PEIRCE (PEARCE), Francis (c.1577-1642), of Minehead, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1577, s. of ?John Peirce of Minehead and Joan, da. of one Yend. m. ?4 July 1602, Mary (d.1667), da. of Lawrence Byam of Luccombe, Som., ?wid. one Menefie, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). bur. 7 June 1642.Som. RO, D/P/m. st. m. 2/1/1, unfol. St. Michael’s Minehead. par. reg.; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 17; PROB 11/190, f. 2.

Offices Held

Churchwarden, St. Michael’s Minehead, Som. c.1595–1600; Som. RO, DD/X/CHNI, C/1469. dep. v.-adm., Som. by 1619; HCA 14/43/3/231. high constable, Carhampton hundred, Som. 1626. Som. Q. Sess. Recs. Chas. I ed E.H. Bates-Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiv), p. xxiii.

Parlimentarian

PEIRCE (PEARCE), Francis (c.1577-1642), of Minehead, Som.

Main residence: Minehead, Som.

Pearce

Author

G.Y.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PEIRCE (PEARCE), Francis (c.1577-1642)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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