PRESTWOOD, Thomas (c.1570-1655), of Totnes, Devon

Family and Education

b. c. 1570,Aged 80 in 1650: CCC, 2675. 2nd s. of Thomas Prestwood (d.1576) of Exeter, Devon and Mary, da. of William Strode of Newnham, Devon. m. (1) by 1599, Mary (bur. 2 Mar. 1636), da. of Nicholas Goodridge of Totnes, merchant, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da; (2) 1 Feb. 1637, Frideswide (bur. 28 May 1646), wid. of Samuel Wise of Totnes, ?s.p. bur. 22 Oct. 1655 22 Oct. 1655. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 615; Totnes par. reg. sig. Tho[mas] Prestwood.

Offices Held

Member, Spanish Co. 1604. Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 99.

Warden, Magdalene almshouses, Totnes 1611–12, Devon RO, 1579A-O/7/1/4. ‘master’, Totnes by 1628, mayor 1628 – 29, 1643–4. E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes Mayors’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxxii. 111, 123.

Parlimentarian

PRESTWOOD, Thomas (c.1570-1655), of Totnes, Devon

Main residence: Totnes, Devon.

Author

G.Y.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

PRESTWOOD, Thomas (c.1570-1655)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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