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RICH, Robert, Lord Rich (1611-59), of Leighs Priory, Essex and Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx.

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b. 28 June 1611, 1st s. of Robert, 2nd earl of Warwick (Sir Robert Rich†) and Frances, da. of Sir William Hatton alias Newport† of Holdenby, Northants;D. Lysons, The Environs of London (1792-4), ii. 484; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 278. bro. of Charles Rich*. educ. G. Inn 1 Aug. 1619; Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1626, MA 1629, DCL (Oxf.) 1642;GI Admiss. 154; Al. Cant.; Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France) 1632;C115/M35/8392; Barrington Lttrs. 218. Académie de Genève 1634.Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878), ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-80), i. 183. m. (1) 9 May 1632, (with £11,000 or £12,000), Anne (d. 24 Aug. 1638), da. of William, 2nd earl of Devonshire (Sir William Cavendish†), 1s. d.v.p.;J.G. Taylor, Our Lady of Batersey (1925), 214; C115/M35/8404; C115/M35/8393; T. Birch, The Court and Times of Charles I (1848), ii. 170; P. Benton, Hist. of Rochford Hundred (Rochford, 1867), 825; J. Gauden, Funerals made Cordials (1658), 123. (2) 1 Oct. 1645, Anne (d. aft. 1652 but bef. Feb. 1654), wid. of Richard Rogers* (d. 1643) of Bryanston, Dorset, da. of Sir Thomas Cheke*, 3da.CSP Dom. 1645-7, p. 128; HMC 7th Rep. 454; TSP vi. 573; Autobiog. of Mary Countess of Warwick, ed. T.C. Croker (1848), 27; Dorothy Osborne: Lttrs. to Sir William Temple, ed. K. Parker (Aldershot, 2002), 181, 196. styled. Ld. Rich 1619-41; cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony 26 Jan. 1641; suc. fa. as 3rd earl of Warwick 19 Apr. 1658. d. 29 May 1659.Leics. RO, DG7/2/1/20, p. 11; F. Chancellor, The Ancient Sepulchral Monuments of Essex (1890), 140; Warwick, Autobiog. 27.
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Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1635-aft. 1641.LC5/134, p. 58; LC3/1, unfol.

Local: commr. subsidy, Essex 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. array (roy.), ?July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. sewers, 31 Aug. 1654.C181/6, p. 64.

: Lord Rich (1611-59) of Leighs Priory, Essex 1611 – 59 and Warwick House, Mdx., Holborn.
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RICH, Robert, Lord Rich (1611-59), of Leighs Priory, Essex and Warwick House, Holborn, Mdx.

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his fa.’s estates were worth £8,000 p.a. in 1657 and the lands in Essex had an annual rental of £5,323 13s 4d in 1663. However, the estates had been entailed and in 1657 Rich was given an allowance of £1,050 p.a.HMC 14th Rep. ix. 281.
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WILTON, Robert (1599-1657), of Wilby, Norf.

