Paul Speccot (died 1643) of Penheale in the parish of

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in Cornwall, was a

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successively for

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and Newport all in Cornwall, between 1626 and 1640.

Origins

He was the second son of Sir

John Speccot John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(c.1561-1644) of Speccot in the parish of Merton, Devon, and of Penheale in Cornwall, a

for

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in Cornwall from 1604,

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in 1622/3,

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1614/15, feudal baron of Great Torrington in Devon and

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in Devon. His mother (his father's first wife) was Elizabeth Edgcumbe, daughter of Peter Edgcumbe of

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in Cornwall. His elder brother was Peter Speccot (died 1655) of Thornbury and Speccot, MP for Tregony in Cornwall in 1624.

Career

In 1626 Speccot was elected as a

for

in Cornwall. In 1628 he was elected MP for

in Cornwall. In April 1640 he was elected MP for Newport in Cornwall, in the

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Marriages

Speccot married twice: *Firstly to Grace Halswell (died 1636), daughter of Robert Halswell of Somerset, by whom he had children: **John Speccot (died 1677/8), son and heir, of Penheale, MP for Newport 1661–1678. He was buried in Egloskerry Church, where survives his monument. In 1663/4 he married Honor Eliot (died 1692), daughter of John Eliot of

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in the parish of

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, ancestor of the

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. He had three sons and one daughter: ***Paul Speccot (died 1671/2), who died young. ***John Speccot (died 1705), MP for Newport 1685-95 and for Cornwalll 1695–1701, who died without children, having married Lady Essex Robartes (died 1689), daughter of

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(1606–1685). ***Humphrey Speccot (died 1705/6), died unmarried. ***Dorothy Speccot, wife of John Beaumont. **Elizabeth Speccot, wife of Rev. Richard Long. She was the eventual heiress of Penheale on failure of her brother's male descendants. *Secondly he married Dorothy Wise, daughter of Christopher Wise of

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, Devon, who survived him and in 1647 remarried to Henry Wills.

Death and burial

Speccot died in 1643 and was buried at

where he left £700 for the curate.

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Samuel Drew Samuel Drew (6 March 1765 – 29 March 1833) was a British Methodist theologian. A native of Cornwall, England, he was nicknamed the "Cornish metaphysician" for his works on the human soul, the nature of God, and the deity of Christ. He also wro ...

''The History of Cornwall: from the earliest records and traditions ..., Volume 2''
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Speccot, Paul 1643 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) Year of birth unknown Members of the Parliament of England for Bossiney