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MORLEY, Sir William (1606-58), of Halnaker, Boxgrove, Suss.

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bap. 4 Mar. 1606, 1st s. of Sir John Morley† of Halnaker and Cecily, da. of Sir Edward Caryll of Harting.Add. 5699, f. 154v; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 140-1. educ. Trinity, Oxf., 26 Oct. 1621;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 7 July 1622.I. Temple database. m. bef. Jan. 1625, Mary (d. 17 Dec. 1666), da. of Sir Robert Heath† of Brasted, Kent, 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Misc. Gen. et Her. 5th ser., iv. 156-64; Add. 5699, ff. 34, 154v; Add. 28241, f. 133. suc. fa. 21 Dec. 1622.C142/399/156. Kntd. 4 Sept. 1625.Shaw, Knights of Eng., ii. 189. bur. 23 June 1658.Add. 5699, f. 154v.
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Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Suss. 1627, 1637;C181/3, f. 216v; C181/5, f. 68v. martial law, 1627;E. Suss. RO, LCD/EW1, f. 56. sewers, 1630, 1637, 1638, 26 July 1645.C181/4, ff. 46v, 53v; C181/5, ff. 69v, 115v, 257. J.p. by Apr. 1633–44.ASSI35/75/8; SP16/405; C66/2858. Sheriff, Suss., Surr. Feb.-Nov. 1636.Add. 5705, ff. 38–9. Commr. piracy, Suss. 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR; Suss. Arch. Coll. ix. 104–6. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.SR; A. and O.

: of Halnaker, Suss., Boxgrove.
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MORLEY, Sir William (1606-58), of Halnaker, Boxgrove, Suss.

Will
14 June 1658, pr. 16 Feb. 1659.PROB11/286/611.
Estates
1609-1638, reversion of clerkship of star chamber;CSP Dom. 1631-1633, p. 68; 1635-1636, p. 57. estates valued at £2,500 p.a., July 1644, by cttee. for advance of money;CCAM, 436. 1657, rental of manors of Halnaker, Boxgrove, Eastlavant, Tangmere, Barnham, and Selsey, £1,022 p.a.Preston Park Manor, Brighton, Thomas-Stanford Coll., WS/CU/1.
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MANBY, Thomas (c.1614-79), of Downsell Hall, South Weald, Essex

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b. c. 1614, 1st s. of Robert Manby of Walmsgate and Wragby, Lincs. and Joan, da. and h. of Thomas Manby of Wragby and St Martin’s, Leicester.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li.), 632-3. educ. L. Inn 16 May 1633.LI Admiss. i. 220. m. Mary (d. 1691), da. and coh. of Daniel Caldwell of Horndon-on-the-Hill and Cantis, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. d.v.p.Morant, Essex, i. 121. suc. gdfa. 1618;PROB11/133/262. fa. 1645.Lincs. Peds. 632-3. d. 2 Feb. 1679.
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Legal: called, L. Inn 18 June 1640; bencher, 22 Nov. 1659; treas. 28 Nov. 1661 – 11 Feb. 1664; kpr. Black Bk. Jan. 1669; associate bencher, 23 June 1673.LI Black Bks. ii. 355, 431; iii. 24, 37, 62, 90. Assize judge, Carm., Card. and Pemb. 14 Mar. 1660.CJ vii. 876a-b.

Local: j.p. Essex 2 Mar. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6 pp. 177, 215; Essex RO, Q/SO 1/674, f. 205. Mdx. Oct. 1653-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6 p. 273. Commr. assessment, Essex 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). oyer and terminer, Mdx. by Jan. 1654–10 Nov. 1655;C181/6, pp. 4, 64. Northern circ. 6 Apr. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 113. sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654;C181/6, p. 6. Essex 28 June 1658;C181/6, p. 297. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: commr. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652.CJ vii. 74a. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 31.

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MANBY, Thomas (c.1614-79), of Downsell Hall, South Weald, Essex

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not found.
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Inherited land in Leics. from his grandfa.;PROB11/133/262. purchased Downsell Hall, South Weald, Essex, c.1660.Morant, Essex, i. 121.
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MYLLES, Dr John (c.1604-76), of Christ Church, Oxford, and Doctors’ Commons, London.

