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EVELYN, George (1617-99), of Wotton, Surr.

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b. 18 June 1617, 1st s. of Richard Evelyn of Wotton and Elianor (1598-1635), da. of John Standsfield of the Cliff, Lewes, Suss.Evelyn Diary, ed. de Beer, ii. 1-3, 13. educ. Guildford g.s.;Evelyn Diary, v. 358. Trinity, Oxf. 24 Oct. 1634-?July 1637;Al. Ox.; Evelyn Diary, ii. 15, 120. M. Temple, 18 Feb. 1637.MT Admiss. i. 132. m. (1) 28 May 1640, Mary (bur. 5 May 1644), da. of Daniel Caldwell of Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex, 1s. (d.v.p.); (2) bef. Oct. 1647, Mary (d. 8 Aug. 1664), da. of Robert Offley, of Kettelby and Dalby, Leics., and wid. of Sir John Cotton, at least 3s. (d.v.p.), 3 da. (2 d.v.p.)Evelyn Diary, ii. 24, 537; iii. 377; v. 358-9; Manning and Bray, Surr. ii. 150; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 43. suc. fa. 24 Dec. 1640.Evelyn Diary, ii. 26. d. 4 Oct. 1699.Evelyn Diary, v. 357.
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Local: commr. assessment, Surr. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–66, 1681 – 87, by 1691–?d. Dep. lt. c.Aug. 1660–75, by Feb. 1694–d. Commr recusants, 1675; rebuilding of Southwark, 1677.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 43; Evelyn Diary, v. 169–70; CTB iv. 791; HP Commons 1660–1690.

Religious: elder, Dorking classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. English Church, ii. 433.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, June 1660–?85.LC3/2.

Civic: freeman, Guildford 1662.HP Commons 1660–1690.

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EVELYN, George (1617-99), of Wotton, Surr.

Will
pr. 3 Feb. 1700.PROB 11/454/207.
Estates
inherited estate worth about £4,000 p.a., inc. manors of Wotton, Gosterwood, Westland, Paddington, Abinger, Surr.; Wotton house, 26 hearths in 1664.Evelyn Diary, ii. 2; VCH Surr. iii. 156–8; W. Suss. RO, Add. MS 16,148; Evelyn diary, ii. 4; Surr. Rec. Soc. xvii. 54.
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JACKSON, Joseph (c.1605-62), of St Werburgh, Bristol.

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b. c. 1605, 3rd s. of Miles Jackson of Bristol and 1st w. Mary, da. of William Byrd of Bristol; bro. of Miles Jackson*.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 53; Vis. Som. and Bristol, 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 183; Beavan, Bristol Lists, 297. educ. appr. 26 Oct. 1620 to his fa. and mo.Bristol RO, 04352/4, f. 228v. m. (1), Anne, 2s. d.v.p. 5da. (3 d.v.p.); (2) Mary Hooke, wid. of Thomas Hooke, merchant of Bristol (d. 1643), da. of --- Burrus, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.St Werburgh par. reg.; Bristol RO, FCOB 2/5, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 214; PROB11/290/248; HP Commons, 1660-90, ii. 578. d. 5 Jan. 1662.Beavan, Bristol Lists, 297; St. Werburgh par. reg.
Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 1630 – d.; warden, 1633 – 34, 1645 – 46; asst. 1640 – 41, 1642 – 43, 1648 – 49, 1652 – 53, 1656 – 57, 1658 – 59, 1661 – 62; master, 1647 – 48, 1653–6.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters I, pp. 64, 119, 133, 137, 143, 147, 148, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 167, 173.

Civic: burgess, Bristol 1 July 1630–d.;Bristol RO, 04359/2, f. 193v. common cllr. 26 Apr. 1638; member, cttee. for defence of city, 15 Aug. 1642-July 1643;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 123. sheriff, 1642–3;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 83v, 125. supervisor, highways and gaol, 1643 – 44; alderman, 15 Sept. 1646 – d.; clavenger, 1647 – 48, 1649 – 50, 1651 – 52, 1653 – 54, 1656 – 57, 1658 – 59; auditor, 1647 – 49, 1653 – d.; supervisor, free sch. 1647 – 48, 1650 – 55, 1657 – 58, 1660 – d.; hosps. 1648 – 49; treas. hosps. and highways, 1648 – 49; supervisor, city lands, 1649 – 51, 1652 – 53, 1655 – 56, 1657 – 59, 1660 – 61; highways, 1650 – 51; mayor, 1651 – 52; supervisor, charity money, 1652 – 57, 1660 – 61; constable of staple, 1652–5.Bristol RO, 04264/4, pp. 38, 145, 168, 186, 201; 04264/5, pp. 13, 27, 39, 51, 71, 90, 110, 136; 04264/6, pp. 29, 43.

