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WALLER, Walter (c.1632-?1658), of Castletown, co. Limerick.

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b. c. 1632, 2nd s. of Sir Hardress Waller* of Castletown and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Dowdall of Kilfinny, co. Limerick. educ. Queens’ Coll. Camb. 21 Jan. 1648; BA 1651;Al. Cant. G. Inn 10 Mar. 1649.G. Inn Admiss. d. aft. Feb. 1658.
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Irish: commr. assessment, cos. Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). Dep.-surveyor to Dr William Petty*, Munster province Dec. 1654.W. Petty, History of the Down Survey (Dublin, 1851), 33–4. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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DAVIES (DAVIDS), William

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Military: ?capt. regt. of Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, Low Countries expedition, 1624-5.SP84/121, ff. 276-7. ?Capt. of ft. regt. of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell;E351/292 sgt.-maj. regt. of Sir John Meyrick*, Aug. 1640.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1247. Lt.-col. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of earl of Essex by 10 Aug. 1642-?1645.SP28/1A, 41.
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Local: ?member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 6 July 1641.Ancient Vellum Bk. 62. Commr. assessment, Carm., Pemb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, Carm. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

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CAWLEY, William II (d. aft. 1708), of Chichester, Suss.

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b. 1st s. of William Cawley I* of Chichester, and Catherine, da. of William Walrond or Waldron of Isle Brewers, Som.Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 284; W. Suss. RO, Add. MS 12765. educ. I. Temple, 10 Nov. 1645.I. Temple database. m. c. 1651, Elizabeth.SP29/20. f. 67. d. aft. Sept. 1609.PROB6/85, f. 169v.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 6 July 1652;CITR, ii. 302. steward, June 1677.CITR, iii. 111.

Local: j.p. Suss. 1652-bef. 25 July 1661.C231/6, p. 246; CUL, Dd.VIII.1; ASSI35/94/9; ASSI35/102/7. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, 30 June 1656, 28 Dec. 1658;C181/6, pp. 160, 346. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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CAWLEY, William II (d. aft. 1708), of Chichester, Suss.

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not found.
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Dec. 1650, copyhold in tenement of manor of Rumboldswyke following death of his mo.;W. Suss. RO, Add. MS 12765. unspecified land settled by fa. at marriage.SP29/20. f. 67.
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SNOWE, Simon (1600-68), of All Hallows, Goldsmith Street, Exeter, Devon.

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bap. 23 Sept. 1600, 1st surv. s. of Thomas Snowe (bur. 3 Mar. 1609) of St Mary Arches, Exeter and Grace, da. of Peter Vilvayne of All Hallows, Goldsmith Street, Exeter.St Mary Arches, Exeter, par. reg.; Exeter Freemen, 124. m. (1) ?, da. of Peter Taylor, s.p.; (2) 7 May 1626, Eleanor, da. of – Chappell of Exeter, s.p.The Western Antiquary, vi. 15 (cited in Keeler, Long Parl. 345); All Hallows Goldsmith St., Exeter, par. reg. suc. fa. on majority. bur. 29 Feb. 1668 29 Feb. 1668.St. Mary Arches par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Exeter 24 Jan. 1625; bailiff, 1631 – 32, 1652 – 53; common cllr. 13 Aug. 1635; auditor of chamberlain’s accts. 1639;Exeter Freemen, 124; R. Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities (1734), 152, 162; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii. f. 24, 85. mayor and recvr. 1653 – 54; alderman, 1654–7 Aug. 1662.Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities, 162; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. x. f. 32 and reverse of vol.

Local: co-partner, pre-emption of tin, Devon and Cornw. 28 Feb. 1639.C10/15/61. Commr. charitable uses, Exeter 15 May 1648;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CVII. Exeter militia, 10 July 1648;LJ x. 374a. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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

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SNOWE, Simon (1600-68), of All Hallows, Goldsmith Street, Exeter, Devon.

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24 Jan. 1668, pr. 31 Mar. 1669.PROB11/329/394.
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MEREDITH, William (c.1620-65), of Kilcullen, co. Kildare.

