ROUS, Anthony (bef.1560-1620), of Halton St. Dominick, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1560, 1st s. of Richard Rous of Rogate, Suss. by Elinor, da. of Sir Edmund Marvyn. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Southcote of Bovey Tracey, Devon, 5s. 1da.; (2) aft. Jan. 1585, Philippa (d.1620), da. of Humphrey Colles of Barton, Som., wid. of Alexander Pym of Brymore, Som., 3da.; (3) 13 Sept. 1620, Susan (d.1633), da. of Sir Lewis Pollard of King’s Nympton, Devon, wid. of John Copleston, s.p. suc. to estates of his uncle John soon aft. 1577. Kntd. 23 July 1603.Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 194-5; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 413; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 225, 598, 698; G. C. Boase and W. P. Courtney, Biblio. Cornub. 595; PCC 8 Daughtry.

Offices Held

J.p.q. Cornw. from c. 1583, Devon from c. 1592; sheriff, Cornw. 1587 – 88, 1602 – 03; dep. warden of stannaries; recorder, Launceston. PCC 38 Spencer; D. Gilbert, Paroch. Hist. Cornw. ii. 423; Lansd. 737, f. 133v; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 205; C. Fitzgeffrey, Elisha His Lamentation ... (1622), pp. 43–4; R. and O. B. Peter, Launceston, 406.

Parlimentarian

ROUS, Sir Anthony (c.1555-1620), of Halton, St. Dominick, Cornw.

Main residence: Halton St. Dominick, Cornw.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

ROUS, Anthony (bef. 1560-1620)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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