KILLIGREW, Sir Peter (c.1593-1668), of Arwennack, St Budock, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1593, 4th s. of John Killigrew of Arwennack and Dorothy, da. of Thomas Monck of Potheridge, Devon. m. c.Oct. 1625, Mary, da. of Thomas Lucas† of Colchester, Essex, 1s. 1da. Kntd. 29 Dec. 1625; suc. bro. 1633.R.N. Worth, ‘The Family of Killigrew’, Jnl. Royal Institution of Cornw. iii. 272-7; ‘Pedigree of the Killigrews’, ibid. ix. 179-80.

Offices Held

Central: gent. of privy chamber, 1633–?42.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 134.

Local: j.p. Cornw. 15 Mar. 1655–d.C231/6, p. 305. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Western circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 377. Gov. Pendennis Castle 25 Feb.-Sept. 1660.Worcester Coll. Oxford, Clarke MS LII, unfol.: 25 Feb. 1660; CSP Dom. 1668–9, pp. 645–6. Commr. militia, Cornw. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Peter Killigrew’. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR.

: St Budock, Cornw.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

KILLIGREW, Sir Peter (c.1593-1668), of Arwennack, St Budock, Cornw.

Will

none found.

Estates

granted jointure lands worth £300 p.a. at West Moor, Cardiff, Glam., by deed of 13 May 1629;Worth, ‘Family of Killigrew’, 274; ‘Pedigree of Killigrews’, 188-9. estate in Cornwall decayed (worth only £80 on his succession in 1633), but restored by 1668.‘Family of Killigrew’, 274, 277.

Oxford 1644

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