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HUNT, Thomas (1599-1669), of Shrewsbury.

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bap. 25 Dec. 1599, 1st s. of Richard Hunt draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Eleanor, da. of David Heylyn of Shrewsbury.St Alkmund, Shrewsbury par. reg.; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, vii. 163; Oxford DNB, ‘Rowland Heylyn’. educ. Shrewsbury Dec. 1609; Queens’, Camb. Easter 1617, BA 1621, MA 1624; G. Inn 10 Aug. 1627.Shrewsbury School Regestum, ii. 218; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. i. 181. m. 1627 Elizabeth (d. 23 Oct. 1690), da. of Edward Owen of Woodhouse, Rednal, 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1640.The People of God: Shrewsbury Dissenters 1660-1699 ed. J.V. Cox (Salop Rec. Ser. ix), 124; Salop Archives, 366/184; St Alkmund par. reg.; PROB11/184/318. d. 12 Apr. 1669.Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry ed. M.H. Lee (1882), 213-4.

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Civic: freeman, Shrewsbury ?c. 1620 – 18 Oct. 1662; alderman, c. 1642 – 42, Feb. 1645–9 Aug. 1662;Salop Archives, 3365/2713. mayor, 1657.Glam. RO, Cardiff MS 3.179, f. 14. Member, drapers’ co. Shrewbury by Apr. 1635.Salop Archives, 1831/6, f. 51v.

Local: commr. sequestration, Salop 27 Mar. 1643; commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Mont. 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). J.p. Salop ?c.1646–6 Oct. 1653, 3 Mar. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 271, 330. Commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Salop 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Herefs., Worcs., Rad. 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Salop 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, 1655–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 120. Treas. maimed soldiers, 1658.Salop County Records, i. 56. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), Salop county force, 1643. Capt. of harquebusiers, west midlands assoc. 18 June 1644. Col. of horse, army of Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, 4 Oct. 1644–6. Gov. Shrewsbury 28 Feb.-c.June 1660.Salop Archives, 366/178, 179, 180; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 3, x. 157n.

Religious: elder, 1st Shropshire classis, 1647.The Severall Divisions and Persons for Classicall Presbyteries (1647), 4.

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admon. 1 May 1669.PROB6/44, f. 50.

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YALDEN, William (1615-74), of Blackdown House, Lodsworth, Suss.

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bap. 12 Nov. 1615, 1st s. of William Yalden of Lurgashall, Suss. and Margaret, da. of William Yaldwin of Petersfield, Hants. m. 29 July 1639, Mary, da. of Nicholas Alwyn or Aylinge of Hookland, Suss., 6s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 115-16; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. new ser. x), 129-30; Lurgashall par. reg.; PROB11/346/363. suc. fa. bef. 15 June 1659.PROB11/293/180. d. betw. 18 Apr.-17 Nov. 1674.Vis. Suss. 116; PROB11/346/363.

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Local: treas. charitable uses, Suss. 1648–9.Suss. QSOB 1642–1649, 149. Commr. sewers, 2 June 1655.C181/6, p. 107. Sheriff, 1656.Vis. Suss. 115–16. Commr. assessment, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. 2 July 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 370; C193/13/5, 6; ASSI35/102/7. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

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YALDEN, William (1615-74), of Blackdown House, Lodsworth, Suss.

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18 Apr. 1674, pr. 17 Nov. 1674.PROB11/346/363.

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1651-65, 2 seven-year leases of forge and furnace, Petworth, Suss.;Wyndham, Petworth, 98, 100-1, 103. bef. 15 June 1659, Blackdown Ho., Lodsworth; ?land in Hollington, Wittington and Midhurst;W. Suss. RO, Add. 8822; Add. 14461; Notes IPMs Suss. 246. advowsons of Battle, Bodiam, and Lurgashall.Dunkin, ‘Admissions to Suss. Benefices’, 214, 215, 219; Add. 39530, ff. 76, 135v; 39531, ff. 2, 3. In 1653, acquired manor of Diddlesford.Suss. Manors, i. 128.

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BRETT, Henry (1589-1674), of Cowley and Down Hatherleigh, Glos.

