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

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

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

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.

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

Addresses

Religion

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