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WOOD, Richard (c.1625-c.1658), of Rhosmor, Llangwyfan, Anglesey.

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b. c. 1625, 1st s. of Owen Wood of Rhosmor and Gaynor, da. of Thomas Bodvel of Bodvel, Llannor, Caern.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Families, 132. educ. L. Inn 7 Oct. 1646; St John's, Camb. 16 Oct. 1646; L. Inn Admiss, i. 254; Al. Cant. m. 22 Oct. 1655 (with £1,800), Catherine, da. of Thomas Bulkeley, 1st Visct. Bulkeley [I], s.p.Dwnn, Vis. Wales, ii. 204. suc. fa. 1655.PROB11/251, f. 291. d. bef. 18 Feb. 1658.
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Local: commr. assessment, Anglesey 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657.A. and O. Sheriff, 1655–6.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 237.

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WOOD, Richard (c.1625-c.1658), of Rhosmor, Llangwyfan, Anglesey.

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23 Dec. 1656, pr. 18 Feb. 1658.PROB11/273, f. 112v.
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NEWPORT, Francis (1620-1708), of High Ercall, Salop.

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b. 23 Feb. 1620, 1st s. of Sir Richard Newport† of High Ercall and Rachel (d. 31 Jan. 1661), da. of Sir John Leveson† of Halling, Kent;Wroxeter par. reg.; Vis. Salop 1623, ii. (Harl Soc. xxx), 374. bro. of Andrew Newport†. educ. Wroxeter sch. (Donnington, John Owen); G. Inn 12 Aug. 1633; I. Temple 11 Oct. 1635;Reliquiae, 3; CITR ii. 224. Christ Church, Oxf. 18 Nov. 1635.Al. Ox. m. (with £7,000) 28 Apr. 1642 Diana (d. 1695), da. of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da.PROB11/504/121. suc. fa. 8 Feb. 1651 as 2nd Baron Newport. cr. Visct. Newport 11 Mar. 1675, 1st earl of Bradford 11 May 1694. d. 19 Sept. 1708.HP Lords 1660-1715.
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Local: commr. array (roy.), Salop 18 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. Ld. lt. 26 July 1660–87, 1689–1704.DNB. J.p. by 13 Aug. 1660–1704. Custos rot. 13 Aug. 1660–1704.C231/7, p. 27; C231/8, p. 122; HP Lords 1660–1715; J.C. Sainty Custodes Rotulorum1660–1828 (2002). Kpr. Shrewsbury Castle 1666; Ludlow Castle 1695.DNB. Grantee, hundreds of Bradford and Stottesden 1672.Salop Archives, 1037/21/26.

Military: capt. of horse (roy.), ?1642–3 July 1644.Phillips, Civil War in Wales, ii. 181.

Court: comptroller of household, 1668 – 72; treas. 1672 – 87, 1689 – d.; cofferer, 1691–1702.CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 510–11.

Central: PC, 1668 – 79, 1689–?d. Commr appeal, ?ct of admlty. 1697.CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 510–11.

: of High Ercall, Salop.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, G. Kneller, c.1682-90;Weston Park, Staffs. oil on canvas, M. Dahl, c.1695.Weston Park, Staffs.

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NEWPORT, Francis (1620-1708), of High Ercall, Salop.

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26 Dec. 1699, pr. 17 Oct. 1708.PROB11/504/121.
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GORGES, John (c.1620-80), of Taunton, Som.

