HARRIS, John I (c.1564-1623), of Lanrest, Liskeard, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1564, 1st s. of John Harris† of Lanrest and his 2nd w. Jane, da. of William Harris† of Radford, Plymstock, Devon. m. Dec. 1589, Joan, da. and h. of Robert Harte of Plimston, Stoke Climsland, Cornw., 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 1579. d. 2 June 1623.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 447-8. sig. John Harrys.

Offices Held

J.p. Cornw. by 1600-c.1612, F.E. Halliday, Richard Carew of Antony, 159; C66/1897. provost marshal c.1600, Halliday, 154. collector, tenths and fifteenths 1603–4,E401/1873–4. commr. piracy, Devon 1603, inquiry into Sir Walter Ralegh’s† lands, Cornw. 1608–9, C181/1, f. 61v; 181/2, ff. 68v, 91. duchy of Cornw. assessions 1617. E306/4/4.

Capital burgess, Liskeard c. 1602, 1611. C2/Jas.I/L7/42; STAC 8/181/6.

Recorder, W. Looe, Cornw. by 1620. Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 284.

Parlimentarian

HARRIS, John I (c.1564-1623), of Lanrest, Liskeard, Cornw.

Main residence: Lanrest, Liskeard, Cornw.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HARRIS, John I (c.1564-1623)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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