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BARKSTEAD, John (c. 1612-62), of The Strand, Westminster, and Bangor House, St Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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b. c.1612, 2nd s. of Michael Barkstead (d. 1618), goldsmith, of St Clement Dane and Anne, da. of John Downing, Skinner, of London.Add. 5533, f. 111. educ. appr. goldsmith, 1627.Goldsmiths’ Co. Lib. Appr. Bk. I, f. 282. m. 12 May 1644, Mary (bap. 6 Apr. 1626), da. of John Nunn, goldsmith of St Dunstan-in-the-West, 4s. 1da.PROB11/295, ff. 121-3v; St Dunstan-in-the-West par. reg. Kntd. 19 Jan. 1656;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 79. exec. 19 Apr. 1662.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1635; asst. 15 Dec. 1652; prime warden by Nov. 1653–4.Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 88; W.S. Prideaux, Mems. of the Goldsmiths’ Co. (1896), ii. 24. High steward, Colchester by Feb. 1655-aft. Feb. 1659.C181/6, ff. 82, 347. Freeman, Reading 22 July 1656.Berks. RO, R/AC 1/1/7, f. 47. Alderman, London 22 Feb. 1658–31 Jan. 1660.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 6; ii. 88.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of John Venn*, 1642; maj. 1645. Gov. Reading July 1644 – Jan. 1647; Yarmouth 1649 – 50; Chester by 1652. Col. of ft. by Mar. 1647-May 1660.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 338–42. Lt. Tower of London 16 Aug. 1652–9.CJ vii. 163b. Capt. militia, Mdx. and Westminster by July 1655-aft. June 1656.SP25/77, pp. 880, 901. Maj.-gen. Mdx. and Westminster Nov. 1655–7; dep. maj.-gen. London Nov. 1655–7.TSP iv. 117. Capt. militia ft. Mdx. 1 Sept. 1659.CJ vii. 772b.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652;CJ vii.186b; A. and O. for regulating printing, 9 Oct. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 318. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Surr. 5 Mar. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, 1657 – Mar. 1660; Mdx. 22 Apr. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Westminster 20 Aug. 1650 – Mar. 1660; Hants 26 June 1651 – Mar. 1660; Essex by c. Sept. 1656 – Mar. 1660; Kent July 1658-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 178, 184, 199, 216, 244, 399; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 487. Commr. assessment, Hants 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; London 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Surr. 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 2, 352. Mdx. by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 3, 327. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 2, 352. Colchester 16 Feb. 1655-aft. Feb. 1659;C181/6, pp. 82, 347. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 68, 319. London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 257. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657;C181/6, p. 263. London militia, 15 Feb. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). securing peace of commonwealth, Berks., Hants c. Dec. 1655; Mdx. and Westminster by Jan. 1656; London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238; TSP iv. 285, 363, 406. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx. 28 Aug. 1656.A. and O.

: of The Strand, Westminster and Bangor House, St Andrew’s, Mdx., Holborn.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown;DWL. wash drawing, T. Athow;Ashmolean Museum, Oxf. line engraving, unknown, 1810.BM; NPG.

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BARKSTEAD, John (c. 1612-62), of The Strand, Westminster, and Bangor House, St Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx.

Will
attainted.
Estates
purchased Bangor House, St Andrew’s Holborn, Mdx. 15 Nov. 1647, for £473; manor of Bitterness, Hants 20 June 1649, for £1,716;Bodl. Rawl. B 239, pp. 2, 31. inherited manors of Acton and Ealing, Mdx. from Francis Allein* (wife’s step-fa.), Oct. 1658.PROB11/295, ff. 121-123v; VCH Mdx vii. 123, 131.
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CAWLEY, William I (1602-66), of East Street and Cathedral Close, Chichester, and Rumboldswyke, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 3 Nov. 1602, o. s. of John Cawley of Chichester and Catherine.Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 284; Add. 5699, f. 173; St Andrew, Chichester, par. reg. (IGI). educ. Chichester g.s.; Hart Hall, Oxf., 20 Apr. 1621;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 11 Feb. 1622.G. Inn Admiss., 165. m. (1) ?1625, Catherine (bur. 21 Dec. 1650), da. of William Walrond or Waldron of Isle Brewers, Som. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da;A. J. Jewers, Wells Cathedral (1892), 87–8; Add. 5699, f. 181. (2) 19 Nov. 1651, Mary Parkes, sis. of ? Ford, of Cripplegate, London, s.p.St Giles, Cripplegate, London par. reg.; SP29/67, f. 114; Suss. Manors, ii. 376. suc. fa. 28 Apr. 1621.Notes IPMs Suss., 47; Add. 5699, f. 173. d. 6 Jan. 1666 (?N.S.).MI, St Martin, Vevey, Switzerland; Bodl. Eng, hist. c.487, p. 1107.
Offices Held

