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HERBERT, William I (1609-42), of Cogan Pill, nr. Cardiff, Glam.

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b. May 1609, 1st s. of William Herbert of Cogan Pill, Llandough-juxta-Cardiff, and Blanche (d. bef. 19 Sept. 1635), da. of Henry Morgan of Llanrhymni, Glam.H.M. Thompson, Cardiff (1930), appendix 2; Cardiff Recs. v. 490; Clark, Limbus Patrum, 286-7; PCC Admins. 1631-1648, p. 199. travel: ?France, aft. 29 Dec. 1635.SP16/305, ff. 99, 149. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Edward or Edmund Thomas of Wenvoe, 1s.; (2) Jane, da. of Sir Raleigh or Ralph Bussy of Llantrithyd, 1s. suc. fa. 1628.Thompson, Cardiff, appendix 2; Cardiff Recs. v. 490; Clark, Limbus Patrum, 286-7. d. 23 Oct. 1642.Newman, Royalist Officers, 188.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Glam. ?1628, 26 June 1630–d.Justices of the Peace, ed. Phillips, 298–301. Commr. sewers, 25 July 1639;C181/5, f. 148. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 386a.

Military: ?officer, royal army, Aug. 1640.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1242, 1247. Lt.-col. of ft. (roy.) regt. of Sir Edward Stradling*, 1642.Newman, Royalist Officers, 188.

: of Cogan Pill, nr. Cardiff, Glam.
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HERBERT, William I (1609-42), of Cogan Pill, nr. Cardiff, Glam.

Will
pr. at Oxford, Sept. 1643.Year Bks of Probate, iii. 222.
Estates
lands at Cogan Pill, Llandough-juxta-Cardiff, Cardiff and ?Swansea; advowson of Roath, Glam.; his heir estimated 1645 to be worth £1,000 p.a.Symonds Diary (Cam. Soc. lxxiv), 216; Thompson, Cardiff, appendix 2.
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HOOPER, Edward (1593-?1664), of Chilworth, Hants, and Boveridge, Dorset.

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b. 1593, s. of Thomas Hooper of Boveridge, Dorset, and Katherine (d. 11 Mar. 1637).Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 391 educ. L. Inn, 24 Oct. 1614.LI Admiss. i. 168. m. bef. 1625, Anne (d. 15 Jan. 1637), da. of John More† of Chilworth, 2s. (1 d.v.p) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 14 Sept. 1638.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 391; Al. Ox.; C2/Jas I/D11/15; Cranborne, Dorset, par reg.; PROB11/177/753 (Thomas Hooper). d. betw. 9 June 1663-5 Dec. 1664.PROB11/315/380.
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Local: collector, subsidy, Hants 1628.Hants RO, 44M69/G4/1/99. Sheriff, 10 Nov. 1633–4;List of Sheriffs (L and I ix), 56; Coventry Docquets, 366. Dorset 4 Dec. 1646–7.CJ iv. 732b, 739b. J.p. Hants 1636–?, 20 Dec. 1638–10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, pp. 320, 528; Coventry Docquets, 76; C193/13/3, f. 57; A Perfect List (1660), 49. Dorset 14 July 1637-bef. Oct. 1660.Coventry Docquets, 73; Names of the Justices, 14; A Perfect List, 13. Commr. subsidy, Hants 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28); Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 51 (E.1075.6). Dorset 28 Jan. 1654, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 371; SR. Dep. lt. Hants. by 1643–?Add. 24860, f. 9. Member, cttee. of Hants 8 July 1643.LJ vi. 125a; CJ iii. 157b. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; defence of Hants and Southampton 22 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; levying of money, Hants 11 June 1645;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648.LJ x. 393a. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Dorset 2 Dec. 1648; Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 378. poll tax, Dorset, Hants 1660;SR. gaol delivery, Winchester 1661;C181/7, p. 141. corporations, Southampton 19 Feb. 1662;HMC 11th Rep. III, 55. subsidy, Hants 1663.SR

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

Religious: elder, first Hants classis, 17 Nov. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263.

: Hants. and Boveridge, Dorset.
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HOOPER, Edward (1593-?1664), of Chilworth, Hants, and Boveridge, Dorset.

