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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 26 Feb. 1616.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. ii. 604. 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, Vis. Devon, 37; PROB11/133/364; J. Hutchinson, Notable M. Templars (1902), 12. suc. fa. aft. 1642.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 37. Kntd. 7 Oct. 1643,Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 216; Merevale Hall, HT 2D/2/27. ?; ?cr. bt. 22 July 1672.CB (grant may not have passed Gt. Seal). bur. 4 Sept. 1680.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 37.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 23 May 1623;M. Temple Admiss. ii. 682. associate bencher, 1636 – 41; bencher, 1641 – at least76; Lent reader, 1641; treas. 1653–4. from 1636MTR ii. 846; iii. 1052, 1298; J.H. Baker, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 181. Solicitor-gen. Henrietta Maria’s household; att.-gen. by 1640 – at least43, 1660–9.MTR ii. 846, 929; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 393; Prince, Worthies (1701), 112. KC, 29 Jan. 1640–?46.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 393; Sainty, Law Officers (1987), 84–5.

Local: auditor (jt.), duchy of Cornw. 1627–30.C66/2409/18; C66/2538/30. Commr. duchy assessions, 1628;CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 7. oyer and terminer, Exeter 1632, 8 July 1641, 1 Aug. 1664;C181/4, f. 127; C181/5, f. 204v; C181/7, p. 285. Som. 20 July 1640;C181/5, f. 183. London 31 Oct. 1640-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 186, 214. Western circ. 9 June 1637 – aft.Jan. 1642, 23 Jan. 1662-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/4, f. 73v; C181/5, f. 221v; C181/7, pp. 129, 636. J.p. Devon c.1634–15 July 1642, 28 July 1642–?46.C193/13/2, f. 15v; C231/5, pp. 196, 530, 532. Commr. sewers, Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/5, f. 168. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 31 Oct. 1640-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 186, 214. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 7 Dec. 1660;C181/7, p. 49. survey, St. James’s bailiwick, Westminster ?Oct. 1640;CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. array (roy.), Devon 1643;Devon RO, 1392 M/L1643/47. assessment, Exeter 1661, 1664, 1672; Devon 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; subsidy, Exeter 1663.SR.

Civic: freeman, Exeter 8 Dec. 1628; fee’d counsel, 1628; recorder, 1632-c. Mar. 1643, 4 Nov. 1643 – 12 May 1646, 11 Oct. 1660–76.Exeter Freemen, 126; HMC Exeter, 56, 325; R. Izacke, City of Exeter (1681), 51; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii. ff. 146v, 153, 175v; x. f. 139; xi. f. 162.

: of Mamhead, Devon and London., the Middle Temple.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BALLE, Peter (1598-1680), of Mamhead, Devon, and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
not found.
Estates
lessee of Dawlish, Sidbury manors from Exeter dean and chapter; lessee of Kenton manor from Salisbury dean and chapter; bought land in Bishopsteignton, 1639 for £1900. Mortgaged Dawlish rectory by Oct. 1641 to pay off debts of £2,356.N.R.R. Fisher, ‘Sir Peter Balle of Mamhead (1598-1680): a study in allegiance’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. cxxix, 81, 90.
Oxford 1644
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