Richard Strode | |
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Born | 22 May 1528 |
Died | 5 August 1581 53) | (aged
Nationality | English |
Occupation | MP |
Spouse | Frances Cromwell |
Children | William Strode |
Parent(s) | William Strode Elizabeth Courtenay |
Richard Strode (22 May 1528 – 5 August 1581), of Newnham, in the parish of Plympton St Mary in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle in 1553 and 1559.[1][2] He later served as escheator for Devon and Cornwall from 1565–1566.[1]
He was the eldest son of William Strode of Newnham, Devon and Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Courtenay.[1] He married, on 11 November 1560, Frances (died 7 February 1562), daughter of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell and Elizabeth Seymour by whom he had a son:[1] William Strode (1562–1637)[3]
Strode died on 5 August 1581,[4] two years after his father, leaving landed property worth over £60 per annum to his son and heir, William, then aged nineteen.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Fuidge 1981.
- ↑ Colby 1872, p. 278.
- ↑ Vivian 1895, pp. 718–719.
- ↑ Vivian 1895, p. 718.
References
- Colby, Frederic Thomas, ed. (1872). The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. VI. London: Harleian Society.
- Fuidge, N.M.; Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Strode, Richard (1528-81), of Newnham in Plympton St. Mary, Devon". In Hasler, P.W. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Vivian, J.L. (1895). The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, to 1620. With additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: Henry S. Eland.
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