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b. c. 1604, ?4th s. of Francis Mylles† (d. 1618) of Bitterne, Hants and of London, and his w. Alice, da. of Richard James† of Newport, I.o.W.Bodl. Tanner 257, f. 253v; HP Commons 1559-1603; Al. Ox.; Vis. Hants. 1530, 1575, 1633, 1634 (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 170. educ. Westminster sch.;Rec. of Old Westminsters (1928), ii. 681. Christ Church, Oxf. 12 Oct. 1621, ‘aged 17’; BA 6 Feb. 1624, MA 13 June 1626, BCL 23 July 1631, cr. DCL 5 Jan. 1649.Al. Ox.; Bodl. Oxford Univ. archives, NEP/supra/Reg. T, pp. 25-6. unm. . d. betw. 1 Mar.-18 Apr. 1676.PROB11/350/471.
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Academic: student [fell.], Christ Church, Oxf. 12 July 1631 – ?Nov. 1642, by 6 Oct. 1647 – ?; canon, 30 Mar./1 Apr. 1648-betw. 16 Jan./8 Mar. 1651, 12/13 Mar.-?June 1660.Christ Church, Oxford, archives, D&C i.b.2, p. 266; Wood, Hist. Univ. Oxford (1786), ii. pt. ii. 522, 555, 564, 629; Wood, Life and Times i. 307; Bodl. Oxford Univ. Archives, NEP/supra/Reg. T, p. 130; Reg. Ta. p. 8; Reg. Visitors Univ. Oxford, 317; CJ v. 603b; vii. 872b.

Legal: ?asst. House of Lords by 7 Feb. 1644–?LJ vi. 414a. Judge-adv. (parlian.) by 19 Nov. 1644-bef. Dec. 1648, Jan.-Dec. 1660.CJ iv. 34b-35a; England’s Black Tribunall (1660), 66; LJ vii. 122b-123a; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 35; Worcester Coll. Oxford, Clarke MS XVI, f. 87. Member, Doctors’ Commons bef. 3 July 1650; treas. 1665.G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons (1977), 177. Chan. Norwich dioc. 13 Sep. 1661–d.CSP Dom. 1673, p. 34.

Local: commr. martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646;A. and O. commr. (parlian.) surrender of Oxf. 17 May 1646. 25 June 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653Wood, Hist. Univ. Oxford, ii. 483. Visitor, Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. 25 June 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p. Oxon., 8 July 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 159, 340; C193/13/4, f. 77v; C193/13/5, ff. 84, 85. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). poll tax, Oxf. Univ. 1660;SR. piracy, London 6 May 1662-aft. Mar. 1667.C181/7, pp. 142, 394.

Central: commr. policies of assurances, 19 Aug. 1663-aft. Mar. 1671.C181/7, pp. 213, 577.

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MYLLES, Dr John (c.1604-76), of Christ Church, Oxford, and Doctors’ Commons, London.

Will
28 Feb. and 1 Mar., pr. 18 Apr. 1676.PROB11/350/471
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COOKE, Thomas (d. by 1682), of Hunt’s Hall, Pebmarsh, Essex.

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1st s. of Thomas Cooke of Pebmarsh, Essex and Grace Upcher.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 383. educ. DCL, Oxf. 1651.Ath. Ox. iv. pt. ii. 168; Al. Ox. m. (1) 1631, Elizabeth (d. Jan. 1646), da. and coh. of John Duke of Colchester, Essex, 7s. 4da.;Vis. Essex, i. 383; Morant, Essex, ii. 263; Josselin, Diary, 54; Boyd’s marriage index. (2) c.1646, Judith (d.1674), da. of Oliver St John of Keysoe, Beds.Morant, Essex, ii. 263. d. bef. 24 Nov. 1682.PROB11/371/418.
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Local: j.p. Essex, bef. 1641 – bef.Oct. 1660; Saffron Walden 30 Aug. 1649 – ?; Suff. 8 July 1656-Mar. 1660.Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxiv; C231/6, pp. 165, 340. Commr. assessment, Essex 24 Feb. 1643, 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; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Cambs. 10 Aug. 1643; Essex 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). ejecting scandalous ministers, 24 Feb. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; A.and O. oyer and terminer, 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254v. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 13, 373. gaol delivery, Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238v, 254v Colchester 20 Mar. 1656, 21 Feb. 1659;C181/6, pp. 150, 347. New Model ordinance, Essex 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 31 Mar. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/6, pp. 5, 201. for public faith, Essex 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: ?capt. of ft. (parlian.) Eastern Assoc. army, 1643; ?col. bef. May 1643.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 344; F.J. Varley, Cambridge during the Civil War (Cambridge, 1935), 114; Josselin, Diary, 48. ?Gov. Camb. by Sept. 1643-bef. Apr. 1644.Harl. 165, f. 136v. Col. militia ft. Essex by 1649–?, 19 Feb. 1650–?1660.A Diary of the Siege of Colchester (1648, 666.f. 13.6); CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 499; 1650, p. 504.

