Richard Strode | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:StrodeArms_StMarysChurch_Plympton.PNG) Arms of Strode of Newnham in Devon: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable | |
| Born | 22 May 1528 |
| Died | 5 August 1581 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | MP |
| Spouse | Frances Cromwell |
| Children | William Strode |
| Parent(s) | William Strode Elizabeth Courtenay |
Richard Strode (22 May 1528 – 5 August 1581), of Newnham, in the parish of Plympton St Mary in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle in 1553 and 1559.[1][2] He later served as escheator for Devon and Cornwall from 1565–1566.[1]
He was the eldest son of William Strode of Newnham, Devon and Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Courtenay.[1] He married, on 11 November 1560, Frances (died 7 February 1562), daughter of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell and Elizabeth Seymour by whom he had a son:[1] William Strode (1562–1637)[3]
Strode died on 5 August 1581,[4] two years after his father, leaving landed property worth over £60 per annum to his son and heir, William, then aged nineteen.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Fuidge 1981.
- ^ Colby 1872, p. 278.
- ^ Vivian 1895, pp. 718–719.
- ^ Vivian 1895, p. 718.