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EVELYN, John I (1677-1702), of Rooksnest, Tandridge, Surr.

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b. 3 Oct. 1677, 1st s. of George Evelyn I*; bro. of George Evelyn II* and half-bro. of William Glanville† (formerly Evelyn). ?m. ?; lic. 5 May 1701, Anne, da. and coh. of John Glynne of Ash, Surr. s.p. suc. fa. 19 June 1699.
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EVELYN, John I (1677-1702), of Rooksnest, Tandridge, Surr.
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EVELYN, George II (1678-1724), of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London, and Rooksnest, Tandridge, Surr.

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b. 26 Oct. 1678, 2nd s. of George Evelyn I* by 2nd w., and bro. of John Evelyn I* and half-bro. of William Glanville† (formerly Evelyn). m. (1) 4 Aug. 1701, Rebecca Rollinson (d. 1703), of Covent Garden, Mdx., s.p.; (2) 26 Feb. 1707, Anne (d. 1716), da. of Hon. Robert Paston, bro. of Ld. Paston (Charles*), s.p.; (3) settlement 22 Aug. 1720, Mary (d. 1738), da. of Thomas Garth of Morden, Surr., 3 da. suc. bro. 8 Nov. 1702.
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Clerk of Bd. of Green Cloth to Prince of Wales 1716–d. IGI, London; U. Lambert, Godstone, 292.

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EVELYN, George (1678-1724), of Rooksnest, nr. Bletchingley, Surr.
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EVELYN, George I (1641-99), of Ventris House, Nutfield, and Rooksnest, Tandridge, Surr.

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b. 4 Dec. 1641, 4th s. of Sir John Evelyn† of Godstone, Surr. by Thomasine, da. of William Heynes of Chessington, Surr. educ. M. Temple 1657, called 1664; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1658; Padua 1664. m. (1) 8 Sept. 1664, Mary (d. 1673), da. of Richard Longley of Coulsdon, Surr., s.p.; (2) 13 June 1673, Margaret (d. 1683), da. and coh. of William Webb of Throckmorton Street, London, 3s. 5 da. (1 d.v.p.); (3) 15 Aug. 1684, Frances (d. 1730), da. of Andrew Bromhall of Stoke Newington, Mdx., 2s. 1 da. d.v.p. suc. fa. Jan. 1664, bro. 10 Aug. 1671. Manning and Bray, Surr. ii. 328; Misc. Gen. and Her. ser. 2, iv. 337–9.
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EVELYN, George II (1641-99), of Ventris House, Nutfield, Surr.
Main residence: Ventris House, Nutfield, and Rooksnest, Tandridge, Surr.
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EVANCE, Stephen (c.1655-1712), of the ‘Black Boy’, Lombard Street, London

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b. c. 1655, s. of John Evance of New England and London, merchant. unm. suc. fa. bef. 1669; Kntd. 14 Oct. 1690. Original Lists of Persons of Quality . . . ed. J. Camden Hotten, 84; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 435.
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Apprentice, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1669, freeman 1676, livery 1682, member, ct. of assts. 1691, prime warden 1692; receiver, poll tax, London, Mdx. 1690. Goldsmiths’ Hall, apprenticeship bk. 2, f. 182; apprenticeship and freedom index; Wardens and Members of Ct. of Goldsmiths’ Co. 2; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 718.

Commr. excise 14 Oct. 1689–98, wine licences 1690–1701; cttee. loans on Poll Act 1693; receiver, contributions on salt and beer duties 1694; commr. leather duty 1697; jeweller to K. William 1697–1702, to Q. Anne 1702–d.; receiver, stamp duties 1703; trustee, loan for Emperor 1706; commr. subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 273, 817; x. 3; xii. 120; xvi. 424; xviii. 456; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 366; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 228; Boyer, Anne Annals, iv. 126; Pittis, Present Parl. 349.

Asst. R. Corp. Co. 1691; gov. Hollow Sword Blades Co. 1691–2; cttee. R. Fishery Co. [I] 1692; gov. Hudson’s Bay Co. 1692–6, 1700–11, cttee. 1696–1700; member, Mines Co. 1693; gov. Bridewell and Bethlem Hosps. 1708–d. CSP Dom. 1690–1, pp. 422, 522; 1691–2, pp. 3, 112; Sel. Charters, 239; E. E. Rich, Hudson’s Bay Co. Bk. of Letters Outward (Hudson’s Bay Rec. Soc. xx), 292.

