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WAGSTAFFE, Richard (1617-81), of Ravensden, Beds.

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bap. 2 June 1617, 1st s. of Richard Wagstaffe of Shurtley End, Ravensden, and his w. Sarah.Ravensden par. reg.; PROB11/294/182. m. by 1656, ?, 2s (1 d.v.p.).PROB11/261/267; PROB11/366/346. suc. fa. by 26 Jan. 1657.PROB11/261/267. bur. 31 Jan. 1681 31 Jan. 1681.Ravensden par. reg.
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Military: soldier (parlian.), Eastern Assoc. army, 1644–5. by Jan. 1647 – aft.June 1653SP28/26, f. 53. Capt. of ft. regt. of Richard Ingoldsby*; acting maj. May 1651.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 68, ii. 63. CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 188, 528; 1652–3, p., 490. Capt. militia, Beds. by July 1655-aft. June 1656.SP25/77, pp. 879, 900. Gov. Bedford by 21 July 1658-aft. Aug. 1659.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 383; CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 77, 127. Capt. of ft. regt. of William Sydenham*, 17 June-1 July 1659; regt. of John Okey* bef. 21 July 1659;CJ vii. 683a, 688b, 698a, 700b; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, i. 68; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 299; CSP Dom. 1658–9, pp. 393, 394. maj. 12 Jan.-bef. Apr. 1660.CJ vii. 809a; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 300; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 150, 175. Lt-col. of ft. regt. of Henry Ingoldsby*, Aug. 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 565.

Local: j.p. Beds. July 1650 – ?Mar. 1660; Bedford 10 May 1658 – ?Mar. 1660; Hunts. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 195, 392; C181/6, p. 289; C181/7, p. 83; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Beds. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Hunts. 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, Beds. 2 Dec. 1650, 26 July 1659;CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 452, 455; A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 379. Sheriff, Beds. 1670.J.G.R. ‘A chronological list of the sheriffs of Beds.’, Beds. N. and Q. i. 206.

Civic: burgess, Bedford Aug. 1656-Oct. 1660.Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 99–100.

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WAGSTAFFE, Richard (1617-81), of Ravensden, Beds.

Will
27 Sept. 1680, pr. 20 May 1681.PROB11/366/346.
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inherited lands at Ravensden, Beds. from his father, 1657.PROB11/261/267.
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LANGLEY, John (1613-92), of Leadenhall Street, London.

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b. 17 Mar. 1613, 1st s. of John Langley of London and Martha, da. of Andrew Jenour of Dunmow, Essex, wid. of John Hathersall.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants 6122; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii) i. 222-3; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii) ii. 48. educ. ?appr. Fishmongers’ Co. c.1633. m. 15 Sept. 1640, Elizabeth (d. 1672), da. of Richard Middleton, Grocer of London and Denbigh, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. July 1639; d. 1692.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants 6121, 6122.
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Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 4 Feb. 1640.Ancient Vellum Bk., 57. Commr. London militia, Sept. 1647, 7 July 1659;A. and O.; J. E. Farnell, ‘The Politics of the City of London’ (Chicago Univ. PhD thesis, 1963), 92–3. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Fishmongers’ Co. 17 Feb. 1640; warden of yeomanry, 22 June 1641; liveryman, 3 Nov. 1642; asst. 10 June 1650; master, 21 June 1652–4.GL, MS 5570/3, pp. 628, 634, 53; MS 5576/1, pp. 212, 338; MS 5587/1, ff. 212, 634. Alderman, Langbourn Ward, London 11 Dec. 1649-June 1650.Beaven, Aldermen ii. 73.

Mercantile: freeman, E.I. Co. 25 Nov. 1640;Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1640–3, p. 114. member, cttee. 3 July 1650–2, 6 July 1653–4, 2 July 1656–7, 17 Nov. 1663–4.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1650–4, pp. 50, 250; 1655–9, p. 105; 1660–3, p. 359. Ct. asst. Levant Co. 1643–8, 1649 – 50, 1664 – 71, 1672 – 73; dep. gov. 1671–2.Beaven, Aldermen ii. 73.

