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ASHHURST, William (1607-56), of Ashurst, Dalton, Wigan, Lancs.

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bap. 13 July 1607, 1st s. of Henry Ashhurst of Ashurst, and Cassandra (d. aft. 1630), da. of John Bradshaw of Bradshaw, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs.Bolton-le-Moors par. reg.; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxiv), 9; VCH Lancs. iv. 100. m. 7 Jan. 1630, Dorothy, da. of Sir Thomas Ellis† of Wyham and Grantham, Lincs. 4s. 5da.Little Ponton, Lincs. par. reg.; PROB11/255, f. 147v; Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 9. suc. fa. Apr. 1645.Bolton-le-Moors par. reg. d. 9 Jan. 1656.Upholland, Wigan par. reg.
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Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 28 Oct. 1642;CJ ii. 825b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan., 21 Oct. 1643.CJ ii. 920a; iii. 283b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 17 July 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.CJ iii. 169a; iv. 606a; LJ ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for the revenue, 11 Nov. 1643.CJ iii. 307b. Remembrancer of first fruits and tenths, 30 Nov. 1643-Apr. 1645.Bodl. Tanner 59, f. 503; Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 572. Member, cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 581b; LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Commr. to Scottish army, 1 Jan. 1647;CJ v. 38b; LJ viii. 641. to Scottish Parliament, 4 Feb. 1647, 27 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 74b, 442b. LJ viii. 709a; x. 4a. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

Local: commr. sequestration, Lancs. 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; assessment, Lancs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645. 4 Aug. 1646 – 16 Apr. 1650A. and O. J.p., 4 Mar. 1653–d.Lancs. RO, QSC/42–51, 54–7. Clerk of the crown, 29 Feb. 1648–26 Feb. 1652.Lancs. RO, DP/522/4/1, p. 7; CJ v. 472a; LJ x. 79b; TSP iv. 450; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 104. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16v. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 31 July 1646–d.;Chandler, Liverpool, 351; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 2, 52. Berwick-upon-Tweed 15 Feb. 1647–?d.Berwick RO, B1/10, f. 62v.

Religious: elder, fourth classis, Lancs. 1646.LJ viii. 510.

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ASHHURST, William (1607-56), of Ashurst, Dalton, Wigan, Lancs.

Will
8 Feb. 1654, pr. 10 May 1656.PROB11/255, f. 147v.
Estates
in 1631, Ashhurst’s fa. was assessed at £25 for distraint of knighthood.J.P. Earwaker, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Chas. I’ (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 212. In 1653, Purchased from trustees for the sale of forfeited estates, for £445, lands in Dalton, Ellel and Hutton, Lancs. formerly belonging to James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby.C54/3769/17; Lancs. RO, DDLM/2/44. In 1655, he and another gentleman purchased from Charles Stanley, 8th earl of Derby, manor of Upholland and lands and tenements in Wigan and Aughton, Lancs.Lancs. RO, DDK/1410/4. At d. estate inc. lands and woods in Dalton, Ormskirk, Shevington and Wrightington, Lancs.PROB11/255, f. 147v.
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Mr Grace’s house in Petty France, Westminster (1643);Add. 34253, f. 24v. ‘the Little Cloister in Westminster’ (Nov. 1648).CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 37.
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SLYNGESBY, Guilford (1610-43), of Hemlington, Stainton, Yorks.

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b. 29 Nov. 1610, 1st s. of Sir Gylford Slingisby of Hemlington, and Margaret (d. aft. 1649), da. of William Watter of Cundall, alderman of York.C142/728/7; PROB11/159, f. 308v; SP23/218, p. 229; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. 774; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 67-8. educ. Univ. of St Andrews, MA; incorp. MA Oxf. 24 Nov. 1629.Al. Ox. unm. suc. fa. 29 Apr. 1631;C142/728/7. d. 19 Jan. 1643.PROB10/640, f. 326; LJ v. 579b; Rushworth, Hist Colln.s. viii. 773-4.
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Irish: v.-adm. Munster 1634-c.1640.FSL, X.d.428(185); Rushworth, Hist. Collns. viii. 774; CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 138. MP, Carysfort, co. Wicklow 1634.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 67. Lt. of ordnance, ?-c.1640.HMC 4th Rep. 64.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) c.Dec. 1642–d.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 346.

