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AVERY, Samuel (1595-1659), of Coleman Street, London, and Enfield, Mdx.

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bap. 16 Feb. 1595, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Jacob Avery (d.c.1645) of Mells, Som. and Dorothy, da. of Hugh Whitcombe of Sherborne, Dorset.Mells par. reg.; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 3; E.M. and C.H. Avery, Groton Avery Clan (2 vols. Cleveland, Ohio, 1912) i. 10-11; PROB11/195/235 (Jacob Avery). educ. appr. Merchant Taylors’ Co. 5 Feb. 1610.GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. apprenticeship bindings, 1609-10. m. (1) by 1623, Mirabel (d. ?bef. 1639; ?8 Dec. 1655), da. of Gabriel Miles (d. 1618) of London, Mercer, and stepda. of Edward Bennet, Grocer, at least 2s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.);Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 3; PROB11/131/618 (Gabriel Miles), PROB11/179/665 (Mirabella Bennett); Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants of London 10462. ?(2) 29 June 1635, Marie Colmer of London.St John the Baptist, Hillingdon par. reg. bur. 7 Oct. 1659 7 Oct. 1659.Regs. of St Benet and St Peter Paul’s Wharf, London (Harl. Soc. xli), 230.
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Civic: freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 11 Feb. 1622; liveryman, 25 July 1633; asst. 15 July 1645; master, July 1645–6; gov. 1650–6.GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co, Index of Freeman (1530–1928), ct. mins. vol. 9 (1636–54), f. 214-v. Common cllr. London 21 Dec. 1643–17 June 1645;GL, MS 4458/1, p. 127. alderman, 17 June 1645–1653; sheriff, 16 Sept. 1647–8.Beaven, Aldermen i. 19, 132; ii. 67.

Mercantile: dep. gov. Merchant Adventurers (Delft), c.1633-bef. Mar. 1636.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 364; 1635–6, p. 302.

Central: treas. sequestration, 2 June, 18 Aug. 1643;Add. 5497, f. 42; A. and O. Irish Adventurers’ money, 14 July 1643, 13 Nov. 1647; assessment, 18 Oct.1644.A. and O. Commr. prizes, 27 Feb. 1644;A. and O. customs, 21 Feb. 1645–9;LJ vii. 221a-b. redemption of distressed captives, 9 July 1645; treas. 1647.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 180–1. Trustee, sale of bishops’ lands, 9 Oct. 1646.A. and O. Commr. determining differences, Irish Adventurers, 1 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Local: commr. sewers, London 15 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 266v. London militia, 4 May 1647, 18 May 1648; assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649. Member, London corporation for relief of poor, 17 Dec. 1647, 7 May 1649.A. and O.

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AVERY, Samuel (1595-1659), of Coleman Street, London, and Enfield, Mdx.

Will
6 Jan. 1658, pr. 4 May 1664.PROB11/314/15.
Estates
inherited from fa. 1646, 9 acres of pasture in par. of Banwell, Som.;PROB11/131/618. 1 June 1647 purchased 2 farms and a close and other lands in Congresbury, Som. for £1,200;Som. RO, DD/BK/2/6/15. in 24 Jan. 1648 purchased manor of Hewish, Som. (Bath and Wells) for £2,264;Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 126. drew 2,764 acres in Connello barony, Co. Limerick, 1654.CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 524; Bottigheimer, English Money and Irish Land, 198. By d. house and land at Mortlake, Surr. worth £600, and messuage of 100 acres in Congresbury and other lands in Yatton, Som.PROB11/314/15.
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MYTTON, Thomas (c.1597-1656), of Halston, Whittington, Salop.

