Sir Warwick Hele (1568 – 15 January 1626) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1597 and 1625.

Origins

Hele was the eldest son of John Hele (died 1608), a money-lender and MP and was a brother of John Hele (died 1605), also MP for Plympton Erle.

Career

He was a student of

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in 1581. In 1597 he was elected a

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for

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. He was treasurer with Gregory Sprint for maimed soldiers for Devon by 1600 and was a J.P. for Devon from about 1601. He was knighted in 1603. In 1605, he was elected an MP for

Plympton Erle Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Pl ...

. He succeeded to the large local estates of his father in 1608. In 1614, he was elected MP for Plympton Erle again. He was

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from 1618 to 1619. In 1621, he was re-elected MP for Plympton Erle and was again elected MP for Plympton Erle in 1625. History of Parliament Online - Warwick Hele
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Marriage

Hele married firstly Mary Halse, daughter of John Halse of Kenedon and secondly, as her first husband, Margaret Courtenay (d.1628), eldest daughter of Sir William Courtenay (1553–1630), of Powderham in Devon, ''de jure'' 3rd

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, by his first wife Elizabeth Manners, a daughter of

Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, 13th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (23 September 152617 September 1563) was an English nobleman. Origins He was the son and heir of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and his wife Eleanor Paston. Career Li ...

. Margaret survived him and remarried to Sir John Chudleigh. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620'', Exeter, 1895, p. 247) Her mural monument survives in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Richmond, Surrey, showing kneeling effigies of herself and her second husband Sir John Chudleigh.

Death

Hele died on 15 January 1626, around the age of 58.

References

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Members of the Parliament of England for Plympton Erle