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SLYNGESBY, Guilford (1610-43), of Hemlington, Stainton, Yorks.

Will
19 Jan. 1643, pr. 19 Dec. 1643.PROB10/640, f. 326.
Estates
in 1631, inherited manor of Hemlington, Yorks. in reversion after the death of his mo., and an annuity of £20, chargeable upon the manor, while she remained alive.PROB11/159, ff. 308v-309. The manor was worth £200 p.a. but was charged with annuities totalling £120.SP23/218, p. 223; Cliffe, Yorks. 125.
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WRAY, Sir John (1586-1655), of Wharton, Blyton, Lincs.

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bap. 27 Nov. 1586, 1st s. of Sir William Wray, 1st bt.† of Ashby cum Fenby, Lincs., and 1st w. Lucy (d. 1 Mar. 1600), da. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, Northants.; half-bro. of Christopher* and bro. of Edward†.C. Dalton, Hist. of the Wrays of Glentworth, ii. app. pp. 13-15. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. June 1600;Al. Cant. L. Inn 4 May 1603;LI Admiss. i. 136. travelled abroad 1604-7.CSP Dom. 1603-10, p. 120. m. 7 Sept. 1607 (with £2,000), Griselda (bur. 26 Jan. 1654), da. and h. of Sir Hugh Bethell of Ellerton, Yorks., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (3 d.v.p.).Lincs. RO, LCS/14/5; Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, i. 148-9; ii. app. pp. 13-15. Kntd. Sept. 1612;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 152. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 13 Aug. 1617;CB. bur. 31 Dec. 1655 31 Dec. 1655.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. app. p. 15.
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Local: commr. sewers, Lincs. and Lincoln 12 Dec. 1608;C181/2, f. 76v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 23 June 1610 – 8 Jan. 1634, 10 Feb. 1642–d.;C181/2, ff. 119v, 353; C181/3, ff. 168v, 228v; C181/4, f. 83; C181/5, f. 223; C181/6, p. 37; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–9. Holland 11 Apr. 1626;C181/3, f. 198v. River Trent, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 6 June 1629;C181/4, f. 16v. Deeping and Gt. Level 26 Nov. 1629–7 July 1640;C181/4, ff. 29v, 93v; C181/5, ff. 9v, 101; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/3–4. Ancholme Level 5 Dec. 1635–6 May 1637;C181/5, f. 27. swans, Northants., Lincs., Rutland and Notts. 10 May 1619, 28 May 1625;C181/2, f. 341v; C181/3, f. 164v. England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268. Lincs. 26 June 1635;C181/5, f. 14. subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1621, 1624, 1641. bef. 1623 – 21 June 1627SP14/123, f. 77; C212/22/20–23; HMC Rutland, i. 463; SR. J.p., 19 Dec. 1628 – 22 Dec. 1636, 18 Mar. 1641–d.C231/4, ff. 227v, 261; C231/5, pp. 223, 436. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 23 Jan. 1624–23 Jan. 1637, 25 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/3, ff. 108, 258v; C181/4, ff. 10v, 195v; C181/5, ff. 4v, 201v, 220; C181/6, pp. 15, 118. Lincs. 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 251v. recusants, 14 Sept. 1624.HMC Rutland, i. 471. Sheriff, 1625–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 80. Commr. Forced Loan, Lindsey 1626–7;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. charitable uses, Lincs. 9 Feb. 1630 – 8 May 1634; Lincoln 24 Nov. 1632 – aft.Dec. 1633; Caistor 25 Nov. 1634;C192/1, unfol. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. c.1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 46. exacted fees, Lincs. and Lincoln 15 Dec. 1633;C181/4, f. 158v. further subsidy, Lindsey 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 6 Jan. 1652.SR; A. and O.; CJ vii. 63b. Member, Lincs. co. cttee. 24 May 1642–?CJ ii. 585b; LJ v. 82b. Dep. lt. by 7 June 1642–?LJ v. 131b-132a. Commr. sequestration, Lindsey 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643; Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a.