Will
4 Mar. 1663, cod. 9 June 1663, pr. 5 Dec. 1664.PROB11/315/380.
Estates
bef. 1625, acquired in right of his wife manors of Romsey, Christchurch and Chilworth, Hants; inherited from fa. in 1638 manor of Boveridge, Dorset.Hants RO, 19M56/E/T1; PROB11/315/380.
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MOYLE, John II (1592-1662), of Bake, St Germans, Cornw.

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b. 1592, s. of Robert Moyle of Bake and Anne, da. of Henry Lock of Acton, Mdx.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 334. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 10 June 1608; I. Temple, 29 May 1609.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. ?bef. May 1609 Admonition (d. 1675), da. of Edmund Prideaux of Netherton, Devon, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) inc. John I* and Walter*, 3da. suc. fa. 1604. bur. 17 Jan. 1662.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 334-5; Cornw. RO, St Germans par. regs.
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Local: sheriff, Cornw. 1624–5. 1631 – 15 July 1642List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627. 1631 – 15 July 1642C193/12/2, f. 8. J.p. by Mar., by 1646 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–d.C193/13/4, f. 13; C193/13/6, f. 11v; C220/9/4, f. 12v; Western Circuit Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 25; C231/5, p. 529. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; 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, 8 June 1654, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1654, E.1064.10); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644;A. and O. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 170. tendering Engagement, 28 Jan. 1650;FSL, X.d.483 (47). oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 8, 308. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cornw. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, c.Sept. 1649.Add. 5497, f. 167v; Add. 18986, ff. 5, 17. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650;CJ vi. 437a. cttee. regulating universities, 19 Sept. 1650.CJ vi. 469b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

: St Germans, Cornw.
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MOYLE, John II (1592-1662), of Bake, St Germans, Cornw.

Will
not found.
Estates
centred on Bake manor, within parish of St Germans. Also held lands from the duchy of Cornwall at Bonyalva manor (St Germans), Rosevanion (part of Tregamere manor, St Columb Major) and Trelowia manor (Morval and St Martin by Looe), before 1649.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 3-4, 11; ii. 190-1. Aft. 1649 purchased Trelowia manor.Coate, Cornw. 272.
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BALLE, Peter (1598-1680), of Mamhead, Devon, and the Middle Temple, London.

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bap. 24 Dec. 1598, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Giles Ball of Mamhead and Urith, da. of Humphrey Copleston of Instow, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 36-7. educ. ‘subscribed’ Oxf. 1614, DCL 1644; Lyons Inn; M. Temple 26 Feb. 1616.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. ii. 604. m. by Dec. 1628 (with £1,000), Ann, da. of Sir William Cooke* of Highnam, Glos., 9s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. (1 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Devon, 37; PROB11/133/364; J. Hutchinson, Notable M. Templars (1902), 12. suc. fa. aft. 1642.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 37. Kntd. 7 Oct. 1643,Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 216; Merevale Hall, HT 2D/2/27. ?; ?cr. bt. 22 July 1672.CB (grant may not have passed Gt. Seal). bur. 4 Sept. 1680.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 37.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 23 May 1623;M. Temple Admiss. ii. 682. associate bencher, 1636 – 41; bencher, 1641 – at least76; Lent reader, 1641; treas. 1653–4. from 1636MTR ii. 846; iii. 1052, 1298; J.H. Baker, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 181. Solicitor-gen. Henrietta Maria’s household; att.-gen. by 1640 – at least43, 1660–9.MTR ii. 846, 929; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 393; Prince, Worthies (1701), 112. KC, 29 Jan. 1640–?46.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 393; Sainty, Law Officers (1987), 84–5.

Local: auditor (jt.), duchy of Cornw. 1627–30.C66/2409/18; C66/2538/30. Commr. duchy assessions, 1628;CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 7. oyer and terminer, Exeter 1632, 8 July 1641, 1 Aug. 1664;C181/4, f. 127; C181/5, f. 204v; C181/7, p. 285. Som. 20 July 1640;C181/5, f. 183. London 31 Oct. 1640-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 186, 214. Western circ. 9 June 1637 – aft.Jan. 1642, 23 Jan. 1662-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/4, f. 73v; C181/5, f. 221v; C181/7, pp. 129, 636. J.p. Devon c.1634–15 July 1642, 28 July 1642–?46.C193/13/2, f. 15v; C231/5, pp. 196, 530, 532. Commr. sewers, Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/5, f. 168. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 31 Oct. 1640-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 186, 214. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 7 Dec. 1660;C181/7, p. 49. survey, St. James’s bailiwick, Westminster ?Oct. 1640;CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. array (roy.), Devon 1643;Devon RO, 1392 M/L1643/47. assessment, Exeter 1661, 1664, 1672; Devon 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; subsidy, Exeter 1663.SR.

