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ST NICHOLAS, Thomas (1602-68), of The Mote, Hoaden, Ash, Kent.

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bap. 3 Oct. 1602, 1st s. of Thomas St Nicholas of The Mote, Hoaden, and 1st w. Dorothy (d. 18 Sept. 1605), da. of William Tilghman of Snodland.Ash par. reg.; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 143; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 30; Nichols, Leics. iv. pt. 1, 270; At Vacant Hours: Poems by Thomas St Nicholas and His Fam. ed. H. Neville Davies, xxvi. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 5 Apr. 1619;Al. Cant. I. Temple 26 Jan. 1624.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. (1) 17 Feb. 1625, Elizabeth (d. 9 Mar. 1632), da. of Henry Croke of the I. Temple and Well Place, Ipsden, Oxon., 4s. d.v.p.;Col. Top. et Gen. v. 217; Dugdale, Warws. ii. 961; At Vacant Hours ed. Neville Davies, xxviii, 6. (2) c.Jan. 1633, Susan, da. of William Copley of Wadworth, Yorks., 2ch. d.v.p. 2s. (1 ) 1da.Vis. Kent, 143; At Vacant Hours ed. Neville Davies, xxviii, xxix, 229, 291-2. suc. fa. Nov. 1626; bur. 17 May 1668.Ash par. reg.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 17 June 1632.CITR ii. 199. Counsel for the commonwealth, cttee. for compounding by May 1650-aft. May 1652.SP28/258, f. 116; CCC 180; T. St Nicholas, The Case in Law and Equity of Tristram Wodward (1652), 19. Steward, ct. of chancery and admlty. Cinque Ports, Feb. 1651-aft. Sept. 1658.Add. 32471, f. 12v; E403/2608, p. 8; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 47. Master in chancery, 2 May 1655–?1660.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 704.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 20 Dec. 1643–3 Oct. 1645.E113/7, pt. 2, unfol.; E121/5/5/10; Jones, ‘War in north’, 400.

Local: recvr. public revenues, Yorks. (W. Riding) Feb. – May 1644, July 1645-May 1649.Add. 24516, f. 68; SC6/CHAS1/1190; SP28/258, f. 116; E113/7, pt. 2. Commr. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; Kent 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Canterbury, Westminster 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Northern Assoc. W. Riding 20 June 1645; taking accts. in northern cos. 29 July 1645.A. and O. Steward, sequestered manorial courts, wapentake of Barkston Ash, W. Riding by Dec. 1645-aft. May 1647;SP28/250, ff. 49, 50. liberty of St Augustine, Canterbury by 1656-July 1660.C6/170/114; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 139. J.p. W. Riding by Nov. 1646-Mar. 1660;Belvoir, Original letters, Members of the Long Parliament, PZ.2, f. 19v; Add. 29674, f. 148. Kent 20 Sept. 1649-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 165. Westminster 4 Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 269. Commr. charitable uses, W. Riding 21 Feb. 1648;C93/19/33. northern cos. militia, Yorks. 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Westminster 28 June 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Kent, Canterbury 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Kent 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1 July 1659;C181/6, p. 365. Kent 1 July 1659-aft. Sept. 1660;C181/6, p. 367; C181/7, p. 57. Mdx. and Westminster 8 Oct. 1659–31 Aug. 1660.C181/6, p. 399.

Central: cllr. of state, 14 July 1653. by 14 May – 13 Oct. 1659CJ vii. 285a. Commr. approbation public preachers, 20 Mar. 1654. by 14 May – 13 Oct. 1659A. and O. Clerk of the Parliament, 26 Dec. 1659–16 Mar. 1660.CJ vii. 652b, 659a, 805b, 853b.

Civic: freeman, Canterbury 4 July 1654 – d.; common cllr. 29 Sept. 1658-c.1660.Canterbury Cathedral Archives, AC/4 (Canterbury Burghmote book), ff. 370v, 446v. Counsel, Dover 11 Sept. 1654–?Add. 29623, f. 159. Recorder, Canterbury 1655-bef. July 1660;The Oxinden and Peyton Letters ed. D. Gardiner, 137; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 139. Sandwich 1658–64.W. Boys, Collns. for a Hist. of Sandwich (1792), 423.

