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SYDNEY, Algernon (1623-83), of Penshurst and Sterry, Kent, and Leicester House, Westminster.

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b. c.14-15 Jan. 1623,J. Carswell, The Porcupine (1989), 2; ‘Algernon Sidney’, Oxford DNB. 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Sidney†, 2nd earl of Leicester, and Dorothy, da. of Henry Percy, 3d earl of Northumberland; bro. of Philip Sidney*, Visct. Lisle, and Henry Sidney†. educ. boarding school; travelled abroad (Denmark) with fa. Aug.-Nov. 1632,Carswell, Porcupine, 9. (Paris) with fa. 1636-41;HMC De Lisle and Dudley, vi. 554; J. Scott, Algernon Sidney and the English Republic (1988), 53, 216-17. (?Italy), 1641.B. Worden, ‘The Commonwealth Kidney of Algernon Sidney’, JBS xxiv. 4. G. Inn, 12 Aug. 1633;G.I. Admiss. i. 201. unm. ?1da. illegit.Scott, Algernon Sidney, 244. exec. 7 Dec. 1683.A. Sidney, Works (1772), 37.
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Military: capt. of horse, regt. of bro. Lisle in Leinster, royal army in Ireland, 24 Jan. 1642-c.May 1644.HMC Ormonde, i. 124, 148; CJ iii. 507a. Col. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Edward Montagu†, 2nd earl of Manchester, Eastern Assoc. army by 25 May 1644–45;CJ iii. 507a; J. Vicars, Gods arke overtopping the worlds waves (1645), 273 (E.312.3). col. of horse, New Model army, 11 Mar. 1645.Temple, 'Original Officer List', 65. Gov. Chichester 14 May 1645-aft. 26 Feb. 1646;HMC De Lisle and Dudley, vi. 440; CSP Dom. 1645–1647, p. 355. Dover Castle 17 June, 13 Oct. 1648–22 Jan. 1651.HMC De Lisle and Dudley, vi. 443; CJ vi. 51b, 52a, 526b. Lt.-col. of horse, army in Ireland, and gov. Dublin 18 Nov. 1646–17 Apr. 1647.HMC De Lisle and Dudley, vi. 441, 565–6; HMC Egmont, i. 375–6, 389, 395.

Local: j.p. Glam. 16 Jan. 1647–?53.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 302–3. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Kent, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Kent, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Glam. 26 July 1659.A. and O. Commr. sewers, Kent 1 July 1659.C181/6, p. 366.

Central: member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647.CJ v. 347b.88 Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1652,CJ vii. 220b. 19 May 1659.A. and O.

Diplomatic: amb. to Sweden and Denmark, 30 June 1659-June 1660.CJ vii. 700a.

: of Penshurst and Sterry, Kent and Leicester House, Westminster.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, J. van Egmont, 1663;Penshurst, Kent. oil on canvas, aft. J. van Egmont, aft. 1663;NPG. oil on canvas, Dutch school, c.1700;NT, Anglesey Abbey. miniature, J. Hoskins;Fitzwilliam Museum, Camb. mezzotint, prob. E. Lutterell aft. J. van Egmont;BM; NPG. line engraving, aft. J. van Egmont, 1682.BM.

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SYDNEY, Algernon (1623-83), of Penshurst and Sterry, Kent, and Leicester House, Westminster.

Will
not found: attainted, 21 Nov. 1683, attainder repealed 13 Feb. 1689.Sidney, Works, 35, 40.
Estates
Sept. 1650 purchased part of manor of Coningsby, Lincs., from trustees for fee farm rents, and a total of 7 other rents;Scott, Algernon Sidney, 97. trustee, creditor and beneficiary of the estates of Philip Smythe†, Viscount Strangford;Carswell, Porcupine, 71–80. 1654, received £500 from fa.;Scott, Algernon Sidney, 62. 13 Nov. 1677, received legacies totalling £5,100 from will of fa.;Sidney, Works (1772), 35. 1683, inventory of goods at Jermyn Street, St James’s, Mdx., property forfeit to the crown.E178/6353.
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ROLLE, John (1598-1657/8), of St Mary Aldermanbury, London.