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WRAY, Sir John (1586-1655), of Wharton, Blyton, Lincs.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1607, acquired two manors in Yorks. by marriage.Lincs. RO, LCS/14/5. Estate inc. manors of Glentworth, Wintringham and at least five other manors in Lincs.; manor house of Wharton; four advowsons in Lincs.; and manor of Woodhall, Norf.C142/386/87; C6/134/202; Lincs. RO, LCS/14/5; CURTOIS/1/5. In 1646, purchased wardship of Sir John Hotham, 2nd bt † for £550.WARD9/556, p. 919; Lincs. RO, LCS/2/4. In 1653, he settled an estate of £2,500 p.a. on his eldest s. John Wray*.C33/208, f. 3v. In 1654, estate inc. manors of Fillingham, Glentworth, Owmby, Spital, Upton, Willingham and Wintringham; lands in the same and in Harpswell, Hemswell and Wildsworth; Glentworth Park; rectory of Glentworth; and advowsons of Glentworth and Wintringham, Lincs.Lincs. RO, LCS/14/13. In 1655, provided a portion of £3,500 for his daughter Grisilla.Lincs. RO, THOR/2/2/2.
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presented Thomas Coleman to vicarage of Blyton, Lincs., 1623; William Fort, 1646; Thomas Codd to rectory of Laceby, Lincs., 1632; William Stevenson to rectory of Glentworth, Lincs., 1626; John Ashburne, 1636.IND1/17002, ff. 94v, 139; Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1623/47; DIOC/PD/1626/26; DIOC/PD/1636/28; DIOC/PD/1646/34.
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COOKE, William (d. 1674), of Wallingford, Berks.

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m. Sarah Cock, possibly of Gt. Missenden, Bucks. 1da. d.v.p. Berks. RO, D/A1/56/146a. bur. 16 Aug. 1674 16 Aug. 1674.St Mary, Wallingford par. reg.
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Civic: burgess, Wallingford May 1648;Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/1, f. 136. alderman, Sept. 1648-June 1662;Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/1, f. 135; W/AC1/1/2, ff. 1, 24v, 27. mayor, 1650 – 51, 1655 – 56, 1660–1661.Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/2, ff. 2, 13, 20.

Local: j.p. Wallingford Mar. 1656 – ?60; Berks. Feb. 1657-Mar. 1660.C181/6, p. 136; C231/6, p. 358. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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COOKE, William (d. 1674), of Wallingford, Berks.

Will
22 Oct. 1672, pr. 23 Sept. 1674.Berks. RO, D/A1/56/146a.
Estates
presumably owned property in Wallingford; personal property valued for probate at £148 14s 10d.Berks. RO, D/A1/56/146b.
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HOWARD, Sir William (c.1599-1672), of Tollesbury, Essex.

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b. c.1599, 6th but 4th surv. s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk (d. 28 May 1626) and his 2nd w. Catherine (d.1638), da. of Sir Henry Knyvett of Charlton, Wilts. and wid. of Richard Rich of Rochford Hall, Essex; bro. of Edward Howard*, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick, Henry Howard† and Sir Robert Howard*.CP; H.K.S. Causton, The Howard Papers (1863), 612*. educ. travelled abroad (Spain), 1623;CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 528; D’Ewes, Autobiography ed. J.O. Halliwell (2 vols. 1845), ii. 415. ?G. Inn, 12 Aug. 1628.G. Inn Admiss. 185. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161; ii. 159. unm. . d. betw. 7 July-7 Aug. 1672.PROB11/339/466.
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Court: gent. of privy chamber, prince of Wales bef. 3 Apr. 1623;D’Ewes, Autobiography, ii. 415. gent of privy chamber, extraordinary, Charles I, 1631; in ordinary, 1636.LC5/132, p. 282; 5/134, p. 98. Lt. band of gent. pensioners, 1639-bef. 4 Apr. 1646.Badminton House, Fm H2/4/1, f. 18v; D’Ewes, Autobiography, ii. 303; LJ ix. 57b.

