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ONSLOW, Arthur (1622 or 1624-1688), of Knowle, Surr.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 6 May 1622 or 22 May 1624,Surr. Hist. Centre, 173/3/64; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. opposite 54; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 155; cf. Surr. Arch. Colls. vi. 54. 1st (or first surv.) s. of Sir Richard Onslow* and Elizabeth, da. of Arthur Strangways, innkeeper of the Queen’s Arms, Holborn Bridge, London; bro. of Henry* and Denzil†.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 87. educ. Queen’s, Oxf., 24 May 1639;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 10 June 1640.LI Admiss. i. 243. m. (1) 22 Apr. 1647 with £2,000, Rose (d. 11 Mar. 1648), da. and h. of Nicholas Stoughton* of Stoughton, 1da. (d.v.p.) (2) ?1649, Mary, da. of (Sir) Thomas Foote*, 1st bt. ld. mayor of London, 1649–1650, 4s. 3da.HMC 14th Rep. IX, 487; Add. 6174, ff. 140, 141; Surr. Hist. Centre, Clandon MS 173/1/1, p. 248; 173/3/64; Bodl. MS Rawl. B.80; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 87. suc. fa. 19 or 20 May 1664;CP; Surr. Arch. Colls. vi. 54. fa.-in-law as 2nd bt. 12 Oct. 1687.CB; cf. PROB11/389/159 (Thomas Foot). d. 21 July 1688.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538, 541; J. Aubrey, Antiquities of Surr. iv. 88; Surr. Hist. Centre, Clandon MS 173/3/57.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Surr. 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Surr. 4 July 1644, 21 Mar. 1659;C181/5, f. 239; C181/6, p. 349. Home circ. 23 Jan. 1662-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 131, 639. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 240. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659.C181/5, f. 264; C181/6, pp. 263, 386. Commr. militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Mar. 1651 – aft.Feb. 1655A. and O. J.p., Dec. 1658 – Mar. 1660, Aug. 1661 – May 1670, Mar. 1671-Nov. 1682.C231/6, pp. 212, 417; C231/7, pp. 127, 367, 388; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 37; 1682, p. 548. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Conservator, Bedford Level 1663.SR; S. Wells, Hist. of Drainage of Gt. Level of Fens, i. 456–7. Commr. Wey navigation, Surr. 1671;Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. app. lvii. rebuilding of Southwark, 1677.SR.

Religious: elder, Guildford classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist Eng Church, ii. 433.

Central: commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Civic: high steward, Guildford 1673–86.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 41.

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ONSLOW, Arthur (1622 or 1624-1688), of Knowle, Surr.

Will
not found.
Estates
Hilary term 1647, described as a freeholder with his fa. of Knowle, Utworth, Holehurst, Bramley, Ownstead, holding advowson of Merrow and Itchingfield, manors of Dedisham and Pallingham, tenements in Dedisham, Slinfold, Rudgwick, Billingshurst, Wisborough Greene, Petworth and Kerford, Surr. and Suss.;Suss. Rec. Soc. xix. 123. bef. July 1654, manor of Dedswell;Surr. Hist. Centre, G97/1/23; cf. VCH Surr. iii. 368. in 1673 held 60-year lease of Offham manor, Suss.;VCH Suss. v. 208. from 12 Oct. 1687, in right of wife, estates in Essex, Norf., and Beenhams, Berks.VCH Berks. iii. 181; CB; Thomas Foote, supra.
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BEAUMONT, Thomas (c.1608-76), of Stoughton Grange, Leics.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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b. c. 1608, 1st s. of Sir Henry Beaumont of Stoughton Grange, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Turpin of Knaptoft.Nichols, Leics. ii. 854, 860; Vis. Leics. 1619 (Harl. Soc. ii), 61. m. (1) by 1638, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Nicholas Trott of Quickswood, Herts., 3s. 3da. (2) 17 Apr. 1666, Jane (bur. 3 Oct. 1670), da. of Sir Thomas Burton 1st bt. (bur. 4 Sept. 1655) of Stockerton, Leics., wid. of Hugh Watts (d. 20 Aug. 1656) of the Newarke, Leicester, s.p.Stoughton par. reg.; PROB 11/252, f. 36; PROB 11/258, f. 325; Nichols, Leics. i. 316; ii. 860; CB; St. Mary Leicester Par. Reg. ed. Hartopp, i. 200. suc. fa. Apr. 1646;Nichols, Leics. ii. 860. cr. 1st bt. 5 Mar. 1658, disallowed aft. Restoration; cr. 1st bt. 21 Feb. 1661.C231/6, p. 386; CB. d. 11 Aug. 1676.Nichols, Leics. ii. 860.
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Local: commr. further subsidy, Leics. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. Leics. militia, 16 Jan. 1643;An Examination Examined (1645), 15 (E.303.13). New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645. 19 May 1645 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p., 29 Aug. 1667–22 July 1670.C231/6, pp. 11, 354, 416; C231/7, pp. 311, 374. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–22 June 1659.C181/6, pp. 15, 311. Trustee and gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 9 June 1657.Nichols, Leics. i. 488–9. Commr. for public faith, Leics. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1668–11 Nov. 1669.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 75.

