POLLEXFEN, John (c.1638-1715), of Walbrook House, London and Wembury, Devon

Family and Education

b. c. 1638, 2nd s. of Andrew Pollexfen of Sherford, Devon by Joan, da. of John Woolcombe of Pitton, Yealmpton, Devon; bro. of Henry Pollexfen†. m. lic. 10 May 1670, aged 32, Mary, da. of Sir John Lawrence, Haberdasher, of Great St. Helen’s, London, 2s. 2da. E. F. Eliott-Drake, Fam. and Heirs of Sir Francis Drake, ii. 57; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1071; PCC 30 Fagg.

Offices Held

Gent. of privy chamber 1678–85, 1690–1702; commr. preventing export of wool 1689–92; ld. of Trade 1696–1707. N. Carlisle, Gent. Privy Chamber, 193, 205.

Freeman, Plympton Erle by 1689. J. B. Rowe, Plympton, 183.

Parlimentarian

POLLEXFEN, John (c.1638-1715), of Walbrook House, London and Wembury, Devon.

Main residences: Walbrook House, London; Wembury, Devon.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

POLLEXFEN, John (c.1638-1715)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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