Local: commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 270v. further subsidy, Suss. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR; E179/191/388. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 Jun. 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. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants. and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 3 June 1644–?CJ iii. 516a. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 13, 373. gaol delivery, Suss. 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 235v. J.p. by 18 Sept. 1644-bef. Oct. 1660;ASSI35/85/1; C193/13/3–6; Stowe 577, ff. 53–4; CUL, Dd.VIII.1, f. 107. Mdx. 3 Apr. 1649-bef. Oct.1653.C231/6, p. 148; C193/13/4, f. 62. Commr. New Model ordinance, Suss. 17 Feb. 1645;A and O. sewers, 26 July 1645, 2 June 1655-aft. Dec. 1658;C181/5, f. 257; C181/6, pp. 106, 346. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649;CJ vi. 201a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.A. and O; CJ vii. 221a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 558a.

Military: gov. (parlian.) Cowdray House garrison, Midhurst 9 Oct. 1645.CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 27.

: of East Street and Cathedral Close, Chichester and Rumboldswyke, Suss.
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Likenesses: oil on panel, unknown, 1620.Council House, Chichester, W. Suss.

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CAWLEY, William I (1602-66), of East Street and Cathedral Close, Chichester, and Rumboldswyke, Suss.

Will
attainted.E178/6489.
Estates
In 1621, inherited Sidlesham manor, Suss.;C142/392/128. in 1625, by marriage, acquired Westhampnett manor;Suss. Manors, ii. 477; W. Suss. RO, Goodwood MSS, E471-3. in 1626, assessed at £10 (in goods) on estate in East Street, Chichester, on which he paid 26s.;E179/191/377a. in 1634, acquired Rumboldswyke manor;W. Suss. RO, Add. MS 9588(10); VCH Suss. iv. 171. in 1637, Runcton farm, North Mundham, purchased for £625 from Sir Thomas Bowyer*;CCC 834. in Mar. 1651, Oldberry and Seabeach manors, purchased for £1196, and Boxgrove;E121/4/9/63; C54/3577/9; VCH Suss. iv. 146. in 1651, Somerleigh manor;C54/3582/5. in Feb. 1652, purchased Wartling manor from trustees for sale of lands forfeited for treason, for £4607;C54/3687/3. in 1654, bought Lancing manor.C54/3814/41.
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lodgings in Whitehall, July 1659-aft. 15 Feb. 1660.CSP Dom. 1659-60, pp. 28, 305, 363.
Religion
presented John Robotham to Rumboldswyke, 1647;Calamy Revised, 413-14; ‘John Robotham’, Oxford DNB. John Simmonds to Rumboldswyke, 1651; (with Richard Boughton*) Michael Barrett to Eastergate, Oct. 1657.Calamy Revised, 442-3; Sawyer, `Parlty. presentations to Suss. livings', 270.
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MATHEW, Roger (c.1576-1646), of Dartmouth, Devon.

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b. c. 1576.HCA13/48/215. educ. appr. m. (1) 29 Jan. 1599, Joan Carnes, wid. of ?Dartmouth, ?s.p.;Devon RO, Townstall bishops’ transcripts. (2) 16 Nov. 1607,St Saviour’s, Dartmouth par. reg. Jane, da. of Robert Martin of Dartmouth, merchant, 4s. 3da.SP23/103, pp. 889, 891; PROB11/197/234. bur. 14 July 1646.Mems. St Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 612.
Offices Held

Mercantile: member, French Co. 1611.Select Charters of Trading Companies, ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 66.

Civic: recvr. Dartmouth 1615–16;E. Windeatt, ‘Borough of Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. xliv. 652. overseer of poor, 1618–19;Devon RO, DD 61943. a ‘master’ by 1620;Vis. Devon 1620 (Harl. Soc. vi), 331. mayor, 1623 – 24, 1631 – 32, 1639–40.Dartmouth Corporation, Provisional List of Mayors.

Local: commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 1638;C181/5, f. 109v. further subsidy, Devon 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b, 402b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b.

