Family and Education
b. c. 1511, 1st s. of Thomas Evelegh of Clyst St. Lawrence by Thomasin, da. of Michael More of Clyst St. Lawrence. m. (1) Alice, da. of Henry Collins, 1s. 2da., (1) Joan, da. of John Southcote I of Bovey Tracey, 8s. 3da.Aged ‘about 70’ in 1581, ex inf. Capt. A. Evelegh. Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 336.
Offices Held
Attorney for Exeter by 1549–58 or later; subsidy collector, Devon 1553, 1554; escheator, Devon 1555 – 56; bailiff, duchy of Liskeard by 1559–69 or later; j.p. Devon 1563, q. 1569 – d.; feodary, Devon, Exeter by 1567–d.
Main residence: Holcombe in Ottery St. Mary, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
EVELEIGH, John (c.1511-86)
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Oxford 1644
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