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bap. 13 Apr. 1598, 4th s. of Robert Rolle (d. 1633) of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstow, Devon, and Joan, da. of Thomas Hele† of Flete, Devon; bro. of Sir Samuel* and Henry†.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 654. educ. appr. Levant merchant, c.1617.SP105/148, f. 109v; A.C. Wood, Hist. of Levant Co. (1935), 215. m. Alice, da. of Sir George Chudleigh† of Ashton, Devon, 2s. d. bef. 13 Jan. 1658.PROB11/272/171.
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Mercantile: member, Levant Co. 1624.SP105/148, f. 109v.

Local: ?member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1627. 1 July 1644Ancient Vellum Bk. 41. Commr. for Devon,; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. by 6 Mar. 1647–9.S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs’, in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 160.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b. Commr. for navy, 15 Sept. 1642.A. and O. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Oct. 1642,LJ v. 407b. 19 Apr. 1645; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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ROLLE, John (1598-1657/8), of St Mary Aldermanbury, London.

Will
21 Nov. 1657, pr. 13 Jan. 1658.PROB11/272/171.
Estates
by d. owned houses in St Mary Aldermanbury, London, and Widecombe, Stokenham, Devon; also held 750 Irish acres in Garrycastle barony, King’s Co. Ireland. Bulk of estate in money or goods.PROB11/272/171; Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 209.
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CHETWODE, John (1599-1667), of Oakley, Mucklestone, Staffs.

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bap. 18 Feb. 1599, 1st s. of John Chetwode of Oakley, and Bridget, da. of Henry Birkenhead of Huxley, Waverton, Cheshire.Waverton par. reg.; Vis. Staffs. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 1, v. pt. ii), 75. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 28 Mar. 1617;Al. Ox. I. Temple 24 Mar. 1619.I. Temple database. m. by 1641, Eleanor (bur. 6 Sept. 1669), da. of William Stephenton of Dothill, Salop, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 75; Mucklestone Par. Reg. ed. H. Urry, H.R. Thomas (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1929), 121, 160. suc. fa. 29 June 1615;Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook 75. bur. 25 Apr. 1667 25 Apr. 1667.Mucklestone Par. Reg. ed. Urry, Thomas, 155.
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Local: commr. assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 28 Feb. 1643. 20 Apr. 1647 – Mar. 1660LJ v. 628a. J.p. Staffs.; Salop 5 Mar. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 90, 255. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Staffs. by July 1647–?SP28/257, unfol. Commr. assessment, 23 Oct. 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Salop, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;CJ v. 341b; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Staffs. and Lichfield 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Staffs. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 648. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 375. sequestration, Staffs. by Sept. 1659;CCC 748. poll tax, 1660.SR.

: of Oakley, Mucklestone, Staffs.
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CHETWODE, John (1599-1667), of Oakley, Mucklestone, Staffs.

Will
n.d., pr. 15 Oct. 1667.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, will of John Chetwood, 1667.
Estates
fa. stipulated in his will that a large part of his estate in Cheshire – which inc. property in Acton, Bunbury, Church Coppenhall, Henhull, Monks Coppenhall, Tilstone Fearnall, Wettenhall, Wich Malbank and Worleston – be sold to raise £2,000 in portions and legacies for his younger children.WARD7/53/288; WARD9/216, f. 226v. In the early 1630s, Chetwode was assessed at £12 for distraint of knighthood.H.S. Grazebrook, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 1, ii. pt. 2), 14. In 1654, he sold land in Mucklestone for £800.C54/ /3807/11. His estate was valued at £600 p.a. in the early 1660s.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 12. His house at Oakley was assessed at 11 hearths in 1666.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. Hist. Staffs. 1921), 136. His personal estate was inventoried at £346.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, will of John Chetwood, 1667.
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presented John Masterson to rectory of St Vigors Fulbourn, Cambs. 1653; John Bendy to rectory of Pattingham, Salop, 1653; John Hotchkiss to rectory of Longford, Salop, 1654.Add. 36792, ff. 75, 77, 81.
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LAWRENCE, Edward (1633-57), of Goldingtons, Stanstead St Margarets, Herts.

