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CARTER, John (1623-76), of Kinmel, Denb.

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bap. 19 Jan. 1623, 2nd s. of Thomas Carter, vicar of Dinton, Bucks. and Anne, da. of William Curtys of Chesterton, Cambs.Dinton par. reg.; Cambs. Par. Regs. vii. 110; Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 145. m. prenupt. settlement 19 Oct. 1647, Elizabeth (d.1700), da. and coh. of David Holland of Kinmel, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da.Bangor Univ. Lib. Special Collections, Kinmel mss 697; Le Neve's Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 65. Kntd. Mar. 1658 and 7 June 1660.NLW, Wynn of Gwydir ms 2151; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224, 227. d. 28 Nov. 1676.N. Tucker, 'Civil War Colonel: Sir John Carter', Trans. Caern. Hist. Soc. xiii. 6.
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Military: lt.-col. of horse (parlian.), army of Sir Thomas Myddelton* (later Thomas Mytton*) by Sept 1644–5; col. 1645–7. Gov. Conwy Castle Nov. 1646–61; Holyhead Nov. 1660–1.SP28/18/227; Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 252–3; Phillips, Civil War in Wales, ii. 327; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 298; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 563–4, 1660–1, p. 367.

Local: j.p. Caern. 27 June 1648 – bef.Oct. 1660; Denb. 23 Dec. 1648 – d.; Anglesey 1656 – d.; Flint Mar. 1660 – d.; Merion. by Oct. 1660–d.CJ v. 613a; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 14–15, 31–3, 51–2, 76–84, 114–18. Commr. for Caern. 10 July 1648;CJ v. 613a; LJ x. 373a. associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern., Denb. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, Anglesey, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Caern. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Denb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672; Flint 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Merion. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales, 10 Aug. 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650. Feb. – Nov. 1650A. and O. Sheriff, Caern.; Denb. 1664–5. 1 May 1651 – 25 June 1656List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 249; NLW, Chirk Castle 11498. Custos rot. Caern., 4 July 1656 – Mar. 1660; Merion. Mar.-31 Aug. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 31–2, 51. Commr. ct. martial, James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 11 Sept. 1651;Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxvii), p. cccxxxvi. sewers, Denb. and Flint 4 Mar. 1654.C181/6, p. 21. Steward, lordship of Bromfield and Yale, Denb. 22 Mar. 1654–?60;NLW, MS 11450E. lordship of Denbigh July 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 138; CTB v. 392. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Wales 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Col. militia, Mar. 1660.Cal. Lttrs. relating to N. Wales, 111. Commr. poll tax, Anglesey, Caern., Denb., Flint 1660. SR. Dep. lt. Denb. 1674–d.CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 115.

Central: farmer, inland excise, N. Wales 20 Mar. 1650–1. Bodl. Rawl. C 386, 20 Mar. 1650. Commr. high ct. of justice, 10 Sept. 1651;CSP Dom. 1651, p. 423. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Denbigh 1655–61;Williams, Recs. of Denbigh, 134. Ruthin 1665–d.Councell Booke of Ruthin trans. N. Tucker (Colwyn Bay, 1962), 33.

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CARTER, John (1623-76), of Kinmel, Denb.

Will
not found.
Estates
Acquired Kinmel estate through right of his wife, Oct. 1647. Was assigned the lease of Gresford parsonage by John Egerton, 2nd earl of Bridgewater, for £742, Oct. 1651. Lessee under lord protector of rectory of Abergele, Denb. c. 1656-60. Bought fee farm rents in Eifionydd and Dinllaen, Caern.Bangor Univ. Lib. Special Collections, Kinmel mss 697; HEHL, EL 8016; LPL, Comm. XIa/3, f. 45v; SP26/4.
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LEWIS, James (c.1602-68), of Abernantbychan, Penbryn, Card.; later of Coedmor, Llangoedmor, Card.