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b. 22 July 1599, 1st s. of Richard Wilton of Topcroft and Wilby, Norf. and 1st w. Anne, da. of Robert Buxton of Tibenham, Norf.E.K. Bennet, ‘Notes from a Norfolk squire’s note-bk.’, Procs. Camb. Antiq. Soc. v (1886), 207n; W. Betham, The Baronetage of Eng. (1801-5), iv. 411; Blomefield, Norf. i. 364, 367. educ. Wymondham sch. 1611-14;Bennet, ‘Notes’, 210. Christ's, Camb. 1614, BA 1618;Bennet, ‘Notes’, 215-16; J. Peile, Biographical Reg. of Christ’s College (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 299; Venn, Al. Cant. G. Inn 1617.GI Admiss. m. (1) Hannah (d. Apr. 1635), da. of Robert Jay, 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Blomefield, Norf. i. 364, 367, 368; C.R. Manning, ‘Three old halls in Norf.’, Norf. Arch. xi., 331. (2) by May 1638, Susanna (d. Aug. 1643), da. of Sir Anthony Drury of Besthorpe, 1s. d.v.p. 3da.;Blomefield, Norf. i. 364, 367, 368; Manning, ‘Three old halls’, 331. (3) by July 1646, Bridget (d. Apr. 1652), da. of Sir John Mead of Lofts, Essex, 1s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Blomefield, Norf. i. 364, 367; Manning, ‘Three old halls’, 331. suc. fa. 1637.Blomefield, Norf. i. 364. d. 19 Nov. 1657.Blomefield, Norf. i. 367.
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Local: j.p. Norf. 1633–d.;Coventry Docquets, 69; C193/13/3, f. 46; C193/13/5, f. 74. Thetford 13 Nov. 1649-aft. Nov. 1654.C231/6, p. 168; C181/6, p. 73. Commr. subsidy, Norf. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Mar. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;SR; LJ v. 658b; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643;A. and O. levying of money, Norwich 3 Aug. 1643;SR; A. and O. Eastern Assoc. Norf. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Oct. 1643–?CJ iii. 287a. Commr. oyer and terminer, 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 243, 261. Thetford 21 Sept. 1654;C181/6, p. 66. gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 243v, 261. Thetford 16 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 71. Member, Norf. co. cttee. May 1645.CJ iv. 150a. Commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645;A. and O. militia, Norf. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Jt. treas. upper bench, Norf. by Oct. 1650-aft. Apr. 1651.Norf. QSOB, 26, 31. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650.A. and O.

Military: lt.-col. militia (parlian.), Norf. June 1643;CJ iii. 149a, 159a. col. militia ft. Feb. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 504.

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WILTON, Robert (1599-1657), of Wilby, Norf.

Will
1 May 1655, codicils 23 Sept. 1657, pr. 14 Apr. 1658.PROB11/274/393.
Estates
he and his father bought lands at Starson, Norf. 1628;Coventry Docquets, 573. bought Shropham hundred, Norf. 1634;Blomefield, Norf. i. 360. granted Beckwith Hall, Wilby, Norf. by his father, bef. 1637;Blomefield, Norf. i. 364. bought the manor of Wilby Hall, ?1655.Blomefield, Norf. i. 363.
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KING, Sir Robert (c.1599-1657), of Boyle Abbey, co. Roscommon, Ire. and Cecil House, The Strand, Westminster.

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b. c. 1599, 1st s. of Sir John King of Boyle Abbey and Catherine, da. of Robert Drury. educ. Queens’, Camb. 19 Jan. 1614.Al. Cant. m. (1) Frances (d. 13 Mar. 1638), da. of Sir Henry Folliott, Lord Folliott of Ballyshannon [I], 4s. 6da.; (2) c.1641 Sophia (d. 1691), wid. of Sir Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon and da. of Sir William Zouch of Woking, Surrey, 2da.Lodge, Peerage, iv. 152, 155. Kntd. 19 Aug. 1621.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 177. suc. fa. 4 Jan. 1637. d. June 1657.Lodge, Peerage, iv. 152; Henry Cromwell Corresp. 295.
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Irish: muster-master-gen. and clerk of the cheque, 8 May 1618 – 23 Jan. 1645, Nov. 1649–?d.CSP Ire. 1615–25, p. 193; 1633–47, p.172; Bodl. Carte 13, f. 528; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, ii. 176. J.p. and cust. rot. co. Roscommon 1624; Leinster 4 Nov. 1651.McGrath, Biographical Dict.; TCD, MS 844, f. 110. Commr. raising money for the army, July 1627;CSP Ire. 1625–32, p. 253. sale of French prize goods, Connaught 1628.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 131. MP, Boyle 1634 – 35, 1640;H.F. Kearney, Strafford in Ireland (2nd edn. Cambridge, 1989), 247–8; McGrath, Biographical Dict. commr. to Ulster, 3 May, 23 Sept. 1645.A. and O.; LJ vii. 596b. Trustee, maintenance of Trin. Coll. and free sch. Dublin 8 Mar. 1650.CSP Ire.1603–6, p.xcvii. Commr. revenue, 1 May 1651.NLI, MS 758, f. 113. Jt. commr. of stores, Dublin 4 Sept. 1651.Eg. 1762, f. 202. Asst. to parlty. commrs. 24 Mar. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 11v-12. Commr. high ct. of justice, Dublin 30 Dec. 1652;TCD, MS 844, f. 136. accts. of arrears by Sept. 1654;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 447, 463. assessment, co. and city of Dublin, co. Sligo 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). letting crown lands, cos. Dublin, Kildare and Carlow 4 Sept. 1655;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 538–9. allocation of land, Connaught 12 Feb. 1656.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 565–6.

