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EDGAR, Thomas (1603-92), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Ipswich, Suff.

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b. 20 Mar. 1603, 2nd s. of Lionel Edgar (d. 1657) of Ipswich and his 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Thomas Glascock of Ipswich.Framsden par. reg.; Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/7/5; HA247/7/7, unfol.; HA247/9, unfol.; Harl. 6762, f. 25; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612, 134; Vis. Suff. 1664-1668 (Harl. Soc. lxi.), 142; Add. 19128, ff. 56v-57; Bacon, Annalls, 472n, 546n; Burke LG, 335. educ. Ipswich sch.; G. Inn 1619.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/7/5; GI Admiss. m. 7 Apr. 1635, Mary (d. 1695), da. of Philip Powle, draper, of London,St Andrew, Holborn par. reg., f. 122; Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/7/5; Gen. Collections concerning the Scottish House of Edgar (1873), 24; Par. Reg. of St Mary Aldermary, London ed. J.L. Chester (Harl. Soc. v. 1880), 74; PROB11/181/230; Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/4/1; Vis. Suff. 1664-1668, 142; St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich par. reg. f. 120. 6s. (4 d.v.p.), 4da. (3 d.v.p.).Gen. Collections, 24-5; Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/7/7, unfol.; HA247/7/9, unfol.; HA247/7/5; Add. 19128, ff. 56v-57, 58v-59; St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich par. reg. ff. 39a, 39, 40, 40v, 55v, 62. d. 11 Apr. 1692.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/7/9, unfol.; St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich par. reg. f. 119v.
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Legal: called, G. Inn 9 May 1625; Lent reader, 1642; ancient, 24 Nov. 1645; bencher, Lent 1662.PBG Inn, 268, 354; Baker, Readers and Readings, 59, 260, 261, 374; J. Gibbon, Introductio ad Latinam Blasoniam (1682), 159. Counsel, high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 11 Dec. 1650–10 Jan. 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 466.

Local: j.p. Suff. 9 May 1646 – Oct. 1660, Feb. 1664 – July 1670, Jan. 1671–d.C231/6, pp. 45, 180; A Perfect List (1660), 51; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/4, ff. 119, 121v; B105/2/5, ff. 33, 34; C231/7, pp. 224, 374, 383; C193/12/4, f. 113. Commr. assessment, 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.; Ipswich 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. gaol delivery, 16 Nov. 1654-aft. Feb. 1671;C181/6, pp. 72, 330; C181/7, pp. 19, 576. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/7, pp. 293, 362. Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/7, p. 341. commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/7, p. 379. militia, Suff. 26 July 1659;A. and O. subsidy, 1663; poll tax, 1666.SR.

Civic: recorder, Orford ?-?; Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/7/5. Ipswich July 1671 – July 1684, Oct. 1688–d.;W.E. Layton, ‘Notices from the great court and assembly bks. of the borough of Ipswich’, E. Anglian, 3rd ser. viii. 302; Suff. RO (Ipswich), C5/14/5, ff. 26v, 37v-38; C6/1/7, p. 67. Eye July 1673–?Oct. 1680.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE2/I/2, f. 4v; EE2/I/1, unfol.

: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Suff., Ipswich.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown; oils, M. Dahl, aft. 1678.Whereabouts unknown; Suff. RO (Ipswich), q.S.92c: E. Farrer, ‘Portraits in Suffolk houses, east’ MS, iv. ff.137-8, 203-4.

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EDGAR, Thomas (1603-92), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Ipswich, Suff.

Will
2 Dec. 1690, pr. 25 Mar. 1696.Suff. RO (Ipswich), IC/AA1/126/121.
Estates
bought lands at Westerfield, Suff. 1624;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/1/15-16. bought land in St Margaret’s, Ipswich for £200, 1641;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/1/7. bought the manors of Burwash and Gurdon’s Hall, Witnesham, Suff. by 1650;Copinger, Manors of Suff. iii. 121-2. bought the manor of Demeford Hall, Plomesgate, Suff. for £1,330, 1657;Copinger, Manors of Suff. v. 182. sold lands at Witnesham, Henley and Swilland, Suff. 1670.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA247/1/1.
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TRACY, Sir Robert (1593-1662), of Fairford, Toddington and Alderton, Glos.

