Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet (c. 1610 – April 1650) of

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and

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and

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, all in Devon, was an

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lawyer and politician. He was one of Devonshire's Parliamentarian leaders during the

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Origins

Bampfylde was the third son of John Bampfield of

and

in Devon, by his wife, Elizabeth Drake, daughter of Thomas Drake (d. 1610) of Buckland Drake, a brother of the great Admiral Sir

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(1546–1596). Over the 17th century the family's surname changed from Baumfield to Bamfield to Bampfield to Bampfylde.

Education

He matriculated at

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on 30 October 1629, aged 19 and was a student of

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in 1630. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Baal-Barrow', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 51–78. Date accessed: 20 November 2011
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Career

In November 1640 Bampfylde was elected a Member of Parliament for Penryn, Cornwall, in the

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. In the

Bampfylde firstly allied himself with the

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, for which he was created a

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, of Poltimore, in the County of Devon by King

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on 14 July 1641. He later sided with the Parliamentarian side, commanding a regiment of the

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. He sat in the Long Parliament until 1648 when he was secluded under

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Marriage and children

On 3 May 1637 Bampfylde married Gertrude Coplestone (d. 1658), a daughter of Amias Coplestone (1582–1621) of Copleston in the parish of Colebrooke and of

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in the parish of

, both in Devon. She was a co-heiress to her brother John V Coplestone (1609–1632), and inherited amongst other properties the manor of Tamerton Foliot, which thus passed into the Bampfylde family. The Bampfylde family used Warleigh House at Tamerton Foliot as a secondary seat. By Gertrude, he had thirteen children, eight daughters and five sons.

Death and succession

Bampfylde was buried at Poltimore and was succeeded in the

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by his eldest son

Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Bt., DL, JP (ca. 1633 – 9 February 1692) of Poltimore and North Molton and Warleigh, Tamerton Foliot, in Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 168 ...

(c. 1633–1692), whose great-great-great grandson was

George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore (23 March 1786 – 19 December 1858), of Poltimore, Devon, known from 1823 to 1831 as Sir George Bampfylde, 6th Baronet, was a British peer. Origins Lord Bampfylde was the eldest son and heir of ...

(1786–1858).

Ledger Stone in Poltimore Church

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His ledger stone survives, set into the floor of the nave of St Mary's Church, Poltimore, inscribed as follows:
:"Here lyeth John Bampfylde Baronett who died Aprill 24 1650 in the 40 yeere of his ag^e. The righteous perisheth and no man layet^h it to heart and mercifull men ar taken away none considering that the righteo^us is taken away from the evill to come". Above are shown the arms of Bampfylde impaling Copleston (''Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure'').

References

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