Ambrose Manaton (1589 – 1 June 1651) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1624 and 1640. He supported the

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side in the

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. Manaton was the second son of Peter Manaton of Trecarrell in

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and his wife Ann Edgecumbe, daughter of Pierce Edgecumbe of Mount Edgecumbe. In 1621 Manaton was elected Member of Parliament for

Bossiney Bossiney (, meaning ''Kyni's dwelling'') is a village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is north-east of the larger village of Tintagel which it adjoins: further north-east are the Rocky Valley and Trethevy. Until 1832 the village, ...

. He was elected MP for Tregoney in 1624. In 1627, he was called to the bar at

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. He became a master of chancery extraordinary and

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of Launceston.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Mab-Marygold', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 956–982. Date accessed: 5 May 2012
/ref> Manaton was next elected as MP for Launceston in April 1640 for the

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. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the

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and sat until 1641 when he was disabled for supporting King Charles I. Manaton was created D.C.L. at the

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on 21 March 1644. He entertained King Charles at his house in 1644.James Venning ''An illustrated postal directory with map and historical notices, of twenty parishes in East Cornwall, for the new century. From A.D. 449 to 1901''
/ref> Manaton died in 1651 and was buried at South Petherwin, where his monument displayed the arms of Manaton and Reskymer, and Manaton and Edgcombe. Manaton married as his second wife Jane Mapowder daughter of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy, Devon. Their sons

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and

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were both subsequently Members of Parliament.David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley ''The House of Commons, 1690–1715, Volume 2''
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