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bap. 21 Jan. 1593, 1st s. of Sir John Tracy† of Toddington, cr. 12 Jan. 1643, 1st Visct. Tracy of Rathcoole [I] and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Shirley I† of Wiston, Suss.St Mary, Twickenham, Mdx. par. reg.; Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 167; CP. educ. M. Temple 26 Mar. 1610; Queen’s, Oxf. 30 Mar. 1610, aged 17; travelled abroad 1617-20; Univ. Padua c.1618-20.MT Admiss. i. 94; Al. Ox.; H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova (Venice, 1921), 144. APC 1616-17, p. 392. m. (1), 1 Aug. 1615, Bridget, 3rd da. of John Lyttelton† of Frankley Court, Worcs. 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Dorothy (d. 1685), da. of Thomas Cocks of Castleditch, Herefs. 2s. 1 da.St Leonard’s Church, Frankley par. regs (Frankley Soc. pprs.vi); Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerage, 536; Vis. Glos. 1623, p. 167; CP. . 2 Oct. 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. betw. 7 May 1647 and 14 Feb. 1648.CCC 65, 1675-76. bur. 11 May 1662.CP.
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Local: dep. lt. Glos. by 1628 – 42, 1660–d.APC 1627–8, p. 288; LJ v. 291b; HP Commons 1604–1629, ‘Sir Robert Tracy’. Commr. martial law, 1628;SP29/11/159. oyer and terminer, 1628;C181/3, f. 240. Oxf. circ. 24 Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.C181/5, f. 219; C181/7, pp. 10, 135. J.p. Glos. 1633–6, 10 June 1642–46, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/3, p. 6; C231/5, pp. 125, 528. liberty of Slaughter 25 Feb. 1634-aft. June 1637.C181/4, f. 160v; C181/5, f. 71. Commr. gaol delivery, 20 Feb.1636-aft. June 1637;C181/5, ff. 40v, 71v. Avon navigation, 1636;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 6. to investigate abuses in militia, Glos. 17 Feb. 1641;LJ iv. 165a. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642, 1661;SR. array (roy.), Glos. and Gloucester 19 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. defence of Glos. (roy.) 2 Mar. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 13. contributions (roy.), Glos. 25 Aug. 1643;Harl. 6804, ff. 115–6v; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 67. rebels’ estates (roy.), 1 Sept. 1643; accts. (roy.) 11 July 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 69, 229.

Military: soldier (roy.), taking of Cirencester 2 Feb. 1643; siege of Gloucester Aug.-Sept. 1643.HMC 6th Rep. 90; CCC 1675.

: of Fairford, Toddington and Glos., Alderton.
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TRACY, Sir Robert (1593-1662), of Fairford, Toddington and Alderton, Glos.

Will
3 May 1662, pr. 25 June 1662.PROB11/308/450.
Estates
at d. held manors of Alderton, Naunton, Bagnanton, Frampton, Glos.; messuages and closes in Hailes; left portions of £1,000 each for das. and annuities worth £360 p.a. Cash bequests of £211.PROB11/308/450.
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WITHRINGTON, Sir William (1610-51), of Widdrington, Northumb., and Blankney, Lincs.

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b. 11 July 1610, o.s. of Sir Henry Widdrington† of Swinburne Castle, Northumb. and Mary, da. of Sir Henry Curwen† of Workington, Cumb.WARD7/70/189; Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 2, ii. 237-8. m. 10 Jan. 1630, Mary, da. of Sir Anthony Thorold of Blankney, Lincs. 8s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.Blankney par. reg.; SP23/133, pp. 90, 125, 139; CCC 2416, 2417; Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 2, ii. 237-8. suc. fa. 4 Sept. 1623;Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 2, ii. 237. Kntd. 19 Mar. 1632;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 199. cr. bt. 9 July 1642;CB. cr. Baron Widdrington of Blankney, 2 Nov. 1643.CP. d. 25 Aug. 1651.Two Letters from Col. Robert Lilburne (1651), 3 (E.640.26).
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Local: j.p. Northumb. 14 Dec. 1632-c.1644.C231/5, p. 95. Custos rot. 14 Dec. 1632-c.1644.C231/5, p. 95. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 23 Jan. 1635-aft. June 1641;C181/4, f. 197v; C181/5, ff. 8, 203v. malefactors, northern marches 30 Nov. 1635.CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. Sheriff, Northumb. 3 Oct. 1636–30 Sept. 1637.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 99. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by May 1637.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/004, p. 29. Dep lt. by Jan. 1640–?CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 312. Commr. assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 18 June 1642; Lincs. 4 July 1642; co. Dur. 16 Oct. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Court: gent. of privy chamber to prince of Wales, c.May 1638–?Strafforde Letters, ii. 168; Clarendon, Hist. v. 185. Master in chancery, extraordinary, Jan. 1644–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 120.

