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HARINGTON, John II (1627-1700), of Corston, Som.

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bap. 19 May 1627, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Harington I*.[F.J. Poynton], ‘Extracts from the regs. of the par. of Kelston and Corston, Som.’, Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iii. 194; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 4; [F.J. Poynton], ‘Genealogical table shewing the descent of Harington of Som’, Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 193. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 21 Feb. 1640.Al. Ox. m. (1) 1 Nov. 1654, Mary (d.1660), da. of Peter Speccott of Thornbury, Devon, 1s. d.v.p. 3da; (2) 1 Oct. 1662, Ann (d.1662), da. of Sir John Horner*, 1da.; (3) by 1666, Alice (?bap. 19 Jan. 1640, d.1675), da. of Thomas Coward of Wilton, Wilts. 3s. (2 ) 3da. (1 ); (4) 6 Aug. 1676, Helena (d.1718), da. of Benjamin Gostlett of Marshfield, Glos. 6s. 4da.Poynton, ‘Genealogical table’, 193; Poynton, ‘Extracts’, 194-6; Vis. Som. 1672, 4; St Thomas, Salisbury par. reg. (Alice Coward, 1640). suc. fa. 1654. bur. 16 Apr. 1700 16 Apr. 1700.Poynton, ‘Extracts’, 195.
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Local: commr. assessment, Som. 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, 1689–?d.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Aug. 1651-July 1683, Dec. 1685 – Dec. 1686, ?1689–d.C231/6, p. 224; A Perfect List (1660); CSP Dom. July-Sept. 1683, p. 238; The March of William of Orange through Som. ed. E. Green (1892), 50; PC2/71, p. 369. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 13 June 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 49, 377. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, 21 Nov. 1654-aft. July 1670;C181/6, pp. 74, 394; C181/7, pp. 24, 556. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697. Dep. lt. ?- July 1683, Feb. 1688–?CSP Dom. July-Sept. 1683, p. 238; 1687–9, p. 144; March of William of Orange, 51.

Military: capt. militia horse, May 1655-aft. Apr. 1660.Add. 46373B, ff. 3, 4; SP25/77, pp. 868, 891; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 16.

Civic: freeman, Bath 1656–d.Bath and NE Som. RO, Bath council bk. 1649–84, p. 156.

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HARINGTON, John II (1627-1700), of Corston, Som.

Will
20 Dec. 1698, pr. 8 July 1700.PROB11/456/178.
Estates
inherited lands at Corston, 1654;PROB11/242/491; PROB11/248/5; Som. RO, DD/BR/cr/5. inherited house at Kelston, Som. 1674;Poynton, ‘Extracts’, 195. transferred lands at Kelston to trustees, 1698.PROB11/456/178.
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BOSSEVILE, Godfrey (1596-1658), of Gunthwaite, Peniston, Yorks. Wroxall and Warwick, Warws.

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b. 10 Apr. 1596, 1st s. of Ralph Bossevile of Gunthwaite and London and Mary, da. of Christopher Copley of Wadworth, Yorks. educ. privately, in household of stepfa. m. 4 May 1614 Margaret, da. of Sir Edward Greville of Harold Park, Essex, 1s. 3da.C142/354/114; Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 346. suc. fa. by 4 May 1614.C142/354/114. bur. 9 Apr. 1658 9 Apr. 1658.St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster par. reg.; Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 346.
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Local: treas. maimed soldiers, Yorks. (W. Riding) c.1620.C193/12/13; SP16/405; Foster, Yorks. Peds. sub ‘Bosville’. J.p. by 1626-c.1639;Harl. 1622, f. 24; C66/2858. Warws. by July 1645–?, 10 Jan. 1653–d.Northants. RO, FH4284; C193/13/3, f. 66; C193/13/4, f. 103v; C231/ 6, p. 250. Commr. Forced Loan, W. Riding 1627.C193/12/2, f. 15v. Capt. militia ft. by c.1635–?Add. 28082, f. 80. Dep. lt. Warws. by 21 June 1642–?CJ ii. 635a. Commr for Warws. and Coventry, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642; assessment, W. Riding 24 Feb 1643, 18 Oct. 1644; Warws. 24 Feb 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Warws. and Coventry 21 Feb. 1645, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653: sequestration, W. Riding, Warws. 27 Mar 1643; accts. of assessment, Warws. 3 May 1643; levying of money, W. Riding, Warws. and Coventry 7 May, 3 Aug 1643; New Model ordinance, Warws. 17 Feb. 1645; Northern Assoc. W. Riding 20 June 1645; northern cos. militia, Yorks. 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28).