: of Dartmouth, Devon.
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MATHEW, Roger (c.1576-1646), of Dartmouth, Devon.

Will
4 Nov. 1645, pr. 10 Aug. 1646.PROB11/197/234.
Estates
legacy in 1628 from fa.-in-law valued in 1646 at £422 13s. 10d.SP23/103, p. 889. Lost £2,000 to royalist seizures.SP23/181, p. 47. In 1646, held tenement of Combe in Townstall valued at £60; leases for lives or copyholds in Dartmouth, Stoke Fleming, Berry Pomeroy valued at £109; debts put at £650.SP23/181, pp. 49-51. Personal estate valued at £222, of which £74 sold by sequestrators.SP23/103, p. 899. At death, at least two houses in Dartmouth; meadow and closes in Berry Pomeroy.PROB11/197/234.
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KNOLLYS, Sir Francis I (1553-1648), of Abbey House, Reading, Berks.

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Family and Education
b. 14 Aug. 1553, 6th s. of Sir Francis Knollys† (d. 1596) of Rotherfield Greys, Oxon. and Catherine, da. of William Carey of Aldenham, Herts.S. Varlow, ‘Sir Francis Knollys’s Latin dictionary’, HR lxxx. 323; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 103. educ. ?Eton 1561-3;W. Sterry, The Eton College Reg. 1441-1698 (Eton, 1943), 202. Magdalen, Oxf. c.1564, MA 1598;Al. Ox. G. Inn 1565;G. Inn Admiss. 34. travelled abroad (France) 1572.HMC Bath, v. 233. m. 26 Dec. 1588, Lettice, da. of John Barrett of St Clement Danes, Westminster and Hanham, Glos. 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 d.v.p.).All Hallows London Wall, London par. reg.; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 806; Vis. Berks. i. 103; PROB11/204/208. Kntd. 7 Dec. 1587.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 86. d. bef. 5 May 1648.PROB11/204/208.
Offices Held

Military: r.-adm. ?to Sir Humphrey Gilbert†, 1578–9;CSP Span. 1568–79, pp. 583, 654; 1580–86, pp. 75, 306. to Sir Francis Drake†, 1585–6.R. Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (Glasgow, 1903–5), x. 98, 133. Capt. of ft. Low Countries c.1586–7.Leicester Household Accts. ed. S. Adams (Cam. Soc. 5th ser. vi), 440. Master of ordnance, Tilbury, Essex 1588.HMC Foljambe, 52.

Local: col. militia ft. Herts. and Cambs. 1588; Oxon. 1599. 1592 – 10 June 1642HMC Foljambe, 46, 165; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 519; CSP Span. 1587–1603, p. 298; E351/264, unfol. J.p. Berks.; Oxon. 1614–10 June 1642.CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 186; C66/1988; C231/5, pp. 527–8. Dep. lt. Berks. 1596-at least 1640.APC 1595–6, p. 396; 1626, p. 365; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 489. Kpr. Wallingford Castle by 1601.CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 545. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by 1602-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/1, f. 17; C181/5, f. 219. Berks. 24 June 1640;C181/5, f. 177. recusants, 1602.C181/1, f. 34. Collector, privy seal loan, 1604–6.E401/2585, f. 100. Commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1604, 1612, 1626, 1634; Bucks. 1626; sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants. 1633, 1638.C181/1, f. 85; C181/2, f. 168v; C181/3, ff. 200, 202v; C181/4, ff. 147v, 179; C181/5, f. 99v. Kpr. Bear Wood walk, Windsor Forest, Berks. (sole) 1607; (jt.) 1613.Harl. 3749, f. 11; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 209. Commr. charitable uses, Berks. 1608-at least 1629;C93/3/13; C93/11/13. subsidy, 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1629;SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1; C212/22/23; E115/63/71. aid, 1609.SP14/43/107. Trustee for municipal lands, Hungerford 1613–17.VCH Berks. iv. 186, 199. Commr. brewhouse survey, Berks. 1620;APC 1619–21, p. 203. martial law, 1626–7;APC 1626, p. 365; Coventry Docquets, 29; C66/2422. Forced Loan, Berks., Oxon. 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 144, 145; C193/12/2, f. 45. to investigate Kendrick’s charity, Reading 1631;Coventry Docquets, 36; CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 44–5, 62, 171, 280. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Berks. 1637;GL, 25475/1, f. 90. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Windsor Forest 10 Sept. 1641;C181/5, f. 211. assessment, Berks. 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Reading 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Berks. 25 June 1644.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Southampton 1603.HMC 11th Rep. iii. 23.

