FERRIS, Richard (1580-1649), of Barnstaple.

Family and Education

bap. 4 Aug. 1580, 1st s. of Philip Ferris of Barnstaple and Thomasine, da. of Robert Cade of Barnstaple.Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. T. Wainwright (Exeter, 1903), 25; ‘Barnstaple Members of Parl.’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. lxxii. 260. m. (1) 6 June 1625 Mary, da. of Richard Beaple of Barnstaple, s.p.;Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. Wainwright, 21. (2) by Jan. 1632 Elizabeth, da, of John Downe, rector of Instow, s.p.PROB11/161/550. suc. fa. Feb. 1617.Barnstaple Par. Reg. 41. d. 1649.Chanter, Lit. Hist. Barnstaple, 22.

Offices Held

Mercantile: member, French Co. 1611.Select Charters of Trading Companies ed. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 67.

Diplomatic: asst. consul, Lisbon 1617.HMC Buccleuch, i. 180.

Civic: capital burgess, Barnstaple 8 Aug. 1629; bridgewarden, 1631 – 32; mayor, 1632 – 33, 1646 – 47; senior alderman and coroner, 1633–4.N. Devon Athenaeum, HRD-HO54, p. 8; N. Devon RO, B1/3974; J.B. Gribble, Memorials of Barnstaple (Barnstaple, 1830), 202–3.

Local: commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638.C181/5, f. 109v.

Parlimentarian

FERRIS, Richard (1580-1649), of Barnstaple.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FERRIS, Richard (1580-1649), of Barnstaple.

Will

19 June 1646, pr. 3 Jan. 1650.PROB11/211/20.

Estates

cash bequests of £5,245 in will; Fisherton barton, mills and other parcels of land in Bishop’s Tawton; Middleton, manor, Parracombe; house and garden, High St., and tenement in Seavers Lane, Barnstaple.PROB11/211/20.

Oxford 1644

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