Family and Education
b. 1616, 1st s. of Richard Erisey* of Erisey Barton and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Peter Carew of Bickleigh, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 155. educ. L. Inn 9 May 1635.LI Admiss. i. 226. m. 1 Mar. 1649 Mary (d. 1699), da. of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1668. d. 1692.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 155; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 354.
Offices Held

Military: capt. (parlian.) 1644;CJ iii. 680b. militia ft. Devon 15 July 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508, where ‘Prysey’ should read ‘Erysey’.

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1679, 1689–d.; A. and O.; SR. Devon 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). tendering Engagement, Cornw. 28 Jan. 1650.FSL, X.d.483 (47). J.p. by Feb. 1650–?, 13 Sept. 1653 – ?59; Devon 26 Sept. 1653–4 Mar. 1657.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 229; C193/13/3, f. 10; C193/13/4, f. 13v; C231/6, pp. 266, 267, 360; Devon RO, DQS 28/10; C193/13/6. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 99. militia, Cornw. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Devon 26 July 1659;A. and O. subsidy, Cornw. 1663. SR.

: Cornw., Grade.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ERISEY, James (1616-92), of Erisey, Grade, Cornw.

Will
24 June 1692, pr. 6 Mar. 1693.Cornw. RO, AP/E 468/1-2.
Estates
inherited estate in Cornw. 1668. Family said to be worth £600 p.a. after 1670.Add. 18448 f. 35v.
Oxford 1644
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