Jonathan Rashleigh (1591–1675)
Cornish chough, argent beaked and legged gules; in the second quarter: a text "T"; in the third and fourth quarters: a crescent all of the third[1]
Jonathan I Rashleigh (4 July 1591 – 1 May 1675), of
Royalist cause during the Civil War
.
Family
He was the second son and heir of
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
. By Anne he had five children including:
- John Rashleigh (1621–1651), who pre-deceased his father,Sheriff of Cornwallin 1687
- Alice Rashleigh, wife of Sir Peter Courtney (c.1616 – 1670), MP, of Trethurfe, Cornwall.
- Elizabeth Rashleigh, who married her cousin from the senior Cornwall line, John Rashleigh (1619–1693) of Coombe, Fowey, MP for Fowey in 1661
His second marriage was in 1633 to Mary Harris (died 1674), daughter of John Harris of Radford, near Plymouth, Devon.[6]
Rashleigh died on 1 May 1675Sheriff of Cornwall in 1687.
Career
Rashleigh was elected
. In April 1640 he was re-elected MP for Fowey for theRestoration in 1660. He was elected once more MP for Fowey to the Cavalier Parliament in 1661 and sat until his death at the age of 83.[8]
Notes
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, vol.1
- ^ a b Willis 1750, p. 168, 177.
- ^ a b Willis 1750, p. 230, 242.
- ^ History of Parliament biog
- ^ Vivian 1895, p. 47, pedigree of Basset.
- ^ a b c Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.1891, pedigree of Rashleigh of Menabilly
- Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.419
- ^ History of Parliament Online - Rashleigh, Jonathan
References
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 168, 177, 230, 242.
- Vivian, J.L., ed. (1895). The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620. With additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian. Exeter: Henry S. Eland.
Further reading
- Brunton, D; Pennington, D H (1954). Members of the Long Parliament. London: George Allen & Unwin.
- Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall. Exeter: William Pollard & Co. 1887. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.