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b. 1589, 1st s. of William Brett of Rotherby, Leics. and Anne, da. of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leics.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 448; Vis. Leics. 1619 (Harl. Soc. ii), 206; CP. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1607.Al. Cant. m. (1) bef. 1619 Margaret (d. 18 Oct. 1645), da. of Ald. Thomas Semys of Gloucester, wid. of Anthony Rudd, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.;Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 25; PROB11/345/265. (2) by 1665, Mary (bur. 23 Jan. 1672), wid. of Richard Pudsey of Elsfield, Oxon., da. of one Lowe.VCH Oxon. v. 118; Parochial Colls. ed. Davis, ii. 130; Hearth Tax Returns Oxon, 1665, 66. suc. fa. Mar. 1595.Rotherby par. reg. d. 31 Mar. 1674.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 448.

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Central: ?‘an officer under the lord chancellor’, temp. James I. Vis. Glos. 1682–3, 25.

Civic: burgess, Gloucester 16 Mar. 1629–d.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, f. 532.

Household: ?Member of household of Lionel Cranfield, 1st earl of Middlesex, c.1630.Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/E186, CP 18.

Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1637-aft. July 1638;C181/5, ff. 81v, 115. disarming recusants, Glos. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385a. J.p. 26 Feb. 1641–?44.C231/5, p. 431.

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BRETT, Henry (1589-1674), of Cowley and Down Hatherleigh, Glos.

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23 Mar. 1673, pr. 25 June 1674.PROB11/345/265.

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living at house in King St. East, Westminster by 1626-1627;Westminster City Archives, E152. tenant and farmer of manor of Cowley, under dean and chapter of Westminster Abbey, 1630-49, 1660-d. (under govs. of Westminster sch. 26 Sept. 1649-60);WAM, 8393; A. and O. ii. 261; Glos. Shire Hall deeds, DC/E88/16. property at Alvinsgate, Gloucester, 1651;Glos RO, GBR/H2/3, p. 67. an estate but not manor, Down Hatherleigh.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, ii. 511. House in Tewkesbury, 1644, house in St Catherine’s parish, Gloucester, at death.Glos. RO, TBR/A1/1, p. 123; PROB11/345/265. Living in Elsfield, Oxon. by 1665; there in 1671.Hearth Tax Returns Oxon, 1665, 66; Glos. RO, GDR will 1670/230.

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HODGES, Thomas I (c.1611-75), of Shipton Moyne, Glos.

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b. c.1611, 1st s. of Thomas Hodges of Shipton Moyne and Joyce (d. by Apr. 1625), da. of George Snigge†, recorder of Bristol and 2nd baron of the exchequer.C142/258/59; PROB11/131/86; Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, 21, 22. educ. sch. in Bristol; M. Temple 9 Nov. 1622.W. Prynne, C. Walker, A True and Full Relation (1643), ‘A catalogue of witnesses’, 1 (E.255.1); MTR ii. 677. m. (1) Dulsabella, da of John Syms of Pensford, Som. 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Mary, da. of Sir William Cooke of Highnam, Glos. 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da.Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 91. suc. fa. 7 Dec. 1637. bur. 29 June 1675.Shipton Moyne par. reg.

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Local: j.p. Glos. 20 Feb.1637–10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, pp. 229, 528. Wilts. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–?Mar. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, f. 109; C193/13/6, f. 96. Commr. disarming recusants, Glos. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385a; Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. Dep. lt. 12 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 291b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. Recvr. customs for Gloucester garrison, 19 Mar. 1644, 15 Mar. 1645. Commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Glos. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1 June 1660;A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Glos. and Gloucester 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. survey of church livings, Glos. June 1650LPL, Comm. xiia.15/130. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Dep. constable, St Briavels Castle 9 May 1654.Badminton House, Fm E2/5/2. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 11, 374. Glos. c.May 1659;C181/6, p. 355. sewers, 20 Feb. 1654; Haverfordwest 19 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 19, 402. ejecting scandalous ministers, Glos. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. surveying Kingswood Forest 24 Apr., 12 Dec. 1656, 19 June 1657;C231/6, p. 353; A. and O. for public faith, Glos. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Central: jt.-treas. army of Sir William Waller*, 12 July 1643.CJ iii. 163b. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 15 Apr. 1644;CJ iii. 460b. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a. Commr. redemption of distressed captives, 9 July 1645;A. and O. to Scots army, 12 Aug. 1645;LJ vii. 533a. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Military: temporary gov. of Gloucester (parlian.) 4–18 June 1645.CJ iv. 161a; LJ vii. 406b.