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b. c. 1620, 1st of Sir Robert Meredith (d. 1668) of Greenhills, co. Kildare, and Anne, da. of Sir William Ussher, clerk of PC [I]. m. Nov. 1655, Mary (d. 1669), da. of Sir Robert King* of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon, ?1s. cr. bt. 20 Nov. 1660. d. Feb. 1665.CB.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Philip Sidney, Visct. Lisle*, army in Ireland, c.Apr. 1647.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 625. Capt. of horse, regt. of Michael Jones, Sept. 1647-Dec. 1649;HMC Egmont, i. 467; TCD, MS 844, f. 52; SP28/64, ff. 41, 303; SP28/70, f. 677. maj. regt. of Sir Theophilus Jones* by Nov. 1650-Aug. 1653;SP28/82, f. 163; SP28/93, f. 411; SP28/96, f. 59; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), ii. 224–5. capt. regt. of Edmund Ludlowe II*, Aug. 1653–55;TSP iii. 710; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 601. regt. of Henry Cromwell* bef. June 1659; regt. of Peter Wallis, July 1659-aft. Dec. 1659.CSP Ire. 1647–60, pp. 686, 695, 700; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 246, 250; Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 60n, 121. Capt. of horse, royal army in Ireland, 1660–9 Sept. 1662.CSP Ire. 1669–70, p. 384; HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 253.

Irish: commr. assessment, co. Kildare 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). Agent for army, settlement of arrears, c.1656.Down Survey ed. T.A. Larcom (Dublin, 1851), 198. Commr. poll money, Dublin 24 Apr. 1660; co. Kildare 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 620–1, 639.

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MEREDITH, William (c.1620-65), of Kilcullen, co. Kildare.

Will
2 June 1664, pr. 11 Apr. 1665.PROB11/316/367.
Estates
pre-deceased fa. so did not succeed to patrimonial estate; held lease of lands at Kilkcullen, co. Kildare, bef. 1657-d.NAI, Ferguson MS 9, p. 280; PROB11/316/367.
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INGOLDSBY, Richard (1617-85), of Waldridge, Dinton, Bucks.

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bap. 10 Aug. 1617, 2nd s. of Sir Richard Ingoldsby (d. 1656) of Lenborough and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Oliver Cromwell† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.;Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 76; ‘Pedigree of Ingoldsby’, The Gen. n.s. iii. 138; Lipscomb, Buckingham, ii. 169. bro. of Francis*, George* and Henry*. educ. Thame g.s. Oxon.;Wood, Fasti, ii. 133. G. Inn 4 May 1638;G. Inn Admiss. 217. MA, Oxf. 19 May 1649.Al. Ox. m. ?1646, Elizabeth (d. 1675), da. of Sir George Croke† of Waterstock, Oxon. and coh. to her bro. Thomas, wid. of Thomas Lee of Hartwell, Bucks. 1s. 1da.Bucks. bishop’s transcripts, Hartwell; Vis. Bucks. 1634, 76; Lipscomb, Buckingham, ii. 169; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 277. KB 23 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 166. d. 9 Sept. 1685.Lipscomb, Buckingham, ii. 169.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of John Hampden* (later Thomas Tyrrell*), Aug. 1642-bef. Oct. 1643;SP28/2b, f. 518; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. lt.-col. by Oct. 1643-bef. Oct. 1644;SP28/10, f. 270; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. col. of ft. by Oct. 1644-Aug. 1655.SP28/19, f. 76; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 46, ii. 85; Clarke Pprs. iii. 53. Gov. Aylesbury Sept.-Nov. 1645;Weekly Account (17–23 Sept. 1645), sig. A3v (E.302.21); Weekly Account (12–19 Nov. 1645), sig. [A1v] (E.309.23). Oxford aft. 1646-aft. 1649.Wood, Fasti, ii. 133. Acting lt. Tower of London 12- 13 Aug. 1652; lt. Sept. 1658. 1655 – 28 Apr. 1659CCSP iv. 80. Col. of horse, Aug., Feb.-Dec. 1660.Clarke Pprs. iii. 51, 196; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 112, 147, 170. Capt. of horse, 13 June-16 Aug. 1667.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 396; Dalton, Army Lists, i. 76, 77n; Pepys’s Diary, viii. 265, 323.

