PRIDEAUX, Edmund II (1606-83), of Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. 15 Sept. 1606, 3rd s. of Humphrey Prideaux of Soulden and Honor, da. of Edmund Fortescue of Fallopit, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 611. educ. Bodmin g.s. bef. 1622; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 28 June 1622, BA 1625, incorp. Oxf. 1625; I. Temple, 14 Nov. 1629, ?called 30 Oct. 1638.Al. Cant.; I. Temple database. m. 24 Mar. 1639, Bridget (d. Oct. 1690), da. of John Moyle II* of Bake, St Germans, 5s (2 d.v.p.), 4 da. suc. bro. Feb. 1643. d. 25 Oct. 1683.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 611-2; Cornw. RO, transcript of St Germans par. regs.; Parochial Hist. Cornw. (4 vols., Truro, 1870), iii. 14-15.

Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). tendering Engagement, 28 Jan. 1650.buller FSL, X.d.483 (47). J.p. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, 25 July 1656–?d.C193/13/3, f. 10v; C193/13/4, f. 14; C231/6, p. 345. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1662–?Cornw. RO, PB/3/23. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR. Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1663–4 Nov. 1664.Cornw. RO, PB/3/3, PB/3/7; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

: Cornw., Padstow.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PRIDEAUX, Edmund II (1606-83), of Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornw.

Will

28 Aug. 1683, pr. 1684.Cornw. RO, G/1257; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 611.

Estates

centred on Prideaux Place, Padstow (18 hearths in 1660s).Cornw. Hearth Tax, 148. In Oct. 1644 lands in Cornwall confiscated and rented out at £40 p.a.Cornw. RO, B/35/229. Held Padstow manor (with fines worth £3 5s 1d in 1656-7) and manor of Padstow Penkevel.Cornw. RO, PB/4/77, PB/4/11. At d. held Benallack, Carsella and Polmark, Cornw.Cornw. RO, G/1257.

Oxford 1644

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