Central: trustee, sale of royal lands, 16 July 1649; sale of fee-farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650; sale of royal forests, 30 Aug. 1654. Commr. high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650;A. and O. ct. martial, Oct. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479.

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COOKE, Thomas (d. by 1682), of Hunt’s Hall, Pebmarsh, Essex.

Will
Jan. 1680, pr. 24 Nov. 1682.PROB11/371/418; Geneal. Gleanings in Eng. ed. H.F. Waters (Boston, Mass. 1901), i. 674-5.
Estates
bought Hunt’s Hall, Pebmarsh, 1652.Morant, Essex, ii. 263. Also bought wood at Wickham St Pauls (adjacent to Pebmarsh), formerly belonging to dean and chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral.Morant, Essex, ii. 276.
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LUCY, Sir Thomas (1585-1640), of Charlecote, Warws.

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b. 30 July 1585, 1st. s. of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote and 2nd wife Constance, da. and heir of Richard Kingsmill† of Burghclere and Highclere, Hants, bro. of Francis† and Sir Richard*.Warws. RO, L6/1154; Dugdale, Warws. i. 506; Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 93-4. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1601; L. Inn 1602; travelled abroad (France), c. 1608-9.Al. Ox..; L. Inn Admiss. i. 134; J. Stoye, Eng. Travellers Abroad (1989), 39-40. m. settlement 1 Oct. 1614 (with £2,000), Alice, da. and h. of Thomas Spencer of Claverdon, Warws., 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.); suc. fa. 16 July 1605.Warws. RO, L6/1156; L6/1154. Kntd. by 20 Nov. 1605.PROB11/106, f. 205v. d. 10 Dec. 1640.Charlecote par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Warws. c.1607–24 Feb. 1640.SP14/33, f. 63v; C231/5 p. 370. Sheriff, 1611–12, 1632–3.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 147. Warden, 12 Nov. 1611.Warws. RO, L6/1624. Capt. militia horse by 1616.Coventry RO, A79. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 3 June 1616–23 Jan. 1640;C181/2, f. 259v; C181/5, ff. 4v, 141v. subsidy, Warws. by 1621, 1624, 1628–9;SP14/123/78. mines dispute, Bedworth, Warws. 1622–4.APC, 1621–3, p. 348; 1623–5, pp. 197–8. Dep. lt. Warws. by 16 Dec. 1624–d.SP14/178/7, 33; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 19. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 61. swans, midland cos. and Welsh borders 1627; Staffs. and Warws. 1635, 1638; Avon navigation, 1636.C181/3, f. 227; 181/4, f. 199; 181/5, f. 91; Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 6.

Civic: recorder, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. 6 Oct. 1628 – d.; j.p. 23 Dec. 1628–d. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, BRU 2/3, pp. 4, 7.

: of Charlecote, Warws.
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Likenesses: oil on copper, W. Larkin, c.1609-10;NT, Charlecote Park. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1620-5;NT, Charlecote Park. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1620-5;NT, Charlecote Park. fun. monument, attrib. N. Stone, Charlecote church, Warws.

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LUCY, Sir Thomas (1585-1640), of Charlecote, Warws.