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b. c. 1602, 1st s. of Sir John Lewis† of Abernantbychan and Coedmor, Card. and Bridget, da. of Sir Richard Price† (Pryse) of Gogerddan.Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 40; W. Wales Hist Recs. i. 13; NLW, Noyadd Trefawr 438. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 14 Mar. 1617.Al. Ox. m. (1) Mary (div. by 1637) da. and h. of Lewis Lloyd of Abermâd, Llanilar, 1s. d.v.p., 1da.;NLW, Peniarth Estate NA70; NLW, B/1644/37; D. Huws, ‘The Lewes Fam. of Abernantbychan’, Ceredigion, vi. 158. (2) 1641, Mary, da. of John Wogan* of Wiston, Pemb., wid. of David Lloyd of Cilciffeth, Llanychaer, Pemb., 4s.NLW, Bronwydd II/2898; Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, pedigree opp. p. 164. suc. fa. 1656. d. 1668.Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, vi. 159.
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Local: j.p. Card. 1627 – d.; Pemb. by 27 Sept. 1647-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 194–99, 218–9. Commr. Forced Loan, Card. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 66v. knighthood fines, 1631.E178/5938, f. 5. Collector, repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1634–5.GL, MS 25475/1, f. 43; SP16/298/38. Sheriff, Card. 1635–6, 1 Dec. 1646–7; Pemb. 1641–2.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 288; SP19/126/106; E199/79/2; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 242. Commr. exacted fees, S. Wales 27 June 1635.C181/5, f. 16. Collector, recusants’ money, Card. Apr. 1638, 30 Jan., 30 Aug. 1641.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. ii. 826; iv. 163; LJ iv. 386a. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 386a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Pemb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 1642;SP19/126/106. disbanding forces in S. Wales, 18 Feb. 1648;LJ x. 63b. militia, Pemb. 2 Dec. 1648; Card. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. subsidy, Card. 1663.SR.

Military: col. (parlian.) c.1645.SP19/126/106.

: of Abernantbychan, Card.; later of Coedmor, Card., Penbryn.
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LEWIS, James (c.1602-68), of Abernantbychan, Penbryn, Card.; later of Coedmor, Llangoedmor, Card.

Will
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jt. purchaser of manors and boroughs of Cardigan and Aberystwyth 1633, and in same year purchased lordship of Iscoed Ishirwern for £275;Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, vi. 158; NLW, Ty Llwydd 301, 325; Bristol RO, 13458/1. also acquired interest in lands of Whitland monastery, Carm. and Pemb., mid-1630s;Longleat, Devereux MS iv, f. 100. share in lead mines near Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn and Llanafan, c.1635-7;E112/271/22; E134/12Chas.I/Mich.38; NLW, Peniarth Estate NA70. according to 1650 settlement held Abernantbychan and Coedmor;Huws, ‘Lewes Fam.’, Ceredigion, vi. 155. value of estate in 1660 estimated at £700 p.a.Burke’s Commoners, i. 693.
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SAYER, John (c.1589-1658), of Bourchiers Hall, Aldham, Essex.

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b. c. 1589, 1st s. of Sir George Sayer of Bourchiers Hall, Aldham and Dorothy, da. of Sir John Heigham† of Barrow, Suff.Aldham par. reg.; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 286, 485; Morant, Essex, ii. 199. m. bef. 1616, Hester, da. of Robert Honywood of Charing, Kent and Markshall, Essex, 2s. d.v.p. 3da.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634, i. 286, 424, 485, ii. 733-4; ‘The posterity of Mary Honywood’, Topographer and Genealogist, i. 404; PROB11/287/442; Morant, Essex, ii. 200. suc. fa. 1631.Aldham par. reg. bur. 19 Aug. 1658 19 Aug. 1658.Aldham par. reg.
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Local: capt. militia ft. Colchester 1613–22.Maynard Lieut. Bk. 28–54. J.p. Essex 17 July 1641–?, 21 Dec. 1644-Mar. 1652, 30 June 1657–d.C231/5, p. 459; C231/6, pp. 8, 370; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxix. Commr. loans on Propositions, Tendring hundred, Essex July 1642.LJ v. 203b. Dep. lt. Essex 15 Sept. 1642-aft. Dec. 1643.LJ v. 354b; Northants. RO, FH133; Essex RO, D/Y 2/9, p. 119. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; Tower Hamlets militia, 8 Jan. 1648; militia, Essex 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Lexden classis, Essex 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 388.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b.