Military: col. of horse, dragoons and ft. (roy.) c.Oct. 1642-c.1644.Add. 18777, f. 31v; Clarendon, Hist. v. 185; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 339; P. R. Newman, Royalist Officers (New York, 1981), 411. Pres. council of war, northern roy. army, Dec. 1642-c. July 1644.Newman, Royalist Officers, 411; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 482; Newcastle Mems. ed. Firth, 89. Col.-gen. Lincs., Notts. and Rutland c.Aug. 1643-c.July 1644.Newcastle Mems. ed. Firth, 29, 89.

: of Widdrington, Northumb. and Lincs., Blankney.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown.F.J.A. Skeet, Hist. of the Fams. of Skeet, Somerscales, Widdrington (1906), opp. 95.

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WITHRINGTON, Sir William (1610-51), of Widdrington, Northumb., and Blankney, Lincs.

Will
not found.
Estates
inheritance inc. manors of Burradon, Colwell, Denton, Ellington, Haughton, Linton, Newbiggin, Swinburn, Withrington and Woodhorn and lands and tenements in the same and in Bewclay, Bingfield, Black Callerton, Druridge, Hirst, Kellaw and Whittington, Northumb.C142/404/139; SP23/133, pp. 109-115, 120, 127-36; Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 380. By marriage, acquired manors of Blankney, Martin and Scopwick and lands in Blankney, Kirkby Green, Mareham le Fen, Martin, Scopwick and Timberland, Lincs.SP23/133, pp. 90, 139-51; Lincs. RO, THOR/2/12; CCC 2416. In 1642, sold Haughton Castle and township, Northumb. for £2,500.Hist. Northumb. xv. 207.
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presented Isaac Marrow to rectory of Elsdon, Northumb. 1624; Edward Rowse, 1644; Thomas Pye, 1646.IND17000/1, f. 203.
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WROTH, John (c.1626-64), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

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b. c. 1626, 1st s. of Sir Peter Wroth* and Margaret, da. of Sir Anthony Dering† of Pluckley, Kent.Vis. Kent 1619-21 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 214; Vis. Kent 1663-8 (Harl. Soc. liv), 185. educ. I. Temple 27 May 1630; called 12 Feb. 1650.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 292. m. by 1651, Anne, widow of Sir Ralph Gore (d. 1642), 2nd bt. of Magherabeg, Co. Doneghal and Sir Paul Harris (d. 1644), 2nd bt. of Boreatton, Salop., da. of Toby Caulfeild, 3rd Baron Caulfeild of Charlemont, 2s. 1da.Vis. Kent 1619-21, 214; Vis. Kent 1663-8, 185; CB iii. 131; Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, ii. 87. suc. fa. 1644; cr. bt. 29 Nov. 1660.CB iii. 131. d. 1664.Collinson, Som. iii. 69.
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Local: ?commr. defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644; ?Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644;A. and O. assessment, Som. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Kent 26 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, Som. 21 Nov. 1654–11 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 74, 394. Kent 14 Apr. 1656, 11 Sept. 1660-aft. June 1671;C181/6, p. 157; C181/7, pp. 46, 579. River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657;C181/6, p. 221. militia, Kent 26 June 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Som. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Kent 1660.SR.

: of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent.
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WROTH, John (c.1626-64), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

Will
not found.
Estates
owned Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent.Hasted, Kent, ii. 170.
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LILBURNE, Robert (1614-65), of Thickley Punchardon, Auckland St Andrew, co. Dur. and The Great Lodge, New Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorks.

