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GARTON, Henry (c.1600-41), of Woolavington, Suss. and the Middle Temple.

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b. c. 1600, 4th surv. s. of Sir Peter Garton (d. 1606), and Judith (d. 1641), da. of Sir Thomas Shirley of Isfield.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 131-2; W. Suss. RO, Ep.I/24/138. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 27 Oct. 1615, ‘aged 15’; BA 20 Apr. 1618;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 29 Oct. 1618.MT Admiss. i. 109. m. (1) 10 July 1634, Mary, da. of Sir John Luke† of Flamsted, Herts, 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 9 Apr. 1640, Dorothy (d. 1649), da. of Sir William Whitmore† of Apley, Salop, sis. of Thomas Whitmore I*, 1s.Flamsted, Herts., par. reg. (IGI); St John at Hackney, Mdx., par. reg.; F. W. Steer, The Lavington Estate Archives (1964); Add. 39481, f. 52; W. Suss. RO, Ep.I/24/138; PROB11/210/38, 40 (Dorothy Garton). suc. bro. 1633.Add. 39415A, ff. 27-27v; C142/720/7; W. Suss. RO, Lavington MSS 48, 49, 245, 248, 285-6, 288, 307, 562; Suss. Manors, ii. 502. d. 29 Oct. 1641.Harl. 382, f. 101.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 24 Nov. 1626.MTR ii. 714. Usher, ct. of wards, c.1637–d.PC2/53, f. 11.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Suss. 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR. J.p. 16 Aug. 1641–d.C231/5, p. 475.

: of Woolavington, Suss. and the Middle Temple.
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GARTON, Henry (c.1600-41), of Woolavington, Suss. and the Middle Temple.

Will
intestate, admon., 2 Dec. 1641.Add. 39481, ff. 45, 51.
Estates
lease of East Dean warren, inherited from fa. at age 24;PROB11/109/296 (Sir Peter Garton). manors of Peakdean, Suss., 1627;Suss. Manors, ii. 342. Woolavington and Graffham, 1633-d.;W. Suss. RO, Lavington MS 48. house in parish of All Hallows on the Wall, London, 1638.Dale, Inhabitants of London, 20. Estate valued at £1,200-£1,500 p.a. 1662.WARD9/220, f. 55; C5/577/24.
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presented Oliver Penicod to Graffham rectory, 1634.W. D. Peckham, `The acts of Bishop Montague', Suss. Arch. Coll. lxxxvi. 152.
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SKYNNER, Augustine (c.1594-1672), of Totesham Hall, West Farley, Kent.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1594, 2nd s. of Augustine Skinner of Totesham Hall and Mountnessing, Essex, and Francesca, da. of Augustine Folkes.Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 122. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 23 Nov. 1610; M. Temple, 10 Dec. 1611.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 97. m. bef. 1618, Anne (d. bef. 1671), da. of Thomas Franklin of St Gabriel Fenchurch Street, London, 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da. suc. fa. Apr. 1633. bur. 16 July 1672.West Farleigh par. reg.; PROB11/339/538.
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Local: commr. sewers, Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst 1628;C181/3, ff. 248v, 255. Kent 13 Sept. 1644;C181/5, ff. 242. Kent and Surr. 18 Mar. 1645;C181/5, f. 249v. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 23 May 1645;C181/5, f. 253. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 13 May 1657–19 Dec. 1660;C181/6, pp. 226, 365. I. of Sheppey 4 Aug. 1657-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 254, 396. Denge Marsh, Kent Oct. 1658.C181/6, p. 321. J.p. Kent 10 Dec. 1640-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 417. Dep. lt. 17 Aug. 1642–?CJ ii. 724a. Commr. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 13, 373. gaol delivery, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, 1655;SP28/234, unfol. ejecting scandalous ministers, 13 Sept. 1656;SP25/77, p. 322. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Central: member, cttee. for sequestrations by 24 July 1644;SP20/1, f. 178v. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 18 Dec. 1648;CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 632b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O.; CJ vi. 201a, 558a. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 357b; A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650;CJ vi. 437a. cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651.CJ vi. 577b.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Sir Michael Livesay*, Sept. 1647-Jan. 1648.SP28/130iv, ff. 21, 25, 34.

: West Farley, Kent.
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SKYNNER, Augustine (c.1594-1672), of Totesham Hall, West Farley, Kent.