Religious: churchwarden, St Werburgh 1638 – 40, 1645.Bristol RO, P/St. W/Chw/3(b), pp. 92, 96, 116.

Military: capt. militia ft. Bristol 1 Sept. 1642.Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 124; 04026/22, f. 166.

Local: commr. assessment, Bristol 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 16 Jan., 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; Bristol RO, 04264/6, p. 8. preservation of timber, Forest of Dean 26 Mar. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 54. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Som., Bristol and Bath 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. for public faith, Bristol 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Central: member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1.

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JACKSON, Joseph (c.1605-62), of St Werburgh, Bristol.

Will
7 July 1658, codicils 19 Nov. 1658, 22 Jan. 1659, 31 Dec. 1661, 2 Jan. 1662, pr. 3 Oct. 1663.Bristol RO, FCOB 2/5, Great Orphan Book 2, f. 214; PROB11/312/203.
Estates
purchased Sneyd Park, Bristol; owned at d. lands in St Nicholas St. and the Forest of Dean; rented houses from Bristol corporation in Baldwin St. and St Nicholas St.Bristol RO, FCOB 2/5, Great Orphan Book 2, f. 214; 04026/25(i), pp. 14, 15; Latimer, Annals of Bristol, 489.
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MOODIE, Myles (1582-1647), of Ripon, Yorks.

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bap. 24 Nov. 1582, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Christopher Moody of North Lees and Magdalens, Ripon.Ripon Par. Reg. ed. W.J. Kaye (Yorks. Parish Reg. Soc. lxxx), 39, 82, 89. m. 24 July 1606, Elizabeth (bur. 5 July 1617), da. of William Fawcett of Ripon, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Ripon par. reg.; Ripon Millenary ed. W. Harrison, ii. 46. suc. fa. Feb. 1591;Ripon Par. Reg. ed. W. J. Kaye, 102. d. 10 Mar. 1647.PROB11/200, f. 41v.
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Civic: asst. Ripon 24 Sept. 1622; alderman, 1 Feb. 1623 – d.; mayor, Feb. 1625 – Jan. 1626, Oct. 1627 – Feb. 1628, Jan. 1643-Jan. 1644.N. Yorks. RO, DC/RIC II 1//1/2, pp. 174, 181, 208, 239, 347.

Local: collector, Palatinate benevolence, Ripon 1622.E403/2741, f. 60. Commr. charitable uses, Yorks. (W. Riding) 27 June 1629.C192/1, unfol.

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MOODIE, Myles (1582-1647), of Ripon, Yorks.

Will
Mar. 1647, pr. 6 Apr. 1647.PROB11/200, f. 41v.
Estates
estate consisted of messuages, lands and tenements in Ripon, worth about £100 p.a. and lease of the lands of St Mary Magdalene’s hospital, Ripon, worth about £140 p.a.C10/159/70.
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CROKE, Unton I (c.1594-1671), of the Old Palace, St Aldate’s, Oxford and Marston, Oxon.

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b. c. 1594, 4th s. of Sir John Croke† (d. 1620) of Chilton, Bucks. and Studley, Oxon. and Katherine (d. aft. 1619), da. of Sir Michael Blount of Mapledurham; bro. of Sir John Croke† and Henry Croke†.Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 280-1; ‘Sir John Croke’, Oxford DNB. educ. I. Temple, 26 Nov. 1609;I. Temple database. Christ Church, Oxf. 2 Mar. 1610, ‘age 15’.A. Ox. m. 8 Nov. 1617, Anne (d. 10 June 1670), da. and h. of Richard Hore of Marston, 4s. (inc. Richard Croke* and Unton Croke II*), 4 da., 2 other children.MI St Nicholas church, Marston; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 280-1; Parochial Colls. ed. Davis, 203-5. d. ?28 Jan. 1671.St Nicholas, Marston par. reg.; cf. A. Wood, Life and Times, i. 195.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 26 Jan. 1617;I. Temple database. bencher, 14 June 1635; reader, May 1639;CITR ii. 224, 244, 250. treas. 1658–60.Baker, Order of Serjeants at Law, 507. Master in chancery bef. 22 May 1626.C181/3, f. 200. Sjt.-at-law, 26 June 1655.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 402. Assize judge, Home circ. July 1655, June 1656, Feb. 1658; co. Cork Aug. 1656; Midland circ. Feb. 1657; Northern circ. June 1657.C181/6, pp. 113, 273; Chatsworth, CM/29, 18 Aug. 1656; R. Purre, The Judges Charge (1658, E.947.2). ?Judge and commr. for Scotland, Mar. 1660.Acts of Parliament of Scotland vi. pt. ii. 788n.