: Hoaden, Kent., Ash.
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ST NICHOLAS, Thomas (1602-68), of The Mote, Hoaden, Ash, Kent.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1626, inherited property at or near Hoaden and in Elmstone, Kent.Kent Hist. and Lib. Centre, PRC/32/48/32; At Vacant Hours ed. Neville Davies, 205. Estate during 1650s inc. house at the Mote, Hoaden, 47 acres of ‘fresh marsh’ in the parish which he had purchased in 1653 for ‘several great and considerable sums’, a house in Westminster and another in cathedral close at Canterbury – both probably acquired from trustees for the sale of church lands.C6/170/114; CSP Dom. 1653-4, p. 52; C.E. Woodruff, ‘The parliamentary survey of the precincts of Canterbury in the time of the Commonwealth’, Arch. Cantiana, xlix. 217. Also a lessee with Lionel Copley* and two other gentleman of a farm and two ironworks near Sheffield, Yorks.Sheffield City Archives, ACM/SD/180; WWM/D1715; Yorks. Comp. Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xviii), 130.
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Eastwood, Rotherham (1642);At Vacant Hours ed. Neville Davies, 18, 237. Blake Street, St Michael-le-Belfrey, York (c.1646-c.1649);E113/7, pt. 2 (deposition of John Ramsden); At Vacant Hours ed. Neville Davies, 260-1. Prince’s Arms, Paternoster Row, London (1649).Add. 21418, f. 33.
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OWEN, Dr John (?1614-83), of The Deanery, Christ Church, Oxford.

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Family and Education
b. ?Nov./Dec. 1614, 2nd s. of Henry Owen (c.1586-1649), vicar of Stadhampton, Oxon. and ?Hester, later w. of John Hartcliffe.Clergy of the C of E database; Al. Ox.; The Corresp. of John Owen ed. P. Toon (Cambridge, 1970), 3, 9. educ. All Saints’ par. Oxford (Edward Silvester); Queen’s, Oxf. 4 Nov. 1631, ‘aged 16’; BA 11 June 1632, MA 27 June 1635, DD 23 Dec. 1653.Ath. Ox. iv. 97; Al. Ox. m. (1) bef. 1645, Mary Rooke (d. 1676), da. of ?William Rooke of Coggeshall, Essex, at least 2s. 4da. (11 children, all d.v.p.);Corresp. John Owen, 14, 24, 125, 128. (2) lic. 21 June 1677, Dorothy (née Michell), wid. of Thomas D’Oyly of London.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1003; W. D’Oyly Bayley, A Biographical, Historical, Genealogical and Heraldic Acct. of the House of D’Oyly (1845), 29, 31. d. 24 Aug. 1683.Corresp. John Owen, 128.
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Religious: ordained deacon, 23 Dec. 1632; priest, 22 Dec. 1638.Clergy of the C of E database; Corresp. John Owen, 6. Chap. to Sir Robert Dormer aft. 1637; to John, 2nd Baron Lovelace bef. Sept. 1642.Corresp. John Owen, 8–9; Ath. Ox. iv. 97. Vic. of Fordham, Essex by 16 July 1643–45; Coggeshall 18 Aug., 19 Nov. 1646.J. Owen, The principles of the doctrine of Christ (1645), sig. A2; The life of … John Owen, DD (1758), p. xliii; Corresp. John Owen, 14–17; LJ viii. 467b. Chap. army in Ireland, 2 July 1649-bef. 28 Feb. 1650.CJ vi. 248a, 374a; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 589. Preacher to council of state, 8 Mar. 1650-bef. 23 June 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 30; 1651, p. 263. Chap. army in Scotland aft. 20 Sept. 1650–?Feb. 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 348; CJ vi. 544b. Preacher, Stadhampton ?Mar. 1660–?Aug. 1662. Chap. and preacher, London and Mdx. 1662–73. Pastor (?unlic.), Congregationalist church, Leadenhall Street, London.Calamy Revised, 376–7; Corresp. John Owen, 125–6.

Irish: trustee, maintenance of Trin. Coll. and free sch. Dublin 8 Mar. 1650.A. and O.

Academic: dean, Christ Church, Oxf. 18 Mar. 1651–13 Mar. 1660. V.-chan. Oxf. Univ. 26 Sept. 1652–9 Oct. 1657.Ath. Ox. iv. 97; Bodl. OUA, NEP/supra/Reg. T. pp. 142, 170, 309; CJ vii. 872b.

