Peter (or Piers) Edgcumbe (1536 – 4 January 1608) of

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and of

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in the parish of

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, both in

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, was an English

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Origins

Piers was a traditional first name in his family. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe (1499–1562), son of Sir Piers Edgcumbe (d.1539) Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian, Exeter, 1887, p.14

/ref> of West Stonehouse and Cotehele, Cornwall.

Career

He was elected a

for Totnes (UK Parliament constituency), Totnes in Devon in 1555, appointed

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for 1565,

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in 1569 and

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before 1573–1597. He was also a

for

in the periods 11 January 1563 – 2 January 1567 and 8 May 1572 – 1581,

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in 1571,

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in 1584–1585 and was then re-elected for Cornwall in 1586, 1589 and 1593. He was appointed

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for the period 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587 and was appointed

in 1587.

Marriage and issue

In about 1555 he married Margaret Luttrell, a daughter of Sir Andrew Luttrell,

feudal baron of Dunster Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...

, of

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in Somerset, by whom he had five sons and four daughters including: * Richard Edgcumbe (d.1639) *Margaret Edgcumbe, who married Sir Edward Denny of

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in Essex. The couple's monument with recumbent effigies survives in

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in Essex.

Death and burial

Piers died in 1608.

References

1536 births 1608 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Totnes High Sheriffs of Cornwall High Sheriffs of Devon Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1563–1567 English MPs 1572–1583 English MPs 1571 English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1586–1587 English MPs 1589 English MPs 1593 Lord-Lieutenants of Cornwall Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Devon {{1563-England-MP-stub