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HODGES, Thomas I (c.1611-75), of Shipton Moyne, Glos.

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10 May 1675, pr. 3 Aug. 1675.PROB11/348/313.

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patrimony of Shipton Moyne and Shipton Dovel manors, Glos., Grey Easton manor, Wilts., messuages in Cricklade St. Sampson and Shipton Moyne, advowsons of Shipton Moyne and Grey Easton.C142/576/165. Rectory of Cricklade St. Sampson, 1649.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xli. 25-9. At death, held lands in Moccas and Bedwardine, Herefs.PROB11/348/313. Orchard, Lewins Mead, Bristol by 1629 and Magdalen’s close and barn, St Michael’s Hill, Bristol, properties inherited from his gfa. Snigge.Bristol RO, 04026/20, p. 328; 04026/22, p. 52

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presented John Oldham junior before 1653; Daniel Capel to same Mar. 1658 (ejected 1662-3).Calamy Revised, 101, 373.

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NOURSE, Luke (c.1590-1673), of Gloucester and St Michael, Cornhill, London.

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b. c.1590, ?1st. s. of Walter Nourse and Margaret (d. bef. 29 Aug. 1603). educ. appr. to fa. as mercer 29 Aug. 1603.Glos. RO, GBR10/1, p. 55. m. Mary (bur. 2 June 1636), 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da.All Saints, Gloucester, BTs; PROB11/342/33. bur. 28 Apr. 1673 28 Apr. 1673.Parish Regs. of St Michael, Cornhill (Harl. Soc. Regs. vii. 1882), 259.

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Civic: common cllr. Gloucester 8 Aug. 1621; steward, 1624–5;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, ff. 482v, 503. sheriff, 1630;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 185. alderman, 17 May 1642–21 July 1662;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, pp. 235–6. mayor, 1644, 1656;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, 3. coroner, 1645.J. Dorney, Certain Speeches (1653), 84. Overseer of poor, south ward 22 Apr. 1631;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, f. 550. steward, 1636.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 63. Recvr. collections for garrison, 1 Mar.-c.June 1643.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 246; E113/8. Pres. Gloucester hosps. 1645; treas. 1650, 1654; surveyor, 1655, surveyor and pres. 1659;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, pp. 387, 585, 793, 844; B3/3, pp. 114, 119. steward, 1655.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 811. Recvr. dean and chapter revenues, Gloucester Cathedral 1659.E113/8.

Local: commr. additional ord. for levying of money, Gloucester 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; 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 (1075.6); SR. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar 1660;A. and O.; SR. securing peace of commonwealth, Glos. by Dec. 1655;Glos. RO, Smyth of Nibley vol. III, f. 71; TSP iv. 354. poll tax, Gloucester 1660.SR.

Military: capt. (parlian.) regt. of Henry Stephens, Gloucester 1643.J. Dorney, A Brief and Exact Relation (1643), 15 (E.67.31). Temporary gov. Gloucester 2 June 1645.CJ iv. 159b.

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NOURSE, Luke (c.1590-1673), of Gloucester and St Michael, Cornhill, London.

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1 May 1672, pr. 6 May 1673.PROB11/342/33.

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Occupier of house in Belman St. Gloucester, 1628.Glos. RO, Diocesan will 1628/18. Lessee of Badgworth farm from Gloucester corporation, 1631 at 31 years at £30 rent, reduced in 1635, to £26 p.a.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, f. 554; B3/2, p. 46. Lessee of house, Westgate St. 41 years, 20s rent, 1631;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, f. 557. annuitant of corporation, £20 p.a. for 7 years, from 5 Dec. 1642.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 235. Lessee of ‘uses’ lands, Westgate St. 21 years, 20s rent, and lease of messuage in Southgate St. 41 years, 20s rent, 27 Sept. 1650 (lease of uses land renewed, 7 Aug. 1654;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, pp. 577, 777. lessee of meadow, 30 years, £6 p.a. 6 Oct. 1651;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 642. lessee of house in Southgate St. 6 years, 20s rent.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 761. Lessee of tanhouse, 3 lives, 24 Sept. 1655.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 835. At d. held estates in St. Brides, Mon. and Minsterworth, Glos.PROB11/342/33.