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b. c. 1597, 1st s. of Richard Mytton of Halston and Shrewsbury and Margaret, da. of Thomas Owen† (d. 1598), of Condover, j.c.p.Vis. Salop 1623 ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 363. educ. Shrewsbury sch. 25 Jan. 1605; Balliol, Oxf. 11 May 1615, ‘aged 18’; L. Inn 27 Feb. 1616.Shrewsbury School Regestum, 195; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 173. m. (1) 1629 Magdalen (bur. 20 Aug. 1648), da. of Sir Robert Napier of Luton, Beds., 2s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1654, Barbara Stapilton, wid. of Sir Philip Stapilton*, da. of Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre of Hurstmonceux, s.p.T. Pennant, Tour in Wales ed. J. Rhys (2 vols. 1883), i. 303; St Chad’s Shrewsbury par. reg.; Salop Archives, 2171/95, XD 3614/5/4; 6001/2791 p. 528; NLW, Rolls 44. suc. fa. c.1640.Cal. Wynn Pprs. 264; Salop Archives, 6001/2791 p. 528. bur. 29 Nov. 1656 29 Nov. 1656.St. Chad’s Shrewsbury, par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Salop 10 Aug. 1641 – ?43, 7 Oct. 1645–d.;C231/5 p. 476; C202/28/2. Mont. 30 Mar. 1649 – Mar. 1651; Denb. 31 Mar. 1649 – 25 July 1650; Merion. by July 1649 – ?Oct. 1653; Caern. ?- 25 July 1650; Anglesey 18 July 1649–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 13–14, 30–1, 49–50, 76, 144. Commr. assessment, Salop 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; N. Wales 23 June 1647, 16 Feb.1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1068.28). sequestration, Salop 27 Mar. 1643;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, Salop 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 1643–4, 1645–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. Commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644.A. and O. V.-adm. N. Wales 25 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 442a; LJ ix. 622b, 676a, 677a. Commr. for Caern. 10 July 1648;CJ v. 613a; LJ x. 373a. associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern., Denb., Flint, Merion., Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Salop, Caern., Merion. 2 Dec. 1648; composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. ct. martial, James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 11 Sept. 1651;Corpus Christi, Oxf. MS 296, f. 106; Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxvii), p. cccxxxv. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6 pp. 11, 163. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–d.;C181/6 pp. 68, 175. securing peace of commonwealth, Salop 1655–d.NLW, Clenennau 676.

Military: col. (parlian.) Salop regt. of west midlands assoc. 10 Apr.-July 1643;LJ v. 708a-709b; CJ iii. 155a. col.-gen. 4 July 1643–45. Maj.-gen. N. Wales 12 May 1645 – Apr. 1647; c.-in-c. 8 Apr. 1647–?Aug. 1649.CJ iii. 155a, v. 137a, vi. 277a. Gov. Oswestry 10 Nov. 1645; Anglesey and Beaumaris 25 June 1646.CJ iv. 337a, 586a; LJ vii. 686b, viii. 401a.

Religious: elder, second Salop classis, 1647.The Severall Divisions and Persons for Classicall Presbyteries (1647), 4. Patron of Habberley rectory (Thomas Cowper, rector) by 1655; patron of Halston.‘1655. An Inquisition in Salop’ ed. H.E. Evans, Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. xlvi. 19, 25. Commissioned Robert Fogg as chaplain of regt. by Apr. 1646.CJ iv. 506b; Calamy Revised, 203.

: Whittington, Salop.
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Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 104. pen and ink drawing, unknown, aft. 1647.NPG.

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MYTTON, Thomas (c.1597-1656), of Halston, Whittington, Salop.

Will
24 June 1655, pr. 4 Nov. 1656.Salop Archives, 2171/143.
Estates
manors of Halston and Habberley, lands in Whittington, properties in Shrewsbury, Salop; manor of Dinas Mawddwy, Mer.; fee farm rents of £116, Anglesey, Caern. Flint. Denb.; Norton manor, Devon; prebendal manor of Pancras, Mdx.; properties in Gloucester.Salop Archives, 2171/95.
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NORTH, Sir Roger (1588-1651), of Mildenhall, Suff.

