Receiver-gen. to Edward 8th Earl of Devon by 1507 – 09, William 9th Earl of Devon 1511, Henry 10th Earl of Devon and Marquess of Exeter 1511 – 39, Catherine Dowager Countess of Devon by 1523 – 27; bailiff, Exeter 1529 – 30, member of the Twenty-Four by Oct. 1534 – d., receiver 1535 – 36, mayor 1540 – 41; bailiff, manor of Exe Island by Oct. 1536–9 or later; receiver, lands of Queen Catherine Howard, Devon by 1542; jt. (with John Grenville) particular-receiver, lands of Queen Catherine Parr, Devon and Dorset by 1548.
SPURWAY, Thomas (1481/83-1548)