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HOLLAND, Cornelius (1600-72), of Creslow, Bucks.

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b. 3 Mar. 1600, 1st s. of Ralph Holland, Merchant Taylor, brusher of the robes to Elizabeth I, of St Laurence Pountney, London, and his wife, Joan.LS13/251, p. 30; Reg. of the Scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors’ School, ed. C.J Robinson (Lewes, 1882-3), i. 63 educ. Merchant Taylors’ sch. London 1610;Robinson, Reg. i. 63. Pembroke, Camb. 1615, BA 1619.Al. Cant. m. 26 Mar. 1627, Sybilla, da. of Edward Forth of New Windsor, Berks. 1 da. 9 other children.Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton (1894-6), 131; C10/123/1; New Windsor par. reg.; The Second Centurie [1648], 1 (E.465.13). suc. fa. 1625.H.B. Wilson, Hist. of the Par. of St Laurence Pountney, London (1831), 12. d. May 1672.Bodl. MS Eng. hist. c.487, p. 1285.

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Court: clerk to Sir Henry Vane I* by 1628.LS13/251, p. 28. Jt. collector, subsidies, royal palaces, 1628.LR9/105, unf. Clerk of the acatry 1629–35.LS13/251, pp. 28, 83. Commr. purveyance, 1631–9.Coventry Docquets, 83–8. Servant to prince of Wales, 1633–5; clerk comptroller, 1635–8. 1638 – ?Dec. 1641LS13/169, p. 228; LS13/251, p. 83. Paymaster and clerk of the greencloth, household of the royal children,, Oct. 1642–?1653.LS13/251, p. 100; Harl. 7623, f. 10.

Local: j.p. Mdx. July 1636 – 4 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Surr. July 1636 – 19 July 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Bucks. by 1647 – ?Mar. 1660; Berks. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–?Mar. 1660.J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, Parl. Hist. xxxii. 234–5; C231/5, pp. 213, 532, 533; C193/13/3, ff. 3, 62v; C193/13/4, ff. 4, 6v, 61, 97; C193/13/5, ff. 3v, 6; C193/13/6, ff. 3, 5; T. Langley, Hist. and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough (1797), 17; Sheffield Archives, EM1480. Commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. for Berks. 25 June 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Bucks., Surr. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Bucks. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Denb. July 1646.LJ viii. 411a. Commr. Westminster and Mdx. militia, 9 Sept. 1647; militia, Bucks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Berks. 26 July 1659;A. and O. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650;A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). ejecting scandalous ministers, Berks. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O.; SP18/182, f. 205. securing peace of commonwealth, Berks. by Dec. 1655; Bucks. by Mar. 1656.TSP iv. 285, 583.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b. Collector and recvr. of coinage money, mint, Nov. 1642-May 1645.CJ ii. 855b-856a; New Hist. of the Royal Mint, ed. C.E. Challis (Cambridge, 1992), 284–5. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 909a. cttee. for advance of money, 11 Feb. 1643, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ ii. 963a; vi. 110a, 113b. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643.CJ iii. 21b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a, 299b. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643;A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 243b, 299a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 109a, 113b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan., 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 120b; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 25 Nov. 1651.CJ vi. 143a, 363a, vii. 42b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 19 Sept. 1650.CJ vi. 469b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651; to inspect treasuries, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 Jan. 1653; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 336; Ludlow, Mems. ii. 131.

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HOLLAND, Cornelius (1600-72), of Creslow, Bucks.

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leased Creslow pastures, Bucks. from the crown, 1635;Coventry Docquets, 356; LS13/169, pp. 261-73. invested £600 in Irish Adventure, 1642;Bottingheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 184. bought Creslow pastures for £4,796 2s 4d, 1650;E320/C6. bought manors of Knucklas, Rad. for £3,452 10s 7½d, 1650;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 297. allocated lands in barony of Decies-without-Drum, Co. Waterford, 1654.CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 523.

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WIDDRINGTON, Sir Thomas (1600-64), of Cheeseburn Grange, Stamfordham, Northumb. and St Martin, Coney Street, York, Yorks.