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bap. 2 Feb. 1614, 1st s. of Richard Lilburne (d. 1667) of Thickley Punchardon, and Margaret (bur. 15 Nov. 1619), da. of Thomas Hixon of Greenwich, Surr.Auckland St Andrew par. reg.; St Alfege, Greenwich par. reg.; Lansd. 938, f. 112; Vis. Co. Dur. ed. J. Foster (1887), 215; ‘Robert Lilburne’, Oxford DNB. educ. Newcastle-upon-Tyne g.s.Reg. of the Royal Grammar Sch. Newcastle upon Tyne ed. B.D. Stevens, 29. m. by 1650, Margaret, da. of Henry Beke of Hadenham, Bucks. 3s. at least 1da. d.v.p. Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 9; Ath. Ox. iii. 358; ‘Reg. of burials in York Minster’ ed. R.H. Scaife, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. i. 239. bur. 27 Aug. 1665 27 Aug. 1665.A.D. Selleck, ‘Plymouth Friends: a Quaker history’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. xcviii. 298.
Offices Held

Military: cornet of horse (parlian.), c.July 1642-c.Jan. 1643;A Catalogue of the Names of the Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Lords that have Absented themselves from the Parliament (1642), 13 (E.64.4). lt. c.Jan.-bef. 19 Dec. 1643;J. Lilburne, Innocency and Truth Justified (1646), 42 (E.314.21); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 264. capt. by 19 Dec. 1643-May 1644;CSP Dom. 1644, p. 127. col. 1 May 1644 – 1 Apr. 1646, c.Jan. 1648-Feb. 1660;SP28/138, pt. 6, ff. 1–6; pt. 7, ff. 1–3; SP28/277, pt. 1, unfol. (letter 18 June 1646); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 264–76; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 89; ii. 131; Jones, ‘War in north’, 391. col. of ft. c.June 1646-c.Jan. 1648.SP28/39, f. 30; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 453, 459; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, i. 58, 69, 89. Gov. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aug.-Dec. 1647;Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXVII, f. 124v; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 797, 949. York by Apr. 1656-Dec. 1659.York City Archives, York House Bk. 37, f. 84; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 295. C.-in-c. Scotland, Dec. 1652-Apr. 1654.Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XXV, f. 71; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 269. Dep. maj.-gen. co. Dur., Yorks. Oct. 1655-c.Feb. 1657.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 387.

Local: commr. Northern Assoc. co. Dur. 20 June 1645; assessment, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657;A. and O. Yorks. 28 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 40. N. Riding, York 9 June 1657;A. and O. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). J.p. co. Dur. 23 July 1650-Mar. 1650;C231/6, pp. 193, 321. Cumb., Northumb., E., N., W. Riding 12 Dec. 1655-Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 321, 346. Westmld. 1 Aug. 1656-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 346. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657-c.Mar. 1660.C181/6, p. 196. Commr. militia, co. Dur. 14 Mar. 1655, 19 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 15v; CJ vii. 724b. northern cos., Caern., Denb., Flint, Cheshire, Derbys., Lincs., Notts., Salop, Staffs. 8 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 751b. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 4 Apr. – 4 July 1655, 23 June 1656-July 1660;C181/6, pp. 102, 173, 376. gaol delivery, 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. assizes, co. Dur. 18 July 1656–12 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 182, 299. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657.C181/6, p. 197. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536, 537. Commr. charitable uses, N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.A True Narrative of the Procs. in Parl. (1659), 41 (E.1010.24).

: of Thickley Punchardon, Auckl and St Andrew, co. Dur. and The Great Lodge, New Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorks.
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Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, 1650;V. and A. miniature, S. Cooper, 1650.Fitzwilliam Museum, Camb.

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LILBURNE, Robert (1614-65), of Thickley Punchardon, Auckland St Andrew, co. Dur. and The Great Lodge, New Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorks.

Will
attainted.
Estates
by 1650, in possession of former royal hunting lodge of New Park, Yorks.E317/Yorks/38; VCH N. Riding, ii. 197. In 1650, purchased a moiety of manor of Bearpark, near city of Durham.C54/3514/29. In 1653, the Rump granted him confiscated lands in Scotland worth £300 p.a. but it is not clear that this was ever made good.CJ vi. 549b; vii. 8b, 247a; TSP iv. 549; CSP Dom. 1655-6, p. 362. In 1656, purchased various fee farm rents (unspecified).C54/3888/30. In 1657, purchased capital messuage of Wilden Grange, Yorks. for £1,600.C54/3971/30. In 1660, his lands in Wilts. worth £246 p.a. (£233 in reversion; £13 in possession), and at New Park, near York, were confiscated by the crown.LR2/266, f. 1v; CSP Dom. 1660-1, pp. 330, 340, 345; LJ xi. 55a.
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COATES, Roger (1618-61), of Kildwick Grange, Kildwick, Yorks.

