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BURGOYNE, Sir John, 1st bt. (1591-1657), of Sutton, Beds. and Wroxall, Warws.

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bap. 29 Jan. 1591, 1st s. of Roger Burgoyne of Sutton and Wroxall, and Mary, da. of Thomas Wendy of Haslingfield, Cambs.J.W. Ryland, Recs. of Wroxall Abbey and Manor (1903), xxxii. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1607, BA 1611; M. Temple 1611.Al. Cant.; M Temple Admiss. i. 97. m. 21 Dec. 1612, Jane (d. 1648) da. and h. of William Kempe of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex, 3s. 4da.; suc. fa. June 1636; cr. bt. 15 July 1641.Claydon House, Verney MSS, Sir Roger Burgoyne to Sir Ralph Verney, 17 Feb., 16 Mar. 1648 (BL M636/8); Recs of Wroxall Abbey, xxxii; CB ii. 104. bur. 9 Oct. 1657 9 Oct. 1657.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 282.
Offices Held

Local: commr sewers, Beds. Feb. 1636.C181/5, f. 37v. Sheriff, 1640.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 3. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. loans on Propositions, 17 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 361a. associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; assessment, Beds. 24 Feb., 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657; Cambs., Warws. 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Beds. 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May 2003; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. gaol delivery, 26 June 1645.C181/5, f. 255v. Member, Warws. co. cttee. 17 Nov. 1645.CJ iv. 345b. J.p. Warws. 8 July 1646-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/6, p. 51. Commr. militia, Beds., Warws., Coventry 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O.

: 1st bt. (1591-1657), of Sutton, Beds. 1591 – 1657 and Warws., Wroxall.
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BURGOYNE, Sir John, 1st bt. (1591-1657), of Sutton, Beds. and Wroxall, Warws.

Will
admon. 25 May 1663.PROB6/38, f. 38.
Estates
manors of Sutton, Enderbies and Potton, Beds.; Wroxall estate, inc. manor of Honeley and lands at Hatton, Warws.Recs. of Wroxall Abbey, xxxiii, 128; VCH Beds. ii. 248. Assessed at £1,000 by Cttee. for Advance of Money, 7 June 1644.CCAM 399.
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Clerkenwell Green, London 24 Jan. 1648.SP28/248, letter of Sir J. Burgoyne to Warwick cttee. for accts. 24 Jan. 1648.
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COWCHER, John (c.1561-1652), of St Swithin, St Helen and St Andrew, Worcester, and Woodmanton, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcs.

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b. c. 1561, 1st s. of John Cowcher, alderman of St Andrew, Worcester.PROB11/235, f. 393. m. 20 Nov. 1581 Mary, da. of Thomas Walsgrove alias Fleet† of Worcester, 2s., 2da. (?2 d.v.p.).Parish Bk. of St Helen’s Church in Worcester ed. J.B. Wilson (2 vols. 1900), ii. 7; PROB11/123, f. 191v; PROB11/235, f. 393. suc. fa. by Dec. 1585.Worcs. Archives, 850/BA 4226/4/3. d. betw. Jan.-Apr. 1652.Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, A13, box 1, sessions bk. 1631-55, unfol.
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Civic: low chamberlain, Worcester 1585 – 86; member, Twenty-Four by 1588; high chamberlain, 1591 – 92; auditor, 1590 – 91, 1597 – 98; low bailiff, 1593 – 94; low alderman, 1594 – 95; sen. alderman, 1596 – 97; high bailiff, 1595–6. 1608 – d.Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, shelf 18, box 4, town clerk’s bk. unfol.; x496.5/BA 9360, A14, box 1, order bk. 1540–1602, ff. 161, 176, 181, 185v, 190, 193, 196, 200. Gov. and supervisor, free sch. and almshouses,; treas. 1611 – 12, 1614 – 15, 1617 – 18, 1620 – 21, 1623 – 24, 1626–7.Worcs. Archives, b261:1/BA 3617, ff. 57, 60, 62v. 67, 70v, 76, 85. Permanent alderman and j.p. 1621–d.Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 62, 170.

