John Chichester (died 1669)
English politician
Sir John III Chichester (1598 – 24 September 1669) of Hall was member of parliament for Lostwithiel in Cornwall in 1624.
Origins
Chichester was baptised on 10 December 1598. He was the son and heir of John II Chichester (1566/7–1608) of Hall, Bishop's Tawton, Devon, by his wife Anne Basset (1576–1664), daughter of Sir Arthur Basset (d. 1586) of Umberleigh House, about 1½ miles south of Hall on the opposite bank of the River Taw, and of Heanton Punchardon, by his wife Elinor Chichester, daughter of Sir John Chichester (d. 1569), knight, of Raleigh, the head of the senior line of the Chichester family of Devon, possibly the leading gentry family in North Devon. The Chichesters of Hall were descended from the Chichesters of Raleigh, namely from Richard Chichester, a younger son of that house, who married the heiress Thomasine de Hall (d. 1502).
Education
He subscribed at Oxford University on 18 November 1614 and was awarded a BA from Exeter College on 28 February 1617. He was a student of the Inner Temple in 1617.
Career
In 1624, he was elected member of parliament for Lostwithiel.
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