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Family and Education
b. c. 1598, 1st s. of John Fowell of Plymouth, counsellor-at-law and Anne, da. of John Crocker of Lyneham, Yealmpton.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 369. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 3 May 1616, ‘aged 18’; M. Temple 29 Nov. 1617.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 623. m. (1) by 1632, Jane (bur. 24 Apr. 1640), da. of Sir Anthony Barker† of Sonning, Berks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) by 1647, Alice, da. of Sir Francis Glanville of Kilworthy, Tavistock, Devon, wid. of John Connock of Harewood, 2s. 2da.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 369; Vis. Devon 1620 (Harl. Soc. vi), 130; PROB11/329/520. suc. fa. 21 Oct. 1627. bur. 27 Feb. 1664 27 Feb. 1664.Al. Ox.; Calstock par. reg.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Plymouth 1618;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/46, f. 310v. town clerk, Sept. 1625-Oct. 1647;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/106. coroner by 1635–?47.CSP Dom. 1635, pp. 583–4.

Legal: called, M. Temple 27 May 1625; bencher, 24 Nov. 1648; auditor, 1656.MTR ii. 700, 971, iii. 1102.

Local: member, cttee. of Plymouth by Sept. 1643–?6.Bodl. Nalson III, f. 56. J.p. Cornw. 6 Mar. 1647-bef. Jan. 1650, 5 Mar. 1650–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 78, 178. Devon by 1647 – ?49, 7 Mar. 1650 – ?Mar. 1660, 19 Apr. – July 1660, 19 July 1661–d.Devon RO, DQS 28/3; C231/6, pp. 178, 462; C231/7, p. 125. Commr. assessment, Devon 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661; Cornw. 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655; Devon c.Apr. 1659;C181/6, pp. 99, 354. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
FOWELL (VOWELL), Edmund (c.1598-1664), of Harewood, Calstock, Cornw.
: Cornw., Calstock.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FOWELL, Edmund (c.1598-1664), of the Middle Temple and Harewood, Calstock, Cornw.

Will
17 Sept. 1663, pr. 7 May 1669.PROB11/329/520.
Estates
lessee, property in Hinterbury St., Plymouth, from corporation 1635, 99 years.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/132, f. 229. 1641, taxed on goods of £6.E179/102/486. After 1647, in possession of Harewood by right of his wife, but purchased it as property confiscated from the duchy of Cornwall, 1650.E320/D31. In 1649, was the lessee of three tenements from Plymouth corporation.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/190, pp. 10, 12.
Oxford 1644
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