SOUTHCOTE, John I (by 1504-56), of Bovey Tracey, Devon.

Family and Education

b. by 1504, 1st s. of Nicholas Southcote by Margaret, da. and coh. of John Bossam of Bossam Sayle. educ. ?M. Temple. m. (1) by 1528, Joanna (d. 11 Apr. 1546), da. of one Hankford, wid. of one Sydenham, 2s. George and Thomas at least 1da.; (2) Agnes, wid. of Gilbert Kirk of Exeter.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Devon ed. Vivian, 697; C142/107/14.

Offices Held

Clerk of the peace and the crown, Devon 8 Aug. 1525 – d.; auditor, commission for tenths of spiritualities 1535; steward, dean and chapter of Exeter cathedral temp. Mary. LP Hen. VIII, iv-viii; C11/1467/29–31; J. E. Kew, ‘The land market in Devon 1536–58’ (Exeter Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1967), 202.

Parlimentarian

SOUTHCOTE, John I (by 1504-56), of Bovey Tracey, Devon.

Main residence: Bovey Tracey, Devon.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

Religion