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EVANCE, Stephen (c.1655-1712), of the ‘Black Boy’, Lombard Street, London
Main residence: the ‘Black Boy’, Lombard Street, London.
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ETTRICK, William (1651-1716), of Holt Lodge, Dorset, and the Middle Temple

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b. 15 Nov. 1651, 1st s. of Anthony Ettrick† of Holt Lodge by Anne, da. of Edward Davenant, DD, vicar of Gillingham, Dorset. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1667; M. Temple 1669, called 1675, bencher 1699, treasurer 1711. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Bt.*, 1da.; (2) Frances, da. of Thomas Wyndham† of Witham Friary, Som., 1da. suc. fa. 1703. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xcii), 61; Aubrey, Brief Lives, i. 250.
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Freeman, Poole 1684. Poole archives B17.

Attorney to Prince George by 1692–1708; commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696; counsel to Admiralty 1711–14. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiii. 222–3; CJ, xii. 509; Boyer, Pol. State, i–ii. 381; iv. 58.

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ETTRICK, William (1651-1716), of Holt Lodge, Dorset and the Middle Temple.
Main residences: Holt Lodge, Dorset; the Middle Temple.
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ETHERIDGE, Sir James (1658-1730), of Harleyford, Bucks.

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b. 9 Feb. 1658, 1st s. of James Etheridge of St. Paul’s Churchyard, London by Mary, da. of one Mawhood, woollen draper, of Cannon Street, London. educ. Ware (Mr Nelson), Watton, Hitchin, Bishop’s Stortford (Mr Cudworth and Mr Conway) 1665–73; Trinity, Camb. 1674; I. Temple 1676, called 1682. m. (1) 6 Nov. 1683, Katherine (d. 1687), da. and h. of Robert Moore of Great Marlow, Bucks., 1s.; (2) 14 Nov. 1689, Frediswed (d. 1735), da. of Robert Morris of Abingdon, Berks., wid. of Sir William Gulston† of Fairfield, Kent, 1s. (d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1664; Kntd. 17 Feb. 1682. Except where otherwise stated, this biography is based on Etheridge’s account of his own life in Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 197–200, 211–15.
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Freeman, St. Albans 1686; recorder and alderman, Chipping Wycombe 1688–9. A. E. Gibbs, Corp. Recs. of St. Albans, 87; Ledger Bk. of High Wycombe ed. Newall, 24, 30.

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ETHERIDGE, Sir James (1658-1730), of Harleyford, Bucks.
Main residence: Harleyford, Bucks.
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ESTCOURT, Sir Thomas (c.1645-1702), of Chelsea, Mdx. and Pinkney Park, Sherston Pinkney, nr. Malmesbury, Wilts.

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b. c. 1645, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Estcourt of Sherston Pinkney, master in Chancery 1652–83, by his 1st w. Magdalen, da. of Sir John Browne of East Kirkby, Lincs. educ. St. Edmund Hall, Oxf. matric. 24 May 1661, aged 16; L. Inn 1662. m. lic. 11 Feb. 1678, Mary, da. of Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Bt.†, of Moreton Corbet, Salop, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. Kntd. 15 Sept. 1674; suc. fa. 1683. Burke, Gentry (1952), 1941–2; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 181; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 456.
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High steward, Malmesbury 1671, 1673–7; sheriff, Wilts. 1692–3; freeman, Bath 1693. Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 297; Bath AO, Bath council bk. 3, p. 171.

Examiner in Chancery 1674–82. T. D. Hardy, Chancery Officers, 125.

Vice-treasurer, Linen Co. 1690; cttee. R. Fishery Co. [I] 1691; asst. Mine Adventurers’ Co. 1693. CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 3–4; 1693, p. 207; Sel. Charters, 239; PC 2/76/503.

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ESTCOURT, Thomas (c.1645-1702), of Chelsea, Mdx. and Sherston Pinkney, nr. Malmesbury, Wilts.
Main residences: Chelsea, Mdx.; Pinkney Park, Sherston Pinkney, nr. Malmesbury, Wilts.
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ESSINGTON, John (c.1667-1740), of Gossington Hall, Slimbridge, Glos.

