Family and Education
b. by 1600, Age calculated from date of admiss. to university. 2nd s. of (Sir) John Speccott* (d.1644) of Thornbury, Devon and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Peter Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.; bro. of Peter*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 707; C2/Chas.I/S36/45. educ. ‘subscribed’ Oxf. 1614; Al. Ox. I. Temple 1616; CITR, ii. 95. ?travelled abroad 1619. APC, 1619-21, p. 49. m. (1) c.1635, Grace (bur. 27 Nov. 1636), da. of Robert Halswell of Halswell, Som., s.p.; (2) Dorothy (d. 4 Nov. 1691), da. of Christopher Wise of Totnes, Devon, 1s. 1da. bur. 26 Oct. 1644 26 Oct. 1644. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 707; C2/Chas.I/S98/26; J. Polsue, Complete Paroch. Hist. of Cornw. i. 327. sig. Paul Speccott.
Offices Held

Commr. swans, W. Country 1629, hard soap 1638, C181/4, f. 3v; 181/5, ff. 92, 102v. assessment, Cornw. 1641–2, SR, v. 60, 82, 149. array, 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. j.p. Cornw. from 1640. C231/5, p. 418.

Main residence: Penheale, nr. Egloskerry, Cornw.
Author
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

SPECCOTT, Paul (by 1600-1644)

Will
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Oxford 1644
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