Will
19 June 1671, pr. 26 Aug. 1672.PROB11/339/538.
Estates
purchased wardship of Sir Thomas Style*, 1638;WARD9/163, f. 85v; CSP Dom. 1625-49, p. 749; 1640-1, p. 217; SP16/540, ff. 111-24. purchased Bromley manor from commissioners for sale of church lands, for £5,663, 1 Mar. 1648.Bodl. Rawl.B.239, p. 7; CJ v. 538a-b, 561b, 564a; LJ x. 213a, 263b; HMC 7th Rep. 23.
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ROGERS, Richard (1611-43), of Bryanston, Dorset.

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b. 5 Aug. 1611, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Rogers of Bryanston and his 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Sir Arthur Hopton of Wytham, Som.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 250;Vis. Dorset 1623 (Harl. Soc. xx), 79. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Justinian Lewen of Otterden, Kent, 1da.; (2) Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Cheke*, 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Hutchins, Dorset, i. 250; Coventry Docquets, 329. suc. half-bro. (Sir Edward Rogers), 1623. bur. 4 June 1643.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 264.
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Local: sheriff, Dorset 3 Oct. 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39. Commr. charitable uses, 1638–9;C192/1, unfol. sewers, 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113v. oyer and terminer for piracy, 26 Sept. 1639-aft. Feb. 1642.C181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. J.p. bef. July 1640.Western Circuit Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 203. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 29 June 1642.Northants RO, FH133, unfol.

: of Bryanston, Dorset.
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ROGERS, Richard (1611-43), of Bryanston, Dorset.

Will
2 May 1643, cod. 29 May 1643, pr. 23 Sept. 1645.PROB11/194/72.
Estates
centred on Bryanston, Dorset, and inc. lands in Rushton, Cranborne, Canford Magna, Pymperne and Langton.E179/105/336, mm. 2d, 6d; PROB11/194/72. Also held property in London, Essex, Kent, Hants and Som.CCC, 2873-4.
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town house in Walbrook, London, bef. 1643.CCC, 532.
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BERNARD, John (1630-79), of Brampton Park, Hunts.

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b. Nov. 1630, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of (Sir) Robert Bernard*, 1st bt. and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Tallakerne of Ashen Hall, Essex.CB; MT Admiss. i. 142. educ. Huntingdon g.s.; Christ’s, Camb. 12 Apr. 1645;J. Peile, Biog. Hist. of Christ’s College (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 493. M. Temple 21 Jan. 1645, called 23 Nov. 1649.MT Admiss. i. 142. m. (1) 26 Feb. 1656, Elizabeth, da. of Oliver St John*, 1s. 7da.; (2) lic. 11 Aug. 1670, Grace, da. of (Sir) Richard Shuckburgh*, s.p.Baker, Northants. i. 372; PROB11/362/86; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 121. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 18 Apr. 1666.Bridges, Northants. i. 404. d. 25 June 1679.Lansd. 921, f. 11.
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Local: commr. assessment, Hunts. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Huntingdon 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1679; Mdx. 1677;A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Hunts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–70, 1673 – d.; Northants. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660); HP Commons 1660–1690. Capt. militia, Hunts. June 1660–?Bodl. Carte 73, f. 472. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 19 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 302. Conservator, Bedford Level 1669–75.S. Wells, The Hist. of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens (1830), i. 459–61

Central: commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

: Hunts.
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Likenesses: ?oils, fam. group.S.E. Higgins, The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon (1903-4), i. 88.

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BERNARD, John (1630-79), of Brampton Park, Hunts.

Will
6 June 1679, codicil 7 June 1679, pr. 19 Jan. 1680.PROB11/362/86; Hunts. RO, M16/3: probate of Sir John Bernard’s will, 19 Jan. 1680.
Estates
bought manor of Bury cum Hepmongrove, Hunts. 1676.VCH Hunts. ii. 165.
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ARMYNE, Sir William, 1st bt. (1593-1651), of Osgodby, Lenton, Lincs., and Orton Longueville, Hunts.

