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BENCE, John (1622-88), of Bevis Marks, London.

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bap. 30 Oct. 1622, 1st s. of Alexander Bence* of Aldeburgh, Suff. and London and 1st w. Anne Aylett of Rendham, Suff.Carlton par. reg.; London Vis. 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii.), 19; Regs. of the Par. of Thorington ed. T.S. Hill (1884), pedigree; Burke’s Irish Family Records, ed. H. Montgomery-Massingberd (1976), 641. m. (1) betw. 1650-1653, Judith, da. of Peter Andrews, merchant, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.;PROB11/213/681; Regs. of Christenings, Marriages and Burials of the Par. of Allhallows London Wall ed. E.B. Jupp and R. Hovenden (1878), 306, 307; London Vis. 1664, 19. (2) 16 Dec. 1661, Joan (d. 16 Jan. 1685), da. of Sampson Cotton, merchant, of London, wid. of John Wood, merchant, of London, s.p.St Leonard, Eastcheap, par. reg.; Regs. Allhallows London Wall, 469; MI, All Hallows London Wall, London; CSP Dom. Add. 1660-85, p. 164. suc. fa. by Nov. 1662. d. 4 Mar. 1688.HP Commons 1660-1690.
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Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1647; liveryman, 1649;GL, MS 11592A, unfol.; MS 11588/4, pp. 204–5. asst. 1664 – 87; second warden, July 1667 – July 1668; upper warden, July 1668-July 1669.GL, MS 11588/4, pp. 705, 779–80; MS 11588/5, p. 6; List of the Wardens of the Grocers’ Co. ed. W.W. Grantham (1907), 30. Capital burgess, Aldeburgh ?-aft. Oct. 1662.HMC Var. iv. 311. Alderman, Bishopgate ward, London 15 Nov. 1664–25 May 1665.Aldermen of London, i. 41. Dep. lt. London 1676–?83.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 29.

Local: commr. assessment, Aldeburgh 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1672, 1677, 1679; Suff. 1 June 1660, 1661; London 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 29 Jan. 1670;C181/6, pp. 294, 362; C181/7, p. 525. poll tax, Suff. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: jt. farmer of add. customs, 1662–7.CTB, i. 687. Jt. recvr. of crown rents, Ireland 1665–70.CSP Ire. 1663–5, p. 612; 1666–9, pp. 148, 468; 1669–70, pp. 174, 331. Commr. policies of assurances, 6 Oct. 1666-aft. Mar. 1671.C181/7, pp. 368, 577. Jt. farmer of revenue, Ireland 1669–75.CSP Ire. 1666–9, p. 689; 1669–70, p. 626.

Mercantile: asst. Royal Adventurers into Africa, 1663 – 72; sec. by 1665. 1672 – 74CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 541. Asst. Royal Africa Co., 1675 – 78, 1680 – 83, 1685–8.Docs. Illustrative of the Hist. of the Slave Trade ed. E. Donnan (Washington DC, 1930–5), i. 179, 180, 183; K.G. Davies, The Royal African Company (1957), 378. Freeman, E.I. Co. 1678.HP Commons 1660–1690.

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BENCE, John (1622-88), of Bevis Marks, London.

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26 Mar. 1686, pr. 16 Mar. 1688.PROB11/392/12.
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inherited land at Aldeburgh, Haslewood and Friston, Suff. from his fa. 1662.PROB11/311/477.
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GURDON, John (1595-1679), of Assington, Suff.

