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bap. 16 Apr. 1579, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Yonge of Colyton and Alice, da. of Richard Starre of Seaton; fa. of Sir John Yonge*, gfa. of Walter Yonge II*.Register of Colyton ed. A.J.P. Skinner (Exeter, 1928), 40; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 19 Apr. 1599; M. Temple 26 Oct. 1600.Al. Ox.; MTR i. 408. m. 6 Feb. 1601 Jane (bur. 17 Apr. 1655), da, of John Periam of Exeter, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1612. bur. 26 Nov. 1649 26 Nov. 1649.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840; Register of Colyton ed. Skinner, 658.
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Local: j.p. Devon 13 July 1622 – ?25, 20 Mar. 1626 – 15 July 1642, by 6 Mar. 1647–d.C231/4, f. 284, C231/5, p. 530; Devon RO, DQS 28/3. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 10v. Sheriff, 1627–8.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 37. Commr. sewers, Devon 6 Mar. 1634.C181/4, f. 164. Quartermaster-gen. Devon militia, 1635.SP16/291/14 (2). Commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638;C181/5, f. 109v. further subsidy, Devon 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649;SR; A. and O. commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Devon militia, 7 June 1648.LJ x. 311b.

Mercantile: member, Dorchester Co. 1623–7.F. Rose-Troup, John White: The Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 457.

Central: member, cttee of navy and customs, 19 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 728a. Westminster Assembly, 7 June 1643;CJ iii. 119b. cttee. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643. Commr. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
YONGE, Walter I (1579-1649), of Colyton, Axmouth and Upton Hellions, Devon.
: Axmouth and Upton Hellions, Devon.
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Commons 1640-1660
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YONGE, Walter I (1579-1649), of Colyton, Axmouth and Upton Hellions, Devon.

Will
14 Apr. 1649, pr. 6 Feb. 1650.PROB11/211/259.
Estates
inherited from fa. an estate at Colyton and Axminster including Colyton barton and lands belonging (Summerleaze, Cotchaine, the Hams, Stoford); manors of Stedcombe, Buckland Trill, Buckland Prior; Bateshorn, Honiton; lands at Whimple; Creedy Hellions manor, Upton Hellions; Priorton manor, Stockleigh.W. Pole, Collns. ... of the County of Devon (1791), 124, 125, 134, 176, 200, 221, 224; Polwhele, Devonshire, ii. 309. Inherited from fa.-in-law the farm of Grendell.PROB11/132/381. Principal dwellings at Stedcombe and Colyton Great House.Polwhele, Devonshire, ii. 309. Bought Seaton parsonage from Dorchester corporation, 1647.D. Underdown, Fire from Heaven (1992), 211, 244.
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