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HORSWELL, James (by 1496-1544/46), of Plymouth, Devon.

Family and Education
b. by 1496, prob. s. of John Horswell of Plymouth.Date of birth estimated from first reference.
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Mayor, Plymouth 1528 – 29, 1535 – 36, 1542 – 43, town clerk by 1529–?d., coroner in 1535; judge, admiralty et. Plymouth by 1529; dep. customer, port of Plymouth by Oct. 1533.R. N. Worth, Plymouth, 212–13; Plymouth receivers’ acct. bk. 1535–6; C1/525/30; St.Ch.2/25/313; LP Hen. VIII, vi.

Main residence: Plymouth, Devon.
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Commons 1509-1558
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HORSWELL, James (by 1496-1544/46)

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HORSLEY, Robert (by 1509-65 or later), of Acklington, Northumb.

Family and Education
b. by 1509, poss. s. of Thomas Horsley. educ. L. Inn, adm. 30 Nov. 1523.Date of birth estimated from education.
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Keeper of the gates and steward, Warkworth castle, Northumb. Jan. 1532–?d., bailiff by 1562, j.p. Northumb. 1538, 1547, q. 1553; custos rot. Northumb. c. 1547; keeper, Acklington park, Northumb. by 1553; constable, Langley castle, Northumb. by 1553; commr. goods of churches and fraternities 1553.Northumb. Co. Hist. v. 54, 593; Estate Accts. of the Earls of Northumberland (Surtees Soc. clxiii), 38; LP Hen. VIII, xiii; CPR, 1547–8, p. 87; 1550–3, p. 395; 1553, p. 415; C66/801 ex inf. J. C. Sainty; Stowe 571, f. 71; Hodgson, Northumb. i. 364.

Main residence: Acklington, Northumb.
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Commons 1509-1558
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HORSLEY, Robert (by 1509-at least 65)

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HORSLEY, Cuthbert (by 1517-81/86), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and Horsley, Northumb.

Family and Education
b. by 1517, 1st s. of John Horsley of Scrainwood and Long Horsley. educ. L. Inn, adm. 2 Nov. 1531, called 1537. m. by 1551, Elizabeth, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from education. Arch. Ael. (ser. 3), iv. 12; vi. 88; (ser. 4), xii. 127.
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J.p. Northumb. 1538 – 62; receiver, ct. of augmentations, bpric. of Durham and archdeaconry of Richmond 1 Oct. 1544 – 16 Mar. 1546; commr. chantries, Cumb. and Westmld. 1546, Cumb., Westmld. and Carlisle 1548, goods of churches and fraternities, Northumb. 1553; other commissions 1551 – 65; escheator, Northumb. 1556 – 57; agistor, Acklington park Northumb. for Henry Percy, and Earl of Northumberland 1578. LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 87; 1548–9, p. 136; 1550–3, pp. 142, 395; 1553, p. 415; 1553–4, p. 22; 1557–8, p. 71; 1560–3, p. 441; APC, vii. 283; Surtees Soc. clxiii. 53.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn, London; Horsley, Northumb.
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HORSLEY, Cuthbert (by 1517-81/86)

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HORSEY, Sir John (1510-65), of Clifton Maybank, Dorset.

Family and Education
b. 25 July 1510, 1st s. of (Sir) John Horsey of Clifton Maybank by Joan, da. of one Mawdley of Croscombe, Som. m. 14 Dec. 1539, Edith, da. of Richard Phelips of Charborough, Dorset, wid. of John Stocker of Poole, Dorset, 1s. John 2da. suc. fa. 23 Dec. 1546. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1547.Date of birth given at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/84/37. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 427, 429 n.
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Servant, household of Cromwell by 1538; j.p. Dorset 1540 – d.; commr. relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, subsidy 1563; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1558–9.M. L. Robertson, ‘Cromwell’s servants’ (Univ. California Los Angeles Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 502–3; LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xv; CPR, 1550–3, p. 142; 1553, pp. 352, 414.

Main residence: Clifton Maybank, Dorset.
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HORSEY, Sir John (1510-65)

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