Civic: freeman, Exeter 8 Dec. 1628; fee’d counsel, 1628; recorder, 1632-c. Mar. 1643, 4 Nov. 1643 – 12 May 1646, 11 Oct. 1660–76.Exeter Freemen, 126; HMC Exeter, 56, 325; R. Izacke, City of Exeter (1681), 51; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii. ff. 146v, 153, 175v; x. f. 139; xi. f. 162.

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BALLE, Peter (1598-1680), of Mamhead, Devon, and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
not found.
Estates
lessee of Dawlish, Sidbury manors from Exeter dean and chapter; lessee of Kenton manor from Salisbury dean and chapter; bought land in Bishopsteignton, 1639 for £1900. Mortgaged Dawlish rectory by Oct. 1641 to pay off debts of £2,356.N.R.R. Fisher, ‘Sir Peter Balle of Mamhead (1598-1680): a study in allegiance’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. cxxix, 81, 90.
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ARCHER, Sir Simon (1581-1662), of Umberslade, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warws.

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b. 21 Sept. 1581, 1st s. of Andrew Archer of Umberslade and Margaret, da. of Simon Raleigh of Farnborough, Warws.Tanworth-in-Arden par. reg.; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR 37/vol. 48, f. 28v; P. Styles, ‘Sir Simon Archer: “A lover of Antiquity and of the lovers thereof”’, in Studies in West Midlands Hist. (Kineton, 1978), 1-53, on which this biography is based. educ. G. Inn 3 May 1602.G. Inn Admiss. 103. m. 13 Oct. 1614, Anne da. of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Staffs. 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.)Tanworth-in-Arden par. reg.; Vis. Warws. 1619 (Harl. Soc. xii), 309. Kntd. 21 Aug. 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 186. suc. fa. Apr. 1629. bur. 4 June 1662.Tanworth-in-Arden par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Warws. 5 July 1620 – ?44, 9 Mar. 1650–d.C231/4, p. 216. Commr. subsidy, 1621, 1624, 1641. 11 Oct. 1626SP14/123/78; C212/22/20, 21, 23; SR. Treas. Kineton hundred bef. 1625. 11 Oct. 1626Warwick County Records, i. 2. Commr. Forced Loan, Warws., 1627.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR 37/box 85/3; SP16/73/70; C193/12/2, f. 61. Sheriff, 1626–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 147. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. toward relief of Ireland, 1642; SR. assessment, 1642, 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660, 1661; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), Warws. 17 June 1642.Northants RO, FH133 unfol. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Warws. and Coventry Nov. 1644-Oct. 1649.SP28/247/485, Styles, ‘Sir Simon Archer’, 37–9. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 370. militia, Warws. and Coventry 26 July 1659, 12 Mar 1660.A. and O.

: Warws., Tanworth-in-Arden.
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ARCHER, Sir Simon (1581-1662), of Umberslade, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warws.

Will
21 Dec. 1661, pr. 21 July 1662, replacing holograph version of 21 Sept. 1640.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR 37/box 90/30.
Estates
manors of Tanworth-in-Arden, Umberslade, Claverdon, Botley and Monkspath, sub-manor of Clay Hall (patrimony); Flecknoe (on marriage); Solihull manor, Codbarrow sub-manor; house at Warwick, Warws. 1654.J. Burman, The Story of Tanworth-in-Arden (Birmingham, 1930), 47-9; Styles, ‘Sir Simon Archer’, 6-8.
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Presented Henry Smitheman to Lillington, Warws. 23 May 1637; Ralph Hodges to Tamworth rectory, Staffs. 27 July 1646.IND17003, ff. 81v, 89.
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SEYMOUR, Edward (1610-88), of Berry Pomeroy, Devon.

