Family and Education
b. c. 1540, s. of Edmund Drake. m. (1) 4 duly 1569, Mary Newman (d.1583), s.p.; (2) 1585, Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham, s.p. Kntd. 4 Apr. 1581.
Offices Held
Mayor, Plymouth 1581 – 82; j.p. Devon from c. 1583, Cornw. from c. 1591; v.-adm. at Plymouth against Armada 1586 – 88, in command Cadiz expedition 1587, Portugal expedition 1589; West Indies 1595.
Main residences: Buckland Abbey; Yealmpton, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
DRAKE, Francis (c.1540-96)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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