Local: j.p. Bucks. by Mar. 1647 – Apr. 1670; Oxon. 13 Mar. 1649-bef. 1658, 1659–60. 2 Dec. 1648T. Langley, The Hist. and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough (1797), 17; C231/6, p. 144; C231/7, p. 365; C193/13/4, f. 79; C193/13/5, f. 85; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. militia, Bucks., 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, Bucks. 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, 1679; Oxon. 7 Apr. 1649, 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); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. tendering Engagement, Bucks. Oct. 1650;National Art Library, V. and A. Forster MS 58, nos. 32. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 11, 302. Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 17, 379. ejecting scandalous ministers, Bucks. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 583. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 6 June 1664.C181/7, p. 255.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1652.CJ vii. 221a.

Court: gent. privy chamber, 1661–?N. Carlisle, An Inquiry into the Place and Quality of the Gentlemen…Privy Chamber (1829), 172.

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INGOLDSBY, Richard (1617-85), of Waldridge, Dinton, Bucks.

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not found.
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bought manor of Waldridge, Dinton, Bucks. 1650;VCH Bucks. ii. 278. granted Scottish lands worth £500 p.a. May 1652;CJ vii. 132b. allocated in 1654 manor place of Hamilton, Hamilton barony, Scotland for £3,881, immediately sold on;NAS, 332/F1/194; GD 406/2/M1/202. bought manor of Brampton, Hunts. for £1,406 3s 9d, 1650; bought manor of Ingleby, Lincs. from officers of his regt.I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (Univ. London PhD thesis, 1969), 301.
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WALLER, Edmund (1606-87), of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks.

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b. 3 Mar. 1606, 1st s. of Robert Waller of Coleshill, Amersham, Bucks. and Anne, da. of Griffith Hampden of Gt. Hampden, Bucks.W.H.H. Kelke, ‘Amersham’, Recs. of Bucks. ii. 349; Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 274; Lipscomb, Buckingham, iii. 182. educ. High Wycombe g.s. Bucks.; Eton c.1618-21; King’s, Camb. Easter 1621; L. Inn 3 July 1622;Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 274; VCH Bucks. ii. 211; W. Sterry, The Eton College Reg. 1441-1698 (Eton, 1943), 347; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. i. 190. Univ. Padua 25 Jan. 1646.H.F. Brown, Inglese e Scozzesi all’ Università di Padova (Venice, 1922), 154. m. (1) 15 July 1631 (with £8,000), Anne (d. 1634), da. and h. of John Banckes, mercer, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.;Analytical Index to the Series of Records known as Remembrancia (1878), 319-20; Lipscomb, Buckingham, iii. 182. (2) by 1648, Mary Bressy (d. 1677), 5s. 8da.E. Waller, Poems (1711), pp. xviii-xix, lxxxi; Lipscomb, Buckingham, iii. 182. suc. fa. 1616.Lipscomb, Buckingham, iii. 182. d. 21 Oct. 1687.Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 274.
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Local: j.p. Bucks. 1633 – Nov. 1636, 16 Mar. 1641–?C231/5, p. 437; Coventry Docquets, 68; J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, PH xxxii. 235. Dep. lt. by 1640–?CSP Dom. 1640, p. 498. Commr. oyer and terminer, Bucks. 23 June 1640;C181/5, f. 176v. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. assessment, Bucks. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Mdx. 1664; Westminster 1672, 1677;SR. corporations, Bucks. 1662;HP Commons, 1660–1690. loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. 1662;SR. highways and sewers, London and Westminster 1662–3;C181/7, pp. 198, 214; Evelyn Diary ed. de Beer, iii. 319n. subsidy, Bucks. 1663.SR.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. Commr. trade, Dec. 1655–1657, Nov. 1660–8; plantations, 30 July 1670 – 27 Sept. 1672; accounts [I], 1668; trade and plantations, 27 Sept. 1672–21 Dec. 1674.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 54; Officials of the Boards of Trade, 1660–1870 ed. J.C. Sainty (1974), 21, 23, 119

Academic: FRS, 1661.M. Hunter, The Royal Soc. and its Fellows 1660–1700 (1982), 168.