Local: j.p. Oxon. 26 Sept. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 268 Asst. triers and ejectors, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: commr. visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, sub.-cttee. readmission of Jews, 15 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 23.

: of The Deanery, Christ Church, Oxford.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, J. Greenhill, 1668;National Museum Wales, Cardiff. oil on canvas, attrib. J. Greenhill, c.1668;NPG. oil on canvas, G.E. Sintzenich and studio;Mansfield Coll. Oxf. line engraving, unknown;NPG. line engraving, unknown;BM. line engraving, R. White.BM; NPG.

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OWEN, Dr John (?1614-83), of The Deanery, Christ Church, Oxford.

Will
23 Mar., pr. 26 Nov. 1683.PROB11/374/442.
Estates
land in Stadhampton and Souldern, Oxon. (the latter sold shortly bef. his death) and (?)Eton, Berks.PROB11/374/442.
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STONE, William (1608-62), of St Edmund, Salisbury.

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bap. 31 Jan. 1608, 1st s. of Thomas Stone of Idmiston, Wilts. and Anne (bur. 28 Jan. 1616), wid. of (?William) Lingis.Idmiston par. reg. educ. appr. ?linen draper.Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, f. 393. m. (1) 28 Nov. 1631, Margery (bur. 2 Feb. 1652), da. of James Abbott of St Thomas, Salisbury, at least 3s. 1da.;St Thomas and St Edmund, Salisbury, par. regs.; Mar. Lics. Salisbury 1615-1682, 108; Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 224. (2) bef. July 1662, Anne; 6s. 1da. in all.PROB11/310/151. bur. 16 Aug. 1662 16 Aug. 1662.St Edmund, Salisbury, par. reg.
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Civic: asst. Salisbury 1635;Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, f. 393. one of the forty-eight, 1643;Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 13. alderman, 1650, 1656–62;Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, ff. 58, 93; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. vi (Old and New Sarum), 449. bailiff, 1654;Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 84. mayor, 1655.Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 88. Master, St Nicholas Hosp. 1656.Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, f. 93v.

Religious: churchwarden, St Edmund, Salisbury 1643, 1650;Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 214, 384. sidesman, 1646.Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 215.

Local: j.p. Wilts. 26 Feb. 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 359; C193/13/6, f. 97v; C193/13/5, f. 117v; Wilts. RO, A1/160/2, pp. 107, 121, 135. Commr. assessment, 9 June, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 545b.

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STONE, William (1608-62), of St Edmund, Salisbury.

Will
28 July 1662, pr. 2 Feb. 1663.PROB11/310/151.
Estates
at his d. inc. a messuage lately purchased in Salisbury.
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BOYS, John (1607-78), of Betteshanger, Kent.

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bap. 28 June 1607, 1st s. of Edward Boys of Betteshanger, and Judith, da. of Robert Ridley of East Grinstead, Suss.Vis. Kent 1663 (Harl. Soc. liv), 21. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 22 July 1623; G. Inn, 1 Nov. 1626.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. i. 179. m. (1) 1629, Elizabeth (d. 24 Jan. 1641), da. of Nicholas Thomson of Chichester, Suss. 2s. 3da.; (2) Nov. 1641, Letitia (d. 20 June 1668), da. of Thomas Jefferay of Chiddingly, Suss. 2s. 3da.;Vis. Kent 1663, 21. (3) Margaret (d. 22 July 1710), da. of Sir John Routh of Boughton, Kent, wid. of Richard Ball. suc. fa. 1649.PROB11/211/212; Cent. Kent Stud. U352/F7. d. 21 Oct. 1678.Al. Cant.; MI.
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Legal: called, G. Inn May 1633;PBG Inn, 314. bencher, 1650.G. Inn Pension Bk, 377.

Local: j.p. Kent ?- 7 Mar. 1650, 30 Sept. 1653–11 Mar. 1656.C231/6, pp. 180, 269, 328. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; military rule, 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). sewers, 1 July 1659.C181/6, p. 367.

Military: ‘captain’ (parlian.) by Jan. 1645–?SP28/210B, unfol.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 18 Oct. 1645,CJ iv. 313b. 8 Feb. 1647. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 30 June 1647.CJ v. 228b.

