ANKETILL, John (1597-1638), of Compton Bassett and Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.; later of Newmarket, co. Cork.

b. 20 Jan. 1597, 3rd s. of John Anketill (bur. 9 Oct. 1610), inkeeper of Shaftesbury, Dorset and Philippa, da. of Thomas Grigg of Cockington, Devon. Dorset Vis. Addenda ed. Colby and Rylands, 28-9; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 21; Trial of Lord Audley (1679), p. 5; T.L. Stoate, Devon Subsidy Rolls, 206. Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 62, claims that Anketill was the 2nd son. m. Lucy (d. 16 Sept. 1662), Hutchins, iii. 63.da. of Sir Mervin Tuchet alias Audley*, of Fonthill Gifford, 1s. 3da. d. 12 Apr. 1638. W.M. Brady, Recs. of Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, ii. 128.