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Шаблон:Infobox person Sir Allen Apsley (1567 – 24 May 1630) was an English merchant, courtier and landowner, lord of the manor of Feltwell,[1] and Naval administrator. He was Surveyor of Marine Victuals of the Royal Navy from 1612 to 1630.[2]

Biography

Born in London, Apsley was the son of the rich merchant Sir John Apsley in Pulborough, West Sussex, and the City of London, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Shelly of Worminghurst, West Sussex.[3]

Sir Allen Apsley was first knighted in Ireland, on 5 June 1605.Шаблон:Sfn On 31 January 1612 he was appointed joint Surveyor of Marine Victuals of the Royal Navy (with Sir Marmaduke Darrell) – a post usually held for life.[4] On 3 March 1617 Apsley was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London by James I. Apsley's second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Peter Carew, Knt.,[5] was related by marriage to the Villiers family, and Apsley was considered to have won the appointment through the influence of the King's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1620, he was one of the founders of the New England Company.[6] He died on 24 May 1630.[6]

Family

On 23 October 1615, at the City of London church of St Ann Blackfriars, Apsley married Lucy, a daughter of Sir John St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, and his wife Lucy (daughter of Sir Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley)Шаблон:Sfn); and a sister of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet. They had two children:

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  1. Allen Apsley or Allen Apslet Шаблон:Harv
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  3. Bannerman, W. Bruce, F.S.A., editor, The Visitations of Sussex 1530 and 1633-4, London, 1905, p. 36.
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  5. The Complete Peerage by G.E.Cockayne, edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, and H. Arthur Doubleday, vol.iv, London, 1916, p. 32.
  6. 6,0 6,1 New England Charter, at yale.edu