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James Erisey was born at Erisey House near Mullion, in the parish of Grade in Cornwall. He sailed as a privateer with Sir Francis Drake.

In 1585 Drake hired James Erisey to captain a man-o-war, following a message from Queen Elizabeth I that "privateers were at liberty to attack Spanish shipping".

In 1586 he was again part of a fleet led by Drake. He was also one of the early colonists of Roanoke Island. Erisey was captain of the "White Lion" , a private warship owned by Charles Lord Howard of Effingham, who at the time was Lord Admiral of England.

In 1588 he was at Plymouth with Drake when they sailed out to fight the Spanish Armada invasion fleet. Also in Drake's fleet was Sir Richard Grenville, who was Erisey's cousin.

References

Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, a quarterly journal, #22,(1942 - 1946)

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• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2462.htm#i73978
• 'James Erisey
• 'M, b. circa 1501, d. 2 May 1543
• Father James Erisey, Sheriff of Cornwall d. 18 Oct 1522
• Mother Margaret Durant b. b 1468, d. 1535
• ' James Erisey was born circa 1501 at of Erisey, Cornwall, England. He married Christian Grenville, daughter of Sir Roger Grenville and Margaret Whitley, circa 1526. James Erisey died on 2 May 1543 at England.
• 'Family Christian Grenville b. c 1503
• Child
  • ◦Honor Erisey+ b. c 1529, d. 1587
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• 'Full text of "State papers relating to the defeat of the Spanish Armada, anno 1588;"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/statepapersrela01lauggoog/statepapersrela01lauggoog_djvu.txt
• http://www.archive.org/details/statepapersrela01lauggoog
• http://www.archive.org/stream/statepapersrela01lauggoog#page/n354/mode/1up/search/James
• 46, James Erisey, captain of the White Lion in the West Indies in 1585-6. His grandfather, 'James Erisey, married Christiana', youngest daughter of Roger Greynvile of Stow. This would seem to be an older Roger than Sir Richard Greynvile's father ; but the name was common in the family. Erisey himself married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Carew of Anthony (Visitation of Cornwall, 1620, Harl. Soc. pp. 160-4).
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