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b. 1600, 1st s. of Lewis Mawtlaine alias Widdrington of Cheeseburn Grange, and Catherine, da. of Rowland Lawson of Little Usworth, co. Dur.C142/475/104; Hedly, Northumb. Fams. ii. 130-1; Arch. Ael. ser. 3, vi. 34-40. educ. Christ’s, Camb. East. 1617, BA 1620;Add. 5885, f. 74v; Al. Cant. G. Inn 14 Feb. 1619.G. Inn Admiss. m. 13 Oct. 1634 (with £1,000), Frances (d. 4 May 1649), da. of Ferdinando Fairfax*, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron [S], 1s. d.v.p. 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorks. par. reg.; Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 66; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 4, iii. 158-9; Hedly, Northumb. Fams. ii. 131. suc. fa. 20 Aug. 1630;C142/475/104. Kntd. 1 Apr. 1639;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 206. d. 13 May 1664.Desiderata Curiosa ed. F. Peck (1735), ii, lib. xiv, 37. bur. 16 May 1664.T. Widdrington, Analecta Eboracensia ed. C. Caine (1897), p. xxx.

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Legal: called, G. Inn c.1625;DNB ‘Sir Thomas Widdrington’. ancient, 21 June 1639; bencher, 20 Nov. 1639; reader, 6 Nov. 1640;PGB Inn, i. 335, 336, 340. treas. 10 Nov. 1641-bef. 20 May 1650.G. Inn Lib. Ledger bk. A 1586, f. 116; Ms 54, f. 248. Sjt.-at-law, 18 Oct. 1648–d.CJ vi. 50b, 51a, 420b; LJ x. 551a; C193/9, unfol. (entry for 22 June 1660); Whitelocke, Diary, 222; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 59, 188, 192, 544. Chan. co. Dur. 3 Sept. 1655-May 1660;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 974. temporal chan. Durham dioc. 21 Dec. 1660–d.Hutchinson, Co. Dur. i. 553. L.c.b. 26 June 1658–18 Jan. 1660.Whitelocke, Diary, 493, 562; Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 517. Assize judge, Midland circ. July 1658; Home circ. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 298, 369. Durham 22 July 1661.C181/7, p. 115.

Civic: recorder, Berwick-upon-Tweed 20 Jan. 1632-July 1658;Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 99v; B1/11, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 181. York 14 Apr. 1637 – 1 July 1658, 8 May 1660-Jan. 1662.York City Archives, York House Bk. 35, f. 326; York House Bk. 37, pp. 113, 139, 167. Freeman, York 14 Apr. 1637–d.;York City Archives, Y/FIN/1/2/22, f. 37. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 7 Sept. 1657–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/3, f. 11.

