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SWINFEN, John (1613-94), of Swinfen, Weeford, Staffs.
Family and Education
b. 19 Mar. 1613, 1st s. of Richard Swinfen of Swinfen by Joan, da. of George Curtal alias Harman of Weeford. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1628, BA 1632. m. 26 July 1632, Anne (bur. 29 Apr. 1690), da. of John Brandreth of Weeford, 6s. d.v.p. 4da. suc. fa. 1659.Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 77-78; Shaw, Staffs. ii. 28*, 29*.
Offices Held
J.p. Staffs. 1645 – 47, 1656 – ?Mar. 1660, Mar. 1688–?d.; commr. for assessment 1645 – 48, Aug. 1660–80, 1689 – 90, militia 1648, Mar. 1660, recusants 1675.
Commr. for exclusion from sacrament 1646, indemnity 1647 – 49, scandalous offences 1648, customs Feb. – Sept. 1660; Councillor of State 25 Feb.-31 May 1660.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Swinfen, Weeford, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
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SWINFEN, John (1613-94)
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SYDENHAM, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1643-96), of Brimpton, Som.
Family and Education
b. 1643, o. (posth.) s. of Sir John Sydenham, 1st Bt. of Brimpton by Anne, da. of Sir John Hare of Stow Bardolph, Norf. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett of Hinton St. George, 1 ch.; (2) 24 Jan. 1670, Lady Mary Herbert (d.1686), da. of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. at birth.Collinson, Som. iii. 216; Soc. of Genealogists, Wilton par. reg.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Som. 1661 – 74, 1689, j.p. ?1662 – 68, 1689 – d., dep. lt. 1662 – 80, 1689 – d., commr. for recusants 1675, inquiry into recusancy fines Mar. 1688.
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Main residence: Brimpton, Som.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
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SYDENHAM, Sir John (643-96)
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TALBOT, Sir Gilbert (c.1606-95), of Whitehall and Lacock Abbey, Wilts.
Family and Education
b. c. 1606, 5th s. of Sharington Talbot (d.1642) of Rudge, Pattingham, Salop and Lacock by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham, Worcs. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 30 Apr. 1624, aged 17, BA 1626, MA (Lincoln) 1628. unm. Kntd. 4 Jan. 1645.Shrewsbury Peerage Case, 30, 326.
Offices Held
Fellow of All Souls 1629 – ?34; commr. for assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 1673 – 80, Plymouth 1677 – 79; freeman, Bath 1677; j.p. Wilts. 1682 – ?90, dep. lt. June 1688–9.
Sec. of embassy, Venice 1634 – 37, resident 1637 – 44, envoy 1645; gent. usher of the privy chamber by 1656 – July 1660; master of the jewel house July 1660–90; envoy extraordinary, Denmark 1664–6.
FRS 1663 – 85.
Main residences: Whitehall; Lacock Abbey, Wilts.
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Commons 1660-1690
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TALBOT, Sir Gilbert (c.1606-95)
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TALBOT, John (1630-1714), of Lacock Abbey, Wilts., Long Acre, Westminster and Salwarp, Worcs.
Family and Education
b. 7 June 1630, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sharington Talbot of Salwarp by Jane, da. of John Lyttelton of Frankley, Worcs. m. (1) 11 Dec. 1653, Elizabeth (d.1656), da. of Sir John Keyte, 1st Bt., of Ebrington, Glos., 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 2 Aug. 1660, Barbara, da. of Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Bt. of Scriven, Yorks., 2s. d.v.p. 3da. Kntd. 6 June 1660; suc. fa. 1677.The Gen. n.s. vii. 149; Le Neves’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 53; Glos. Par. Reg. vi. 113; HMC 5th Rep. 155; HMC Var. ii. 312.
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J.p. Worcs. Mar, 1660 – 89, Wilts. 1661 – 89, Mdx. 1670 – 89, Westminster by 1680 – 89; commr. for oyer and terminer, Oxford circuit July 1660, dep. lt. Worcs, c. Aug. 1660 – Mar. 1688, Wilts. 1683 – June 1688; commr. for assessment, Wilts. and Worcs. Aug. 1660–80, Westminster 1663 – 80, Mdx. 1673 – 80, Wilts. 1689, corporations, Yorks. 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers, Mdx., Westminster and Worcs. 1662; sub-commr. for prizes, London 1665 – 67; farmer of excise, Worcs. 1665 – 74; commr. for inquiry, Richmond Park 1671, recusants, Mdx. and Yorks. (W. Riding) 1675; freeman, Worcester 1683; recorder, Devizes 1685-Oct. 1688.
Gent. of privy chamber by June 1660–85; asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664, R. Adventurers into Africa 1671; trustee for country excise 1668 – 74, fee-farm rents 1670 – 73; member, R. Africa Co. 1672.
Capt. Duke of York’s Horse Gds. July 1660–1, R. Ft. Gds. (later Grenadier Gds.) 1661 – 72; lt.-col. Barbados Dgns. 1672 – 74; col. of dgns. 1678 – 79; lt.-col. Earl of Peterborough’s Horse (later 2 Dgn. Gds.) 1685 – 87; col. Queen Dowager’s Horse (later 6 Dgn. Gds.) 1687-Dec. 1688.
FRS 1663.
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Main residences: Lacock Abbey, Wilts.; Long Acre, Westminster; Salwarp, Worcs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
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TALBOT, John (1630-1714)
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Oxford 1644
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