Local: dep. steward, Oxf. Univ. 1 Feb. 1620 – ?43, ?1647–?May 1663.Reg. Univ. Oxford, ii, pt. i. 242; C231/5, p. 139; Wood, Fasti, iii. 185. J.p. Oxon. 1621–?1642,C231/4, f. 119; C193/13/2, f. 54v; PC2/31, f. 701. 24 Dec. 1649-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, pp. 172–3; C193/13/4, f. 78; C193/13/5, f. 83v; Names of the Justices (1650, E.1328.4); A Perfect List (1660). Wallingford 3 Mar 1656, 13 Nov. 1658.C181/6, pp. 136, 329. Commr. subsidy, Oxon. 1624, 1641;C212/22/23; SR. sewers, Oxon. and Berks. 22 May 1626, 18 July 1634;C181/3, f. 200; C181/4, f. 179. Forced Loan, Oxon. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 46. Thames navigation, 1632;Oxon. RO, city archives, F.5.9, ff. 54–55v. further subsidy, Oxon. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 209v. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Oxon. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;SR; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. enquiry (roy.), ct. of wards at Oxf. 2 Feb. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 2. oyer and terminer, Home. circ. 4 July 1655, 23 June 1656, 9 Feb. 1658;C181/6, pp. 124, 170, 277. Midland circ. 3 Feb. 1657;C181/6, p. 214. Northern circ. 16 June 1657;C181/6, p. 241. securing peace of commonwealth, Oxon. by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 595. assize. co. Dur. 4 July 1657.C181/6, pp. 242.

Civic: recorder, Wallingford 1649–?1667.Berks. RO, W/AC al, ff. 137, 146; C181/6, ff. 136, 329.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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CROKE, Unton I (c.1594-1671), of the Old Palace, St Aldate’s, Oxford and Marston, Oxon.

Will
not found.
Estates
from 1617, land at Marston, increased aft 1625;Wood, Life and Times, i. 195; Oxon. RO, MS Wills 31/1/6, Anthony Hore of Marston; Bodl. Top. Oxon. c.405; VCH Oxon. v. 217. by 1624-5 (lease) and by 1642 (property) at Old Palace, St Aldate’s, Oxford.Toynbee, Young, Strangers in Oxford, 138-9; VCH Oxon. iv. 97. Assessed at £10 16s for his property in the south west ward of Oxford in 1641.Toynbee, Young, Strangers in Oxford, 138. ?Lease from Merton College of land at Chetwood, Bucks. to 1665.VCH Oxon. iv. 97; Wood, Life and Times, iii. 246
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ABBOTT, Daniel (d. aft. 1676), of Nenagh, co. Tipperary.

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?s. of Revd Nathaniel Abbott of Pilton, Som.CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 209. Kntd. 16 Nov. 1658.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224. d. aft. 1676.Irish Statute Staple Bks. 164.
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Military: capt. of dragoons (parlian.), regt. of Richard Browne II* by Mar. 1645;CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 337. regt. of John Okey*, New Model army, Apr. 1645-c.June 1647;Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 69; Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 50; Clarke Pprs. i. 173. maj. c.June 1647-June 1649.SP28/60, f. 154. Col. of dragoons, army in Ireland, July 1649–60.SP28/61, f. 371; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 296. Gov. Nenagh Castle, co. Tipperary by 1652–60.Ludlow, Mems. i. 262.