Religious: vestryman, St Mary, Reading by 1618.The Churchwardens’ Accts. of the Par. of St Mary’s, Reading, Berks. 1550–1662, ed. F.N.A. Garry and A.G. Garry (Reading, 1893), 126.

: Berks., Reading.
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Likenesses: oil on panel, aft. C. Johnson, c.1630.NT, Greys Court.

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KNOLLYS, Sir Francis I (1553-1648), of Abbey House, Reading, Berks.

Will
6 Sept. 1646, pr. 5 May 1648.PROB11/204/208.
Estates
leased manor of Battle, Reading from the crown.VCH Berks. iii. 367.
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IRETON, Henry (1611-51), of Attenborough, Notts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 3 Nov. 1611, 1st s. of German Ireton of Attenborough, and Jane; bro. of John Ireton*.Attenborough par. reg.; D. Farr, Henry Ireton and the English Revolution (Woodbridge, 2006) 15. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 20 June 1628, BA 1629;Al. Ox. M. Temple 24 Nov. 1629.M. Temple Admiss. i. 123. m. 15 June 1646, Bridget (bur. 1 July 1662), da. of Oliver Cromwell* of Ely, Cambs. 1s. 4da.Holton, Oxon. par. reg.; E. P. Shirley, Stemmata Shirleiana (1873), 327; Farr, Ireton, 54. suc. fa. May 1624.Attenborough par. reg.; Farr, Ireton, 22. d. 26 Nov. 1651.Farr, Ireton, 3-4.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 1 July 1642-c.Jan. 1643, Apr. – May 1645; maj. c.Jan. 1643-Apr. 1645.LJ v. 173b-174a; SP28/1a, ff. 86, 448; SP28/5, ff. 69, 163; SP28/255, unfol. (Ireton to Cttee. of Accts.* Sept. 1644); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 14–15; R.K.G. Temple, ‘The original officer list of the New Model Army’, BIHR lix. 66. Dep. gov. I. of Ely Sept. 1643-aft. Oct. 1644.SP28/255; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 49. Q.m.g. of horse, 25 June 1644-c.Apr. 1645;SP28/255; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 15; Farr, Ireton, 45, 47. col. May 1645-aft. Nov. 1648;Moderate Intelligencer no. 11 (8–15 May 1645), 88 (E.284.6); CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 320; I. Gentles, New Model Army (Oxford, 1992), 53. commry.-gen. 14 June 1645–?Oct. 1650.J. Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva (1647), 35; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 225. Member, gen. cttee. of officers, 29 Aug. 1647.Clarke Pprs. i. 223–4. Maj.-gen. army in Ireland, 15 June 1649–d.CJ vi. 234a.

Local: dep. lt. Notts. by 9 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 275b. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 24 Jan. 1643–?CJ ii. 940b. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Westmld. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Hants 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; sequestration, Notts. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. Northern Assoc. 27 Nov. 1645;HMC Portland, i. 286; CJ iv. 346a; LJ viii. 13a. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646;C181/5, f. 269v. northern cos. militia, Notts. 23 May 1648; militia, Westmld. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 8 Feb., 29 May 1649;CJ vi. 134b, 219b. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May 1649;CJ vi. 201a. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649;A. and O. for Ireland, 25 Dec. 1650.A. and O. Member, cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b.

Irish: pres. Munster, 4 Dec. 1649–d.CJ vi. 328a. Trustee, maintenance of Trin. Coll. and free sch. Dublin 11 Mar. 1650.A. and O. Ld. dep. 2 July 1650–d.CJ vi. 435a.

: of Attenborough, Notts.
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Likenesses: medal, T. Simon, 1650;BM. oil on canvas, attrib. R. Walker aft. S. Cooper, c.1650;NPG. oil on canvas, attrib. R. Walker aft. S. Cooper, c.1650;Petworth, Suss. oil on canvas, aft. R. Walker, c.1650;Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. oil on canvas, circle of W. Dobson;Capt. Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Colln., Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos. line engraving, unknown, aft. 1650.NPG. miniature, G.P. Harding aft. S. Cooper, eighteenth century.Fitzwilliam Museum, Camb.

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IRETON, Henry (1611-51), of Attenborough, Notts.

