Peter Edgcumbe

Peter (or Piers) Edgcumbe (1536 – 4 January 1608) of Mount Edgcumbe and of Cotehele in the parish of Calstock, both in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament.[1]

Arms of Edgcumbe: Gules, on a bend ermines cotised or three boar's heads couped argent

Origins

Piers was a traditional first name in his family. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe (1499–1562), son of Sir Piers Edgcumbe (d.1539)[2][3] of West Stonehouse and Cotehele, Cornwall.

Career

He was elected a Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon in 1555, appointed Sheriff of Devon for 1565, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1569 and Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall before 1573–1597. He was also a Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the periods 11 January 1563 – 2 January 1567 and 8 May 1572 – 1581, Devon in 1571, Liskeard in 1584–1585 and was then re-elected for Cornwall in 1586, 1589 and 1593.[1]

He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall for the period 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587 and was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall in 1587.[1]

Marriage and issue

In about 1555 he married Margaret Luttrell, a daughter of Sir Andrew Luttrell, feudal baron of Dunster, of Dunster Castle in Somerset, by whom he had five sons and four daughters including:

Death and burial

Piers died in 1608.[1]

References
  1. "EDGECOMBE, Peter (c. 1536–1608), of Mount Edgcumbe and Cotehele, Cornw". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. Alsager Vian (1888). "Edgcumbe, Richard (1499–1562)" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian, Exeter, 1887, p.142


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