Central: commr. ordinance for raising £50,000 for Ireland, 25 Jan. 1648.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 771. Trustee, Irish lands, 5 June 1648.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344a-b.

: of Boyle Abbey, Ire., co. Roscommon and Cecil House, Westminster., The Strand.
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KING, Sir Robert (c.1599-1657), of Boyle Abbey, co. Roscommon, Ire. and Cecil House, The Strand, Westminster.

Will
13 Apr. 1657, pr. 18 June 1657.PROB11/265/400.
Estates
inherited Irish estate of nearly 13,000 acres concentrated in cos. Roscommon and Sligo;Survey and Distribution, i. 80-148; Down Survey website; J. Ohlmeyer, Making Ireland English: the Irish aristocracy in the seventeenth century (New Haven, 2012), 312. purchased lands in co. Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Kildare; English lands acquired on m. to Viscountess Wimbledon included Whitaker manor, Warws., Bruwood manor, Staffs. and Cecil House, Strand, Westminster.PROB11/265/400. By 1670 family held 104,000 acres in Ireland.Ohlmeyer, Making Ireland English, 213.
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FAUCONBERGE (FALCONBRIDGE) Thomas (d. 1655), of St Anne’s Street., Westminster

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b. 2nd s. of Roger Fauconbridge of Otterington, Yorks. and Anne, da. of William Dunning of Yorks. m. (1) 1624, Margaret, da. of John Bradshaw, Windsor Herald, of Southolt, Suff., 5s., 4da.; (2) Dorothea, da. of ?PROB11/246/69; Vis Yorks. ed. Foster, 516; S.W. Rix, The Fauconberge Memorial (Ipswich, 1899), 16. d. c. June 1655.PROB11/246/69.
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Central: dep.-chamberlain, exch. 28 Sept. 1633-c.Jan. 1642.J.C. Sainty, Officers of the Exchequer (L. and I. Soc. special ser. xviii), 176. Dep. Scriptor Talliarum, 1641.E403/2458, f. 123. Auditor, customs and excise receipts, 8 Sept. 1643–11 Sept. 1645.CJ iii. 230a. Recvr.-gen. royal revenue, 21 Sept. 1643-June 1653.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 421. Comptroller, excise receipts, 11 Sept. 1645–1 Oct. 1653.LJ vii. 570a, 576a; CJ vii. 327a-b. Recvr. money for Newport Treaty, 20 Sept. 1648.CJ vi. 25b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 13 June 1654.A. and O. Co-auditor of the receipt, 31 Aug. 1654–d.Abbott, Writings and Speeches iii. 417n.

Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 21 July 1637 – aft.June 1645, 10 Jan. 1655–d.;C181/5, ff. 81v, 255; C181/6, pp. 68, 243. Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654.C181/5, f. 262v; C181/6, p. 6. J.p. Westminster 2 May 1642–d.;C231/5, p. 521; C193/13/3, f. 82; C193/13/4, f. 129. Mdx. 22 Apr. 1650–d.C231/6, p. 184; C193/13/4, f. 64. Commr. defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644; New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec.1652;A. and O. Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec.1652, 24 Nov. 1653.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Recvr.-gen. of rents, Westminster sch. 1645–8.WAM 33422. Commr. militia, Westminster 2 Dec. 1648; Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650;A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Mdx. by Jan. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 1, 64.

Military: capt. militia, Westminster by 1645–d.Add 31116, p. 446.