Mercantile: asst. Worcester clothiers co. 1590; high master, 1595 – 96, 1612 – 13, 1624–5.Worcs. Archives, 705:232/BA 5955/4b, clothiers’ bk. 2, reg. of apprs. 1587–1632 fos. 25, 76, 133v.

Local: commr. gaol delivery, Worcester 1607 – 14, 1638;C181/2, ff. 33, 210v; C181/5, p. 199. subsidy, 1608, 1610, 1622, 1624 – 26, 1628;SP14/31/1, f. 46v; E179/201/276; E179/201/295, C212/22/21; C212/22/23, E115/277/31, 48. sewers, Worcs. 1611;C181/2, f. 143v. Forced Loan, Worcester 1627;SP16/77/33. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642, 20 Nov. 1650.SR; A. and O.

: of St Swithin, St Helen and St Andrew, Worcester and Woodmanton, Worcs., Clifton-on-Teme.
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COWCHER, John (c.1561-1652), of St Swithin, St Helen and St Andrew, Worcester, and Woodmanton, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcs.

Will
20 May 1652, pr. 5 May 1654.PROB11/235, f. 393.
Estates
at d. Woodmanton manor, Clifton-on-Teme, lands in Lower Sapey, house in Redmarley d’Abitot and lands in Castle Morton, Worcs.; lands in Rushwick and St John, leases of Worcester city property in Dolday, All Saints par., lands in St Peter, St Clement, St Alban and St Andrew pars., Worcester; lands in Bodenham, Herefs.; lands in Newent, Glos.PROB11/235, f. 393.
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ONSLOW, Sir Richard (1601-64), of Knowle, Cranleigh, and West Clandon, Surr. and St Clement Danes, London

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bap. 30 July 1601, 2nd s. of Sir Edward Onslow (d. 2 Apr. 1615) of Knowle and Elizabeth or Isabel, da. of Sir Thomas Shirley† of Wiston, Suss.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 155; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538; CP iv. appendix G. educ. Jesus, Camb., Easter 1617;Al. Cant. L. Inn, 8 Nov. 1618.LI Admiss. i. 181. m. (settlement 21 June 1620), Elizabeth (d. 27 Aug. 1679), da. of Arthur Strangways, innkeeper of the Queen’s Arms, Holborn Bridge, London, 8s. (inc. Arthur* and Henry*; 3 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.).Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538, 541; Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Surr. iv. 88; CP. suc. bro. bef. 14 Dec. 1616.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538. Kntd. 2 June 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 184. d. 19 or 20 May 1664.CP; J. Aubrey, Antiquities of Surr. iv. 88; Surr. Arch. Colls. vi. 54.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Surr. 1626 – 19 July 1642, by 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650, Dec. 1658 – July 1660, Aug. 1661–d.C231/4, f. 202; C231/5, p. 532; C231/6, p. 417; C231/7, p. 127; ASSI35/85/4; C220/9/4, f. 83v; Surr. QS Recs. (Surr. Rec. Soc. xvi), 1–156. Col. militia horse, 27 July 1626.HMC Laing I, 172. Dep. lt. by 7 Dec. 1627-aft. 1647.Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 670; VCH Surr. i. 405; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 127; 1640, p. 287. Commr. sewers, Surr. 5 July 1632;C181/4, f. 121v. Suss. 26 May 1637;C181/5, ff. 69v. London 14 Jan. 1645;C181/5, f. 247. Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659;C181/5, f. 263v; C181/6, pp. 263, 386. Wey navigation, Surr. 1635;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 19. maltsters, 1636;PC2/46, f. 273. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 5 June 1640 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 23 Jan. 1662–d.;C181/5, ff. 69v, 222v; C181/6, pp. 12, 305; C181/7, pp. 131, 233. Surr. 4 July 1644, 21 Mar. 1659;C181/5, f. 239; C181/6, p. 348. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. perambulation, Windsor Forest, Surr. 14 Sept 1641;C181/5, f. 211v; Forresta de Windsor in Com. Surrey (1646), 13. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Surr. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Glos. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Surr. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). for public faith, Surr. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). Custos. rot. c.Feb.-July 1660.HMC 14th Rep. IX, 482; C231/7, p. 9. Commr. corporations, 1662.HMC 14th Rep. IX, 483. Bailiff, Bedford Level 1663–d.SR; S. Wells, Hist. of Drainage of Gt. Level of Fens, i. 456.

