ELIOT, John (1612-85), of Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornw.

Family and Education

bap. 18 Oct. 1612, 1st s. of Sir John Eliot of Port Eliot, and bro. of Edward Eliot. educ. Tiverton g.s. by 1628-9; Lincoln, Oxf. 1629-31; travelled abroad (France) 1631-2. m. 28 Nov. 1632 (with £3,000), Honora (d. 1652), da. of Sir Daniel Norton of Southwick, Hants, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1632.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 147-50; H. Hulme, Sir John Eliot, 22, 266, 346, 350, 391; The Gen. n.s. i. 23.

Offices Held

Commr. for assessment, Cornw. 1644 – 48, 1657, 1661 – 80; v.-adm. Devon 1645 – ?53, Mar. – Oct. 1660; j.p. Cornw. 1647 – 53, 1656 – 70, commr. for militia 1648, Mar. 1660; alderman, Lostwithiel 1655 – 62; freeman, Liskeard 1661; commr. for recusants, Cornw. 1675.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 203; 1652–3, p. 522; 1655, p. 541; 1659–60, p. 571; Add. 1660–85, p. 121; M. Coate, Cornw. in Gt. Civil War, 224; Cornw. RO, Lostwithiel recs.; Liskeard court bk.

Parlimentarian

ELIOT, John (1612-85), of Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornw.

Main residence: Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornw.

Author

M.W.H.

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

ELIOT, John (1612-85)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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