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b. 12 Mar. 1588, 1st s. of Sir Henry North† of Wickhambrook, Suff. and Mary, da. of Richard Knyvett of Radford Semele, Warws.D.A.Y. ‘Summary cat. of sepulchral mems.’, Topographer and Genealogist, ii. 391-2; Vis. Notts. 1569 and 1614 (Harl. Soc. iv), 83; Gent. Mag. lxvi. 542. educ. G. Inn 1624.GI Admiss. m. (1) 29 Dec. 1607, Elizabeth (d. 29 Nov. 1612), da. and coh. of Sir John Gilbert of Great Finborough, Suff., 2s. 1da.Vis. Notts. 1569 and 1614, 83; J. Stow, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster ed. J. Strype (1720), i. bk. iii. 258; J.G.N., ‘Extracts from the par. reg. of St Dunstan’s in the West, London’, Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 203; RCHM London, iv. 133 and plate 21; Fragmenta Geneal. ix. 78. (2) by 1624, Thomasine (d. 18 Feb. 1656), da. of Thomas Clench† of Holbrook, Suff. s.p.‘Summary cat. of sepulchral mems.’, 391; Gent. Mag. lxvi. 542; PROB11/145/707; PROB11/264/158; Copinger, Manors of Suff. vi. 173. Kntd. 16 June 1618;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. suc. fa. 1620.‘Summary cat. of sepulchral mems.’, 391; Gent. Mag. lxvi (1796), 542; Suff. RO (Bury), Acc. 1341/2/1.13. d. 17 June 1651.Bodl. Tanner 54, f. 93; ‘Summary cat. of sepulchral mems.’, 391; Gent. Mag. lxvi. 542.
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Military: vol. Ireland c. 1616 – 22; Palatinate 1620.Copinger, Manors of Suff. iv. 178.

Local: j.p. Suff. 1617–d.C231/4, f. 50; Names of the Justices of Peace (1650), 53 (E.1238.4). Commr. sewers, 1619-aft. July 1637;C181/2, f. 349v; C181/3, ff. 122v, 201v; C181/5, f. 82. Deeping and Gt. Level 1621-aft. Jan. 1646;C181/3, ff. 35v, 214v; C181/4, ff. 20, 93v; C181/5, ff. 10, 269. subsidy, Suff. 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1641;Add. 39245, f. 51v; C212/22/20–1; C212/22/23; Harl. 305, f. 206; SR. enclosure, Gt. Level 1622, 1624.C181/3, ff. 49v, 126v. Dep. lt. Suff. 1623-aft. Feb. 1643.Add. 39245, ff. 72, 119v, 185, 196; CJ ii. 956b. Capt. militia ft. by 1626-aft. 1632.Add. 39245, ff. 116, 157v. Commr. Forced Loan, Suff., Hadleigh 1627;Foedera, viii. pt 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 55v, 78. inquiry into lands of Robert Rookwood, Suff. 1628;C181/3, f. 238v. oyer and terminer, Suff. 1628, 11 Apr. 1644;C181/3, f. 244v; C181/5, f. 232v. Norf. circ. 1631-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 69, 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. martial law, 1628;APC 1627, p. 91. knighthood fines, Suff. 1630–1. Collector, knighthood fines by 1634.E178/7198, f. 12; E178/7356, f. 13; E198/4/32, f. 3; Suckling, Suff. ii. 116. Commr. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 306. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. preserving royal game, Thetford 1638;Norf. RO, KIM 6/6. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638;C181/5, f. 103. further subsidy, Suff. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642.LJ v. 245b. Member, Suff. co. standing cttee. 1642–50.Suff. ed. Everitt, 137. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, Suff., Bury St Edmunds borough and liberty 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, ff. 232v, 233, 233v. New Model ordinance, Suff. 21 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: gent. of privy chamber by 1624–?CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 243. Commr. soap monopoly, 1634.C181/4, f. 186.

Mercantile: ?member, Guiana Co. 1627.Eng. and Irish Settlement on River Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. 2nd ser. clxxi), 293.

Religious: elder, seventh Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 426.

