John Akeland of Akeland

John Akeland of Akeland Devon died on 5 Oct 1553 in Landkey, Devon. He held the office of High Sheriff of Devon in 1522

• parents: John Akelane died in 1540 & Elizabeth Cruse.

Married

1. Margaret Radcliffe, daughter of Hugh Radcliffe.1 she also married John Brett.

They had the following children:

1. Hugh Acland died on 22 May 1622.
2.  Sir John Acland died in 1620.
3.  Gertrude Acland.
4. Dorothy Acland.

The Will of John Acland VI mentions two daughters: "I bequeath to every of my two daughters Dorothe & Gartrude two hundred markes"[1] It also mentions a son John to whom he gave "all the barton land & tenement of my manor of Hauckeworthy and all that my tenement in Est Downe called Endecott in the Countie of Devon". The will was witnessed by an Anthony Acland.

Debbie Kennett mentions that in the "Subsidy Rolls of 1524-7 that John ACLAND was one of the wealthier landholders in Devon. In 1524 John ACLOND headed the list of taxpayers in Landkey parish with an assessment of goods to the value of £66 2/3. In 1526-7, again in Landkey, he was assessed as holding land to the value of £60."[2]. Although the John Acland referred to here could equally be his father.

Hawkridge, in the parish of Chittlehampton, was left to the second son of John Akeland of Akeland," by his wife, Elizabeth Cruwys of Cruwys Morchard[3]

References

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p144.htm
• http://johnmadjackfuller.homestead.com/fullerfam/pafg23.htm#456
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acland-29 cites
  • 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Acland_(died_1553)
  • 2. http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Landkey/JohnAckland1538.html
  • 3 . Devonshire wills: a collection of annotated testamentary abstracts, together with the family history and genealogy of many of the most ancient gentle houses of the west of England [1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Acland_(d.1553)

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MPZB-1Q3/sir-john-acland-1503... Brief Life History of John. When Sir John Acland was born in 1503, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Acland, was 18 and his mother, Elizabeth Crewse, was 17. He married Margaret Radcliff about 1514, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 October 1553, in Landkey, Devon, England, at the age of 50, and was buried in Landkey, Devon, England.