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b. 1633, 1st s. of Henry Lawrence I* and Amy, da. of Sir Edward Peyton†, 1st bt. of Isleham, Camb.; bro. of Henry Lawrence II*.Cussans, Herts. iii. 138; ‘Hist. of the antient fam. of Lawrence’, Gent. Mag. lxxxv, pt. ii. 16. educ. travelled abroad (United Provinces, Germany). unm. d. Dec. 1657.‘Hist. of the antient fam. of Lawrence’, 15-16.
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Central: member, cttee. for trade, 11 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 114.

: of Goldingtons, Stanstead St Margarets, Herts.
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LAWRENCE, Edward (1633-57), of Goldingtons, Stanstead St Margarets, Herts.

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ASHBURNHAM, John (1602-71), of Westover, Hants, Whitehall, Westminster, and Ashburnham Place, Suss.

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bap. 12 June 1602,E. Suss. RO, Ore par. reg. 1st s. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, and Elizabeth (bur. 3 Apr. 1651), da. of Sir Thomas Beaumont† of Stoughton Grange, Leics. (later w. of Sir Thomas Richardson†; cr. baroness of Cramond, 29 Feb. 1628);Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 17–18; Ashburnham Archives ed. F.W. Steer (1958), pp. x, 112. bro. of William Ashbournham*. educ. G. Inn, 3 Mar. 1618;GI Admiss. 150. Peterhouse, Camb. 3 July 1619.Al. Cant. m. (1) lic. 24 Sept. 1629, Frances (d. c.1651), da. and h. of William Holland of West Burton, Suss. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Christopher Kenn of Kenn Court, Som., wid. of John Poulett†, 1st Baron Poulett (d. 20 Mar. 1649), of Hinton St George, Som. s.p. suc. fa. 1620. d. 15 June 1671.Hants. Mar. Lic. 67; Suss. Arch. Collns. xxxii. pp. xviii–xx; Horsfield, Suss. i. 559.
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Household: servant to George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, ?1624–28.CKS, U350/C2/5; HMC 4th Rep. 311.

Military: commissary, Ile de Ré expedition, 1627; La Rochelle expedition, 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 365, 407, 423; 1628–1629, p. 248. Capt. of ft. regt. of Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland, royal army, 1640.E. Suss. RO, ASH 3203.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, ?1628–42.J. Ashburnham, A Narrative (1830), ii. 1. Groom of bedchamber by 8 Nov. 1641–47, 1661–d.Bodl. Nalson XIII/I, f. 74; LC3/1, unfol.

Mercantile: member, Fishery Soc. 7 Jan. 1633.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 511.

Local: j.p. Suss. 7 July 1640 – bef.18 Sept. 1644, 1661–d.;C231/5, p. 394; C231/7, p. 85; ASSI35/85/1. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 297. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Hants and I.o.W. 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, f. 58. Mdx. 3 Dec. 1663-aft. Oct. 1669;C181/7, pp. 219, 293, 350, 412, 508. subsidy, Suss. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. sewers, 20 July 1641, 14 May 1670;C181/5, f. 205v; C181/7, f. 541. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1664; Mdx. 1661, 1664; Westminster 1661, 1664; Devon 1664.SR. Dep. lt. Suss. 1660–d.;SP29/11, f. 237; SP29/60, f. 151v; SP44/35a, f. 7; E. Suss. RO, ASH 3027. Mdx. 1661–d.SP29/42, f. 113v; SP44/35a, f. 6v; SP29/60, f. 145v. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, Mdx., London and Westminster, Suss. 1662;SR. highways and sewers, London and Westminster 8 May 1662, 10 Apr. 1663;Tudor and Stuart Procs. ed. R. Steele, i. 405; C181/7, pp. 143, 198. subsidy, Mdx., Suss. 1663.SR. Sub.-commr. prizes, London 1665–7.NMM, Southwell MS 17/15.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641. SR. Treas.-at-war (roy.), 1 Apr. 1642–6.SO3/12, f. 223; C231/3, p. 156; SP16/498, ff. 22, 24; SP16/500, f. 109; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 273, 368, 410. Member, council of war (roy.) by Sept. 1643-aft. July 1645.Harl. 6852, ff. 145r-v, 204, 233, 254, 264. Commr. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), 1645.LJ vii. 150a.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 1662.Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 357.