Local: ?commr. new buildings, London, 24 July 1630, 1634;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, ii. 234. ?navigation on River Wey, Surr. 1635;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 19. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660, 14 June 1661.C181/6, pp. 7, 104.

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HOWARD, Sir William (c.1599-1672), of Tollesbury, Essex.

Will
7 July, pr. 7 Aug. 1672.PROB11/339/466.
Estates
Tollesbury Hall, Essex, inherited from bro. Henry Howard,? Sept. 1616;Causton, Howard Pprs. 612*; ‘Henry Howard’, HP Commons 1604-1629. share in grant of fines upon writs in king’s bench, 1617;C66/435/119. house in St Martin-in-the-Fields built on land leased from William Cecil, 2nd earl of Salisbury, 1627-34;Survey of London, xxxiii/xxxiv, 339-60, 441-72; Strafforde Letters, i. 207. £300 p.a. as lt. of pensioners, 1639-?46;LJ ix. 57b. £1,000 owing from Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland, and £3,000 from earl of Salisbury, in June 1649.CCC 1165.
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COMPTON, James, Lord Compton (1622-81), of Compton Wynyates, Warws. and Castle Ashby, Northants.

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b. 19 Aug. 1622, 1st. s. of Spencer Compton, 2nd earl of Northampton and Mary, da. of Sir Francis Beaumont of Cole Orton, Leics.; bro. of Charles Compton†, Francis Compton†, William Compton† and Henry Compton, bishop of London; styled. Lord Compton 24 June 1630-43.CP ix. 679, 681; Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford ed. D. J. H. Clifford (Stroud, 1990), 121. educ. Eton, 1633-6;Eton Coll. Reg. ed. W. Sterry, 81. Queens’, Camb. MA 1635-6, adm. fell. commoner 21 Jan. 1637;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (Low Countries), 1640;SP16/468/87. DCL Oxf. 1 or 2 Nov. 1642.Al. Ox. m. (1) 5 July 1647, Isabella (d. 1661), da. of Richard Sackville, 3rd earl of Dorset, 3s. d.v.p., 2da. d.v.p. (2) c. 1664 (with £11,000), Mary (d. 1719), da. of Baptist Noel, 3rd Visct. Campden, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Castle Ashby, Castle Ashby ms 1220; HP Lords, 1660-1715, ii. 626. suc. fa. as 3rd earl of Northampton, 19 Mar. 1643. d. 15 Dec. 1681.CP ix. 682.
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Local: commr. assessment, Warws. 1642;SR. Northants. (roy.) 25 Aug. 1643;Bodl. Dugdale 19, f. 27. impressment (roy.), Northants. and Warws. 3 Jan. 1644, 17 Mar. 1645;Bodl. Dugdale 19, ff. 47v, 104v. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 14, 641. Master of game, Whittlewood Forest, Northants. 12 July 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 118. Ld. lt. Warws. and Coventry 17 July 1660–81; Tower Hamlets 30 July 1675–79.Castle Ashby mss 974, 976; Lds. Lts. of Counties ed. Sainty, 115. J.p. Northants., Warws. by Oct. 1660–d.C220/9/4, ff. 58v, 88v; Eg. 2557. Commr. corporations, Coventry 1662.CCSP v. 255. Chief ranger, Whittlewood and Saulcey Forests, 1665. Dep. kpr. of hawks, Saulcey Forest 1666.W. Bingham Compton, Hist. of the Comptons of Compton Wynyates (1930), 117. Gamekpr. within 12 miles of Castle Ashby, 1666–d.CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 383. Commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 17 Oct. 1667-aft. Oct. 1672.C181/7, pp. 412, 627. Custos rot. Northants. 16 May 1671–d.C231/7, p. 392; Collins, Peerage, iii. 257. Commr. rebuilding Northampton, 1675.SR.

