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bap. 13 Nov. 1614, 1st s. of William Kekewich of Catchfrench and Jane, da. of William Coode* of Morval, Cornw. m. (1) 10 Apr. 1634, Alice (d. 26 Jan. 1645), da. of Sir Richard Buller* of Shillingham, 4s. (2 d.s.p), 1da. d.s.p.; (2) c.1648, Mary, wid. of Edward Stockman and da. of Sir Richard Strode, s.p.; (3) ?Apr. 1654, Elizabeth, wid. of Thomas Dowse, of Nether Wallop, Hants, s.p. suc. fa. Apr. 1634. d. c. Sept. 1661.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 254; Nicholas Pprs. ii. 87; Wilts. Par. Regs. iii. 44-5; C5/389/87; C10/463/111.
Offices Held

Military: lt. of horse (parlian.), tp. of Anthony Rous* bef. Oct. 1642.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Officer, Plymouth garrison, Oct. 1642–?1646.SP28/128, Devon, pt 1, accounts of Philip Francis, f. 2; LJ viii. 465b. Capt. St Mawes Castle 1 Sept. 1646–17 June 1647;LJ viii. 477b; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 563. gov. 17 June 1647–13 July 1660.CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 563; Cornw. RO, T/1660. Capt. militia ft. Cornw. 9 Oct. 1650–?CSP Dom. 1650, p. 512.

Local: commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p., Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 10; C193/13/4, f. 13v; C231/6, p. 205. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

: St Germans, Cornw.
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Commons 1640-1660
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KEKEWICH, George (1614-61), of Catchfrench, St Germans, Cornw.

Will
18 Sept. 1661, pr. 27 Oct. 1662.PROB11/309/278.
Estates
inherited patrimonial estates in 1634 (on his death in 1611, Kekewich’s grandfa. was seised of manors of Treganhawke, Trewithit and Talcarne, all in eastern Cornw, and the capital messuage of Catchfrench, with other lands, in St Germans par.).C142/333/26. Held land in manors of Bonyalva (St Germans par.), North Hill (North Hill par.) and Portlooe (Talland par.), from duchy of Cornw. bef. 1649.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 3, 98, 106. Leased ‘the Lower Dennis’ in par. of St Just in Roseland, adjacent to St Mawes Castle, from Francis Buller I* by Oct. 1654 (renewed 13 Mar. 1656).Antony House, Carew-Pole BC/25/10, unfol.; HD/4/6/8.
Oxford 1644
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