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VENABLES, Robert (c.1612-87), of Antrobus Hall, Mobberley, Cheshire.

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b. c. 1612, s. of Robert Venables of Antrobus, and Ellen, da. of Richard Simcox of Rudheath. m. (1) Elizabeth (d. bef. 1649), da. of Thomas Rudyard of Rudyard, Staffs. 4s, 1da.; (2) 1 May 1654, Elizabeth, da. of Samuel Aldersey of Chester and wid. of Thomas Lee of Darnhall, Chesh. s.p. d. 1687.Chetham Misc. iv. 1, 7-8, 10, 16, 27; Narrative of General Venables ed. C.H. Firth (Cam. Soc. 3rd ser. lx), p. xl.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Robert Duckenfeild*, 1642 – 45; lt.-col. regt. of Sir William Brereton* by Oct. 1645.HMC Portland, i. 288; Oxford DNB. Gov. Tarvin, Cheshire 1645; Liverpool June 1648-Apr. 1649;CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 99; CSP Dom. 1649–50, pp. 20–1, 67; Oxford DNB. Chester Feb.-May 1660.Life of Dr John Barwick ed. P. Barwick (1724), 521–2; TSP, vii. 853. Col. of ft. army in Ireland, 1 Apr. 1649-Oct. 1655.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 67; 1655, pp. 402–3; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 184. C.-in-c. Ulster c.1649–54. General, expedition to W. I. Dec. 1654–30 Oct. 1655.Firth and Rait, Regimental Hist. ii. 667–8; CSP Dom. 1655, pp. 402–3.

Local: commr. assessment, Cheshire 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., 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. by Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Irish: trustee, maintenance of Trin. Coll. and free sch. Dublin 8 Mar. 1650.A. and O. Gov. Belfast precinct c.Jan. 1651–4.Ludlow, Mems. i. 261. Member, cttee. to consider measures against Irish in arms, 27 Nov. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 52v. Commr. settling Ulster, Mar.-June 1653;Bodl. Firth c.5, ff. 107v, 113; Carte 118, f. 46. assessment, co. Armagh 16 Oct. 1654; cos. Antrim, Down 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655).

: Mobberley, Cheshire.
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VENABLES, Robert (c.1612-87), of Antrobus Hall, Mobberley, Cheshire.

Will
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awarded lands in Ireland worth £220 p.a., 9 Dec. 1651;Eg. 1762, f. 16v; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 667. and £100 p.a., 5 Apr. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 203. Paid £3,076 in debentures, 2 Sept. 1654.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 357. Inherited estates at Antrobus, Cheshire; purchased estate at Wincham, Cheshire, 1662.A Discourse of the Warr in Lancashire ed. W. Beaumont (Chetham Soc. lxii), 99.
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WALLER, Sir William (1598-1668), of Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hants.

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bap. 3 Dec. 1598, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Waller† of Groombridge, Kent and Margaret, da. of Sampson Lennard† of Knole, Kent.Vis. Kent 1619-21 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 130; J. Adair, Roundhead General: The Campaigns of Sir William Waller (Stroud, 1997). educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 2 Dec. 1612;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France, Italy);The Poetry of Anna Matilda (1788), 113. G. Inn 21 Nov. 1632.GI Admiss. 198. m. (1) 12 Aug. 1622, Jane (bur. 18 May 1633), da. and h. of Sir Richard Reynell of Ford House, Newton Abbot, Devon, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.;Vis. Kent 1619-21, 130; Regs. of the Abbey Church of SS Peter and Paul, Bath, ed. A. J. Jewers (Harl. Soc. xxvii-xxviii), ii. 355. (2) Lady Anne Finch (d. 1652), da. of Thomas Finch†, 2nd earl of Winchelsea, 2s. 1da.;Poetry of Anna Matilda, 127-8. (3) 13 Apr. 1652, Anne (d. Oct. 1661), da. of William, 5th Baron Paget, wid. of Sir Simon Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, 1s.Holy Trinity the Less, London par. reg. suc. fa. 1613; Kntd. 20 June 1622.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 179. d. 19 Sept. 1668.Ath. Ox. iii. 817.
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Central: chief butler, 1613–d.HP Commons, 1604–1629, ‘Sir Thomas Waller’. Member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b. cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644. Member, cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 June 1646.CJ iv. 549a; LJ viii. 351a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 849b; A. and O.

