STRODE, Sir Richard (1584-1669), of Lower Chalmington, Cattistock, Dorset and Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, Devon

Family and Education

bap. 1 July 1584, 1st s. of Sir William Strode* and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Thomas Southcote† of Shillingford St. George and Bovey Tracey, Devon; bro. of William*.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 719. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1598. Al. Cant. m. (1) settlement c. Jan. 1597, C142/764/3. Katherine (d. c.1608), da. and h. of Sir Robert Strode of Parnham, Dorset, 3da. (1 d.v.p.); J. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 131-2, 243. (2) settlement 31 Oct. 1612, Plymouth City Lib., ms 72/MTD3/3. The current location of this ms is unknown. Elizabeth (bur. 29 June 1652), da. of Thomas Earle of Charborough, Dorset, 1s. 5da.; (3) Anne, da. of Sir John Drake* of Ashe, Devon, 1s. 1da. Vivian, 719. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. suc. fa. 1637. bur. 9 Oct. 1669 9 Oct. 1669. Vivian, 719.

Offices Held

Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1607; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, f. 9. j.p. Dorset 1619-c.1627, C231/4, f. 79v; E163/18/12, f. 19v; HMC Cowper, i. 305. commr. martial law 1626, billeting 1626; APC, 1626, pp. 221, 223–4. recorder, Plympton, Devon by 1639–40; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 288; J.B. Rowe, Hist. Plympton Erle, 158. commr. levying money, Devon 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, assessment 1644, 1647–9, A. and O. i. 228, 460, 545, 963, 1080; ii. 32, 295. Dorset 1664–8. SR, v. 530, 619.

Cttee. Dorchester New Eng. Co. from 1624. Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiquarian Field Club, xiii. 65.

Parlimentarian

STRODE, Sir Richard (1584-1669), of Lower Chalmington, Cattistock, Dorset and Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, Devon

Main residences: Lower Chalmington, Cattistock, Dorset; Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, Devon.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STRODE, Sir Richard (1584-1669)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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