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b. 3 July 1595, 1st s. of Brampton Gurdon† of Assington, Suff. and 1st w., Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Edward Barrett of Belhouse, Aveley, Essex;Winthrop Pprs. i. 64; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612, ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 141-2; F.A. Crisp, Vis. Eng. and Wales - Notes (1893-1921), ix. 107-8. half-bro. of Brampton Gurdon*. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1611; G. Inn 1614.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. m. c. Mar. 1620, Anne (d. 1681), da. of Sir Calthorp Parker of Erwarton, Suff. 7s. 3da.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: declaration, 22 Mar. 1620; Vis. Suff. 1664-8 (Harl. Soc. lxi), 158; Crisp, Vis. Notes, ix. 108-111. suc. grandfa. 1623; fa. 1650. bur. 9 Sept. 1679 9 Sept. 1679.Crisp, Vis. Notes, ix. 108.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Suff. 1621, 1622, 1641;C212/22/20–1; Add. 39245, f. 51v; SR. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1679.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); SR. Dep. lt. 3 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 337b. Recvr. loans on Propositions, Ipswich 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b. Commr. sequestration, Suff. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. Suff. 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Member, Suff. co. cttee. 1643–60.Suff. ed. Everitt, 134. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; sewers, Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645;C181/5, f. 262v. Norf. and Suff. June 1658-aft. Feb. 1659;C181/6, pp. 292, 342. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Essex 14 Mar. 1655. 3 Apr. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. J.p. Mdx.; Suff. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, ff. 42, 60v; C193/13/4, f. 61v; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 51. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650.Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). Gov. Charterhouse, London Dec. 1650-aft. May 1660.G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London (1921), 235, 353; Alumni Carthusiani ed. B. Marsh and F.A. Crisp (1913), 21, 24–8. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Suff. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 16, 379. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 1 Aug. 1643, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 189b, 666b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 283b. cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 243b, 299a. cttee. for compounding, 8 Nov. 1643,CJ iii. 305a. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for advance of money, 13 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 309a. cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 581b; LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 19 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 121b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42a, 220a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Sub-commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447.

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

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GURDON, John (1595-1679), of Assington, Suff.

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25 June 1677, pr. 4 Oct. 1679.PROB11/361/33.
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inherited lands at Assington, Little Cornard, Wissington, and Nayland, Suff. and Ovington and Bulmer, Essex, from grandfa. John Gurdon in 1623;PROB11/142/372. inherited lands at Great Wenham, East Bergholt and Reydon, Suff. from fa. in 1650;PROB11/212/272. worth £1,400 p.a. late 1650s.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 171.
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BEALE, Richard (c.1604-aft. 1660), of Loose, Maidstone, Kent.

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b. c. 1604, s. of Richard Beale of Loose, Maidstone, and Margaret Hickes. m. 1 May 1637, Susan, da. of Edward Bennet, 3s. 8da.Vis. Kent 1663 (Harl. Soc. liv), 11-12; St Peter and St Paul, Milton by Gravesend par. regs. suc. fa. c.1640.Cent. Kent Stud. Md/ACm1/2, p. 178. bur. 4 Dec. 1664 4 Dec. 1664.All Saints Maidstone par. regs.; Add. 42596, f. 8.
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Civic: freeman, Maidstone 23 Oct. 1640.Cent. Kent Stud. Md/ACm1/2, p. 179.

Local: j.p. Kent 10 Apr. 1641-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 442; The Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660). Commr. additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 2 Nov. 1643–? Member, Kent co. cttee. 2 Nov. 1643.CJ iii. 298b. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Treas. sequestrations, Kent 1643.SP28/157, unfol.; E113/9, unfol. Commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 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.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Treas. Kent Nov. 1644-Dec. 1646.SP28/157, unfol.; E113/9, unfol. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; military rule, 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645.A. and O. Recvr. Aylesford Lathe by 21 Nov. 1645.SP28/235, unfol.; SP28/197, f. 517. Member, sub-cttee accts. Kent by 23 Feb. 1646.SP28/252i, f. 69. Commr. indemnity, 20 Jan., 4 Apr. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Military: capt. militia (parlian.), Kent by Feb. 1645-aft. Jan. 1648.A. and O. i. 640; SP28/130/4 (Charles Bowles acct. bk.), f. 25.

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DAWKINS, Rowland (1618-91), of Kilvrough (Cil-frwch), Pennard, Glam.

