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HUDDLESTON, Sir John (1517-57), of Sawston, Cambs.

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b. July 1517, 1st s. of John Huddleston of Sawston by Elizabeth, da. of Edward, and Lord Dudley. m. settlement May 1544, Bridget, da. of Sir Robert Cotton of Landwade, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 16 Oct. 1530. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/52/5, 6, 86. Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 27; PCC 5 Noodes; LP Hen. VIII, ii, xix; Add. 5832, ff. 152 seq. calls Bridget ‘daughter to Sir Robert and cousin to Sir John Cotton’.
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J.p. Cambs. 1547 – d., q. 1554; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1548 – 49; commr. relief, Cambridge and Cambs. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Cambs. 1553; PC by 21 Aug. 1553; v.-chamberlain the Household by 3 Apr. 1554; keeper, Broxtey and Estey parks, Suff. 1554.CPR, 1547–8, p. 81; 1550–3, pp. 141, 394; 1553, pp. 351, 362, 414; 1553–4, pp. 1, 17, 28; 1554–5, p. 27; APC, iv. 323, 330; CSP Span. 1554, pp. 206, 297.

Main residence: Sawston, Cambs.
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HUDDLESTON, Sir John (1517-57)

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HUCKMORE, Gregory (by 1529-71), of Buckyett and Buckland Barton, Devon.

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b. by 1529, s. of Gregory Huckmore of Buckyett by Joan, da. of William Walrond of Bovey. m. by 1550, Alice, da. and coh. of William Cruwys of Chudleigh, 5s. 8da.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 138; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 471-2; C142/176/19.
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Escheator, Devon 1563–4.

Main residences: Buckyett; Buckland Barton, Devon.
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HUCKMORE, Gregory (by 1529-71)

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HOWELL, Richard (by 1518-69 or later), of Haverfordwest, Pemb.

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b. by 1518. m. da. of Thomas Revell of Haverfordwest, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. C1/1255/13;
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Member, town council, Haverfordwest by 1539–46 or later, mayor in July 1541, 1545, 1552, chamberlain in 1545, j.p. 1555, 1558/59, collector for the poor of St. Mary’s parish 1564, reeve and rent collector of the chamber 1569; proctor of St. Mary’s church 1566.

Main residence: Haverfordwest, Pemb.
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HOWELL, Richard (by 1518-at least 69)

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HOWARD, Sir George (by 1519-80), of London and Kidbrooke, Kent.

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b. by 1519, 3rd s. of Lord Edmund Howard by 1st w. Joyce, da. and coh. of Sir Richard Culpepper of Kent. Kntd. Sept. 1547.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 81; Arch. Cant. iv. 264; Manning and Bray, Surrey, iii. 497.
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Equerry of the stable to Hen. VIII, warden or master of the henchmen 1550 – Oct. 1553; master of the armoury 1560 – d.; j.p. Kent 1562; steward, crown lands at Blackheath 1571 – d., Deptford, Greenwich etc. 1572; gent. usher, privy chamber by 1579.CPR, 1549–51, p. 179; 1553–4, p. 277; 1558–60, pp. 307, 395; 1569–72, pp. 422–3; E. K. Chambers, Sir Henry Lee, 109; Eliz. Stage, iii. 399; Hasted, Kent; Hundred of Blackheath, ed. Drake, 279–80; Lansd. 29, f. 161; 104, f. 41.

Main residences: London; Kidbrooke, Kent.
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HOWARD, Sir George (by 1519-80)

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HOUGHTON, Sir Richard (1496 or 98-1559), of Lea and Hoghton, Lancs.

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b. 28 Apr. 1496 or 98, 1st s. of William Houghton of Lea and Hoghton by Margaret, da. of Sir John Southworth of Samlesbury. m. (1) c.1514, Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Ashton of Ashton-under-Lyme, 2s. 2da.; (2) Alice, da. of one Morley, 2s. 3da.; (3) Elizabeth, da. of John Grigson, (4) Anne, da. of Roger Browne of Whitney; 5s. 3da. illegit. suc. fa. 18 Aug. 1501. Kntd. 1523.Date of birth given at proof of age (DL7/5/19) where it is said to have been sabbati in festo Sancti Vitalis 11 Hen. VII (1495-6): in 1496 the saint’s feast day fell on a Thursday, in 1498 on a Saturday. G. C. Miller, Hoghton Tower, passim; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. xcviii). 48-50; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 25; J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs. gentry 1529-58’ (London MA thesis 1959), p. 362; Add. 32106, ff; 154v-5.
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Dep. steward, duchy of Lancaster, hundred of Amounderness 1523 – 26, jt. (with s. Thomas) steward 1526 – d.; member, council of 3rd Earl of Derby by 1533, commr. for tenths of spiritualities, Lancs. 1535, contribution 1546, goods of churches and fraternities 1552; dep. keeper, Leagram park, Lancs. by 1537; j.p. Lancs. c. 1537; sheriff 1540–1.J. B. Watson, 538; LP Hen. VIII, viii, xii, xxi; VCH Lancs. ii. 97; Somerville, Duchy, i. 500; R. Cuncliffe Shaw, R. Forest of Lancaster, 83; HMC 6th Rep. app. 444.

Main residences: Lea; Hoghton, Lancs.
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HOUGHTON, Sir Richard (1496 o.r 98-1559)

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