Local: steward, borough of Morpeth by Oct. 1632–?J.C. Hodgson, ‘An acct. of the customs of the ct. leet and ct. baron of Morpeth’, Arch. Ael. ser. 2, xvi. 62. Commr. recusants, northern cos. 23 July 1638.Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 162. Commr. oyer and terminer, Berwick-upon-Tweed 9 Mar. 1640–?;C181/5, f. 165v. Northern circ. 5 June 1641–?, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 194v, 203v; C181/6, pp. 17, 375; C181/7, pp. 18, 237. Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644–?;C181/5, f. 245v. London by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 1, 356. liberty of Peterborough 3 June 1654–6 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 36, 336. Western, Home, Oxf., Norf. circs. 13 June 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 49, 51, 53, 58, 303, 304, 305, 307. Midland circ. 13 June 1654–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 54, 310. Mdx. 17 Aug. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 63, 327. Surr. 21 Mar. 1659;C181/6, p. 348. northern marches 2 Mar. 1663–?d.;C181/7, p. 195. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663–?d.;C181/7, p. 220. subsidy, York 1641, 1663; co. Dur., Northumb., Yorks. (W. Riding), Berwick-upon-Tweed 1663; further subsidy, York 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; co. Dur., Northumb., W. Riding, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1660;SR. disarming recusants, York 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, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Northumb. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; W. Riding 18 Oct. 1644, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Berwick-upon-Tweed 18 Oct. 1644, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; Yorks. 21 Feb. 1645, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660; co. Dur. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661; Westmld. 9 June 1657.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Northumb. 24 Feb. 1642–d.;C231/5, p. 508. co. Dur., W. Riding by Feb. 1650 – d.; Mdx. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–?Mar. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 41; C193/13/4, f. 60; C193/13/6, f. 54v. Northants. by Feb. 1650–?Mar. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 47v; C193/13/4, f. 71v; C193/13/6, f. 64. Buckingham 11 Mar. 1654–15 Nov. 1660;C181/6, pp. 22, 329. liberty of Peterborough 3 June 1654–10 Oct. 1660;C181/6, pp. 36, 336. liberties of Ripon 3 Oct. 1654–10 May 1662;C181/6, p. 66, 341. Thetford 20 Nov. 1654-bef. Oct. 1660;C181/6, p. 73. Haverfordwest 15 Mar. 1655–19 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 96, 183. Oxf. 7 Aug. 1655–4 Apr. 1659;C181/6, p. 126. Abingdon 24 Nov. 1655-bef. Oct. 1660;C181/6, pp. 131, 330. Wallingford 3 Mar. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660;C181/6, pp. 135, 329. Woodstock 1 Apr. 1656–20 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 156, 331. Camb. 15 Sept. 1656–8 Sept. 1659;C181/6, p. 186. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660;C181/6, p. 195. all commns. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6. Commr. sequestration, York 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Northumb. 9 Oct. 1644–?CJ iii. 657b. Commr. gaol delivery, 17 Dec. 1644–?;C181/5, f. 245v. Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 1, 356. liberty of Peterborough 3 June 1654–6 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 36, 336. liberty of Ripon 24 Mar. 1658–9 July 1661;C181/6, pp. 283, 341. Southampton 14 Sept. 1658–?;C181/6, p. 313. Durham 22 July 1661–d.;C181/7, pp. 115, 321. Northern Assoc. Northumb., York 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, W. Riding 2 Mar. 1647, 21 May 1650;C93/19/27; C93/20/30. Yorks. 22 Apr. 1651;C93/21/1 Ripon 5 May 1653;C93/22/14. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658;C93/25/1. co. Dur. 1 Dec. 1662;C93/27/13. militia, York 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79. Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 28 Aug. 1651, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 381. Northumb. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. E., N., W. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Cumb. Mdx., Westminster 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649;SP18/1/23, f. 32. 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). Visitor, Greetham and Sherburn hosps. co. Dur. 5 July 1650;CJ vi. 437b. Dulwich Coll. 11 Feb. 1656;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 99. Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 26, 332. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–31 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 67, 399. Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655–20 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 108, 197. ejecting scandalous ministers, E., N., W. Riding, Hull, York 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. assize, co. Dur. 18 July 1656–d.C181/6, pp. 182, 299; C181/7, pp. 115, 321.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 8 Feb. 1642.CJ ii. 419b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. to the army, 12 June-c.26 July 1647.CJ v. 208b; LJ ix. 262a. Member, cttee. for the army, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652. Commr. gt. seal, 17 Mar. 1648 – 8 Feb. 1649, 4 Apr. 1654 – 8 June 1655, 18 Jan.-May 1660.CJ v. 477a; vi. 134b; vii. 814b, 816a; LJ x. 118a, 186a; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 73; Whitelocke, Diary, 409, 562; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 544. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651,A. and O. 31 Dec. 1659,CJ vii. 800b. 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. for removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651; treasury, 2 Aug. 1654–?June 1659.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 284; 1658–9, p. 382; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 393; CJ vii. 378a; Whitelocke, Diary, 410. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655;CSP Dom. 1655. p. 240. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100. cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218. Speaker, House of Commons, 17 Sept. 1656–4 Feb. 1658.CJ vii. 423a.

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WIDDRINGTON, Sir Thomas (1600-64), of Cheeseburn Grange, Stamfordham, Northumb. and St Martin, Coney Street, York, Yorks.

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1 Sept. 1663, pr. 1 July 1664.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 46, f. 330.