Will
22 Sept. 1639, pr. 18 Feb. 1641.PROB11/185, f. 153v.
Estates
at marriage, Charlecote manor, Charlecote rectory and lands in Charlecote parish, Cherington manor, lands in Hampton Lucy, Warws.; Little Sutton manor, Little Sutton Park, Tenbury Wells, Worcs.; Rochford manor, Kingston manor, lands in Sturmy Sutton, Herefs.; lands in Huckford Middleton, Salop.Warws. RO, L6/1156. On d. manors and lands in eight counties, worth over £3,500 p.a.A. Hughes, Politics, Society and Civil War in Warws. 1620-60 (Cambridge, 1987), 34.
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Presented Michael Wenman alias Wood, 18 Mar. 1618, Michael Walford, 2 Sept. 1626 to Charlecote; Thomas Rogers, 10 May 1636 to Hampton Lucy; John Harris, 10 Oct. 1636 to Cherington, Warws.; Edmund Clent to Rochford, Herefs.TNA, IND17003; Corpus Christi Oxford, MS 206; Worcs. Archives, 778:7324/ BA 2442/182, 371, 480, 493.
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PELHAM, John (1624-1703), of Halland, Laughton, Suss.

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bap. 10 Mar. 1624,Horsfield, Hist. Lewes, ii. 87. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Pelham* of Halland and Mary, da. of Sir Roger Wilbraham†, of Nantwich, Cheshire. educ. tutor, Mr Hampden, London, 1635;Add. 33145, ff. 83v-129v. Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1640;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (France, United Provinces), 1642-1644 or 1645.Add. 33145, ff. 152v-170v; Add. 33084, ff. 49-62. m. 20 Jan. 1648, Lady Lucy Sidney (bur. 19 Oct. 1685), da. of Robert Sidney, 2nd earl of Leicester, 4s. (1 d.v.p), 5da. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 28 Aug. 1654. bur. 20 Jan. 1703 20 Jan. 1703.CB i. 9; E.G. Pelham, and D. McLean, Some Early Pelhams (1931), ch. 15; Comber, Suss. Genealogies: Lewes, 208.
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Local: commr. assessment, Suss. 16 Feb. 1648, 9 Jun. 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. 18 July 1656–87, 1689–d.C231/6, p. 343; C193/13/5–6; C220/9/4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 372; C181/7, pp. 7, 639. sewers, Suss. 6 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660, 1665, 1669, 1670;C181/6, p. 367; C181/7, pp. 55, 539, 541; E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2/6. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 7 Dec. 1660, 18 June 1670;C181/7, pp. 71, 552. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 22 Mar. 1666.C181/7, p. 354. V.-adm. Suss. 1660–d.Add. Ch. 29285; HP Commons 1660–1690. Dep. lt. Aug. 1660 – May 1688, Oct. 1688–d.SP29/11, f. 237; Add. Ch. 29282, 29284; Abstract Suss. Deeds and Docs., 186; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. recusants, 1675;CTB iv. 697. enclosure of Ashdown Forest 1677.Suss. Arch. Coll. xiv. 59.

Court: dep. master of the leash, 1663.Add. Ch. 29283.

: of Halland, Suss., Laughton.
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Likenesses: oils, attrib. P. Lely.Pelham and McLean, Some Early Pelhams, 242.

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PELHAM, John (1624-1703), of Halland, Laughton, Suss.