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), 1642–3 Apr. 1645;HMC 14th Rep. X, 477. col. of ft. 20 Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 531.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 28 Oct. 1642, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ ii. 825b; iii. 666b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. ct. martial, Oct. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. streets and highways, 8 May 1662, 10 Apr. 1663.C181/7, pp. 143, 198.

Religious: elder, Guildford classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist Eng Church, ii. 433.

Civic: high steward, Guildford bef. 1662.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 1.

: of Knowle, Cranleigh and Surr., West Clandon and St Clement Danes, London.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, style of R. Walker, c.1650-5.NT, Clandon Park.

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ONSLOW, Sir Richard (1601-64), of Knowle, Cranleigh, and West Clandon, Surr. and St Clement Danes, London

Will
20 Feb., sig. 5 Mar., pr. 5 July 1664.PROB11/314/335.
Estates
inherited 1616, manors of Cranleigh, Knowle, Holehurst, Uttworth and Bramley;VCH Surr. iii. 83, 88. 1626–?, Wildwood in Albury;VCH Surr. iii. 78. Apr. 1634, bought 210 acres at Dedisham, Rudgwick and Slinfold, Suss, possibly inc. manor of Dedisham, which he later owned;Coventry Docquets, 653. lease on Poynings More’s* house at Loseley, Surr., Dec. 1639;Surr. Hist. Centre, LM/COR/5/13. in 1641-2, bought Temple House, Merrow, advowson of St John’s, Merrow, and lodge in park at West Clandon, Surr., where he subsequently increased his property;CCC, 2291; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 52, 54; VCH Surr. iii. 347-8; 358-9. Apr. 1642-Jan. 1643, £1,600 invested in Irish adventure;SP63/292, f. 260. house near Arundel House, parish of St Clement Danes, London;Surr. Arch. Colls. xiv. 173. in Feb. 1663 also owned manor of Pallingham, Suss., a lease from the dean and chapter of Ely, and his wife’s inheritance consisting of the Queen’s Arms and the Rose at Holborn Bridge, with an adjoining house, and perhaps also Barton Grange, Glos., charged with her £400 p.a. jointure.PROB11/314/335.
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JAQUES, Sir Roger (d. 1653), of Colliergate, Holy Trinity, King’s Square, York, and Elvington, Yorks.

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b. 1st s. of John Jaques, merchant, of York and Mary, da. of Percival Brooke, merchant, of York.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, ff. 416-18; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 130. educ. appr. merchant, York c.1612. m. 5 Feb. 1626, Mary (bur. 13 Nov. 1657), da. of Leonard Rawdon, grocer, of York, 6s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 130-1. suc. fa. aft. 1617;York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, f. 418. Kntd. 1 Apr. 1639;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 206. d. 19 Oct. 1653.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, f. 418; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 130.
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Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers, York 1618.Borthwick, YMA.Ph.4 (York Merchant Adventurers Act. Bk. 4), f. 148.

Civic: freeman, York 16 Jan. 1619–1 Jan. 1645;York CityArchives, Y/FIN/1/2/16, Chamberlains’ acct. bk. 1619, f. 68. chamberlain, 1626–7;York Freemen ed. F. Collins (Surt. Soc. cii), 68, 75; LJ vii. 120a. sheriff, 1628 – 29; one of the twenty-four, 1629 – 38; alderman, 23 May 1638 – 1 Jan. 1645; ld. mayor, 15 Jan. 1639–15 Jan. 1640.York City Archives, York House Bk. 35, f. 62v; 36, ff. 10, 17v, 118; LJ vii. 120a.

Local: commr. subsidy, York 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR. J.p. 23 May 1638–1 Jan. 1645.York City Archives, York House Bk. 36, f. 10; LJ vii. 120a.