Central: member, cttee. of accts. 22 Feb. 1644.A. and O. Commr. regulating navy and customs, 16 Jan. 1649; sale of prize goods, 17 Apr. 1649; high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650;A. and O. admlty. and navy, 10 Dec. 1652, 31 May 1659.CJ vii. 228a, 666b; A. and O.

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LANGLEY, John (1613-92), of Leadenhall Street, London.

Will
22 Sept. 1691, cod. 8 Aug. 1692, pr. 23 Aug. 1692.PROB11/411/117.
Estates
inherited from fa. (1639) lands in Little Thurrock, Essex, and aft. d. of mother (1642) lands in Chelmsford and Moulsham, Essex;PROB/11/181/672; PROB11/188/210. interest (mortgage?) in manor of Mold, Flint, purchased by Andrew Ellis c.1652.HMC 11th Rep. ii. 285-6. Inherited from father-in-law, lands in Denbs. and elsewhere in Wales, 1653.PROB11/229/659. In will (1691) referred to ‘lands in Wales’, land in Jamaica, and house in Shoreditch par. Mdx.PROB11/411/117.
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CAVE, Sir Richard (1596-1645), of ?Westminster.

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bap. 18 Aug. 1596, 1st s. of Thomas Cave of St Helen, Worcester, and Katherine, da. of Walter Jones of Witney, Oxon.St Mary, Witney par. reg.; Vis. Worcs. ed. W. C. Metcalfe, 29. educ. MA, Camb. 1636.Al. Cant. m. 30 Sept. 1641, Elizabeth (d. 11 Jan. 1689), da. of Thomas Bartlett of Saintbury, Glos. 1s.CSP Dom. 1641-3, p. 134; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 204; Toynbee, Young, Strangers in Oxford, 153. suc. fa. Mar. 1613;St Mary, Witney par. reg. Kntd. c. July 1637.CSP Dom. 1637, pp. 336, 361, 473. d. 14 June 1645.Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 29.
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Military: lt. of ft. regt. of 3rd earl of Essex, Holland by Nov. 1624–?.SP84/121, ff. 255, 277. Vol. ft. regt. of Ld. Vere, Holland by 1630–?H. Hexam, A Historicall Relation of the Famous Siege of the Busse (1630), unpag. Capt. ?Dutch army by May 1636–?Corresp. of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia ed. N. Akkerman, ii. 422.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. Commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.CJ ii. 536b; LJ v. 15b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 381b.

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CAVE, Sir Richard (1596-1645), of ?Westminster.

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Cave inherited a messuage and adjoining property in Witney, Oxon.C2/JASI/C26/5; C2/JASI/H18/58.
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the Seven Stars, The Strand, Westminster (1638);HMC Cowper, ii. 179. Covent Garden, Westminster (1641);CSP Dom. 1641-3, pp. 98, 134. house of his bro. Walter Cave in Grandpont, St Aldate’s, Oxf. (1644).Toynbee, Young, Strangers in Oxford, 10, 20-1.
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WEDDERBURN, Sir Alexander (1610-75), of Blackness, Forfarshire.

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b. 22 Mar. 1610, 1st s. of James Wedderburn of Dundee and Margaret, da. of James Goldman of Dundee. educ. St Andrews Univ. 1625, graduated 1628; adm. notary, Edinburgh 1 Mar. 1633. m. 1638, Matilda (1620-1703/4), da. of James Fletcher of Dundee, 10s.(5 d.v.p.), 6da. suc. fa. 1627. Kntd. ?1646. d. 18 Nov. 1675.A. Wedderburn, The Wedderburn Bk. (2 vols. privately printed, 1898), i. pp. liv, lx-lxii, 201, 204n, 210.
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Civic: burgess, Dundee 13 Sept. 1631;Wedderburn Bk. i. 201. town clerk, 11 Apr. 1633 – 19 Dec. 1648, 14 Jan. 1651–1671; conjunct town clerk, Apr. 1671–d.Wedderburn Bk. i. 201, 204–5, 207; Charters of Dundee (Dundee, 1880), 92. Burgess, Edinburgh 24 Apr. 1646.Recs. Burgh Edinburgh, 1642–55, 89.