Military: vol. Venice 1618; Low Countries and Bohemia 1619–21.Poetry of Anna Matilda, 108–9. Col. of horse (parlian.), Aug. 1642.Peacock, Army Lists, 45, 47; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. C.-in-c. and sgt.-maj.-gen. Glos., Wilts., Som., Worcs. and Salop 11 Feb. 1643.A. and O. Gov. Portsmouth Sept.-Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 237b. Maj.-gen. Kent, Suss., Surr. and Hants Jan. 1644-Apr. 1645.A. and O.; CJ iii. 356b-357a.

Local: j.p. Devon May 1631 – July 1633; Hants 22 Sept. 1648 – bef.Jan. 1650; Mdx. Westminster, Oxon. Mar. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 65, 69; C231/6, p. 122; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Hants 1642, 23 June 1647; Mdx. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Oxon., Westminster 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). levying of money, Hants 7 May 1643, 10 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx., Westminster, Oxon. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Mdx., Westminster, Oxon. 1660.SR.

Religious: elder, second Hants classis, 8 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262–3.

: of Winchester Castle, Hants., Winchester.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Johnson, 1643;NPG. oils, P. Lely, 1645;Goodwood House, Suss. oil on canvas, aft. C. Johnson, aft. 1648;NPG. etching, unknown;NPG. line engraving, unknown;NPG. etching unknown;NPG. etching, P. Rottermond aft. C. Johnson, 1643;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 45. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 77. line engraving, N. Yeates aft. P. Lely, 1680;BM. medal, unknown, 1643.BM.

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WALLER, Sir William (1598-1668), of Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hants.

Will
27 Apr. 1668, codicils 11 and 21 July 1668, pr. 25 June 1669.PROB11/330/234.
Estates
very wealthy; sold advowson and lands at Brenchley, Kent, 1631;Coventry Docquets, 612. granted Winchester Castle and the forest of Bere, Hants 1638;CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 447. bought Osterley House, Isleworth, Mdx. c.1655;VCH Mdx. iii. 109. goods at Osterley valued at £2,761 19s 4d after his death.M. Reed, ‘Osterley Park in 1668: the probate inventory of Sir William Waller’, Trans. London and Mdx. Arch. Soc. xlii. 120.
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RICH, Edwin (c.1594-1675), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

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b. c. 1594, s. of Sir Edwin Rich of Mulbarton, Norf. and Honora or Margaret, da. of Charles Wolryche of Wickham Brook and Cowling, Suff.CB iv. 72. educ. L. Inn, 12 Nov. 1612.LI Admiss. i. 160. m. 14 Sept. 1629, Jane (d. 1662) da. of John Reve of Bury St Edmunds, Suff., wid. of Charles Hawkins of London and Sir John Suckling† of St Andrew’s Norwich, s.p.The Gen. n.s. xii. 216. suc. fa. Feb. 1648.CB. Kntd. 10 July 1666.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 242. d. 16 Nov. 1675.CB.
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Legal: called, L. Inn 21 Oct. 1619; bencher, 25 Jan. 1638; master of the walks, 27 Apr. 1675.LI Black Bks. ii. 213, 345; iii. 99.

Local: v.-adm. Norf. 19 Mar. 1644–?1663.Vice-Admirals of the Coast (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 37. J.p. Mdx. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653, Nov. 1653-Apr. 1670.C231/6, pp. 274, 431; C231/7, pp. 13, 365; C193/13/3, f. 41v; C193/13/4, f. 60v. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1674;A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Westminster 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657;C181/6, p. 221. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 339. militia, Mdx. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 5 July 1660–17 Nov. 1664;C181/7, pp. 4, 219. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: master in chancery, c.1645–?1666 (suspended Oct.-Dec. 1658).PRO31/17/33, pp. 86, 279; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 163; LJ xi. 12a. Counsel for the state, cttee. for advance of money by Jan. 1646–22 Feb. 1650;CCAM 81, 526, 1505. cttee. for compounding by Sept. 1646-Nov. 1654.CCC 46, 657, 708.

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RICH, Edwin (c.1594-1675), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
24 Apr. 1675, pr. 17 Nov. 1675.PROB11/349/254.
Estates
main seat was Mulbarton, Norf.; in will mentions lands in Beccles, Norf. and ‘my lands in Suffolk I had by marriage’, and also had interests in Norwich and Thetford, Norf. and Enfield, Mdx.PROB11/349/254.
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EDGCUMBE, Piers (c.1610-67), of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw. and Cothele, Calstock, Cornw.