Will
died intestate.
Estates
probably worth less than £100 p.a. bef. civil war.Farr, Ireton, 34. In 1639, purchased manor of Minshull Vernon and Minshull Park, with lands and woods, Cheshire, for £5,500, paying a further £500 in 1651.C54/3419/40; C54/3591/40. On marriage in 1646, assigned lease of a farm in Ely by Cromwell.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 401-2. By 1651, acquired at least 6,669 acres in co. Kilkenny, Ireland, purchased with £6,669 in arrears of army pay.The Carte Manuscripts in the Bodl. Lib. ed. C.W. Russell, J.P. Prendergast (1871), 174-5; ‘Henry Ireton’, Oxford DNB. At d. inc. manor of Minshull Vernon ‘of £300 p.a. and upwards’ and ‘a small manor in Swarston in Leicestershire [recte Derbys.]’.E178/6323. Estate in Cheshire valued aft. Restoration at £112 p.a.LR2/266, f. 1v.
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Mr Campion’s house, Putney, Surr. (Aug-Nov. 1647).Perfect Occurrences no. 35 (27 Aug.-3 Sept. 1647), 234 (E.518.26).
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HOSKINS, Edmund (c.1607-65), of the Inner Temple and Mascalls, Carshalton, Surr.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1607Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 516. 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Hoskins (d. 1615) of Barrow Green, Oxted, Surr. and Dorothy (d. 23 Dec. 1651), da. of John Aldersey of London, haberdasher, and later w. of Sir Henry Capel; step-bro. of Arthur Capell*.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 58-9; Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 386; Berry, Pedigrees Herts. 1. educ. I. Temple, 28 July 1624.I. Temple database. m. bef. 1640, Elizabeth (d. 1688), da. of Sir Job Harby of London and later of Aldenham, Herts. 8s. at least 2da.Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 386, 516; VCH Surr. iv. 182; Aldenham, Herts. and St Olave, Hart Street, London, par. regs.; PROB11/316/141. Kntd. 16 June1662.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 236. bur. 15 Jan. 1665 15 Jan. 1665.Baker, Order of Serjeants-at-Law, 519 (MI Carshalton).
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 17 June 1632;CITR ii. 199; I. Temple database. auditor, Nov. 1640; bencher, 6 June 1649.CITR ii. 259, 288. Clerk of petty bag, 23 Jan. 1636–?53.A Catalogue of Lords Chancellors…Principal Officers…of Chancery ed. T.D. Hardy (1843), 127. Sjt.-at-law, Oct. 1660.Baker, Order of Serjeants-at-Law, 193.

Local: j.p. Surr. Apr. 1659–d.C231/5, p. 429; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, ff. 7, 31, 271. poll tax, Surr. 1660;SR. sewers, Surr., Hants 3 Feb. 1662, 28 Nov. 1664;C181/7, ff. 127, 291. subsidy, Surr. 1663.SR.

: Surr., Carshalton.
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HOSKINS, Edmund (c.1607-65), of the Inner Temple and Mascalls, Carshalton, Surr.

Will
23 Dec. 1664, pr. 7 Feb. 1665.PROB11/316/141.
Estates
1647-60, Stubbers, North Okendon, Essex;VCH Essex, vii. 112. 1655, moiety of manor of Carshalton, Surr.;VCH Surr. iv. 182. Mascalls house;VCH Surr. iv. 185. 1663, 18 hearths and 6 more in an empty house, Carshalton.Surr. Hearth Tax 1664, 82.
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EGERTON, Sir Charles (1586-1662), of Newborough Hall, Staffs., and Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1586, 1st s. of Sir Charles Egerton of Newborough, and Catherine, da. of Sir Henry Gates† of Seamer, Yorks.Shaw, Staffs. i. 74, 93; Vis Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 94. educ. St John’s, Camb.;Al. Cant.; Shaw, Staffs. i. 74. L. Inn 23 Feb. 1613.LI Admiss. m. ?Mar. 1620, Griselda (d. 10 Apr. 1673), da. of Leonard Bawtree† of Carlby, Lincs., sjt.-at-law 1614-26, s.p.Staffs. RO, 3764/94; Shaw, Staffs. i. 74, 94; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 499; C33/221, ff. 538r-v. Kntd. 7 May 1607;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. suc. fa. May 1624. d. 3 May 1662.Shaw, Staffs. i. 74, 93.
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Local: j.p. liberties of Ripon 21 Feb. 1621-aft. Dec. 1641. 21 Feb. 1621 – 2 July 1634C181/3, ff. 25, 265; C 181/4, ff. 7v, 177; C 181/5, ff. 19, 217. Commr. gaol delivery,, 17 Dec. 1641–?C181/3, ff. 25v, 265v; C 181/4, ff. 8, 178; C 181/5, f. 217. Kpr. Needwood Forest, Staffs. c.1624–d.Stowe 1058, f. 78v; Bodl. Nalson XIV/1, f. 217v; Shaw, Staffs. i. 93–4. Commr. sewers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 30 June 1627, 28 Apr. 1632;C181/3, f. 223; C181/4, f. 114. subsidy, Staffs. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1661;SR; A. and O. W. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. commr. for Staffs. and Lichfield, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 103. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