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bap. 10 Sept. 1610, 1st s. of Sir Edward Seymour†, 2nd bt. of Berry Pomeroy and Dorothy (bur. 30 June 1643), da. of Sir Henry Killigrew† of Landrake, Cornw.; bro. of Henry Seymour†. educ. Sherborne; Blandford g.s.; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 7 July 1630; travelled abroad (France and Low Countries).Vivian, Vis. Devon, 703; Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxxi. 71-2; Reg. Coll. Exon. ii. 291. m. c.1633 Anne, da. of Sir John Portman, 1st bt. of Orchard Portman, Som. 5s. 1da. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 5 Oct. 1659.Devon RO, 3799M/T/1/10; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 703. d. 4 Dec. 1688.Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxxi. 77.
Offices Held

Local: commr. piracy, Devon 4 Aug. 1637.C181/5, f. 84v. J.p. Wilts. 16 July 1639–46; Devon 19 May 1643–46, July 1660 – July 1688; Dartmouth 1684. by 1642 – ?46Coventry Docquets, 77; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 42; Devon RO, DQS 28/1. Col. militia ft. Devon, Aug. 1660–86.Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxxi. 72; HMC 15th Rep. vii. 66; Mercurius Publicus no. 35 (23–30 Aug. 1660), 546 (E.195.73). Commr. array (roy.), 19 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 9, 636. Dep. lt. Devon July 1660–80.SP29/11/157. Commr. poll tax, 1660; assessment, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Edward Seymour’. loyal and indigent officers, 1662.SR. Sub-commr. for prizes, Plymouth 1673–4.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Edward Seymour’. Commr. recusants, Devon 1675.CTB iv. 695. V.-adm. 1677–d.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Edward Seymour’. Sheriff, 1679–80.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 37.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) 9 Nov. 1642, 16 Apr. 1643–5.HMC 15th Rep. vii. 64, 65 Gov. Dartmouth 12 Aug.1643–5, 1677–?d.HMC 15th Rep. vii. 65, 104. Capt. lifeguard to prince of Wales, May 1645.HMC 15th Rep. vii. 84.

Central: commr. inquiry into Newfoundland government, 1667.APC Col. i. 433.

Civic: recorder, Totnes 1684–7. Freeman, Plymouth 1684.HMC 9th Rep. i. 281.

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SEYMOUR, Edward (1610-88), of Berry Pomeroy, Devon.

Will
not found.
Estates
manor of Maiden Bradley, Wilts. and Som.; manors of Berry Pomeroy and Bridgetown Pomeroy; castle and park of Berry Pomeroy, with capital houses, farms and demesnes; advowson of Berry Pomeroy vicarage; castle and lands in Totnes; lands in Huish and Loddiswell; moiety of Harberton manor; lands in Denbury; a quarter of hundred of Haytor, Devon.Devon RO, 3799M/T/1/10.
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LEWIS, Evan (c.1623-88/9), of Ynysarwed, Neath, Glam.

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b. c. 1623. m. (1) by Sept. 1654, Ann, da. of William Price of Gellihir, Ilston, 2da;The Copy of a Petition (1654), 8 (E.809.26); D.R. Phillips, Hist. Vale of Neath (1925), 402, G.T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 85-6. (2) Elizabeth Bateman (bur. 2 Aug. 1691), da. of Sir Anthony Bateman (ld. mayor of London, 1663-4), s.p.PROB11/396/107; PROB11/441/259; Ludlow par. reg. d. betw. 12 Mar. 1688-13 July 1689.PROB11/396/107.
Offices Held

Military: lt. (parlian.) ?by 1648. Dep. gov. Cardiff 1648–?60.SP29/62, f. 99. Capt. militia, Brec., Glam. and Rad. by July 1655-July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 872, 895; TSP iv. 505.

Local: commr. assessment, Glam. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar. 1660; Brec. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. 30 Sept. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 305 (E.1062.28); CJ vii. 876b. J.p. Glam.; Brec. 20 Mar. 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 268, 330; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 273, 302. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Glam. 5 Oct. 1653; ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Glam. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: common councilman, Swansea 26 Feb. 1656–?62.Grant Francis, Swansea Charters, 33.

: of Ynysarwed, Neath, Glam.
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LEWIS, Evan (c.1623-88/9), of Ynysarwed, Neath, Glam.

