Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet (1588–1654) of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, near

Crediton Crediton is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 road, A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton, north w ...

, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry and served as Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1621-2 and as

Sheriff of Devon The High Sheriff of Devon is the Kings's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, they hold the office for one year. They have judicial, ceremonial and administrative f ...

(1629–1630). He was created a

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

in 1641. Davie was the son and heir of John Davie of Sandford and

, Devon by his wife Margaret Southcote, daughter of George Southcote, of Calverley, Devon. He

matriculated Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination. Australia In Australia, the term ''matriculation'' is seldom used now ...

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founde ...

on 22 February 1605, aged 16. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for the newly enfranchised constituency of Tiverton in Devon. He served as

from 1629 to 1630 and was created a

on 9 September 1641. Davie married twice. His first wife was Juliana Strode (died 1627), fifth daughter of Sir William Strode (1562–1637), MP. She was a sister of

William Strode William Strode (1598 – 9 September 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1645. He was one of the Five Members whose impeachment and attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in ...

(1594–1645), MP, one of the

Five Members The Five Members were Members of Parliament whom King Charles I attempted to arrest on 4 January 1642. King Charles I entered the English House of Commons, accompanied by armed soldiers, during a sitting of the Long Parliament, although the ...

whose attempted arrest in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...

by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

. She died on 14 May 1627 and was buried at Sandford on 25 May 1627 where there is a mural monument to her in the church. By Juliana he had children including: * Sir John Davie, 2nd Baronet (1612–1678), eldest son and heir, MP for Tiverton. *William Davie (1614–1663) of Dar.(?), 2nd son,

barrister-at-law A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching the law and giv ...

, who married Margaret Clarke (died 1702), daughter of Sir Francis Clarke (1622/3-c.1690), a merchant of the City of London and member of the

Levant Company The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581) merged, because their charters had expired, ...

, by whom he had children including: **

Sir John Davie, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1660–1692), eldest son, MP for

Saltash Saltash () is a town and civil parish in south Cornwall, England. It had a population of 16,184 in 2011 census. Saltash faces the city of Plymouth over the River Tamar and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Cornwall". Saltash’s landmarks ...

1679–85,

in 1688, died unmarried. ** Sir William Davie, 4th Baronet (1662–1707), second son and heir to his brother. Davie's second marriage was to Isabel Hele (died 1656) of Gnaton, Devon, by whom he had a daughter: *Isabell Davie (1631–1673), who in 1649 married

Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1625 – 21 November 1670) of Great House, Colyton, and of Mohuns Ottery, both in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Honiton (1659), for Lyme Regis (1660) and for Dartmouth (1667–70). Origins Yonge ...

(c. 1625 – 1670), MP, of Colyton, Devon.Vivian, p.840, pedigree of Yonge Davie died in 1654 at the age of about 66 and was buried at Sandford on 13 October 1654.

References

Sources

Yerby, George & Hunneyball, Paul, biography of Davie, John (1589-1654), of Creedy House, Sandford, Devon
published in The

History of Parliament The History of Parliament is a project to write a complete history of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of England. The history will principally consist of a prosopography, in ...

: the House of Commons 1604–1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Davie, John 1588 births 1654 deaths English MPs 1621–1622 17th-century English landowners Baronets in the Baronetage of England Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford High sheriffs of Devon Members of the Parliament of England for Tiverton