Family and Education
b. c. 1621, 2nd s. of John Silly, attorney, (d.1646) of Trevelver, Cornw. by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Marke of St. Wenn. educ. Pembroke, Oxf. 8 May 1635, aged 14; M. Temple 1638. m. 1642, Jane, da. of William Cotton, precentor of Exeter Cathedral, 3s. 1da. suc. nephew at Trevelver 1667.J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, ii. 520-1.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Cornw. 1657, 1664 – 69, militia Mar. 1660, j.p. Mar. – July 1660, Aug. 1660–2, capt. of militia ft. Apr. 1660.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: St. Wenn, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
SILLY, John (c.1621-72)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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