: Hants. and Suss., Ashburnham Place.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, D. Mytens, c.1628-30;National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. line engraving, E. Harding, 1799;BM. line engraving, by R. Graves aft. D. Mytens, mid-nineteenth cent.;BM; NPG. fun. monument, attrib. T. Burman, Ashburnham church, Suss.

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ASHBURNHAM, John (1602-71), of Westover, Hants, Whitehall, Westminster, and Ashburnham Place, Suss.

Will
7 Feb. 1670, pr. 23 Apr. 1672.PROB11/338/494; E. Suss. RO, ASH 4274.
Estates
c. Aug. 1628 £2,000 in the hands of Viscount Lumley in Ire. and c.£410 owing to him by others; ‘a pointed diamond set in a ring’ worth £400; but also debts and bonds (some incurred with Edward Nicholas†) amounting to much of the value of his assets.SP16/112, ff. 54-55v. Awarded £1,333 fine imposed on Walter Long*, 1629 (paid bef. May 1638).CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 409. Land in Chichester, Suss. 1630s.CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 560; 1633-4, p. 140; 1635-6, p. 532. Re-acquired ancestral estate at Ashburnham in 1639.CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 187 Assigned interest in Wherwell rectory, Hants to Edward Nicholas for £3,850 in July 1640.SP16/459, f. 199. Owned property in Westover, Hants, bef. Mar. 1640;SP16/447, f. 23. in Chiswick, Mdx.CCAM 1208. and a house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.Bristol RO, AC/C74/39.
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ALURED, John (1607-50), of the Charterhouse, Sculcoates, Yorks.

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bap. 2 Apr. 1607, 1st s. of Henry Alured of the Charterhouse and Frances (bur. 22 June 1626), da. of Francis Vaughan of Sutton upon Derwent; bro. of Matthew Alured*.Sculcoates Par. Reg. ed. M.E. Ingram (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. cxxiii), 20; W.D. Pink, ‘Alured of the Charterhouse, co. York’, Yorks. Genealogist, i. 2. educ. G. Inn 11 Aug. 1628.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 17 Nov. 1631, Mary, da. of Sir Richard Darley of Buttercrambe, 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 9 June 1635 (with £800), Mary, da. of Andrew Arnold of London, feltmaker, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.St Martin Ludgate, London par. reg.; C10/14/3; C10/465/3; Pink, ‘Alured of the Charterhouse’, 3-4. suc. fa. Apr. 1628.Pink, ‘Alured of the Charterhouse’, 2. d. 4 July 1650.C7/402/5.
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Local: commr. sewers, Yorks. (E. Riding) 5 Dec. 1634-aft. June 1641.C181/4, f. 190; C181/5, ff. 41v, 166, 198. J.p. E. Riding 21 Jan. 1635–d.C231/5, p. 153. Capt. militia ft. by c.1635–?Add. 28082, f. 80v. Commr. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385a. Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642–?CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. assessment, E. Riding 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650; sequestration, E. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645.A. and O. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Yorks. by Jan. 1646–?SP28/256, unfol. Commr. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Recvr. crown revenues, c.July 1649–?d.CJ vi. 251b. Commr. charitable uses, 19 Sept. 1650.C93/20/27.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 31 July 1642-bef. 20 May 1644;SP28/34, f. 399; A Miraculous Victory...at Wakefield (1643), 9 (E.104.13). col. by 20 May 1644–?1646.SP28/267, f. 595.

Civic: freeman, Hedon by Oct. 1644–?d.Hull Hist. Cent. U DDHE/30, f. 99v.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.

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ALURED, John (1607-50), of the Charterhouse, Sculcoates, Yorks.

Will
June 1650, pr. ?,C10/465/3.
Estates
inherited capital messuage of the Charterhouse; manor and impropriate rectory of Sculcoates; a messuage in Preston (Yorks.); lands in Drypool, Stoneferry and Sutton; and lease of the manor of Burstwick, Yorks.C94/3, f. 52; C142/452/42; WARD9/678, f. 178v. In 1635, borrowed £500 from his uncle Thomas Alured.LC4/201, f. 305v. In 1638, estate was reckoned to be worth betw. £400 and £500 p.a.CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 558.
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Greenwich (1638);SP16/395/30, f. 58. Blackfriars (1638).CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 574.
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DELAVAL, Ralph (1622-91), of Seaton Delaval, Earsdon, Northumb.

