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bap. 24 Dec. 1598, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Giles Ball of Mamhead and Urith, da. of Humphrey Copleston of Instow, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 36-7. educ. ‘subscribed’ Oxf. 1614, DCL 1644; Lyons Inn; M. Temple 1616, called 1623. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by Dec. 1628 (with £1,000), Ann, da. of Sir William Cooke* of Highnam, Glos., 9s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. (1 d.v.p.). Vivian, 37; PROB 11/133, f. 260; 11/155, f. 45; J. Hutchinson, Notable M. Templars, 12. suc. fa. aft. 1610; Vivian, 37. Kntd. 7 Oct. 1643, Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 216. ?; ?cr. bt. 22 July 1672. CB (grant may not have passed Gt. Seal). bur. 4 Sept. 1680 4 Sept. 1680. Vivian, 37. sig. Peter Balle.
Offices Held

Auditor (jt.), duchy of Cornw. 1627–30, C66/2409/18; 66/2538/30. commr. duchy assessions 1628, CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 7. oyer and terminer, Exeter, Devon 1632, 1641, 1664, C181/4, f. 127; 181/5, f. 204v; 181/7, p. 285. Western circ. 1637 – 42, 1662–73, C181/4, f. 73v; 181/5, f. 221v; 181/7, pp. 129, 636. Som. 1640, London 1640–1; C181/5, ff. 183, 186, 214. j.p. Devon 1634 – 15 July 1642, 28 July 1642-at least 1644; C193/12/2, f. 15v; C231/5, pp. 530, 532; M. Woolfe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War, 246. commr. sewers, Kent 1640, gaol delivery, London 1640 – 41, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1660, C181/5, ff. 168, 186, 214; 181/7, p. 49. survey, St. James’s bailiwick, Westminster 1640, CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. array, Devon 1643-at least 1644, Wolffe, 242, 246, 287 n. 45. assessment, Exeter 1661, 1663, 1665 – 66, 1672, Devon 1661, 1665 – 66, 1672, 1677, 1679. SR, v. 330, 457, 529–30, 619, 757, 807, 903.

Fee’d counsel, Exeter 1628, recorder 1632-c. Mar. 1643, Nov. 1643–46, 1660–76; HMC Exeter, 56, 325; R. Izacke, City of Exeter (1681), p. 51; Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 8, ff. 146v, 153. solicitor-gen., Henrietta Maria’s household from 1636, att.-gen. by 1640 – at least43, 1660–9; MTR, 846, 929; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 393; J. Prince, Worthies of Devon, 34. assoc. bencher, M. Temple 1636 – 41, bencher 1641 – at least76, Lent reader 1641, treas. 1653–4; MTR, 846, 1052, 1298; Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 181. KC from 1640.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 393.

Parlimentarian
BALL, Peter (1598-1680), of Mamhead, Devon and the Middle Temple, London
Main residences: Mamhead, Devon; the Middle Temple, London.
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G.Y.
P.M.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
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BALL, Peter (1598-1680)

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