: Kent.
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BOYS, John (1607-78), of Betteshanger, Kent.

Will
11 Oct. 1678, pr. 7 July 1679.PROB11/360/227.
Estates
inherited manors in Betteshanger and Northborne, Kent.PROB11/211/212.
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presented Robert Scudder to Betteshanger in 1651; the non-conformist John Dod in 1661; and Thomas Brett in 1662.Hasted, Kent, x. 49; Calamy Revised, 165.
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LUCY, Sir Richard (1591-1667), of Broxbourne, Herts., and Faccombe, Hants.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 4 Mar. 1591,Par. reg. St Peter, Cornhill, London. 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Lucy (1551-1605) of Charlecote, Warws., and his 2nd w. Constance, da. of Richard Kingsmill of Highclere, Hants; bro. of Sir Thomas Lucy* and Francis Lucy†.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 288. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 19 June 1607, ‘aged 15’; BA (Exeter Coll.) 4 July 1611;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 23 Jan. 1608;LI Admiss. i. 146. travelled abroad (Low Countries, France), 1615.HMC Downshire v. 368-9. m. (1) ?bef. 8 Jan. 1618, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Cocke† of Broxbourne, wid. of Robert West† of Testwood, Hants, and Sir Robert Oxenbridge I† (d. 28 May 1616) of Hurstbourne Priors.Vis. Warws., 261; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 154; N. and Q. (n.s.), xxxiv. 86-7; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 55; Shaw, Knights of Eng., ii. 167. (2) ?1645, Jane (bap. 18 July 1622, d. bef. 1660), da. of Thomas Chapman (d. 1626), Draper, of St Pancras, Soper Lane, London, and Wormley, Herts., 1s., 1da.Par. reg. St Pancras, Soper Lane, London; Hist. Gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside, ed. D.J. Keene and V. Harding (1987), 743-6; The Gen. (n.s.) xxxiv. 4-5; PROB11/323/546. Kntd. 8 Jan. 1618;Shaw, Knights of Eng., ii. 167. cr. bt. 11 Mar. 1618. d. 6 Apr. 1667.CB.
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Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Herts. 7 Aug. 1622, 18 June 1640 – aft.July 1644, 24 Dec. 1664;C181/3, f. 69v; C181/5, ff. 175v, 240; C181/7, p. 304. Home circ. 23 Jan. 1630 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/4, ff. 35, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222; C181/6, pp. 12, 372. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 7 July 1623 – aft.May 1645, 4 Mar. 1657, 14 Dec. 1663;C181/3, ff. 91v, 184v; C181/5, ff. 20v, 252; C181/6, p. 221; C181/7, p. 223. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656-aft. Aug. 1660.C181/6, pp. 175, 399; C181/7, p. 37. J.p. Herts. by Jan. 1624 – aft.Mar. 1660, 11 Sept. 1660–d.;Herts. Recs. v. 39, 115, 126, 230, 342; vi. 523; The Names of the Justices (1650), 26 (E.1238.4); CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 197; A Perfect List (1660), 20; C231/7, p. 38. Hants by Feb. 1650-bef. Mar. 1657.C193/13/3, f. 56v; C193/13/4, f. 86. Commr. inquiry into lands in Herts. forfeit by treason, 6 Aug. 1624;C181/3, f. 128v. Forced Loan, Herts. 1627.C193/12/2, f. 23. Dep. lt. by July 1628–?SP16/31, f. 150; HMC Hatfield xxii. 311; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 186. Commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. aqueduct, Hoddesdon to London, 21 July 1631;C181/4, f. 93. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 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, 1664; Hants. 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), Herts. 27 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 240v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651;CJ vi. 558a. surveying forests and chases, 19 June 1657.A. and O.

: of Broxbourne, Herts. and Hants., Faccombe.
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LUCY, Sir Richard (1591-1667), of Broxbourne, Herts., and Faccombe, Hants.