Irish: sheriff, cos. Tipperary, Waterford Aug. 1654; co. Kilkenny June 1655.C219/44, unfol.; Mercurius Politicus, no. 262 (14–21 June 1655), 5417. Commr. assessment, co. Tipperary 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). transplantation, co. Tipperary by Apr. 1656;Henry Cromwell Corresp. 119–20. poll money, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 644.

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ABBOTT, Daniel (d. aft. 1676), of Nenagh, co. Tipperary.

Will
Estates
lease of forfeited Butler estate of Nenagh, co. Tipperary 4 Feb. 1653-Oct. 1660;Eg. 1762, f. 205; HMC Ormonde, n.s. iii. 9. lease of lead and silver mines, co. Tipperary c.1655-60;Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland, 39. c.1655 granted lands in Moyfenrath barony, co. Meath, in lieu of pay arrears.Ire. under the Commonwealth, i. 57n. In 1670 held land in 16 townlands in co. Tipperary (concentrated in the baronies of Upper Ormond and Owny and Arra) and 2 in co. Kilkenny.Down Survey website.
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FENWICK, George (c.1603-57), of Brinkburn, Northumb., and Warminghurst, Suss.

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b. c. 1603, 1st s. of George Fenwick of Brinkburn and Dorothy, da. of John Forster of Newham, Northumb.Hodgson, Northumb. ii. pt. 2, 115. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1619;Al Cant. G. Inn, 11 Feb. 1622.G. Inn Admiss. 165. m. (1) bef. 1640, Alice (d. c.Nov. 1645), da. of Sir Edward Aspley of Thakeham, Suss., and wid. of Sir John Boteler (d. 2 Aug. 1634) of Teston, Kent, 2da.;Hodgson, Northumb. ii. pt. 2, 115; Hist. Northumb. vii. 471, 473; Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 150; Hasted, Kent, ii. 291; [J.H. Trumbull], Re-interment of the Remains of Lady Alice Apsley Boteler (?New York, 1871), 13-14, 15, 20. (2) 20 Nov. 1652, Catherine (bur. 2 Sept. 1670), da. of Sir Arthur Hesilrige* of Noseley, Leics., s.p.Holy Trinity, Clapham, par. reg.; Hodgson, Northumb. ii. pt. 2, 115. suc. fa. 1617;Hist. Northumb. vii. 473. d. 15 Mar. 1657.J. Fuller, Hist. of Berwick upon Tweed (1799), 183-4.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 21 Nov. 1631; ancient, 20 May 1650.PBG Inn, i. 308, 376.

Colonial: commr. united colonies of New England, Connecticut Sept. 1643-Apr. 1646.Acts of the Commrs. of the United Colonies of New England ed. D. Pulsifer, i. 13, 25, 43, 61 (in Recs. of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England ed. N.B. Shurtleff, D. Pulsifer, ix) J.p. Apr. 1644-aft. May 1648.Public Recs. of the Colony of Connecticut, i. 99, 163.

Central: member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;TSP i. 79; LJ viii. 411a; LJ ix. 500a. for compounding, 24 Sept. 1647;LJ ix. 449a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. to Scotland, 23 Oct. 1651.CJ vii. 30b.

Local: commr. assessment, Northumb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; co. Dur. 7 Apr. 1649, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652,A. and O. 20 Dec. 1654;CJ vii. 405a. sequestration, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb., Westmld. 31 Mar. 1648;LJ x. 167a. northern cos. militia, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23 May 1648; militia, Northumb. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. co. Dur. 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 258. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649.SP18/1/23, f. 32 J.p. Northumb., co. Dur. by Feb. 1650–d.C193/13/3. 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). Visitor, Greetham and Sherburn hosps. co. Dur. 5 July 1650.CJ vi. 437b. V.-adm. co. Dur. Mar. 1652-aft. 1654.CSP Dom. 1651–2, pp. 130, 552; Summers, Sunderland, 497–8; VCH Durham, v. 63. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, p. 18. northern marches 18 July 1654;C231/6, p. 294. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) c.June 1648–30 Aug. 1656.CJ v. 624b; SP28/124, f. 228; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 392; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015), i. 103. Dep. gov. Tynemouth Castle Aug. 1648–?;SP28/133/3, f. 36v; CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 196. Berwick-upon-Tweed Oct. 1648-bef. Mar. 1653;Berwick RO, B1/11, Berwick Guild Bk., ff. 34v, 45; Moderate Intelligencer no. 186 (5–12 Oct. 1648), 1687 (E.467.16); CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 176. Leith, Edinburgh Castle Dec. 1650–30 Aug. 1656.Mercurius Politicus no. 31 (2–9 Jan. 1651), 504 (E.621.10); CSP Dom. 1651, p. 456; Clarke Pprs. iii. 71.