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SAYER, John (c.1589-1658), of Bourchiers Hall, Aldham, Essex.

Will
29 May 1645, pr. 17 Feb. 1659.PROB11/287/442.
Estates
mortgaged lands at Stanway, Essex for £3,168, 1632;Essex RO, D/Dge/460. Tobias Frere* and Thomas Cullum mortgaged lands at Thorndon, Suff. to Sayer and others, 1633;Suff. RO (Bury), 613/122; 613/128. sold manor of Motts, Lexden, Essex, 1634;VCH Essex, ix. 395. sold land at Lexden for £264, 1640.Essex RO, D/DJ 20/3.
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DUKE, Edward (1604-71), of Benhall, Suff.

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bap. 6 Dec. 1604, o. s. of Ambrose Duke of Benhall and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Bertram Calthorpe of Thorpe Market, Norf.Benhall par. reg., p.14; Add. 19127, ff. 243v-244; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613, 67. educ. G. Inn 1622.GI Adm. 168. m. by 1631, Ellenor (d. 1671), da. and coh. of John Panton of Brunslip, Denbigh,Benhall par. reg., p. 104; H.W.B. Wayman, ‘Benhall’, E. Anglian Misc., v. 5. prob. 8s. (6 d.v.p.), 4da. (2 d.v.p.).Benhall par. reg., pp. 28, 30-5, 98-101; Wayman, ‘Benhall’, 5; Add. 19127, ff. 243v, 244, 245v, 255. suc. fa. 1610;Add. 32490 BBB(22); Wayman, ‘Benhall’, 14. Kntd. 4 July 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. cr. bt. 16 July 1661.CB. bur. 30 Jan. 1671 30 Jan. 1671.Benhall par. reg. p.104.
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Local: capt. militia ft. Suff. by 1626-aft. 1632.Add. 39245, ff. 103v, 157v. Commr. gaol delivery, liberty of St Etheldreda, I. of Ely 1632, 23 Dec. 1645. 1634 – aft.Oct. 1642C181/4, f. 127; C181/5, f. 267v. J.p. Suff., Mar. 1660–d.C193/13/2, f. 64; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 50v; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 51. Commr. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 306. sewers, Suff. 1635, 1637;C181/5, ff. 24v, 82. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 29 Jan. 1670;C181/6, pp. 291, 360; C181/7, p. 525. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635.C181/5, f. 28v. Sheriff, Suff. 1637–8.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 132. Commr. oyer and terminer, 20 June 1640; oyer and terminer for piracy, 22 June 1640;C181/5, ff. 175v, 176. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 15 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: freeman, Orford Feb. 1636–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE5/2/2, f. 191v.

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DUKE, Edward (1604-71), of Benhall, Suff.

Will
13 Apr. 1670, pr. 19 June 1671.PROB11/336/278.
Estates
succeeded to lands at Benhall 1630; sold manor of Aslacton, Norf. 1631.Blomefield, Norf. v. 178.
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HOGHTON, Sir Gilbert (1591-1646), of Hoghton Tower, Leyland, and Walton-le-Dale, Lancs.

