JOURDAIN, Ignatius (1561-1640), of Exeter, Devon

Family and Education

bap. 17 Aug. 1561,F.B. Troup, ‘An Exeter Worthy’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxix. 351. 2nd s. of William Jourdain of Lyme Regis, Dorset. J.J. Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxi. 210. educ. appr. Exeter; Guernsey c.1576. F. Nicolls, Life and Death of Mr. Ignatius Jurdain (1654), p. 2. m. (1) 24 June 1589, Katherine (bur. 4 May 1593), da. of John Bodley of Exeter, goldsmith, 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 5 Aug. 1593, Elizabeth (bur. 18 Oct. 1649), da. of Thomas Baskerville of Exeter, apothecary, 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p.). Troup, 352, 375-6; Devon RO, St. Mary Arches, Exeter par. reg.; Freemen of Exeter ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 100. bur. 18 June 1640. Troup, 361. Jourdain’s first biographer incorrectly recorded his death date as 15 July 1640: Nicolls, 22. sig. Ignatius Jurdain.

Offices Held

Freeman, Exeter 1589, Exeter Freemen, 101. bailiff 1599–1600, Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, 210. common councilman 1608–d., Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 6, p. 332. recvr. 1610 – 11, sheriff 1611 – 12, mayor 1617–18, Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, 210. alderman 1619 – d., dep. mayor Oct.-Dec. 1625, Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, pp. 332, 624, 628. commr. oyer and terminer 1632. C181/4, f. 127v.

Member, Exeter French Co. by 1603, gov. 1614–15, W. Cotton, Elizabethan Guild of City of Exeter, 38; W.B. Stephens, ‘Officials of French Co., Exeter in Early Seventeenth Cent.’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxvii. 112. member, Spanish Co. 1605. Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 98.

Parlimentarian

JOURDAIN, Ignatius (1561-1640), of Exeter, Devon

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.

Author

G.Y.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

JOURDAIN, Ignatius (1561-1640)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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