–4.HP Commons 1660–1690; PRO30/24/1/21.

Colonial: member, cttee. for Virg. and cttee. for Barbados, 29 Dec. 1653;CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 412. Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works, 1662; gov. 1663–d. Asst. Royal Adventurers into Africa by 1664–1671. Ld. prop. Carolina, 1663–d. Member, Hudson’s Bay Co. 1668–73; dep. gov. 1673 – 74; cttee. 1674–5. Sub-gov. Royal Africa Co. 1672–3; asst. 1674–7.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Legal: bencher, L. Inn 28 Jan. 1673.LI Black Bks. iii. 87.

: 2nd bt (1621-83), of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset 1621 – 83.
Likenesses

Likenesses: ?miniature, S. Cooper, 1666-70;V. and A. oil on canvas, circle of P. Lely, c. 1672;Raynham Hall, Norf. oil on canvas, attrib. J. Greenhill, 1672-3;Althorp, Northants. oil on canvas, aft. J. Greenhill;NPG. oil on canvas, circle of A. Hanneman;St John’s Coll. Camb. red chalk drawing, C. Beale;BM. line engraving, A. Blooteling, 1673;BM; NPG. mezzotint, E. Lutterell, 1673;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1673;BM. line engraving, W. Bouterman, 1678;NPG. line engraving, R. White, 1679;NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1679;BM. line engraving, R. White, 1680;BM; NPG. medal, G. Bower, 1681.BM.

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COOPER, Sir Anthony Ashley, 2nd bt (1621-83), of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset

Will
17 Jan. 1683, pr. 4 Feb. 1684.PROB11/375/136.
Estates
according to one account, on d. of his father, Cooper inherited manors of Purton, Lydiard Millicent, Martin, Lea, Cleverton, Whitchurch and Milbourne, lands in Westborough and Downton, and rectory of South Damerham, Wilts.; manor and hundred of Wimborne St Giles, manors of Wimborne French, Phillipston, Gussage All Saints, Kingston, Hinton Martin, Chalbury and Didlington, Dorset; lands in Derbs., including Findern, Mickleover par.; manor of Whitsbury in Hants and Wilts.; and Black Bull messuage, Holborn, Mdx.Sales of Wards in Som. 1603-41 ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), 97-101. The Hampshire lands of inheritance included the manor of Rockbourne.Christie, Shaftesbury, i. 7. A 1638 ‘particular’ also includes manors of All Saints Wimborne in Dorset and Paulett manor in Wilts., and estimates a yearly revenue of £2,349, with the potential for improvement increasing the value to £7,007 p.a.PRO30/24/2, ff. 147-53. By 1642 the actual income may have been as much as £8,000 p.a.Christie, Shaftesbury, i. 11-12. Plantation in Barbados (105 acres) purchased c.Mar. 1646, sold for £1,020 in 1655.Oxford DNB.
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FRANKLAND, William (c.1573-1640), of Great Thirkleby, nr. Thirsk, Yorks.; formerly of Rye, Stanstead Abbots, Herts.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1573, 1st s. of Ralph Frankland of Fewston, Yorks. and Margaret, da. of ?Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 244. educ. Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 18 May 1596.G. Inn Admiss. m. lic. 22 May 1606, Lucy (d. 17 May 1639), da. of Sir Henry Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall, Hatfield, Herts. 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, Payne Gallwey of Thirkleby mss, box 5 (William Frankland’s notebk.), p. 3; Thirkleby par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 244; VCH Herts. iii. 107. suc. uncle Hugh 1606, fa. Feb. 1631.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 244. bur. 30 Nov. 1640 30 Nov. 1640.Thirkleby par. reg.
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Local: commr. swans, Herts. 6 July 1612.C181/2, f. 173. Sheriff, Herts. 1613–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 64. Collector (jt.), 15ths, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1625.E179/283/12. J.p. liberties of Ripon 25 June 1627–d.;C181/3, ff. 221v, 265; C181/4, ff. 7v, 177v; C181/5, ff. 18v, 217. N. Riding 23 Feb. 1628–d.C231/4, f. 240. Commr. gaol delivery, liberties of Ripon 25 June 1627–d.;C181/3, ff. 222, 265v; C181/4, ff. 8, 178; C181/5, ff. 20, 217. accts. Yorks. 6 June 1630;SP17/17A/12. charitable uses, N. Riding 19 June 1630, 16 Mar. 1633;C192/1, unfol. sewers, 28 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by Nov. 1634.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 71. Capt. militia ft. by c.1635–?d.Add. 28082, f. 80v.

: of Great Thirkleby, Yorks.; formerly of Rye, Herts., nr. Thirsk.
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FRANKLAND, William (c.1573-1640), of Great Thirkleby, nr. Thirsk, Yorks.; formerly of Rye, Stanstead Abbots, Herts.

Will
undated, pr. 20 May 1641.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Bulmer deanery, May 1641 bdle.
Estates
in 1619, sold the manor and capital messuage of Rye, Herts. to Sir Edward Baeshe*.VCH Herts. iii. 371. In 1621, purchased lease of parsonage and ‘mansion place’ of Great Thirkleby and Little Thirkleby, paying £6 13s p.a. in rent.Eg. 925, f. 58; Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, box 25, parcel 2. In 1623, sold manor of Thele, Herts. and purchased the manor of Newsham, near Thirsk, for £2,160, where he built a ‘pretty, convenient house’ in the 1630s.C54/2547/4; Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 49; VCH Herts. iii. 474; VCH N. Riding, i. 179-80. In the early 1630s, he was 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), 102. Estate reckoned to be worth about £800 p.a. in 1632.Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 21. In 1636, purchased advowson of Kirby Knowle, near Thirsk.Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, box 30, parcel 2. In 1637, estate consisted of manors of Blubberhouses, Great Thirkleby, Islebeck and Newsham, rectory of Thirkleby, lands in Bagby and the moiety of a lease of tithes of Preston and Lelly, Yorks. – in all, reckoned to be worth at least £650 p.a.N. Yorks. RO, ZPN 3/3, Frankland of Thirkleby mss (Indenture 13 May 1637). In 1639, purchased lands in Sowerby, near Thirsk.Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD94, box 18. Estate at his d. inc. manors of Blubberhouses, Great Thirkleby and Newsham and capital messuage of and lands in Islebeck, Yorks.C142/609/81.
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