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Family and Education
b. c. 1581,Al. Ox. 4th s. of Sir Anthony Rous† (d. 1620) of Halton, St Dominick, Cornw. and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Southcote† of Bovey Tracey, Devon; bro. of Ambrose†, step-bro. of John Pym*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 413. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 6 July 1593, BA 31 Jan. 1597; Leiden, 10 Feb. 1599; M. Temple, 5 May 1601.Al. Ox.: Bodl. Selden supra 81, ff. 6v-7; Eng. Speaking Students at Leiden Univ. ed. E. Peacock (1883), 85; M. Temple Admiss. i. 77. m. (1) lic. 29 Aug. 1610, Honor Copleston, wid. of --- Boscarne, Bodmin, Cornw. s.p.;Exeter Marriage Lics. ed. Vivian, 16. (2) 2 Apr. 1612, Ebbot, da. of George Grenville† of Penheale, Egloskerry, Cornw. 1s. 2da.;Cornw. RO, FP/144/1/1; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 413. (3) 29 Aug. 1616, Philippa (d. 20 Dec. 1657), da. of --- Withers of Hollocombe, Devon, and wid. of Richard Stowford (d. 1613) of Dolton, Devon, s.p.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 712; Bibliotheca Cornubiensis ed. G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney (3 vols. 1874), ii. 602. d. 7 Jan. 1659.Ath. Ox. ii. 468.
Offices Held

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 20 Aug., 1 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 728b, 829a. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 750b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 909a. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643; cttee. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648;CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649;CJ vi. 200b. cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Speaker, House of Commons, 5 July-12 Dec. 1653.CJ vii. 281a, 363b. Cllr. of state, 16 Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 262. Commr. approbation of ministers, 20 Mar. 1654; visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218.

Local: commr. sequestration, Devon 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1647, 7 Apr., Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653. 6 Mar. 1647 – d.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p.; Bucks. 6 Mar. 1647 – 12 July 1653, by c. Sept. 1656; Mdx. by Feb. 1650 – d.; Westminster by Dec. 1653–d.C231/6, pp. 78, 259; C193/13/6, f. 4v; S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs, 1643–60’ in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 160–3. Commr. Mdx. militia, 1 Aug. 1648;CJ v. 655b. oyer and terminer, Mdx. by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 3, 327. Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 17, 304. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cornw. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. Mdx. 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 238. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–d.C181/6, pp. 67, 319.

Academic: provost, Eton Coll. 10 Feb. 1644–d.LJ vi. 419a.

: of Brixham, Mdx., Acton, Devon and Eton College, Berks.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1653;Eton Coll. Berks. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1656;Pembroke Coll. Camb. line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1657.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ROUS, Francis (c.1581-1659), of Brixham, Devon, Acton, Mdx. and Eton College, Berks.

Will
18 Mar. 1657, pr. 10 Feb. 1659.PROB11/287/260.
Estates
lands in Devon and Cornwall inherited from fa. and purchased lands at Acton, Mdx., Great Bookham and Cranford, Surr.;PROB11/287/260. salary as cllr. and provost of Eton, 1653-d. £1500 p.a.A Narrative of the Late Parliament (1657), 9 (E.935.5).
Oxford 1644
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