CUNY, Richard (d.1627), of St. Florence, Pemb.

Family and Education

s. of Walter Cuny by Katherine, da. of an unknown Beds. gent. m. (1) 16 Mar. 1590, Anne da. of Matthew Cradock† of Stafford, 1da.; (2) by 1609, Jane, da. of Morgan Powell, merchant, of Greenhill, Pemb., 1s. 6da. (? 1 d.v.p.); d. by 24 Oct. 1627. Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, i. 25, 126; IGI Staffs.; Green, 170-1; J.C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl Hist. ii. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1920), pp. 6-7. sig. Richard Cuny.

Offices Held

Capt. ft. Lisbon expedition 1589, Expedition of Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake to Spain and Portugal, 1589 ed. R.B. Wernham (Navy Rec. Soc. cxxvii), 348. Normandy campaign 1591, E351/243, unfol. Guernsey 1593, E351/245, unfol. Ire. 1595, 1597; SP12/253/35; SP63/202(i)/67. lt. col. Cadiz expedition 1596; HMC Hatfield, vi. 206, 361, 498. col. and sjt.-maj. of the army, Ire. 1598. CSP Ire. 1598–9, pp. 240, 242.

Commr. to establish sums collected by the late under-collector of the subsidy, Pemb. 1601, E178/3489. to examine witnesses (Alban Stepneth* v. John Heyward) 1605; STAC 8/290/5, ff. 16, 23. dep. constable, Tenby Castle, Pemb. 1607-at least 1622; E112/151/61. commr. inquiry, Carew Castle, Pemb. 1610, lands of Sir James Perrot* 1610; E178/205, 208. j.p. Pemb. by 1614–d.; C66/1988; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 21; SP16/33/57. mayor, Pembroke 1616, 1620, 1625; ‘Mayors of Pembroke’, W. Wales Historical Recs. v. 120–1; C219/37/363. sheriff, Pemb. 1614–15; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 266. commr. piracy causes, Pemb., Carm., Card. 1623; C181/3, f. 97. dep. lt. Pemb. by 1626–d., SP16/18/50; APC, 1627, p. 88. commr. Forced Loan 1627–d., SP16/73/6. col. militia ft. by 1627. SP16/88/50.

Parlimentarian

CUNY, Richard (d.1627), of St. Florence, Pemb.

Main residence: St. Florence, Pemb.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CUNY, Richard (-d.1627)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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