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b. 1618, 1st s. of George Dawkins of Kilvrough and Elizabeth, da. of William Glynne, sjt.-at-law, of Lleuar, Clynnog Fawr, Caern. m. Mary, da. of George Bowen of Kittlehill, Pennard, 3s. 3da. (1d.v.p.).Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 209-13; Clark, Limbus Patrum, 483. suc. fa by 1643. d. 7 May 1691.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 211.
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Military: maj. (parlian.) Swansea garrison, ?Nov. 1645–9;CJ iv. 347a; Glam. RO, D/DF L/8. lt.-col. by Aug. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, 279. Gov. Carmarthen and Tenby by Oct. 1648.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 82–3. Capt. militia, Pemb., Carm. and Card. by July 1655–?July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 873, 896; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 24. Dep. maj.-gen. S. Wales Jan. 1656–7.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102; A.M. Johnson, ‘Politics and Religion in Glam. during the Interregnum, 1649–1660’, Glam. Co. Hist. iv. 300.

Local: commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 17 Nov. 1645;CJ iv. 347a. assessment, Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar. 1660; Carm. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); CJ vii. 876b. Pemb. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649. by 10 Oct. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Glam., 10 July 1684 – d.; Carm. 11 Mar. 1650 – 24 Feb. 1651, 10 Jan. 1653 – ?Mar. 1660; Carmarthen 1653 – ?54; Brec. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Card., Pemb., Rad. 20 Mar. 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Denb. 25 June 1656 – ?59; Merion. 25 June 1656 – ?Mar. 1660; Caern. 4 July 1656–?59.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 32, 50, 77–8, 170, 182, 197, 220–1, 273–4, 302–3, 308, 336. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Carm., Glam. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Glam. 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660; Card., Carm., Pemb. 14 Mar. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; A. and O. Custos rot. Carm. 22 July 1656-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 171.

Civic: common councilman, Carmarthen 1649–?60.Carm. RO, Mus. 155, f. 75. Burgess, Swansea May 1655; sen. alderman, 1656–62.Acct. Bk. for Borough of Swansea ed. M. Price, 219; W.S.K. Thomas, ‘Hist. Swansea from the accession of the Tudors to the Restoration Settlement’ (Univ. Wales PhD thesis, 1958), 309.

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

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DAWKINS, Rowland (1618-91), of Kilvrough (Cil-frwch), Pennard, Glam.

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31 Mar. 1683, pr. 25 May 1691.NLW St David’s probate SD/1691/167.
Estates
in July 1651 with other officers of S. Wales garrisons, bought manors, tenements and rents in Pemb., Carm. and Card., former crown properties, for £2237 19s 8d; in 1651, rented tithes of Bishopston, Glam. for £55; rented tithes of Abergwili, Carm., in 1654 and 1655, jointly with John Price*, for £155 p.a.E113/2, answer of Rowland Dawkins.
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BARNARDISTON, Sir Thomas (c.1618-69), of Kedington, Suff.

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b. c. 1618, 1st s. of Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston* and Jane, da. of Sir Stephen Soame of London and Little Thurlow, Suff.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiv), 546; CB; F.A. Crisp, Vis. of Eng. and Wales - Notes (1893-1921), vii. 174. educ. St. Catherine’s, Camb. 1633;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 1 May 1635.G. Inn Admiss. 207. m. bef. 1644, Anne (d. 25 Aug. 1671), da. of Sir William Armyne*, 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da.Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 40-1; Crisp, Vis. Notes, vii. 174-8; R. Almack, ‘Kedington alias Ketton, and the Barnardiston fam.’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. Iv. 145-6. Kntd. 4 July 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. cr. bt. 7 Apr. 1663.CSP Dom. 1663-4, pp. 79, 92; CB iii. 272. suc. fa. 1653. d. 4 Oct. 1669.Hatchments in Britain 2: Norf. and Suff. ed. P. Summers (1976), 109.
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Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Suff. 28 July 1642.LJ v. 245b. Member, Suff. standing cttee. 1642–60.Suff. ed. Everitt, 131. Dep. lt. 3 Sept. 1642-aft. June 1648.CJ ii. 749b; LJ v. 337b-338a; Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE1/O2/1, f. 102v. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; Act for An Assessment (1653), 297 (E.1062.28); Ordinance for an Assessment (1660), 51 (E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 2003; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. Suff. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232v, 256v. Home, Norf. circs. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 372, 379. gaol delivery, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 233, 256v. Bury St Edmunds liberty and borough 11 Apr. 1644.C181/5, ff. 233v, 234. J.p. Suff. by July 1644 – d.; Essex by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–1660.C193/13/3, f. 24v; C193/13/4, f. 35; C193/13/6, f. 32; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 63; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; Essex QSOB, ed. Allen, p. xxxiii. Commr. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660; Essex, Lincs. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by 20 Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 225. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. and Suff. 13 May 1656;C181/6, p. 158. sewers, 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/6, pp. 291, 360. River Stour, Essex and Suff. 4 July 1664;C181/7, p. 277. poll tax, Suff. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Religious: elder, fourteenth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 429.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Military: col. militia ft. Suff. by May-Aug. 1648.J.G.A. Ive, ‘The local dimensions of defence’ (PhD diss. Univ. of Cambridge, 1986), 230–1.

