DRAKE, Sir John (c.1592-1636), of Ash, Musbury, Devon

Family and Education

b. c. 1592, 1st s. of John Drake* of Ash and Dorothy, da. of William Button of Alton Priors, Wilts.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 297. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1607, aged 15; I. Temple 1609. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. 18 May 1616, Eleanor (d. 9 Oct. 1666), da. of Sir John Boteler*, 1st Bar. Boteler of Brantfield, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. (2 d.v.p.). Vivian, 297. Kntd. 7 Sept. 1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. suc. fa. 1628. d. 25 Aug. 1636. Vivian, 297. sig. John Drake.

Offices Held

Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1614; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 11. commr. impressment, Devon 1620; APC, 1619–21, p. 248. collector (jt.), Admlty. tenths, Bristol, Glos. 1625 – 28, Devon and Som. 1625 – 28, (sole) 1628 – 32, Dorset by 1627–32; CSP Dom. 1628–9, pp. 282–3; 1631–3, pp. 331, 431; SP16/231/53. acting v.-adm. (jt.), Devon 1626-at least 1628; Add. 37816, f. 183v; SP16/117/71. commr. inventory of French prize goods, Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornw. 1627, APC, 1627, p. 87. victualling, Cornw., Devon and Dorset 1627, Ibid. 148. swans, West Country 1629, C181/4, f. 2. col. militia ft. Devon by 1633–?d. T. Westcote, View of Devonshire, 72.

Parlimentarian

DRAKE, Sir John (c.1592-1636), of Ash, Musbury, Devon

Main residence: Ash, Musbury, Devon.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DRAKE, Sir John (c.1592-1636)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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