Will
16 Nov. 1702, pr. 3 Mar. 1703.PROB11/469/27; E. Suss. RO, SAS/A/339.
Estates
allowance of at least £600 p.a. from 1645.Add. 33145, ff. 203v, 207v, 212v, 223v; Add. 33148, ff. 7v, 25v. Settlement on marriage, Jan. 1648.Add. 32683, f. 62; Add. 33137, f. 65; E. Suss. RO, SAS/P/50. Inherited from fa. lands valued at over £1,000 p.a. Aug. 1654;Add. 33143, f. 65v. rent roll Lady Day-Mich. 1654, £1,200; Lady Day-Mich. 1666, £1,500;Add. 33149, ff. 14-15v, 59-62. ironworking business, from which receipts 1655 over £1,000;The Iron industry in the Weald ed. H. Cleere and D. Crossley (1985), 149; Add. 33144, f. 184v. or 1654-6, over £2,000 p.a.;Add. 33154, ff. 28v–29, 30v; Add. 33155. total receipts 1659, nearly £5,000.Add. 33144, ff. 205-7; Add. 33152-3 (years 1682-1706). Expanded landed inheritance to inc. by 1669, manors of Crowhurst, Burwash, and Bevilham, and Rape of Hastings.E. Suss. RO, AMS 5735/44; Suss. Manors, i. 44, 90, 140; Abstract Suss. Deeds and Docs., 43, 175.
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advowsons at Burwash, East Hoathly, Hellingley and Laughton used to advance Presbyterian ministers.Add. 33148, ff. 121, 123, 125, 130, 142; Calamy Revised, 226, 465, 485; Suss. Arch. Coll. lv. 252, 254, 256, 265, 273; xxxiii. 216; xxxvi. 159; li. 8.
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MARTEN, Henry (c.1602-80), of Beckett, Shrivenham, Berks.

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b. c. 1602, 1st s. of Sir Henry Marten*.Infra, ‘Sir Henry Marten’; W.D. Macray, Reg. of Members of St Mary Magdalen Coll. Oxf. (Oxford, 1901), iii. 72, 79. educ. g.s. in Oxon.;Ath. Ox. iii. 1237. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 31 Oct. 1617, aged 15, BA 24 Jan. 1620;Al. Ox. I. Temple 9 Oct. 1620;I. Temple database. travelled abroad (France).Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 44; Ath. Ox. iii. 1238. m. (1) 25 Sept. 1627, Elizabeth (bur. 16 Apr. 1634), da. of Richard 1st Baron Lovelace of Hurley, Berks. 3da. (1 d.v.p.);Hurley par. reg.; Ashmole, Antiquities, ii. 477; C.M. Williams, ‘The Political Career of Henry Marten, with Special Reference to the Origins of Republicanism in the Long Parliament’ (Oxford Univ. DPhil. thesis, 1954), 482-4, 486; J.C. Cole, ‘Some notes on Henry Marten, the regicide, and his family’, Berks. Arch. Jnl. xlix. 34. (2) 11 Dec. 1634 (with at least £9,290), Margaret (bur. 6 Jan. 1681), da. of Francis West, grocer, of London, wid. of William Stanton, grocer, of London, 1s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.);St Bartholomew the Great, London par. reg.; Longworth par. reg.; PROB11/143, f. 25v; PROB11/148, f. 57v; Brotherton Lib. Marten Loder [ML] mss, box 40, item 72; box 58 (indenture 14 Mar. 1635); E. Gayton, Coll. Henry Marten’s Familiar Letters to his Lady of Delight (1662), 78; Cole, ‘Henry Marten’, 34, 41. (illeg.) by 1653, Mary Ward, da. of ?, 3da.HMC 5th Rep. 192; S. Barber, A Revolutionary Rogue: Henry Marten and the English Republic (Stroud, 2000), 45, 146-7; ‘Henry Marten’, Oxford DNB. suc. fa. 26 Sept. 1641;Infra, ‘Sir Henry Marten’. bur. 9 Sept. 1680 9 Sept. 1680.W. Coxe, An Historical Tour in Monmouthshire (1801), ii. 390.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Berks. 23 Feb. 1628 – 26 Oct. 1638, 3 Mar. 1640 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/4, f. 240; C231/5, pp. 312, 372, 527; C193/13/3; C193/13/4, f. 3v; A Perfect List (1660). Herefs. 5 Mar. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 177; C193/13/4, f. 41v. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Berks. 1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 22. charitable uses, 28 June 1634-aft. Aug. 1641;C192/1, unfol. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 18 July 1634;C181/4, f. 179v. River Thames, Wilts. to Berks. 16 July 1635;C181/5, f. 21v. River Loddon, Berks. and Wilts. 18 May 1639;C181/5, f. 135v. River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 12 June 1654, 13 Oct. 1657;C181/6, pp. 44, 261. Berks. 7 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 255. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Windsor Forest, Berks. 10 Sept. 1641;C181/5, f. 211. assessment, Berks. 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Reading 24 Feb. 1643; Oxon., 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Herefs. 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O. sequestration, Berks. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Reading 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Berks. 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Berks. 25 June 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parliament no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 374.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. treaty payments to Scots, 22 June 1641.CJ ii. 182b; SR v. 123. Member, recess cttee., 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 17 Jan., 18 Feb. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 385a, 396a, 439b. Commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.CJ ii. 536b; LJ v. 15b. Member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b; LJ v. 178b. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Oct. 1642, 9 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 297b; LJ v. 407b; ix. 430b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642, 6 Jan. 1649, 4 July 1650;CJ ii. 909a; CJ vi. 112b, 437a. cttee. for advance of money, 15 Feb. 1643, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ ii. 965b; vi. 112a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 9 Sept. 1647, 29 May 1649.CJ v. 297b; vi. 219b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 109a, 113b. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb., 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 137b, 219b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Nov. 1651, 31 Dec. 1659.A. and O.; CJ vii. 43a, 800b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 27 Sept. 1649;CJ vi. 300a. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 24 May 1642–?;Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 35, item 1110. col. by 6 Sept. 1642–?;SP28/2A, f. 135. col. of horse c.Apr. 1643-c.Aug. 1643.SP28/147, pt. 3, f. 546.