Estates

in 1637, purchased messuage in Blacktoft, Yorks. from Sir William Constable.C54/3118/16. In 1639, purchased part of impropriate rectory of Heddon, Northumb. and tithes of rectory of Wintringham, Yorks.C54/3197/5; C54/3218/5 By 1641, owned house in St Martin, Coney Street, York.E179/218/209, m. 2. In 1649, he and another gent. purchase for £1,163 manor of Crayke, Yorks., from trustees for sale of church lands.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 126 In 1650, purchased for £35 a fee farm rent in Northumb. worth £4 2s. p.a.SP28/288, f. 4. In 1663, estate in Northumb.valued at £799 13s. p.a.Widdrington, Analecta ed. Caine, p. xxix; Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 3, i. 332. At his d. estate inc. manor of Hambleton and property in Castley, Yorks.; a messuage in York; tithes of Chester-le-Street, co. Dur.; messuages and lands in Cheeseburn Grange, Nesbit, Ouston and Whitchester, Northumb.; and chambers in Serjeants’ Inn, London.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 46, ff. 330-3; J.C. Hodgson, ‘A ped. of Widdrington of Cheeseburn Grange’, Arch. Ael. ser. 3, vi. 35-6.

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presented Robert Clarke to vicarge of Hunmanby, Yorks., 1644;IND1/17000, f. 37v. James Greenwood to vicarage of Arksey, Yorks., 1650; John Thompson to rectory of Birdbrook, Essex, 1651; Francis Bland to rectory of Londesborough, Yorks., 1652; Peter Hammond to rectory of Everingham, Yorks., 1652; Charles Hotham to rectory of Nunburnholme, Yorks., 1652; Cotton Gargrave to rectory of Kippax, Yorks., 1653; William Carville to rectory of Stonegrave, Yorks., 1653; Andrew Perry to rectory of Foston, Yorks., 1654.Add. 36792, ff. 10v, 33v, 36, 41, 49, 60, 73v, 85v.

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GOLLOP, George (1581-1650), of Bugle Street, Southampton, and Stanbridge, Hants.

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Family and Education

bap. 3 Feb. 1581, 5th s. of William Gollop (d. 1588), yeoman, of Stoke Abbott, Dorset, and Joan, da. of Roger Gibbes of Bremley.Stoke Abbot par. reg.; PROB11/73/283; PROB 11/74/344; The Gen. n.s. xxv. 139. educ. appr. to George Gollop of Southampton, mercer, 17 Feb. 1596 for 8 years.Southampton RO, SC2/6/6, f. 133. m. 14 Jan. 1605, Amarine Gollop of Stoke Abbot, d.s.p. Stoke Abbot par.reg. d. betw. 20 Apr.-3 July 1650.PROB11/213/34.

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Civic: burgess, Southampton 1605;Southampton RO, SC3/1/1, f. 156; Bk. of Examinations and Depositions 1648–1663 ed. Thomson, 7, 16–18. constable, 1606 – 07; steward, 1612 – 13; bailiff, 1613 – 15; juror, 1613 – 16; sheriff, 1615–16;Southampton Assembly Bks. ed. Horrocks, iii. 51, 58, 69, 70; iv. 60; Southampton Court Leet Recs. ed. Hearnshaw, 452, 471, 495; Bk. of Remembrance ed. Gidden, 103–5. mayor, 1621 – 22, 1632 – 33; alderman, 1621–d.;Southampton RO, SC2/1/6, ff. 200, 255v. auditor, 1639–47.Southampton RO, SC3/7/17–25.

Religious: churchwarden, All Saints, Southampton 1613–14;SR. elder, 1st classis, Hants 17 Nov. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263

Local: commr. gaol delivery, Hants, Southampton 15 Mar. 1622 – aft.23 Oct. 1628; Southampton 19 Nov. 1629-aft. 23 Feb. 1635;C181/3, ff. 58, 82v, 104v, 140v, 192, 241v; C181/4, ff. 23, 77v, 151, 202. nisi prius, Bristol 12 July 1633;C181/4, f. 147v. piracy, Southampton 24 Mar. 1636;C181/5, f. 43v. assessment, 1642,SR. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Hants 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Southampton 3 Aug. 1643; Hants 10 June 1645; 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.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b.

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GOLLOP, George (1581-1650), of Bugle Street, Southampton, and Stanbridge, Hants.

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20 Apr., pr. 3 July 1650.PROB11/213/34.

Estates

inherited reversion of part of a tenement in Stoke Abbott;PROB11/73/283. acquired ruins of Southampton Castle in 1619, possession of which was confirmed by royal grant in 1636, as well as an estate at Stanbridge.Davies, Hist. Southampton, 83.