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b. 1591, 1st s. of Sir Richard Hoghton† of Hoghton Tower, and Catherine, da. of Sir Gilbert Gerard† of Ince, Lancs.WARD7/86/188; Foster, Lancs. Peds. educ. at court, by 1604;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 134; Jnl. of Nicholas Assheton of Downham ed. F. R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. xiv), 7-8, 35. embassy, Paris 1616.CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 426. m. settlement 12 June 1611 (with £2,500), Margaret (d. 23 Dec. 1657), da. and coh. of Sir Roger Aston† of Cranford, Mdx. 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Cal. Hoghton Deeds and Pprs. ed. J. H. Lumby (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxviii), 248; Foster, Lancs. Peds.; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxv), 154. Kntd. 21 July 1604;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 134. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 12 Nov. 1630.DL7/27/13; CB. bur. 8 May 1646.Preston, Lancs. par. reg.; St John Preston Burials 1642-1812 ed. B. Worthington (Lancs. Fam. Hist. and Heraldry Soc. 2002), iii. p. 6.
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Civic: freeman, Preston by 1602–?d.;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 53, 112. Wigan by Feb. 1628–?d.;Sinclair, Wigan, i. 197; ii. 6. Liverpool by 1629–?d.Chandler, Liverpool, 150.

Local: gov. Blackburn g.s. 1611–?W.A. Abram, Hist. of Blackburn (Blackburn, 1877), 330. J.p. Lancs. 1618–d.CJ ii. 821a; LJ v. 449b-450a; Lancs. RO, QSC/5–38; D.J. Wilkinson, ‘The commission of peace in Lancs. 1603–42’, in Seventeenth-Century Lancs. ed. J.I. Kermode, C.B. Phillips, Trans. Historic Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, cxxxii. 64. Steward, master forester and master of the game, Bowland and Quernmore, Lancs. 22 June 1621–16 Sept. 1644. Master forester, Myerscough, Amounderness and Bleasdale 22 June 1621–16 Sept. 1644. Kpr. of Myerscough Park 22 June 1621–16 Sept. 1644.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 143; Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 257. Dep. lt. Lancs. 5 Sept. 1625-aft. June 1642.Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 256, 257; Warr in Lancs. 11; B. Coward, ‘The lieutenancy of Lancs. and Cheshire in the 16th and early 17th centuries’, Trans. Historic Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, cxix. 48. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 29; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. knighthood fines, 19 June 1631;J.P. Earwaker, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Chas. I’ (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 199. sewers, 16 Feb. 1633.C181/4, f. 130. Col. militia ft. by Nov. 1636–?SP16/337/81i, f. 168. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 11 June 1642.Lancs. Lieutenancy under the Tudors and Stuarts ed. J. Harland (Chetham Soc. o.s. l), 280. Sheriff (roy.), 12 Dec. 1642–3.Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 257, 269.

Court: cupbearer, 1616–17;LC5/134, p. 157; Lansd. 273, ff. 28, 74. carver-in-ordinary, 1617-aft. 1641.SP14/90/118, f. 211; LC3/1, f. 2v; LC2/6, f. 38v; E179/70/136; SP16/154/76, f. 103; Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 256.

Military: vol. horse, royal army by June 1639–?SP16/427/38, ff. 71v, 73. Col. of dragoons (roy.) by Dec. 1642-c.1644.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 198.

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HOGHTON, Sir Gilbert (1591-1646), of Hoghton Tower, Leyland, and Walton-le-Dale, Lancs.

Will
no will found.
Estates
in 1632, inc. manors of Alston, Brinscall, Grimsargh, Hoghton, Lea (nr. Preston), Stanworth and Walton, tithes and advowson of Preston, and at least six mills, Lancs. – and was worth £2,390 p.a.Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 18; B.G. Blackwood, ‘The economic state of the Lancs. gentry on the eve of the civil war’, NH xii. 56.
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HOTHAM, John (c.1610-45), of Scorborough, Yorks.

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b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Sir John Hotham*, 1st bt. of Scorborough, and 1st w. Katherine, da. of Sir John Rodes of Barlborough, Derbys.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 261-2; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 89. educ. G. Inn 12 Apr. 1628.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 13 Jan. 1631, Frances (bur. 23 Dec. 1635), da. of Sir John Wray*, 2nd bt. of Glentworth, Lincs. 1s. 2da.; (2) lic. 1636, Margaret (bur. 6 Apr. 1638), da. of Sir Thomas Fairfax†, 1st Visct. Emley, wid. of Watkinson Payler of Thoraldby, Yorks. s.p.; (3) by June 1642 (with £2,500), Isabell (d. by Feb. 1652), da. of Sir Henry Anderson* of Long Cowton, Yorks. 1s.Leconfield, Yorks., bishop’s transcript; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 262-3; Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ix), 42-4; Hotham Pprs. 174-5. exec. 1 Jan. 1645.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 749 [recte 797].
Offices Held

