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About John Chichester
Sir John Chichester of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, near Barnstaple in North Devon, was a leading member of the Devonshire gentry, a naval captain, and ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550-1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1559, over which borough his lordship of the manor of Raleigh, Pilton had considerable influence.
Everything about John Chichester →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1555 Parliament, Member of the 1547-1552 Parliament, Member of the April 1554 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1520
- Died
- 1569