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Will
admon. 6 Nov. 1669.PROB6/44, f. 98.
Estates
inherited manor of Kedington from his fa. 1653;Copinger, Manors of Suff. v. 259. worth £3,000 p.a. late 1650s;Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 192. £2,000 p.a. 1663.CSP Dom. 1663-4, p. 96.
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PARRY, Dr George (c.1601-60), of Doctors’ Commons and Larkbear, Exeter St Leonard, Devon.

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b. c. 1601, 3rd s. of Dr Henry Parry, bishop of Worcester.B.P. Levack, The Civil Lawyers in England (Oxford, 1973), 260. educ. I. Temple, 20 Apr. 1616; Merton, Oxf. 14 Mar. 1617, BA 3 Feb. 1619; Magdalene, Camb. BA (h.c.) 1622, LLD, 1628.I. Temple database; Al. Ox; Al. Cant. m. (1) Dorothy, da. of Sir Ralph Horsey of Dorset and wid. of Sir Nicholas Smith† of Larkbear, s.p.; (2) bef. 1642, Mary, da. of Dr Giles Swett of Castle Baynard, London and North Aston, Oxon, 2s. 2da.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 692; SP23/208, pp. 60-1. Kntd. 12 May 1644.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 217. d. bef. May 1660.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 84.
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Academic: fell. Magdalene, Camb. 1619–28.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261.

Legal: chan. Exeter dioc. 1624–?1653. Member, Doctors’ Commons, 1628–42.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261. Judge, ct. of arches, 1628–?42;Court of Arches, List of Civilians (IHR, B.2369 Arc). high ct. of delegates, c.Jan. 1631-May 1639.DEL8/70, ff. 72–115. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. c.1634–9.CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 268; 1639, pp. 69, 364. Surrogate to judge of ct. of admlty. in west, c.1645.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261; Coate, Cornw, 185. Judge ct. of admlty. c.June 1650-June 1651.HCA30/840/91, 93, 98 (ff. 216–7, 220–1, 232–3). Surrogate to judge of prerogative ct. of Canterbury, 1652.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261.

Local: judge martial, Devon militia by June 1635-aft. 1639.CSP Dom. 1635, p. 133; 1638–9, p. 365. Commr. piracy, Devon 4 Aug. 1637, 15 Mar. 1639.C181/5, ff. 84v, 132v. J.p. 30 May 1643–46.S. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs, 1643–1660’, in Devon Documents ed. Gray (1996), 159. Member, council of war (roy.), Exeter c.Jan. 1644-Feb. 1645.Devon RO, 1392M, 3779–3. Commr. excise (roy.), Devon 8 May 1644; Devon and Exeter 10 Mar. 1645; inquiry treasonable acts (roy.), Jersey 19 June 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 202, 227, 261. militia (roy.), 1644;Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261. western cos. c.Apr. 1645.Coate, Cornw. 173n.

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PARRY, Dr George (c.1601-60), of Doctors’ Commons and Larkbear, Exeter St Leonard, Devon.

Will
admon. 16 Nov. 1670.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261.
Estates
properties in St Martin’s par. Exeter, bef. 1629; also land in Holy Trinity par. Exeter, bef. 1660.Exeter in the Seventeenth Century ed. Hoskins, 7, 24. Through 1st wife gained lease of Larkbear and 30 acres, in parishes of Heavitree, St Leonard’s and Holy Trinity, Devon;SP23/208, p. 60. also possession of manors of Treveneague, Penberthy, Tolverne and St Mawes, 20 Dec. 1638-2 July 1649.SP23/208, pp. 60-1; Cornw. RO, G/1148/1, 2.
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HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.

