William Strode (1614–1676)

Arms of Strode: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable. Detail from mural monument to Sir William IV Strode (1562-1637) in St Mary's Church, Plympton

Sir William Strode (1614 13 January 1676) of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry and twice served as MP for his family's pocket borough of Plympton Erle, in 1660 and 1661–1676.

Origins

Strode was the eldest son of Sir Richard Strode (d. 1669) of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon and Chalmington, Dorset by his second wife Elizabeth Erle, daughter of Thomas Erle of Charborough, Dorset. He was baptised on 18 December 1614.

Career

He entered Middle Temple in 1632. During the Civil War he kept out of the conflict and in 1644 he went abroad. He was on very bad terms with his father but in about 1654 his father had to make over the estate at Newnham to him.[1]

In April 1660, Strode was elected Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle for the Convention Parliament. He became JP for Devon in July 1660 and became a commissioner for assessment in August 1660. He took little part in parliament but on 6 November 1660 he proposed a message of congratulation to the Queen Mother when she returned from France. He was knighted on 5 December 1660.[1]

In 1661 Strode was re-elected MP for Plympton Erle for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1676. He was a commissioner for corporations from 1662 to 1663 and was recorder of Plympton Erle from around 1663 until his death. He was a commissioner for recusants for Devon in 1675.

Marriages & progeny

Strode married twice:

Death & burial

He died at the age of 61 and was buried at Plympton St Mary.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 History of Parliament Online - William Strode
  2. 1 2 Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.719, pedigree of Strode
  3. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/strode-richard-1638-1707
  4. Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.684
  5. Risdon, Tristram (d. 1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p. 395
Parliament of England
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Not represented in the restored Rump
Title last held by
Christopher Martyn
Henry Hatsell
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
1660–1677
With: Christopher Martyn 1660
Thomas Hele
Sir Edmund Fortescue, 1st Baronet
Sir Nicholas Slanning, 1st Baronet
Succeeded by
Sir Nicholas Slanning, 1st Baronet
Sir George Treby
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