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bap. 25 Sept. 1617, 1st s. of Sir Francis Drake, 1st bt.† of Buckland Abbey and 2nd w. Joan, da. of Sir William Strode† of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 299. educ. I. Temple 9 Nov. 1633; travelled abroad (Italy) 1638-40.I. Temple database; Eliott-Drake, Fam. and Heirs, i. 252, 261-2. m. 18 Jan. 1641 (with £2,500), Dorothy (d. 7 May 1661), da. of John Pym* of Brymore, Som. s.p. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1637. d. 6 Jan. 1662.Eliott-Drake, Fam. and Heirs, i. 246, 276, 436, 438.
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Local: j.p. Devon 12 Mar. – 15 July 1642, by Mar. 1647 – 4 Mar. 1657, Mar. 1660–d.C231/5 pp. 512, 530; C231/6, p. 360; Devon RO, DQS 28/3. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 1645–6. Commr. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; LJ x. 311b.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Henry Grey*, 1st earl of Stamford, 22 Sept. 1643–17 Jan. 1644.SP28/44/244. Col. of horse, brigade of Edward Massie*, May 1645-Oct. 1646.R. Temple, ‘The Massey Brigade in the West’, Som. and Dorset N and Q xxxi, 439, 440, 442.

: 2nd bt. (1617-62), of Werrington 1617 – 62 and Buckl and Abbey, Buckl and Monachorum, Devon.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, circle of R. Walker.Whereabouts unknown.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

DRAKE, Sir Francis, 2nd bt. (1617-62), of Werrington and Buckland Abbey, Buckland Monachorum, Devon.

Will
10 Apr. 1661, pr. 9 Apr. 1662.PROB11/307/534.
Estates
sold Werrington Park for £4,750 to William Morice*, 1650;Devon RO, 346M/F735. conveyed remaining estate to nephew, Francis Drake, in Sept. 1661: house and site of Buckland abbey; manors of Yarcombe, Knightshayes, Sherford; lands in Buckland Monachorum, Sherford, Yarcombe, Brixton, Upottery, Bere Alston, Devon; site of priory of Launceston, ‘Newhouse’, lands in St Thomas, Launceston, St Mary Magdalen, St Stephen-by-Launceston, Menheniot and Atwood, Cornw.Devon RO, 346M/F741.
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