Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet
Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet (23 April 1623 – 1667) lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton in Devon, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1667.
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Arms of Chichester: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair
Origins
He was the son and heir of Sir Robert Chichester (d.1627), K.B., of Raleigh, Devon by his second wife Mary Hill, a daughter of Robert Hill (d.1637)[1] of Shilston in the parish of Modbury in Devon.
Career
He succeeded to Raleigh on the death of his father on 24 April 1627. He was created a baronet on 4 August 1641.[2] In 1661 Chichester was elected a Member of Parliament for Barnstaple (adjacent to Raleigh) in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1667 at the age of about 44.[3]
Marriages and children
Chichester married twice:
- Firstly to Elizabeth Rayney (d.1654), a daughter of Sir John Rayney, 1st Baronet (1601–1661) of Wrotham in Kent, by his first wife Catharine Style, a daughter of Thomas Style. By his first wife he had children including:[4]
- Sir John Chichester, 2nd Baronet (c. 1658-16 September 1680)
- Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet (c. 1662-3 February 1718), (Since his first wife died in 1654 this has to be an error)
- Henry
- Secondly to Mary Colly, a daughter of Theodore Colly and widow of George Warcup, a merchant of the City of London.[5] She is recorded as a widow, in the parish of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, on 18 July 1655.
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References
- Vivian, p.486, pedigree of Hill of Shilston
- George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 2
- History of Parliament Online - Chichester, Sir John, 1st Bt.
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.174, pedigree of Chichester
- History of Parliament biography
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Preceded by John Rolle Nicholas Dennys |
Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1661–1667 With: Nicholas Dennys |
Succeeded by Nicholas Dennys Sir John Northcote |
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