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b. 11 Dec. 1593, 1st s. of Sir William Armyne† and 1st w. Martha (d. 11 Mar. 1602), da. of William, 2nd Lord Eure of Ingleby, Yorks.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 40-1. educ. Oakham g.s., Rutland (James Wadeson) bef. 1608;J. T. Cliffe, The Puritan Gentry, 80. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 13 Mar. 1610.Al. Cant. m. (1) 14 Dec. 1619 (with £2,000), Elizabeth (bur. 27 Sept. 1626), da. of Sir Michael Hicks† of Austin Friars, London, and Ruckholt, Low Leyton, Essex, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.;Lincs. Peds. 41; A.G.R. Smith, Servant of the Cecils (1978), 176. (2) 28 Aug. 1628, Mary (d. 6 Mar. 1675), da. and coh. of Hon. Henry Talbot† of Orton Longueville, wid. of Sir Thomas Holcroft† of Vale Royal, Cheshire, 1s.Add. 6675, f. 14; Lincs. Peds. 41. cr. bt. 28 Nov. 1619.CB. suc. fa. 22 Jan. 1622.C142/394/73. Cliffe, Puritan Gentry, 80. Al. Cant. Lincs. Peds. 41; Smith, Servant of the Cecils, 176. d. c. 10 Apr. 1651.Lincs. Peds. 41.
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Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 20 Nov. 1619–d.;C181/2, f. 353v; C181/3, ff. 168v, 228v; C181/4, ff. 39v, 154v; C181/5, ff. 149, 223; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7. Holland 11 Apr. 1626;C181/3, f. 198v. Deeping and Gt. Level 26 Nov. 1629 – 30 Mar. 1638, 7 July 1640–d.C181/4, ff. 29v, 181, 269; C181/5, ff. 9v, 269. J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven), 12 Feb. 1622–28 Oct. 1626, 19 Dec. 1628-aft. 1636, c.June 1638–d.;C231/4, ff. 134v, 210v, 261v, 298. Northumb. 20 Jan. 1645–d.;C231/6, p. 8. Cumb., Hunts., Lincs. (Holland, Lindsey), Surr. by Feb. 1650–d.C193/13/3. Commr. navigation of River Welland, Lincs., Rutland and Northants. 19 Sept. 1623.C181/3, f. 99. Dep. lt. Lincs. 2 Apr. 1624–d.;C231/4, f. 163v; Lincs. RO, 3ANC/8/1/9a; YARB/8/2/3. Rutland 5 July 1642–?CJ ii. 652b; LJ v. 183. Commr. swans, Northants., Lincs., Rutland and Notts. 28 May 1625;C181/3, f. 165. England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. Lincs. 26 June 1635.C181/5, f. 14. Collector (jt.), privy seal loan, 1626.E401/2586, p. 158; APC 1626, p. 168. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 81. Sheriff, 10 Nov. 1629 – 7 Nov. 1630; Hunts. 10 Nov. 1639–40.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 66, 80; Coventry Docquets, 362, 363, 369. Commr. charitable uses, Lincs. 29 July 1636, 10 Jan. 1642,C192/1, unfol. 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Rutland 15 May 1637;C192/1. Stamford g.s. 10 July 1639;C93/17/14. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 25 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 199v, 218. Lincs. 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 251v. subsidy, Hunts., Kesteven 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, Hunts. 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 28 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Kesteven 1642, 28 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lindsey, 24 Feb. 1643, 28 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Cumb., Mdx., Surr., Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650.SR; A. and O. Member, co. cttee. Lincs. 24 May 1642–?;CJ ii. 585b; LJ v. 82b. cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642.CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, Lindsey 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Kesteven 7 May 1643; Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. Lincs. 5 July 1645;CJ iv. 196b; LJ vii. 479a. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650.Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). Custos rot. Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey 19 Jan. 1651–d.C231/6, p. 204.

Civic: freeman, Boston 15 Feb. 1621–d.;Boston Corporation Minutes ed. J.F. Bailey, ii. 322. ?Grantham bef. 1626 – d.; Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14 Apr. 1645–d.;Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Minute Bk. 1639–56 ed. M.H. Dodds (Publications of the Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 39. Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 Sept. 1645–d.Berwick RO, B1/10, Berwick Guild Bk., f. 28v.

Central: commr. to attend king in Scotland, 20 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 265b. to treat with Scots commrs. 3 Dec. 1641.CJ ii. 331a; LJ iv. 461a. Member, cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642, 23 Jan. 1643;CJ ii. 750b, 940a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642.CJ ii. 909a. Commr. treaty with king at Oxf. 28 Feb. 1643;CJ ii. 985a. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. to Scottish Parliament, 19 July 1643,A. and O. 3 Jan. 1645.CJ iv. 9b; LJ vii. 123b. Member, cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. treaty with Scots, 28 July 1645.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the revenue by Dec. 1645.Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 43. Commr. to reside with armies at Newark, 5 Dec. 1645;CJ iv. 366b. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, Nov. 1646;CJ iv. 690b; CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 725. Derby House cttee. 15 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416a; LJ ix. 662b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb. 1651.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O.

