Family and Education
b. bef. 1339, s. and h. of Sir Walter Carminowe of Carminowe by Alice, da. and coh. of Sir Stephen Tintern. m. (1) by 1371, Katherine, da. and coh. of Sir William Champernowne† of Tywardreath, Cornw. and Ilfracombe, Devon, wid. of Sir Walter Wodeland of Cockington, Devon, s.p.; (2) by 1383, Alice (d. 27 Mar. 1426), wid. of John Fitzroger and of Sir Edmund Clevedon† of Clevedon, Som., 1da. d.v.p.CPL, iv. 166; CCR, 1385-9, p. 179; J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, iii. 152-4, 160; Trans. Devon Assoc. lxxiii. 139. Kntd. by 1371.
Offices Held
J.p. Cornw. 26 June – Nov. 1373, 4 July 1376 – Aug. 1378, 26 May 1380 – Feb. 1381, 8 Feb. 1385 – d.
Commr. of array, Cornw. Apr., July 1377, Mar. 1380, Feb. 1385; inquiry, Cornw., Som., Devon, Glos., Bristol Jan 1379 (theft), Cornw. Sept. 1380 (crimes of John Trevarthian and others), Jan. 1386 (concealments); oyer and terminer Oct. 1379, Feb. 1380, Feb. 1381; to put down rebellions June, Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of arrest July 1383, July 1384.
Sheriff, Cornw. 25 Nov. 1378–5 Nov. 1379.
Surveyor of a tax, Cornw. Aug. 1379, Devon, Cornw. Mar. 1381.
Tax collector, Cornw. Dec. 1384.
Main residences: Carminowe; Boconnoc, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
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CARMINOWE, Sir Ralph (bef. 1339-86)
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