Sir Nicholas Miller of Oxenhoath, Knt.
(Abt 1593-1659)
Anne Style
(-)
Sir Humphry Miller of Oxenhoath, 1st Bart.
(Abt 1636-1709)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Mary Borlase

Sir Humphry Miller of Oxenhoath, 1st Bart.

  • Born: Abt 1636, Oxenhoath, West Peckham, Kent, England
  • Married: 15 Feb 1663/4, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England 1 2
  • Buried: 25 Aug 1709, St. Dunstan, West Peckham, Kent, England 3

  Research Notes:

Humphrey Miller was admitted to Inner Temple, Nov. 1654 ; succeeded his father (who d. aged 66) , 20 Feb. 1658/9 ; and was created a Baronet, 13 Oct. 1660. He was Sheriff of Kent 1665-66. 4

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In 1659 Humphry Miller was sole executor and residuary legatee of his father's will.

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Humphry Miller, Baronett (burial record)

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Abstract of the Will of Sir Humphry Miller of Oxenhoath in the Parish of West Peckham in the County of Kent, Baronet, written 4 Jul 1709, proved 12 Mar 1711/2. 5

Gives £100 to his son Borlase Miller.

Gives £20 each to his friends and trustees Sir Thomas Twisden, Percivall Hart, Esquire, and Thomas Lambard, Esquire.

Gives cloth for mourning to his son Borlase Miller, his daughter Bartholomew*, his daughter Anne Miller, his nephew Humphry Miller, and his sister Hardesty.

* Humphrey's daughter, Elizabeth, married Leonard Bartholomew.

Gives £21 10s. to Mr. Francis Twisden.

Gives £21 10s. to his servant Ann Wilson.

Gives £10 to his servant Robert Wood.

Gives 20 shillings each to his other servants.

Gives £5 each to the poor of the parishes of West Peckham, Hadlow and Wrotham.

All the rest of his goods & chattels he gives to his son Borlase Miller and nephew Humphry Miller, appointing them co-executors of his last will, and nominates his said trustees as overseers of his will.

(his mark)

Witnesses: Sir Humphry Miller, Fra: Twisden, Tho: Pickering, Robt: Wood, Robt: Taylor, John Jenkin

  Marriage Information:

Humphry married Mary Borlase, daughter of Sir John Borlase of Bockmer, 1st Bart. and Alice Bankes, on 15 Feb 1664 in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England. (Mary Borlase was born about 1646 in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England and was buried on 29 Nov 1679 in St. Dunstan, West Peckham, Kent, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Sir Humphrey Miller, Bart, of West Peckham, co. Kent, Bachr, 28, & Mary Burlace, Spr, 18, dau. of Sir John Burlace [i.e. Borlase], Bart, of Bockmer, co. Bucks. Marriage at Medmenham or Little Marlow.

Sources


1 Medmenham Bucks Parish Register transcripts, Marriages.

2 Allegations for Marriage Licences, issued from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury at London, 1543 to 1869, London, 1886, p. 77.

3 West Peckham St. Dunstan Parish Registers, Burials.

4 The Complete Baronetage.

5 Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers, PROB 11/526/73.


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