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) Warwick 27 Jan. 1643 – 13 May 1645; lt.-col. 27 Jan. – 3 Mar. 1643; col. 3 Mar. 1643–13 May 1645.HUL, DDBM/30/2; Alice, Lady Macdonald, The Fortunes of a Fam. (Bosville of New Hall, Gunthwaite and Thorpe) through Nine Centuries (Edinburgh, 1928), 62; CJ iv. 184a.

Central: member, cttee. for indemnity, 19 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 327b; LJ ix. 669a. Commr. for compounding, 18 Dec. 1648.CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 632b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649, 4 July 1650;CJ vi. 112b, 437a. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651;CJ vi. 558a. approbation of public preachers, 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

: Peniston, Yorks. Wroxall and Warws., Warwick.
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Likenesses: Portrait at Thorpe, Rudston, Yorks. E. Riding, 1928.Repr. in Macdonald, Fortunes of a Fam. 81.

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BOSSEVILE, Godfrey (1596-1658), of Gunthwaite, Peniston, Yorks. Wroxall and Warwick, Warws.

Will
not found.
Estates
patrimony of manors of Gunthwaite, Oxspring, Peniston, Yorks. W. Riding; lands in Thurlston, Cawthorn, Barnsley, Ardslow, Denby, Walton, Rough Birchworth, Kersford Hill, W. Riding, said to bring in rents of £620 11s 4d p.a.;Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 347; Macdonald, Fortunes of a Fam. 81. annuity of £100 for 16 years from 2nd Baron Brooke (Robert Greville†), commuted to lump sum of £1,100, 28 June 1634;Warws. RO, CR 1886/ 6781. member of Providence Island Co. 26 June 1634, with one quarter of one share, owed £224 18s 3½d to the co. by Aug. 1642;CO124/ 2, ff. 38, 77, 85, 140, 153, 154, 197; Warws. RO, CR 1886/box 457. leased lands at Alcester, Warws. for £28 6s from Lord Brooke, 1641.Warws. RO, CR 1886, box 411/3.
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appointed Charles Broxholme (fined and suspended, 1632) to chapelry of Denby, Peniston, after Dec. 1627; Daniel Clarke to Denby chapelry;Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 352; Cliffe, Yorks. 270-1. nominated William Jones to Orpington rectory, with chapelry of Cray, Kent, 7 Apr. 1653; Thomas Gill to Nunburnholme rectory, Yorks. E. Riding, 7 Apr. 1653; Christopher Lancaster to moiety of Linton rectory, Yorks. W. Riding, 16 June 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 65, 65v, 69.
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PAYLER, George (1607-78), of Nun Monkton, Yorks.

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bap. 21 June 1607, 4th s. of John Payler (d. 16 Apr. 1613), of St Martin, Coney Street, York, and Katherine, da. of Edward Greaves of Shenley, Herts.St Martin, Coney Street, York Par. Reg. ed. R.B. Cook (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxvi), 14, 15, 16; G. Inn Admiss. 140; Al. Cant. ‘Edward Paler’; ‘John Paylor’. educ. G. Inn 23 Mar. 1652.G. Inn Admiss. 260. m. 8 June 1643, Mary (d. 9 Nov. 1679), da. of Sir Robert Jackson† of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb., wid. of Sir Pelham Carey, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p.Bodl. Rawl. D.1308, pp. 11, 185, 193-4; Berwick-upon-Tweed Par. Regs. ed. E. Dodds, ii. 36; G. A. Poole et al. The Churches of Yorks. ii. 97-8; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘Sir Robert Jackson’; Oxford DNB, ‘Lady Mary Carey’. d. 31 Oct. 1678.Poole et al., Churches of Yorks. ii. 98.
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Military: paymaster, Berwick garrison, Apr. 1639-aft. June 1642;AO1/2512/531–2; E351/3521–2; SO3/12, ff. 37, 48v; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 6; CJ ii. 639a. treas. Apr. 1640–?SO3/12, f. 93.

