CHICHESTER, Sir John (c.1520-68), of Great Torrington, Youlston and Raleigh, Devon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1520, 1st s. of Edward Chichester (d.v.p. 1526) by Elizabeth, da. of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath. m. Gertrude (d.1566), da. of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, 7s. 9da. suc. gd.-fa. John Chichester 1536.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 173, 179; C142/45/40, 58/4, 24, 88; W. Drake, Fam. of Chichester, 331. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Devon 1550 – 51; recorder, Barnstaple by 1555; j.p. Devon 1555, q. and dep. lt. by 1559; commr. eccles, causes, Exeter diocese 1559, piracy, Cornw., Devon 1564.Barnstaple Recs. ii. 1 7 2; H. Gee, Elizabethan Clergy, 98–9; A. L. Rowse, Tudor Cornw. 393; Roberts thesis.

Parlimentarian

CHICHESTER, John (1519/20-68), of Great Torrington, Youlston and Raleigh, Devon.

Main residences: Great Torrington; Youlston; Raleigh, Devon.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CHICHESTER, Sir John (c.1520-68)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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