John Rashleigh (1619–1693) of Coombe

John Rashleigh (21 January 1619 – 13 March 1693) of Coombe, near Fowey in Cornwall, was MP for Fowey from 1661 to 1679. He was a member of a branch of the more prominent Rashleigh family of Menabilly, near Fowey.

Rashleigh was the only surviving son of Robert Rashleigh (1585 – c. 1667), MP, of Coombe, near Fowey, Cornwall, by his first wife Mary Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis of Landew.[2][3]

He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1637 and entered Gray's Inn in 1639.[4]

He married in 1642 his cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall and had 5 sons and 2 daughters

References

  1. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, vol.1
  2. ^ History of Parliament biography of John Rashleigh
  3. ^ Hunneyball, Paul, biography of Robert Rashleigh (1585-c.1667), of Coombe, nr. Fowey, published in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
  4. ^ Brasenose College Register 1509-1909
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