Will
12 Mar. 1688, pr. 13 July 1689.PROB11/396, f. 77v.
Estates
farm of manor of Ewyas Lacy, Heref., bef. Dec. 1650; purchased Tretower, Llangynidr, and other property in Brec. 25 Apr. 1652, from treason trustees.CCC 302, 1714, 2303. By d. styled himself as of Maesllwch, Rad.; held lands in Cadoxton juxta Neath and Llantwit juxta Neath; royalty and fishing of R. Neath, Glam.; house in Wind Street, Swansea.PROB11/396, f. 77v.
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BRADSHAW, Edward (1606-71), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 19 Apr. 1606, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Roger Bradshaw of Aspull, Wigan, Lancs. and 3rd w. Ellen, da. of John Owen of Manchester.Wigan Par. Regs. ed. J. Arrowsmith (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. iv), 51, 63, 168, 175; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F. R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxiv), 54. educ. appr. mercer, Chester by 1631.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, p. 463. m. (1) 5 Dec. 1631, Susan (d. 7 Dec. 1651) da. and h. of Christopher Blease, alderman of Chester, 12ch. (9 d.v.p.) inc. 6s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1 Mar. 1653, Mary (d. 14 May 1663), da. of Matthew Stone, merchant, of London, wid. of Christopher Love, minister of St Lawrence Jewry, London, 7ch. (5 d.v.p.) inc. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.).St Peter, Chester par. reg.; St Mary, Stoke Newington, Mdx. par. reg.; Cheshire RO, WS 1671, will of Edward Bradshaw; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xciii), 12; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 324-5; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. ii. 9; ‘Christopher Love’, Oxford DNB. suc. fa. Apr. 1617;Wigan Par. Regs. ed. Arrowsmith, 226. d. 31 Oct. 1671.Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 324.
Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Chester Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers and Apothecaries Co. 14 Nov. 1631 – d.; alderman, 20 May 1651–d.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, pp. 187, 310, 419, 463; ZG 16/6582/3, pp. 5, 27.

Civic: freeman, Chester by Nov. 1631 – d.; common cllr. 23 Oct. 1635–6; sheriff, 1636–7;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 187, 190. auditor, 1640, 1649, 1655, 1657, 1659 – 60, 1662;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 92v, 110, 116, 124, 130, 134; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 203. alderman, 17 Nov. 1646–26 Aug. 1662;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 79, 135. mayor, 11 Aug. – 13 Oct. 1648, 1653–4.Cheshire RO, ZAF/29/10; ZA/F/30/2; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 215.

Local: sub-commr. sequestrations, Chester 1646.SP28/225, f. 134. Member, Cheshire co. cttee. by Mar. 1646-aft. May. 1647.SP28/224, ff. 90, 258. Commr. assessment, Chester 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, 1661;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Cheshire 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Chester 11 Aug. 1648–26 Aug. 1662.Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xi. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Cheshire 26 July 1659; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, Chester 1660.SR.

: of St Peter, Cheshire., Chester.
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BRADSHAW, Edward (1606-71), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will
3 Sept. 1670, cod. 24 Nov. 1670, pr. 1671.Cheshire RO, WS 1671, will of Edward Bradshaw.
Estates
in 1652, purchased lands in Tideswell, Derbys., from the treason trustees.CCC 1715. In 1664-5, house in Chester was assessed at 7 hearths.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F. C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 25. At his death, estate inc. capital messuage and other property in Aspull; a rent charge of £40 a year issuing out of the rectory of West Leigh; and lands in Whiston, all in Lancs.; manor and manor house of Bromborough; a mansion house, tenements and other property in Tattenhall; a capital messuage, lands and tenements in Huntington; lands and tenements in Mollington Banastre, all in Cheshire; and property in Chester, inc. a messuage, shop and cellar in Northgate Street.Cheshire RO, WS 1671, will of Edward Bradshaw; CCC 2628.
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HOLT, Thomas (1623-86), of Abingdon, Berks. and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

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bap. 7 Sept. 1623, 1st s. of Rowland Holt, merchant, of St Christopher le Stocks, London, and Mary, da. of Thomas Buckner of London.GL, MS 4421/1, unfol.; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 229; Le Neve’s Pedigrees, 337. educ. G. Inn, 11 Feb. 1646.GI Admiss. 241. m. by 1642, Susanna (d. 1701), da. of John Peacock of Cumnor, Berks. 2s. 2da.Vis. Berks. i. 229; Le Neve’s Pedigrees, 337; A True Reg. of…the Parishe of St James, Clerkenwell ed. R. Hovenden (Harl. Soc. xix), 207. suc. fa. 1635.C142/537/60. Kntd. 16 Apr. 1680.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 254. d. 28 July 1686.W.J. Pinks, The Hist. of Clerkenwell (1865), 44; Hovenden, St James, Clerkenwell, 117.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 1648; ancient, 1662, bencher, 1671, reader, 1675; reader, Barnard’s Inn 1667.PBG Inn, i. 368, 444, 455, ii. 15, 33. Sjt.-at-law, 1677–d.;Baker, Serjeants at Law, 197. king’s sjt. 23 Oct. 1683–d.J. Sainty, A List of English Law Officers (Selden Soc. vii), 22.