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Likenesses: family group on father’s fun. monument, Mildenhall church, Suff. 1620.

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NORTH, Sir Roger (1588-1651), of Mildenhall, Suff.

Will
14 Jan. 1651, pr. 10 May 1652.PROB11/221/612; Suff. RO (Bury), Acc. 18/530/2.
Estates
estate worth £2,000 p.a.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 122.
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WELDON, Ralph (1606-83), of Swanscombe, Kent.

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bap. 12 Jan. 1606, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Weldon of Swanscombe, and Eleanor (d. 1622), da. of George Wilmer.Vis. Kent 1663 (Harl. Soc. liv), 177. educ. Jesus, Camb. 24 Nov. 1620.Al. Cant. m. (1) bef. 1639, Mary (bur. 12 Feb. 1653), wid. of Thomas Francklyn, 2s.; (2) c.1656, Eleanor (d. 1669), 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Kent 1663, 177 suc. fa. Oct. 1648.Swanscombe par. reg. d. bef. 4 May 1683.PROB11/373/27.
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Local: dep. lt. Kent 16 Oct. 1643–?CJ iii. 275b; LJ vi. 256b. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, Kent 18 Oct. 1644, 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.1062.28). militia, Kent 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, 14 Apr. 1656;C181/6, p. 157. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 373.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) Kent Jan. 1644-Mar. 1645.SP28/130 (Bowles acct. bk.). Col. of ft. New Model army, Mar. 1645-bef. July 1646.LJ vii. 266b, 279; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 13; Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 58. Gov. Plymouth 16 Dec. 1645-c.May 1649.LJ viii. 42b, 43a; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 573.

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WELDON, Ralph (1606-83), of Swanscombe, Kent.

Will
12 May 1676, pr. 4 May 1683.PROB11/332/37.
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GOODRICK, William (d. 1666), of Tickenham Court, Tickenham, Som.

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b. aft. 1612, 1st s. of William Goodricke of Skidby and Walton Head, Kirkby Overblow, Yorks. and Sarah (bur. 8 May 1663), da. of William Bellingham of Bromby, Lincs.Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 54; C.A. Goodricke, Hist. of Goodricke Fam. (1897 edn.), 45, 47. educ. M. Temple 28 Oct. 1651.M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 6 Mar. 1652, Eleanor (d. c.1658), da. and h. of Rice Davies of Tickenham Court, wid. of Nicholas Poyntz, 1da.; (2) 1 July 1662, Mary (bur. 9 May 1666), da. of Thomas Steward of Stuntney Hall, Stuntney, Cambs., 1da.St Dunstan-in-the-West, London par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Ely par. reg.; C5/409/99; Goodricke, Hist. of Goodricke Fam. 50-2. suc. fa. Jan. 1664; bur. 26 July 1666.Goodricke, Hist. of Goodricke Fam. 47, 51.
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Local: commr. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (E. Riding) 20 June 1645;A. and O. assessment, Som. 24 Nov. 1653;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). E. Riding 9 June 1657;A. and O. Yorks. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, E. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Yorks. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 102. J.p. W. Riding 7 Mar. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 361.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by late 1642 – 44; maj. by May 1644 – May 1659, c.Feb.-Nov. 1660.Jones, ‘War in north’, 385; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 259–60, 261–3. Capt. militia horse, Yorks. by July 1655-aft. June 1656.SP25/77, pp. 861, 884.

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GOODRICK, William (d. 1666), of Tickenham Court, Tickenham, Som.

