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b. Nov. 1600,M. Stoyle, West Britons (Exeter, 2002), 136. 1st s. of Robert Scawen of Molenick and Alice, da. of Humphrey Nicoll of St Tudy, Cornw.;Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 422. bro. of Robert Scawen*. educ. Queen’s Oxf. 5 Dec. 1617;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 13 Nov. 1619.LI Admiss. i. 183. m. c.1635, Alice, da. of Nicholas Sawle of Penrice, St Austell, Cornw. 2s. 4da. suc. fa. Feb. 1627. bur. 18 Nov. 1689 18 Nov. 1689.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 422; Stoyle, West Britons, 136.
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Local: judge, v.-admlty. ct. Cornw. by Feb. 1640–46, c.1660-at least June 1666. 1644 – ?46C181/5, f. 187v; Cornw. RO, T/1884. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, 11 Feb. 1641. 1644 – ?46C181/5, f. 187v. J.p. 6 Feb., by Oct. 1660–d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 142; C220/9/4, f. 12v. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E1075.6); SR. V.-warden, stannaries aft. June 1660–d.R.R. Pennington, Stannary Law (Newton Abbot, 1973), 224–5. Commr. poll tax, Cornw. 1660.SR. Collector, hearth tax, c.1662–4.CSP Dom. 1677–8, p. 522. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Military: lt-col. of ft. (roy.) regt. of Piers Edgcumbe*, Cornw. c.Oct. 1642-Mar. 1646.Cornw. RO, ME/2925; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 367.

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SCAWEN, William (1600-89), of Molenick, St Germans, Cornw.
: of Molenick, St Germans, Cornw.
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Commons 1640-1660
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SCAWEN, William (1600-89), of Molenick, St Germans, Cornw.

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centred on his 11-hearth mansion in St Germans parish, and inc. considerable lands in Menheniot parish and other properties throughout eastern Cornw.;Cornw. Hearth Tax, 11; Stoyle, West Britons, 136. duchy of Cornwall lands held in 1649 inc. freehold lands in manor of Helstone in Trigg, Michaelstow and surrounding parishes, and moiety of tenement in Tinten manor, St Tudy parish, as heir to his fa.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 54, 62; ii. 187
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