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b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Sir Richard Edgcumbe† of Mount Edgcumbe and his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Coteel of London; bro. of Richard Edgcumbe*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 142. educ. St John’s, Camb. Easter 1626;Al. Cant. Leiden Univ. 25 June 1629;E. Peacock, Index to Eng. Speaking Students at Leyden Univ. (Index Soc. xiii), 32. travelled (France and Spain) 1631-2; Padua Univ. 1632-3;G. Andrich, Univ. Patavinae (1892), 140. Oxf. Univ. MD (h.c.) 22 Mar. 1644.Al. Ox.; Cornw. RO, ME/3090. m. 6 June 1636, Mary, da. of (Sir) John Glanville* of Broad Hinton, Wilts. 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2 da.Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, v. 218; C142/579/52; Cornw. RO, ME/841, 3044; PROB11/324/89. suc. fa. Mar. 1639; uncle Thomas Coteel†, 1640. d. 6 Jan. 1667.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 142; PROB11/184/393.
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Mercantile: member, Mines Royal Co. 1639 – d.; dep.-gov. 1654 – 57; asst. 1657–64.BL, Loan 16 (iii), ff. 4, 8, 10, 16, 49.

Local: master of game, Devon estates of Francis Russell, 4th earl of Bedford, 1639.Cornw. RO, ME/3089. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 29 June 1642; Devon 8 Aug. 1642. 1642 – ?46Northants RO, FH133, unfol. J.p. Cornw. 15 July, by Oct. 1660-c.1666; Devon by Oct. 1660-c.1666.C231/5, p. 529; C220/9/4, ff. 12v, 17; C66/3074. Sheriff, Cornw. 1660–1.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Dep. lt. by 1662.C29/60/66. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 23 Jan. 1665–d.C181/7, pp. 313, 358.

Military: col. militia ft. and gov. Mount Edgcumbe and Milbrook garrisons by Nov. 1642-Mar. 1646.Cornw. RO, ME/2925; C181/7, pp. 313, 358.

: Cornw. and Cothele, Cornw., Calstock.
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EDGCUMBE, Piers (c.1610-67), of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw. and Cothele, Calstock, Cornw.

Will
12 May 1666, pr. 14 May 1667.PROB11/324/89.
Estates
by mar. sett. of 3 June 1636, and on d. of fa. (Mar. 1639) held possession or reversionary interest in 13 manors in Devon and Cornwall, lands in Truro borough, and advowsons of parishes of Truro and Mevagissey, Cornw.C142/579/52. Additional lands (mostly in I.oW.) inherited from uncle, Thomas Coteel of Titchfield, Hants, June 1639.Cornw. RO, ME/877. Free tenant of duchy of Cornw. in manors of Calstock, Tewington (St Austell par.) and Tibesta (Creed par.), freeholder in Trematon (St Stephen-by-Saltash).Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 13-14, 19-21, 166, 174, 197. Purchased manor of Beeding, Sussex, 1641.VCH Sussex, vi, part 3, p. 34. Income estimated at betw. £2,000 and £3,000 in later 1640s, and at £2,000 in 1660.Keeler, Long Parliament, 164; J. Polsue, Complete Parochial Hist. Cornw. (4 vols., 1868-72), suppl. p. 26; Burke’s Commoners, i. 688.
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HARVEY, Edmund II (c.1590-1664), of The Abbey, Wickham Skeith, Suff.

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b. c. 1590, 1st s. of one Harvey. m. (1) Jane (d. July 1644), da. of Sir George Le Hunt of Little Bradley, wid. of William Bramston of Roxwell, Essex, 1s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) by 1646, Margaret, da. of Thomas Sicklemore, wid. of William Cutler of Ipswich. d. 16 May 1664.Add. 19134, ff. 255-6; Add. 19172, f. 60; Wickham Skeith par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Suff. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 10 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 11 May 1643–?CJ iii. 80a; LJ vi. 42a. Commr. additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232v, 257. gaol delivery, 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 233, 257. Bury St Edmunds 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, f. 234. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660. 1650 – 25 Feb. 1656A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. J.p. by Feb., Dec. 1657–d.C193/13/3, f. 61; C193/12/4, f. 96v; C231/6, pp. 326, 381. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by 20 Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 225, 427; PRO30/11/268, f. 7. sewers, Norfolk and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659.C181/6, pp. 293, 361.