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bap. 25 Oct. 1618, o. s. of John Coates of Kildwick Grange and Elizabeth (bur. 17 Dec. 1630), da. of Roger Swire of Skipton.Kildwick-in-Craven Par. Regs. ed. W.A. Brigg (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xlvii), 71; Kildwick-in-Craven Par. Regs. ed. W.A. Brigg (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. lv), 68; Skipton-in-Craven Par. Regs. ed. W. Stavert, 69; Anon., ‘Coates of Kildwick’, Yorks. Co. Mag. ii. 240. m. 5 Feb. 1639, Rosamond (bur. 8 Dec. 1675), da. of William Jewet of Silsden, 2s. 4da.Kildwick-in-Craven Par. Regs. ed. Brigg (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. lv), 30, 32, 34, 37, 40, 55, 102, 178; Kildwick-in-Craven Par. Regs. ed. Brigg (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xlvii), 75. suc. fa. July 1622.Kildwick-in-Craven Par. Regs. ed. Brigg (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xlvii), 160. d. 7 Mar. 1661.Anon., ‘Coates of Kildwick’, 239.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 7 Mar. 1650-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 180. Commr. charitable uses, Yorks. 21 May 1650;C93/20/30. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). W. Riding 9 June 1657; militia, Yorks. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by Dec. 1645-c.June 1653, 4 Aug. 1659–60.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P185d(i)/41; SP28/250, f. 386; Add. 21422, f. 100; CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 73, 562.

: of Kildwick Grange, Kildwick, Yorks.
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COATES, Roger (1618-61), of Kildwick Grange, Kildwick, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
by October 1646, he had been granted the lease of a sequestered estate at Ingleton, Westmld.SC6/CHAS1/1190. In the mid-1650s, he acquired freehold and leasehold property in parishes of Addingham and Kildwick.W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), 14D95/3/1/69-73, 76; GRE/9; Keighley Lib. BK7/24-5.
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supported appointment of Edmund Garforth as minister of Kildwick, 1659.Christ Church, Oxf. Cal. of estate pprs. ms 109, p. 85, no. 5.
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HAMPDEN, John (1595-1643), of Great Hampden, Bucks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. June 1595, 1st s. of William Hampden† of Great Hampden and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Cromwell alias Williams† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.C. Russell, ‘The date of John Hampden’s birth’, N and Q ccxiv. 90. This biography draws on G. Nugent-Grenville, Lord Nugent, Some Mems. of John Hampden (1832) and J. Adair, A Life of John Hampden the Patriot (2003). educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 30 Mar. 1610; I. Temple 17 Nov. 1613.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. (1) 24 June 1619, Elizabeth (d. 20 Aug. 1634), da. and h. of Edward Symeon of Pyrton, Oxon. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) inc. Richard* and William*, 6da. (1 d.v.p.);Pyrton par. reg. f. 22; Lipscombe, Buckingham, ii. 237 and n.; The Par. Reg. of Gt. Hampden ed. E. A. Ebblewhite (1888), 18-21, 74-5, 161. (2) 5 June 1640, Letitia, wid. of Sir Thomas Vachell of Coley House, Reading and da. of Sir Francis Knollys I*, s.p.Chertsey par. reg. f. 74. suc. fa. 1597. d. 24 June 1643.HMC 7th Rep. 552.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, River Colne, Bucks., Herts. and Mdx. 1624-aft. June 1625.C181/3, ff. 116v, 184v. J.p. Bucks. 1624-Nov. 1636, 16 Mar. 1641–d.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 418; J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, Parl. Hist. xxxii. 235; CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 143; C231/5, p. 437; HP Commons 1604–29. Commr. subsidy, 1625, 1628–9;E115/87/13, 44; E115/107/97. Forced Loan, 1627. C193/12/2, f. 4. Dep. lt. by 1634–?d.W.H. Summers, ‘Some documents in the state pprs. relating to Beaconsfield’, Recs. of Bucks. vii. 103–4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 5 June 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 190v-218v. assessment, Bucks. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, Bucks. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b. cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642.CJ ii. 651b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) army of 3rd earl of Essex, Aug. 1642–d.SP28/1a, f. 172; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

: Bucks.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. R. Walker, 1643;Port Eliot, Cornw. ?oil on canvas, W. Dobson;English Heritage, Kenwood. ?oil on canvas, unknown;Capt. Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Colln., Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos. miniature, S. Cooper.D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper (1974), 123.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HAMPDEN, John (1595-1643), of Great Hampden, Bucks.