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b. 13 Oct. 1622, o.s. of Robert Delaval (d. 4 Mar. 1623) of Seaton Delaval, and Barbara (bur. 7 Dec. 1679), da. and coh. of Sir George Selby† of Whitehouse, co. Dur.C142/402/130; Hist. Northumb. ix. 170-1. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 15 June 1638;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 28 Nov. 1639.LI Admiss. i. 241. m. 2 Apr. 1646, Lady Anne Leslie (bur. 26 Dec. 1696), da. of Alexander, 1st earl of Leven [S], wid. of Hugh Fraser, Master of Lovat [S], 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da.Northumb. RO, 1DE/4/33; Hist. Northumb. ix. 171. suc. gdfa. 24 Nov. 1628.C142/441/15; Hist. Northumb. ix. 170. cr. bt. 29 June 1660.CB. d. 29 Aug. 1691.Hist. Northumb. ix. 171.
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Military: member, Westminster Military Coy. 6 May 1639–?d.Queen’s Coll. Oxf. Ms 77, f. 42v. Dep. v.-adm. Northumb. by Nov. 1664–?Durham UL, Mickleton and Spearman ms 31, ff. 49, 51.

Local: dep. lt. Northumb. 9 Oct. 1644–?, c.Aug. 1660-July 1688.CJ iii. 657b; SP29/11, f. 217; HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Ralph Delaval’. Commr. oyer and terminer, 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 246. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 18, 376; C181/7, pp. 18, 640. northern marches 18 July 1654- aft. Mar. 1667;C231/6, p. 294; C181/7, pp. 195, 392. Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, 7 Apr., 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. Sheriff, 7 Nov. 1649–21 Nov. 1650.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 99. Commr. 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. Northumb. by Feb. 1650-c.Dec. 1686.C193/13/3; PC2/7, p. 371. Commr. sewers, River Tyne 21 May 1659;C181/6, p. 359. River Wear 29 July 1659;C181/6, p. 384. poll tax, co. Dur., Northumb. 1660; subsidy, Northumb. 1663;SR. duties upon wines, northern cos. 20 June 1668;C181/7, p. 474. carriage of coals, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 17 Jan. 1679.CTB 1676–9, p. 1205.

Religious: vestryman, Christ Church, Tynemouth 1646 – 47, 1657 – 58, 1666 – 68, 1673 – 79, 1686–7.Northumb. RO, EP 52/A/204, Minute Bk. of the Four and Twenty, Christ Church, Tynemouth 1631–1716, pp. 30, 31, 93, 113, 118, 125, 127, 155, 140, 172.

Central: farmer of salt duties, ?-Sept. 1667.CTB 1669–72, pp. 255–6; CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 302.

: of Seaton Delaval, Earsdon, Northumb.
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DELAVAL, Ralph (1622-91), of Seaton Delaval, Earsdon, Northumb.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited from grandfa. estate worth almost £2,000 p.a.; grandfa.’s personal estate valued at £2,934.C142/441/15; Northumb. RO, 1DE/9/8, pp. 9, 20, 35; 1DE/4/25, 29; Hedley, Northumb. Fams. i. 152. By 1660s, estate inc. manor of Seaton Delaval, with mills and coal mines; manor of Hartley with coal mines; manor of Horton; a moiety of Tynemouth rectory and lands in Black Callerton, Northumb. – in all, worth £1,610 p.a.Northumb. RO, 1DE/4/25, 29; 1DE/9/8, pp. 20, 35; ZMD 19/1; Hodgson, Northumb. pt. iii, i. 340.
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LEE, Sir Richard (c.1600-60), of Langley and Acton Burnell, Salop.

