Sir John Drake, MP

' Family and Education b. c.1592, 1st s. of John Drake* of Ash and Dorothy, da. of William Button of Alton Priors, Wilts.1 educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1607, aged 15; I. Temple 1609.2 m. 18 May 1616, Eleanor (d. 9 Oct. 1666), da. of Sir John Boteler*, 1st Bar. Boteler of Brantfield, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. (2 d.v.p.).3 kntd. 7 Sept. 1616;4 suc. fa. 1628. d. 25 Aug. 1636.5 sig. John Drake.

Offices Held

Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1614;6 commr. impressment, Devon 1620;7 collector (jt.), Admlty. tenths, Bristol, Glos. 1625-8, Devon and Som. 1625-8, (sole) 1628-32, Dorset by 1627-32;8 acting v.-adm. (jt.), Devon 1626-at least 1628;9 commr. inventory of French prize goods, Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornw. 1627,10 victualling, Cornw., Devon and Dorset 1627,11 swans, West Country 1629,12 col. militia ft. Devon by 1633-?d.13

Biography Compared with his father, who was a prominent and forceful local governor, Drake seems to have been of only average ability. Consequently, he relied heavily during his public career on the patronage of his kinsman by marriage, the royal favourite Buckingham, who doubtless arranged his knighthood in September 1616. Drake served in Parliament just once, securing a seat in 1624 at Lyme Regis, where his father owned property. Conceivably he already possessed business ties with a leading corporation member, Richard Alford, though these cannot be documented until several years later.14 Drake presumably backed Buckingham’s efforts during this session to win agreement for war with Spain, but he made no recorded speeches on this or any other topic. The three legislative committees to which he was named concerned the estates of William Seymour*, 2nd earl of Hertford, the establishment of three divinity lectures endowed by Thomas Whetenhall, and the reversal of outlawries (10 Mar., 10 and 12 April). He was replaced at Lyme Regis by his father at the next general election, and is not known to have stood again.15

In October 1625 Buckingham appointed Drake and his father joint collectors of Admiralty tenths in Devon, Somerset and Bristol, with Dorset added to their brief subsequently. Now responsible for ensuring that the duke received the share owing to him as lord admiral from the cargoes of prize ships, Drake soon generated protests from other interested parties, such as Bristol’s merchants, who found him too diligent for their liking.16 He also clashed with (Sir) James Bagg II*, who was both collector for the neighbouring jurisdiction of Cornwall, and Buckingham’s principal West Country agent. Despite these tensions, in November 1626 the duke appointed Drake and Bagg joint vice admirals of Devon, following the sequestration of (Sir) John Eliot*. Drake insisted at the time that he could work successfully with Bagg, and indeed in the following spring they collaborated over the provisioning of the fleet being prepared for the forthcoming expedition to the Ile de Ré. Nevertheless, their relationship remained strained, with Bagg in April 1627 claiming that Eliot, whose conduct as vice admiral was now under investigation, was being helped by one of Drake’s deputy collectors. Six months later, Drake, who was no friend of Eliot, alleged in return that Bagg was withholding some of the Cornish Admiralty tenths.17 In March 1628 Buckingham again requested that Drake assemble provisions for the latest naval campaign against France, but the difficulties that he experienced in transporting stores to the rendezvous at Plymouth led to unfavourable comparisons between him and Bagg. Despite these problems, the duke seems not to have doubted Drake’s loyalty, turning to him for financial help in July when he urgently needed extra funding for the fleet.18 There is no evidence that Drake sailed in any of these military ventures, but in 1628 he twice obtained letters of marque for ships out of Devon ports, on the first occasion acting jointly with Sir Edward Seymour*.19

Drake’s career went into a gradual decline following the deaths of both his father and Buckingham during 1628. His local standing must have suffered from his failure to take on any of his father’s major offices except a militia command. He was reportedly ‘weary’ of the Devon vice-admiralty in September 1628, and was probably replaced in this role soon afterwards by Seymour. Drake initially retained his Admiralty collectorships, though he handed his duties at Bristol to his brother William. However, in October 1632 he sought to resign from these offices as well, and seems to have secured his discharge by the end of the year, though he had still not entirely cleared his accounts in April 1634.20 In his will, drawn up on 16 Aug. 1635, Drake provided dowries of 1,000 marks for each of his unmarried daughters, and made generous provision in both lands and livestock for his wife. He died just over a year later, and was buried at Musbury. His wife obtained the wardship of their eldest son, John, who held local office during the Interregnum, and sat for Bridport in 1660.21

