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bap. 18 Aug. 1608, 3rd but ?2nd surv. s. of Gilbert Sweete (bur. 30 July 1635) of St Kerrian parish, Exeter, and Alice (bur. 5 Jan. 1636), da. of Thomas Blackall of Cowick, Devon.Exeter St Kerrian, St Petrock, St Mary Arches par. regs.; PROB11/168/563; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 86. educ. appr. to fa. c. 1627.Exeter Freemen, 130. m. 4 Feb. 1635, Elizabeth, da. of Ignatius Jourdain† of Exeter, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.St Mary Arches par. reg. d. aft. Aug. 1662.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. x, p. 361.
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Civic: freeman, Exeter 15 Sept. 1634;Exeter Freemen, 130. common cllr. 3 Sept. 1646;Devon RO, Exeter City Act Bk. viii. f. 181. auditor, 1648–9;Devon RO, Exeter City Act Bk. ix. f. 23. sheriff, 1649–50;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 182. bailiff, 1650 – 51; mayor, 1651 – 52; alderman, 1652–7 Aug. 1662.R. Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter (1731), 162; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. x. p. 361.

Religious: churchwarden, St Mary Arches, Exeter 1638 – 39; feoffee, 1658.St Mary Arches par. reg.; Devon RO, 332A/PF 35.

Local: assessment, Exeter 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 4 Oct. 1650, 26 July 1659.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 370; A. and O. J.p. Devon by 26 Sept. 1653–4 Mar. 1657.Devon RO, DQS 28/10; C193/13/6; C231/6, p. 360. Commr. charitable uses, Exeter 13 Dec. 1653.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Charters and letters patent, CVIII.

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SWEETE, Richard (1608-aft. 1662), of Exeter, Devon.
: Devon.
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SWEETE, Richard (1608-aft. 1662), of Exeter, Devon.

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allocated 530 acres in Cricorie par. Pubblebrian barony, co. Limerick, under Irish Adventure, c.1654.Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 210; Down Survey website.
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