Military: capt. of ft. (roy.) regt. of fa. 6 Aug. 1642;Castle Ashby mss, 1083.1, 4; Compton, Hist. of the Comptons, 83. col. of horse and ft. 23 Mar. 1643-bef. 21 Jan. 1645.Add. 18980, f. 28; HMC Hastings, ii. 96; Bodl. Dugdale 19, f. 115. Gov. Banbury 23 Mar. 1643.Add. 18980, f. 28; HMC Hastings, ii. 96. Col.-gen. and cdr. of forces in Northants., Warws., Coventry and Peterborough 23 Mar. 1643.HMC Hastings, ii. 96; Compton, Hist. of the Comptons, 86. Col. of ft. regt. formerly of John Lenthall*, 11 June-17 Nov. 1660;Castle Ashby ms 39; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 384. col. of horse, 1662;Castle Ashby ms 1089a; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 475. col. of ft. 1673.CSP Dom. 1673, p. 223. Constable, Tower of London 1675–8.CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 218, 1678, Addenda 1674–9, p. 551.

Civic: recorder, Coventry 1660–d.;B. Poole, Coventry, its Hist. and Antiquities (1870), 369. Northampton 14 Oct. 1672–d.CSP Dom. 1672–3, p. 46; Compton, Hist. of the Comptons, 128. Freeman, Edinburgh 1662.Norfolk RO, Townshend mss, box marked Raynham 75. High steward, Tamworth 1663–d.C. F. Palmer, Hist. of the Town and Castle of Tamworth (Tamworth, 1845), 140–1, app. xxiii.

Central: commr. confirming ministers by ?Oct. 1660;CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 350. assessing peers for militia, 1662; for subsidy, 1663; for poll tax, 1666; for assessment, 1677, 1678;Warws. RO, CR 2017/C48/165; SR. commr. settling trade with Scotland, 1668;CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 473. taking accts. of money for loyal and indigent officers, 1671.CSP Dom. 1671, p. 255. PC, 1673–9.PC2/63, f. 1; CP ix. 682; E. R. Turner, Privy Council of Eng. in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (2 vols. Baltimore, 1927), i. 425. Ld. of trade, 1677.CP ix. 682.

Academic: FRS by 1661.M. Hunter, The Royal Soc. and its Fellows, 1660–1780 (1982), 164–5.

: Lord Compton (1622-81), of Compton Wynyates, Warws. 1622 – 81 and Northants., Castle Ashby.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, aft. W. Dobson;NT, Knole. oils, P. Lely.Castle Ashby, Northants.

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COMPTON, James, Lord Compton (1622-81), of Compton Wynyates, Warws. and Castle Ashby, Northants.

Will
admon. 10 July 1682.PROB6/57, f. 97v.
Estates
Income of his fa. in 1635 was £6,058, but with debts of over £10,500 in 1630.Warws. RO, CR 556/274 ff. 13, 116. By his own estimate he inherited debts of £30,000 in 1643, and assessed his own annual income as no more than £3,000.Add. 34253, f. 42; CCC 1247. Fined £14,153 for delinquency;CCC 1248. created trust of 1 manor in Oxon., 5 in Som., Crosby House, Bishopsgate St.., St Helen’s Bishopsgate rectory, City of London; Eastwood rectory, Essex; manors of Clerkenwell, Canonbury and Cutlers, Mdx. to pay debts of fa. 24 Sept. 1643;Castle Ashby ms 941. mortgaged manors in Mdx. for £8,500, 1650-1661;Castle Ashby ms 734i.k,l,p,q,r. debts stated to be £27,123 in May 1653;Castle Ashby ms 1086. received 50-year lease of crown lands valued at £1,500 p.a., 1660;Eg. 2551, f. 112. lease from Queen Dowager Henrietta Maria of Holdenby, Northants., 1660;Norfolk RO, Townshend mss, box marked Raynham 96. pension of £1,000 p.a., 11 Feb. 1676 d.CSP Dom. 1675-6, p. 591. Half-year income in 1676 was £3,772; expenditure £3,254, from lands in Northants., Warws., Hunts., Suss., Som. and Yorks.Warws. RO, CR 556/275.Household: master of king’s leash, by 1664.Norfolk RO, Townshend MSS, box marked Raynham 97.
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Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Nov. 1659.Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford, 142.
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MUSSENDEN, Francis (1604-aft. 1660), of Healing, Lincs.

