RASHLEIGH, John (1554-1624), of Fowey and Menabilly, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. ?1554, o.s. of John Rashleigh, merchant of Fowey by Alice, da. of William Lanyon. educ. ?Hart Hall, Oxf. 1576, aged 19.Al. Ox. iii. 1233 gives matric. Hart Hall, Dec. 1576, aged 19 (i.e. b.c.1557), but date given for baptism (Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 391) is 27 Nov. 1554. m. 10 Feb. 1576, Alice (d.1606), da. of Richard Bonithon of Carclew, 2s. 4da. suc. fa. 1582.

Offices Held

Dep. lt. Cornw. 1598, sheriff 1608 – 09; portreeve, Fowey by 1584.J. Keast, Fowey, 44–50, 52, 56; Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 183–4; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 391; Reg. Univ. Oxon. ed. Clark, ii(2), p. 71; APC, xxix. 413.

Parlimentarian

RASHLEIGH, John (1554-1624), of Fowey and Menabilly, Cornw.

Main residences: Fowey; Menabilly, Cornw.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

RASHLEIGH, John (1554-1624)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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