Civic: freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed 20 Aug. 1649–d.;Berwick RO, B1/10, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 136v. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 13 Mar. 1650–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/1, p. 414; Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 64.

Scottish: visitor, univs. and colls. June 1652.Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 142 (10–17 June 1652), 2221 (E.795.20). Commr. civil justice, June 1654.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 211.

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FENWICK, George (c.1603-57), of Brinkburn, Northumb., and Warminghurst, Suss.

Will
2 Feb. 1657, cod. 9 Mar. 1657, pr. 27 Apr. 1657.PROB11/263, f. 278v.
Estates
purchased Brinkburn in 1626, having held this property by lease from crown.Hist. Northumb. vii. 471; Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 2, ii. 116. Acquired estate at Warminghurst, Suss. through first wife.Hist. Northumb. vii. 471. In 1649-50, purchased from trustees for sale of church lands, borough and town of Sunderland and manor of Houghton-le-Spring, co. Dur. for £2,851, and lands in Ryhope, co. Dur. for £2,091 16s.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 287, 290; Summers, Sunderland, 477-87. In 1652-3, purchased lands and lease on sequestered property in Monkwearmouth, co. Dur. paying £100 p.a. for seven years.CCC 2356, 2357. By 1655, owned parcel of land in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx.CSP Dom. 1655-6, pp. 30, 41. In will, mentioned lease of lands in Warminghurst (property worth at least £100 p.a.) lands in Brinkburn, East Thirston and Tritlington, Northumb., and property in Connecticut.PROB11/263, ff. 278v, 279. Real and personal estate in Connecticut valued at £941.Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Recs. i. 51.
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DRAKE, Sir Francis, 2nd bt. (1617-62), of Werrington and Buckland Abbey, Buckland Monachorum, Devon.

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bap. 25 Sept. 1617, 1st s. of Sir Francis Drake, 1st bt.† of Buckland Abbey and 2nd w. Joan, da. of Sir William Strode† of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 299. educ. I. Temple 9 Nov. 1633; travelled abroad (Italy) 1638-40.I. Temple database; Eliott-Drake, Fam. and Heirs, i. 252, 261-2. m. 18 Jan. 1641 (with £2,500), Dorothy (d. 7 May 1661), da. of John Pym* of Brymore, Som. s.p. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1637. d. 6 Jan. 1662.Eliott-Drake, Fam. and Heirs, i. 246, 276, 436, 438.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Devon 12 Mar. – 15 July 1642, by Mar. 1647 – 4 Mar. 1657, Mar. 1660–d.C231/5 pp. 512, 530; C231/6, p. 360; Devon RO, DQS 28/3. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 1645–6. Commr. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; LJ x. 311b.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Henry Grey*, 1st earl of Stamford, 22 Sept. 1643–17 Jan. 1644.SP28/44/244. Col. of horse, brigade of Edward Massie*, May 1645-Oct. 1646.R. Temple, ‘The Massey Brigade in the West’, Som. and Dorset N and Q xxxi, 439, 440, 442.

: 2nd bt. (1617-62), of Werrington 1617 – 62 and Buckl and Abbey, Buckl and Monachorum, Devon.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, circle of R. Walker.Whereabouts unknown.

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DRAKE, Sir Francis, 2nd bt. (1617-62), of Werrington and Buckland Abbey, Buckland Monachorum, Devon.

Will
10 Apr. 1661, pr. 9 Apr. 1662.PROB11/307/534.
Estates
sold Werrington Park for £4,750 to William Morice*, 1650;Devon RO, 346M/F735. conveyed remaining estate to nephew, Francis Drake, in Sept. 1661: house and site of Buckland abbey; manors of Yarcombe, Knightshayes, Sherford; lands in Buckland Monachorum, Sherford, Yarcombe, Brixton, Upottery, Bere Alston, Devon; site of priory of Launceston, ‘Newhouse’, lands in St Thomas, Launceston, St Mary Magdalen, St Stephen-by-Launceston, Menheniot and Atwood, Cornw.Devon RO, 346M/F741.
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BAKER, Thomas (1606-75), of Sweeney Hall, Oswestry, Salop.