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bap. 7 July 1594, 6th s. of Richard Herbert† (d. Oct. 1596) of Llanerfyl, Montgom. and Montgomery Castle and Magdalen, da. of Sir Richard Newport of Eyton, Wroxeter, Salop, bro. of Edward† and George†.Montgomery par. reg.; Autobiography of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury ed. S. Lee (1906), 2-10. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1615, 1618.Control and Censorship of Caroline Dramas: the Revels Office under Sir Henry Herbert ed. N.W. Bawcutt (Oxford, 1996), 2. m. (1) July 1625 (with £5,000) Susanna (bur. 5 Jan. 1650), da. of Richard Sleford, Clothworker of London, wid. of Edmund Plumer (d. 1624) 1s. d.v.p. 2 da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1650/1 Elizabeth (d. 7 July 1698), da. of Sir Robert Offley of Dalby, Leics., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.).Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 47; PROB11/83, f. 36; PROB11/144, f. 12; C10/13/42, f. 2; Revels, 112; St Paul’s, Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxvi), 165. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1623.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. d. 27 Apr. 1673.Herbert Corresp. 213.
Offices Held

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1622–46.Revels, 4; LC2/6, f. 37. Dep. master of revels, 1623–40; master of revels, 1640 – 42, 1660–d.C66/2512/5; Revels, 10–11; SP16/180/17.

Local: j.p. Worcs. 1628 – 42, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/4/248; C193/13/2; C193/12/3, C220/9/4. Commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1630–7;C181/4, ff. 49, 175v. Oxf. circ. 1637-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 75, 219. Wales and marches 31 July 1640.C181/5 f. 185. Member, council in the marches of Wales, May 1633 – ?42, Sept. 1661–?d.NLW, Powis Castle MSS series ii. 12/ 7,15; Rymer, Foedera viii. pt. 4, 6–18. Commr. sewers, Essex, Kent and Mdx. 1633, 14 Mar. 1642;C181/4, f. 136v; C181/5, f. 227v. array (roy.), Worcs. 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. poll tax, 1660; assessment, Mdx., Worcs. 1661, 1664, 1672; Bucks., Salop, Mont. 1664, 1672; Westminster 1672; loyal and indigent officers, Mdx., Worcs. 1662; subsidy, Mdx., Westminster, Worcs. 1663.SR.

Central: commr. abuses of goldsmiths, 1635.Rymer, Foedera viii. pt 4, 123.

: Worcs., nr. Bewdley.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1639.NT, Powis Castle.

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HERBERT, Sir Henry (1594-1673), of Ribbesford, nr. Bewdley, Worcs.

Will
1 Jan. 1673, pr. 15 May 1673.PROB11/342 f. 51.
Estates
Ribbesford manor, Worcs. 1627;C66/2431/7. at d. Alton alias Arlington manor, Kidderminster Heath; Great and Little Sutton manors, Whichcott manor, Spersfold mill, Didlebury, Salop; Hanslap alias Stokes manor, Bucks. and Northants.PROB11/342 f. 51.
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Woodford, Essex 1626;Mont. Collns. xi. 349. Ribbesford, Worcs. 1627 Lincoln House, Tuttle St., Westminster, 1641-d. (office of master of revels);NLW, Powis Castle corresp. 10097; Epistolary Curiosities ed. R.W. Warner (1818), i. 68-9. St James Square, 1651;Mont. Collns. xi. 350. Covent Garden, Mdx. 1653;Add. 19256 f. 45. Chelsea, 1658;CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 553. Millbank, Westminster 1669.Epistolary Curiosities i. 74-5.
Religion
impropriator of Kerry, Montgom. 1628, 1641.Mont. Collns. xxvi. 259-61.
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TWISLETON, George (1618-67), of Denbigh Castle, Denb. and Lleuar, Clynnog, Caern.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1618, 3rd s. of John Twisleton of Barley (Barlow) Hall, Brayton, Yorks. and Margaret, da. of Marmaduke Constable of Drax Abbey. m. c. 1648, Mary (d. 8 June 1676), da. and h. of William Glynne of Lleuar, Caern., 5s. at least 7da. d. 12 May 1667.DWB; Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams., 270. Sig.SP18/67/50i.
Offices Held

Military: lt.-col. (parlian.) regt. of ?Thomas Mytton* bef. Jan. 1646;HMC Portland i. 337. col. of ft. Feb.-Oct. 1660.Add. 4197, f. 235; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 345–6. Gov. Denbigh Castle 15 Jan. 1648–59.CCC 703.