Civic: freeman, Berwick 15 Nov. 1641–d.;Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk., f. 218v. bailiff, Sept. 1644-Sept. 1645.Berwick RO, B1/10, Berwick Guild Bk., f. 16.

Central: surveyor-gen. ordnance office (parlian.) by 25 Aug. 1642–1656.WO55/457, 1937, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 100. Commr. for navy, Apr. 1654-bef. 12 July 1659.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 76; W.B. Cogar, ‘The Politics of Naval Administration, 1649–60’ (Oxford Univ. DPhil. thesis, 1983), 226.

Local: dep. lt. Northumb. 3 Dec. 1644–?CJ iii. 713a; LJ vii. 77a. Commr. oyer and terminer, 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 245v. Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. assessment, Northumb. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 10 Feb. 1648; Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23 June 1647; Yorks. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; York 24 Nov. 1653; Yorks. (W. Riding) 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. co. Dur. 20 Aug. 1647-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/6, p. 97. W. Riding 13 Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 272. Northumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C193/13/3. Mdx. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6. Commr. northern cos. militia, Northumb. 23 May 1648; militia, Northumb. Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 Dec. 1648; Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. securing peace of commonwealth, Yorks. by Jan. 1656–7;TSP iv. 402; v. 185. poll tax, W. Riding 1660.SR.

: of Nun Monkton, Yorks.
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PAYLER, George (1607-78), of Nun Monkton, Yorks.

Will
admon. 31 Jan. 1679.Borthwick, Prerogative Court Act Bk. 1624-79, ii. f. 271.
Estates
about 1649, purchased estate in Nun Monkton, Yorks.Alnwick, X.II.6, box 11, bdle. g: Payler to Hugh Potter*, 10 Apr. 1649; box 12, bdle. l: same to same, 3 Nov. 1649. By 1649, leasing ‘the palace’ and a malt-house in Berwick, which he relinquished in 1651.Berwick RO, B9/1, Berwick Guild Letter Bk., f. 40v; B1/10, ff. 146v, 165v, 176, 177, 188. In 1650, purchased 3 fee farm rents in Yorks. for £139 15s and a tenement in the Minster close, York (formerly the property of the York dean and chapter), for £32.SP28/288, ff. 3, 7; C54/3518/6. In 1672, house at Nun Monkton assessed at 21 hearths.Yorks. W. Riding Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1672 ed. D. Hay et al. (British Rec. Soc. cxxi), 59.
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CONSTABLE, Sir William (1591-1655), of Flamborough and Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks.

