CHUDLEIGH, Sir John (c.1584-?1634), of Stretchleigh/Strashleigh, Ermington, Devon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1584, 2nd s. of John Chudleigh† (d.1589) and Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Speake† of White Lackington, Som.; bro. of George*. m. (1) aft. 15 Jan. 1626, Margaret, da. of Sir William Courtenay† of Powderham, Devon, wid. of Sir Warwick Hele*,? s.p.; (2) 1st or 5th Jan. 1634, Dorothy, da. of Richard Norris, wid. of Christopher Blackhall and one Brooking, ? s.p.Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 59. J.L. Vivian says he was the 3rd son, but does not name the 2nd: Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190. Kntd. 28 Sept. 1625.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. d. aft. 1 Jan. 1634. sig. Jo[hn] Chudleigh.

Offices Held

Capt. privateer, 1617–18,Ralegh’s Last Voyage, 117–121; Bodl. Tanner 290, f. 4v. RN 1620 – 21, 1623 – 28, v.-adm. 1628;Add. 36444, f. 167; HMC Cowper, i. 142; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 77, 146, 328; Add. 37816, f. 30; SP16/28, f. 12; Add. 9297, f. 53v. member, Council of War 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 563.

Member, Guiana Co. by 1618,T. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 265. New Eng. Co. by 1622.‘Recs. of the Council for New Eng.’, Procs. Amer. Antiq. Soc. 1867, pp. 75, 77.

Commr. to arrest Esperance of Newhaven and make an inventory of its goods, 1624.HCA 30/858, no. 113.

Parlimentarian

CHUDLEIGH, Sir John (c.1584-?1634), of Stretchleigh/Strashleigh, Ermington, Devon.

Main residence: Stretchleigh/Strashleigh, Ermington, DevonThis was his abode in 1617: Ralegh’s Last Voyage ed. V.T. Harlow, 117.

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A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

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CHUDLEIGH, Sir John (c.1584-?1634)

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Oxford 1644

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