Family and Education
b. c. 1530, s. and h. of Sir Thomas Speke by his 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir Richard Berkeley of Stoke. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Andrew Luttrell of Dunster, wid. of Richard Mallet of Currypool, 1s. 2da.; (2) Dorothy, da. of Edward Gilbert of London, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1551. KB Jan. 1559.Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 103; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 4, 43, 45-6; Machyn Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 186, 370; Som. Med. Wills (Som. Rec. Soc. xxi), 125; EHR, xxv. 553.
Offices Held
J.p. Som. 1559, q. 1577, sheriff 1562 – 63; commr. oyer and terminer, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Hants, Som., Wilts. 1564; commr. piracy, Som. 1577, musters by 1588.
Main residence: White Lackington, Som.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
SPEAKE (SPEKE), Sir George (c.1530-84)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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