Esquire of the body by 1489, knight by 1504; constable, Launceston castle, Cornw. 1489 – d.; escheator and feodary, duchy of Cornw. 1489 – d.; sheriff, Devon 1494 – 95, 1497 – 98, 1517 – 18, 1528 – 29, Cornw. 1498 – 99, 1505 – 06, 1516 – 17, 1534 – 35; j.p. Cornw. 1498 – d., Devon 1501 – d.; commr. subsidy, Devon 1504, 1512, 1514, 1515, Cornw. 1512, 1514, 1515, 1523, 1524, array, Cornw. 1511, assessionable manors 1525, 1528, 1532, 1535, musters 1539, coastal defences south-western counties 1539; keeper, Kerrybullock park, Cornw. 1509 – d.; receiver-gen. earldom of Devon 18 Apr. 1510–11 or later; recorder, Launceston by 1521 – d.; member, council of Catherine, dowager Countess of Devon by 1547, council of Henry, Marquess of Exeter by 1530 – d., council in the west 1539; chief steward, Tavistock abbey, Devon by 1535.
EDGECOMBE, Sir Peter (1468/69-1539)