SHAPCOTE, Robert (1621-bef. 1690), of Bradninch, Devon.

Family and Education

bap. 4 Feb. 1621, 1st s. of Henry Shapcote (bur. 29 Mar. 1632) of Bradninch and 1st w. Wilmot Hill (d. 1627).Bradninch par. reg.; C22/173/50. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 4 Sept. 1637;Reg. Coll. Exon. ii. 291. L. Inn 3 Nov. 1638, called 20 Nov. 1645.LIL, Admiss. Bk. 6 f. 149v; LI Black Bks. ii. 367. m. 15 May 1646 Anna, da. of Henry Walrond (d. 1650) of Bradfield, Uffculme, 1s. 2da.Uffculme par. reg; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 769; HP Commons 1660-1690. suc. fa. 1632. d. bef. 3 May 1689.

Offices Held

Military: soldier (parlian.), army of 3rd earl of Essex by 26 June 1645. Col. of ft. western brigade of Edward Massie*, 21 Jan.-Apr. 1646.LI Black Bks. ii. 366; LJ viii. 114; Sprigg, Anglia Rediviva, 182; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 416.

Local: j.p. Devon by 6 Mar. 1647–9.Devon RO, DQS 28/3, 4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6 p. 99. assessment, Devon 2 June 1657;A. and O.. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 92; A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Civic: recorder, Bradninch 1647 – 61; mayor 1650–1.C. Croslegh, Bradninch (1911), 130; Devon RO, Devon QS rolls Easter, Midsummer 1651. Recorder, South Molton 1647–54; Tiverton 1655. Standing counsel, Exeter 1656, 1662.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. x. ff. 77, 172.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656; fraudulent debentures, 1 Apr., 10 July 1656.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 246; 1656–7, p. 15. Sub-commr. new buildings, London 9 July 1657.C231/6 p. 371.

Irish: solicitor-gen. 11 Oct. 1658;C231/6 p. 410. att.-gen. Mar.-May 1659.TSP vii. 627. MP, Wicklow borough 8 May 1661–14 Nov. 1665.CJI i. 595, 351. Commr. assessment, Dublin 1661.REFERENCE?

: Devon.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SHAPCOTE, Robert (1621-bef. 1690), of Bradninch, Devon.

Will

Estates

granted lands of Ballyfine, Gamoloan and Giry, barony of Maryborough, Queen’s County (2,098 acres), 17 July 1668.NAI, 999/306/2.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Wicklow, Mar. 1659.TSP vii. 627.

Religion

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