Richard Strode (22 May 1528 – 5 August 1581), of
Newnham, in the parish of
Plympton St Mary in
Devon
Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...
, was an English
Member of Parliament for
Plympton Erle in 1553 and 1559. He later served as
escheator
Escheat () is a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who has died without heirs to the crown or state. It serves to ensure that property is not left in "limbo" without recognized ownership. It originally applied to ...
for Devon and Cornwall from 1565–1566.
He was the eldest son of William Strode of Newnham, Devon and Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Courtenay. He married, on 11 November 1560, Frances (died 7 February 1562), daughter of
Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell
Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, Order of the Bath, KB ( – 4 July 1551) was an English Nobility, nobleman. He was the only son of the Tudor period, Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex ( – 1540) and Elizabeth Wyckes (d. 152 ...
and
Elizabeth Seymour by whom he had a son:
William Strode
William Strode (1598 – 9 September 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1645. He was one of the Five Members whose impeachment and attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in ...
(1562–1637)
Strode died on 5 August 1581, two years after his father, leaving landed property worth over £60 ''per annum'' to his son and heir, William, then aged nineteen.
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1528 births
1581 deaths
Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Devon
English MPs 1553 (Edward VI)
English MPs 1559
Place of death missing
Politicians from Plymouth, Devon
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