: of Newborough Hall, Staffs. and Markenfield Hall, Yorks., Ripon.
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EGERTON, Sir Charles (1586-1662), of Newborough Hall, Staffs., and Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Yorks.

Will
2 Nov. 1661, pr. 8 July 1662.PROB11/308, f. 379v.
Estates
in 1620, fa. settled on him cap. messuage of Newborough Hall with ‘divers’ other messuages, lands and tenements in Newborough, Agardsley and Hanbury, Staffs.Staffs. RO, 3764/94; Shaw, Staffs. i. 93. By 1640, leasing cap. messuage of Markenfield, Yorks., from queen at rent of £19 p.a.LR9/19, bdle. 5. In 1650, purchased for £172 a fee farm rent in Yorks. worth £19 p.a. (presumably that of Markenfield Hall).SP28/288, f. 2. In 1657, estate at Newborough reckoned to be worth £325 p.a.Shaw, Staffs. i. 94.
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KELING, Edward (1599-1665), of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 26 Jan. 1599, 4th s. of Thomas Keeling (bur. 12 Dec. 1617), alderman and tanner of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., and Thomasine (bur. 26 Apr. 1635), da. of Robert Sidway of Stoney Low, Madeley, Staffs.;Newcastle-Under-Lyme Par. Regs. ed. A.J. Tilson (Staffs. Par. Regs. Soc. 1931), i. 26, 30, 38, 50, 69; Vis. London 1633-5 ed. J.J. Howard (Harl. Soc. xvii), 25; Pape, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 81. bro. of John Keeling†. m. 28 July 1623, Ellen, da. of John Lockey of St Alban’s, Herts. wid. of John Sadler, at least 1s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Ridge, St Dunstan Stepney and St Mary, Whitechapel, London par. regs.; PROB11/319, f. 82; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 152. d. 14 Oct. 1665.PROB11/319, f. 82v.
Offices Held

Mercantile: clerk, ‘foreign’ co. of shipwrights, Rotherhithe c.1630-aft. Feb. 1647.C6/136/78; ADM7/673, pp. 119, 130; LJ viii. 232a.

Central: sec. Trinity House, 23 Feb. 1649–56;CJ vi. 150a; GL, Ms 30032/1, ff. 98, 102. member, ct. of assts. by Feb. 1657 – Mar. 1660; elder brethren, 17 Mar.-c.Dec. 1660.GL, Ms 30045/4, pp. 106, 133, 192.

Religious: vestryman, St Dunstan, Stepney 27 Feb. 1655–27 Oct. 1663;LMA, P93/DUN/328, p. 15; Memorials of Stepney Par. ed. G.W. Hill, W.H. Frere (Guildford, 1890–1), 204, 242. churchwarden, Apr. 1655-Apr. 1657.Mems. of Stepney Par. ed. Hill, Frere, 207, 217.

Local: commr. militia, Tower Hamlets 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mdx. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. sewers, London 24 July 1662.C181/7, p. 167.

: Mdx., Stepney.
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KELING, Edward (1599-1665), of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Mdx.

