Richard Ferris
Richard Ferris (died 1649, aged 67)
Origins
Ferris was born at Barnstaple, the son of Philip Ferris by his wife Thomasyn Cade. The armorials displayed on his monument in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple (Or, on a bend sable three horse-shoes argent
The Cade family seated at Fremington were prominent merchants at nearby Barnstaple. Roger Cade (d.1618) of Barnstaple was Mayor of Barnstaple in 1591.[2][7]
Career
The records of the Borough of Barnstaple record in 1630 that a payment was made by the Borough to Alexander Horwood (Mayor of Barnstaple in 1634[2]) and Richard Ferris "for riding to Exon (i.e. Exeter, Devon) about the Spanish Company".[8] Barnstaple is particularly associated with this company, and the company's arms are shown on several monuments in St Peter's Church and also sculpted in relief on the plaster ceiling of the grand townhouse at 62 Boutport Street, Barnstaple.[8]
In November 1640 Ferris was elected as one of the two
Death, burial and monument
He died in 1649 aged 67[13] and was buried in St Peter's Church in Barnstaple. His large mural monument with recumbent effigy survives in that church.
Further reading
- History of Parliament biography, on-line text not yet available [1]
References
- ^ Dates per inscription on his monument in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple "departed this life Anno Dom(ini) 1649 Aetat(is) (Suae) 67" ("of his age 67").
- ^ a b c Lamplugh, p. 156.
- ^ Lamplugh, p. 66.
- ^ Pole, p. 482, where tinctures of field and horse-shoes are reversed. Correct tinctures visible in stained glass windows in Bere Ferrers Church, Churston Ferrers Church, etc.
- ^ a b Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p. 210.
- ^ a b Pole, p. 336.
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895, p. 126, pedigree of Cade of Fremington.
- ^ a b Lamplugh, p. 165, note 2 (Chapter 12).
- ^ 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. 229–239.
- ^ Lamplugh, pp. 67-68.
- ^ Lamplugh, pp. 72, 156, List of Mayors.
- ^ a b Lamplugh, p. 72.
- ^ Old Towns Books and Maps; as stated on his monument.
- Sources
- Lamplugh, Lois, Barnstaple: Town on the Taw, South Molton, 2002
- Pole, Sir William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791.