Will
4 Apr. 1667, pr. 22 Apr.PROB11/323/546.
Estates
?bef. 8 Jan. 1618, in right of wife Elizabeth but for his life, manor of Broxbourne, Herts;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 53; VCH Herts. iii. 432. share in manor and advowson of Anstey;Coventry Docquets, 557, 566. lands in Cheshunt.E214/412, E214/1591; E330/10, E330/11. In 1620, grant by James VI and I ?in exchange for Cheshunt lands, manor of St Neots, Hunts.; sold 1631 to Sir Sidney Montagu.VCH Hunts. ii. 339; PC2/33, f. 178. In 1635, acquired manor of Godsfield, Hants. (held jointly with mother until her d. 1637).VCH Hants, iv. 190. In 1637, inherited from parents manors of Hurstbourne Fauconers and Wyke, Hants.VCH Hants, iv. 290; PROB11/174/426 (Dame Constance Lucy). From c.1646, in right of wife Jane but for his life, third share in estate of Thomas Chapman in Soper Lane, London.Hist. Gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside, ed. Keene and Harding, 743-6; P.E. Jones, The Fire Court (1970), ii. 18-19. From 1655, bought 2 manors of Faccombe, Hants, from Francis Reade.VCH Hants, iv. 316-17. Bef. 1657, lease at Nazeing, Essex.Burton’s Diary i. 20. 1657, with Edward Atkyns of Lincoln’s Inn, acquired manor of Holes or Barley, Herts., originally property of Thomas Chapman.Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 382.
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CROKE, Unton II (d.1694), of the Old Palace, St Aldate’s, Oxford.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. bef. 1635, 2nd s. of Unton Croke I* of St Aldate’s, Oxford and Marston, Oxon. and Anne (d. 1670), da. and h. of Richard Hore of Marston; bro. of Richard Croke*.Vis. of Oxon. 1566, 1574 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. v), 280-1. educ. I. Temple, 20 May 1647; called 24 Nov. 1653;CITR ii. 276, 308. cr. BCL, Oxf. 5 June 1649.Wood, Fasti, iii. 129. m. (1) Bridget (bur. 27 Feb. 1649), da. of ?Sir Charles Wise; ?2da.; (2) 3 July 1655, Grace or Gracious (bur. 8 Jun. 1691), da. of Nicholas Leach (d. ?1646) of Newton St Petrock, Devon, ?2s (d.v.p.), at least 3 da.St Aldate and St Mary Magdalen, Oxford, and Exeter cathedral regs.; A. Croke, Genealogical Hist. of the Croke Family (1823), 548; Reg. of Burials at the Temple Church ed. H. G. Woods (1905), 27; Vyvyan, Vis. of Devon, 526, 547; PROB11/420/44. bur. 2 Mar. 1694 2 Mar. 1694.Reg. of Burials at the Temple Church, 28.
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Military: soldier (parlian.), Abingdon garrison bef. June 1646.Wood, Fasti, iii. 129; Croke, Genealogical Hist. i. 525. Capt. militia ft. Oxon. 2 Apr. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505. Capt.of horse, regt. of Sir Arthur Hesilrige*/James Berry*, Scotland by Apr. 1651; maj. by 22 June 1658; col. of horse Jan.-July 1660.Wanklyn, New Model Army ii. 80, 114, 149, 174; SP28/74, f. 9; SP28/76, ff. 1–166; CJ vii. 637a, 669a, 679a, 805b, 807b, 808a.

Central: commr. sale of royal palace of Woodstock, Oct. 1649.The Woodstock Scuffle (1650, E.587.5); The Just Devil of Woodstock (1661), sig. A1 (E.1055.10).

Diplomatic: member, embassy to Sweden, 1653–4.Add. 53727, f. 119; B. Whitelocke, A Journal of the Swedish Embassy (1772), i. 454; ii. 463; Whitelocke, Diary, 293n.

Local: j.p. Oxon. 8 July 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660; Oxf. 4 Apr. 1659-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 340, 430; C181/6, p. 353; Bodl. MS Rolls Oxon. 61. Commr. assessment, Oxon. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Sheriff, 1658-Feb. 1660.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 110; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 366. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659;A. and O. Wilts. by 19 Oct. 1659.CCC 759.

Civic: freeman and bailiff, Oxf. 14 Aug. 1657–24 Mar. 1663.Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 22, 224, 306.

Irish: recorder, Cork by 11 Apr. 1663.Bodl. Carte 32, f. 355.

: St Aldate’s, Oxford.
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Commons 1640-1660
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CROKE, Unton II (d.1694), of the Old Palace, St Aldate’s, Oxford.

