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b. c. 1596, 1st s. of John Button of Upavon, Wilts. and Helen, da. of Sir Bernard Drake of Mount Drake, Devon. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv), 33. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1611, aged 15; M. Temple 1613. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) lic. 18 Sept. 1622, Hants Mar. Lics. 1607-40 ed. A.J. Willis, 29. Elinor, da. of Thomas South of Northlegh, Hants, 1s. d.v.p., 1 da.; W. Berry, Hants Gen. 35; PROB 11/144, f. 24. (2) c.1631, Amy (d.1666), PROB 11/324, f. 170. da. of Sir William Oglander of Nunwell, I.o.W., wid. of William Thorne, dean of Chichester 1601-30, s.p. C.H. Aspinall-Oglander, Nunwell Symphony, 69, 79. suc. fa. 1601, uncle Henry at Buckland 1624. PROB 6/6, f. 78v; PROB 11/143, f. 230. bur. 7 Mar. 1665 7 Mar. 1665. Berry, 35.
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J.p. Hants 1625 – 26, 1628 – c.42, 1660; C231/4, ff. 176, 249; 231/5, p. 528; Anon, A Perfect List of JPs (1660), p. 49. commr. disarming recusants, Hants 1625; Add. 21922, f. 38. maj. militia ft. Hants 1626-at least 1637; Ibid. ff. 62, 110, 151v, 188, 201. freeman, Lymington 1627, C. St. Barbe, Recs. New Lymington, 7. Yarmouth I.o.W. 1631; Add. 5669, f. 88. commr. sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1629 – 30, Hants and Suss. 1638; C181/4, ff. 17v, 49v; 181/5, f. 115v. sheriff, Hants 1636–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 56. surveyor of the dock, Portsmouth, Hants 1637; Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 352. dep. lt. Hants 1640; Add. 21922, f. 220. commr. assessment, Hants 1643 – 48, 1660 – d., sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, defence 1643–4; A. and O. i. 91, 113, 148, 230, 335, 450, 540, 1092; SR, v. 219, 338, 540. capt. of Hurst Castle 1643–5; A. and O. i. 142. commr. execution of ordinances, Hants 1645, militia 1648, 1660. Ibid. i. 696, 1242, ii. 1442.

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BUTTON, John (c.1596-1665), of Buckland, nr. Lymington, Hants.
Main residence: Buckland, nr. Lymington, Hants.
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V.C.D.M.
R.C.L.S.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BUTTON, John (c.1596-1665)

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