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b. 27 Fe 1591, o. surv. s. of Sir Robert Constable of Flamborough and Holme and Anne, da. and h. of John Hussey of North Duffield.C142/220/16; Flamborough par. reg.; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 92, 198. educ. travelled abroad ?1617.SO3/6, unfol. (Mar. 1617). m. 15 Feb. 1608, Dorothy (d. 9 Mar. 1656), da. of Thomas, 1st Lord Fairfax†, of Denton, 1ch. d.v.p.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 291; St Mary Bishophill Sen., York par. reg. suc. fa. 30 Sept. 1600;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 290-1. cr. bt. 29 June 1611;CB. d. 10 June 1655;St Mary Bishophill Sen., York par. reg. bur. 21 June 1655;Westminster Abbey Regs. ed. J. L. Chester, 148. disinterred 12 Sept. 1660.Ath. Ox. ii. 371-2.
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Local: commr. sewers, Yorks. (W. Riding) 8 June 1611;C181/2, f. 145v. E. Riding 23 Feb. 1613 – aft.Mar. 1640, 22 June 1654;C181/2, f. 181v; C181/3, ff. 47v, 187; C181/4, f. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41, 166; C181/6, p. 46. River Derwent (Yorks.) 15 Apr. 1629;C181/4, f. 1. Glos. 20 Feb. 1654;C181/6, p. 19. charitable uses, Yorks. 23 June 1613–7 May 1619.C93/6/5; C93/7/4–5; Capt. militia ft. E. Riding 18 May 1613;Hull History Cent. U DDHA/18/34. col. 1629-c.1637.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P12/50; Add. 28082, f. 80v. J.p. by Dec. 1613 – 15 Sept. 1626, 19 Dec. 1628-c.June 1642, by 1648–d.;APC 1613–14, p. 298; C231/4, ff. 209v, 262; News from Yorke (1642, 669 f. 6.44); Add. 29674, f. 149. Glos. 20 Mar. 1649–d.;C231/6, p. 145. N. Riding 6 Oct. 1653–d.C231/6, p. 270. Custos rot. E. Riding by Dec. 1613–15 Sept. 1626.C66/1988. Collector, Palatinate benevolence, c.Aug. 1620.Strafforde Letters, i. 6. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1 June 1621–23 Jan. 1629, 23 Jan. 1630 – aft.June 1641, by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/3, ff. 32v, 209; 181/4, ff. 36, 197; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203; C181/6, pp. 17, 101. Oxf. circ. by Jan. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 10, 91. Commr. subsidy, E. Riding 1621–2, 1624, 1628.C212/22/20–3; E179/204/448. Dep. lt. c. Jan. 1629-c.1637.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P12/50; Add. 28082, f. 80v; Strafforde Letters, ii. 194. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633;HUL, DDHA/18/35. levying of money, E., N., W. Riding, Hull 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. to reside with armies in north, 24 June 1644.CJ iii. 533a; LJ vi. 604a. Commr. assessment, E. Riding 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; N., W. Riding 18 Oct. 1644; Glos. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. E. Riding 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. E. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591a. Sheriff, Yorks. 10 Nov. 1653–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, E. Riding and Hull 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 101.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) by 30 July 1642 – 12 May 1645, Dec. 1647–d.SP28/1A, f. 150; SP28/143, pt. 6, f. 11; SP28/253B, pt. 2, f. 53; SP28/265, f. 363; Clarke Pprs. ii. 252; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 254; ii. 399. Col.-gen. E. Riding c.Aug. 1643–12 May 1645;CJ iii. 154b; CCC 843; SP28/253B, pt. 2, f. 34; lt. gen. of horse, Yorks. ?Sept. 1644–12 May 1645.CJ iv. 88b; vi. 108a; SP28/253B, pt. 2, f. 34; SP28/265, f. 363; Jones, ‘War in north’, 376; N. B. Bradley, ‘Sir William Constable’s regt. 1642–55’, Jnl. of the Soc. for Army Historical Research, lv. 235. Dep. gov. Hull by June 1644–?CCC 843; HMC Portland, i. 178. Gov. Gloucester Jan. 1648-Jan. 1653.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 979; J. Washbourn, Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis, iii. pp. cxvii, cxxv.

Central: commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for examinations, 1 Aug. 1643.CJ iii. 189b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Nov. 1651.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

: of Flamborough and Yorks., Holme on Spalding Moor.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, S. Tillman, 1639.Bradley, ‘Constable’s regt.’, 222.

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CONSTABLE, Sir William (1591-1655), of Flamborough and Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks.