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b. c. 1667, 2nd s. of John Essington of Gossington Hall by Elizabeth, da. of Francis Haslewood of Uphenham, Worcs. educ. L. Inn 1691. m. (1) 14 Aug. 1697, Margaret (d. 1702), da. and coh. of John Godfrey, clerk of Mercers’ Co., and h. to her bro. Thomas Godfrey, 1da.; (2) aft. 1702, Mary (d. 1763), s.p. suc. bro. 1703. Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 5, iv. 26–27; IGI, London; PCC 26 Dogg.
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Clerk of Mercers’ Co. ?1697–d.; gov. St. Thomas’ Hosp. 1719. Bank of Eng. Morice mss, Nicholas* to Humphry Morice*, 6 Feb. 1707[–8]; London Mag. 1740, p. 510; J. Aubrey, Surr. 313.

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ESSINGTON, John (c.1667-1740), of Gossington Hall, Slimbridge, Glos.
Main residence: Gossington Hall, Slimbridge, Glos.
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ERSKINE, John (1660-1733), of the Sand Haven, Culross, Fife.

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b. Sept. 1660, 2nd s. of Sir Charles Erskine, MP [S], of Alva, Stirling, being 1st s. by his 2nd w. Helen, da. of Sir James Skene of Curriehill, Midlothian, SCJ, ld. pres. [S] 1626–33, and wid. of Robert Bruce of Broomhall, Dunfermline, Fife, SCJ, ld. of session 1649–52; uncle of Sir John Erskine, 3rd Bt.*; m. (1) contract 17 Apr. 1682, Jean, da. of John Murray of Polmaise, Stirling, 1s. 2da.; (2) 29 Apr. 1697, Lady Mary (d. aft.1708), da. of George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure [S] and wid. of Charles Erskine, 5th Earl of Mar [S], s.p.; (3) 1714, Euphemia, da. of William Cochrane of Ochiltree, Ayr, 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Hist. Scot. Parl. 232; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, v. 627; viii. 349; D. Beveridge, Culross and Tulliallan, ii. 47; Stewart Soc. Mag. v. 123–4; Memorials Fam. Skene of Skene (New Spalding Club), 113–14; Brunton and Haig, Senators Coll. Justice, 253–4, 338.
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Ensign of ft. Earl of Mar’s regt. (21 Ft.) Mar.– Sept. 1680, coy. ft. Stirling Castle garrison Sept. 1680, capt. 1689, lt.-col. (brevet) 1692; commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] ?1697, 1701, 1702; dep. gov. Stirling Castle 1701–?d.; PC [S] 1707–8; commr. exchequer [S] 1707–8. CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 418; 1680–1, p. 11; 1689–90, p. 200; 1697, p. 80; 1700–2, pp. 317, 338; 1702–3, pp. 353, 472; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiv. 249–50; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 65.

Burgess, Stirling 1681, provost 1707–9, 1711–13; burgess, Edinburgh 1708, Culross. Extracts Stirling Recs. 1667–1752, pp. 32, 392, 400–1; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 66; Beveridge, 48.

MP [S] Stirling 1702–7.

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ERSKINE, John (1660-1733), of the Sand Haven, Culross, Fife.
Main residence: the Sand Haven, Culross, Fife.
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ERSKINE (ARESKINE), Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1672-1739), of Alva, Stirling (now in Clackmannan)

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b. 1672, 2nd s. of Sir Charles Erskine, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Alva by Christian, da. of Sir James Dundas, MP [S], of Arniston, Midlothian, Ld. Arniston SCJ; bro. of Charles Erskine (Areskine)†, Ld. Tinwald SCJ. educ. adv. 1700. m. by 1708, Catherine (d. aft. 1719), da. of Henry St. Clair, 10th Ld. Sinclair [S], and sis. of John Sinclair*, 2s. suc. bro. as 3rd Bt. 23 July 1693. Hist. Scot. Parl. 228–9; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vii. 587–8; Scot. Hist. Soc. Misc. ii. 400, 427–8.
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Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1693, 1701, 1702, Equivalent [S] 1707–15.

MP [S] Clackmannanshire 1700–2, Burntisland 1702–7.

Curator, Fac. Adv. lib. 1704. Stair Soc. xxix. 248.

Dir. Bank of Scotland 1706. C. A. Malcolm, Bank of Scotland, 296.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1725. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 66.

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ERSKINE (ARESKINE), Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1672-1739), of Alva, Stirling (now in Clackmannan)
Main residence: Alva, Stirling (now in Clackmannan).
ARESKINE
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ERSKINE, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1672-1739)

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