Military: vol. ft. regt. of Lord Vere, Holland 1629–?C.R. Markham, The Fighting Veres, 436. Capt. of horse (parlian.) by 9 Aug. 1642-c.June 1643.SP28/1A, f. 18; Jones, ‘War in north’, 386–7. Gov. Cawood Castle, Yorks. c.Oct. 1642-c.June 1643.Add. 18979, f. 131. Lt.-gen. Feb.-c.June 1643.Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 39; Mercurius Civicus no. 81 (5–12 Dec. 1644), 744 (E.21.16).

Local: commr. sewers, Yorks. (E. Riding) 5 Dec. 1634-aft. June 1641.C181/4, f. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41v, 198. Capt. militia ft. E. Riding by c.1635–?Add. 28082, f. 80v. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643.SR; A. and O. Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642–?CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. sequestration, E. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b.

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HOTHAM, John (c.1610-45), of Scorborough, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
his fa.’s estate, bef. 1642, was worth about £3,000 p.a.Infra, ‘Sir John Hotham’. Hotham’s widow claimed that she and her husband’s personal estate had been plundered by parliamentarians in 1643 to the tune of £7,000.Hotham Pprs. 175. Value of goods and money found in his rooms at Hull in 1643 put at £4,708.Hull Hist. Centre, C BRL/309.
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EYRE, William I (1585-1646), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Bonhams, South Newton, Wilts.

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bap. 26 Nov. 1585, 7th (but 5th surv.) s. of Thomas Eyre† (bur. 10 Sept. 1628) of Salisbury, Wilts. and Elizabeth (d. 24 Dec. 1612), da. of (?John) Rogers of Poole, Dorset.St Thomas, Salisbury, par. reg.; MIs Wilts. 1822, 304-5; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. v (Frustfield), 56, ped. no. 1. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 15 Nov. 1605 ‘age 16’;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 8 May 1606.LI Admiss. i. 143. unm. bur. 16 Dec. 1646.St Thomas, Salisbury, par. reg.
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Legal: called, L. Inn 26 Jan. 1613; bencher, 26 Jan. 1630; reader, 1632.LI Black Bks. ii. 149, 291, 306.

Religious: vestryman, St Edmund, Salisbury 7 May 1641.Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 214.

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EYRE, William I (1585-1646), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Bonhams, South Newton, Wilts.

Will
Nov. 1646, pr. 24 Dec. 1646.PROB11/198/357.
Estates
bef. 1620, acquired Bonhams, South Newton, Wilts.; lease of rectory of Amesbury.Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 369-70; PROB11/198/357.
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HOPTON, Sir Ralph (1596-1652), of Witham Friary, Som.

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bap. 13 Mar. 1596, 1st s. of Robert Hopton† of Witham and Jane, da. and h. of Rowland Kemeys of Y Faendre, Mon.CP. educ. ?Lincoln Coll. Oxf. bef. 1614; M. Temple, 14 Feb. 1614; travelled abroad 1615-19.F.T.R. Edgar, Sir Ralph Hopton, The King’s Man in the West (Oxford, 1968), 5; M. Temple Admiss.; APC 1615-16, p. 158; 1619-21, p. 64. m. c. Feb. 1623, Elizabeth, wid. of Sir Justinian Lewen of Otterden, Kent and da. of Sir Arthur Capel of Hadham, Herts. s.p.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 56-7. Kntd. 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. cr. Baron Hopton of Stratton, Cornwall 4 Sept. 1643.Add. 15856, ff. 43-5. suc. fa. 1638. d. 28 Sept. 1652.Keeler, Long Parl. 222.
Offices Held

Military: vol. Low Countries and Bohemia c.1619–21;APC 1619–21, p. 64; lt.-col. regt. of Sir Charles Rich, army of Count Mansfeld, 1624–5.APC 1623–5, p. 386; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 404; 1625–6, p. 27. Capt. horse guards, royal army, c.May 1639.CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 607. Lt.-gen. (roy.) western cos. Sept. 1642-Mar. 1646. Lt.-gov. (roy.) Bristol Aug. 1643–1645.Stowe 143, ff. 118–20. Gen of ordnance (roy.), 20 Aug.-aft. Dec. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 238, 240–1.