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b. c. 1620, 2nd s. of Henry Gorges (d. by 1649) of Batcombe and Wells, Som. and Barbara, da. of Thomas Baynard of Colerne, Wilts.;Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 41; R. Gorges, The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries (Boston, 1944), 207. bro. of Thomas Gorges*. educ. L. Inn 15 Apr. 1647.LI Admiss. i. 255. m. (1) Edith Symes, 2s. d.v.p.; (2) Jane, da. of Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney, 1s.Gorges, Story of a Family, 213. d. 1680.Gorges, Story of a Family, 210.
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Military: ensign of ft. (parlian.), regt. of Sir William Constable* by Sept. 1642; capt. Sept. 1643-Apr. 1644.SP28/2a, f. 155; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Capt. of ft. regt. of Sir William Waller*, Apr. 1644-Apr. 1645;BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. regt. of James Holbourne (later Sir Hardress Waller*), Apr. 1645-aft. Dec. 1646.Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 56; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 44, 55, 66. Cdr. Exmouth fort, Devon June 1647.LJ ix. 238a. Col. militia horse, Som. 15 Feb. 1650–?59.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521; SP25/77, pp. 868, 891. Gov. Londonderry by Oct. 1657–?, 1663–69, 1670–2. aft. Oct. 1658 – July 1659W.S. Prideaux, Memorials of the Goldsmiths’ Co. (1896–7), ii. 121; HMC Ormonde, i. 266; CSP Dom. 1672, pp. 528, 614. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of Henry Cromwell*, army in Ireland; regt. of Visct. Masserene, Dec. 1660.Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 240, 269; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 12. Gov. Ulster Jan. 1660.A. Clarke, Prelude to Restoration Ireland (Cambridge, 1999), 147. Capt. of ft. Ireland 1660–72.CSP Ire. 1669–70, p. 388; HMC Ormonde, ii. 200, 205. Gov. Culmore ft. co. Derry 1663–69, by Aug. 1680–d.HMC Ormonde, i. 282; CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 621.

Local: j.p. Som. 27 June 1649 – Mar. 1653, 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 160; C193/13/13, f. 85. Commr. militia, c.1650;R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 166–7. sequestration, Som. and Bristol Nov. 1650 – Dec. 1653; treas. 1650 – ?53; sole commr. Mar. 1654-aft. 1655.CCC 354–5, 386, 673, 678, 2344. Commr. assessment, Som. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, 21 Nov. 1654–11 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 74, 337. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655.C181/6, p. 99.

Civic: capital burgess, Taunton by 1655; mayor, 1655–6;QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 298. feoffee, town lands by 1659.J. Toulmin and J. Savage, Hist. of Taunton (Taunton, 1822), 279n. Alderman, Londonderry 1662 – d.; mayor, 1664, 1667.HMC Ormonde, i. 294–5, n.s. iii. 256.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Irish: commr. poll money, Londonderry 1660, 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 626, 645. MP, Londonderry 1666.Jnls. of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland (1796–1802), i. 381, 707. Commr. disarming Roman Catholics, 1678.HMC Ormonde, ii. 354.

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GORGES, John (c.1620-80), of Taunton, Som.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited lease on lands at Badgworth, Som. 1649;PROB11/207/434. he and Thomas Saunders* bought manor of Bradninch, Devon for £19,517 11s 10¼d, 1650;E121/2/2; Devon RO, DD 8/30/4/50v. he and Saunders bought manors of Poolmayne and Eastway, Cornw. for £1,277 8s 8d, 1650;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 287. leased lands from Goldsmiths’ Co. and Merchant Taylors, Londonderry;J.S. Curl, The Londonderry Plantation 1609-1914 (Chichester, 1986), 97, 283, 313, 466. bought Summer Seat, Coleraine, co. Londonderry.Curl, Londonderry Plantation, 97; A. Rowan, North West Ulster (Buildings of Ireland, 1979), 213.
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MYDDELTON, Peter (1603-61), of St Catherine Colman, London.

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b. 1603, 3rd (but 2nd surv.) s. of Robert Myddelton† of Mincing Lane, London and Margaret, da. of John Mansell of Weymouth, Dorset.Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. xvi (1895), 67; Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. ii. 222. appr. 1614, to William Whiteway II†, clothier.F. Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 451; Whiteway Diary, 67, 77. m. Mary, da. of ?, wid. of Fulke Parry of London.Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. ii. 222. bur. 24 Dec. 1661 24 Dec. 1661.Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. ii. 222.
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Mercantile: member, Levant Co. c.1627.Eg. 784, f. 65v. Free bro. E. I. Co. 22 Aug. 1627;CSP Col. (E.I.) 1625–9, p. 436. member, ct. for new gen. stock, July 1659;Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1655–9, p. 333. gen. ct. of adventurers, July 1660.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1660–3, p. 23.

Central: commr. policies of assurances, 6 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 71.

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MYDDELTON, Peter (1603-61), of St Catherine Colman, London.

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19 June 1650, probate refused, 13 Jan. 1662.PROB11/307/64.
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SEYNTAUBYN (ST AUBYN), John (c.1613-84), of Clowance, Crowan, Cornw.

