PRIDEAUX, Edmund I (1601-59), of Ottery St Mary and Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, and the Inner Temple, London.

Family and Education

bap. 27 Sept. 1601, 2nd surv. s. of Edmund Prideaux (cr. 1st bt. 1622, d. 28 Mar. 1629) of Netherton, Farway, Devon and 2nd w. Catherine, da. of Piers (Peter) Edgcumbe† of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.CB i. 200; Bodl. Top. Devon c.9, f. 126; HP Commons 1558-1603, ‘Peter Edgecombe’. educ. I. Temple 12 May 1616, called 23 Nov. 1623.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 141. m. (1) 23 Aug. 1627, Jane (bur. 16 Nov. 1629) da. of Henry Collins of Salston, Ottery St Mary, Devon, 1 da. (?d.v.p.); (2) 19 Dec. 1630, Margaret (d. 25 Apr. 1683), wid. of William Doble of Ashbrittle, Som., da. and coh. of William Every of Cothay, Kittisford, Som., 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da. (2 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Devon, 621; Coventry Docquets, 611; PROB11/154, f. 359; Som. RO, D/D/RR 237. cr. bt. 26 June 1658. d. 19 Aug. 1659.CB iii. 6; C231/6, p. 401; Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 358.

Offices Held

Local: J.p. Devon 30 Nov. 1631 – 15 July 1642, ?1646–d.;C231/5, pp. 70, 530. var. cos. 14 Apr. 1649–d. Commr. further subsidy, Devon, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Dorset 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Exeter 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Som., Bristol 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; sequestration, Devon 27 Mar. 1643; oyer and terminer, London 12 Jan. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 230v, 265. Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 261. Kent, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 236, 239. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 237v, 254. Lincs. 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. all circs. and oyer and terminer commissions by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 1, 377. commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 234v. Kent, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 236v, 239v. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 244, 265. Norf. 11 Sept. 1645;C181/5, f. 261. sewers, Som. 15 Nov. 1645 – aft.Jan. 1646, 21 Nov. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 263, 268; C181/6, pp. 73, 394. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657.C181/6, p. 263. Custos rot. Devon 6 Feb. 1646-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 37. Commr. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. Exeter militia, 10 July 1648;LJ x. 374a. militia, Devon 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Som. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Legal: auditor, I. Temple 1634, 1637, 1639; bencher, 1 May 1642; treas. 1648–d.CITR ii. 216, 236, 251, 265, 284, 330, 331. Retained counsel, Exeter 3 Nov. 1642; recorder, 2 May – 4 Nov. 1643, 12 May 1646–18 Mar. 1654;Devon RO, Exeter City Archive, act bk. viii, ff. 143, 146v, 175v; x, f. 44v. Bristol 6 Jan. 1646 (sworn 12 Sept. 1646)-11 Nov. 1651;Bristol RO, 04264/4, pp. 131, 145, 04264/5, pp. 28–9. Lyme Regis by Oct. 1647–d.Dorset RO, DC/LR/B1/9, DC/LR/D2/1. Solicitor-gen. 25 Nov. 1648 – 14 Apr. 1649; att.-gen. 14 Apr. 1649–d.Sainty, List of Eng. Law Officers, 46, 62.

Central: member, cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642.CJ ii. 866a; CCAM 1. Postmaster-gen. by 29 Nov. 1642, 7 Sept. 1644–?53.HMC Portland, i. 74; CJ iii. 619b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 24 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 901b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 909a. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643.A. and O. Commr. gt. seal, 10 Nov. 1643;A. and O.; LJ viii. 223a, x. 118a. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for sequestrations, 9 Dec. 1643;CJ iii. 335a. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b. Commr. Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vii. 220b. Member, cttee. removing obstructions, sales of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Religious: trier of elders, classis of Serjeants’ Inns, 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

PRIDEAUX, Edmund I (1601-59), of Ottery St Mary and Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, and the Inner Temple, London.

: Thorncombe, Devon and London., the Inner Temple.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PRIDEAUX, Edmund I (1601-59), of Ottery St Mary and Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, and the Inner Temple, London.

Will

1 Apr. 1659, pr. 7 Dec. 1659.PROB11/296, f. 315.

Estates

Purchased Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon (since Dorset), 1649; bought fee farm rent of Ottery St Mary, Sept. 1650, payable by lord of manor and worth £133 p.a.;E315/140, f. 120. bought crown property of Sidmouth mills, 1650, for £429.E121/2/2; E317/10/13.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

took lease of house in Kew, Surr. by grant of Cttee. for Advance of Money, 1647;CCAM 164. house in Whitefriars, London by 1656.Burton’s Diary, i. 213.

Religion

Recommended Nathaniel Terry for living of Paignton, 1650, Humphrey Bradford to Offwell, 1651; John Gaudy to Bridford, 1652, Samuel Hall to Stokeinteignhead, 1652, Thomas Bridgman to Inwardleigh, 1653, all Devon livings.Add. 36792, ff. 5, 30, 48v, 55v, 64. John Tillotson his chaplain as att.-gen. c. 1656.T. Birch, Life of the Most Reverend Dr John Tillotson (1753), 14, 16, 17.

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