John Woolcombe

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John Woolcombe (1680–1713) of Pitton in the parish of Yealmpton in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in Devon 1702–5, and served as Sheriff of Devon in 1711–12.History of Parliament biography [http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1690-1715/member/woolcombe-john-1680-1713]

He was the eldest son of John Woolcombe (d.1690) of Pitton by his wife Thomasine Francis, a daughter of Philip Francis, Mayor of Plymouth in 1642 and 1651.Cruickshanks & Hayton His family used the same coat of arms as the ancient "Woollocombe" family of Over Woolocombe in the parish of RoboroughOver Woolocombe in the parish of Roborough per Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.394 near Great Torrington in North Devon (or in the parish of

Morthoe, North DevonRisdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.270) in Devon, namely Argent, three bars gules.Vivian, pp.795,803

In 1692 he became the heir of his uncle Henry Woolcombe (d.1692), who had married the heiress of Ashbury in Devon,Vivian, p.803 and thereby inherited Ashbury.Cruickshanks & Hayton

In 1707 he married Anne Hele (d.1713), a daughter of Rev. Richard Hele of Hele in the parish of CornwoodRisdon, p.192; Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend John Swete, 1789-1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, Vol 2, p.19 in Devon, Rector of Helland in Cornwall, by his wife Judith Cary, a daughter of Dr George Cary (1611-1680)

lord of the manor of Clovelly, Devon,

and Dean of Exeter. Her brother was Richard Hele (1679-1709) of Fleet House, Holbeton, Devon, MP for West Looe in Cornwall.Vivian, p.466 His marriage was without issue.

Woolcombe died in April 1713, a few days after his wife, and was buried at Yealmpton on 20 April. His heir was his youngest brother Philip Woolcombe,Cruickshanks & Hayton; Vivian, p.803 Rector of Zeal Monachorum in Devon, who married Elizabeth Blackall, a daughter of Offspring Blackall, Bishop of Exeter, by whom he was the father of John Woolcombe (d.1788) of Ashbury, Sheriff of Devon in 1751.Vivian, p.803

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Sources

  • Eveline Cruickshanks / D. W. Hayton, biography of Woolcombe, John (1680-1713), of Pitton, Yealmpton, Devon, published in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002 [http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1690-1715/member/woolcombe-john-1680-1713]
  • Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 803, pedigree of "Wollocombe of Pitton"[http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1690-1715/member/woolcombe-john-1680-1713]

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