Local: commr. for improving King’s Sedgemoor, Som. Sept. 1628.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 327. J.p. Som. 1629–1646.QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 94–203; C231/4, f. 265. Dep. lt. c.1629–42.T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, 315–17. Commr. sewers, 3 July 1629-aft.July 1641;C181/4, ff. 21, 172v; C181/5, f. 204v. depopulation, 4 Apr.-aft. July 1635.C181/5, ff. 1, 22. Surveyor, Bath and Wells bpric. 1638–46.P.M. Hembry, Bishops of Bath and Wells (1967), 220. Commr. oyer and terminer, Som. 20 July 1640, 6 Oct. 1643;C181/5, f. 183; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 81. Bristol 18 Oct. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 88. array (roy.), Som. July 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. impressment (roy.), Devon, Dorset, Hants, Som. and Wilts. 10 Oct. 1643; Hants 13 Jan. 1644; Wilts. 13 Jan., 3 Feb. 1644; Som. 13 Jan 1644, 16 Jan. 1645; contributions (roy.), Hants 10 Dec. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 85, 130, 141, 243, 250.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1641–?LC3/1, f. 25.

Central: cllr. prince of Wales, 28 Jan. 1645-Jan. 1649.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 252–3; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 450. PC, 1 Mar. 1645–?d.PC2/53, f. 110v; CP. Commr. admlty. (roy.) 11 Mar. 1645; letters of marque (roy.), 17 Apr. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 263, 269.

: of Witham Friary, Som.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. D. Mytens, c.1626;NT, Petworth. oil on canvas, double portrait with wife, 1637;Whereabouts unknown. oil on canvas, unknown;NPG. oil on canvas, double portrait with father, circle of A. Van Dyck.Ancient House, Thetford, Norf.

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HOPTON, Sir Ralph (1596-1652), of Witham Friary, Som.

Will
d. intestate.
Estates
townhouse at St John’s, near the Charterhouse, London;CCAM 33. lands in Som., Wilts., Kent, Essex, Herefs. and Mon. bef. 1642; in 1650 inherited land from his uncle, Sir Arthur Hopton, in Norf. and Suff.CCC 2301-5.
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SKIPWITH, Thomas (1619-94), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Metheringham, Lincs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 10 Aug. 1619, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Skipwith of Gosberton and Grantham, Lincs., and Elizabeth (bur. 2 Dec. 1635), da. of Sir John Hatcher of Careby, Lincs.Langton by Wragby, Lincs. bishop’s transcript; St Wulfrum, Grantham bishop’s transcript; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 893; CB. educ. Sleaford and Grantham g.s.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 27 May 1635;Al Cant. G. Inn 30 Apr. 1638.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) lic. 11 June 1647, Mary, da. and h. of Ralph Lathom of Upminster, Essex, wid. of John Fleming of Warley, Essex, 1s. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) 30 Apr. 1673, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Mar. 1698), da. and coh. of Sir John Rea of Richmond, Surr., wid. of Edward Maddison of Caistor, Lincs., s.p.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1233; Westminster Abbey Regs. 9, 224; Lincs. Peds. 893; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 398. suc. fa. 24 May 1666;St Wulfrum, Grantham par. reg.; F. Skipwith, A Brief Acct. of the Skipwiths (Tunbridge Wells, 1867), 13. Kntd. 29 May 1673;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 248. cr. bt. 27 July 1678;CB. d. 28 May 1694;PROB11/421, f. 46. bur. 2 June 1694 Upminster .Upminster par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 16 June 1645; ancient, 21 Nov. 1662; bencher, 17 Apr. 1668; reader, 27 Apr. 1670. Apr. 1675 – d.PGB Inn, i. 354, 444, 457; ii. 9. Legal counsel to Princess Mary of Orange, Sept.-Dec. 1660. Apr. 1675 – d.Bodl. Carte 77, f. 659. Sjt.-at-law,; king’s sjt.-at-law 1685–9.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 196, 537.