Will
13 Dec. 1654, pr. 18 July 1655.PROB11/248, f. 316.
Estates
inheritance inc. manors of Flamborough and Holme on Spalding Moor and was worth over £1,000 p.a.C142/263/20; WARD7/101/3; J. T. Cliffe, Puritan Gentry, 118. In 1614, he sold his mo.’s estate in North Duffield, Yorks. for £9,160.C54/2199/15. In 1615, purchased manor of ‘Thorpefield’ – i.e. Thorpe le Street, Yorks. – for £3,200, selling it in 1620 for £1,800.York Minster Lib. Hailstone mss, Box 4.5 (Misc. deeds); Hull Hist. Cent. U DDLA/10/1. In 1618, mortgaged part of manor of Holme for £800.C54/2364/27; Add. 40135, f. 23. In 1630, re-mortgaged Holme for £3,000.Hull Hist. Cent. U DDHA/4/10, 56, 57; Add. 40135, ff. 23v-24. In 1634 sold Holme estate, except manor house, to Sir Marmaduke Langdale for £6,500, paying £1,200 to lease a life interest at £300 p.a.C54/3010/31; C54/3117/7; Hull Hist. Cent. U DDHA/4/11, 12, 62, 64, 65; Add. 40135, f. 24. In 1635, acquired fee farm rent on manor of Holme from the queen, paying £113 p.a.; he conveyed this rent to Langdale in 1636.C66/2705/2; Add. 40135, f. 25. In 1636, sold manor of Flamborough.VCH Yorks. (E. Riding), ii. 154. By 1640, acquired fee farm rent of manor of Flamborough from the queen, paying £113 p.a.LR9/19, bundle 5. In 1647, purchased part of manor of Marton, Yorks. from trustees for the sale of church lands, for £547.LR2/266, f. 4v; Col. Top. et Gen. i. 4. In 1650, purchased, for £1,047, a fee farm rent in Holme worth £113 p.a.SP28/288, f. 2; PROB11/248, f. 316v.
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Sheers Court, Aldersgate Street, London (1635-6);Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 297, 303. The Pear Tree inn, Covent Garden (Mar. 1641);Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, ii. 181. Holborn, Mdx. (1641);SP28/167, pt. 6, unfol. Number 13-14, Great Piazza, Covent Garden, London (c.1645);Survey of London, xxxvi, 96. Great Queen Street, St Giles-in-the-Fields, London (May 1647);Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 348. lodgings in the Palace of Whitehall (by Mar. 1650).CSP Dom. 1650, p. 530.
Religion
presented John Oxenbridge to rectory of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. 1648;Berwick RO, B1/10, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 152v. George Trenchard to vicarage of Minety, Glos. 1652; Peter Hammond to rectory of Everingham, Yorks. 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 40, 41.
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MARTYN, Sir Nicholas (1593-1653), of Oxton, Kenton, Devon.

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b. 12 Apr. 1593, 1st s. of William Martin of Oxton, recorder of Exeter, and 1st w. Susan, da. of Thomas Prestwood of Exeter.All Hallows, Exeter par. reg.; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 554; W.G.W. Watson, The House of Martin (Exeter, 1906), 125. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 8 Mar. 1611; M. Temple 13 Oct. 1613.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 568. m. 4 July 1622, Elizabeth (d. c.Jan. 1664), da. of John Symes of Poundisford, Pitminster, Som. 1s. 2da. suc. fa. Apr. 1617. Kntd. 15 Feb. 1624.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 554; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 188. d. 25 Mar. 1653.Watson, House of Martin, 128.
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Civic: freeman, Exeter 27 Aug. 1610.Exeter Freemen, 116.

Local: j.p. Devon 8 July 1630 – Nov. 1642, by Mar. 1647–9, 7 Mar. 1650–d.Worcs. RO, Croome Ct. mss, docquets of letters patent, box 32; Devon RO, DQS 28/3, 6; C231/6, p. 178. Commr. oyer and terminer, Exeter 24 Nov. 1632;C181/4, f. 127v. sewers, Devon 6 Mar. 1634;C181/4, f. 163v. piracy, 4 Aug. 1637; Devon and Exeter 15 Mar. 1639;C181/5, ff. 84, 132v. hard soap, western cos. 9 Jan., 17 May 1638;C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638.C181/5, f. 109v. Sheriff, Devon 1639–40.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 37. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. by 31 May 1642–?LJ v. 94b. Commr. defraying expenses of army in Devon, 17 Jan. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. Devon militia, 25 May, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 282b, 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

: Devon., Kenton.
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MARTYN, Sir Nicholas (1593-1653), of Oxton, Kenton, Devon.

Will
not found.
Estates
Oxton and other lands at Holbeton, ‘Ratisford’, Harberton, Ermington, Cornwood, Modbury, Ugborough, [South] Brent, Crediton, Sandford, Cheriton Fitzpaine, inherited from fa.PROB11/130, f. 135.
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RODENEY, Sir Edward (1590-1657), of Pilton, Som.