Religious: trier, 11th London classis, 20 Oct. 1645–29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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FALCONBRIDGE Thomas, d. 1655) of St Anne’s Street.
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FAUCONBERGE (FALCONBRIDGE) Thomas (d. 1655), of St Anne’s Street., Westminster

Will
2 May 1655, pr. 5 July 1655.PROB11/246/69.
Estates
purchased manor of Mount St John, Yorks., for £607, 8 Nov. 1648;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 18. on d. owned house in St Anne’s St., Westminster, and land at Staines, Mdx.PROB11/246/69.
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WAREING, Edmund (1621-83), of Humphreston Hall, Donington, Salop.

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bap. 25 Oct. 1621, 1st. surv. s. of Richard Wareing of St Leonard Eastcheap, London, later of All Hallows Lombard Street and Groton, Suff., Grocer, and 1st w. Hannah, d. of Morgan Colman of London. m. ?May 1646 Elizabeth (d. c.1703), da. of John Ashe* of Freshford, Som. 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1669. d. 30 Jan. 1683.St. Leonard Eastcheap par. reg.; Frag. Gen. ed. F.A. Crisp, n.s. i. 82; Wolverhampton Archives, DX55/42; PROB11/330/202.
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Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. 11 June 1645.GL, MS 11571/13.

Military: capt. (parlian.) ?London trained bands by Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 136a. Maj. militia horse, London and Kent 21 Apr. 1651–?3.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 514. Capt. militia, Salop by July 1655–?aft. July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 873, 896; CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 16, 578. Gov. Shrewsbury June 1659–60.CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 223, 578.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 3 Feb. 1649, 26 Mar. 1650, 21 Nov. 1653, 13 June 1654;A List of the Names of the Judges (1649, 669.f.16.85); A. and O. ct. martial, Oct. 1651;CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: ?commr. London militia, 9 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 136a. J.p. Salop 7 Aug. 1655–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 315; NLW, Clenennau 2 (c) 676. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by Jan. 1656.The Publick Intelligencer no. 16 (14–21 Jan. 1656), 253 (E.491.16). Sheriff, 1656–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657; oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 375. militia, Salop 26 July 1659.A. and O.; C181/6, p. 375.

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WAREING, Edmund (1621-83), of Humphreston Hall, Donington, Salop.

Will
18 Jan. 1683, pr. 1 Mar. 1683.Staffs. RO, B/C/11.
Estates
1 Mar. 1648, with Richard Salwey* and Edward Smith, bought Whitborne manor, Herefs. property of bishop of Hereford, for £1348 10s 10d;Bodl. Rawl. B.236, p. 9. held Groton manor, Suff. Feb. 1655-Sept. 1669.Wolverhampton Archives, DX55/42. At death, lands in Albrighton.Staffs. RO, B/C/11.
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presented George Reves to rectory of Donington, Aug. 1655.Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. ser. 3, vii. 406.
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DAVIES, John (d. 1667), of Davies’s Castle, Carrickfergus, co. Antrim.

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s. of Ezekiel Davies of Carrickfergus.Hist. and Antiquities of Carrickfergus ed. S. McSkimmin (Belfast, 1909), 472. m. Judith [Gramett?], at least 3s.HMC Egmont, i. 353; PROB11/325/613. d. bef. Dec. 1667.Carrickfergus ed. McSkimmin, 472.
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Civic: alderman, Carrickfergus 1630 – d.; sheriff, 1633; mayor, 1640, 1641, 1659–60.Carrickfergus ed. McSkimmin, 414–6, 472; McGrath, Biographical Dict.

Irish: MP, Carrickfergus 1640;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 625n. co. Antrim 1661.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 625n. Commry. of victuals, Ulster 1642–?49.CSP Dom. 1625–29, p. 646. J.p. co. Antrim c.Jan.-Mar. 1657.SP63/287, ff. 6v, 39v. Commr. poll money, Carrickfergus and co. Antrim 24 Apr. 1660, 30 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 627, 645–6.

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DAVIES, John (d. 1667), of Davies’s Castle, Carrickfergus, co. Antrim.

