STRODE, Sir William (1562-1637), of Newnham, Plympton St. Mary and Meavy, Devon

Family and Education

b. c. Mar. 1562,C142/192/12. o.s. of Richard Strode† of Newnham and Frances, da. of Gregory Cromwell†, 1st Bar. Cromwell. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 718-19; T. Westcote, Devonshire, 543. educ. I. Temple 1581. I. Temple database of admiss. m. (1) lic. 15 July 1581, Mary (bur. 24 Feb. 1618), da. of Thomas Southcote† of Shillingford St. George and Bovey Tracey, Devon, 3s. 7da.; (2) 31 Mar. 1624, Dewnes or Dennes (bur. 16 Sept. 1635), da. of Nicholas Glanville of Tavistock, Devon and wid. of Henry Vosper (admon. 21 May 1623) of Tavistock, merchant, s.p. Vivian, 719; Westcote, 543; PROB 11/92, f. 191; 11/141, ff. 343v-4. suc. fa. 1581; C142/192/12. Kntd. Feb. 1598. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 95. d. 27 June 1637. J. Prince, Devon Worthies, 734. sig. William Strode.

Offices Held

Col. militia ft., Plympton stannary, Devon by 1588-at least 1598; HMC 15th Rep. vii. 6, 42. j.p. Devon 1592–d., CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 186; SP16/405, f. 14v. sheriff 1593–4, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 36. commr. survey, Crediton manor, Devon 1594; C66/1441. surveyor of Crown lands, Devon 1598–d.; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 65; 1635–6, p. 213. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1599–d., C66/1493; C181/5, f. 73. dep. lt. Devon 1599-at least 1631, C231/1, f. 73; APC, 1630–1, p. 344. commr. piracy 1603 – 15, 1619 – 20, 1624, 1630, C181/1, f. 61v; 181/2, ff. 242, 348; 181/3, ff. 1v, 130; 181/4, f. 52v. Exeter 1607, 1612, C181/2, ff. 52, 175. pilchard fishery, Devon and Cornw. 1606, HMC 9th Rep. i. 265. inquiry, duchy of Cornw. lands, 1607, C181/2, f. 34. survey, Dartmoor, Devon 1608, Westcote, 82–3. subsidy, Devon 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. aid 1609; SP14/43/107. recorder, Plymouth, Devon 1611–20; HMC 9th Rep. i. 266, 283. treas. of war, Devon 1620, HMC 15th Rep. vii. 63. commr. exacted fees 1623, Bodl. Tanner 287, f. 72. salvage, Cattewater harbour, Plymouth, Devon 1624–5, SP14/181/7. impressment, Devon 1625, APC, 1623–5, p. 499. billeting, Devon and Cornw. 1625, 1628, Ibid. 1625–6, pp. 55–6; 1628–9, pp. 207–8. martial law 1625, 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 180; APC, 1627–8, p. 79. Privy Seal loan, Devon 1625, E401/2586. inquiry into v.-admlty 1626, H. Hulme, ‘Sir John Eliot and the Vice-Admiralty of Devon’, Cam. Misc. xvii. pt. 3, p. 29. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 10; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. sewers 1634. C181/4, f. 163v.