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b. 29 June 1590, 1st s. of Sir John Rodeney† of Stoke Rodney and Jane, da. of Sir Henry Seymour† of Marwell, Hants.‘The genealogy of the family of Rodney of Rodney Stoke’, The Gen. n.s. xvii. 103; CUL, Dd.III.84, f. 92; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 94. educ. Trowbridge g.s. 1598-1604; Magdalen, Oxf. 1605;‘Genealogy of the fam. of Rodney’, xvii. 103. M. Temple 13 May 1608;M. Temple Admiss. i. 91. travelled abroad (Low Countries and France) 1611-12.‘Genealogy of the fam. of Rodney’, xvii. 103. m. 29 May 1614 (with £2,000), Frances (d. 3 Aug. 1659), da. of Sir Robert Southwell† of Wood Rising, Norf. 5s. d.v.p. 8da. (3 d.v.p.).Vis. Som. 1623, 94; ‘Genealogy of the fam. of Rodney’, xvii. 104; CUL, Dd.III.84, f. 91v; Collinson, Som. iii. 605, 607. suc. fa. 1612; Kntd. 1614.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. d. 25 May 1657.Rodney Stoke par. reg.; Collinson, Som. iii. 607.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Som. 1610, 1615, 1625, 13 July 1641.C181/2, ff. 130, 246; C181/3, f. 186; C181/5, f. 204v. J.p. 1616–45.QS Recs. Som. James I, 195. Treas. maimed soldiers, 1619.QS Recs. Som. James I, 279. Col. militia ft. by 1625-aft. 1642.Wells Convocation Acts Bks. i. 415; Bellum Civile, 2, 9. V.-adm. by 1625-aft. 1642.Vice Admirals of the Coast, comp. Sainty and Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 42. Dep. lt. by 1626–45.Som. RO, DD/PH/222/7. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 49v. enclosure, Sedgemoor, Som. 1628;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 267. subsidy, Som. 1628;Wells Convocation Acts Bks. 471. swans, W. Country 1629;C181/4, f. 2. knighthood fines, Som. 1630–1;E178/7154, f. 168; 178/5614, ff. 7, 13; Som. and Dorset N and Q, iv. 107. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1633;Wells Convocation Acts Bks. 606. depopulation, Apr. 1635;C181/5, f. 1. oyer and terminer, 20 July 1640;C181/5, f. 183. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. contributions (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643; accts. (roy.) 20 May 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 75, 208. Gov. Sexey’s hosp. Bruton by 1648.Som. RO, DD/SE/41/1.

Civic: recorder, Wells 1619 – 25; freeman, 1620.Wells Convocation Acts Bks. i. 333.

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

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) by Oct. 1644-Sept. 1645.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers (1981), 316; C.L. Scott, The Battles of Newbury (Barnsley, 2008), 124.

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RODENEY, Sir Edward (1590-1657), of Pilton, Som.

Will
24 May 1657, pr. 31 July and 1 Aug. 1657.PROB11/266/391; PROB11/267/20.
Estates
owned land at Pilton and Rodney Stoke, Som.
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HATTON, Sir Thomas (c.1583-1658), of Longstanton, Cambs.

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b. c.1583, 3rd s. of John Hatton (bur. 19 Oct. 1587) of Longstanton, and Jane, da. of Robert Shute† of Oakington, Cambs., and Gray’s Inn, Mdx., j.q.b. 1586-90;Oakington par. reg.; MIs Cambs. 113; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 115. bro. of Sir Christopher† and Sir Robert*. educ. Camb. to Dec. 1600;HMC Hatfield, x. 435. G. Inn 2 Feb. 1607.G. Inn Admiss. m. 14 Apr. 1632, Mary (bur. 27 Aug. 1674), da. of Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Cambs., 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Withersfield, Suff. par. reg.; MIs Cambs. 113; CB. Kntd. 26 July 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. cr. bt. 5 July 1641.CB. d. 23 Sept. 1658.MIs Cambs. 113.
Offices Held

Local: dep. warden, Waltham Forest, Essex 1614–?d.Chamberlain Lttrs. ed. N. E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 520. Steward (jt.), Barking manor, Essex 24 Jan. 1617–?d.C66/2092/19; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 430. Commr. sewers, Cambs. and Isle of Ely 11 June 1627;C181/3, f. 220v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 9 May 1631–10 Feb. 1642;C181/4, ff. 83, 154v; C181/5, f. 149. Deeping and Gt. Level 30 July 1631 – 30 Mar. 1638, 7 July 1640-after Dec. 1641;C181/4, f. 93v; C181/5, ff. 9v, 181, 214v. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 111v. Kent 25 June 1640;C181/5, f. 177v. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656.C181/6, p. 175. J.p. Cambs. 26 Feb. 1634-aft. 1641.C231/5, p. 126. Dep. lt. by Apr. 1634-aft. Aug. 1640.Harl. 4014, ff. 16v, 55v. Commr. oyer and terminer, 23 June 1640;C181/5, ff. 177, 184. survey of St James’s bailiwick, Westminster c.Oct. 1640.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208.

