John Chudleigh, MP

Family and Education bap. 20 July 1606, 1st s. of (Sir) George Chudleigh* of Ashton and Mary, da. of Sir William Strode* of Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, Devon.1 educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1621, BA 1624, MA 1626; MA Camb. 1629.2 unm. bur. 15 Apr. 1634.3

Offices Held

Gent. of privy chamber extraordinary 1629-d.4

Biography Chudleigh entered the House of Commons in 1626 as a minor, having been returned at East Looe on a blank indenture. His father, Sir George, had been presented with a burgess-ship there by the borough’s main patron, Sir Reginald Mohun*, to use as he wished, and he opted to provide Chudleigh with ‘a little breeding’ at Westminster. However, Sir George first offered the seat to his patron, secretary of state (Sir) John Coke*, and finalized his son’s nomination only in late February, so that Chudleigh must have missed the Parliament’s opening weeks. Precisely when he did arrive is unclear, as he does not appear in the Commons’ records.5

It was probably through Coke’s influence that Chudleigh became a gentleman of the privy chamber extraordinary three years later. His death from smallpox in April 1634 presumably occurred at Whitehall, since he was buried at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. George Garrard, reporting the news to Sir Thomas Wentworth*, described him as ‘a young man of great hopes, and much lamented by all that knew him’. Chudleigh died childless and intestate; the administration of his estate was granted to his father on 10 May 1634.6

Ref Volumes: 1604-1629 Author: Paul Hunneyball Notes

PROB 6/15, f. 28.

1. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190. 2. Al. Ox. 3. Reg. St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 285. 4. LC5/132, p. 126. 5. HMC Cowper, i. 252, 257. 6. Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 242; PROB 6/15, f. 28

• 'John Chudleigh1
• 'M, #224397, b. 20 July 1606, d. before 1634
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• ' John Chudleigh was born on 20 July 1606 at Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England.1 He was the son of Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Bt. and Mary Strode.1 He died before 1634, unmarried.1 He died intestate and his estate was administered on 10 May 1634.1
• ' He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for East Looe in 1626.1
• Citations
• 1.[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 206. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
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