: 1st bt. (1593-1651), of Osgodby, Lenton, Lincs. 1593 – 1651 and Hunts., Orton Longueville.
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Likenesses: wash drawing, unknown.Ashmolean Museum, Oxf.

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ARMYNE, Sir William, 1st bt. (1593-1651), of Osgodby, Lenton, Lincs., and Orton Longueville, Hunts.

Will
admon. 10 Dec. 1651.PROB6/26, f. 186.
Estates
in 1622, inherited substantial estate in Lincs.C142/394/73. Acquired manor of Orton Longueville, Hunts. through his second wife.VCH Hunts. iii. 192. In 1629, he and Sir Thomas Grantham† acquired lease of benefice and prebend of North Kelsey, Lincs., with tithes and ‘mansion house’, at a rent of £20 p.a.Lincs. RO, Bij/2/6, ff. 147-150v. Betw. 1632 and 1642, purchased lands in and around Orton Longueville.Eg. 3660D, ff. 30-4. His estate in 1641 inc. manor of Cromford, Derbys., lands in Ardsley, Carhouse, Darfield, Doncaster, Walden Stubbs and Wheatley and rectories of Rothwell and Cantley, Yorks.Eg. 3541, ff. 43-9; Eg. 3660D, f. 34. In July 1643, he was granted sequestered house of Sir John Bankes† in St Martin’s Lane, St Martin-in-the Fields, worth £40 p.a. plus household goods valued at £164; he leased this and other property on St Martin’s Lane from earl of Salisbury in 1649, paying £75 p.a. rent.CJ iii. 173a; PROB11/197, f. 89v; Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 215; Hatfield House, Cecil mss, Accts. 162/1, lease bk. 1636-50, ff. 157r, 157v. At his d. estate inc. manor of Brushfield, Derbys.; manor and advowson of Orton Longueville and lands in the same and in Botolphbridge, Hunts.; manor of Osgodby and lands in and advowsons of Lenton, Pickworth and Silk Willoughby, Lincs.; lands in Monk Bretton, Yorks.; and houses in St Martin’s Lane, Osgodby and Orton Longueville.Eg. 3541, ff. 50-7; Eg. roll 8799. Personal estate valued at £4,495, and he was owed £2,238.Eg. roll 8799. Armyne estate valued at £4,000 p.a. aft. the Restoration.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. C. H., Her. and Gen. ii. 120.
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St Martin’s Lane, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. (from July 1643).CJ iii. 173a; Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 215.
Religion
presented John Weld to rectory of Pickworth, Lincs., 1624; Michael Drake, 1647; Matthew Lawrence to rectory of Silk Willoughby, Lincs., 1626; Lawrence Sarson, 1648; Eusebius Hunte to rectory of Orton Longueville, Hunts., 1637; Seth Wood to vicarage of Lenton, Lincs., 1639;IND1/17002, ff. 109v, 113, 113v, 125; Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1624/64; DIOC/PD/1626/66; DIOC/PD/1637/3. William Fawne to rectory of Huntspill, Som., 1650.Add. 36792, f. 20.
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ERNLE, John (c.1620-97), of Whetham, Wilts.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1620, 2nd but o. surv. s. of John Ernle (bap. 1598) of Whetham and Philadelphia (d. 1678), da. of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary, Som.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv), 55-7; Le Neve's Peds. of the Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 199-200; St Mary, Calne, Wilts. par. reg. m. (1) with £3,000, settlement 1 Mar. 1647, Susan, da. of John Howe (later 1st bt.), of Great Wishford, Wilts. 2s. (d.v.p.), 7da.;Wilts RO, 1720/13; Peds. of the Knights, 200; HP Commons 1660-1690. (2) 19 Sep. 1672, Elizabeth (bur. 30 Oct. 1691), da. of William, 1st Baron Allington of Killard, and of Horsheath, Cambs., wid. of Charles Seymour*, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, Wilts. 1da.Wilts RO, 1720/16; Westminster Abbey Regs. 8. Kntd. by 4 Apr. 1664.CJ viii. 543a. suc. fa. 1684.Peds. of the Knights, 200. bur. June 1697, ‘aged 79’.St Mary, Calne par. reg.; MIs Wilts. 1822, 220.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. Jan. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653, July 1657–89;C231/6, pp. 131, 363; C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, f. 108v; C193/13/6, f. 96; C193/13/5, f. 115v; Stowe 577, f. 58; ?A Perfect List (1660), 59; HP Commons 1660–1690. Essex, Herefs. 1680–?89.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. assessment, Wilts. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1673, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Mdx. 1672, 1677; Herefs. 1679, 1689;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Wilts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1661–83. Commr. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Surr. 18 June 1662;C181/7, p. 152. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 June 1664-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 272, 636. Sub. commr prizes, Bristol 1665–6.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. recusants, Essex 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Central: commr. for accts. loyal and indigent officers, 1662, 1671. Comptroller of naval stores, 1671–6. Chan. of exch. 1676–89. PC, 10 May 1676-Dec. 1688. Ld. of admlty. 1677–9; treasury, 1679 – 85, 1687–9.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: freeman, Windsor 1679.HP Commons 1660–1690.