Local: commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern., Denb., Merion. 21 Aug. 1648;A. and O. assessment, Caern., Denb., Flint 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Merion. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Anglesey 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660. 31 Mar. 1649 – 4 Sept. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Denb.; Caern. 25 July 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Anglesey 13 Feb. 1652 – bef.Mar. 1660; Flint 28 July 1653-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 198, 231, 265; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 13–14, 31–2, 76–8, 112–13. Commr. composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. ct. martial, James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 11 Sept. 1651.Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxvii), p. cccxxxvi. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Flint 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. sewers, Denb. and Flint. 4 Mar. 1654;C181/6, p. 21. ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Wales 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: common councilman, Denbigh 28 Sept. 1648; alderman, 1650–60.J. Williams, Recs. of Denbigh and its Lordship (Wrexham, 1860), 133–5.

: of Denbigh Castle, Denb. and Lleuar, Clynnog, Caern.
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TWISLETON, George (1618-67), of Denbigh Castle, Denb. and Lleuar, Clynnog, Caern.

Will
10 Mar. 1666, pr. 2 Oct. 1667.PROB11/325/141.
Estates
jt.-purchaser of manors of Llandegla, Withrin and Meliden, Denb., c.1650;Williams, Recs. of Denbigh, 133. purchased land in Anglesey, 1650;Cal. Wynn Pprs., 330. ?date, jt.-purchaser of Mold, Flint, and other manors forfeited by James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby.CCC 1116. With John Jones I* bought Llandegfan, Meliden and ‘Withervin’, episcopal lands of St Asaph and Bangor, and in Jan. 1663 admitted to having bought episcopal lands in north Wales and a fee farm rent of the crown in Caerns.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 48; E112/566/693.
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PELHAM, Herbert (c.1600-74), of Cambridge, Mass. Bay, New England, and Mount Bures, Essex.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1600, 1st s. of Herbert Pelham of Swineshead, Lincs. and his 1st w. Penelope, da. of 2nd Baron de la Warr (Thomas West†).Lincs. Peds. ed. A.R. Maddison (Harl. Soc. l-lv), iii. 767-8; J.L. Chester, Herbert Pelham, his ancestors and descendants [1879], 5. m. (1) lic. 13 Oct. 1626, Jemima (d. 1638), da. of Thomas Waldegrave of Mount Bures, 2s (1 d.v.p.) 3da;London Marr. Lics. ed. Foster, 1038; Lincs. Peds. iii. 768; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 122, 310, 515; Morant, Essex, ii. 267; Chester, Herbert Pelham, 6-7; Al. Cant. ‘Waldegrave Pelham’. (2) bef. Nov. 1640, Elizabeth (d. 1658), da. of Godfrey Bossevile* of Gunthwaite, Peniston, Yorks. and wid. of Roger Harlackenden (d. 1638) of Mass. ?3s (1 d.v.p.) 3da.Lincs. Peds. iii. 768; Chester, Herbert Pelham, 7-8; Josselin, Diary, 432. suc. fa. 1624.Lincs. Peds. iii. 767; Chester, Herbert Pelham, 6. d. 30 June 1674.Josselin, Diary, 577.
Offices Held

Military: Military Coy. of Mass. 1639–40.O.A. Roberts, Hist. of the Military Co. of the Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. 1895–1901), i. 85.