Will
12 May 1666, pr. 3 Nov. 1666.PROB11/322, f. 277v.
Estates
in 1647, Goodrick purchased, for £120, a rent of £30 p.a. on lands in Brawby, Yorks.C54/3378/8. In 1652, purchased, for £127, two fee farm rents in Hunsingore, Yorks., worth £9 15s p.a.C54/3655/8; SP28/288, f. 49. Also in 1652, purchased, by debenture, manor of Wetwang, Yorks. for £1,017.E121/5/5/32. In 1652, acquired manor of Tickenham, Som. by marriage.C5/422/97. In 1652-3, purchased manor or grange of Thorney Farm, Stuntney, Camb. – worth at least £200 p.a. – and became a jt. owner of properties known as ‘The Lower House’ and ‘The Bell’ and other lands and tenements in par. of Holy Trinity, Ely.C5/409/99; Goodricke, Hist. of Goodricke Fam. 51. At his d. estate inc. manor of Thorney Farm and lands at Tickenham.PROB11/332, ff. 277v, 278v.
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CHEYNE (CHEYNEY), William (1622-41), of Chesham Bois, Bucks.

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b. 29 Dec. 1622, 1st. s. of Francis Cheyne (d. 1644) of Chesham Bois, Bucks. and his 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir William Fleetwood† of Gt. Missenden, Bucks.C.H.E. White, ‘The church and par. of Chesham Bois, Bucks.’, Recs. of Bucks. vi. 206; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 27-8. m. Dec. 1639 (with £4,000), Lucy (d. 1691), da. of Sir Thomas Barrington*, s.p.White, ‘Chesham Bois’, 206; Essex RO, D/Dba/B4-5. d. 20 Apr. 1641.White, ‘Chesham Bois’, 208.
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: Bucks.
CHEYNEY
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CHEYNE (CHEYNEY), William (1622-41), of Chesham Bois, Bucks.

Will
not found.
Estates
his father owned land at Chesham Bois but Cheyne predeceased him.
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WHITMORE, Thomas II (1599-1677), of Ludstone Hall, Claverley, Salop and the Middle Temple, London.

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b. 12 Feb. 1599, 1st s. of John Whitmore of Ludstone and Frances, da. of William Billingsley of Astley.Salop Par. Regs. Diocese of Hereford, x. (Claverley), 37. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 21 Feb. 1617; M. Temple 22 Feb. 1620.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 646. m. Anne, da. of Thomas Corbet of Longnor, Salop, s.p. bur. 30 May 1677.Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. ser.4, v. 57.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 24 Nov. 1626; bencher, 24 Nov. 1648.MTR ii. 714, 971.

Civic: burgess, Much Wenlock 1636; recorder by Apr. 1660–?d. Freeman, Bridgnorth 1655; recorder, 1655–76.Salop Archives, WB/B3/1/1, p. 688; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Whitmore’.

Local: j.p. Salop 15 July 1656–d.C231/6, p. 343. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 10 July 1660–23 Jan. 1663;C181/7, pp. 12, 136. Salop 14 Apr. 1662;C181/7, p. 142. poll tax, Salop 1660;SR. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Thomas Whitmore’. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675. CTB iv. 790.

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WHITMORE, Thomas II (1599-1677), of Ludstone Hall, Claverley, Salop and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
7 Dec. 1676, pr. 22 June 1677.PROB11/354/262.
Estates
lands in Claverley and Albrighton at death; estate reckoned to be worth £600 p.a. in 1677.PROB11/354/262; HP Commons 1660-90, ‘Thomas Whitmore’.
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BROWNE, John I (1580-1659), of Frampton, Dorset.

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b. Dec. 1580, 1st s. of Sir John Browne of Frampton and Jane, da. of Henry Portman of Orchard Portman, Taunton, Somerset; bro. of George†.C142/439/56; Vis. Dorset Addenda ed. F.T. Colby and J.P. Rylands (1888), 7. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 13 Oct. 1598; M. Temple 22 June 1599.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 18 Nov. 1607, Elizabeth (d. 25 June 1656), da. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Dorset, 4s. 6da.Vis. Dorset Addenda, 7. suc. fa. 10 Oct. 1627. d. 16 Mar. 1659.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 298.
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Civic: freeman, Lyme Regis 1611.Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, f. 11. Trustee for common lands, Weymouth 22 Apr. 1653.Charters of Weymouth ed. Moule, 117.

