Family and Education
b. by 1510, 1st s. of Thomas Staplehill of Bromley. m. (1) 24 Nov. 1539, Elizabeth, da. of John Southcote I of Bovey Tracey, 1s.; (2) autumn 1548, Anne, da. of one Gale of Kirton in Crediton, wid. of Thomas Spurway of Exeter, 1s.; at least 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 22 Apr. 1557.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman. Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 275; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 697-8; C142/113/8.
Offices Held
Bailiff, Exeter 1550 – 51, member of the Twenty-Four 6 Nov. 1552 – d., receiver 1553 – 54, sheriff 1554 – 55, 1563 – 64, mayor 1556–7.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
STAPLEHILL, Walter (by 1510-63)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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