Family and Education
b. c. 1525, o.s. of John Harris of Lanrest by Anne, da. of John Becket of Cartuther in Menheniot. m. (1) 21 Oct. 1548, Catherine, da. of Thomas Tremayne of Collacombe in Lamerton, Devon, 1da., (2) 31 Jan. 1563, Jane, da. of William Harris I of Radford, Devon, 1s. 1da.; (3) Thomasin, da. of John Copleston of Warleigh in Tamerton Folliott, Devon, wid. of George Pollard of Langley in High Bickington, Devon. suc. fa. c.1526.Aged one at father’s death, C1/1301/20-24. Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 447; Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 62-63.
Offices Held
Dep. bailiff, hundred of West, Cornw. by 1546, bailiff 1549, 1558 – 62, 1568 – 69, 1572 – 73; ?dep. feodary, duchy of Cornw. c. 1554; under sheriff, Cornw. 1555 – 56; commr. assessionable manors, duchy of Cornw. 1563; escheator, Devon and Cornw. 1578–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Lanrest in Liskeard, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
HARRIS, John (c.1525-79)
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Oxford 1644
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