Will
7 Feb., pr. 4 May 1694.PROB11/420/44.
Estates
£200 p.a. estate granted 9 May 1655, specified 19 Sept. 1659 as two farms at Little Battington and Williborne, Wilts.;Ludlow, Mems. i. 406; CCC 747. lease from Merton College at Chetwode, Bucks. to c.1665; land at Headington Wick, near Oxford, c.1665-87;Vis. Oxon. 1669 and 1675 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xii), 84; Wood, Life and Times, iii. 246. residence bef. and property from 1671, part of Old Palace, St Aldate’s, Oxford, sold bef. 1679;Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne x ed. Doble, 224; VCH Oxon. iv. 97. lease of Great Island, co. Wexford.Bodl. Carte 161, f. 158.
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FITZJAMES, John (1619-70), of Leweston, Dorset.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1619, 1st s. of Leweston Fitzjames† of Leweston and Eleanor, da. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish, Glos.;Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 130. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 4 Mar. 1636;Al. Ox. m. Margaret, da. of Nathaniel Stephens*,Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 130. 1s., 5da.PROB11/333/568. Kntd. 9 July 1660;Al. Ox. suc. fa. 16 Apr. 1638.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 135. d. 21 June 1670.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 247.
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Local: agent (?ranger), William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, Cranborne Chase by 1642–?Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, ff. 1v, 3–5. Commr. loans on Propositions, Dorset 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Som. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Poole 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. levying of money, Dorset 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644.A. and O.; Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, pp. xii, 549. Sheriff, Aug. 1644–5, Oct. 1645–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39; LJ vi. 611b-612a; vii. 613b; CJ iii. 589a; Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, f. 6. J.p. by Jan. 1647–?, 22 Nov. 1649–d.; Som. by Oct. 1660–d.C231/6, p. 168; Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, f. 74; 549, f. 74v; 552, f. 7v. Commr. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 9, 308. sewers, Som. 27 Mar. 1656-aft. Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 154, 337; C181/7, p. 24. gaol delivery, Poole 20 May 1659.C181/6, p. 357. Dep. lt. Dorset 26 July 1660–d.SP29/8, f. 67. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), May 1644-Oct. 1646.CJ iii. 589a; SP28/266/3, f. 71; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 488.

Civic: freeman, Poole 24 Jan. 1648–d.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 247.

: of Leweston, Dorset.
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FITZJAMES, John (1619-70), of Leweston, Dorset.

Will
3 May 1664, pr. 19 Sept. 1670.PROB11/333/568.
Estates
inherited lands in Long Burton and Holnest, Dorset; acquired manor and advowson of Christon, Som. by Aug. 1646-d.;Bristol RO, AC/D/10/34-5, 61. purchased Yetminster, 1649.Alnwick, Northumberland MS 549, f. 21.
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STYLE, Sir Thomas (c.1623-1702), of Wateringbury, Kent.

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b. c.1623, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Style 1st bt. of Wateringbury, and Elizabeth (d. 20 May 1660), da. and h. of Robert Foulkes.CB. educ. Merton, Oxf. 16 Apr. 1641 aged 17.Al. Ox. m. (1) Elizabeth (d. 10 Dec. 1679), da. of Sir William Armyne* bt. of Osgodby, Lincs. 1s. 4da.; (2) 27 Feb. 1682, Margaret (d. 15 Dec. 1718), da. of Sir Thomas Twisden bt.* of Bradbourne, Kent. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 18 Oct. 1637. d. 19 Nov. 1702.CB.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Kent 2 Mar. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar 1660–?C231/6, p. 76; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR; Cent. Kent Stud. U234/O1, f. 15v. indemnity, 20 Jan., 4 Apr. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 16 Dec. 1650, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Lincoln 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 470. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Feb. 1654 – 10 July 1660, 3 Feb. 1673–?;C181/6, pp. 13, 372; C181/7, p. 639. ejecting scandalous ministers, Kent 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

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STYLE, Sir Thomas (c.1623-1702), of Wateringbury, Kent.