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b. c. 1613, 1st s. of John St Aubyn† of Clowance and Catherine, da. of John Arundell of Trerice. educ. M. Temple, 7 Nov. 1631.MT Admiss. i. 125. m. lic. 29 Mar. 1637, Catherine (d. 1662), da. and h. of Francis Godolphin II* of Treveneage, 6s. 4da. suc. fa. 1639. bur. 20 Aug. 1684 20 Aug. 1684.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 438.
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Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance.. for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643. 18 Apr. 1644 – aft.29 Aug. 1650A. and O. V.-adm. S. Cornw., 13 Mar. 1660–?61.HCA30/864, bundle 1643–4; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 311; HCA30/820, no. 80; HCA30/586, f. 149. Commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644.A. and O. Sheriff, 15 July 1644–5, 15 Nov. 1666–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Commr. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p. Cornw., 7 Mar. 1657–?, 7 May 1659-aft. Apr. 1664.C193/13/3, f. 9v; C193/13/4, f. 13; C193/12/3, f. 14v; C231/6, pp. 205, 361, 432. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by 24 Jan. 1656.TSP iv. 451. Col. militia ft. Cornw. Apr. 1660.Mercurius Politicus no. 615 (5–12 Apr. 1660), 1243 (E.182.28). Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR. Stannator, Tywarnwhaile, Cornw. 1663; Penwith and Kerrier 1673.HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. recusants, Cornw. 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes by Aug. 1643–46;E113/5, unfol.; The Misdemeanours or a Traitor and Treasurer Discovered (1644), sig. A2v (E.258.10). col. by Apr. 1646–49.Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva, 229; Bodl. Walker c.10, ff. 95v, 110. Capt. St Michael’s Mount, Cornw. 17 June-3 Aug. 1647.CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 563; Cornw. RO, AU/4.

Civic: recorder, St Ives 1646–?61.CSP Dom. 1670, p. 663. Freeman, Plymouth 1648.HP Commons, 1660–90.

: Cornw., Crowan.
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SEYNTAUBYN (ST AUBYN), John (c.1613-84), of Clowance, Crowan, Cornw.

Will
admon. 15 Sept. 1684 and 18 Sept. 1687.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 438.
Estates
Estate centred on Barton of Clowance, Crowan par. (lands except Barton sequestered by royalists Mar. 1643-1646).Cornw. RO, B/35/26. Free tenant of duchy of Cornw. in manor of Helston and Rialton and Raterth, bef. 1649.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 44, 115. Claimed hereditary rights over the Isles of Scilly, but privy council upheld rival claims of Francis Godolphin in 1636.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. ii. 150-1; CSP Dom. 1652-3, p. 72. Purchased St Michael’s Mount from heirs of Sir Francis Bassett, 1657.Coate, Cornw. 295.
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WHITAKER, Henry (1621-96), of Motcombe, Gillingham, Dorset.

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b. c.1621, 2nd s. of William Whitaker* of Shaftesbury and Honor (d. Nov. 1671), da. of Edward Hooper of Boveridge, Cranborne, Dorset.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 384. educ. M. Temple 13 Feb. 1636, called 20 June 1645; Gloucester Hall, Oxf. 12 May 1637.M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, ii. 845, 935, 973.Al. Ox. m. Mary (d. 6 Apr. 1695), da. of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy, Devon, and coh. of her bro. Anthony, 1s. 5da.Vis. Dorset 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 74-5; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 631. suc. bro. 1653.PROB11/228/341. bur. 4 June 1696.Dorset RO, Motcombe par. reg. Sig.Dorset RO, DC/BTB/J3, unfol.
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Civic: recorder, Shaftesbury 1653–84.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 17. Freeman, Lyme Regis 1662.Dorset RO, DC/LR/B6/11, f. 24.

Local: commr. assessment, Dorset 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Mar. 1660–83.Dorset Hearth Tax, 116–17. Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. corporations, c.Oct. 1662;Dorset RO, DC/BTB/H1, p. 469. foreshore, 4 Dec. 1662;Dorset RO, D/BKL, box 8C/64, unfol. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB, 1672–5, 695, 789.

Household: feoffee to use of Sir Ralph Bankes*, 1671.PROB11/354/126.

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WHITAKER, Henry (1621-96), of Motcombe, Gillingham, Dorset.

Will
20 June 1682, pr. 20 June 1698.PROB11/446/138.
Estates
purchased land at Motcombe bef. Apr. 1648;Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 380. also rents of chantry of Trewen, Holsworthy, Devon, for £90, Dec. 1655.C54/3869/6. At d. held estate in Motcombe and mills in Gillingham, Dorset.PROB11/446/138.
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READE, Edward, of Wembury, Devon.