: of Colliergate, Holy Trinity, King’s Square, York and Elvington, Yorks.
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JAQUES, Sir Roger (d. 1653), of Colliergate, Holy Trinity, King’s Square, York, and Elvington, Yorks.

Will
admon. 21 Mar. 1655.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, f. 418.
Estates
in 1646-7 consisted of lands and tenements in Elvington, Kexby and York, worth £46 p.a. bef. the war; lease of tithes of corn and hay in Raskelf, worth £80 p.a.; lands and tenements in Hirst Courtney, held by mortgage, worth £60 p.a.; lease of manor house and demesne of Elvington worth £65 p.a.; a fee farm rent in Elvington worth £35 p.a.; four houses and some land in York worth £36 10s. He was owed £4,644, inc. £1,350 he had invested in a lead mining venture. Personal estate valued at £80, and his debts amounted to £2,200.Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J. W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xv), 196-7, 198-9. In 1646, he purchased the manor of Elvington.VCH E. Riding, iii. 14.
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COOTE, Sir Charles, 2nd bt. (1610-61), of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon.

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b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Sir Charles Coote, 1st bt. and Dorothea, da. and coh. of Hugh Cuffe of Cuffe’s Wood, co. Cork; bro. of Thomas Coote*.CP. educ. Trinity, Camb. Apr. 1622.Al. Cant. m. (1) bef. 1630, Mary, da. of Sir Francis Ruish of Ruish Hall, Queen’s Co.; (2) bef. May 1645, Jane, da. of Sir Robert Hannay bt. of Mochrum, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, 2s. 3da.Lodge, Peerage, i. 309-10. Kntd. 4 June 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. suc. fa. 7 May 1642. cr. Baron Coote of Castle Cuffe, King’s Co., Visct. Coote of Castle Coote, Roscommon, and earl of Mountrath, Queen’s Co. [I], 6 Sept. 1660. d. 18 Dec. 1661.CP; Lodge, Peerage, i. 309.
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Irish: MP, co. Leitrim 1640.CJI, i. 218. J.p. co. Antrim 1640.McGrath, Biographical Dict. Jt. collector and recvr.-gen. composition, Connaught 16 Feb. 1643.Lodge, Peerage, i. 305. Ld. pres. 12 May 1645–d.CJ iv. 133b. Commr. Irish affairs, 17 Dec. 1652, 19 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 815b; Lodge, Peerage, i. 307. Asst. ct. of claims, 7 Oct. 1654.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 400. Commr. assessment, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway, Mayo, Londonderry, Cavan, Wexford, Kerry, Meath, Clare, Queen’s Co. 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; Leitrim, Roscommon, and Galway 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (1654, 1655, 1657). allocation of lands, Loughrea 16 June 1655.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 521. Member, cttee. for arrears to maimed soldiers and widows, 20 Aug. 1655.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 538. Recvr.-gen. composition money, Connaught and Thomond 1660. Commr. poll money, Leitrim, Roscommon and Galway 1660;McGrath, Biographical Dict. managing affairs of Ireland, 8 Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 255. Member for Galway City, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 228. Ld. justice, 26 Oct. 1660.DIB. Gov. Galway 29 Mar. 1661. Recvr.-gen. composition, Connaught and Clare and gov. Queen’s Co. 30 July 1661.Lodge, Peerage, i. 308–9.

Military: provost-marshal, Connaught May 1642–d.PJ, ii. 455. Capt. of horse, 1643;DIB. col. of ft. and horse, c.1644-June 1653;SP28/93/1, ff. 92–3, 98–9. col. of ft. July 1659 – May 1660, 9 Feb. 1661–d.CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 12–13; Lodge, Peerage, i. 309.

Civic: alderman, Londonderry 1657; mayor, Galway 1658.DIB.

: 2nd bt. (1610-61), of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon. 1610 – 61.
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COOTE, Sir Charles, 2nd bt. (1610-61), of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited 18,600 acres in cos. Cavan, Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, and acquired (mid-1650s) lands of earl of Clanricarde in Galway, earl of Gormanstown in Meath and Dublin, and Fitzpatricks in Queen’s Co. By 1670, family estates in Ireland amounted to 47,200 acres.J. Ohlmeyer, Making Ireland English: the Irish aristocracy in the seventeenth century (New Haven, 2012), 297; DIB.
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CAGE, William (1575-1645), of Ipswich and Burstall, Suff.