Will
5 Nov. 1701, pr. 16 Jan. 1703.PROB11/468/114.
Estates
in addition to Wateringbury, owned manor of Hibaldstow, Lincs. c.1647-d.,Lincs. RO, RED 1/4/1/1-9. as well as property in Redbourne and Ingoldsby, Lincs. by 1671.Lincs. RO, RED 1/1/1; RED/1/2/1/3; RED 1/2/3/1.
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BUCKLAND, John (1611-78), of West Harptree, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1611, o.s. of Francis Buckland of West Harptree and Elizabeth, da. of John Warner of Fyfield, Hants.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 16; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 64. educ. L. Inn 16 May 1633; called 18 June 1640.LI Admiss. i. 220; LI Black Bks. ii. 355. m. settlement 12 Aug. 1642 (with £1,300), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Phelips† of Montacute, Som. 1s; d.v.p. 1da.Som. RO, DD/PH/48; DD/PH/175; Vis. Som. 1672, 64.  suc. fa. 1642.VCH Som. iv. 87. bur. 31 Aug. 1678 31 Aug. 1678.West Harptree par. reg. p. 71.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Som. Nov. 1645-aft. July 1670.C181/5, ff. 263, 268; C181/6, pp. 74, 394; C181/7, pp. 24, 556. J.p. by Oct. 1646-aft. 1662.Som. Assize Orders, ed. Cockburn, 9; C231/6, p. 205; A Perfect List (1660). Treas. maimed soldiers, 1646.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 7; Som. RO, DD/HI/B/462: receipt, 30 Apr. 1647. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Sheriff, Nov. 1648-Nov. 1649.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Jt. sequestrator, Som. and Bristol Feb.-Nov. 1650.CCC 173, 264. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Religious: elder, Bath and Wrington classis, 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 415.

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BUCKLAND, John (1611-78), of West Harptree, Som.

Will
9 May 1670, codicils 23 Apr. 1673, 18 June 1677 and 25 Aug. 1678, pr. 29 Oct. 1678.PROB11/357/526.
Estates
leased lands at West Harptree from the duchy of Cornwall; owed £800 by Sir Peter Temple*, 1649;The Humble Petition of the Creditors of Sir Peter Temple [1649]. granted lands in East and West Meath, Ireland, 1654.CSP Ire. Adv. 1642-59, pp. 296, 348; CSP Ire. 1647-60, pp. 478, 491, 514, 519.
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CROKE, Robert (1611-81), of Chequers, Ellesborough, Bucks. and Hampton Poyle, Oxon.

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Family and Education
bap. 14 Feb. 1611, 1st s. of Sir Henry Croke† and Bridget, da. and coh. of Sir William Hawtrey of Chequers, Ellesborough, Bucks.St John, Hackney par. reg.; Lipscombe, Buckingham (1847), ii. 189n; A. Croke, The Geneal. Hist. of the Croke Fam. (Oxford, 1823), i. 501. educ. Amersham, Bucks. (Dr Charles Croke); I. Temple 9 June 1627;I. Temple database. Balliol, Oxf. 1629, DMed. 1644.Al. Ox. m. 29 June 1634, Susanna, da. and coh. of Sir Peter Vanlore of Tilehurst, Berks. 6s d.v.p. 7da (4 d.v.p.).St Andrew, Holborn par. reg.; Lipscombe, Buckingham, ii. 189n; Croke, Geneal. Hist. i. 501-3. suc. fa. 1660. Kntd. 9 Aug. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. d. 8 Feb. 1681.Lipscombe, Buckingham, ii. 189n; J.C. Sainty, Officers of the Exchequer (L. and I. Soc. xviii), 66.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 3 Nov. 1635.I. Temple database. Adm. G. Inn 5 July 1660; bencher, 9 July 1660.G. Inn Admiss. 239; PBG Inn, i. 431, 432.

Central: clerk of the pipe, exch. Jan. 1660–d.Sainty, Exchequer, 66.

Local: commr. assessment, Bucks. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 6 June 1664;C181/7, p. 255. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 788.

: of Chequers, Bucks., Ellesborough and Oxon., Hampton Poyle.
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CROKE, Robert (1611-81), of Chequers, Ellesborough, Bucks. and Hampton Poyle, Oxon.

Will
5 May 1679, pr. 4 July 1681.PROB11/367/115; Bucks. RO, D 138/11/1.
Estates
Croke and his fa. sold land at Hampton Poyle, Oxon. 1634;Coventry Docquets, 660. compounding fine set at £772 10s, 1647;CCC 1471. inherited lands from his fa. 1660.
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