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Richard Coffin (1684-1766)
Richard Coffin may refer to: * Richard Coffin (1456–1523), Sheriff of Devon * Richard Coffin (1623–1700), Sheriff of Devon * Richard Coffin (1684–1766), British politician, MP for Barnstaple See also * Richard Pine-Coffin (1908–1974), British army officer {{hndis, Coffin, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coffin (1456–1523)
Richard Coffin (1456–1523), of Alwington and Heanton Punchardon in North Devon, was a Sheriff of Devon.Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon. London, 2004, p.477 He was the eldest son and heir of William Coffin of Alwington (died 1486) by his wife Margaret Giffard, daughter of Thomas GiffardVivian, p.208 of Halsbury in the parish of Parkham, North Devon. Coffin married twice. His first marriage was to Alice Gambon, daughter of John Gambon of Moorstone in Devon, by whom he had the following children: *John Coffin (died 1528),Byrne, vol.1, p.606 eldest son and heir, who married Elizabeth Hingeston. *Sir William Coffin (died 1538), a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII and Master of the Horse to Queen Jane Seymour. He was elected MP for Derbyshire in 1529. *Jane Coffin, married John Bury (1481–1533), lord of the manor of Colleton, Chulmleigh, Devon. Coffin's second marriage was to a lady named Jacquet, who survived him. Besi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coffin (1623–1700)
Richard Coffin (1623–1700) of Portledge in the parish of Alwington in North Devon, was lord of the manor of Alwington and served as Sheriff of Devon in 1683. He was the only son and heir of John Coffin (1593–1622) of Portledge by his wife Elizabeth Hurding, one of the two eldest daughters of Henry Hurding (died 1627) (''alias'' Harding) of Long Bredy, Dorset. The Coffin family had been established at Alwington since the reign of King Henry II (1154–1189), and remained there in unbroken male succession until 1766. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.442, pedigree of "Pine-Coffin of Portledge". 1766, death of Richard Coffin He married three times: *Firstly in 1644 to Mary Dennis of the family of Dennis of Orleigh, North Devon, near Alwington, without children.Vivian, p.210 *Secondly in 1648 to Dorothy Rowe (died 1666), by whom he had two sons and nine daughters. *Thirdly in 1674 he married Anne P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coffin (1684–1766)
Richard Coffin (1684–1766) of Portledge Manor, Portledge, near Bideford, Devon was a British Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1715 and 1734. Coffin was baptized on. 23 July 1684, the fourth but only surviving son of Richard Coffin of Portledge and his third wife Anne Prideaux, daughter of Edmund Prideaux of Padstow, Cornwall. He succeeded his elder brother to the Portledge estate in 1703. Coffin was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Camelford (UK Parliament constituency), Camelford at the 1715 British general election. He voted against the septennial bill, for the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts, and against the Peerage Bill. At the 1722 British general election he stood unsuccessfully at Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency), Barnstaple, but he was returned for it unopposed at the 1727 British general election on the interest of his friend John Rolle (1679–1730), John Rolle. He continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