Religious: elder, ninth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 427.

: of The Abbey, Wickham Skeith, Suff.
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HARVEY, Edmund II (c.1590-1664), of The Abbey, Wickham Skeith, Suff.

Will
admon. June 1664.Suff. RO (Bury), IC500/5/5, ff. 57-8.
Estates
inherited manor of Wickham Skeith, with income of c.£360-400 p.a.; purchased manor of Woodhall, Stoke Ash, Suff. 1646.Add. 15520, ff. 76v, 81.
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HIPPISLEY, Thomas (c.1613-aft. 1660), of Ston Easton, Som.

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b. ?c.1613, 5th s. of John Hippisley (d.1613) of Cameley and Ston Easton, Som. and Elizabeth, da. of John Organ of Lambourn, Berks.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 52; Sales of Wards ed. Hawkins, 115. educ. L. Inn 21 Oct. 1635, called 1 July 1644.LI Admiss. i. 228; LI Black Bks. ii. 363.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643; assessment, 27 Jan. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). commr. for Som. 1 July 1644;A. and O. sewers, 15 Nov. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646;C181/5, ff. 263v, 268. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A and O. J.p. by Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660); Som. RO, DD\SH/3/154.

Religious: elder, Bath and Wrington classis, 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 415.

: Som.
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HIPPISLEY, Thomas (c.1613-aft. 1660), of Ston Easton, Som.

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presumably owned property at Ston Easton, Som.
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BRERETON, Sir William, 1st bt. (1604-61), of Handforth Hall, Cheadle, Cheshire.