Mercantile: member, cttee. of Dorchester Co. Mar. 1624–7.F. Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 63, 454.

Local: j.p. Dorset 8 July 1628–?, 6 Aug. 1641–15 July 1642, 6 Mar. 1647–d.;C231/4, f. 249v; C231/5, pp. 223, 475, 530; C231/6, p. 78; C193/13/3, f. 15v; C193/13/5, f. 21v. treas. QS, W. Dorset 1628–9.Dorset QS Recs. 1625–38 ed. T. Hearing and S. Bridges (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 67. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Dorchester and Weymouth 10 Feb. 1632;C181/4, f. 104. Dorset 26 Feb. 1642.C181/5, f. 226v. Sheriff, 1632–3.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39; Whiteway Diary, 125. Commr. sewers, 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113. charitable uses, 1638–9;C192/1, unfol. 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;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E. 1062.28). loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 14 Mar. 1655.A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 169; SP25/76A, f. 14. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 9, 308. piracy, Dorset 22 May 1654;C181/6, p. 33. securing peace of commonwealth, Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 305.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 283b. cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 109a, 113b; SP24/29, f. 248. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 19 Jan. 1649.Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 3. Trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 357b; A. and O. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Household: feoffee for use of Sir Thomas Trenchard* 6 Aug. 1645.Dorset RO, D/HIL/T1.

: of Frampton, Dorset.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1651.Dorset County Museum, Dorchester.

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BROWNE, John I (1580-1659), of Frampton, Dorset.

Will
1 Nov. 1658, pr. 7 May 1659.PROB11/291/4.
Estates
inherited over 5,000 acres in Dorset and Som. including manors and advowsons of Frampton and Bettiscombe, manors of Crochway Notton and Thorpe in Maiden Newton par., 6 burgages in Dorchester, and land at Chard;C142/439/56. by 1658 the lands in Som. and Dorset were estimated to be worth over £1,000 p.a., and he also possessed houses in Melcombe Regis, Dorchester, and Drury Lane, Westminster.PROB11/291/4.
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WHALLEY, Peniston (1624-93), of Kirkton Hall, Screveton, Notts.

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b. c. 23 Nov. 1624, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Thomas Walley (d. 2 Sept. 1628) of Kirkton Hall, and Mary, da. of Thomas Peniston of Rochester, Kent.C9/38/100; WARD9/126/13, f. 58; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 5-6. educ. Trinity, Camb. Mich. 1642.Al. Cant. m. (1) by 1648, Margaret (d. 10 Sept. 1675), da. and h. of George Ireland of Southworth, Lancs., 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 );Lancs. RO, QDD/49/F9; Vis. Notts. 6; J.T. Godfrey, Notes on the Churches of Notts.: Hundred of Bingham (1907), 395-6. (2) 16 Feb. 1686, Johanna (d. aft. Feb. 1691), da. of ?, wid. of one Cawthorne of ?St Ann, Blackfriars, London, s.p.St. Anne, Blackfriars par. reg.; PROB11/416, f. 279v. suc. gdfa. c.Oct. 1632;C6/123/172; Vis. Notts. 5. bur. 29 Aug. 1693 29 Aug. 1693.St Andrew, Holborn par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Notts. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. by Oct. 1660 – 19 Aug. 1673, 3 Feb. 1674–?;C231/7, pp. 458, 474. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 19 Dec. 1664-aft. 29 June 1669.C181/7, pp. 302, 502. Commr. subsidy, Notts. 1663;SR. swans, 30 May 1663.C181/7, p. 210. Recvr. hearth tax, Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven) 1667–8.CTB ii. 29, 540, 592. Commr. sewers, Notts. 22 May 1669;C181/7, p. 488. charitable uses, 20 Feb. 1671.Notts. RO, DD/625/1.

Military: capt. of ft. regt. of earl of Chesterfield, 13 June 1667–?CSP Dom. 1667, p. 181.