Will
13 Oct. 1665, pr. 13 Jan. 1666.PROB11/319, f. 82.
Estates
possibly the ‘Edward Keelinge’ of Stratford Langthorne, Essex, who borrowed £1,000 by statute staple in 1638.LC4/202, f. 84. By 1640, and until at least 1658, part owner of the chains laid in the Thames for mooring ships.CSP Dom. 1648-9, p. 396; 1658-9, p. 39. In 1649, granted an annuity of £5 for life by his brother John’s will.PROB11/208, f. 289. In 1649-56, received a salary of £30 p.a. as sec. of Trinity House.GL, Ms 30032/1, ff. 4, 7. In 1651, purchased three messuages in St Clement, Sandwich, Kent, for £140, and fee farm rents in Newby and elsewhere in Yorks. for £1,465.C54/3608/33; C54/3655/29. In 1655, purchased manor of Newby from John Hewley*, who had purchased it in 1653 from the trustees for the sale of forfeited estates.Supra, ‘John Hewley’; C54/3801/18. In his will, referred to a freehold estate in Sandwich, Kent, a lease from Sion College of manor of Beeches, Essex, lands in Hackney, Mdx. and a share in the merchantman John and Margaret.PROB11/319, f. 82.
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‘house or common hall’ of the co. of shipwrights, ?Rotherhithe (c.1630-aft. 1646);C6/136/78. Holborn, Mdx. (1644).CSP Dom. 1644, p. 139.
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COLE, John (c.1620-91), of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh, and Newland, co. Dublin.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1620, 2nd s. of Sir William Cole of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh, and Susanna, da. and h. of John Croft of Lancs. m. (bef. 1660) Elizabeth, da. of Hon. John Chichester of Dungannon, 4s. 7da.Misc. Gen et Her. ser. 1, ii. 242-3. cr. bt. 23 Jan. 1661. d. bef. Oct. 1691.CB.
Offices Held

Military: ?capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Sir William Cole, army in Ireland, 1641 – 48; col. by Sept. 1650-Aug. 1653. 1654 – ?59SP28/70, f. 762; SP28/71, ff. 160, 170; SP28/72, f. 52; SP28/76, f. 358; SP28/93, f. 102; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 620, 636–7. Gov. Enniskillen 27 Feb., by July 1662-aft. Jan. 1667;Lodge, Peerage, iv. 209; HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 242, 245; Bodl. Carte 163, f. 23v. Dublin Castle Jan. 1661-bef. July 1662.Bodl. Carte 158, pp. 6, 24. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of John Clerke II*, c.1655–12 July 1659.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 182; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 12. Capt. of ft. royal army in Ireland, 1660-aft. 1666.CSP Ire. 1669–70, p. 388; HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 242, 245, 307, 347.

Irish: commr. delinquents, Belturbet Precinct 21 Nov. 1653;Lodge, Peerage, iv. 209. assessment, co. Fermanagh 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). J.p. 1655–?C. McCoy, ‘War and Revolution: County Fermanagh and its borders, c.1640-c.1666’ (PhD thesis, Trinity College Dublin 2008), 364. Commr. poll money, cos. Dublin and Fermanagh 24 Apr. 1660–1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 621, 625, 639, 645. Custos rot. co. Fermanagh 2 Apr. 1661.CB. Commr. settlement of Ireland by 12 Apr. 1661.NAI, Lodge’s MSS 1.A.53.55, ff. 131–2; CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 188. MP, co. Fermanagh 1661–6.CJI i. 590. Licenser of gunpowder, 16 Oct. 1661.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 442. Sheriff, co. Fermanagh 1666–7. Commr. 1649 officers, 26 Oct. 1676.CB. PC by Nov. 1678–85.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 352–62.

: of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh and co. Dublin., Newland.
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COLE, John (c.1620-91), of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh, and Newland, co. Dublin.

Will
1 Aug. 1688, pr. 3 Oct. 1691.CB.
Estates
granted lands in co. Galway by Irish council, Apr. 1653.Eg. 1762, f. 207v. On d. of fa. bef. Oct. 1653 inherited great meadow, Enniskillen, and little island near Rossory, Lough Earne.PRONI, D/1702/1/27/1; McCoy, ‘Fermanagh’, 370. Purchased land in cos. Monaghan and Fermanagh, and acquired an estate at Newland, co. Dublin, bef. 1658-9;Lodge, Peerage, iv. 209; Irish Census, 1659, 150, 371. granted lease of lands in co. Meath, June 1670;CSP Ire. 1669-70, p. 153. purchased property in High Street, Dublin, Nov. 1670.NLI, D.9450. In 1670 landholdings included 48 townlands in Clanawly barony, co. Fermanagh, 14 in Upper Ormond, co. Tipperary, and 31 in Middlethird, co. Waterford.Down Survey website.
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LEGH, Richard (1634-87), of Lyme, Prestbury, Cheshire.