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?s. of Nicholas Reade of Wembury and Grace, da. of Vincent Calmady of Wembury. m. Margaret, da. of Oliver Clobury of Bradston, Devon, 3s. 7da.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 642.
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WHITAKER, Laurence (c.1578-1654), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Turnham Green, Chiswick, Mdx.

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b. c. 1578, s. of Laurence Whitaker and Cicely, wid. of Robert Beale of Peterborough, Northants.REQ2/291/50. educ. St John’s, Camb. 1593, BA 1597, MA 1600, incorp. Oxf. 1603; M. Temple, 24 Mar. 1614.Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 101; Wood, Fasti Oxon. i. 300. m. (1) aft. 1618,PROB11/131/582. Margaret (d. 1 Feb. 1636), da. of Sir John Egerton† of Wrinehill, Staffs., wid. of Thomas Hall of London, s.p.;Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 629. (2) lic. 6 Feb. 1638, ‘aged 50’, Dorothy (d.1671), da. of Charles Hoskins of Holborn, Mdx. s.p.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1448. d. 15 Apr. 1654.Al. Cant.; LMA, X105/036, unfol.
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Central: sec. to Sir Edward Phelips† by 1611.T. Coryate, Coryat’s Crudities (1611), sig. A8v. Clerk of the Petty Bag, 1611–14.C220/8/2. Servant to Robert Carr, 1st earl of Somerset, 1614–16.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), ii. 10; Letters of Philip Gawdy ed. I.H. Jeayes (1904), 180–1. Clerk of PC, extraordinary, 1624-c.42.CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 331; PC2/42/54. Commr. trade, 1625.T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 60. Recvr. of compositions, crown lands, 1629–30.CSP Dom. 1629–30, pp. 185–6; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 77. Commr. undervaluation of crown lands, 1630;Coventry Docquets, 35. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1631;GL, MS 25475/1, f. 61. execution of poor laws, 1632;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 424. soap monopoly, 1634;C181/4, f. 186v. tobacco compositions, 1635–9;CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 573; 1639, p. 231. Chatham Chest, 1635–7;CSP Dom. 1635, p. 543; 1636–7, p. 568. investigating mastership of wards, 1635;Coventry Docquets, 42. logwood abuses, 1635–6;Rymer, Foedera, ix, pt. 1, 614–5, xx, pp. 51–6. pursuivants, 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 326. prevention of butter exports, 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 162. gold and silver thread, 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 178. malting and brewing, 1637;CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 404. brick and tile manufactures, 1638;C181/5, ff. 117v, 118v, 119v; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 36. beaver-makers, 1639;C181/5, f. 148v. fines on finable writs, 9 May 1640.CSP Dom. 1640, pp. 135–6. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan., 28 Oct. 1642;CJ ii. 375b, 825b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b. Commr. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 14 Oct. 1645.CJ iv. 308a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649;CJ vi. 201a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649.CJ vi. 266b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O.

Religious: vestryman, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1622–d.;Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, P/GF/M/1, p. 14. overseer and surveyor, church rebuilding, 1623.Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, P/GF/M/1, p. 16.

Local: commr. swans, Northants., Lincs., Rutland and Notts. 1625;C181/3, f. 165v. new buildings, London 1625–41;CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 55; 1637, p. 421; C193/8 no. 58; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 115. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626–7.CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. J.p. 1627- 4 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Westminster 1634-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/4, f. 237; C231/5, pp. 128, 533; C193/13/3, ff. 41v, 82; C193/13/4, ff. 61, 128; CCAM 640. Commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1628;E115/100/57. knighthood fines, 1630;E178/7163; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 342. neglects at Bethlem Hosp. 1633;Coventry Docquets, 39. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1634 – aft.June 1645; Deeping and Gt. Level 1638; Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/4, f. 191; C181/5, ff. 81v, 101v, 168v, 225v, 254v. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1638;C181/5, f. 114. regulating porters, London 1638;CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 319. assessment, Mdx. 24 Feb 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; sequestration, Mdx. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644;A. and O. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648;A. and O.; CJ v. 655b. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Mdx., Westminster 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650.A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11).

