ACLAND, Sir John (by 1553-1620), of Columbjohn, Broad Clyst, Devon

Family and Education

b. by 1553, 2nd s. of John Acland (d.1553) of Ackland Barton, Landkey, Devon and Margaret, da. and coh. of Hugh Radcliffe of Stepney, Mdx.; half-bro. of Sir Robert Brett*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 3-4; Procs. Som. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. xxviii. pt. 2, pp. 82-3. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf.; Reg. Exeter Coll. ed. C.W. Boase (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxvii), 318. L. Inn 1573. LI Admiss. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of George Rolle† of Stevenstone, Devon and wid. of Robert Mallett (d.1577) of Woolleigh, Beaford, Devon, 1da. d.v.p.; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 4; PROB 11/59, ff. 210v-11v. (2) pre-nuptial settlement 26 Nov. 1605, Margery, da. of Sir Henry Portman of Orchard Portman, Som. and wid. of Gabriel Hawley (admon. 16 Mar. 1604) of Buckland Sororum, Som., s.p. C142/392/101; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 4; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 113; PROB 11/103, f. 368v. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. d. 14 Feb. 1620. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 4. sig. John Aclande.

Offices Held

J.p. Devon by 1587–d., E163/14/8, f. 7v; C193/13/1, f. 22v. commr. sewers 1600, C66/1541. piracy 1603 – 04, 1615, C181/1, ff. 70, 93; 181/2, f. 242. recusants 1606; L.F. Jewitt, Hist. Plymouth, i. 143. freeman, Exeter, Devon 1607; Exeter Freemen ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 113. commr. inquiry into duchy of Cornw. lands, W. Country 1607, C181/2, f. 34. subsidy, Devon 1608, SP14/31/1. sheriff 1608–9, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 36. commr. inquiry into lands of Sir Walter Ralegh†, Devon 1612. C181/2, f. 170.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610–d. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 466; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 317.

Parlimentarian

ACLAND, Sir John (by 1553-1620), of Columbjohn, Broad Clyst, Devon

Main residence: Columbjohn, Broad Clyst, Devon.

Author

T.M.V.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

ACLAND, Sir John (by 1553-1620)

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Oxford 1644

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