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b. c. 1586 /7,C24/585/47; 24/617, pt. 2, no. 22. o.s. of George Sawyer of Cawston, Norf. and Anne, da. of Elizeus Hill of Blofield, Norf. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 241. educ. G. Inn 1634.GI Admiss. m. (1) 10 Aug. 1624, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Aug. 1624), da. of Sir Robert Parkhurst, Clothworker, of London, wid. of Thomas Harvey of London, s.p.; (2) by 1630, Anne (d.1651), da. of (Sir) William Whitmore* of Apley, Salop, 7s. (6 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.); GL, Shoreditch St. Leonard and St. Andrew Undershaft par. regs.; Top. and Gen. iii. 408; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 97; The Gen. vi. 50, 54-5; Berry, Berks. Genealogies, 104. (3) Florence, da. of Samuel Marsh of Finchampstead, Berks., s.p. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 81. Kntd. 24 Feb. 1625. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 188. suc. fa. by 1637. d. 14 June 1676. sig. Edm[und] Sawyer.
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Clerk to the auditor of Wales by 1613;M. Gray, ‘Auditors of Land Revenues’, Archives, xx. 50. auditor, Exchequer 1621 – c.43, 1660–d.,Exchequer Officerholders comp. J.C. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 126. to Prince Chas. by 1623;SC6/Jas.I/1686, unfol. master of Requests extraordinary 1628; commr. forfeited bills of exchange 1629,APC, 1627–8, p. 473; 1628–9, p. 340. inquiry, Chatham Chest 1635, CSP Dom. 1635, p. 543. to investigate abuses associated with payment of freight of ships 1638.Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 49.

Steward, Cookham and Bray manors, Berks. 1623 – ?42, 1660–?d.;E315/310, f. 83v; 315/311, f. 3; CTB, 1660–7, p. 26. j.p. Berks. 1624-at least 1636;C231/4, f. 168; SP16/405. commr. Forced Loan, Berks. 1626–7;SP16/40/39; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. 1628;Berwick RO, B1/9, f. 24v. commr. i.p.m. estate of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk, 1628,C142/466/63. sewers, Wittersham levels, Kent and Suss. 1629, Berks. and Hants (R. Kennett) 1633 – at least38, 1664, Lincs., Northants. and Hunts. 1639, Berks. and Wilts. (R. Lodden) 1639, Kent (Ravensbourne to Gravesend) 1640;C181/4, ff. 32v, 147v; 181/5, ff. 99v, 101v, 135v, 168; 181/7, f. 258. commr. and collector of knighthood compositions, Berks. 1630–4;E178/7154, ff. 318C; 178/5153, ff. 4, 8; E198/4/32, f. 3v; E401/2450. commr. to investigate employment of legacies of John Kendrick for Reading, Berks. 1631;43rd DKR, 192. collector for the repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Berks. 1633-at least 1638;GL, ms 25475/1, ff. 14v, 80v. commr. inquiry, spoils and wastes. Mdx., Kent and Hants 1637;Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 47. dep. lt. Berks. by 1640 – 42, 1660–2; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 509; SP29/11/140. commr. oyer and terminer, Berks., Oxon. and Glos. 1640 – at least42, 1660-at least 1673, C181/5, ff. 177v, 219; 181/7, pp. 11, 638. loans and contributions (roy.), Berks. 1644, accts. (roy.) 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 173, 219. commr. assessment, Berks. 1660 – 61, 1663 – 64, 1672,SR, v. 209, 328, 455, 527, 754. encroachments, Windsor Castle 1671, recusants, Berks. 1675.CTB, 1669–72, p. 923; 1672–5, p. 695.

Parlimentarian
SAWYER, Edmund (c.1586/7-1676), of London and Heywood, White Waltham, Berks.
Main residences: London; Heywood, White Waltham, Berks.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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SAWYER, Edmund (c.1586/7-1676)

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Oxford 1644
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