Paul Speccot

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Paul Speccot (died 1643) of Penheale in the parish of Egloskerry in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament successively for Bossiney, East Looe and Newport all in Cornwall, between 1626 and 1640.

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Origins

He was the second son of Sir John Speccot (c.1561-1644) of Speccot in the parish of Merton, Devon, [2] and of Penheale in Cornwall, [3] a Member of Parliament for St Mawes in Cornwall from 1604, [4] Sheriff of Cornwall in 1622/3, Sheriff of Devon 1614/15, feudal baron of Great Torrington [5] in Devon and lord of the manor of Holsworthy in Devon. His mother (his father's first wife) was Elizabeth Edgcumbe, daughter of Peter Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall. [6] His elder brother was Peter Speccot (died 1655) of Thornbury and Speccot, MP for Tregony in Cornwall in 1624. [7]

Career

In 1626 Speccot was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bossiney in Cornwall. In 1628 he was elected MP for East Looe in Cornwall. In April 1640 he was elected MP for Newport in Cornwall, in the Short Parliament. [8]

Marriages

Speccot married twice: [9]

Death and burial

Speccot died in 1643 and was buried at Egloskerry where he left £700 for the curate. [14]

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References

  1. Vivian, p.706
  2. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.707, pedigree of Speccot of Thornbury
  3. National Archives Cornwall Record Office BW/18/1
  4. "SPECCOTT, John (C.1561-1644), of Thornbury, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
  5. Risdon, Tristram (died 1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.362
  6. Vivian, p.707
  7. Vivian, p.707
  8. 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.
  9. Vivian, p.707
  10. Vivian, p.707
  11. Vivian, p.707
  12. Vivian, p.707
  13. Vivian, p.707
  14. Fortescue Hitchins, Samuel Drew, The History of Cornwall: from the earliest records and traditions ..., Volume 2
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bossiney
1626
With: The Lord Lambart
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir James Bagge
John Trevor
Member of Parliament for East Looe
1628–1629
With: William Murray
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newport
1640
With: Nicholas Trefusis
Succeeded by
Richard Edgecumbe
John Maynard