PROWSE, John (d.1625), of Exeter, Devon

Family and Education

1st s. of Richard Prowse† of Exeter, merchant tailor and his 1st w. Richard, da. of one Vincent of Exeter. m. (1) 5 May 1577, Judith, da. of Eustace Oliver of Exeter, merchant, 1s. 1da.; (2) Grace, da. of William Chappell of Exeter, s.p. suc. fa. 1607. d. 24 Feb. 1625.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 628; Exeter Freemen ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 93; PROB 11/110, f. 284. sig. Jo[hn] Prouse.

Offices Held

Freeman, Exeter 1577, Exeter Freemen, 93. bailiff 1584–5, J.J. Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxi. 210. common councilman 1595–d., Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 5, p. 334. recvr. 1598 – 99, sheriff 1599 – 1600, mayor 1608 – 09, 1619–20, Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, 210. commr. and collector, aid 1609, HMC Hatfield, xxi. 79; E403/2730, f. 51. alderman 1611–d., Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, p. 4. commr. oyer and terminer 1612, 1614–15, C181/2, ff. 164v, 206v, 224. piracy, Devon 1614, 1620; C181/2, f. 201; 181/3, f. 1v. dep. lt., Exeter from 1621. C231/4, f. 126.

Member, Exeter French Co. from 1597, gov. 1607–8. W. Cotton, Elizabethan Guild of City of Exeter, 128–9; HMC Hatfield, xix. 311; xx. 173.

Parlimentarian

PROWSE, John (d.1625), of Exeter, Devon

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.

Author

G.Y.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PROWSE, John (-d.1625)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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