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b. c.1600, 1st s. of Sir Humphrey Lee bt. (bur. 4 Oct. 1632) of Langley and Acton Burnell and Margaret (bur. 7 July 1636), da. of Reginald Corbet of Stoke-upon-Tern.Salop Par. Regs. Acton Burnell, 37, 40; Vis. Salop 1623, i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 138; Vis. Salop 1623, ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 320; CB. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 10 May 1616, ‘aged 16’.Al. Ox. m. Elizabeth (bur. 31 Aug. 1643), da. of Sir Edward Allen, ald. of London, 5s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).CB; Vis. Salop 1623, ii. 320; Salop Par. Regs. Acton Burnell, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 46, 48, 58; PROB11/298/256. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1632. bur. 30 Apr. 1660 30 Apr. 1660.Salop Par. Regs. Acton Burnell, 58.
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Local: j.p. Salop 3 Dec. 1629–?45.C231/5 p. 62. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 23 Jan. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642.C181/4 f. 194v; C181/5 ff. 6v, 219. Dep. lt. Salop ?1637–42.HEHL, EL7443. Sheriff, 1638–9.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 120. Commr. array (roy.), 18 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

: Salop.
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LEE, Sir Richard (c.1600-60), of Langley and Acton Burnell, Salop.

Will
10 Mar. 1660, cod. 24 Mar. 1660, 27 Mar. 1660 pr. 20 Apr. 1660.PROB11/298/256.
Estates
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SYDENHAM, Sir Ralph (d. 1671), of Youlston, Shirwell, Devon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
2nd s. of Sir John Sydenham of Brympton D’Evercy, Som. and Mary, da. of John Buckland of West Harptree. m. Mar. 1629, Mary, da. of Robert Hill of Shilston, Devon, wid. of Sir Robert Chichester of Raleigh and Youlston, Devon, 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da.G.F. Sydenham, Hist. of the Sydenham Fam. ed. A.T. Cameron (privately printed, 1928), 138-40; Shirwell par. regs.; PROB11/337/438. Kntd. 17 July 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 163. d. Oct. 1671.Sydenham, Sydenham Fam. 142.
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Court: gent. of privy chamber, c.1617–?1649.CCC 1535; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 122.

Central: surveyor of ordnance (in reversion), 9 June 1630.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 555. Master of Charterhouse, 17 July 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 122.

Local: commr. piracy, Devon 17 July 1630, 4 Aug. 1637, 15 Mar. 1639;C181/4, f. 52v; C181/5, ff. 84, 132v. sewers, 6 Mar. 1634.C181/4, f. 163v. Chief agent for Henry Bourchier, 6th earl of Bath by Mar. 1637.R. Granville, Hist. of the Granville Fam. (Exeter, 1895), 231. J.p. Devon by July 1637–30 May 1643.Western Circuit Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 131; S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon Justices of the Peace, 1643–60’, in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 159. Commr. hard soap, western parts 9 Jan. 1638, 17 May 1638;C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. array (roy.), Devon 19 July 1642;Bellum Civile, 105. impressment (roy.), 15 Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 112. Member, council of war (roy.), Exeter c.June-July 1644.Devon RO, 1392 M/L1644/39; Devon RO, 3799–3, 15 June and 25 July 1644.

: Devon., Shirwell.
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SYDENHAM, Sir Ralph (d. 1671), of Youlston, Shirwell, Devon.