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646-aft. May 1670;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12; C181/6, pp. 41, 391; C181/7, pp. 77, 544. Mdx. and Westminster 27 May 1664;C181/7, p. 254. Essex 25 May 1669;C181/7, p. 491. survey, Sherwood Forest 19 June 1657;A. and O. assessment, Lincs. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d. Mar. 1660 – Feb. 1688A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven), Oct. 1688 – d.; Holland Feb. 1664 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688–d.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p, 224; C231/8, pp. 186, 199; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Skipwith’. Commr. subsidy, Kesteven 1663;SR. swans, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 300.

Civic: dep.-recorder, Grantham by Aug. 1662–?Borough Government in Newton’s Grantham: the Hall Bk. of Grantham 1649–62 ed. J.B. Manterfield (Lincoln Rec. Soc. cvi), 334, 343.

Central: commr. public highways and sewers, 3 Nov. 1663-aft. July 1666.C181/7, pp. 214, 375.

: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Lincs., Metheringham.
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SKIPWITH, Thomas (1619-94), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Metheringham, Lincs.

Will
Aug. 1688, pr. 7 June 1694.PROB11/421, f. 45v.
Estates
in 1649, Skipwith and his fa. purchased property in Mablethorpe, Lincs., for £1,150 and sold it in 1659 for £1,200.Warws. RO, CR 611/930/12-14. In 1660, Skipwith purchased two manors in Metheringham for £3,500.C6/159/125. By 1679, owned a house in Portugal Row, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.Survey of London, iii. pt. 1, 42, 45. At his d. estate inc. messuages, lands and tenements in Lincs, (which he had settled upon his wife as her jointure) and his house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.PROB11/421, f. 45v.
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Addresses
chambers in Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London, by 1694.PROB11/421, f. 45v.
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TEMPLE, Edmund (1622-68), of Sulby, Northants.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 6 June 1622, 3rd s. of Sir John Temple of Stantonbury, Bucks. (d. 23 Sept. 1632) and Dorothy (d. 1625), da. and coh. of Edmund Lee of Stantonbury. m. Eleanor (d. 23 Nov. 1660), da. of Stephen Harvey of Hardingstone, Northants. 3s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 9 Mar. 1668.Herald and Genealogist, iii. 391, 540; Bridges, Northants. i. 596; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 115-16; Nichols, Leics. iv (pt. 2), 960; T. Prime, Some Account of the Temple Fam. (New York, 1899), 46.
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Military: capt. (parlian.) regt. of John Fiennes*, June 1644–?Sept. 1645.SP28/139/19; Perfect Occurrences no. 12 (25 Oct.-1 Nov. 1644), sig. M3 (BL Burney Coll. 19A); J.A. Temple, H.M. Temple, Temple Mems. (1925), 54. Capt. Gloucester garrison by 19 Sept. 1645;CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 147; CJ iv. 280a. maj. ?1645-May 1647. Col. army in Ireland, May 1647–60.HMC Egmont, i. 406; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 26. Capt. of horse, regt. of Henry Cromwell* by Jan. 1659–60.Henry Cromwell Corresp. 524.

: of Sulby, Northants.
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TEMPLE, Edmund (1622-68), of Sulby, Northants.

Will
20 Aug. 1664, pr. 30 Mar. 1668.PROB11/326, f. 278v.
Estates
At d. estate of Sulby abbey, lands in Welford, rectory of Raunds, Northants.; lands at Moreton Morrell, Warws.PROB11/326, f. 278v; Herald and Genealogist, iii. 540.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. April 1653.C54/3725/11.
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