DRAKE, John (c.1560-1628), of Mount Drake and Ash, Musbury, Devon

Capt. militia ft. Devon by 1596, HMC Hatfield, vi. 34. lt.-col. 1599, col. 1614–d.; HMC 15th Rep. vii. 43. j.p. Devon by 1601–d., C66/1549; E163/18/12, f. 17v. Dorset by 1614–d., C66/1988; 66/2449. commr. piracy, Devon 1603 – 04, 1624, Dorset 1622, C181/1, ff. 69v, 93; 181/3, ff. 73, 130. inquiry into lands of Henry Brooke alias Cobham†, 11th Lord Cobham, Devon, Som., Dorset 1603; C181/1, f. 72. sheriff, Devon 1604–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 36. commr. subsidy, Devon 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Dorset 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. inquiry into Sir Walter Ralegh’s† lands, Devon 1612; C181/2, f. 170. collector, Privy Seal loan, Devon 1612, E403/2732, f. 32. dep. lt. 1614–d.; APC, 1613–14, p. 428; SP16/90/55. freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1614; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 11. commr. oyer and terminer, W. circ. 1617 – at least26, Dorset 1626; C181/2, f. 269v; 181/3, ff. 207, 212. collector, Palatine Benevolence, Devon 1622; SP14/156/14. commr. impressments, Devon 1623, 1625, APC, 1621–3, p. 436; 1623–5, p. 499. fees 1623, Bodl. Tanner 287, f. 72. collector (jt.), Admlty. tenths, Devon, Som. and Bristol 1625–d., CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 261; 1628–9, p. 282. Privy Seal loan, Devon 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 222; APC, 1626, p. 168. commr. billeting and martial law, Dorset 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 221, 224. Forced Loan, Devon and Dorset 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 10v, 12. inquiry into v.-admlty. Devon 1627. CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 413.

Member, Virg. Co. 1612, New Eng. Co. 1620. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 282.