William Harris (born 10 March 1504), of Radford [2] in the parish of Plymstock in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Newport-juxta-Launceston [1] in Cornwall. [3]
William Harris (born 10 March 1504), of Radford [2] in the parish of Plymstock in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Newport-juxta-Launceston [1] in Cornwall. [3]
He was the son and heir of Francis Harris (1475–1509) of Radford, by his wife Phillipa Grenville (d. 1524), a daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville (d. 1513), lord of the manors of Bideford in Devon and of Stowe in the parish of Kilkhampton, Cornwall, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1481 and in 1486. She survived her husband and remarried to Humphry Arundell of Lanherne, [4] Cornwall, younger brother of Sir John Arundell (1474–1545), her brother-in-law.
He was a Member of Parliament for Newport-juxta-Launceston in Cornwall, for the fifth (1529–1536) parliament of King Henry VIII, probably served in the sixth (1536) parliament, and may have served in either or both of that king's seventh (1539–1540) and eighth (1539–1542) parliaments. [3]
At some time before June 1527, he married Catherine Trecarrel, a daughter and co-heiress of Henry Trecarrell (alias Esse) [1] of Trecarrell in Cornwall, by whom he had progeny as follows:
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