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b. c. 1586,Al. Ox. 1st s. of Sir Amias Bampfield† of Poltimore and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Clifton of Barrington Court, Som. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 39-40. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1604, aged 18; M. Temple 1607. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 22 Sept. 1602 (with £660), Elizabeth (d.1629), da. of Thomas Drake of Buckland Abbey, Devon, 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. suc. fa. 1626. Vivian, 40; E.F. Eliott-Drake, Fam. and Heirs of Sir Francis Drake, i. 170; Rep. Charity Commrs. on Devon (1830), iii. 118. admon. 30 Sept. 1657. PROB 11/268, f. 94. sig. Jo[hn] Bampfylde.
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Commr. piracy, Devon 1619 – 20, 1624, 1630, 1637–9, C181/2, f. 348; 181/3, ff. 2, 130; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, ff. 84v, 133. dep. lt. 1626-at least 1639, SP16/31/62; 16/421/23. commr. sewers 1627, 1634, C181/3, f. 217v; 181/4, f. 163v. j.p. 1627 – at least40, 1643, by 1647 – 50, 1651–2; C231/4, f. 225v; C66/2859; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 11, 42; S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs 1643–60’, in Devon Docs. ed. T. Gray (Devon and Cornw. N and Q spec. issue, 1996), pp. 159–62. commr. swans, W. Country 1629; C181/4, f. 2v. col. militia ft., Devon by 1633, T. Westcote, View of Devonshire, 72. sheriff 1633–4; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 37. commr. hard soap, W. Country 1638, exacted fees, Devon 1638, C181/5, ff. 92, 102v, 109v. assessment 1641–2. SR, v. 61, 83, 150.

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BAMPFIELD, John (c.1586-c.1657), of Poltimore, Devon
Main residence: Poltimore, Devon.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BAMPFIELD, John (c.1586-c.1657)

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