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bap. 21 Dec. 1606, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Thomas Baker of Sweeney Hall and the housekeeper to Arthur Chambers of Sweeney.Oswestry par. reg.; Gough, Hist. Myddle, 157-9. m. Elizabeth (bur. 16 Jan. 1684), da. of William Fenwick of Stanton, Northumb., s.p.Gough, Hist. Myddle, 159; Salop Archives, 2868/273. suc. fa. Sept. 1639.PROB11/181/330. d. 19 Mar. 1675.Oswestry par. reg.
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Religious: elder, Salop 2nd Presbyterian classis, 29 Apr. 1647.Shaw, Hist. English Church, ii. 408.

Local: commr. assessment, Salop 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.1068.28). Sheriff, 1648–9.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. J.p. by Feb. 1650–?Mar. 1660. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; militia, Salop 26 July 1659;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 375.

: Salop., Oswestry.
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BAKER, Thomas (1606-75), of Sweeney Hall, Oswestry, Salop.

Will
8 July 1663, cod. 9 Mar. 1675, pr. 17 July 1675.PROB11/348/278.
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RAWDON, George (1604-84), of Rawdon Hall, Guiseley, Yorks. and Moira, co. Down.

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Family and Education
b. 1604, 1st s. of Francis Rawdon of Rawdon and Dorothy, da. of William Aldborough of Aldborough, Yorks.Vis. Yorks. 1584-5 and 1612, 565. educ. schools at Bradford and York. m. (1) 1635, Ursula, da. of Sir Francis Stafford of Portglenore, co. Antrim, wid. of Francis Hill of Castle Eagle, co. Down, s.p.;CB; McGrath, Biographical Dict. (2) 4 Sept. 1654, Dorothy, da. of Edward Conway†, 2nd Visct. Conway and Killulta, 7s. 3da.SP63/285, f. 243; The Rawdon Pprs. ed. E. Berwick (1819), 15-16. cr. bt. 20 May 1665.CSP Dom. 1664-5, p. 257; CB. suc. fa. April 1668. d. 18 Aug. 1684.CB.
Offices Held

Household: secretary to 1st Visct. Conway, c.1625–41?;CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 54; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 162. power of att. over 2nd Visct. Conway’s Irish estates by July 1653.CSP Ire. 1647–60, pp. 394–5.

Irish: MP, Belfast 1640; Carlingford 1661–6.McGrath, Biographical Dict.; CJI, i. 592. Commr. revenue, Ulster by Sept. 1651-aft. Mar. 1652;SP28/83, f. 3; SP28/84, ff. 296, 300; SP28/85. f. 47. examination of confiscated lands, 1653;McGrath, Biographical Dict. assessment, cos. Antrim, Down 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (1654, 1655, 1657). J.p. co. Down by Apr. 1655-aft. Oct. 1658.CSP Ire. 1647–60, pp. 564, 660; SP63/287, f. 200. Trustee, 1649 officers by 1657-aft. 1675.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 634; Stowe 208, f. 386. Commr. church livings, June 1657.St. J.D. Seymour, The Puritans in Ire. (Oxford, 1921), 145, 158. Member for co. Antrim, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 170. Commr. poll money, cos. Antrim, Down 1660–1.Irish Census, 1659, 626–7, 645. PC by Oct. 1673-aft. Apr. 1679.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 258–360.

Military: capt. of horse, regt. of Visct. Conway, British forces in Ulster, 1641–3;CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 351; SP28/139, unfol.: John Davies’s acct. 1642. maj. of horse, regt. of Arthur Hill*, c.1644-July 1649;HMC Egmont, i. 238; CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 522; 1647–60, p. 30; Rawdon Pprs. ed. Berwick, 177. capt. of horse, royal army in Ireland, Oct. 1660–d.HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 241–331; ii. 187–226; CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 288.

Civic: freeman, Belfast Mar. 1643.McGrath, Biographical Dict.

: of Rawdon Hall, Guiseley, Yorks. and Moira, co. Down.
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Likenesses: line engraving, R. White, c.1667.BM; NPG.