Will
17 Jan. 1664, pr. 19 Dec. 1667.PROB11/325/613.
Estates
owned property in Carrickfergus, and lands at ‘Tome’ and ‘Glincarne’, co. Antrim, and townland formerly belonging to John Copper in co. Down bef. 1664.PROB11/325/613. Purchased Carrickfergus mansion from Sir John Clotworthy* (afterwards known as ‘Davies’s Castle’) in 1656.Carrickfergus ed. McSkimmin, 472. Granted estates in Glenarm confiscated from marquess of Antrim’s lands (reclaimed in 1663).CSP Dom. 1663-4, pp. 313-4. Owned house at Acton, Mdx. by 1661.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 597.
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GORINGE, Henry (c.1583-1655), of Okehurst in Billingshurst and Highden in Washington, Suss.

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b. c. 1583, eldest s. of Edward Goring of Wappingthorne and Okehurst and Elizabeth Wiseman (?of London). m. 18 Jan. 1610, Mary, da. of Thomas Eversfield of Denne, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 10da.Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 138-40; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 45-6; Add. 5698, ff. 197v-98; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster; Cal. Suss. Mar. Lics. (Suss. Rec. Soc. ix), 42. suc. fa. 20 May 1617.Notes IPMs Suss. 106. bur. 26 Feb. 1655 26 Feb. 1655.Add. 5698, f. 258.
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Local: j.p. Suss. 1619 – bef.Sept. 1644, 21 Feb. 1646-bef. Jan. 1650.ASSI35/85/1; ASSI35/91/6; C231/4, f. 101; C231/6, p. 40; Harl. 1622; SP16/405, ff. 66–67v; C193/13/3; E163/18/12, f. 81v; SP16/212, f. 63. Commr. sewers, 1624, 1625, 1630, 1637;C181/3, ff. 133v, 167; C181/4, ff. 47, 54; C181/5, f. 70. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 60. Feoffee, Steyning g.s. 1630.W.P. Breach, ‘Wm. Holland, Alderman of Chichester and the Steyning Grammar School’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xliii. 80. Commr. charitable uses, Suss. 1636, 1638, 1639;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer for piracy, 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 69. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 14 Apr. 1643;SR; CJ iii. 45a. sequestration, 14 Apr. 1643.CJ iii. 45a.

Household: trustee for Sir Edward Bishoppe*, 2nd bt. Apr. 1643;W. Suss. RO, Wiston MS 3624. for George Goring†, 1st earl of Norwich, 1649–53.Suss. Manors, i. 236; E. Suss. RO, DAN/1137–9, 1144, 1149, 1151–5, 1157, 1159, 1163, 1166.

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GORINGE, Henry (c.1583-1655), of Okehurst in Billingshurst and Highden in Washington, Suss.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited from gfa. Sir Henry Goring (d. 1594) Lattenhurst in Shipley, near Horsham and £100.PROB11/85/293 (Sir Henry Goringe). Inherited from fa. manors of Highden and Findon in Washington, and Okehurst in Billingshurst, together with lease of Billinghurst parsonage, in 1617.Notes IPMs Suss., 106; PROB11/129/545. Sold Findon to Lionel Cranfield, 1st earl of Middlesex in 1623, but enhanced his estate by leasing Amberley Castle from dean and chapter of Chichester, 1624–aft. 1644. Acquired manors of Cudham and Byne in 1632, and Hope manor bef. 1642.Acts Dean and Chapter Chichester 1545-1642, 230; W. Suss. RO, Wiston MSS 955-6, 2219, 4330-1, 4333, 4335, 4338-9; Suss. Manors, i. 85, 223; C54/2946/41. Estate settled on his s. Henry Goring† in 1650 said to be worth £2,000 p.a.W. Suss. RO, Wiston MSS 2223, 2264, 3252-3; Blaauw, ‘Passages of the Civil War in Suss.’, 104.
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EDWARDES, William (d. 1677), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