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bap. 9 Dec. 1604, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of William Mussenden of Gt. Coates, Healing, and Elizabeth, da. of William Radley of ?Alvingham, Lincs.Alvingham, Lincs. bishop’s transcript; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 699-700. educ. Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1623, BA 1626, MA 1630;Al. Cant. L. Inn 18 May 1629, called 17 May 1636.LI Admiss. i. 209; LI Black Bks. ii. 339. m. 16 Dec. 1634, Mary, da. of one Smith of Croft, Lincs. at least 1s.Croft, Lincs. par. reg.; St Dunstan in the West, London par. reg. (bap. 19 May 1636). suc. fa. aft. Feb. 1642.C181/5, f. 225. d. aft. 1 May 1660.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey (Boston, 1983), iii. 315.
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Civic: freeman, Gt. Grimsby 4 July 1637–?d.;N. E. Lincs. RO, Great Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, f. 16v. Boston 25 Sept. 1655–?d.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. Bailey, iii. 250. Recorder, Gt. Grimsby 4 July 1637–9 Apr. 1639;N. E. Lincs. RO, Great Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, ff. 16v, 35v. dep. recorder, Boston 25 Sept. 1655-bef. Aug. 1662.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. Bailey, iii. 250, 382.

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642–14 Aug. 1660;C181/5, f. 223v; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646-c.1660;C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, pp. 28, 382. sequestration, Lincs. 3 July 1644, 1 Feb. 1650;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b; SP46/105, f. 182. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Lincs. (Lindsey, Holland) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). oyer and terminer, Lincs. 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. Midland circ. 12 Feb. 1656–22 June 1659.C181/6, pp. 148, 311. J.p. Holland by 6 Oct. 1646-bef. Oct. 1660;Lincs. RO, 2-AMC/6/C/4/2. Lindsey by 8 Jan. 1649-Mar. 1660.Lincs. RO, LQS/A/1/11, no. 26. Commr. charitable uses, Lincs. 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Holland 15 July 1652;C93/21/24. Lindsey 26 Feb. 1657.C93/24/8.

Central: commr. removing obstructions, sale of confiscated lands, 1 Apr. 1652. Trustee, sale of royal forests, 22 Nov. 1653. Commr. surveying crown lands, 21 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5.

: Lincs.
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MUSSENDEN, Francis (1604-aft. 1660), of Healing, Lincs.

Will
not found.
Estates
in early 1630s, fa. was fined £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 114. In 1650, Mussenden purchased lands and tenements in Leverton, near Boston.C54/3564/8. In 1650, he borrowed £1,000 by statute staple.LC4/203, f. 126v.
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STAWELL, Sir John (1600-62), of Cothelstone and Netherham, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 29 Aug. 1600, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir John Stawell and Elizabeth, da. of George Tuchet, 11th Baron Audley, 1st earl of Castlehaven [I].G.D. Stawell, A Quantock Fam.: the Stawells of Cothelstone (Taunton, 1910), 82; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 106-7. educ. Queen’s Oxf. 25 Oct. 1616, MA 16 Jan. 1643, MD 31 Jan. 1643.Al. Ox. m. 9 Dec. 1617 Elizabeth (d. 1657), da. and h. of Sir Edward Hext of Netherham, Som., wid. of Sir Joseph Killigrew of Lothbury, London, 9s. (6 d.v.p.), 2da. (d.v.p.).Vis. Som. 106-7; Stawell, Quantock Fam. 78-84, 100-2. suc. fa. 24 Jan. 1604.Som. RO, DD/SAS/N/49. Kntd. 2 Feb. 1626.Stawell, Quantock Fam. 84. d. 21 Feb. 1662.Som. RO, DD/CM/51, C/134a.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. Apr. 1621–45, 1660–d.C231/4, f. 122; SP29/11/305; QS Recs. Som. James I, 287–357; QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 1–314. Dep. lt. 1626–42, July 1660–d.T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, 317; SP29/42/114. Commr. Forced Loan, Som., Bath 1627.C193/12/2, ff. 49v, 89v. Sheriff, Som. 1628–9.Collinson, Som. i. p. xxxviii; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. sewers, 3 July 1629, 21 Apr. 1634, 13 July 1641, 11 Aug. 1660–d.C181/4, ff. 21, 172v; C181/5, f. 204v; C181/7, pp. 24, 26. Collector, knighthood fines, 16 June 1630–35.E178/7154, f. 168C; E178/5614; E198/4/32, f. 3v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 23 Jan. 1640-aft. Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 158, 221; C181/7, pp. 9, 129. Som. 20 July 1640.C181/5, f. 183. Commr. array (roy.), Aug. 1642;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iv. 685; Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. rebels’ estates (roy.), 10 July, 1 Sept. 1643; contributions (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643;Docquets of letters Patent ed. Black, 55, 70, 75. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: gov. (roy.) Taunton 8 June 1643–15 June 1644. Col. of horse and ft. June 1643-Apr. 1646.The Remonstrance of Sir John Stawell (1653), 12, 14–15, 21–2 (E.1072.2). Member, council of western associated cos. 1645–6.Clarendon, Hist. iii. 505.