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Family and Education
bap. 11 Aug. 1575, 1st s. of Edward Cage of Ipswich and Burstall and 1st w. Mary.St. Matthew’s Ipswich par. reg.; H.W. Birch, ‘Some Suff. church notes’, E. Anglian, n.s. xiii. 68. m. (1) 11 June 1602, Rabedge (d. 25 Sept. 1635), da. of Thomas Woods, yeoman, of Beaumont, Essex, 1 da. d.v.p.;Birch, ‘Some Suff. church notes’, 68; Wills from the Archdeaconry of Suff. 1629-1636 ed. M.E. Allen and N.R. Evans (Boston, 1986), 238-9. (2) lic. 10 Sept. 1636, Alice, da. of John Lea of Coddenham, Suff., wid. of Simon Blomville of Coddenham, s.p.Marriage Lics. from the official note books of the Archdeaconry of Suff. ed. F.A. Crisp (1903), 106; Copinger, Manors of Suff. ii. 286. suc. fa. 1607.PROB11/110/349. d. 4 Nov. 1645.Bacon, Annalls, 443n; Birch, ‘Some Suff. church notes’, 68.
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Local: under-sheriff, Suff. 1600–1. 1610 – d.E134/44&45Eliz/Mich39. Commr. gaol delivery, Ipswich; Suff. 1635 – d.; Bury St Edmunds borough and liberty 11 Apr. 1644;C181/2, ff. 130v, 350; C181/3, ff. 18, 242; C181/4, ff. 22, 187v; C181/5, ff. 26, 244v. inquiry, lands of John Bacon, Suff. 1619;C181/2, f. 449v. subsidy, Ipswich 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641.C212/22/20–1; C221/22/23; SR. Dep. lt. Ipswich 1624, by Sept. 1642–?d.; Suff. Mar. 1642–d.SP14/179/34; CJ ii. 485b; LJ iv. 683a; v. 342b. Commr. sewers, 1626;C181/3, f. 202. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1639;C181/5, f. 144v. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 29. piracy, Suff. June 1640.C181/5, f. 176. J.p. 12 Aug. 1641–d.C231/5, p. 468; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, ff. 44v, 65. Commr. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643; Suff. and Ipswich 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, Suff. 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. recvr. Ipswich 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b. Member, co. cttee. Suff. 1643–d.Suff. ed. Everitt, 132. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643;A. and O. Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, f. 232v. New Model ordinance, Suff. and Ipswich 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Ipswich 1605 – d.; chamberlain, 1606 – 07; claviger, 1608 – 10; coroner, 1609 – 10; bailiff, 1610 – 11, 1616 – 17, 1623 – 24, 1630 – 31, 1636 – 37, 1640 – 41; justice 1610 – 13, 1616 – 18, 1621 – 25, 1628–d.Bacon, Annalls, 423, 425, 434, 439, 443, 460, 480, 494, 512, 523; D. Heavens, ‘“To be Doers of what you have been Hearers”: The politics and religion of the town governors of Ipswich, c.1635-c.1665’ (Univ. of Essex PhD thesis, 2012), 293. Gov. Christ’s Hosp. Ipswich 1611–12, 1618 – 19, 1624 – 25, 1627 – 28, 1633 – 35, 1639 – 40, 1641–2.Bacon, Annalls, 448, 483, 489, 503, 507, 521.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee, for examinations, 24 Feb. 1642;CJ ii. 452b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 909a; Add. 15669, f. 1v. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644.CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b.

Religious: elder, first Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.A. and O.; Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 423.

: of Ipswich and Burstall, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CAGE, William (1575-1645), of Ipswich and Burstall, Suff.

