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John Rashleigh (1619–93) Of Coombe
John Rashleigh may refer to: * John Rashleigh (1554–1624) of Menabilly, MP for Fowey in 1588 and 1597, and High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608 * John Rashleigh (1619–1693) of Coombe John Rashleigh (21 January 1619 – 13 March 1693) of Coombe, near Fowey in Cornwall, was MP for Fowey (UK Parliament constituency), Fowey from 1661 to 1679. He was a member of a branch of the more prominent Rashleigh family of Menabilly, near F ..., MP for Fowey from 1661 to 1679 * John Colman Rashleigh (1772–1847), High Sheriff of Cornwall {{hndis, Rashleigh, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rashleigh (1554–1624)
John Rashleigh II (1554 – 12 May 1624) of Menabilly, near Fowey in Cornwall, was an English merchant and was Member of Parliament, MP for Fowey (UK Parliament constituency), Fowey in 1588 and 1597, and was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608. He was the builder of the first mansion house on the family estate at Menabilly, near Fowey, Cornwall, thenceforth the seat of the family until the present day. Many generations later the Rashleigh family of Menabilly in the Return of Owners of Land, 1873 was listed as the largest landowner in Cornwall with an estate of or 3.97% of the total area of Cornwall. Origins He was the only son of John I Rashleigh (d.10 August 1582), a merchant at Fowey in Cornwall (the 2nd son of Philip I Rashleigh (died 1551) of Fowey) by his wife Alice Lanyon (d.20 August 1591) (whose 1602 monumental brass survives in Fowey Church,) daughter of William Lanyon by his wife Thomasine Tregian, daughter of Thomas Tregian. Philip I Rashleigh (died 1551) of Fowey, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rashleigh (1619–1693) Of Coombe
John Rashleigh (21 January 1619 – 13 March 1693) of Coombe, near Fowey in Cornwall, was MP for Fowey (UK Parliament constituency), Fowey from 1661 to 1679. He was a member of a branch of the more prominent Rashleigh family of Menabilly, near Fowey. Rashleigh was the only surviving son of Robert Rashleigh (1585 – c. 1667), MP, of Coombe, near Fowey, Cornwall, by his first wife Mary Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis of Landew. He matriculation, matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1637 and entered Gray's Inn in 1639. He married in 1642 his cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of Jonathan Rashleigh (1591–1675), Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall and had 5 sons and 2 daughters References *''Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall'' (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887 1619 births 1693 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Members of Gray's Inn Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1661–1679 Rashleigh fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