Ref Volumes: 1604-1629 Authors: John. P. Ferris / Paul Hunneyball Notes 1. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 297. 2. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. 3. Vivian, 297. 4. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 159. 5. Vivian, 297. 6. Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 11. 7. APC, 1619-21, p. 248. 8. CSP Dom. 1628-9, pp. 282-3; 1631-3, pp. 331, 431; SP16/231/53. 9. Add. 37816, f. 183v; SP16/117/71. 10. APC, 1627, p. 87. 11. Ibid. 148. 12. C181/4, f. 2. 13. T. Westcote, View of Devonshire, 72. 14. R. Lockyer, Buckingham, 68-9; C142/444/76; SP16/138/11; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 48. 15. CJ, i. 681a, 762b-3a. 16. HMC Cowper, i. 221; CSP Dom. 1625-6, pp. 383, 407, 413. 17. CSP Dom. 1625-6, p. 474; 1627, pp. 147-9; 1627-8, pp. 60, 151, 412; Add. 37816, ff. 29, 36, 183v. 18. CSP Dom. 1628-9, pp. 29, 45, 48, 91, 93, 227; APC, 1627-8, p. 389. 19. CSP Dom. 1628-9, pp. 305, 309. 20. Ibid. 318; 1631-3, pp. 331, 431, 520; 1633-4, p. 564. 21. PROB 11/173, ff. 40v-3; Vivian, 297; C142/538/113; WARD 9/163, f. 75v; HP Commons, 1660-90, ii. 235.

Winston Churchill (1620-1688)

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In 1643 Churchill married Elizabeth Drake, daughter of Sir John Drake (d. 25 August 1636) and wife Eleanor Boteler, daughter of the 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield and maternal niece of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. They had twelve children, of whom only five survived infancy. Three of their sons gained distinction. The aforementioned John became a famous military commander and was created Duke of Marlborough, Charles Churchill (2 February 1656 – 1714) became a Lieutenant-General in the Army and married Mary Gould (later married to the 2nd Earl of Abingdon), while George Churchill became an Admiral in the Royal Navy. One of their daughters was Arabella Churchill. Churchill died in March 1688, aged 67.

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(VIII) John Drake, of Mount Drake and Ashe, bur. April 11, 1628, in the parish church at Musbury, and his effegy, with that of his wife, is there. His will was dated January 16, 1620-21, and proved May 29, 1628. He married Dorothy, daughter of William Button, of Ashton, who was buried December 13, 1631-2. Her will was dated December 7, 1631, and proved January 13, 1631-2. Children: 1. Mary, married Sir Henry Rouswell; buried November 4, 1643. 2. Sir John, died August 25, 1636. 3. William, mentioned below.

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John Drake ( -1628), of Mount Drake and Ashe; m. Dorothy, dau. of William Button, of Alton, Co. Wilts, and, by her (who d. 13 Dec. 1631), had issue:--

1. Sir John Drake, Knt., of Ashe; m. 18 May 1616, Elinor, second dau. of Sir John Butler, Bart, (created Baron Butler of Branfield, Co. Hereford); d. 4 Oct. 1666, leaving issue. His eldest son, Sir John Drake, of Ashe, was created a baronet, by King Charles II, 31 Aug. 1660.

2. William,

He was bur. in Musbury Parish Church, 11 April 1628.

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Mr. Drake d. in 1628, and was s. by is eldest son,

Sir John Drake, Knt. of Ashe, who m. Helena, 2nd dau. of John, Baron Boteler of Bramfield, co Herts, by Elizabeth, his wife, dau. of Sir George Villiers, Knt. of Blokesby, co. Leicester, and half-sister to George, Duke of Buckingham. Lady Drake was co-heir of her brother, William, 2nd and last Baron Boteler, who d. s. p. The issue of this marriage were,

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IV. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Winstow Churchill, Knt., M. P., by whom she was mother of the celebrated John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, who was b. at the mansion-house of Ashe, whilst his mother was on a visit to her father there, in 1650.

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John Drake, esq. of Mount Drake and Ashe, who m. Dorothy, daughter of William Button, esq. of Alton, Wilts, and dying in 1628, was s. by his son,

Sir John Drake, Knt. of Ashe. This gentleman m. Helena, second daughter of Sir John Butler, bart. created Baron Butler, of Bramfield, and co-heir of her brother William, second and last Lord Butler, of Bramfield, and had issue,

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Elizabeth, m. to Sir Winston Churchill, knt. of Standish, in Gloucestershire, and was mother of the great Duke of Marlborough.