: of Cothelstone and Som., Netherham.
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Likenesses: wash drawing, T. Athow.Ashmolean Museum, Oxf.

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STAWELL, Sir John (1600-62), of Cothelstone and Netherham, Som.

Will
n.d. (c.1660-1), pr. 29 Mar. 1662.PROB11/307/1.
Estates
23 manors and other lands in Som., Devon, Dorset and Wilts.Gerard’s Description of Somerset, 1633 ed. E.H. Bates (Som. Rec. Soc. xv), 53; Som. RO, DD/SAS/N/49; DD/CM/51, C/134a; CCC 1427-30.
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CROMWELL, Henry (1628-74), of the Cockpit, Whitehall.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 20 Jan. 1628 (bap. 30 Jan.),Hunts. RO, St John, Huntingdon, par. regs. 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Oliver Cromwell* of Austin Friars, Huntingdon, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir James Bourchier of London and Little Stambridge Hall, Rochford, Essex; bro. of Richard*. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1644; G. Inn, 22 Feb. 1654.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. m. 10 May 1653, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Francis Russell* of Chippenham, Cambs. 5s. 2d.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 23; Hunts. RO, MS 731/29A-B. d. 23 Mar. 1674.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Thomas Harrison I*, New Model army, c. June 1647; maj. c.Jan. 1649.Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 82, 93, 106. Col. of horse, army in Ireland, 19 Nov. 1649-May 1659;CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 544; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 50, 193, 245. maj.-gen. Aug. 1654–15 June 1659;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 321. ld. gen. Nov. 1657–15 June 1659.Hunts. RO, MS 731/14.

Irish: trustee, maintenance of Trin. Coll. and free sch. Dublin 8 Mar. 1650.A. and O. Cllr. of state and acting gov. July 1655-Nov. 1657. Chan. Dublin Univ. Aug. 1655.St J.D. Seymour, Puritans in Ire. (Oxford, 1921), 115. Ld. dep. of Ireland, Nov. 1657-Oct. 1658;TSP vi. 599. ld. lt. Oct. 1658–15 June 1659.TSP vii. 490.

Central: cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344a-b.

: of the Cockpit, Whitehall.
Likenesses

Likenesses: ?miniature, S. Cooper, 1649; oil on canvas, C.J. Dusart; oils, attrib. R. Walker;Whereabouts of each unknown. wash drawing, T. Athow.Ashmolean Museum, Oxf.

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CROMWELL, Henry (1628-74), of the Cockpit, Whitehall.

