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Richard Strode (died 1581)

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Richard Strode
Arms of Strode of Newnham in Devon: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable
Born(1528-05-22)22 May 1528
Died5 August 1581(1581-08-05) (aged 53)
NationalityEnglish
OccupationMP
SpouseFrances Cromwell
ChildrenWilliam Strode
Parent(s)William Strode
Elizabeth Courtenay

Richard Strode (22 May 1528 – 5 August 1581), of Newnham, in the parish of Plympton St Mary in Devon, was an English Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle in 1553 and 1559.[1][2] He later served as escheator for Devon and Cornwall from 1565–1566.[1]

He was the eldest son of William Strode of Newnham, Devon and Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Courtenay.[1] He married, on 11 November 1560, Frances (died 7 February 1562), daughter of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell and Elizabeth Seymour by whom he had a son:[1] William Strode (1562–1637)[3]

Strode died on 5 August 1581,[4] two years after his father, leaving landed property worth over £60 per annum to his son and heir, William, then aged nineteen.[1]

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  • Colby, Frederic Thomas, ed. (1872). The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. VI. London: Harleian Society.
  • Fuidge, N.M.; Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Strode, Richard (1528-81), of Newnham in Plympton St. Mary, Devon". In Hasler, P.W. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. historyofparliamentonline.org.
  • Vivian, J.L. (1895). The Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, to 1620. With additions by J.L. Vivian. Exeter: Henry S. Eland.