Family and Education
b. by 1528, 1st s. of John Southcote I of Bovey Tracey by 1st w. Joanna, da. of one Hankford; bro. of George. m. (1) settlement May 1541, Grace (d.1547) da. and h. of John Barnhouse of Devon, 1s. 2da.; (2) Susan, da. of Thomas Kirkham of Blagdon in Paignton, 4s. 6da.; (3) Elizabeth, da. of George Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe, Lincs., 8s. inc. George and Richard 4da. suc. fa. 14 Sept. 1556.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m. C142/107/14. Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 697; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. 1), 357-8; (lii), 913; LP Hen. VIII, xvi.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Devon 1558 – 59, 1570 – 71; jt. surveyor, Exchequer, Devon and Exeter 16 Oct. 1560 – 2 June 1598; j.p.q. Devon 1561–d.
Main residences: Shillingford George; Bovey Tracey, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
SOUTHCOTE, Thomas (by 1528-1600)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
