John Bampfield (c. 1586 – c. 1657)[1] of Poltimore House and North Molton, Devon, England, was a Member of Parliament for Tiverton in Devon (1621) and for the prestigious county seat of Devon (1628-9).

John Bampfield
Member of Parliament for Devon
In office
1628-1629
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Member of Parliament for Tiverton
In office
1621-1622
Personal details
Bornc. 1586 (1586)
England
Diedc. 1657 (aged 70–71)
Spouse
Elizabeth Drake
(m. 1602)
Children5+, including John, Francis and Thomas
Parent
RelativesRichard Bampfield (grandfather)
EducationExeter College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician
Arms of Bampfylde: Or, on a bend gules three mullets argent.

Origins

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Bampfield was the eldest son and heir of Sir Amias Bampfield (c. 1560 – c. 1626), MP, of Poltimore and North Molton, by his wife Elizabeth Clifton, who was a daughter of Sir John Clifton of Barrington Court, Somerset.

Career

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Bampfield matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 July 1604, aged 18. He was a law student at the Middle Temple in 1607. In 1621 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Tiverton, Devon. He was elected an MP for Devon in 1628 and sat until 1629, when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[2] In 1631 he founded almshouses in memory of his late wife. [3]

Marriage and children

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In 1602 Bampfield married Elizabeth Drake, a daughter of Thomas Drake (d.1605) of Buckland Drake, Devon, and a niece of Admiral Sir Francis Drake (d.1596)[4] of Buckland Abbey, Devon. This was part of a double union in which his sister, Jane Bampfield, married Francis Drake, who was a brother of Elizabeth Drake.[3] Drake and Bampfield then attended Oxford together two years later. [4] By his wife he had children, including:

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Venning & Hunneyball
  2. ^ a b 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Baal-Barrow', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 51-78. Date accessed: 19 November 2011
  3. ^ a b Vivian, pp.39-40; Venning & Hunneyball
  4. ^ a b Vivian, pp.40; 299
  5. ^ a b c d e Vivian, p.40
  6. ^ Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 306.
Parliament of England
Constituency enfranchised 1615 Member of Parliament for Tiverton
1621–1622
With: John Davie
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Devon
1628–1629
With: Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet
Parliament suspended until 1640