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John Drake, esq. of Mount Drake and Ashe, who m. Dorothy, dau. of William Button, esq. of Alton, and was s. at his decease, in 1628, by his son,

Sir John Drake, knt. of Mount Drake and Ashe. This gentleman wedded Helen, second dau. and co-heir of Sir John Butler, bart. of Hatfield Woodhouse, Herts, (who was raised to the peerage, by King James I., as Baron Butler, of Bramfield,) and dying in 1636, left issue,

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Churchill, Sir Winston (1620?-1688), Politician and historian, was descended from an ancient family in Dorsetshire. He was the son of John Churchill of Nunthorn, in that county, a lawyer of some eminence, and of Sarah, daughter and coheiress of Sir Henry Winston of Standisone, Gloucestershire, and was born at Wooton Glanville about 1620. ..............

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The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)

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• The Drakes of Ashe, in Devon were a very distinguished family, of whom was John Drake, Esq., one of the Council of Plymouth, a member of the original company established by King James, (unreadable (1 06)), for settling New England. Several of his sons came to New England and settled. Richard, with two or more sons and nine daughters, settled in Hampton, N. H.

John Drake of Otterton had Richard, Robert, Thomas, who went to Hartford in Herts Agnes mo. of Sir Wm. Pole, the great Antiquary, and John of Exmouth, Devon, who recovered Ashe and m. Margaret dau. of John Colehill, and had, among others:

I. Joan Drake, m. Walter, son of William and Jane Grenville, dau. of Sir Thomas Raleigh. He m. (2) __ Daniels; (3) Katharine, dau. of Sir Philip Champernown and wid. of Otho Gilbert; by 2d m. had Sir Walter Raleigh, b. 15?2. 1, John Raleigh, m. Ann Fortesque, sis. of Gertrude who m. Sir Bernard Drake of Ashe. 2. George Raleigh, m. Katharine, dau. of Otho and Katharine (Champernown) Gilbert, and sis. of Sir John, Sir Humphrey and Sir Adwin Gilbert.

II. Sir John Drake, Exq., of Ashe, High Sheriff of Devon; d. 1588; m. 1529, Amy Grenville, sis. to Sir Richard, and had: 1. Sir Bernard Drake, b. abt. 1530; a distinguished Naval Officer; d. Jan. 11, 1585; gave Sir Francis, s. of Edmund Drake, b. 1545, the great Admiral, a box on the ear for assuming the family arms, Sir Francis being of a younger branch. He m. Gertrude Fortesque, and had; 1. JOHN DRAKE, d. 1628; m. HELENA, dau. of John, Baron BOTELER of Herts, and his wf. Elizabeth, half-sis. to Geo. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and had: 1. Sir John. 2. George, d. unm., 1664. 3. Thomas of Ireland; d. s. i. 1659. 4. Henry, settled at Barnstaple, Devon, of which he was Mayor, 1679. 5. Dorothy. 6. Mary. 7. Eleanor. 8. Elizabeth, m. Sir Winston Churchill. (1). John Churchill, b. at Ashe (while his mother was on a visit to her father) Duke of Marlboro; m. Sarah Jennings. (2) Arabella, had 4 chil. by James, Duke of York, afterwards James II, King of England. She afterwards m. Col. Charles Godfrey, and had, 1. Charlotte, m. April 23, 1700, High Bascawen, Viscount Falmouth and had 18 chil. (3) George. 2. Margaret, m. John Sherman and had dau. Alice, m. Richard Percival, ancestor of Earls of Egmont. 2. Robert Drake of Wiscomb, m. and had 7 sons and 3 daus. 1. William. 2. Bernard. 3. John, m. and had i. 4. Robert. 5. Henry, killed in army; s. i. 6. Nicholas, m. Katharine, dau. of William Tothill and wid. of Wm. Kingsley. 7. Humphrey. 8. Gertrude. 9. Amy. 10. Ursula. 3. Richard Drake, b. 1534; of Surrey; d. July 11, 1603, Equerry to Queen Elizabeth. Introduced his kinsman, Francis Drake, afterwards the great Admiral, to the Queen; m. Ursula, dau. of Sir Wm. Stafford. 1. Francis Drake of Shardeloes, d. 1613; m. Joan, dau. of Wm. Tothill of Shardeloes, Esq. At her house Thomas Hooker sojourned, afterwards ??u de? of the Conn. Colony. 2. George Drake of Spratshays, Esq.; supposed of this family; had dau; Katharine m. John Ford of Bagton, Devon, Eng. who had Sir Henry Ford, Secretary of Stateof Ireland for Charles II; sold Bagton to Mr. Tothill, whose descendants sold it to Lord Ashburton.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Grace Pierson (born Marshall) by SmartCopy: Oct 27 2014, 17:48:00 UTC

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Grace Pierson (born Marshall) by SmartCopy: Oct 27 2014, 17:48:00 UTC