John Rashleigh (21 January 1619 – 13 March 1693) of Coombe, near

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in Cornwall, was MP for

from 1661 to 1679. He was a member of a branch of the more prominent Rashleigh family of

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in 1637 and entered

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in 1639.Brasenose College Register 1509-1909
/ref> He married in 1642 his cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of 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

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