Will
28 June 1638, cod. 30 June 1642, pr. 28 May 1647.PROB11/200/541.
Estates
worth £2,500 p.a.I.F.W. Beckett, Wanton Troopers (Barnsley, 2015), 7; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 60n. Alienated manor of Dunton, Bucks. to his own use, 1626; sold manors of Dunton, Great Kimble, Uptons and Marshalls, Bucks. 1635; Arthur Goodwin* sold manors of Bishops Woburn and Woburn Dincourt, Bucks. to him and Sir Alexander Denton*, 1635.Coventry Docquets, 551, 679, 684.
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STAPLEY, John (1628-1701), of Patcham and Broyle Park, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 29 June 1628, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Anthony Stapley I* and Anne, da. of George Goring† of Ovingdean and Danny Park; bro. of Anthony Stapley II*.The Gen. new ser. xviii. 145-6. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 11 June 1646;Al. Cant. travelled abroad, aft. 17 Dec. 1647-1648.CJ v. 390b. m. c.1651, Mary (d. 20 Mar. 1709), da. of Harbert Springett* of Broyle Place, Ringmer, 2s. (2 d.v.p.), 8da. (6 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 31 Jan. 1655. The Gen. new ser. xviii. 146, 149-50, 153; E. Suss. RO, A47, f. 199. cr. bt. 28 July 1660.CB. Kntd. 6 Aug. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 231. d. 22 Aug. 1701.The Gen. new ser. xviii. 146, 153.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Suss. 3 Mar. 1651 – 14 July 1658, bef. 3 May 1660–d.C231/6, pp. 210, 399; C193/13/4; Stowe 577, ff. 53–4; C193/13/5; C193/13/6; C220/9/4; CUL, Dd.VIII.1, f. 107v; E. Suss. RO, QO/EW3, f. 79. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Custos rot. c.Jan. 1656–?14 July 1658.TSP iv. 394; C193/13/5, f. 106. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, 21 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 55. subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. June 1688–d.Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxi. 13. Capt. militia horse, 1674–?Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/C44/6.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), Suss. Dec. 1657.TSP vii. 85–7.

Central: surveyor of small customs, port of London, Jan. 1672–d.CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 84; CTB iii. 1175; iv. 587.

Civic: common cllr. Chichester 1685.Hay, Hist. Chichester, 589.

: Suss.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

STAPLEY, John (1628-1701), of Patcham and Broyle Park, Suss.

Will
20 Aug. 1701, pr. 18 Aug. 1701.E. Suss. RO, D3, p. 234.
Estates
manors of Netherfield, Suss. 1650;Suss. Manors, ii. 316. Kingston Bowsey, moiety, 1655-61;E. Suss. RO, Glynde 1553-4. Ferring, 1655;C54/3865/40. Blatchington, 1656;Suss. Manors, i. 48. and Broyle Park, Ringmer, bef. 1667;E. Suss. RO, Danny 1434; Suss. Manors, i. 71; ii. 340. one quarter of moiety of Lewes barony, castle and borough, 1672;Suss. Manors, ii. 272. Streat manor, 1683.E. Suss. RO, SAS/M/290; Abstract Suss. Deeds and Docs. 66.
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presented Elié-Paul D’Arande to Rotherfield, 12 Feb. 1658;Dunkin, ‘Admissions to Suss. Benefices’, 222; ‘Elié D’Arande’, Oxford DNB. Henry Holcroft to West Blatchington, 7 May 1664;W. Suss. RO, Ep.I/6B/4; Suss. Arch. Coll. lv. 243. William Wallis licensed as Presbyterian preacher at Stapley’s house at How, Suss. 1672.CSP Dom. 1671-2, p. 500.
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WOLLEY, William (1609-77), of Cumberworth and Well, Lincs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 3 Sept. 1609, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of William Wolley of Cumberworth, and 2nd w. Anne (bur. 27 July 1614), da. of Roger Lemyng of Barnetby le Wold, Lincs.Cumberworth par. reg.; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 1102. educ. St John’s, Camb. Easter 1627.Al. Cant. m. (settlement 21 May 1635), Anne (bur. 15 Apr. 1679), da. of Isaac Johnson, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.Well par. reg.; C142/567/95; PROB11/354, ff. 352-4; Lincs. Peds. 1103. suc. fa. Aug. 1638.Cumberworth par. reg. bur. 8 July 1677.Well bishop’s transcript.
Offices Held