: of Whetham, Wilts.
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ERNLE, John (c.1620-97), of Whetham, Wilts.

Will
28 Aug. 1696, pr. 29 Nov. 1698.PROB11/448/276.
Estates
from March 1647, life interest in manor of Berry Blunsden or Berry Town, Highworth, Wilts. (less £100p.a. to his fa.); from 1684, ?life interest in manor of Whetham.Wilts. RO, 1720/13. Land valued at £1,000 p.a. in 1660.R.C. Hoare, Repertorium Wiltonense (Bath, 1821), 21.
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RAVENSCROFT, Hall (c.1600-81), of Horsham, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1600, only s. of John Ravenscroft and Judith, da. of George Ferne, of Temple Belwood, Lincs.Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 475. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 8 Nov. 1616, ‘aged 16’;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 9 Mar. 1618.LI Admiss. i. 179. m. 29 Dec. 1619, Elizabeth (bur. 6 June 1655), da. of John Stapley of Hickstead, Twineham, Suss., wid. of ?Henry Colthurst of Cuckfield and Twineham, at least 6 children (all d.v.p.).St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, par. reg.; Horsham par. reg. (IGI); Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 171. suc. fa. Sept. 1615.Notes IPMs Suss. 189; PROB11/129/559; C142/351/114. bur. 21 June 1681.Wybunbury, Cheshire par. reg.
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Local: high collector, subsidy, Bramber 1627.E179/191/383. Commr. charitable uses, Suss. 1639;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 30 Dec. 1643–?CJ iii. 156a, 354a. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Suss. assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suss. 4 July 1644, by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/5, f. 235; C181/6, pp. 14, 307. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5 f. 235v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb 1645; militia, 2 Dec 1648, 12 Mar 1660.A. and O. J.p. by 17 Apr. 1645–?, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.Suss. QSOB 1642–9, 72; C193/13/3 ff. 64–5; C193/13/3/4 ff. 99v-101v; Stowe 577, ff. 53–4; C193/13/5 ff. 105–7v; C193/13/6 ff. 88–89v; C231/6, p. 227; A Perfect List (1660), 52–3.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b.

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RAVENSCROFT, Hall (c.1600-81), of Horsham, Suss.

Will
7 May 1673, pr. 9 July 1681.PROB11/367/243.
Estates
inherited 100 acres in Suss., manor and rectory of Horsham;PROB11/129/559; W. Albery, A Parlty. Hist. of Horsham, (1927), 21, 27, 518; Lansdowne 784, f. 35; C142/351/114; Notes IPMs Suss. 189-90; W. Suss. RO, Ep.I.25/3. lease of Warnham rectory.VCH Suss. vi pt. 2, 212. Assessed at 12s in 1627;E179/191/383. paid 15s on lands in Horsham.E179/258/12. In 1649, Horsham rectory and the manor of Hewell conveyed to Sir Henry Delves, to the use of Ravenscroft’s da. and s.-in-law.VCH Suss. vi pt. 2, 163–4; Suss. Manors, i. 215. Parliamentary survey 1650 noted his lands in Suss. as being at Mannings in Nuthurst, and Culverlands in Horsham.J.R. Daniel Tyssen, ‘Parliamentary Survey of Suss.’, Sussex Arch. Coll. xxiii. 290, 292. In 1667, leased Warnham rectory from dean and chapter of Canterbury.Brighton, Preston Manor, WS/GG/39.
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GIBBON, Robert (1613-81), of Rolvenden, Kent.