Military: col. militia, Leics. 5 June 1648;Desiderata Curiosa ed. F. Peck (1735), ii. lib. ix, p. 45; HMC Portland, i. 468. col. militia horse, 5 Mar. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5.

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BEAUMONT, Thomas (c.1608-76), of Stoughton Grange, Leics.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1654, Beaumont, Thomas Lord Grey of Groby*, Thomas Pochin* and another gent. sold manor and advowson of Whepstead, Suff. for £5,840.C54/3820/13-14.
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DELVES, Nicholas (1618-90), of Hollington, Suss., Friday Street, London and Camberwell, Surr.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 2 Dec. 1618, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Delves, grazier, of Hollington, Suss. and Anne, da. of ?.Add. 39480, f. 37; Add. 5697, f. 70v. educ. appr. Merchant Taylor, 19 Oct. 1635-19 Oct. 1642.GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. Appr. Binding Bk. 11, p. 18; Ct. Min. Bk. 8A, unfol.; 8B, unfol. m. 2 Jan. 1645, Mary, da. of Edmund Warnett, Cutler and Haberdasher, of London Bridge, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da. (?4 d.v.p.).St Olave, Southwark, par. reg.; St Giles, Camberwell, par. reg.; Add. 39480, ff. 39, 42. bur. 3 Nov. 1690 3 Nov. 1690.St Giles, Camberwell, par. reg.
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Mercantile: freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 19 Oct. 1642;GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. Ct. Min. Bk. 8B, unfol. liveryman, 1 July 1651;GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. Ct. Min. Bk. 9, f. 381. master, 1662–3.C.M. Clode, Early Hist. of the Guild of Merchant Taylors (1888), ii. 348. Dep. gov. Irish Soc. 1668–9.Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 92.

Local: commr. sewers, Kent and Surr. 20 Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 31. assessment, London 1 June 1660.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6).

Civic: alderman, Vintry Ward, London 2 Apr.-13 Jun. 1661;Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 211; CLRO, Rep. 67, ff. 226, 250. common cllr. Bread Street, London 1663 – 65, 1667 – 70, 1671.CLRO, Jor. 46, f. 264b; MS 109.15.

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DELVES, Nicholas (1618-90), of Hollington, Suss., Friday Street, London and Camberwell, Surr.