Scottish: member, cttee. of estates, 1640 – 41, 1646 – 48, 1651. Commr. articles of treaty of Ripon, 1640. Member, cttee. of war, 1645 – 47, 1651. Commr. Dundee, Scottish Parl. 1645 – 47, 1648 – 51, 1661 – 63; to treat with Westminster Parl. 1645, 1647; plantation of kirks, 1647, 1661;Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 722. commr. Dundee, convention of burghs, 12 Aug. 1652–3 July 1666.Recs. Convention of Royal Burghs, 1615–75, 358–586. Dep. Dundee, tender of union, Aug. 1652-June 1653.Wedderburn Bk. i. 206; Wariston Diary, ii. 190; Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 184. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: collector, assessment, Forfar and Kincardineshire July 1653–?60.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIII, f. 12. Commr. assessment, Dundee burgh, Forfarshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 840; A. and O. J.p. Forfarshire 1663–?d.Wedderburn Bk. i. 206.

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WEDDERBURN, Sir Alexander (1610-75), of Blackness, Forfarshire.

Will
testament registered 7 Nov. 1676.Commisariot Rec. Brechin ed. F.J. Grant (Sc. Rec. Soc. 1902), 139.
Estates
inherited properties in Dundee from fa. and uncle (Peter Wedderburn), 1627-9;Wedderburn Bk. i. 201. granted £100 p.a. from Dundee customs by Charles I, 1642-?51 (regranted by Charles II, 12 Feb. 1664).Wedderburn Bk. i. 203, 206. Acquired lands in Blackness, 1642-54, erected into barony by charter, July 1662.Wedderburn Bk. i. 207-8. Annualrent from Lord Dudhope’s estates in Dudhope, in repayment of loans (under agreements of 1650 and 1654), becoming possession of these estates 1658-9 and 1663-4.Wedderburn Bk. i. 208; ii. 42; Reg. Gt Seal Scot. 1652-9, p. 131.
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BREWSTER, Francis II (1624-71), of Wrentham, Suff.

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bap. 1 Jan. 1624, 1st. s. of Robert Brewster* of Wrentham and Amy, da. of Thomas Corbett of Sprowston, Norf.E. Anglian Misc. (1908), 62; Vis. Suff. 1664-8, 92; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 253. educ. St Catharine’s, Camb. 1642; G. Inn 26 May 1646.Al. Cant.; GI Adm. m. 17 Oct. 1648, Cicily (d. 1679), da. and coh. of Sir Charles Crofts of Bardwell, Suff., 2s. d.v.p., 3da. (1 d.v.p.).E. Anglian Misc. (1908), 62, 65; Norf. RO, NRS 18782; Copinger, Manors of Suff. i. 268-9; PROB11/360/536. suc. fa. 1663.E. Anglian Misc. (1908), 66. d. 3 June 1671.Cent. Kent. Stud. U951/F15, unfol.
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Local: commr. assessment, Suff. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660. by Oct. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p., by Jan. 1669–?d.C193/13/4, f. 94; CUL, MS Dd.VIII.1, f. 100; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/3, f. 62; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 51; CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 159. Commr. gaol delivery, Southwold, Suff. 26 May 1654-aft. Dec. 1658;C181/6, pp. 35, 341. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 238. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 29 Jan. 1670;C181/6, pp. 292, 361; C181/7, p. 525. militia, Suff. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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BREWSTER, Francis II (1624-71), of Wrentham, Suff.

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SINGLETON, William (1602-67), of St Nicholas parish, Gloucester.

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bap. 19 Jan. 1602, 1st s. of William Singleton of St Nicholas parish, Gloucester, and Frances Hands; bro. of Lawrence Singleton*. educ. appr. woollen-draper to his parents 1616.Glos. RO, GBR10/1, p. 249. m. 21 June 1624, Martha Lane, 2s. d.v.p. bur. 22 Nov. 1667 22 Nov. 1667.St. Nicholas, Gloucester par. reg.
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Civic: burgess, Gloucester c. 1625; mayor, 1637 – 38, 1651 – 52; alderman, 1 Dec. 1635–21 July 1662.Glos. RO, GBR/B2/1, f. 62; B3/3, pp. 235–6. Pres. city hosps. 7 Nov. 1642–3, 2 Nov. 1646–7.S. Rudder, Hist. and Antiquities...of Gloucester (Cirencester, 1781), 147; Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, pp. 83, 101, 233; B3/3, pp. 235–6. Member, cttee. for city regt. 2 Sept. 1644.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 309.