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bap. 5 Dec. 1613, 2nd s. of Freegift Gibbon (bur. 18 Nov. 1656) of Rolvenden and Katherine Morlen (bur. 3 June 1628).Rolvenden par. reg.; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, E. Kent marr. index. m. (1) 2 Oct. 1632, Anne Brewer of Hadlow, Kent, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da.;Hadlow par. reg.; Staplehurst par. reg. (2) c.1643, Anne (bur. 8 Apr. 1682), da. of Jonathan Tilden of Beckley, Suss. at least 1s. bur. 30 May 1681.Rolvenden par. reg.
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Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Sir Michael Livesay* by 1643; regt. of Henry Ireton*, Apr. 1645–7;BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 116; SP28/130, unfol. maj. c.June 1647-c.June 1649.Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 84, 96, 109; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 119, 519. Gov. Rye Aug. 1648-aft. Mar. 1650;CSP Dom. 1648–9, pp. 241–2; HMC Popham, 62. Jersey by 26 Nov. 1654-July 1659;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 577; 1659–60, p. 10. Deal Castle 15 June 1660–?Aug. 1660.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 519–21. Col. of ft. May 1650 – Oct. 1651, Sept. 1656–?c.Apr. 1659,CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 163–7; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 325; CJ vii. 24; TSP v. 398. 15 July 1659–2 Aug. 1660.Clarke Pprs. iv. 24; Whitelocke, Diary, 612; Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke Ms LIII, unfol.; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 164.

Local: j.p. Kent 28 Feb. 1651 – bef.Oct. 1660; Suss. Mar. 1657–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 210, 363. Commr. assessment, Kent 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Canterbury 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 3 Nov. 1653, 17 Apr. 1654, 4 Oct. 1660;C181/6, pp. 23, 31; C181/7, p. 61. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 13 May 1657;C181/6, p. 226. I. of Sheppey, Kent 4 Aug. 1657, 5 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 254, 396. Denge Marsh, Kent Oct. 1658, 10 Oct. 1660;C181/6, p. 321; C181/7, p. 63. ejecting scandalous ministers, Kent 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 3 Feb. 1657-June 1659.C181/6, pp. 219, 306. Gov. Sir John Hawkins’ Hosp. Chatham 7 Apr. 1659.Medway Archives, CH108/21, p. 206. Commr. militia, Kent 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 777a.

Civic: freeman, Canterbury 4 July 1654, 28 Dec. 1658.Canterbury Cathedral Archives, A/C4, f. 370v; A/C5, f. 9; HMC 9th Rep. i. 165a.

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GIBBON, Robert (1613-81), of Rolvenden, Kent.

Will
23 May 1681, pr. 4 July 1681.PROB11/367/118.
Estates
at death held property in Rolvenden and Newenden parishes, Kent, and also house in Duke’s Place, Aldersgate St, London.PROB11/367/118. During the 1650s held manors of East Farleigh, Dachurst, and Penshurst, Suss.A.W. Gibbons, Gibbons Fam. Notes (1896), 36.
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household chap. in 1650s was Joseph Cobb, a congregational preacher and later conventicler.Worc. Coll. Oxford, Clarke MS LIII, unfol.; Calamy Revised, 124.
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BRIGGES, Sir Humphrey (c.1615-91), of Haughton, Shifnal, Salop.

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b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Morton Brigges of Haughton and Chrysogen, da. of Edward Grey of Buildwas.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 183; Vis. Salop 1623, i (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 69. educ. L. Inn 1 Nov. 1631.LI Admiss. i. 215. m. (1) c.1630 Elizabeth (b. 1611), da. of Sir Philip Carey of Aldenham, Herts. ?s.p.; (2) c.1648 Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Wilbraham, bt. 1s.; (3) lic. 30 June 1665 Anne, wid. of Richard Morton of Montgomery, s.p.; (4) 1669 Magdalen (d. 1698) da. of Sir John Corbet* bt. of Stoke, s.p.PROB11/448/175. Kntd. by Oct. 1641; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. c.1643.Salop Archives, 5735/2/25; A. and O. i. 126. bur. 21 May 1691.CB ii. 134; Salop Archives, 5735/3/2/1.
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Civic: burgess, Much Wenlock 1646; recorder, 27 June 1647.Salop Archives, WB/B3/1/1, pp. 700, 712, 720–1.