Civic: freeman, Boston 23 Jan. 1624–?d.;Boston Corporation Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey (Boston, 1981), ii. 442. Stamford 28 Feb. 1640–?d.Stamford Town Hall, Stamford Hall Bk. 1, f. 401v.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 1625-aft. 1640.LC2/6, f. 38; LC3/1, unfol.; LC5/132, p. 105. Surveyor-gen. to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1629-c.1640.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 37; 1640, p. 131; C181/5, f. 181; Aylmer, King’s Servants, 368. Commr. preservation of game, 4 Dec. 1635.CSP Dom. 1635, p. 531. Recvr. fines on licences of alienation, July 1640–?SO3/12, f. 109v.

: of Longstanton, Cambs.
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Likenesses: fun. monument, Longstanton church, Cambs.

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HATTON, Sir Thomas (c.1583-1658), of Longstanton, Cambs.

Will
10 July 1654, cod. 11 May 1658, pr. 5 Mar. 1659.PROB11/289, f. 293v.
Estates
at his d. consisted principally of manors of Longstanton, Cheyneys, Walwyns, Colvilles and Bassingbourne, Cambs. two manors in Norf. and rent charges on lands in Cambs. and Northants.C6/124/3; C33/209, ff. 603-4; PROB11/289, ff. 294-6; Add. 29571, ff. 6, 15; VCH Cambs. viii. 14; ix. 223-4; CCC 1342; CJ vii. 636. Estate said to be worth £3,000 p.a. and personal estate £30,000.C33/223, f. 78.
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THROCKMORTON, Baynham (1629-81), of Clearwell, Newland, Glos.

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b. 11 Dec. 1629, 1st. s. of Sir Baynham Throckmorton†, 2nd bt. and Margaret (d. 1635) da. of Robert Hopton† of Witham Priory, Som. and coh. to her bro. Sir Ralph Hopton*, 1st Baron Hopton of Stratton. educ. L. Inn 23 Nov. 1647.LI Admiss. i. 256. m. (1) 11 Dec. 1652, Mary (bur. 4 Apr. 1666), d. and h. of Gyles Garton of Billingshurst, Suss., s.p.; (2) 11 Dec. 1669, Katherine, da. of Piers Edgcumbe* of Mount Edgcumbe, Maker, Cornw. 4da.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 163-4; PROB11/369/213. Kntd. 28 May 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 227. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 28 May 1664. bur. 31 July 1681.Registers of St. James, Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. Reg. xix), 85.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Glos. 26 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Mon. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679. 7 Mar. 1657 – d.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Glos.; Herefs., Mon. 1661–d.C231/6, p. 361; C193/13/5, f. 42; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Baynham Throckmorton’. Commr. militia, Glos., Gloucester, Mon. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Glos. 1660, 1666.SR. Dep. warden, Forest of Dean Dec. 1660–d.;CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 431. conservator, 18 Apr. 1674–d.;CTB iv. 508. commr. enquiry, 26 Aug. 1679;CTB vi. 196. master forester by 31 July 1680.PROB11/369/213. Commr. corporations, Glos. 1662–3;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3. subsidy, Glos., Mon. 1663;SR. recusants, Glos. 1675.CTB iv. 789.

Court: gent. of privy chamber by June 1660–d.N. Carlisle, Privy Chamber (1829), 165.

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THROCKMORTON, Baynham (1629-81), of Clearwell, Newland, Glos.

Will
16 July 1680, pr. 13 Feb. 1682.PROB11/369/213.
Estates
Clearwell manor; Hathaways manor, St Briavels.VCH Glos. v. 258. At d. lease of grant of Kingswood Forest from Crown, tenements from dean and chapter of Gloucester.PROB11/369/213.
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BRODIE, Alexander (1617-80), of Brodie, Elginshire.

