Family and Education
b. by 1517, prob. s. of Otes Petre of Exeter and Bowhay. m. (1) by 1538, Wilmot, da. of John Petre of Tor Newton in Torbryan, 4s. 1da.; (2) Alice, da. of Walter Smith of Totnes, wid. of John Hurst (d.1555), 4s. 3da.Date of birth estimated from marriage. Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 210; Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 169; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 592; Trans. Dev. Assoc. xlv. 429; C142/198/41.
Offices Held
Bailiff, Exeter 1553 – 54, member, the Twenty-Four Sept. 1554–?d., receiver 1555 – 56, sheriff 1556 – 57, mayor 1557 – 58, 1562 – 63, 1575 – 76; gov. merchant adventurers 1560–1.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Exeter; Bowhay, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
PETRE, John II (by 1517-81)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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