Local: commr. subsidy, Gloucester 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 1642–?SP28/14/67. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: capt. (parlian.) regt. of Henry Stephens, Gloucester 15 Apr. 1643- ?45.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p.254; J. Dorney, A Brief and Exact Relation (1643), 15 (E.67.31). Temporary gov. Gloucester 2 June 1645.CJ iv. 159b.

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SINGLETON, William (1602-67), of St Nicholas parish, Gloucester.

Will
27 Aug. 1667, pr. 28 Jan. 1668.PROB11/326/118.
Estates
lessee of Gloucester city properties: house in Cowley parish, 31 years, £6 p.a. 1644; Barton house, 25 years, £105 entry fine and rent, 20 Nov. 1645; 18a. of pasture, 21 years, £10 rent, 4 Dec. 1645; £120 and remittance of entry fine of £45 for 12a. of pasture, repayment of loan he made of £200 to corporation, 14 Jan. 1646; lease of Windmill grounds, 3 July 1646, 3 Aug. 1647, 20 years, £5 rent; 2 closes, Barton land, 21 years, £25 rent, 6 May 1662.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, pp. 289, 359, 361, 366, 377, 425; B3/3, pp. 222, 229. At death, at least two houses in Gloucester, one in Little Smith Street.PROB11/326/118.
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PRICE, Richard (c.1618-75), of Gunley, Forden, Mont.

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b. c. 1618, 1st s. of Edward Price of Gunley and Bridget, da. of John ap Richard (otherwise Pritchard) of Hockleton, Chirbury, Salop.Mont. Collns. xviii. 113; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 291. m. (1) 16 July 1640, Mary, da. of John Trotman of Piers Court, Stinchcombe, Glos., s.p.; (2) by 1651, Rosamund (bap. 16 Apr. 1612, d. 1695), da. of Sir Richard Saltonstall of Brymbo Hall, Denb., s.p.Glos. Parish Registers: Marriages II, 79; C. K. Bolton, The Founders: Portraits of Persons born Abroad … III (Boston, Mass. 1926), 809-11. suc. fa. Apr. 1643.Mont. Collns. xviii. 114, xxvii. 180; Glos. Parish Registers: Marriages II, 79. d. 1675.Records of a Church in Broadmead, 517.
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Local: j.p. Mont. 12 Dec. 1640 – ?42, by 30 Mar. 1649-Mar. 1660;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 143–5. Salop by Mar. 1651 – ?52, 6 Oct. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 271. Commr. assessment, Mont. 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. 1660; Caern. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Anglesey, Merion. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). associated cos. of N. Wales, Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O. Sheriff, Mont. 12 Nov. 1650–1.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 263. Commr. militia, N. Wales by May 1651, 26 July 1659, ?12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; Herbert Corresp. 137. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Custos rot. Mont. by 12 Dec. 1655-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 144–5.

Military: capt. (parlian.) army of Sir Thomas Myddelton* (later Thomas Mytton*) by 10 Apr. 1644–?49.SP28/346, pts. 1 and 2. Capt. militia horse, N. Wales 13 Aug. 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508. col. 11 Aug. 1659–60.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 99.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653.A. and O.

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Likenesses: oils, unknown.Mont. Collns. xxii. 139, xxx. 281.

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PRICE, Richard (c.1618-75), of Gunley, Forden, Mont.

Will
25 Jan. 1672, cod. 20 Feb. 1675, sentence 16 Feb. 1676, pr. 17 Feb. 1676.PROB11/352, f. 1; PROB11/351, f. 170.
Estates
bought former crown properties: Lady Meadow, Bewdley, Worcs. 16 Sept. 1650 for £751 2s.; parcel of Bolingbroke manor, Lincs. 24 Sept. 1650 for £909 12s. 1d.; Bewdley manor, Worcs. 28 Jan. 1651 for £278 9s. 6d ; Duchy House, Strand, Mdx. 30 Apr. 1652 for £1,200.Gentles, ‘Debentures Market and Military Purchases of Crown Land, 1649-1660’, 324.
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WATERHOUSE, Nathaniel (c.1615-63), of Old Spring Garden, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Limehouse, Stepney, Mdx.

