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Family and Education
bap. 4 July 1591, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Rashleigh of Menabilly and Alice. da. of Richard Bonython of Carclew, Cornw.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 391-2. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 16 Oct. 1607;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 23 Nov. 1610.M. Temple Admiss. i. 96. m. (1) settlement 17 Dec. 1614,C142/405/150. Anne (d. 1631), da. of Sir Robert Bassett† of Umberleigh, Devon, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3 da. (1 d.v.p.);Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 392. (2) c.1645,Coate, Cornw. 234; Cornw. RO, CF/2773, R/3623. Mary (d. 1674), da. of John Harris I† of Lanrest, Cornw. s.p. suc. fa. 1624. d. 1 May 1675.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 391-2.
Offices Held

Local: commr. piracy, Cornw. 1626, 1637–11 Feb. 1641.C181/3, f. 196; C181/5, f. 83v. Sheriff, 4 Nov. 1627.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Stannator, Blackmore, Cornw. 15 Aug. 1636, 1673.Add. 6713, ff. 167v, 175. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 29 June 1642.Northants RO, FH133, unfol. J.p. 15 July 1642 – ?46, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, p. 527; C220/9/4. Recvr. of plate (roy.), Apr. 1643.Coate, Cornw. 110. Commr. excise (roy.), 17 May 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 209. subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. 1664, Mar. 1670–d.Cornw. RO, CA/B38/64; SP44/35A, f.5v. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Parlimentarian
RASHLEIGH, Jonathan (1591-1675), of Menabilly, nr. Fowey, Cornw.
: Trewardreth, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

RASHLEIGH, Jonathan (1591-1675), of Menabilly, Trewardreth, Cornw.

Will
not found.
Estates
as early as 1616 described as of ‘great wealth’ but later estimates confused by successful concealment in the 1650s: his ‘particular’ listed only £415 of real estate, but on composition his fine was set at £1,105.Keeler, Long Parliament, 321. Inherited (1624) manors of Lantyan, Polruan, Trevedon, Treyre; manor and lands in Trewardreth par. (inc. Menabilly), properties and land in Fowey, houses and land in Plymouth, Devon.C142/405/150; PROB11/143/702. On 2nd marriage acquired manors of Wigburrow, Lyde, Bridge and part of Yeovilton, Dorset and Somerset.Cornw. RO, CF/2773. Until ‘discovered’ in 1656, enjoyed fishing rights in Fowey River, from duchy of Cornw.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 40.
Oxford 1644
Yes
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