Will
9 Nov. 1687, pr. 19 Dec. 1693.PROB11/417/510.
Estates
property in Camberwell, Surr. by 1650;St Giles, Camberwell, par. reg. by 1663 owned one of the largest houses there, with 17 hearths.W.H. Blanch, Par. of Camberwell (1877), 144. Manor of Hoselands, Suss., acquired in 1659.Suss. Manors, i. 229.
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STANDISH, Richard (1621-62), of Duxbury Hall, Chorley, Lancs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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bap. 21 Oct. 1621, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Standish* and 1st w. Anne.Chorley Par. Regs. ed. E. McKnight, H. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxiii), 40; Foster, Lancs. Peds. m. 23 Nov. 1647, Elizabeth (bur. 6 Mar. 1662), da. of Piers Legh of Lyme, Cheshire, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Farnham, Yorks. par reg.; Chorley par. reg.; Chorley Par. Regs. ed. McKnight, Brierley, 105; Foster, Lancs. Peds.; Vis. Lancs. 1613 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxii), 71. bur. 14 Mar. 1662 14 Mar. 1662.Chorley par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Preston 1622–?d.;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 78. Wigan by Mar. 1640–?d.Sinclair, Wigan, i. 217; ii. 53.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by Apr. 1643 – ?; col. by Nov. 1644-aft. June 1648.E121/4/8/43; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 85, 252; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1148; J.M. Gratton, ‘The Parliamentarian and Royalist War Effort in Lancs. 1642–51’ (Manchester Univ. PhD thesis, 1998), 411, 560. Col. militia ft. Lancs. 16 Aug. 1650-c.July 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 509.

Local: j.p. Lancs. 4 Oct. 1647–d.Lancs. RO, QSC/42–62; Craven, ‘Lancs.’, 39. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16v. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. maintenance of ministers, 29 Mar. 1650;Lancs. and Cheshire Church Surveys ed. H. Fishwick (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. i), i. 1–3. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). Capt. militia horse, 19 Apr. 1660–?Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 17 (16–23 Apr. 1660), 270 (E.183.5). Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, 22 Aug. 1660.C181/7, p. 34.

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STANDISH, Richard (1621-62), of Duxbury Hall, Chorley, Lancs.

Will
29 Sept. 1657, cod. 10 Mar. 1662, pr. 13 July 1663.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 45, f. 562.
Estates
in June 1647, wid. of Standish’s elder bro. Alexander assigned to Standish her ‘dower right’ to the family estate (properties as below).C7/277/54; Lancs. RO, DP/397/21/16. That month, he borrowed £1,000 by statute staple – probably to help pay off his brother’s and father’s debts.LC4/203, f. 2; C7/277/54. In 1657, estate inc. manors of Anlezargh, Chorley, Duxbury, Heapey, Heath Charnock and Whittle-le-Woods, the capital messuage of Bradley Hall and lands and tenements in Charnock, Chorley, Standish, Langtree and Worthington, Lancs.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 45, ff. 562-3.
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GAWDY (GAUDY), Framlingham (1589-1655), of Bardwell Hall, West Harling, Norf.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 8 Aug. 1589, 1st s. of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy† of West Harling and 1st w. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Charles Framlingham of Crow’s Hall, Debenham, Suff.Blomefield, Norf. i. 306; P. Millican, ‘The Gawdys of Norf. and Suff.’, Norf. Arch. xxvi. (1938), 352, 354, 356, 364. educ. adm. G. Inn 1624.G Inn Admiss. 171. m. 16 Feb. 1609, Lettice (bur. 3 Dec. 1630), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Knollys† of Westminster, Mdx., 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p. Add. 36990, f. 100; Blomefield, Norf. i. 306; Millican, ‘Gawdys of Norf. and Suff.’, 352, 368-71. (2) 28 Jan. 1653, his cos. Dorothy (d. 1659), da. of Philip Gawdy† of West Harling and London, s.p.Millican, ‘Gawdys of Norf. and Suff.’, 352, 361, 364. suc. fa. 1606.Millican, ‘Gawdys of Norf. and Suff.’, 356. bur. 26 Feb. 1655 26 Feb. 1655.Blomefield, Norf. i. 306.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Thetford 1611 – 49; Norf. 1614–49.Norf. RO, T/C1/3, p. 33; C181/5, f. 212v; C231/2, f. 155; C231/4, f. 204; Add. 27396, f. 169. Commr. subsidy, Norf. and Thetford 1621, 1624, 1628.C212/22/20; C212/22/23; Rye, State Pprs. 137. Capt. militia ft. Norf. by 1626.Rye, State Pprs. 32, 78, 130. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7.Rye, State Pprs. 48; C193/12/2, f. 41v. Sheriff, 1627.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix.), 89; Coventry Docquets, 361. Commr. charitable uses, 1629–33;C192/1, unfol. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. Mar. 1642–?CJ ii. 483b. Commr. loans on Propositions, 1 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 251b. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: treas. k.b. and Marshalsea prisons, 1615–16.Norf. RO, MC 98/1/3; HMC Gawdy, 109.