: of Beckett, Berks., Shrivenham.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1650s;NPG. ?oil on canvas, aft. R. Walker.Chepstow Museum, Chepstow, Mon.

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MARTEN, Henry (c.1602-80), of Beckett, Shrivenham, Berks.

Will
attainted.
Estates
in 1627, the crown granted him manor of Hinton Waldrist, Berks.Coventry Docquets, 244; CSP Dom. 1627-8, p. 136. In 1628-32, he purchased property in Eaton Hastings, inc. manor for £4,000.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 9 (indenture 12 May 1628); Coventry Docquets, 624; VCH Berks. iv. 530. In 1633, purchased lease of manor of Ashbury, Berks. for 27 years.C54/3759/19; Williams, ‘Political Career of Henry Marten’, 473. In 1634 and 1639, mortgaged or otherwise assigned all or part of manor of Eaton Hastings for £2,675 and £2,500.SP24/62, unfol. (petition of Marten to the Cttee. for Indemnity*); Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 11 (indenture 12 May 1634); box 22 (June 1651 estate valuation; list of statutes and judgements against Marten for debt); box 63 (indenture 16 Apr. 1639). In 1634-7, he and another gentleman purchased manors of Nether and Over Inglesham, rectory and advowson of Inglesham and property in Nether Inglesham and Over Inglesham, Berks. and Wilts.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 3 (indentures 19 Sept., 28 Dec. 1637, 20 May 1638); box 10 (indenture 11 Apr. 1638); Coventry Docquets, 545, 655, 706, 728. In 1641, he inherited an estate that inc. manors of Barcote (Buckland), Beckett (Shrivenham), Canon Hill (Bray), Eaton Hastings, Hinton Waldrist, Longworth, Shrivenham Salop, Claycourt and Stalpits (Shrivenham); advowsons of Eaton Hastings, Hinton Waldrist and Longworth; a lease of rectory and advowson of Ashbury; and property in Anvilles (Kintbury), Berks; manor of South Leigh, Oxon.; manors of Nether and Over Inglesham and the rectory and advowson of Inglesham, Berks. and Wilts.; and a house on Aldersgate Street, London.C54/3759/19; PROB11/187, ff. 149v, 150; LJ viii. 467b; D’Ewes (C), 337; VCH Berks. iii. 107; iv. 457, 464, 466, 467, 470, 530, 533, 535, 538; The Life and Times of Anthony Wood ed. A. Clark (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xix), 253; Williams, ‘Political Career of Henry Marten’, 470-3; C.G. Durston, ‘Berks. and its County Gentry, 1625-49’ (Reading Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1977), ii. 106-7. In 1641, family estate worth betw. £3-4,000 p.a.Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 43; Williams, ‘Political Career of Henry Marten’, 10. Marten valued his estate in the early 1640s as ‘above £1,500’ p.a.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 32 (1654 bill in chancery, Marten v. Hampson). By 1642, he was renting a house and garden in St Ann’s Street, Westminster.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 40, item 19. In 1650, Parliament settled manor of Hartington, Derbys. and Leominster, Herefs. on him, worth approximately £1,000 p.a.CJ vi. 300a. In 1650-1, his estate (exclusive of Hartington and Leominster) valued at betw. £2,210 and £2,400 p.a.LR2/266, f. 1v; Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 6 (instructions for Edmonds and Wetton c.1650); box 22 (June 1651 estate valuation; list of statutes and judgements against Marten for debt). In 1652, purchased Derby House, Canon Row, Westminster.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 4, item 156; box 78, items, 15, 51; Barber, Revolutionary Rogue, 37. In 1652-7, sold or mortgaged to John Wildman* manors of Beckett, Nether and Over Inglesham, Shrivenham Salop, Claycourt and Stalpits for at least £9,300.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 9 (indenture 22 Dec. 1652); box 48 (indenture 13 Dec. 1652); Berks. RO, D/EZ7/59. In 1653, sold lease of rectory and advowson of Ashbury to Wildman for £1,700.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 16 (Billingsley v. Poeton case ppr.). In 1660, estate inc. property in Broadwell, Coxwell, Eaton Hastings and Kelmscott, Oxon.; Barcote, Buckland, Faringdon, Hinton Waldrist, Inkpen, Kintbury, Lambourn and Longworth, Berks.; Over and Nether Inglesham, Berks. and Wilts.; and Highworth, Wilts., and was reckoned to be worth about £1,500 p.a.C5/56/41; Berks. RO, D/ELS/T2/5.
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lodgings over The George tavern, Canon Row, Westminster (1650);Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 4, items 130, 135. the ‘Hatchet and Tun’, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden (1651);Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 78, item 61. assigned lodgings in Palace of Whitehall (Aug. 1659).CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 71.
Religion
presented Henry Beck to rectory of Eaton Hastings, Berks. 1646;LPL, COMM/1/133; LJ viii. 467b. John Peck to vicarage of West Shefford, Berks. 1650; Peter Dormer to rectory of Church Stretton, Salop, 1652; Robert Harpur to vicarage of Malmesbury, Wilts. 1652; Charles Hotham to rectory of Nunburnholme, Yorks. 1652;Add. 36792, ff. 14v, 37v, 44, 49. Richard Nixon to rectory of Ashbury, Berks. 1653.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 16 (Billingsley v. Poeton case ppr.).
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MACKWORTH, Thomas (1627-96), of Betton Strange, Shrewsbury.