Colonial: jt. surveyor of the highways, Camb. Mass. Bay 13 Nov. 1643–12 Nov. 1645.The Recs. of the town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Mass. 1630–1703 (Cambridge, Mass. 1901), 49–52. Asst. Mass. Bay colony, 14 May 1645-May 1650.W.H. Whitmore, The Mass. Civil List for the Colonial and Provincial Periods 1630–1774 (Albany, 1870), 22; Jnl. of John Winthrop, 574, 763. Jt. commr. for united colonies of New England, Mass. 1645–7.Whitmore, Mass. Civil List, 28; Jnl. of John Winthrop, 621. Townsman, Camb. 12 Nov. 1645–9 Nov. 1646.Recs. of the town of Cambridge, 51, 56–7.

Academic: treas. Harvard Coll. Camb. Mass. Dec. 1643-bef. May 1650.Harvard College Recs. (Publications of the Colonial Soc. of Mass. xv), pp. clvi-clvii, 16, 40, 175, 181; Jnl. of John Winthrop, 490.

Central: asst. corporation propagating gospel in New England, 27 July 1649.A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, Suff. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Essex 9 June 1657. 7 Jan. 1651 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p.; Suff. 8 July 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 205, 340; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxviii; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Essex 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. Jt. treas. maimed soldiers and charitable uses, Essex ?-1656.Essex QSOB ed. Allen, 80. Commr. sewers, River Stour, Essex and Suff. 4 July 1664.C181/7, p. 278.

: Mass. Bay, New England and Essex., Mount Bures.
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Web Title

PELHAM, Herbert (c.1600-74), of Cambridge, Mass. Bay, New England, and Mount Bures, Essex.

Will
1 Jan. 1673, pr. 30 Mar. 1676.PROB11/352/9; Chester, Herbert Pelham, 8-10.
Estates
probably inherited lands at Swineshead, Lincs.; owned land at Cambridge and Sudbury, Mass.;Recs. of the Gov. and Co. of the Massachusetts Bay in New England ed. N.B. Shurtleff (Boston, Mass. 1853-4), i. 271, 292; Recs. of the town of Cambridge, 33, 67-8. owned land at Alphamstone, Essex;Morant, Essex, ii. 267. owned land in Co. Cork.PROB11/352/9.
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FINCH, Nathaniel (1588-1649), of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 8 Sept. 1588, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Finch† (bur. 13 Oct. 1625) of Whitefriars, Canterbury, and Ursula, da. of John Thwaites of Ulcombe, Kent.SS Gregory and Martin, Wye, Kent par. reg.; Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 206. educ. G. Inn, 1 Aug. 1604.G. Inn Admiss. 107. m. 2 Feb. 1637, Elizabeth, da. Sir John Fotherby of Barham, Kent.St Andrew, Holborn, par. reg.; Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 441. Kntd. 12 May 1640.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 207. bur. 28 May 1649.St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 3 May 1611; ancient, 23 May 1622; pensioner, 29 Oct. 1628; bencher, 1635.PBG Inn, i. 193, 246, 283. Counsel to Cinque Ports, July 1636–d.Cal. White and Black Bks. Cinque Ports, 471–2, 478, 484–5. Sjt.-at-law, Jan. 1637;Baker, Serjeants at Law, 186, 439; C231/5, p. 207. king’s sjt. 10 May 1640–1649.C66/2879; C231/5, p. 383; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 511.

Civic: steward (recorder), Sandwich 1636–d.E. Kent RO, Sa/FAt39, pp. 5, 69, 137, 163, 227, 253; Boys, Sandwich, ii. 403.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 Jan. 1637-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 65, 222. London 15 Feb. 1640-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 157v, 214. Mdx. 30 Nov. 1641.C181/5, f. 213. J.p. Kent 16 Feb. 1637–40;C231/5, p. 227; C66/2858. Mdx. 15 Feb. 1640–?C231/5, p. 367. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 15 Mar. 1639;C181/5, f. 131v. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 16 July 1639;C181/5, f. 146v. Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/5, f. 168. Gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 15 Feb. 1640-aft. Nov. 1641.C181/5, ff. 157v, 214.

: Chancery Lane.
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Web Title

FINCH, Nathaniel (1588-1649), of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane.

Will
15 Dec. 1648, pr. 25 June 1649.PROB11/208/600.
Estates
manor of Esture in parish of Chilham, Kent, acquired c. 1642.Hasted, Kent, vii. 280.
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