Civic: burgess, Thetford Oct. 1640.Add. 27396, f. 169.

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GAWDY (GAUDY), Framlingham (1589-1655), of Bardwell Hall, West Harling, Norf.

Will
20 Aug. 1652, pr. 16 June 1655.PROB11/248, ff. 129v-130.
Estates
owned lands in and around West Harling, Norf.; also owned lands in east Suffolk at Stemfield, Benhall, Snape and Freston.PROB11/248, ff. 129v-130.
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Drury Lane, Mdx., 1641;Add. 36989, f. 97v. Fleet St, London, 1641, 1647.Procs. LP, iii. 572; Add. 36989, f. 99v.
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FITCH, Thomas (c.1602-66), of Cheshunt, Herts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1602.HCA13/58, f. 205v. m. by Nov. 1653, Jane (d. aft. 1666), ?da. of John Gosnell, butcher, of St Andrew, Holborn, Mdx. at least 3s. 1da.St Andrew, Holborn par. reg. (bap. 20 Sept. 1624); PROB11/321, f. 372; Bodl. Rawl. A.8, f. 127. d. July 1666.PROB11/321, f. 373.
Offices Held

Colonial: dep. gov. Providence Is. 9 Mar. 1641–?CO124/2, f. 194v.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 19 Aug. 1642–?;SP28/1A, f. 187; SP28/143, pt. 6, f. 13; Peacock, Army Lists, 34. maj. by Apr.-Dec. 1643;BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database, ‘Walter Aylworth’; ‘Thomas Fitch’. lt.-col. 15 May 1644 – 28 Nov. 1646, by Oct. 1648-bef. July 1649;SP28/17, f. 249; SP28/253B, pt. 2, f. 62v; SP28/267, f. 231; The Moderate no. 15 (17–24 Oct. 1648), 126 (E.468.24). col. by July 1649–23 Apr. 1660.SP28/125, pt. 1, unfol.; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2016), ii. 58–9, 141. Dep. gov. Carlisle Oct. 1648-c.Dec. 1651.SP28/259, f. 409; The Moderate no. 15, p. 126; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 68; CCC 1169; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 74–5. Gov. Inverness Nov. 1651–5 July 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 7; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 510, 515; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 74–5. Lt. Tower of London 10 June-11 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 679a; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 370; Mercurius Politicus no. 598 (8–15 Dec. 1659), 954 (E.195.45).

Local: commr. assessment, Cumb. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312. (E.534.15). Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 16 Aug. 1659.Ancient Vellum Bk. of the Hon. Artillery Coy. ed. G.A. Raikes (1890), 78. Commr. sewers, precinct of St Katherine by the Tower, Mdx. 13 Oct. 1659.C181/6, p. 401.

Scottish: sheriff, Inverness-shire 1653–4.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/128. Commr. assessment, 31 Dec. 1655;Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 838. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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FITCH, Thomas (c.1602-66), of Cheshunt, Herts.