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b. 2nd s. of Thomas ap Edward (d. by Mar. 1607) of Rhual, Mold, Flint, and Alice, da. of Lewis ap David of Abergele, Denb.Cal. Lttrs. relating to N.Wales, ped. at end of vol.; Cheshire RO, ZMAB/1, f. 82v. educ. appr. ironmonger, Chester 13 Mar. 1607.Cheshire RO, ZMAB/1, f. 82v; ZG 16/6582/2, p. 484. m. lic. 25 June 1617, Frances (bur. 28 Apr. 1645), da. of Peter Leigh of High Leigh, Cheshire, at least 1s. (d.v.p.) 5da.St Peter, Chester par. reg.; Holy Trinity Chester Par. Reg. ed. L. M. Farrell (Chester, 1914), 433; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M. F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvi), 33; Cal. Lttrs. relating to N.Wales, ped. at end of vol.; Civil War in Cheshire, 259. d. c. Aug. 1677.Cheshire RO, inventory of William Edwards, 31 Aug. 1677.
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Civic: freeman, Chester 16 Jan. 1615–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 101. common cllr. 17 Oct. 1623–7; auditor, 1626 – 28, 1633–4;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 125, 138, 152, 176. sheriff, 1627–8;Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 214. alderman, 3 June 1631–26 Aug. 1662;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 166; Cheshire RO, ZA/B/2, f. 135. mayor, 1636 – 37, 1 Oct. 1646–47.Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 214; LJ viii. 506.

Mercantile: member, Chester Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers and Apothecaries Co. 14 Apr. 1616 – bef.Mar. 1656; steward, 7 May 1619–20.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, pp. 70, 103, 345, 448. Member, Chester Merchants Co. by Jan. 1629–?Harl. 2104, f. 57.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Cheshire 24 Apr. 1630.C192/1, unfol. J.p. Chester 1636–26 Aug. 1662.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 135; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xi. Dep. lt. 26 May 1642-aft. Sept. 1646.LJ v. 84b; PA, Main Pprs. 26 Sept. 1646. Commr. assessment, 3 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660;LJ v. 633a; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Cheshire co. cttee. May 1644–?SP28/224, ff. 8, 11; CJ iii. 484b. Comptroller, customs, Chester Dec. 1645–?Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 324. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 10 Dec. 1642–7 Feb. 1646.SP28/262, f. 180; Harl. 2125, f. 134; HMC Portland, i. 94; Brereton Lttr. Bks. i. 201; ii. 324. Col. of ft. 7 Feb. 1646–?LJ viii. 146b.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 10 Aug. 1647.SP16/512, f. 71.

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EDWARDES, William (d. 1677), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will
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Estates
by 1617, owned a shop on Bridge Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, ZAF/10/70. In 1625, assessed at £10 for the privy seal loan.Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 11. In 1628, Chester corporation granted him a lease for three lives of a house on Foregate Street, Chester, with shops, gardens etc. at a rent of £12 p.a.Cheshire RO, ZCHB/3, f. 127; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 150, 155. In 1632, assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ ed. J.P. Earwaker (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 208. At some point betw. 1629 and 1642 he built a ‘fair house’ called the Globe Tavern, on land he leased from the city outside the Eastgate, which was burnt down during the war.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 109v; ZCHB/3, f. 161. In c. 1638, acquired a lease of divers lands and tenements in and about Chester at a rent of £24 p.a., which he retained until his death.Cheshire RO, inventory of William Edwards, 31 Aug. 1677. His house in Chester assessed at 6 hearths in 1664-5.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F. C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 45.
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the sign of The Three Blackbirds, Paternoster Row, London (1636).Harl. 2093, f. 91.
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MAIJOR, Richard (c.1604-60), of Hursley, Hants.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1604, o.s. of John Maijor† of Southampton, merchant, and Anne (d. 1646), da. of John Searle, yeoman, of Colham, Carisbrooke, I.o.W.Stowe 645; PROB11/196/506. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 9 Nov. 1621, ‘aged 17’; BA, 15 Apr. 1624.Al. Ox. m. (lic. 27 Apr. 1625), Anne (d. 13 June 1662), da. of John Kingswell of Carisbrooke, 2da.Hants Marr. Lic. 48; Stowe 645; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, i. 359, 361; ii. 441-2. suc. fa. 21 Feb. 1630.C142/706/26; HP Commons 1604-1629. d. 25 Apr. 1660.Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, i. 360, ii. 440.
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Local: sheriff, Hants 10 Nov. 1639–40. 19 Mar. 1641 – 10 June 1642Coventry Docquets, 369. J.p., by Mar. 1647–d.C231/5, pp. 437, 528; C231/6, p. 197; C193/13/3, f. 57; A Perfect List (1660), 49; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 246. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Southampton, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650.SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28). Member, cttee. for Hants, 23 July 1642.LJ v. 233b-234a; CJ ii. 686b; vi. 125a; Add. 24860, f. 134. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; defence of Hants and Southampton 22 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Treas. Fawley division, Hants Oct. 1644; Hants by July 1647.Add. 24860, f. 80; Add. 24861, ff. 3–10, 13, 15, 37, 40v-41. Commr. impressment, 11 June 1645.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 8, 378. ejecting scandalous ministers, Hants 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Winchester 28 Nov. 1655;C181/6, p. 132. Southampton Sept. 1658;C181/6, p. 313. securing peace of commonwealth, Hants c.Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 363.