Local: commr. charitable uses, Lincs. 10 Jan. 1642,C192/1, unfol. 14 May 1650; Lincs. (Lindsey), 26 Feb. 1657, 16 Dec. 1657;C91/13/23; C93/20/19; C93/24/8. Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. sequestration, 3 July 1644;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Lindsey 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; New Model ordinance, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. J.p. Lindsey by Oct. 1646–14 May 1667.C231/7, p. 306; Lincs. RO, 2-AMC/6/C/4/2. Commr. militia, Lincs. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Apr. 1649 – 11 Oct. 1658, 22 Sept. 1659–26 Feb. 1664;C181/6, pp. 39, 205, 390; C181/7, p. 77; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/8–11. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654 – 22 June 1659, 10 July 1660–7 June 1667;C181/6, pp. 15, 312; C181/7, pp. 16, 386. poll tax, Lindsey 1660;SR. swans, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 300.

: of Cumberworth and Well, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WOLLEY, William (1609-77), of Cumberworth and Well, Lincs.

Will
15 Feb. 1677, pr. 18 Aug. 1677.PROB11/354, f. 352.
Estates
in 1638, inherited part of manor of Bonthorpe and Cumberworth, plus lands in Bilsby, Cumberworth, Hogsthorpe, Mablethorpe, Mumby and Thurlby, Lincs.C142/567/95. At d. estate inc. manor house of Well, manors of Alford, Alford Ryder, Alford Hanby and Well; lands in Alford, Bonthorpe, Boothby, Claxby, Farlesthorpe, Hasthorpe, Hogsthorpe, Mablethorpe, Mawthorpe, Rigsby with Ailby, Ulceby, Well and Willoughby; and advowson of rectory of Well.PROB11/354, ff. 352v-353v.
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presented Samuel Greene to rectory of Well, Lincs. 1670.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1670/9.
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BANKES, Ralph (1631-77), of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy, Dorset

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 25 Nov. 1631, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Bankes of Keswick, Cumberland, and Mary, da. and h. of Ralph Hawtrey of Ruislip, Mdx.Dorset RO, D/BKL, Box 8C/61, ‘Liber Johannis Banckes’. m. 10 Apr. 1661, Mary, da. and h. of John Brune of Athelhampton, Dorset.Vis. Dorset 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 10; Dorset RO, D/BKL, Box 8C/61, ‘Liber Johannis Banckes’. educ. travelled abroad (Italy, France, Geneva), 1646-8; G. Inn 2 May 1656;G. Inn Admiss., 277. suc. bro. c.1656. Kntd. 27 May 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 227. d. 25 Mar. 1677.PROB11/354/126.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Dorset 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Carm., Westminster 1672. July 1660 – d.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Dorset; Mdx. Aug. 1660-Apr. 1670.C231/7, pp. 31, 365; HP Commons 1660–90. Dep. lt. Dorset 26 July 1660–72, 2 Feb. 1675–d.SP29/8, f. 67; Dorset RO, D/BKL, Box 8C/64, bundle ‘Sir Ralph Bankes’. Cdr. Brownsea Castle, Dorset 11 Aug. 1660–d.Dorset RO, D/BKL, Box 8C/64, bundle ‘Sir Ralph Bankes’. Commr. poll tax, Dorset 1660;SR. corporations, Oct. 1662;Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1, unfol. foreshore, 4 Dec. 1662. Lt. I. of Purbeck 4 Dec. 1662.Dorset RO, D/BKL, Box 8C/64, bundle ‘Sir Ralph Bankes’. Commr. subsidy, Dorset 1663;SR. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 23 Jan. 1665–d.;C181/7, pp. 313, 636. recusants, Dorset 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, June 1660–?d.LC3/2, unfol.

: of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy, Dorset.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, c.1655.NT, Kingston Lacy; Dorset RO, D/BKL, Box 8C/61, ‘Parliamentary History of the Bankes Family’, p. 17.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BANKES, Ralph (1631-77), of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy, Dorset

Will
14 July 1675, pr. 26 May 1677.PROB11/354/126.
Estates
lordships of Purbeck (including Corfe Castle) and Corfe Mullen, Chettle and Kingston Lacy, Dorset (from 1663).SP23/152/583; Dorset Hearth Tax, 25, 36.
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