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Likenesses: oils, C. Johnson, 1629;Private colln. oil on canvas, aft. C. Johnson;Bodl. miniature, P. Oliver, 1635;Welbeck Abbey, Notts. oils. attrib. I. Fuller, 1640-50;Rousham House, Oxon. oil on canvas, P. Lely, c.1665;Clarendon colln. oils, J. Riley, 1682;Private colln. oil on canvas, aft. J. Riley;NPG. oils, G. Kneller, 1684;Private colln. oil on canvas, attrib. G. Kneller;Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, Dorset. drawing, D. Loggan, 1685;NPG. drawing, G. White, 1710;BM. line engraving, P. Vanderbank aft. C. Johnson, 1682;BM; NPG. line engraving, P. Vanderbank aft. J. Riley, 1682.BM; NPG.

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WALLER, Edmund (1606-87), of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks.

Will
19 June 1686, cod. 7 July 1687, pr. 7 Nov. 1687.PROB11/389/101.
Estates
worth £2,000 p.a.;I.F.W. Beckett, Wanton Troopers (Barnsley, 2015), 8. inherited lands at Amersham and Beaconsfield, Bucks. from his father, 1616;PROB11/129/135. 1st earl of Newport alienated to him manor of Kidderminster, Worcs. 1634; Waller alienated some of those lands to others, 1637;Coventry Docquets, 657, 712. sold manor of Knotting, Beds. for £5,700, 1644;Bucks. RO, AR 93/2006/121-2. mortgaged manor of Beaconsfield, 1644.Bucks. RO, AR 93/2006/123.
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BODVELL, John (1617-63), of Caerfryn, Llaneugrad, Anglesey and Bodvel, Llannor, Caern.

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b. 1617, 1st s. of Sir John Bodvell of Bodvel and Caerfryn and 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Wynn†, 1st bt., of Gwydir, Caern.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 171. educ. I. Temple 24 Sept. 1634. cr. DCL Oxon. 20 Feb. 1644.I. Temple Admissions database; Al. Ox. m. c.1638 (settlement 20 Feb. 1640), Ann, da. of Sir William Russell†, 1st bt., of Chippenham, Cambs., treasurer of the navy, 1s. d.v.p. 2da (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1631. d. 28 Mar. 1663.The Case of Griffith Wynn (1667), 1, 3; The Case of John Cresset (?1679), 1.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Anglesey and Beaumaris 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642. 1643 – ?46SR. Dep. lt. Caern. 18 Mar. 1642–? 1643 – ?46CJ ii. 485b. Commr. array (roy.), by 31 May 1643–?46. 1643 – ?46Cal. Lttrs. relating to N. Wales, 56. J.p. Anglesey 26 Aug., by Oct. 1660–d.;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 12, 14–15. Caern. by Oct. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 33. Custos rot. Anglesey 26 Aug. 1643–?46.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 12.

Military: col. of ft. and dragoons (roy.), 26 Aug. 1643. Constable (roy.) Caernarfon Castle 5 Sept. 1643–d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 362; Symonds, Diary, 247; E. Breese, Kalendars of Gwynedd (1873), 127.

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BODVELL, John (1617-63), of Caerfryn, Llaneugrad, Anglesey and Bodvel, Llannor, Caern.

Will
c.1662, made void by private act of Parliament, 6 Feb. 1667.Case of John Cresset, 1.
Estates
Forfeited Llaneugrad Park and Bodvel House by act of sale, 16 July 1651. The estate at Bodvel included Bardsey Island. Was assessed at £1800, 1646. Valued his own estate, 1652, as £1,200 p.a., but with heavy incumbrances.CCC 1600, 1602; CCAM, 434; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 299; A. and O.
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GUISE, Christopher (1618-70), of Elmore and Brockworth, Glos.

