PARRY, Dr George (c.1601-60), of Doctors’ Commons and Larkbear, Exeter St Leonard, Devon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1601, 3rd s. of Dr Henry Parry, bishop of Worcester.B.P. Levack, The Civil Lawyers in England (Oxford, 1973), 260. educ. I. Temple, 20 Apr. 1616; Merton, Oxf. 14 Mar. 1617, BA 3 Feb. 1619; Magdalene, Camb. BA (h.c.) 1622, LLD, 1628.I. Temple database; Al. Ox; Al. Cant. m. (1) Dorothy, da. of Sir Ralph Horsey of Dorset and wid. of Sir Nicholas Smith† of Larkbear, s.p.; (2) bef. 1642, Mary, da. of Dr Giles Swett of Castle Baynard, London and North Aston, Oxon, 2s. 2da.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 692; SP23/208, pp. 60-1. Kntd. 12 May 1644.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 217. d. bef. May 1660.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 84.

Offices Held

Academic: fell. Magdalene, Camb. 1619–28.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261.

Legal: chan. Exeter dioc. 1624–?1653. Member, Doctors’ Commons, 1628–42.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261. Judge, ct. of arches, 1628–?42;Court of Arches, List of Civilians (IHR, B.2369 Arc). high ct. of delegates, c.Jan. 1631-May 1639.DEL8/70, ff. 72–115. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. c.1634–9.CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 268; 1639, pp. 69, 364. Surrogate to judge of ct. of admlty. in west, c.1645.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261; Coate, Cornw, 185. Judge ct. of admlty. c.June 1650-June 1651.HCA30/840/91, 93, 98 (ff. 216–7, 220–1, 232–3). Surrogate to judge of prerogative ct. of Canterbury, 1652.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261.

Local: judge martial, Devon militia by June 1635-aft. 1639.CSP Dom. 1635, p. 133; 1638–9, p. 365. Commr. piracy, Devon 4 Aug. 1637, 15 Mar. 1639.C181/5, ff. 84v, 132v. J.p. 30 May 1643–46.S. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs, 1643–1660’, in Devon Documents ed. Gray (1996), 159. Member, council of war (roy.), Exeter c.Jan. 1644-Feb. 1645.Devon RO, 1392M, 3779–3. Commr. excise (roy.), Devon 8 May 1644; Devon and Exeter 10 Mar. 1645; inquiry treasonable acts (roy.), Jersey 19 June 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 202, 227, 261. militia (roy.), 1644;Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261. western cos. c.Apr. 1645.Coate, Cornw. 173n.

: Exeter St Leonard, Devon.

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Commons 1640-1660

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PARRY, Dr George (c.1601-60), of Doctors’ Commons and Larkbear, Exeter St Leonard, Devon.

Will

admon. 16 Nov. 1670.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 261.

Estates

properties in St Martin’s par. Exeter, bef. 1629; also land in Holy Trinity par. Exeter, bef. 1660.Exeter in the Seventeenth Century ed. Hoskins, 7, 24. Through 1st wife gained lease of Larkbear and 30 acres, in parishes of Heavitree, St Leonard’s and Holy Trinity, Devon;SP23/208, p. 60. also possession of manors of Treveneague, Penberthy, Tolverne and St Mawes, 20 Dec. 1638-2 July 1649.SP23/208, pp. 60-1; Cornw. RO, G/1148/1, 2.

Oxford 1644

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