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Family and Education
b. 7 May 1634, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Legh DD (d. 27 May 1639), rector of Sefton and Walton on the Hill, Lancs. and Lettice (d. 14 Oct. 1648), da. and coh. of Sir George Calveley of Lea, Cheshire.Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305; Newton, House of Lyme, 177, 189. educ. Winwick g.s.; St John’s, Camb. 18 June 1649;Al. Cant. G. Inn 23 May 1653.G. Inn Admiss. 264. m. 1 Jan. 1661 (with £3,000), Elizabeth (bur. 4 June 1728), da. of Sir Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole, Cambs., 6s. 7da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. uncle 2 Feb. 1643. d. 31 Aug. 1687.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D no. 7; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305; E.C. Legh, Lyme Letters 1660-1760 (1925), ped. of Richard Legh; Newton, House of Lyme, 181, 216, 346, 347.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cheshire 6 Apr. 1657 – 1 Oct. 1659, Mar. 1660–d.;C231/6, pp. 364, 442. Lancs. c.May 1660–?d.Lancs. RO, QSC/62–86. Commr. assessment, Cheshire 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Lancs. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Cheshire 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Cheshire, Lancs. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Cheshire Oct. 1661–12 Nov. 1688;Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, pp. 108, 127; ZCR 72/29/30; Lancs. RO, DDTA 167, 170, 173; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 165. Lancs. 1673 – 80, 10 June 1685–6.Lancs. RO, DDBR 8/4–5; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 165; D.P. Carter, ‘The Lancs. militia 1660–88’, in Seventeenth-Century Lancs. ed. J.I. Kermode, C.B. Phillips, Trans. Historic Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, cxxxii. 181. Commr. corporations, Cheshire 14 Feb. 1662;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 137v. subsidy, Cheshire, Lancs. 1663.SR. Gov. King’s sch. Macclesfield 12 Feb. 1667.Cheshire RO, SP 3/4/21. Dep.-constable, Liverpool Castle 20 May 1673–?Lancs. RO, DDM 3/25. Commr. recusants, Lancs. 1675.CTB iv. 739.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 24 Nov. 1662–d.;City of Liverpool. Selections from the Municipal Archives ed. J.A. Picton (Liverpool, 1883), 24. Preston 12 Sept. 1672–d.Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 148.

: of Lyme, Cheshire., Prestbury.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, ‘Master J.H.’ (prob. J. Hesketh), 1662;NT, Lyme. oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1667.NT, Lyme.

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LEGH, Richard (1634-87), of Lyme, Prestbury, Cheshire.

Will
1 Sept. 1684, pr. 8 Nov. 1687.Cheshire RO, WS 1687, will of Richard Legh.
Estates
in 1625, grandfa. was assessed for his lands in Cheshire at £26 13s. 4d for the privy seal loan.Cheshire RO, DLT/B/11, p. 11. In 1643, Legh inherited a substantial estate in Cheshire and Lancs.Infra, ‘Peter Legh’; PROB11/226, f. 381; Newton, House of Lyme, 179. In 1656-60, purchased property in Newton; c.Oct. 1660, purchased from Sir Thomas Fleetwood the manor or barony of Newton in Makerfield, Newton Hall and property in Abram, Ashton in Makerfield, Billinge, Croft, Golborne, Lowton, Pemberton and Southworth, Lancs.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box A, A nos. 6, 11, 13; Legh of Lyme corresp. Lttrs. to R. Legh, folder 12: W. Bancks to Legh, 17 April, 15 May n.d. [but 1660]; folder 18: Sir T. Fleetwood to Legh, 20 Apr. [?1660]; Lancs. RO, QDD/55/F2; VCH Lancs. iv. 133-4. In 1660, estate was valued at £4,000 p.a.The Flemings in Oxford ed. J.R. Magrath (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xliv), 510. In 1662-3, his acct. book suggests that estate was worth £2,678 p.a.JRL, Legh of Lyme mss, Filing box 52. His will referred to property in Disley, Lyme Handley and Stanley, Cheshire.Cheshire RO, WS 1687, will of Richard Legh.
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Addresses
Dutton, Cheshire (1653);JRL, Legh of Lyme corresp. Lttrs. to Richard Legh, folder 12: F. Bancks to Legh n.d. [June 1653]. Holborn Court, Chisnalls Buildings, Gray’s Inn, Mdx. (1657-1658);Greater Manchester County RO, E17/89/22/1; Newton, House of Lyme, 198. ‘over against The Harp and Ball, below Charing Cross, near Wallingford House (Mar. 1659).Newton, House of Lyme, 198.
Religion
presented Samuel Needham to rectory of Claughton, Lancs., 1681.
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