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Family and Education
b. 1627, 1st. s. of Humphrey Mackworth I* and 1st w. Anne, da. of Thomas Waller of Beaconsfield, Bucks.T. Blore, Hist. and Antiquities of Rutland (1811), 129; Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. ser. 2, vii. 27-8. educ. St Catharine’s, Camb. Mich. 1642, BA 1645-6; G. Inn 6 Feb. 1645.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. i. 239. m. (1) July 1652, Anne (bur. 27 Apr. 1666), da. of Richard Bulkeley of Buntingsdale, Salop, 2s.; (2) 29 Sept. 1674, Sarah, da. of Thomas Mytton*, 1da.St. Chad’s Shrewsbury Par. Reg. (Salop Parish Reg. Soc. xv), 330, 415, 441; W. Glam. RO, NAS/Gn E 19/124. suc. fa. 1654. d. 15 Nov. 1696.Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. ser. 2, vii. 28; ser. 4, xi. 142.
Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Ludlow 23 June 1646.Salop Archives, LB2/1/1 f. 233v.

Local: commr. assessment, Salop 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. 5 Mar. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6 p. 255. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6 p. 375. Sheriff, Salop 1668–9.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 30.

Central: member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 109a, 113b.

: Shrewsbury.
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MACKWORTH, Thomas (1627-96), of Betton Strange, Shrewsbury.

