VYVYAN, Sir Richard (1613-65), of Trelowarren, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1613, 1st s. of Sir Francis Vyvyan† of Trelowarren and his 2nd wife, Loveday, da. of John Connock of Treworgey, St Cleer.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 530. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. matric. 20 June 1631 (BA same day); DCL 19 Feb. 1644;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 16 Nov. 1631.MT Admiss. i. 125. m. lic. 24 Sept. 1636, Mary, da. of James Bulteel of Barnstaple, Devon, 2s. 6da (1 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 530; PROB11/322/197. suc. fa. 11 June 1635.C142/550/99. Kntd. 1 Mar. 1636.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 204. cr. bt. 12 Jan. 1645.Cornw. RO, V/BO/9; cf. CB. d. 3 Oct. 1665.CB.

Offices Held

Local: commr. piracy, Cornw. 4 Aug. 1637.C181/5, f. 83. J.p. by 1641–6. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. oyer and terminer for piracy, 11 Feb. 1641;C181/5, f. 187v. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). ?array (roy.), c.Oct. 1642;Antony House, Carew-Pole BC/24/2/132. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660–d.C181/7, pp. 9, 326. Dep. lt. Cornw. 1662–d.C29/60/66. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 1 Aug. 1642–?Apr. 1646.Cornw. RO, V/BO/4. Capt. Dennis Fort, Cornw. 19 Feb. 1644–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 147. Gov. St Mawes 1644–6, 13 July 1660–d.Cornw. RO, V/BO/10; T/1660.

Central: master of mint (roy.), Truro 14 Nov. 1642.-Oct. 1643; Exeter Oct. 1643-Apr. 1646;Coate, Cornw. 108–10; Cornw. RO, V/BO/18. Cornw., Devon and Exeter 3 Jan. 1644–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 123. Asst. Soc. of Mines Royal, 1656–d. Member, Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works, 1663–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: freeman, Exeter 2 Oct. 1643.Exeter Freemen, 1266–1967, ed. Rowe and Jackson (Exeter, 1974), 137.

Parlimentarian

VYVYAN, Sir Richard (c.1613-65), of Trelowarren, Mawgan in Meneage, Cornw.

: Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornw.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

VYVYAN, Sir Richard (1613-65), of Trelowarren, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornw.

Will

1 Aug. 1665, pr. 1 Nov. 1666.PROB11/322/197.

Estates

inherited from fa. (1635) eight Cornish manors and portions of the boroughs of Okehampton, Plympton, Tiverton and Exminster in Devon.C142/550/99. Trelowarren was a house of 24 hearths at Vyvyan’s death.Cornw. Poll Tax, 133. Free tenant of duchy of Cornw. in manors of Helston and Tywarnhayle, Cornw. bef. 1650.Parl. Survey Duchy Cornw. i. 44-5; ii. 211.

Oxford 1644

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