DELBRIDGE, John (1564-1639), of Barnstaple and Bishop’s Tawton, Devon

Family and Education

bap. 9 July 1564, 2nd s. of Richard Delbridge (d. aft. 1595) of Barnstaple, merchant and his w. Alice. m. 10 Jan. 1585, Agnes (bur. 15 May 1639), da. of Henry Downe of Barnstaple, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).D. Drake, ‘Barnstaple MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxxii. 258; Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. T. Wainwright, i. 10, 13, 29, 31, 34-5, 38, 40, 43; iii. 21, 23-5, 32, 43, 59; Barnstaple Recs. ed. J.R. Chanter and T. Wainwright, i. 222. d. 24 June 1639. WARD 7/94/180.

Offices Held

Freeman, Barnstaple by 1596, J.R. Chanter, Literary Hist. of Barnstaple, 104. mayor 1600 – 01, 1615 – 16, 1633 – 34, capital burgess by 1611, J.B. Gribble, Memorials of Barnstaple, 202, 399. capt. militia ft. by 1629, clerk of the market 1633–4. Barnstaple Recs. i. 35; ii. 108.

Servant to Sir Robert Cecil† by 1602-at least 1606. HMC Hatfield, xii. 210; xviii. 213.

Member, E.I. Co. 1611–21, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 279; CSP Col. E.I. 1617–21, p. 506. French Co. 1611, Rabb, 279. Virg. Co. 1612-at least 1623, A. Brown, Genesis of US, 548; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 157. N.W. Passage Co. 1612, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 240. Somers Is. Co. 1615-at least 1622. Brown, 770; Hist. of the Bermudas ed. J.H. Lefroy (Hakluyt Soc. lxv), 216; Letters from Bermuda 1615–46 ed. V.A. Ives, 244.

Member, Council for Virg. 1621. Recs. Virg. Co. i. 473.

Parlimentarian

DELBRIDGE, John (1564-1639), of Barnstaple and Bishop’s Tawton, Devon

Main residences: Barnstaple; Bishop's Tawton, Devon.

Author

T.M.V.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DELBRIDGE, John (1564-1639)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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