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b. c.1615, 6th but ?3rd surv. s. of David Waterhouse† (bur. 20 Apr. 1640) of Oakwell Hall, Birstall, Yorks., and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Thomas Crane of Newton Tony, Wilts.St George the Martyr, Surr. par. reg.; C6/106/175; C8/94/157; London Mar. Lics. ed Foster, 1421; Familiae Minorum Gentium ed. J. Hunter (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 846-7; VCH Wilts. xv. 146; R. Boucher, ‘Oliver Cromwell’s Wilts. relatives’, Wilts. N&Q, vii. 27; HP Commons 1558-1603, ‘David Waterhouse’. m. 1 May 1645, Elizabeth, da. of Edward Keling* of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Mdx., 2s. d.v.p. 5da. (3 ).St Dunstan, Stepney par. reg.; PROB11/310, f. 329v. bur. 12 Feb. 1663 12 Feb. 1663.St Dunstan, Stepney par. reg.
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Military: cornet of horse (parlian.) by Jan. 1643-aft. May 1647.SP28/5, ff. 190, 304; SP28/19, f. 40; A Petition of Divers Officers of the Army (1647, 669 f.11.15); Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLI, f. 136v.

Central: steward, ld. protector’s lands, 1653-Dec. 1657.CSP Dom. 1654, pp. 92, 203; 1656–7, p. 247. Master of the green cloth, Dec. 1657-c.Apr. 1659.TSP vi. 722.

Local: jt. chief steward, manor of Hampton Court, Mdx. aft. 1653-c.1659. 10 July 1656D. Lysons, Mdx. Parishes, 57. Commr. sewers, Mdx., 7 July 1657;C181/6, pp. 176, 245. Westminster Oct. 1658.C181/6, p. 320.

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WATERHOUSE, Nathaniel (c.1615-63), of Old Spring Garden, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Limehouse, Stepney, Mdx.

Will
31 Jan. 1663, pr. 5 Mar. 1663.PROB11/310, f. 329v.
Estates
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Whitehall (by 1654-aft. 1656).Henry Cromwell Corresp. 85, 103.
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ST JOHN, Henry (1628-79), of Battersea, Surr. and Ballymore, co. Armagh.

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b. July 1628, 9th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir John St John†, 1st bt. (d. 1648), of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. and 1st w. Anne (d. 1628), da. of Sir Thomas Leighton;Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 179. bro. of Sir Walter St John*. educ. Univ. Leiden, 19 July 1645;E. Peacock, Index to English-speaking students who have graduated at Leyden University (1883), 86; PROB11/205/365. G. Inn, 6 Nov. 1647.G. Inn Admiss. 246. m. bef. 7 Jan. 1651,Noble, Mems. House of Cromwell, ii. 31. Catherine (d. 1681), da. of Oliver St John* of Longthorp, Northants. 1s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.), 1 other child.J.G. Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey (1925), 74, 76, 217; Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 183. suc. bro. John, 1642.Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey, 69. d. Sept. 1679.CSP Dom. 1679-80, p. 241.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. Surr. 20 Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 532.

Religious: ?churchwarden, St Mary, Battersea 1655–6.Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey, 76.

: of Battersea, Surr. and Ballymore, co. Armagh.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1635.Lydiard House, Swindon, Wilts.

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ST JOHN, Henry (1628-79), of Battersea, Surr. and Ballymore, co. Armagh.

Will
not found.
Estates
from 1642, 1,500 acres in Ballymore, 1,000 acres in Keernan, co. Armagh.Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey, 69. Lease of house at Battersea jointly with bro. Sir Walter.PROB11/205/365; Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey, 74.
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PACKE, Sir Christopher (c. 1599-1682), of Bassinghall Street, London and Cotes, Leics.

