EDGECOMBE, Peter (c.1536-1608), of Mount Edgcumbe and Cotehele, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1536, 1st s. of Sir Richard Edgecombe, by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of John Tregian of Golden; bro. of Richard I. m. c.1555, Margaret, da. of Sir Andrew Luttrell of Dunster Castle, Som., 5s. inc. Richard II 4da. suc. fa. 1562.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Devon 1565 – 66, Cornw. 1569 – 70; v.-adm. by 1568; commr. musters, Devon 1569; receiver of loan for Cornw. 1570; j.p. Devon from c. 1561, q. from 1569, Cornw. q. from c. 1569; custos rot. Cornw. 1573, dep. lt. 1587; steward, Liskeard by 1574–87.C142/134/66; Roberts thesis; W. H. Edgcumbe, Edgcumbe Fam. Recs.; Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 63–4; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 43; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 389; Sloane 3194; HMC Foljambe, 25; SP12/93; J. Allen, Hist. Liskeard, 58, 231–3, 280.

Parlimentarian

EDGECOMBE, Peter (by 1536-1608).

Main residences: Mount Edgcumbe; Cotehele, Cornw.

Author

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

EDGECOMBE, Peter (c.1536-1608)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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