Will
not found.
Estates
patrimony of Betton Strange, Sutton, Abbots Betton, ‘Crowckhill’ and messuages in Shrewsbury; manor of Drakelow and Rudheath, Chester; manor of Sawley, Derbys.W. Glam. RO, NAS/Gn/ E 19/124.
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MARKHAM, Henry (1602-74), of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Confy, co. Kildare, Ire.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. Jan. 1602, 3rd s. of Sir Anthony Markham of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Bridget, da. of Sir James Harington.C. Markham, Markham Memorials (2 vols. 1913), i. 149-50. m. Esther [or Hester], sister of John Weaver*, 2s.HMC Leyborne-Popham, 137; C. Gilbert, A Pleasant Walk to Heaven (1658), sig. A2 (E.939.2); PROB11/345/329. d. 1674.PROB11/345/329.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), army of 3rd earl of Essex, c. 1642; regt. of Edward Rosseter*, Eastern Assoc. army, New Model army, c. 1644 – 45; regt. of Philip Twisleton, New Model army, c.1647.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 164–6; Sloane 5247, f. 77v; SP28/47, ff. 403–5. Gov. Belvoir Castle 1645–1649;Markham, Markham Memorials, 154–5; HMC Portland, i. 467. Windsor Castle 4 Jan. 1660.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 299. ?Col. army in Ireland bef. 1651.Whitelocke, Mems. iii. 369. Jt.-cdr. of horse, London by 24 Dec. 1659.Clarke Pprs. iv. 219. Col. of horse, Ireland 18 Jan. 1660.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 126. ?Lt.-col. regt. of earl of Manchester, 13 June 1667.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 180.

Irish: inspector of precincts for assessment, Feb. 1651.Ludlow, Mems. i. 261. Commr. revenue, 17 Nov. 1654; letting and settling of land, cos. Dublin, Kildare, Carlow 4 Sept. 1655;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 459, 538. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656;A.and O. assessment, Dublin 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1657). commr. Ireland 19 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 815b.

Local: commr. assessment, Leics. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 7 Feb. 1657.CJ vii. 487a. Commr. militia, Leics. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 26 July 1659.A.and O.

Central: commr. for governing army, 26 Dec. 1659;CJ vii. 797a. government of Scotland, Apr. 1660.John Nicoll’s Diary, 1650–67 ed. D. Laing (Edinburgh, 1836), 277–8.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1664–?d. Gents. of the Privy Chamber ed. N. Carlisle (1829), 175.

: of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Confy, Ire., co. Kildare.
Volume
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Web Title

MARKHAM, Henry (1602-74), of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Confy, co. Kildare, Ire.

Will
12 Dec. 1672, pr. 7 July 1674.PROB11/345/329.
Estates
Confy, co. Kildare (409 acres, purchased for £600); property in Dublin, 1659.Irish Census, 1659, 364, 366, 401. Grant of bishop’s lands, co. Yorks, 1650 (sold 1657).C54/3450/3; C54/3900/33. Also acquired lands at Castle Donnington, Leics. (by 1657), and at Bennington Grange, Lincs. (by 1674).PROB11/345/329.
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LOCKHART, George I (d. 1658), of Tarbrax, Lanarkshire.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
m. Anne (d. 1652), da. of Sir James Lockhart of Lee, at least 1s, 1da.S.M. Lockhart, Seven Centuries: a Hist. of the Lockharts of Lee and Canrwath (privately published, 1976), 32; Wariston Diary, ii. 154. d. Oct. 1658.NRS, CC8/7/30.
Offices Held

Scottish: commry. Glasgow 25 Mar. 1647; Lanarkshire 16 June 1653, 1656–7.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. part 1, 780–1; Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIII, ff. 14, 82; Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 317; NLS, MS 9752, f. 11. Provost, Glasgow Univ. by 1652–54.Dow, Cromwellian Scot. 59; Baillie Lttrs. and Jnls. iii. 243. Sheriff, Clydesdale July 1655.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLVII, unfol.: 23 July 1655. Commr. assessment, Lanarkshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. part 2, 840; A. and O. J.p. 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate, ed. Firth, 313.

: Lanarkshire.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LOCKHART, George I (d. 1658), of Tarbrax, Lanarkshire.

Will
Oct. 1658, pr. Dec. 1662.NRS, CC8/7/30; Commissariot Recs. Glasgow: Testaments, 1547-1800 ed. F.J. Grant (Edinburgh, 1901), 282.
Estates
centred on Tarbrax (or Torbrex) Castle, 7 miles north of Carnwath.
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