: of Drury Lane, Westminster and Mdx., Turnham Green.
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WHITAKER, Laurence (c.1578-1654), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Turnham Green, Chiswick, Mdx.

Will
21 Sept. 1646, pr. 9 May 1654.PROB11/233/134.
Estates
at death, held fee farm rents in Som., St Botolph’s-without-Aldgate, London, and Lincs.; copyhold lands in Kennington, Mdx.; lands and a brick house in Chiswick.PROB11/233/134.
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CURWEN, Sir Patricius (1602-64), of Workington, Cumb.

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b. Apr. 1602, 1st s. of Sir Henry Curwen† of Workington, and 1st w. Catherine (d. 1 July 1605), da. of Sir John Dalston† of Dalston Hall, Dalston, Cumb.C142/404/119; J. F. Curwen, Hist. of the Ancient House of Curwen (Kendal, 1928), 94. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1620.Al. Cant. m. 28 Feb. 1620 (with £2,000), Isabella (d. Jan. 1667), da. and coh. of Sir George Selby† of Whitehouse, co. Dur. 1s. d.v.p. C78/501/4; Curwen, House of Curwen, 94, 147, 151; W. Jackson, ‘The Curwens of Workington Hall and kindred’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 1, v. 209-10. suc. fa. 23 Oct. 1623;Curwen, House of Curwen, 138. cr. bt. 12 Mar. 1627.CB. bur. 16 Dec. 1664 16 Dec. 1664.Curwen, House of Curwen, 149.
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Local: j.p. Cumb. 25 June 1624-c.1644.C231/4, f. 167v. Dep. lt. by Oct. 1625-c.1644, c.July 1660–d.SP16/73/41, f. 57; SP29/11, f. 194; Chatsworth, Bolton Abbey mss, box 2, II.116; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/7/8. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7;SP16/56/34, f. 48; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 270v. oyer and terminer, Cumb. 28 Jan., 17 July 1630;C181/4, ff. 25, 62. Northern circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 18, 274. northern borders 2 Mar. 1663;C181/7, p. 194. piracy, Cumb. 28 Mar. 1631.C181/4, f. 81. Sheriff, 3 Oct. 1636–30 Sept. 1637.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28; Coventry Docquets, 368. Col. militia ft. by Aug. 1640–?;Strafforde Letters, ii. 315. lt.-col. Oct. 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 313. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133. disarming rebels (roy.), Cumb. and Westmld. 2 Mar. 1643.SP23/150, p. 439. Lt. honor of Cockermouth 23 Sept. 1652–d.Cumb. RO (Whitehaven), DLEC (patents rel. to estate officials). Commr. loyal and indigent officers, Cumb. 1662;SR. corporations, 1662.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/385.

Military: col. horse and ft. (roy.) by Aug. 1643-c.Oct. 1644.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMUS/5/5/1/8; DMUS/5/5/4/27; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 97.

: of Workington, Cumb.
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Likenesses: oil on panel, group portrait, unknown.Curwen, House of Curwen, 141, 143.

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CURWEN, Sir Patricius (1602-64), of Workington, Cumb.

Will
13 Dec. 1664, pr. 3 June 1665.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 47, f. 125.
Estates
in 1623, inherited estate inc. manors of Harrington, Seaton, Stainburn and Workington and advowsons of Harrington and Workington, Cumb.C142/404/119; C6/122/136. By 1631, purchased a moiety of manor and advowson of Beckenham, Kent.Coventry Docquets, 623. Estate was worth at least £500 p.a. in the mid-1630s.Phillips, ‘Gentry in Cumb. and Westmld.’, 153. In 1645, estate consisted of manors of Harrington, Seaton, Stainburn and Workington; a moiety of manor of Beckenham (sold in 1646); a lease of tithes of Seaton and Workington; and coal mines, salt pans and fisheries – in all, worth £611 p.a. bef. the war but encumbered with rent charges of £360 p.a. and debts of £1,200.SP23/179, pp. 576-7, 580-4, 596, 598; CJ iv. 660b. In 1660, rental of estate totalled £679 p.a.Phillips, ‘Gentry in Cumb. and Westmld.’, 118.
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presented Lancelot Lowther to rectory of Workington, 1634;IND1/17000, f. 160; Walker Revised, 368. Richard Lingard, 1655;LPL, COMM II/739. Christopher Matteson, 1662; George Roberts to rectory of Harrington, 1654; Christopher Matteson, 1661; Jeremiah Topping, 1662.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 787, 789, 792, 795.
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HARLEY, Edward (1624-1700), of Brampton Bryan, Herefs., Ludlow, Salop and Westminster.