Will
15 Sept. 1645, cod. 1 Oct. 1645, pr. 4 Mar. 1646.PROB11/195/320.
Estates
worth £400-£500 p.a. (inc. wife’s estate);Soc. Antiq. MS 667, pp. 27, 108; Add. 15520, f. 12v. owned lands at Ipswich, Akenham, Burstall, Sproughton, Walton, Ixworth and Reydon, Suff.PROB11/195/320.
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JONES, John II (c.1613-92), of Bartholomew Lane, London.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1613, ?s. of Matthew Jones of Shrewsbury, Salop and Ussela.Reg. of St Chad’s, Shrewsbury (1913-18), pp. 10, 36. educ. Shrewsbury Sch. 30 Jan. 1623;Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarum 1562-1635, ed. E. Calvert (Shrewsbury, 1892), 283. appr. c.1629. m. by 1640, Katherine, 2s. d.v.p., 2da. d.v.p.GL, MS 4374/1, unfol. d. 21 May 1692.B. Garside, Hist. of Hampton Sch. 1556-1700 (Cambridge, 1950), 112.
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Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1637; liveryman, 15 May 1646; asst. 10 May 1660–d.GL, MS 11592A; MS 11588/4, pp. 140, 483, 493; SP44/335, p. 202. Common councilman, London 14 Dec. 1645–19 Dec. 1647.Vestry Min. Bks. Parish of St Bartholomew, Exchange ed. E. Freshfield (1890), ii. 15, 20, 23.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 20 May 1641.Ancient Vellum Bk. 61. Commr. London militia, 4 May 1647. Member, London corporation for poor relief, 17 Dec. 1647, 7 May 1649. Commr. arrears of assessment, 24 Apr. 1648;A. and O. assessment, Mdx. 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1689 – 90; London 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Surr. 1661, 1664, 1672;A. and O.; SR. subsidy, London, Mdx., Surr. 1663;SR. recusants, London 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Military: capt. militia ft. auxiliaries (parlian.), London c.1643–?47.SP28/237, unfol.

Central: member, cttee. to register royalists in London, 13 Nov. 1645. Trustee for bishops’ lands, 9 Oct. 1646.A. and O.

Religious: elder, seventh London classis, June 1646; auditor, 11 Apr. 1647.St Bartholomew, Exchange, ii. 19, 21.

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JONES, John II (c.1613-92), of Bartholomew Lane, London.

Will
26 Mar. 1692, pr. 22 Nov. 1692.PROB11/412/252; Shrewsbury Sch. Reg., 283.
Estates
purchased rectory lands of Hampton, Surr. for £760 in 1675 and 1684.Garside, Hampton Sch. 164. In will refers to lease of house in Watling St., house in Cheapside, and £6,236 owed to him in debts.PROB11/412/252. A chancery petition of 1702 stated that he was ‘seized of a considerable estate and likewise of a personal estate’ amounting to £27,725.C7/614/3.
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VOYSEY, Andrew (c.1580-1653), of Dartmouth, Devon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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b. ?c.1580, o.s. of Simon Voysey of Cullompton and Joan, da. of one Elliot of Devon.Vis. Devon 1620 (Harl. Soc. vi), 353. m. (1) Thomasine, da. of Robert Martin of Dartmouth, merchant, 3s. 1da. (?d.v.p.); (2) aft. 1620, Mary, da. of Richard Wakeham of Dartmouth, 1s.; (3) 26 Sept. 1637, with £500, Welthian, da. of Christopher Kellond of Totnes, 1s.Vis. Devon 1620, 353; PROB11/231/577; C6/85/116. suc. fa. 1624.Devonshire Wills and Administrations (British Rec. Soc. xxxv), 195. bur. 22 May 1653.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 764.
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Civic: recvr. Dartmouth 1620–1;Devon RO, DD 62035. mayor, 1626 – 27, 1638 – 39, 1645–6.SP16/75/35; Devon RO, DD 62670, 62681; CCAM 566.

Local: commr. assessment, Devon ?1642–3.CCAM 566.

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VOYSEY, Andrew (c.1580-1653), of Dartmouth, Devon.