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RAWDON, George (1604-84), of Rawdon Hall, Guiseley, Yorks. and Moira, co. Down.

Will
Estates
house and lands at Moira, co. Down, by 1636;SP16/316, f. 189. 60-year lease of Brook Hill and six townlands, co. Antrim, from Visct. Conway, renewed 1649;CSP Ire. 1647-60, pp. 267-8. leased lands in Ballynehatty and Ballymullvally, co. Down, c.Feb. 1650;HEHL, Hasting MSS, HAM Box 75/14. £1,163 arrears allocated (in land?), aft. Dec. 1656;CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 608. purchased 3,278 acres of army lands in co. Down, 26 May 1657;HEHL, Hastings MSS, Legal Box 11(6). 2,000 acres of adventure lands in Massereene barony, co. Antrim, allocated Jan. 1658.CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 661. In 1670 held land in 34 townlands in co. Down, and smaller estates in cos. Meath, Louth and Dublin.Down Survey website.
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London addresses during 1630s inc. Durham House (Strand), Channel Row, St Martin’s Lane and Longacre.CSP Dom. 1631-3, pp. 282, 389; 1635, p. 137; 1635-5, p. 443; CSP Ire. 1633-47, p. 116.
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STANLEY, William (1598-1665), of St Martin’s, Leicester.

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bap. 25 Mar. 1598, 1st s. of William Stanley, mercer, of Leicester, and Anne (bur. 10 Oct. 1628), da. of William Morton, mercer, of Leicester.St Martin, Leicester par. reg.; PROB11/110, f. 210; Nichols, Leics. i. 152; Hartopp, Mayors, 74-5, 96-6. educ. ?appr. mercer, Leicester c.1612. m. 24 July 1627, Mary (d. 27 July 1682), da. of Humphrey Alsop of Butterley Hall, Pentrich, Derbys. and Markfield, Leics., wid. of Richard Spencer of Wanlip, Leics. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).St Martin’s, Leicester par. reg.; Nichols, Leics. iv. 152, 802; Leics. RO, Probate 1626/68; Probate 1665/76. suc. fa. Aug. 1607. bur. 25 Aug. 1665 25 Aug. 1665.St Martin’s, Leicester par. reg.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Leicester 1621–2;Freemen of Leicester ed. Hartopp, 113. cllr. 1623; chamberlain, 1628 – 29; alderman by Sept. 1635-c.Sept. 1662; coroner, 1637 – 38; bailiff, 1638 – 39; mayor, Sept. 1640–1, Sept. 1648–9; steward of the fair, 1642 – 43, 1650–1.Leics. RO, BRII/1/3, pp. 463, 534; Hartopp, Mayors, 96–6; Leics. Bor. Recs. iv. 598, 599, 601, 602, 604, 605, 606; Nichols, Leics. i. 427, 429.

Religious: churchwarden, St Martin, Leicester 1629–30.Churchwardens’ Accts. ed. North, 177, 179

Local: commr. subsidy, Leics. 1641; further subsidy, Leicester 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Leics. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Leicester 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644; for associating midland cos. Leics. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. Leics. militia, 16 Jan. 1643, 10 July 1644;An Examination Examined (1645), 15 (E.303.13); A. and O. sequestration, Leicester 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643; Leics. 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16v; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Leics. by Dec. 1655-c.1657.TSP iv. 335. Trustee and gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 9 June 1657.Nichols, Leics. i. 488–9. Commr. for public faith, Leics. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

: of St Martin’s, Leicester.
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Commons 1640-1660
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STANLEY, William (1598-1665), of St Martin’s, Leicester.

Will
10 June 1665, pr. 23 Sept. 1665.Leics. RO, Probate 1665/76.
Estates
in 1607, inherited unspecified ‘freehold land and leases’.PROB11/110, f. 210. In 1664, owned house of 9 hearths in Leicester.Leicester and its Inhabitants in 1664 ed. Hartopp, 13. In 1665, estate inc. a house and shop in Leicester; 8 acres of meadow in Birstall and Thurmaston, nr. Leicester; house and barn in Melton Mowbray, Leics.Leics. RO, Probate 1665/76; PROB11/286, f. 110v.
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lodging with Mrs Cressy, St Margaret’s churchyard, Westminster (Mar. 1659).Leics. RO, BRII/18/29, f. 739.
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