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b. 2 Feb. 1618, 1st s. of William Guise of Elmore and Cicely (d. 1682), da. of John Dennis of Pucklechurch, Glos.Vis. Glos 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 80-1; Autobiography of Thomas Raymond and Mems. of the Fam. of Guise ed. G. Davies (Camden 3rd ser. xxviii), 112. educ. Wootton under Edge free school c.1628; Magdalen Hall, Oxf. c.1634; M. Temple 9 May 1636.Mems. of Guise, 115, 116-7, 118-9; MTR ii. 847. m. (1) 1642, with £400 p.a., Anne (bur. 4 June 1642), da. of Sir Lawrence Washington of Garsdon, Wilts, s.p.; (2) Sept. 1647, Rachel (d. 10 Mar. 1658), da. of Lucas Corselis of Clay Hall, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Glos. 1682-3, 81; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 5, i. 19; ii. 152; Mems. of Guise, 89, 123, 127-8, 132.; MIs Wilts. 1822, 110. suc. fa. 26 Aug. 1653.Mems. of Guise, 112. cr. bt. 29 June 1661.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 22. bur. 24 Oct. 1670 24 Oct. 1670.Mems. of Guise, 133.
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Local: j.p. Glos. 4 Mar. 1652 – bef.Oct. 1653, 27 Mar. 1655–d.C231/6, pp. 233, 307; C193/13/4, f. 39. Commr. for preserving Forest of Dean 29 Nov. 1654;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 514–5. securing peace of the commonwealth, Glos. by 27 Dec. 1655.Glos. RO, Smyth of Nibley vol. III, f. 71; TSP iv. 354. Member, cttee. for repair of Gloucester Cathedral 22 Aug. 1656;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 878. assessment, Glos. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Gloucester 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Glos. and Gloucester 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Glos., Gloucester 1660;SR. corporations, Glos. July 1662;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 235. subsidy, 1663.SR.

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Likenesses: fun. monument, attrib. C.G. Cibber, Brockworth church, Glos.

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GUISE, Christopher (1618-70), of Elmore and Brockworth, Glos.

Will
2 Nov. 1668, pr. 12 Apr. 1671.PROB11/335/509.
Estates
jt. tenant of Stanwell manor, Essex 1657-8. At d. owner of Elmore and Brockworth manors, Marsden manor, Rendcombe manor, Glos.Mems. of Guise, 130, 131; Glos. RO, D326/T8.
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Maiden Lane, London 1648;Mems. of Guise, 129. St Martin’s Lane, Westminster 1658.Mems. of Guise, 132.
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presented John Somers to Brockworth vicarage 6 Aug. 1669.Glos. RO, GDR/1/B.
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RIVERS, James (1603-41), of Combe in Hamsey, Suss.

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bap. 15 Dec. 1603,G. L. Gower, Parochial Hist. of Westerham (1883), 68. 2nd, but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Rivers (d. 1651), 1st bt., of Chafford, Kent, and Dorothy, da. of Thomas Potter of Wellstreet. educ. Corpus Christi, Oxf. 16 Dec. 1616, BA 3 July 1620.Al. Ox. m. 22 July 1624, Charity, da. of Sir John Shirley† of Isfield, Suss.,Add. 5697, f. 261; E. Suss. RO, Isfield par. reg. 3s., 7da.Add. 5697, f. 261; Add. 5698, f. 57; E. Suss. RO, Hamsey par. reg. d.v.p. 8 June 1641.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 230-31; Al. Ox.; GL, MS 6777/1, p. 189.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Suss. 5 June 1633-July 1639.C231/5, p. 108; C193/13/2; SP16/405; E. Suss. RO, QR/EW46; ASSI35/79/9. Commr. subsidy, 1641;Noyes, ‘Commrs. subsidies in Suss.’, 104–6; SR. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR.

: of Combe in Hamsey, Suss.
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Likenesses: fun. monument, attrib. H. le Sueur, St Bartholomew the Great, London.E.A. Webb, The Recs. of St Bartholomew, (1921), ii. 461–2.

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RIVERS, James (1603-41), of Combe in Hamsey, Suss.

Will
2 June, pr. 14 July 1641.PROB11/186/503.
Estates
In 1627, sold land in Kent;Add. 5697, f. 261; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 253-4; C54/2708/29. in 1628, inherited manor of Woolston, Hants, and associated lands from his great-uncle, Henry Rivers;PROB 11/153/537. in 1633, bought Combe manor in Hamsey, Suss., for over £1,100.E. Suss. RO, SAS/SH/579-80; Hamsey par. reg.; Add. 5698, f. 57; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 231. In 1628, sold property in Surr. to John Evelyn† for nearly £2,000.C54/3019/32.
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