Will
13 July 1666, pr. 16 Oct. 1666, 28 Jan. 1668.PROB11/321, f. 371v.
Estates
at his d. estate inc. manor and fee farm rent of Sonning, Berks.PROB11/312, f. 372.
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St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. (1642);HCA13/58, f. 205v. lodgings in St James’s, Westminster (1660).CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 325.
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SPENCER, Sir Edward (1595-1656), of Boston Manor, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 25 Feb. 1595; bap.,Add. 75326, f. 2; Northants RO, 49P/26; Brington par. reg., unfol. 4th s. of Sir Robert Spencer†, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Notts.; bro. of Richard† and William†.M.E. Finch, Five Northants. Fams. (Northants. Rec. Soc. xix), 248. educ. Corpus, Oxf. 13 Nov. 1609, BA 18 Feb. 1612; L. Inn 13 May 1613; travelled abroad (Spanish Netherlands) June 1617.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 162; APC 1616-17, p. 266. m. 19 Sept. 1625, Mary (d. 1658), da. of John Goldsmith of Wilby, Suff., wid. of Sir William Reade of Osterley, Mdx., s.p.Add. 19132, f. 134; Lysons, Environs ii. 555. Kntd. 27 Dec. 1625.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. d. 11 Feb. 1656.Bridges, Northants ii. 476.
Offices Held

Legal: associate bencher, L. Inn 1617.LI Black Bks. ii. 198.

Local: commr. survey L. Inn Fields 1618.Rymer, Foedera vii. pt. 3, p. 83. J.p. Mdx. 30 Mar. 1626-at least 1639.C231/4, f. 200v; SP16/405, f. 43. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, Foedera viii. pt 2, p. 144. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1629–37;C181/4, ff. 5v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 57v, 213. Mdx. 1634-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/4, ff. 172, 189; C181/5, ff. 57v, 114. London 30 Nov. 1641;C181/5, f. 214. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdx. 31 Aug. 1635;GL, MS 25475/1, f. 61. survey Harefield and Moorhall, Mdx. c.1636;LMA, ACC/1085/EM/004. sewers, River Colne, Bucks., Herts. and Mdx. 1638-aft. May 1639;C181/5, ff. 122, 136. subsidy, Mdx. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 30 Nov. 1641;C181/5, f. 214. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Mdx. 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, by 4 Mar. 1641–?C231/5, p. 432.

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SPENCER, Sir Edward (1595-1656), of Boston Manor, Mdx.

Will
4 July 1655, pr. 13 Mar. 1656.PROB11/254/34.
Estates
extensive lands in Middlesex, esp. Hounslow, Hanwell and Acton.
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CHUTE, Chaloner II (1631-66), of The Vyne, Hants.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 15 Dec. 1631, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Chaloner Chute* and Anne, da. of Sir John Scory of Wormesley, Herefs.Guildhall Lib. St Andrew Holborn par. reg.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 163. educ. M. Temple 20 June 1645, called 21 Nov. 1656;M. Temple Admiss. travelled abroad, May 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 528. m. 1654, Catherine, da. of Richard, 13th Baron Dacre, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. Apr. 1659; d. 1666.C.W. Chute, Hist. of the Vyne (1888), 78.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Hants July 1659-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 439. Commr. militia, Mdx. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Hants 26 July 1659; assessment, Wilts. 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Hants 1664; poll tax, Mdx. 1660.SR.

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CHUTE, Chaloner II (1631-66), of The Vyne, Hants.