Will
18 May, pr. 26 Aug. 1653.PROB11/231/577.
Estates
lessee of Townstall rectory from Dartmouth corporation for 10 years for £510, ?1630s;Devon RO, DD 61400. at death, held three houses and four gardens in Upper Street and Ford Lane, house in Pynnes Lane, five tenements in Smith St; house in churchyard and two more houses, all in Dartmouth; houses and garden in Hardness, Townstall parish; houses in Kingswear; house and warehouses in South Town, leased from corporation; six tenements, Hardness; four tenements in Harkland, Cullompton, further tenements in Upton Weaver, Cullompton.PROB11/231/577.
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GARDNER, Samuel (1594-1660), of All Saints, Evesham, Worcs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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bap. 28 Mar. 1594, 4th surv. s. of Philip Gardner (bur. 4 Feb. 1617) and 2nd w. Jane (bur. 24 Apr. 1619). m. ?15 Apr. 1618, Mary Bennett of Offenham, 3s. bur. 5 May 1660.All Saints, Evesham par. reg.; Worcs. Archives, will 1618/153 (Philip Gardner); Phillimore, Worcs. Mar. Regs. i. 97.
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Civic: asst. burgess, Evesham 23 Sept. 1617; capital burgess and coroner, 26 Mar. 1625; mayor, 4 Oct. 1625, 1 Oct. 1633, 30 Aug. 1642 – 25 Aug. 1643; alderman, 26 Aug. 1645 (elected), 25 Aug. 1646 (sworn); sen. alderman, 28 Aug. 1657–d. J.p. 1 July 1653–d. Gov. g.s. 2 Jan.1657.Evesham Borough Records of the Seventeenth Century ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 18, 25, 26, 34, 42, 43, 44, 49, 53, 54, 61.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of 2nd Lord Brooke, 21 Jan.-15 May 1643. Capt. of horse, regt. of Sir Arthur Hesilrige*, army of Sir William Waller*, 15 May 1643–2 Apr. 1645.SP28/147 pt. 3 f. 559; E315/5.

Local: commr. for Worcester, 23 Sept. 1644; assessment, Worcs. 18 Oct. 1644, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

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GARDNER, Samuel (1594-1660), of All Saints, Evesham, Worcs.

Will
admon. 1660.PROB6/36, f. 50.
Estates
co-purchaser 16 Aug. 1648, parcel of manor of Kempsey, confiscated from bp. Worcester, for £75 12s. 6d.Bodl. Rawl. B.236, p. 15. Said to have an income of £275 p.a. in the 1650s.S.K. Roberts, ‘The Quakers in Evesham 1655-1660: A Study in Religion, Politics and Culture’, MH xiv. 81.
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YONGE, Walter II (1627-70), of Colyton, Devon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 21 Sept. 1627, 1st s. of Sir John Yonge*, 1st bt. of Colyton and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Strode of Newnham, Plympton St Mary.Colyton par. reg. educ. Leiden 1644; I. Temple 16 Oct. 1646.Peacock, Index to English Speaking Students... at Leyden (1883), 101; Inner Temple database. m. 30 Mar. 1649, Isabella (bur. 15 Jan. 1673), da. of Sir John Davie†, 1st bt. of Sandford, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 9da. (3 d.v.p.); suc. fa. as 2nd bt. Aug. 1663. d. 21 Nov. 1670.CB iii. 232; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840.
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Local: commr. assessment, Devon 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664. by July 1659 – bef.Oct. 1660A and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p., by 24 Apr. 1666-May 1670.Devon RO, DQS 28/12, QS order bk. 1/10; C231/7, p. 367. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A and O. Col. militia ft. Apr. 1660.Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 16 (9–16 Apr. 1660), 253 (E.183.3). Dep. lt. c.Aug. 1660–d.Mercurius Publicus no. 35 (23–30 Aug. 1660), 546 (E.195.73). Commr. poll tax, 1660; corporations, July 1662–3; subsidy, 1663.CJ viii. 287a; SR.

Civic: freeman, Lyme Regis Apr. 1660.Dorset Hist. Centre, Lyme Regis mss, B6/11.

Central: commr. inquiry into Newfoundland government, 1667.APC Col. i. 433.

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