Richard Strode (died 1581)
Richard Strode | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 22, 1528 |
| Died | August 5, 1581 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | English |
| 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]
Family
Born in 1528, Richard Strode was the eldest son of William Strode of Newnham, Devon and Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Courtenay.[1]
Career
Strode served as escheator for Devon and Cornwall from 1565–1556.[1]
He died 5 August 1581,[3] two years after his father, leaving landed property worth over £60 per annum to his son and heir, William, then aged nineteen.[1]
Marriages and issue
Strode married, 11 November 1560, Frances (d. 7 February 1562), daughter of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell and Elizabeth Seymour by whom he had a son:[1]
- William Strode (1562–1637)[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Fuidge 1981.
- ^ Colby 1872, p. 278.
- ^ Vivian 1895, p. 718.
- ^ Vivian 1895, pp. 718–719.
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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - 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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External links
- Fuidge, N.M. (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. at historyofparliamentonline.org
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