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b. 25 July 1617, 1st s. of David Brodie of that ilk and Katherine, da. of Thomas Dunbar of Grange. educ. in England, 1628-32; St Andrews Univ. and King’s Coll. Aberdeen, 1632-3. m. 28 Oct. 1636, Elizabeth (d. 12 Aug. 1640), da. of Sir Robert Innes of that ilk, wid. of John Urquhart of Craigston, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 22 Sept. 1632. d. 17 Apr. 1680.Brodie Diary, pp. xv-xvii, lix, 137; Fasti Aberdonenses ed. C. Innes (Aberdeen, 1854), 461.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Aberdeenshire Dec. 1636 – ?51, by July 1656–?1660.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 68; Brodie Diary, 183; Oxford DNB. Commr. signing of king’s covenant, Elgin and Forres 24 Sept. 1638; apprehending Jesuits, Banff, Elgin, Forres and Nairn 5 July 1642.Regs. P.C. Scot. 1638–43, pp. 77, 289. assessment, Elginshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 839; A. and O.

Scottish: commr. Elgin and Forres shires, convention of estates, 1643 – 44; Scottish Parl. 1645 – 47, 1649–50. Member, cttee. of estates, 1643, 1645, 1647, 1649;Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 68. gen. assembly, 1643–51;Brodie Diary, p. xxi. cttee. for dispatches, Jan.-Aug. 1649.Government of Scotland under the Covenanters ed. D. Stevenson (Edinburgh, 1982), 94, 104. Ordinary ld. of session, 26 June 1649-May 1652. Commr. to attend Charles Stuart in Holland, 1649, 1650.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 68. Apptd. (but refused) commry.-gen. and collector-gen. 15 Oct. 1650.Scotland under the Covenanters ed. Stevenson, 193. Commr. approbation of ministers, Aberdeenshire and Moray provinces 8 Aug. 1654.Nicoll, Diary, 167. Judge, high ct. of justice, 3 Dec. 1658-May 1660.Brodie Diary, p. xxxiii.

Civic: burgess, Edinburgh 27 Dec. 1648.Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses ed. C.B.B. Watson (Edinburgh, 1929), 71.

Military: col. of horse and ft. 1649.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 68.

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BRODIE, Alexander (1617-80), of Brodie, Elginshire.

Will
Estates
centred on Brodie Castle, Elginshire, which was erected into a free barony by Scottish Parliament in 1646 (confirmed 1647).Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 68. Estate ravaged by marquess of Montrose in 1645, and in 1659 described as still in ‘a very low condition’.Ancram Corresp. ii. 427.
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WODEHOUSE (WODEHOWSE), Philip (1608-81), of Kimberley, Norf.

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bap. 24 July 1608, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Wodehouse*, 2nd bt., of Kimberley.Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 241; Blomefield, Norf. ii. 556; CB i. 52. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1625;Al. Cant. L. Inn 1627.LI Adm. m. 10 July 1634, Lucy (d. 26 June 1684), da. of Sir Thomas Cotton*, 2nd bt., of Conington, Hunts., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.‘Cotton of Connington’, Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i., 340; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 241; Blomefield, Norf. ii. 556; John, 1st earl of Kimberley, The Wodehouses of Kimberley (1887), 49. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 18 Mar. 1658.Blomefield, Norf. ii. 555; CB, i. 52. bur. 6 May 1681.Blomefield, Norf. ii. 556.
Offices Held

Local: commr. array (roy.), Norf. 28 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unf. J.p. May 1645–?, Mar. 1659–d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 270; C231/6, p. 427. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Thetford 1672, 1677, 1679.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Custos rot. Norf. 30 June 1660–d.C231/7, p. 8; C231/8, p. 48. Dep. lt. c.Aug. 1660–d.Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 154. Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 7 Sept. 1660, 1 Aug. 1664, 20 Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 40, 522. corporations, Norf. 1662;Blomefield, Norf, iii. 405. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 698.

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WODEHOUSE (WODEHOWSE), Philip (1608-81), of Kimberley, Norf.

Will
25 Sept. 1679, codicil 2 May 1681, pr. 4 Aug. 1681.
Estates
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