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Family and Education
b. 21 Oct. 1624, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Robert Harley* of Brampton Bryan, being 1st s. with 3rd w. Brilliana, da. of Sir Edward Conway†, 1st Visct. Conway; bro. of Robert Harley*.HMC Portland, iii. 266; Collins, Peerage, iv. 60. educ. Gloucester sch.; Shrewsbury sch.; Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 2 Nov. 1638; L. Inn 18 May 1641.Add. 70089, draft biography of Edward Harley, p. 1; Al. Ox.; L. Inn Admiss. ii. 246. m. (1) 26 June 1654 (with £3,000), Mary (d. Aug. 1659), da. and coh. of Sir William Button of Parkgate, Tawstock, Devon, 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 25 Feb. 1661, with £6,000, Abigail, da. of Nathaniel Stephens* of Eastington, Glos. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 6 Nov. 1656; cr. KB 23 Apr. 1661. d. 8 Dec. 1700.Collins, Peerage, iv. 60-8; Notts. RO, DD/4P/37/5; Add. 70007, f. 174; Brampton Bryan MSS, 50/2; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 165; Oxford DNB.
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Local: commr. Herefs. militia, 30 Sept. 1642, 23 May 1648;HMC Portland, iii. 100; LJ x. 276b. sequestration, Herefs. 1 June 1643; commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644.A. and O. J.p. Herefs. by Aug. 1644–49, by Mar. 1655–82, July 1688 – d.; Rad. ?Mar. 1660–82, 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Edward Harley’. Commr. assessment, Herefs. 27 Sept. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; Rad. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Herefs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Salop, Worcs., Rad. 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Herefs. 28 Aug. 1654. Mar. – July 1660A. and O. Custos rot.; Rad. 24 Aug. 1660–82.C231/7, p. 30; HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Edward Harley’. Dep. lt. Herefs. c.Aug. 1660–82, 1689 – d.; Rad. 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–90; Brampton Bryan MSS, 27/4. Commr. poll tax, Herefs. 1660.SR. Col. militia ft. 1668–82.Collins, Peerage, iv. 62–3. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 790.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Sir William Waller* by June 1643;SP28/13/76. col. of ft. by 15 Nov. 1643–5; New Model army, Apr. 1645-June 1647.HMC Portland, iii. 118; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 58, 69, 79. Gov. Monmouth 12 Oct.-19 Nov. 1644; Canon Frome, Herefs. 31 July 1645–6.CJ iii. 225b, 660b; Phillips, Civil War in Wales, i. 259–60, 272. Cdr. forces of Herefs. and Rad. 15 Jan. 1646.Add. 70108, misc. 41. Col. of ft. Herefs. 30 June 1648.Add. 70006, f. 30. Col. of horse, 1660–1. Gov. Dunkirk May 1660, confirmed 14 July 1660–1.CCSP v. 11, 25; Collins, Peerage, iv. 62–3.

Civic: alderman, New Radnor c.1647–80.Add. 70119, Thomas Harley to Edward Harley, 7 May 1661.

Central: cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Academic: FRS, 22 July 1663–85.M. Hunter, The Royal Soc. and its Fellows 1660–1700 (1982), 186–7.

: of Brampton Bryan, Herefs., Ludlow, Salop and Westminster.
Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, early 1660s;Duke of Portland. line engraving, G. Vertue (aft. S. Cooper), 1749.NPG.

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HARLEY, Edward (1624-1700), of Brampton Bryan, Herefs., Ludlow, Salop and Westminster.

Will
2 May 1685, never proved.Brampton Bryan MSS, 61/15.
Estates
In 1657, his estate noted as Wigmore, Brampton Bryan, Upper and Lower Bedwardine, Borresford, Walford, Burrington, inc. 1,900 acres of land there and in adjacent parishes; advowsons of Brampton Bryan, Kingsland, Aylton, Wigmore, Leintwardine; tithes of Leintwardine, Walford, Atforton.Brampton Bryan MSS, 61/9. Bought fee-farm rent of Burrington for £12, 1658.Add. 70125, Henry Tyler to Edward Harley, 20 Nov. 1658.
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Tuttle St. Westminster,1650-1.Add. 70113.
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