Local: j.p. Berks. Apr. 1652-aft. 1662; Oxon. May 1652 – Mar. 1660; Abingdon July 1653 – aft.Nov. 1658; Wallingford Nov. 1658 – ?; Reading Dec. 1685–d.C231/6, pp. 236, 263, 297, 413, 415; C181/6, pp. 329, 330; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 403. Commr. assessment, Berks. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Oxon. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Surr. 18 June 1662; Mdx. 19 Aug. 1667; liberty of St Katherine by the Tower, Mdx. 26 Nov. 1667.C181/7, pp. 152, 409, 416. Steward, St Katherine’s Hosp. London by 1665-aft. 1667.C. Jamison, The Hist. of the Royal Hosp. of St Katherine (Oxford, 1952), 141, 203; C181/7, f. 416. Commr. recusants, Berks. 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Civic: steward, Wantage c. 1654; Reading Apr. 1672–d.CSP Dom. 1654, pp. 385–6; 1671–2, pp. 266, 304. Recorder, Abingdon Dec. 1656-July 1675; Wallingford by Nov. 1658 – ?60; Reading 1680–d.Berks. RO, TF41 (microfilm), ff. 182v, 183, 230; C231/6, p. 413; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 403.

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HOLT, Thomas (1623-86), of Abingdon, Berks. and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

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19 Aug. 1685, pr. 9 Aug. 1686.PROB11/384/176.
Estates
owned land at Bray, Berks., Oxford, Filby and Ormesby, Norf. and Royston, Herts.;PROB11/384/176. leased lands in the hundred of Kintbury Eagle, Berks. from Catherine of Braganza, aft. 1665.VCH Berks. iv. 157.
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GARLAND, Augustine (1603-c.1677), of Barking, Essex, and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

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Family and Education
bap. 13 Jan. 1603, 1st s. of Augustine Garland, attorney, of Coleman Street, London, and 1st w. Ellen, da. of Jasper Whitteridge of London.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 301; Par. Reg. St Antholin (Harl. Soc. viii), 41. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1618;Al. Cant. Clifford’s Inn, adm. bef. 1631; L. Inn, 14 June 1631, called 29 Jan. 1639.LI Admiss. i. 214; L. Inn Black Bks. ii. 350. m. bef. 1639, ? (d. 22 Aug. 1648), at least 3s. 1da.Barking par. regs.; Obituary of Richard Smyth ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 26. suc. fa. 22 Jan. 1638.Obit. Richard Smyth ed. Ellis, 14. d. aft. Feb. 1677.Oxford DNB; J.R. Tanner, ‘Descriptive catalogue of naval manuscripts in the Pepysian Library, vol. iv’, Navy Rec. Soc. lvii. 399, 403.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Essex 13 July 1644 – 11 Sept. 1645, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, pp. 4, 18; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 508–9. Kent by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/3, f. 34; C193/13/4, f. 49v; CUL, Dd.VIII.1, f. 53. Commr. assessment, Essex 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Kent 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Commr. sewers, Kent 14 Apr. 1656-aft. June 1657;C181/6, pp. 157, 228. militia, Essex, Kent 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Queenborough 9 Sept. 1645.Cent. Kent. Stud. QB/JMS4, f. 171. Prothonotary, sheriff’s ct. London c.Dec. 1649.CLRO, Jor. 40, f. 320; Jor. 41, ff. 14v, 54.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan.,CJ vi. 113b. 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 107b, 113b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 18 Jan. 1649;Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 2v. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649;CJ vi. 137b. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

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GARLAND, Augustine (1603-c.1677), of Barking, Essex, and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
estate forfeit to crown, although nature of his property, in Essex and Kent, appears to have been uncertain.E178/6255; E178/6224.
Estates
succeeded to property in Hornchurch and Waltham-Holy-Cross, Essex, and in Queenborough. Kent.PROB11/176/80. Purchased lands in Ingatestone, Essex, forfeited by Mary, Lady Petre, bef. 29 Nov. 1647;CCC 1779. also church lands in Herts. and Kent, valued at £5,237.LR2/266, f. 4.
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