Family and Education
b. by 1489, s. of William Amadas of Tavistock by Margaret, da. of one Hawkins. m. (1) by 1519, at least 1s. 1da.; (2) 1542/43, Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Buttockshide of St. Budeaux, Devon, wid. of one Trevasper, 1s.Date of birth estimated from first public appointment. Hasted, Kent: Hundred of Blackheath, ed. Drake, p. xxii; PCC 31 More.
Offices Held
Subsidy collector, Cornw. 1510, Devon 1542; yeoman of the crown by July 1517 – ?30; comptroller and collector of customs, duchy of Cornw. 22 July 1517 – d.; commr. subsidy, Devon 1523, 1524, musters 1536, 1539, relief, Cornw. 1550; dep.-bailiff, duchy of Cornw., Tavistock by 1527 – Sept. 1530; King’s serjeant-at-arms ?1530 – d.; jt. bailiff of liberty and clerk of the market, Tavistock 12 Sept. 1536 – d.; j.p. Devon 1536 – 47, Cornw. 1554; mayor, Launceston 1544–5.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Court Gate, Tavistock, Devon and Eltham, Kent and Launceston, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
AMADAS, John (by 1489-1554/55)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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