Will
not found.
Estates
jt.-owner (with his fa.) of castle and park of Devizes, purchased for £7,200 in July 1656;Waylen, Devizes, 302-3. inherited The Vyne, Apr. 1659.
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HUNT, Robert (1609-80), of Speckington and Compton Pauncefoot, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 19 June 1609, 1st s. of John Hunt of Forston, Charminster, Dorset and Katherine, da. of John Ewens of Suddon, Wincanton, Som.Charminster par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 162-3. educ. Rampisham School, Dorset; matric. Gonville and Caius Camb. 5 Oct. 1625;Al. Cant. M. Temple 18 May 1625, called 22 Nov. 1633.M. Temple Admiss. m. 24 Sept. 1635, Elizabeth (d. 24 Sept. 1675), da. of John Browne I* of Frampton, Dorset, 3s. 5da.Collinson, Som. ii. 77; Vis. Som. 1672, 162-3. suc. fa. 1660. d. 20 Feb. 1680.Collinson, Som. ii. 77.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. 3 Mar. 1640–?, 1654–79.C231/5, p. 373; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xxiv. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, Nov. 1654-Sept. 1656.Som. Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 59, 80; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655;SP18/126, ff. 2, 4; D. Underdown, Som. in the Civil War and Interregnum (Newton Abbott, 173), 180. sewers, 27 Mar. 1656-aft. July 1670;C181/6, pp. 154, 337; C181/7, pp. 24, 556. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. 1670–d.Som. Assize Orders, 58. Commr. recusants, 1675.Som. Assize Orders, 58.

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HUNT, Robert (1609-80), of Speckington and Compton Pauncefoot, Som.

Will
10 Jan. 1680, pr. 30 Jan. 1681.PROB11/363/291.
Estates
estimated at £1,500 p.a. in 1660.Burke’s Commoners, i. 692.
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RIGBY, Alexander II (1620-94), of Middleton Hall in Goosnargh, Kirkham, Lancs.

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Family and Education
bap. 20 Aug. 1620, 1st s. of Alexander Rigby* and 1st w. Lucy.Prestbury Reg. Bk. ed. J. Croston (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. v), 226. educ. Wigan (William Rathband) 1630; Macclesfield g.s. 1631;HMC Kenyon, 40-1, 47. Emmanuel, Camb. Mich. 1637;Al. Cant. (G. Inn by 1640).HMC Kenyon, 58. m. (1) 9 Dec. 1642, Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Herrys of Shenfield, Essex, 1s. da. d.v.p.; (2) Margaret, da. of Thomas Legh of Adlington, Lancs. 1s. d.v.p. ; (3) Margaret, da. of Sir Gibert Hoghton* of Hoghton Tower, Lancs. 2s. 4da. (1 ).Belchamp Walter, Essex par. reg.; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxviii), 245-6. suc. fa. 18 Aug. 1650.Desiderata Curiosa ed. F. Peck (1735), ii. lib. xiv, p. 23. bur. 4 Mar. 1694 4 Mar. 1694.Preston par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Preston 29 Aug. 1642–d.Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 102, 135, 174.

Military: lt.-col. of ft. (parlian.) 1643-aft. Jan. 1647;Warr in Lancs. 42–3; Palatine Note-Bk. iii. 281; J.M. Gratton, ‘The Parliamentarian and Royalist War Effort in Lancs. 1642–51’ (Manchester Univ. PhD thesis, 1998), 553. horse, May 1648-bef. Mar. 1650.Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 252; Whitelocke, Mems. ii. 317; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 34; Gratton, ‘War Effort in Lancs.’, 553. Col. militia ft. Lancs. Aug. 1659–?Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 287; CJ vii. 772a.

Local: commr. defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645; northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648. 16 Apr. 1650 – 2 Aug. 1652A. and O. J.p. Lancs., Mar. 1660-bef. Aug. 1664.Lancs. RO, QSC/52, 62; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1690–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. c.May 1689–d.SP44/165, p. 286; ‘Alexander Rigby’, HP Commons, 1660–90.

: of Middleton Hall in Goosnargh, Lancs., Kirkham.
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RIGBY, Alexander II (1620-94), of Middleton Hall in Goosnargh, Kirkham, Lancs.

Will
not found.
Estates
family estate worth c.£500-£600 p.a. by 1640.Long, ‘Lancs.’, 155. By 1663, Rigby owned house of 15 hearths in Preston.H. Fishwick, Hist. of Preston (Rochdale, 1900), 433. In 1666, he mortgaged property in Eccleston and Euxton, Lancs. for £2,289.Lancs. RO, DDX 900/8.
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