Will
27 Sept. 1673, pr. 20 Nov. 1674.Hunts. RO, MS 731/36.
Estates
under marriage settlement indentures of 2-3 Aug. 1653, granted Dalby and Nether Broughton, Leics., English and Welsh Gower, Swansea, Kilvey, Oystermouth, Pennard, Lougher, Kithill, Trewyddfa and Lunnon, Glam.Hunts. RO, MS 731/29A-B. Granted Portumna Castle and 6,000 acres in Connaught, Dec. 1656;Burton’s Diary, i. 259-60. also lands in Ratoath and Dunboyne, co. Meath, Lower Ormond, co. Tipperary, and Longford, co. Galway, c.1658.Hunts. RO, MS 731/31, 731/150; CSP Ire. 1660-2, pp. 235, 306. On d. owned manors of Spinney Abbey and Wicken, Cambs.Hunts. RO, MS 731/36.
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FLEETWOOD (FLETEWOOD), Sir Miles (1576-1641), of Aldwincle, Northants. and Wood Street, London.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 1 Oct. 1576,Par. Reg. St James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. ix), 9. 1st s. of Sir William Fleetwood† of Cranford, Mdx. and Jane, da. of William Clifton of Barrington, Som.; bro. of Sir Gerrard†.R.W. Buss, Fleetwood Fam. (1908) 1, 9, 12; ‘The family of Fleetwood of Aldwincle’, Northants. N and Q, n.s. i. 110-11, 149. educ. G. Inn, 9 Jan. 1588.G. Inn Admiss. 72. m. c.1598, Anne, da. of Nicholas Luke† of Woodend, Cople, Beds, at least 7s. (1 d.v.p.), inc. Sir William* and Charles*, 2da.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 64-5, 360; ‘The family of Fleetwood of Aldwincle’, 112-13; Vis. Oxon 1669 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xii), 87. Kntd. 29 Apr. 1602.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 100. suc. fa. 1616.E214/1148. d. 8 Mar. 1641.Lipscombe, Buckingham, iii. 227.
Offices Held

Military: vol. Ireland 1602.Chamberlain Letters, ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 146.

Civic: freeman, Southampton 1608.HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. Under-steward, honour of Grafton, Northants. by 1610.CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 595; 1635, pp. 7, 141; 1637–8, pp. 374, 402; Strafforde Letters, i. 524; HMC Cowper, ii. 182.

Central: recvr.-gen. ct. of wards, 1610–d.H.E. Bell, Ct. of Wards (1953), 25, 37; HMC Salisbury, xxii. 57; HMC Cowper, i. 156; CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 149, 593; 1637–8, p. 428; 1640–1, pp. 221, 224, 225, 235; Stowe 575, f. 9.

Local: j.p. Bucks. 1624 – 25; Northants. 1625–d.C231/4, ff. 168, 192; Harl. 1622, f. 54v; SP16/405, f. 47v. Commr. deforestation, Leicester Forest, Leics. 30 Dec. 1626, 22 Mar. 1627.C66/2431; Coventry Docquets, 29, 30. Dep. lt. Northants. by 1627–?APC 1627–8, p. 299. Commr. Forced Loan, Beds., Northants. 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 2, 38. sewers, Northants. 12 May 1627, 1 June 1633, 18 July 1634;C181/3, f. 218; C181/4, ff. 140, 180. martial law, 1627;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 567. inquiry, lands, 1634.CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 11.

: of Aldwincle, Northants. and London., Wood Street.
FLETEWOOD
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FLEETWOOD (FLETEWOOD), Sir Miles (1576-1641), of Aldwincle, Northants. and Wood Street, London.

Will
admon. 10 May 1641.PROB6/18, f. 29.
Estates
from 1610 salary of 100 marks p.a. from office in the ct. of wards.Bell, Court of Wards, 37; WARD9/405, f. 412 By 1623 acquired property in Aldwincle by right of his wife;VCH Northants. iii. 165. house in Wood Street, London.HMC Salisbury, xxii. 334. Advowson of All Saints, Wigan, Lancs. 1639;CSP Dom. 1639, p. 54. All Saints, Aldwincle, 1640.‘The family of Fleetwood of Aldwincle’, 112.
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