Will
10 Oct. 1671, pr. 20 Nov. 1671.PROB11/337/438.
Estates
centred on Youlston, Shirwell par. and other lands in north Devon.Sydenham, Sydenham Fam. 140.
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CUTTS, Sir John (c.1581-1646), of Childerley, Cambs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1581, 1st s. of Sir John Cutts† of Childerley, Cambs. and 2nd w. Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket† of Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Herts.WARD7/55/66; CUL, Univ. Archives, T.XII.1, no. 22; Vis. Cambs. 1575 and 1619 (Harl. Soc. xli), 31; MIs Cambs. 110, 165; H.W. King, ‘The descent of the manor of Horham’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. iv. 30-1, ped. opp. p. 42. educ. ?Queen Elizabeth g.s. Barnet, Herts.; embassy, Paris 1598; MA Camb. 1615.HMC Hatfield, viii. 15; SP78/41, f. 131v; Al. Cant. m. (1) 2 July 1599,St Michael, Crooked Lane, London par. reg. Anne (d. 13 Mar. 1632), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Wye, Kent, 1da. d.v.p.;C78/147/6; MIs Cambs. 164-5. (2) 13 Dec. 1632, Anne (bur. 19 Jan. 1659), da. of Sir John Weld of Arnolds, Edmonton, Mdx. 2s. 1da. d.v.p. CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 529; Some Acct. of Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of London 1601-25 ed. G.E. Cokayne, 40; Vis. Cambs. 1575 and 1619, 31; MIs Cambs. 165; Lolworth par. reg.; King, ‘Horham’, 31, ped. opp. p. 42. Kntd. 11 May 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 107. suc. 2nd cos. Sir Henry Cutts 1603; fa. 1615.C142/281/81; Lolworth par. reg.; The Letters of John Chamberlain ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 588. bur. 14 July 1646.Cambs. RO, Swavesey par. reg. transcript.
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Local: j.p. Cambs. 1614 – 12 Dec. 1616, 3 Feb. 1617-at least 1640;C66/1988; C231/4, ff. 29v, 32v, 120; C66/2859, m. 35 dorse. Camb. 1615- aft. 1636;C181/2, ff. 229, 350v; C181/3, ff. 13v, 239v; C181/4, ff. 22v, 87v; C181/5, f. 37. Camb. Univ. 1636.C181/5, f. 36v. Kpr. Somersham Palace and park, Hunts. by 1615-bef. 1630.CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 103; 1629–31, p. 263. Commr. gaol delivery, Camb. 1615-aft. Sept. 1641;C181/2, ff. 229v, 315; C181/3, ff. 9, 239; C181/4, ff. 4v, 200v; C181/5, ff. 55v, 211v. I. of Ely 12 Aug. 1645;C181/5, f. 258v. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1616, 1633;C181/2, f. 257v; C181/4, f. 154. England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1616-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/2, ff. 258v, 332v; C181/3, ff. 4v, 257v; C181/4, ff. 10, 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. Cambs. 23 June-aft. July 1640;C181/5, ff. 177, 184. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1617–d.;C181/2, ff. 282, 326v; C181/3, ff. 35v, 214v; C181/4, ff. 20, 93; C181/5, ff. 10, 269. Cambs. and Ely 1627;C181/3, f. 220v. Cambs. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 256. pontage, 1617, 1635.C181/2, f. 289v; C181/5, f. 1v; Coventry Docquets, 42. Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1619–20.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 14. Dep. lt. Cambs. by 1620–d.CUL, University Archives, Collect. Admin. 8, p. 434; Harl. 4014, ff. 4–55v; W.M. Palmer, John Layer (1586–1640) of Shepreth, Cambs. (Camb. Antiq. Soc. liii), 30–1; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 388; SP28/222, f. 440. Custos rot. 1621-aft. 1636.C231/4, ff. 29v, 32v, 120; Palmer, John Layer, 22. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1625, 1628, 1641; Camb. and I. of Ely 1621 – 22, 1624; Camb. 1641;C212/22/20–1; C212/22/23; E115/11/4; E115/101/13; SR. charitable uses, Cambs. 1621, 1629-at least 1640;C93/8/16; C192/1, unfol. enclosure of fenland, Gt. Level 1622, 1624;C181/3, ff. 49v, 126v. preservation of royal game, Cambs. 1622.C181/3, f. 77. Collector, privy seal loan, 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 201. Commr. Forced Loan, Cambs., Camb. 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 84. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. Member, Cambs. standing cttee. by May 1643–d.SP28/222, ff. 170, 331; SP28/207, f. 494. Commr. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Cambs. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Camb. 1617.Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 116n.

: of Childerley, Cambs.
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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CUTTS, Sir John (c.1581-1646), of Childerley, Cambs.

Will
26 June 1646, cod. 30 June 1646, pr. 8 July 1646.PROB11/197/57.
Estates
inherited manor of Boxworth, Cambs. from his mo. 1610;MIs Cambs. 110. inherited manors of Childerley and Swavesey from his fa. 1615; sold manor of Bottisham, Cambs. 1617;E. Hailstone, The Hist. and Antiq. of the Par. of Bottisham (Camb. Antiq. Soc. 1873), 159. sold 350 acres in Hatfield Chase, Lincs. and Yorks. for £1,930, 1631;CSP Dom. 1635-6, p. 385. sold manor of Huntingfield, Boxworth, 1635.Coventry Docquets, 675.
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