Civic: freeman, Winchester by Dec. 1645–?Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 156v.

Central: cllr. of state, 14 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653.CJ vii. 284b, 285a, 344a. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Religious: elder, second Hants classis, 8 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263.

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MAIJOR, Richard (c.1604-60), of Hursley, Hants.

Will
not found.
Estates
inheritance inc. property in Newport, Cosham and Townhill manor, I.o.W. and a house in Southampton, in reversion after d. of his mo. in 1646.PROB11/155/349; PROB11/196/506; C142/706/26. Sold Candovers manor, Hants, purchased by his fa. in 1617. Retained Allington, purchased by his fa. for £900 in 1622, and in 1639 purchased manor of Merdon in Hursley.VCH Hants, ii. 510; iii. 419, 486; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, ii. 436-7. Exchanged land in Dorset with Sherborne School in Dec. 1632.Dorset RO, S235/C29/5.
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GRAVENER (GROSVENOR), Edward (fl. 1643-1668), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
educ. ?appr.;A Paire of Spectacles for the City (Dec. 1647), 5 (E.419.9). MA (hon.) Oxf. 1649.Wood, Fasti, ii. 136. m. by 1657, Margaret;Lincs. RO, 2RED/1/8/26. at least 1 da. b. bef. c.1642.Henry Cromwell Corresp. ed. Gaunt, 367. ?; ?bur. 14 Apr. 1678 14 Apr. 1678.St Giles-in-the-Fields, London par. reg.
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Local: ?member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 28 July 1635. Oct. 1653 – Mar. 1660Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk. 48. J.p. Mdx.; Westminster Oct. 1653 – Mar. 1660; Lincs. (Lindsey) July 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 269, 273, 370; C193/13/5, ff. 63v, 67v, 136. Commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 69, 176, 244. assessment, Lincs., London, Mdx., Staffs. 9 June 1657; Westminster 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: ?ensign of horse (parlian.), regt. of Ld. St John, 1642. Capt. of ft. regt. of Sir William Waller* by 1643–45.SP28/266/3, ff. 147–55. Q.m.g. by Aug. 1646–59.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 1295; Clarke Pprs. i. 176. Col. of horse, c.June 1650–52. Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. p. xxv.

Central: commr. Savoy and Ely hosps. Apr. 1653; discoveries Oct. 1653;CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. 299, 320, 363; 1653–4, p. 209. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

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GRAVENER (GROSVENOR), Edward (fl. 1643-1668), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

Will
not found.
Estates
purchased mills and fishing of R. Dee, Chester, Mar. 1653;CCC 1875. tenement in Channel Row, Westminster, for £566 in Jan. 1655;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 59. also lands in Kingerby, Kirkby, Owersby and West Rasen, Lincs. for £3,600 in Nov. 1657.Lincs. RO, 2 RED 1/8/3.
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