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b. 13 Sept. 1604, 1st s. of William Brereton of Handforth, and Margaret, da. of Richard Holland† of Denton, Lancs.Cheshire IPM ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxiv), 68; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 639. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 2 Nov. 1621;Al. Ox. G. Inn 29 Jan. 1623;G. Inn Admiss. 169. travelled abroad (United Provinces, Spanish Netherlands, France, Scotland, Ireland), c.1634-5.W. Brereton, Travels in Holland, the United Provinces, England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1634–5 ed. E. Hawkins (Chetham Soc. o.s. i), pp. v, 183; R.N. Dore, ‘The early life of Sir William Brereton’, Trans. Lancs. and Cheshire Antiquarian Soc. lxiii. 9-10. m. (1) lic. 3 Apr. 1624 (with £2,000), Susanna (d. 31 May 1637), da. of Sir George Booth, 1st bt. of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) (settlement 15 Fe 1639), Cicely (d. Oct. 1649), da. of Sir William Skeffington, 1st bt. of Fisherwick, Staffs., wid. of Edward Mytton of Weston-under-Lizard, Staffs. 2da.JRL, EGR3/3/3/2, no. 2; Staffs. RO, K003/2/6; Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. J. P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 23; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M. F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvi), 199; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 645; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, i. 260; CB; Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 34, 35, 55; iii. 13. suc. fa. 18 Fe 1610;Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 645. cr. bt. 10 Mar. 1627.CB. d. 7 Apr. 1661.Cheadle par. reg.; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 639, 645; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, i. 254-9.
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Local: commr. Forced Loan, Cheshire 1627;C193/12/2, f. 7. sewers, 1 Mar. 1627, 7 Feb. 1628;C181/3, ff. 215v, 237v. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659;C181/6, pp. 263, 386. Chester 12 Feb. 1658.C181/6, p. 270. J.p. Cheshire 19 Mar. 1627-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/4, p. 221. Staffs. 4 July 1640 – 6 Aug. 1642, 13 Nov. 1645-c.May 1653, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, pp. 393, 536; C231/6, pp. 30, 104; C193/13/4, f. 89v; A Perfect List (1660). Surr. 22 Nov. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 101; C193/13/4, f. 96v; C193/13/6, f. 85. Commr. swans, midland cos. and Welsh borders 27 July 1627;C181/3, f. 227v. England except south-western cos. c.1629.C181/3, f. 268. Dep. lt. Cheshire by Sept. 1628-aft. 1648;SP16/117, f. 32; SP/16/150, f. 92. Lancs. 4 July 1642–?CJ ii. 649a; LJ v. 178b. Commr. recusants, northern cos. 8 June 1629-aft. July 1638;C66/2615/1; C231/5, p. 113; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 47; ix. pt. 1, p. 57; pt. 2, p. 162. inquiry fees, Cheshire, Chester and Flint 3 Jan. 1635;C181/3, f. 192v. charitable uses, Cheshire 15 Nov. 1638;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Staffs. 28 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;CJ iii. 22b; LJ v. 676a; A. and O. Chester 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan. 1660; Surr. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). to levy militia forces, Cheshire 4 Oct. 1642;JRL, Booth fam. pprs., EGR3/3/1/8. sequestration, Cheshire, Staffs. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. Surr. 4 Aug., 18 Oct. 1648;CJ v. 650b; LJ x. 419b.; A. and O. levying of money, Cheshire 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644.A. and O. V.-adm. Cheshire, 12 Apr. 1644-aft. June 1649.HCA30/820, no. 121; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 203. Steward, hundred and forest of Macclesfield by Mar. 1646-aft. Apr. 1660.Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 216; Cheshire RO, DDS/353. Commr. militia, Cheshire, Staffs., Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Chester 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Lancs. 8 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 752a. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 12, 372. Surr. 21 Mar. 1659;C181/6, p. 349. Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 374. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cheshire, Surr. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. dividing parishes, Cheshire and Chester 10 Mar. 1656.Mins. of the Cttee. of Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. W.A. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 115. Custos rot. Cheshire by Mar.-July 1660.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p. 21.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 3 Aug. 1642 – 24 June 1645; col. 1 Mar. 1643 – 24 June 1645; col. of ft. 20 Sept. 1642–24 June 1645.SP28/128, pt. 10, f. 4; SP28/261, f. 5; SP28/262, f. 218; JRL, TW/262; ‘An acct. bk. of Sir William Brereton, bart.’ ed. D. Eastwood, Trans. Lancs. and Cheshire Antiquarian Soc. cv. 91. C.-in-c. Cheshire 28 Mar. 1643–24 June 1645, 25 Sept. 1645–1 Mar. 1646.SP28/256, unfol.; CJ iii. 19a; iv. 139b, 284b, 412a; LJ vii. 367a, 599a; viii. 117b. Gov. Eccleshall Castle, Staffs. 22 Nov. 1643–?CJ iii. 313a; JRL, TW/263. Maj.-gen. 7 Mar.-7 June 1646.SP28/256; CJ iv. 466b, 608a; LJ viii. 202b.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 28 Oct. 1642;CJ ii. 825b. cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642.CCAM 1; CJ ii. 866a, 938a; iii. 67b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; CJ iv. 606a; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 10 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.CJ vi. 533a; vii. 221a. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers by May 1651.Mins. of the Cttee. for Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxviii), 220. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Gov. Westminster sch. and almhouses, 24 May 1655.Cheshire RO, ZCR 63/2/730, p. 29.

: 1st bt. (1604-61), of Handforth Hall, Cheshire., Cheadle 1604 – 61.
Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 41. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 71. oil on wood, unknown, nineteenth century.Grosvenor Museum, Chester.

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BRERETON, Sir William, 1st bt. (1604-61), of Handforth Hall, Cheadle, Cheshire.

