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b. 14 Nov. 1582, C142/229/137. 1st s. of John Chudleigh† of Ashton and Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Speake† of White Lackington, Som.; bro. of Sir John*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190. educ. New Coll. Oxf. 1596. Al. Ox. m. by 1606, Mary, da. of Sir William Strode* of Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, 9s. (4 d.v.p.) 9da. (5 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1589; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190; M. Adams, ‘Ashton church and the Chudleighs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxxi. 193. cr. bt. 1 Aug. 1622. C66/2274. d. 15 Jan. 1658. Devon RO, Ashton par. reg. sig. Geo[rge] Chudleigh.
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J.p. Devon by 1614–42, C66/1988; C231/5, p. 530. commr. piracy 1615, 1619 – 20, 1630, 1637–9, C181/2, ff. 242v, 348; 181/3, f. 2; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, f. 132v. dep. lt. by 1625-at least 1642, Devon RO, 1148 M/Add/18/1; Buller Pprs. ed. R.N. Worth, p. 74. commr. impressment 1625, APC, 1623–5, p. 499. Privy Seal loan 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 222. billeting, Devon and Cornw. 1625 – 26, 1627–8, APC, 1625–6, pp. 55–6; SP16/90/59. martial law 1625, 1627–8, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 180; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. treas. and paymaster for billeting 1626–8, E351/288. commr. Forced Loan, Devon 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 10. treas. of Loan 1627 – 28, Cornw. 1627, APC, 1627, pp. 76, 260; SP16/102/16. commr. to investigate Sir John Eliot*, Devon 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 349. knighthood fines from 1630, E101/668/12, f. 1. sewers 1634, C181/4, f. 163. sjt.-maj.-gen. militia from 1635, SP16/291/14.II. commr. incorporation of maltsters 1636, PC2/46, p. 374. hard soap, W. Country, C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. exacted fees, Devon and Exeter 1638, Ibid. f. 109v. charitable uses, Bampton, Devon 1641, C192/1, unfol. assessment, Devon 1641–2. SR, v. 61, 83, 150.

Member, Council for New Eng. 1620. M. Wolffe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War, 99.

Gov. St. Nicholas Is. Plymouth, Devon 1642–3, Mercurius Civicus (14–21 Nov. 1644). Exeter 1642–3; Mercurius Aulicus, 7 Jan. 1643. lt.-gen. (parl.), Devon 1643. Devon RO, 1392 M/L1645/32.

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CHUDLEIGH, George (1582-1658), of Ashton, Devon.
Main residence: Ashton, Devon.
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P.M.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
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CHUDLEIGH, George (1582-1658)

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