: of Kirkton Hall, Notts., Screveton.
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WHALLEY, Peniston (1624-93), of Kirkton Hall, Screveton, Notts.

Will
4 Feb. 1691, pr. 16 Oct. 1693.PROB11/416, f. 279.
Estates
inherited a garden with appurtenances in St Leonard’s Shoreditch, Mdx.; manor of Kirkton Hall alias Screveton; tithes of corn and hay in Aslockton, Car Colston, Elston and Screveton, Notts.; a moiety of manor of Willoughby-by-Norwell, Notts.; and lands in Cartlon-on-Trent, Notts.C142/445/24; G. Jaggar, ‘The Fortunes of the Whalley Fam. of Screveton, Notts.’ (Southampton Univ. M.Phil. thesis, 1973), 31, 35, 250. He claimed that his inheritance was worth £600 p.a.C9/38/100; Jaggar, ‘Whalley Fam.’, 252. In 1648 and 1654, Whalley and his wife sold manor of Southworth and other property in Lancs. for £6,200.C54/3820/30, 33; Lancs. RO, QDD/49/F9; Jaggar, ‘Whalley Fam.’, 268. In 1651-2, sold messuages and lands in Carlton-on-Trent and lands and tithes in Screveton for £2,630. In 1653, purchased two manors in Car Colston for £4,084, mortgaging part of these premises that year for £1,200. In 1653, sold his moiety of manor of Willoughby-by-Norwell for £4,530.C54/3705/1; Notts. RO, DD/VC/24/1; Jaggar, ‘Whalley Fam.’, 255, 261-2, 264-5, 279. Value of his estate in about 1660 variously reckoned at £1,200 and £1,500 p.a.E. Calamy, The Nonconformist’s Memorial (1775-8), iii. 98; Jaggar, ‘Whalley Fam.’, 274. In 1670, he sold messuages and lands in Aslockton, Car Colston and Screveton for £2,000.Jaggar, ‘Whalley Fam.’, 281. By 1674, owned a house of 9 hearths in Screveton.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. Webster, 88. In 1685, sold manor of Kirton Hall alias Screveton for £6,016.Jaggar, ‘Whalley Fam.’, 285.
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presented Thomas Holcroft to vicarage of Car Colston, Notts. 1655.LPL, COMM II/137.
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TAYLOR, Nathaniel (1617-83), of Cardington, Beds.

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Family and Education
bap. 1 Dec. 1617, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of John Taylor, Draper, of St Leonard’s Eastcheap, London.St Leonard Eastcheap, London par. reg. f. 18; G. Inn Admiss. 222. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 19 Aug. 1635; G. Inn, 15 Mar. 1639.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. 222. m. bef. 1653, Mary, da. of John Bridges of Hackney, Mdx., 18 children inc. 1s. 2da.Al. Cant.; Burke Commoners, iii. 108; Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), viii. 16; PROB11/378/206. bur. 18 Jan. 1683 18 Jan. 1683.St Giles Cripplegate, London par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Beds. July 1651 – ?Mar. 1660; Bedford July 1653-Sept. 1660.C231/6, pp. 218, 263; C181/6, p. 289; C181/7, p. 83. Commr. assessment, Beds. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;CJ vii. 227a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). gaol delivery, Colchester 21 Feb. 1659.C181/6, p. 347.

Civic: recorder, Colchester 19 Dec. 1654-bef. Jan. 1660.TSP iv. 330.

Central: clerk of the commonwealth in chancery, 1655–60.IHR, G. E. Aylmer, MS check-list of central office-holders, 1649–1660; Aylmer, State’s Servants, 88. Commr. probate of wills, Sept. 1659–1660.Whitelocke, Diary, 547.

: of Cardington, Beds.
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TAYLOR, Nathaniel (1617-83), of Cardington, Beds.

Will
11 July 1679, pr. 24 Nov. 1684.PROB11/378/206.
Estates
occupied as a tenant a house in Church Lane, Cardington, Beds. 1654.Beds. RO, WB/WF2/15/3.
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