Will
6 Apr. 1661, pr. 27 July 1661.PROB11/305, f. 12v.
Estates
inherited capital messuages of The Nuns and Lache House, Chester; manors of Ashton upon Mersey, Eaton and Handforth; a moiety of manor of Baddiley; property in Altrincham, Ashton on Mersey, Baddiley, Bowdon, Brindley, Buglawton, Burland, Chester, Faddiley, Handbridge, Handforth, Hulme Walfield, Lache, Marlston, Northenden, Sale, Stockport and Stoke; and advowson of Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire.Cheshire IPM ed. Stewart-Brown, 64-9. In 1629, he obtained a conveyance of lands on east side of Charles River, Mass.Winthrop Pprs. ii. (Mass. Hist. Soc. 1931), 13. In 1632, he was assessed at £30 for distraint of knighthood.‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ ed. J.P. Earwaker (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 209. Acquired an estate at Weston-under-Lizard, Staffs. by marriage.Brereton Lttr. Bks. iii. 15. Estate bef. civil war estimated to be worth c.£1,000 p.a.Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 31. By 1644, owned or rented a house in Abbots Langley, Herts. In 1644, admitted tenant of Lord Capell’s sequestered estate at Cassiobury, Herts. with the tithes of Watford and Bushey, paying rent of £725 p.a.; these properties were reportedly worth £2,000 p.a.Add. 40630, ff. 134, 139; [C. Walker*], Hist. of Independency (1648), 170 (E.463.19). In 1644, granted part of a house of Sir Richard Ducy worth £40 p.a. and his goods worth £150.Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 216. In 1647-8, owned or rented a house in Dean’s Yard and, in 1650-?54, in Old Palace Yard, St Margaret, Westminster.WCA, SMW/E/47/1582-3, 1592-1603. In 1647-8, purchased, from trustees for the sale of church lands, manor and archiepiscopal palace of Croydon, Surr. for £7,959, and manor of Waddon, Croydon, for £1,612 (parcels of which he sold off during the 1650s).C54/3807/54; C54/3815/11; C54/3908/11; C54/3936/24; Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 3, 124; VCH Surr. iv. 219, 220. In 1653, purchased property in the forest of Macclesfield from trustees for the sale of forfeited estates for £1,454.Cheshire RO, DDK/1472/12. In 1661, estate inc. manors of Ashton upon Mersey, Eaton and Handforth; property in Acton, Baddiley, Bunbury and Macclesfield; manor and court leets and baron of Nantwich, Cheshire; and property in Norbury and Waddon, Surr.PROB11/305, ff. 12v, 13.
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assigned lodgings of Mr Middleton in Whitehall (Dec. 1651);Cheshire RO, ZCR 63/2/730, p. 42. assigned lodgings of John Lambert* in Whitehall (Jan. 1660).CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 325.
Religion
presented Ralph Stirrop to rectory of Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, 1632; Richard Heyricke, 1640;IND1/70001, p. 53. John Johnson, by June 1642;CJ iii. 270a; J.R. Mawdesley, ‘Clerical Politics in Lancs. and Cheshire during the Reign of Charles I, 1625-49’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 2014), 382. John Shawe to rectory of Lymm, Cheshire, 1643;Yorks. Diaries and Autobiographies ed. C. Jackson (Surtees. Soc. lxv), 137. Thomas Gilbert to rectory of Cheadle, Cheshire, 1646;Mawdesley, ‘Clerical Politics’, 389. William Jones to rectory of Orpington, Kent, 1653.Add. 36792, f. 65. Elder, fifth Surr. classis, 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 435.
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COOPER, Thomas I (1594-1640), of High Street, Oxford.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 1594, ?2nd s. of William Cowper, yeoman, of Tiddington, Warws. educ. appr. to William Chillingworth, mercer 9 Oct 1607;Alveston par. reg. Warws.; Oxon. RO, city archives, L.5.1, f. 152v. adm. 11 Oct. 1614.Oxford Council Acts 1583-1626, 239. m. ?bef. 1623, Ursula (d. aft. 1639), at least 1s. 1 da. (d.v.p.).PROB11/184/151; St Martin, Carfax, par. reg. transcript. bur. 13 Aug. 1640 13 Aug. 1640.St Martin, Carfax, par. reg. transcript.
Offices Held

Academic: recvr. All Souls and privileged person, Oxf. Univ. by 1 Feb. 1619.Reg. Univ. Oxford, ii. pt. i, 404; Oxon. RO, city archives, F.5.8, p. 452.

Civic: freeman and bailiff, Oxf. 18 Sept. 1626; asst. 12 Mar. 1630; mayor, 20 Sept. 1630;Oxford Council Acts 1583–1626, 342; Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 25, 27. alderman, 9 Dec. 1639.Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 89.

Local: commr. gaol delivery, Oxf. 1632–d.C181/4, ff. 129v, 159v; C181/5, ff. 29v, 155v.

: Oxford., of High Street.
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COOPER, Thomas I (1594-1640), of High Street, Oxford.