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b. c. 1599, s. of Thomas Packe of Kettering, Northants. and Catherine.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 136. educ. appr. bef. 1624. m. (1) Jane (bur. 13 July 1638), da. of Thomas Newman, Draper and merchant of Newbury, Berks., s.p.; (2) by 1639, Anne (bur. 16 Dec. 1658), da. of Simon Edmonds, Haberdasher, merchant and alderman of London, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (3) 13 July 1669, Elizabeth, da. of one Richards of Berks., wid. of Michael Herring, Haberdasher and alderman of London, s.p.Regs. St Michael Bassishaw (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxxxiii), 11, 13, 15-16, 18, 19-20, 95, 104, 107, 113; London Mar. Lics. 1005; Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 10,001; Obit. Richard Smyth (Camden Soc. xliv), 49. Kntd. 20 Sept. 1655.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. d. 27 May 1682.Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes vii. 136-9.
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Civic: freeman, Drapers’ Co. 2 Oct. 1633; liveryman, 1639 – 47; asst. 1647 – 77, 1679 – 81; master, 1648 – 49, 1654–5. 14 Oct. 1647 – 7 Aug. 1660Drapers’ Co., ed. Boyd, 137; Woodhead, Rulers of London, 124; Oxford DNB. Alderman, Cripplegate ward, London; sheriff, London 1649 – 50; ld. mayor, 1654–5.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 19, 125, 132; ii. 68; CLRO, Rep. 59, ff. 9v, 53; Rep. 67, f. 136.

Central: member, cttee. of accts. 22 Feb. 1644. Commr. customs, 14 Apr. 1645. Trustee, sale of bishops’ lands, 9 Oct., 17 Nov. 1646. Commr. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647; for indemnity, 18 June 1649; relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652.A. and O. Treas. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 25 May 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 182. relief of Poland and Bohemia Protestants, 25 Mar. 1658.CSP Dom. 1657–8, p.344. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. Commr. admlty. 31 Oct. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 402. Member, sub.-cttee. readmission of Jews, 15 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 23. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656. Member, cttee. for improving revenue of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, London 12 June 1645, 26 Nov. 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Jan. 1660; Hunts., Leics. 9 June 1657;A. and O.; LJ ix. 544b. London militia, 4 May, 2 Sept. 1647, 17 Jan. 1649, 15 Feb. 1655;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43. London corporation for poor, 7 May 1649.A. and O. Pres. Bridewell and Bethlehem hosps. Nov. 1649-Aug. 1660.E.G. O’Donoghue, Bridewell Hosp. (2 vols., 1923) i. 272; Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 68. Commr. oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 2, 356. Midland circ. 12 Feb. 1656–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 147, 310. Surr. 21 Mar. 1659;C181/6, p. 348. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 2, 356. ejecting scandalous ministers, London 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. J.p. Leics. by Apr. 1655 – Mar. 1660; Surr. Apr. 1659-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 308, 429. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. Gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 7 Feb. 1657.CJ vii. 487a. Commr. sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657.C181/6, p. 256.

Religious: trier, seventh London classis, 20 Oct. 1645, 26 Sept. 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. elder, 1648–9.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 124.

Mercantile: gov. Merchant Adventurers bef. Sept. 1656.CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 115. Member, E.I. Co. cttee. 10 Dec. 1657–5 July 1659.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1655–9, pp. 197, 268.

: of Bassinghall Street, London and Leics., Cotes.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, C. Johnson;Whereabouts unknown. line engraving, J. Basire, 1795;BM; NPG. fun. monument, J. Latham, Prestwold church, Leics.

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PACKE, Sir Christopher (c. 1599-1682), of Bassinghall Street, London and Cotes, Leics.

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10 Nov. 1681, pr. 26 June 1682.PROB11/370/248.
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mortgage, manors of Cotes and Prestwold, Leics., c.1640, full possession by 1653;CCC 2016; VCH Leics. ii. 216; Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xvii. 9. purchased manor of Bugden, Hunts. (episcopal lands), 19 Jan. 1649 for £8,174;Bod. Rawl. B.239, p. 21. also manor of Cotes, Leics., c.1650.J.E. Farnell, ‘The Politics of the City of London, 1649-57’ (Chicago Univ. PhD thesis, 1963), 73. By 1681 held lease for 2 lives (held of bp. of Lincs.) of lands in parishes of Bugden and Brampton, Hunts.; also houses in Aldermanbury, Bassishaw and Cripplegate, London and 2 houses in Plymouth, Devon; advowson of Prestwold rectory; and lands in Burton-on-the-Wold, Leics.PROB11/370/248.
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