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EVELYN, John (1591-1664), of Lee Place, Godstone, Surr.

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Family and Education

bap. 20 Oct. 1591, 2nd s. of John Evelyn (d.1627) of Godstone and Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Stephens of Kingston-upon-Thames.H. Evelyn, Hist. of the Evelyn Family (1915), 198– 202. educ. Emmanuel, Camb., 13 Mar. 1606;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 29 Nov. 1610.MT Admiss. i. 96. m. 24 Nov. 1618, Thomazine (bur. 13 Jan. 1676), da. of William Heynes of Chessington, 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 3 da. (1 d.v.p.).Hist. of the Evelyn Family, 202–3, 206, 215. Kntd. 25 June 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. bur. 18 Jan. 1664 18 Jan. 1664.Hist. of the Evelyn Family, 203.

Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. bef. 1613; E. I. Co bef. 1619.A. Brown, Genesis of the United States (1890), ii. 547; CSP Col. E. Indies 1622–4, p. 492. Patentee for supply of gunpowder to crown, 1621–36.SP16/323, f. 71; SP16/332, f. 86; SP16/361, f. 18.

Local: j.p. Surr. by 1629 – 19 July 1642, by 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650, Apr. 1659–d.C66/2527; C231/5, p. 532; C231/6, p. 429; ASSI35/85/4; 35/89/5; C193/12/3. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR . disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR . assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 24 Jan. 1642; Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 222v, 239. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659, 20 Aug. 1660.C181/5, f. 264; C181/6, pp. 263, 386; C181/7, p. 30. ?Gov. Covent Garden precinct, 7 Jan. 1646.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from the sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Reigate classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 434.

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EVELYN, John (1591-1664), of Lee Place, Godstone, Surr.

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20 Apr. 1663, pr. ‘16 Jan. 1664’.Hist. of the Evelyn Family, 204-6.

Estates

manors of Flore, Mardon, Tillingdowne and other lands and tithes in the parishes of Godstone, Bletchingley, Caterham, Tandridge and Walkhampstead; Hist. of the Evelyn Family, 204, 208, 212. rectory and advowson of Godstone, 1 Apr. 1633.Coventry Docquets, 635.

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EVELEIGH, Gilbert (1604-71), of Totnes, Devon.

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Family and Education

bap. 24 Nov. 1604, 5th but 1st surv. s. of Josias Eveleigh of Exeter and Holcomb, Ottery St Mary, and Ursula, da. of Gilbert Yarde (d. 10 Sept. 1620) of Bradley, Highweek. m. (1) Mary, da. and coh. of George Monke of Exeter, 2s (1 d.v.p.); (2) 6 May 1651 Cecilia, da. of one Webber of Ashburton, s.p.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 336-7. bur. 12 Dec. 1671 12 Dec. 1671.Totnes par. reg.

Offices Held

Household: steward, ?4th earl of Bedford by 1635; 5th earl of Bedford. Diary of Thomas Larkham, 1647–1669 ed. S. Hardman Moore (Church of Eng. Rec. Soc. xvii), 96, 99, 377.

Civic: town clerk, Totnes 1635–?;Devon RO, 1579A/5/33–4. recvr. 1642–3;Devon RO, 1579A/5/47. ‘three times mayor’ betw. 1660 and d.Totnes par. reg. Warden, St Mary Magdalen Hosp. 1644–5.Devon RO, 1579A/7/1/46

Religious: churchwarden, Totnes 1643–5.Devon RO, 1579A/5/47.

Local: commr. assessment, Devon 9 June 1657;A. and O. defaulting accountants, 1663.E113/6, answer of Christopher Martin, 2 Feb. 1663.

Central: commr. inquiry into Newfoundland government, 1667.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/360/74; APC Col. i. 433.

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EVELEIGH, Gilbert (1604-71), of Totnes, Devon.

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29 Nov. 1671, pr. 23 May 1672.PROB11/339/125.

Estates

bought Holcomb, Ottery St Mary, including mills there, in 1657; estate of Heath, Plympton St Mary acquired on 2nd marriage; houses and gardens in Totnes; rings, jewels, chain of pearl, chain of gold, silver and other plate.PROB11/339/125.

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