Will
5 Aug. pr. 10 Oct. 1640.PROB11/184/151.
Estates
tenant of Brasenose Coll. at Garsington, Oxon. in 1629;VCH Oxon. v. 143. bef. 1634 acquired lease of a house at the west end of High Street, Oxford.Oxford City Properties ed. Salter, 142.
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MOUNDEFORD, Sir Edmund (c.1595-1643), of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1595, o.s. of Sir Edmund Moundeford of Hockwold, Norf. and Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Gawdy, of Claxton, Norf.J. Venn, Biographical Hist. of Gonville and Caius (Cambridge, 1897-1998), i. 215; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxiii.), 201; Blomefield, Norf. ii. 193. educ. Wymondham g.s. Norf.; Caius, Camb. 1612.Venn, Biographical Hist. i. 215; Al. Cant. m. (1) 2 Sept. 1614, Penelope, da. of William Brews of Wenham, Suff., s.p.;Blomefield, Norf. ii. 193. (2) by 1632, da. of Sir John Heveningham† of Ketteringham, Norf., s.p.Autobiography of Sir John Bramston (Cam. Soc. ser. 1, xxxii.), 7; Keeler, Long Parl. 282. suc. fa. 1617;C142/369/166. Kntd. 9 Dec. 1629.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 197. d. 5 May 1643.C142/710/33.
Offices Held

Local: capt. militia ft. Norf. 1626-aft. 1628.Rye, State Pprs. 32, 78, 130. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7.Rye, State Pprs. 48; C193/12/2, f. 42. Commr. sewers, 1628, 1629;C181/3, f. 250v; C181/4, f. 21v. Deeping and Gt. Level 1629–d.;C181/4, ff. 31v, 94; C181/5, ff. 10, 215. J.p. Norf. by 1632–d.Rye, State Pprs. 180. Commr. swans, 1632;C181/4, f. 123. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1636, 1637;C205/14/10; C205/14/16. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 24 June 1639–d.;C181/5, ff. 142v, 218. further subsidy, Norf. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385b. Dep. lt. Mar. 1642–d.PJ ii. 54. Commr. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, 1 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 251b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

: of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.
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MOUNDEFORD, Sir Edmund (c.1595-1643), of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.

Will
18 Apr. 1643, pr. 10 Feb. 1645.PROB11/192/364.
Estates
owned lands at Feltwell, Hockwold, Wilton and Methwold, Norf.;C142/710/33. granted lease of the manor of Stockton, Norf. by the Crown, 1641;A. and O, ii. 190. endowed Sir Edmund Moundeford’s charity, Feltwell, 1642.Blomefield, Norf. ii. 199.
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MILDMAY, Anthony (d. 1682), of Danbury, Essex, and Steyning, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1600, ygr. s. of Humphrey Mildmay of Danbury Place, Essex, and Mary, da. of Henry Capel of Hadham, Herts.; bro. of Sir Henry Mildmay*.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), 252, 452: Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 113; Morant, Essex, ii. 29. educ. Camb. Univ. MA (h.c.), 1624.Al. Cant. m. lic. 27 Feb. 1649, Anne, da. of David Murray of St Clement Danes, Mdx. s.p.Mar. Lics. Fac. Office ed. J.L. Chester and G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 41; C5/411/138; C10/466/207; PROB11/370/462. d. 1682.PROB11/370/462.
Offices Held

Court: gent. pensioner, c.1625–8 June 1626;LC2/6, f. 47v; Badminton, Beaufort archives, Fm H2/4/1, f. 17v. ?gent. of privy chamber, c.1630–42.Clarke Pprs. ii. 268. Attendant, Charles I, Carisbrooke and Windsor c. Feb. 1648 – Jan. 1649; Henry, duke of Gloucester, and Princess Elizabeth, July 1650-Feb. 1653.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 256–9; 1652–3, 142, 146.

Central: trustee for sale of king’s goods, 4 July 1649.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Essex 4 July 1649-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 161; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxviii; C193/13/4, f. 36. Suss. 6 July 1649-aft. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 157; C193/13/4, f. 100v. Commr. assessment, Essex 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 7 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Surr. 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

: Essex and Suss., Steyning.
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MILDMAY, Anthony (d. 1682), of Danbury, Essex, and Steyning, Suss.

Will
6 Mar. 1682, pr. 7 Aug. 1682.PROB11/370/462.
Estates
in Feb. 1649 described as ‘of Steyning’, Suss.; in Sept. 1662 as ‘of Newington Green Middlesex’, and in will (Mar. 1682) as ‘late of Richmond, Surrey’, but details of land holdings and properties unclear.Mar. Lics. Fac. Office, 41; CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 492; PROB11/370/462.
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