Local: j.p. Salop 17 Feb. 1647 – aft.Oct. 1653, 3 Mar. 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660, by July 1669–d.C231/6 pp. 74, 330; C193/13/4, f. 81v; Salop Archives, 484/240; Salop County Records, i. 106–30. Commr. assessment, 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, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 25 May, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.LJ x. 282b; A. and O. Sheriff, 1665–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Religious: elder, 3rd Presbyterian classis, Salop 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng Church, ii. 408–9.

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BRIGGES, Sir Humphrey (c.1615-91), of Haughton, Shifnal, Salop.

Will
Admon. 16 June 1691, 13 Jan. 1710.CB ii. 134.
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BENNETT, Robert (1605-83), of Hexworthy, Lawhitton, Cornw.

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b. 1605, 1st s. of Richard Bennett of Hexworthy and Mary, da. of Oliver Clobery of Bradstone, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 27. educ. M Temple, 21 Oct. 1622;M. Temple Admiss. i. 113. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 13 Dec. 1622, ‘aged 17’, BA 25 Oct. 1624;Al. Ox. m. (1) ? (d. c.Sept. 1643), sister of Peter Kekewich, at least 1s. and 1da.;M. Coate, ‘An Original Diary of Col. Robert Bennett’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xviii. 258; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 27. (2) 28 May 1646, Ann, da. of Stephen Trevill of Menheniot, Cornw. 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da (1 d.v.p.).Cornw. RO, Lawhitton and Menheniot par. regs.; FSL, X.d.483 (168); Devon RO, 1926/B/K/T/3/80. suc. fa. c.1619-20.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 27. bur. 11 July 1683.Cornw. RO, Lawhitton par. regs.
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Local: capt. militia, Cornw. by 29 Sept. 1629–?FSL, Bennett MSS, X.d.483 (2). Commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. by Apr. 1649-Mar. 1660;R. Bennett, King Charle’s [sic] Triall Iustified (1649), 16 (E.554.21). Devon 29 July 1652–4 Mar. 1657.C231/6, pp. 243, 360. Commr. tendering Engagement, Cornw. 28 Jan. 1650;FSL, X.d.483 (47). militia by 11 May 1650, 26 July 1659; Devon 26 July 1659.FSL, X.d.438 (59); A. and O. Custos rot. Cornw. by Oct. 1653-bef. c.Sept. 1656.C193/13/4, f. 13v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 8–378. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cornw. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt of Sir Samuel Rolle*, Devon July – Aug. 1642, Jan.- 2 Sept. 1643; regt. of 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro, Cornw. 22 Aug.-?Oct. 1642; regt. of Sir John Bampfylde*, Devon c.Nov. 1642-Jan. 1643;Coate, ‘Original Diary’, 251–3. col. of ft. July – Sept. 1644, 6 July 1646-c.1649, 14 June 1650–2 Oct. 1651.Coate, ‘Original Diary’, 255; FSL, X.d.483 (10, 11, 62, 118); CJ vii. 24b. Treas., commr. and muster-master of western brigade, 1 May 1645–1 May 1647.SP28/139/16, unfol. Gov. St Michael’s Mount and Dennis Fort 3 Aug. 1647–12 Mar. 1660.Cornw. RO, AU/4, 9. Col. militia ft. Cornw. 14 Feb. 1650.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521. Capt. of horse, 1 Sept. 1659-Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 772a.

Civic: free burgess, Launceston Sept. 1646.Cornw. RO, B/LAUS/350. Recorder, Liskeard 1649–?1660.Cornw. RO, B/LIS/291.

Central: cllr. of state, 29 Apr., 9 July 1653.Clarke Pprs. iii. 4; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 16. Member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653;A. and O. cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.FSL, X.d.483 (132); A True Narrative of the Procs. in Parl. (1659), 41 (E.1010.24).

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BENNETT, Robert (1605-83), of Hexworthy, Lawhitton, Cornw.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited estate at Lawhitton; purchased duchy of Cornwall lands: manors of Tintagel and Helston in Trigg, Cornw. 22 July 1650 (for £1,647); honour and demesne of Launceston Castle, 28 Oct. 1650.Coate, Cornw. 272; E320/D13.
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