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Nicholas Saunders (died 1649)

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He was in financial difficulties for much of his adult life: he sold three manors between 1591 and 1601, and in 1638 sold Ewell itself. He blamed the "ill-dealing of others" for his troubles, but his involvement in impractical money-making schemes, such as one to supply
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in 1591/92. His wife remained an open Catholic, which caused the sincerity of his own Protestantism to be questioned from time to time. He took part in the
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in 1585/86, although, possibly due to Burghley's friendship, he did not suffer any penalty. After his father's death, he conformed to the
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He married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Richard Blount of London and Williton,
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in 1603. In his early adult life, he was, like his father and his wife, an ardent
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in 1596, but suffered the embarrassment of being arrested for debt on the way.
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of 1604-11 he was an active and diligent committee man.
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Kingdom of England
Isabella Twysden
Member of Parliament
Isabella Twysden
Ewell
Surrey
Nicholas Carew
treason
Elizabeth Bryan
Balliol College, Oxford
Inner Temple
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
knighted
Roman Catholic
recusant
Church of England
Jesuits
Capture of Cadiz
Member of Parliament
Haslemere
Gatton
Winchelsea
Blessed Parliament
London
drinking water
English Civil War
intestate
Nonesuch Palace
Somerset
Isabella

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