John (Northcott) Northcote (abt. 1570 - abt. 1632)

Born about 27 May 1570 in Yewton, Crediton, Devon, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 22 Dec 1632 at about age 62 in Upton, Devon, England

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John II Northcott was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

John Northcote of Upton and Hayne, Newton St Cyres (bp. 27 May 1570 Crediton – ^[1] d. 1632; bur. 22 Dec 1632 Newton St Cyres). ^[2]

Biography

John Northcote (d. 1632) was the second son of John Northcote (d.1587), a cloth merchant of Crediton, by his wife Elizabeth Dowrish (d.1587), daughter of Thomas VII Dowrish (d.1590) of Dowrish near Crediton, of an ancient Devonshire family.

He or his son John were Sheriff in 1626, but it's more likely it was the elder John.

Siblings

• 1. Walter (bp. 21 Jul 1566; d. 30 Sep 1587; bur. 02 Oct 1587 Crediton)

m. Mary, dau. of Edmund Drew of Hayne

• 3. William (bp. 26 Aug 1573)
• 4. Philip (bp. 10 Sep 1575 Crediton)
• Anne (bp. 08 Apr 1564 Crediton; will: 10 Apr 1633, proved 24 Oct 1637).^[3]

m. (ante 06 Sep 1581 settlement) Robert Davy, esq. (bp. 17 Dec 1564 Crediton) of Devon, son of Gilbert Davy (Davie) and Mary Gere.

• Elizabeth (bp. 10 Jun 1565 Crediton)

m.1 Humphrey Selwood

m.2 Robert Yonge of Colbrooke

• Honor (bp. 31 Mar 1569 Crediton)

m.1 John Furse of Coryton

m.2 Will Champneys

• Richard or Richourd ? (bp. 26 Aug 1573).^[4]

m. John Merifield, esq. of Crookherne, Somerset

• Katherine (bp. 15 Jan 1580 Crediton)

m. (16 Jun 1601 Crediton) Emanuel Day or Davy of Crediton and Sandford

Marriage

m.1 Elizabeth Rouse, da. of Sir Anthony Rouse of Halton in Cornwall and Elizabeth Southcott, dau. and h. of Thomas Southcott (d.1600) of Indio, Bovey Tracey, Devon. Issue: 1 son.

• Anthonie Northcote (d.s.p. 1619)

m.2 Susanna Pollard da. of Sir Hugh II Pollard of King's Nympton, Devon, and sister of Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st Baronet (d.1641). Issue: 12 sons; 6 dau. incl.

• 1. Edmund "died young" (bp. 26 Feb 1605/6 Crediton - d.s.p)
• 2. Amias "died young" (bp. 13 Oct 1603 Crediton - d.s.p)
• 3. Benjamin (bp. 20 Jun 1620 - d.i. 27 Jun 1620)
• 4. Sir John Northcote, 1BT (b. abt. 1599, age 21 in 1620 - d. 1676; bur. 24 Jun 1675/6 Newton St Cyres), eldest surviving son and heir, ancestor of the Earls of Iddesleigh.^[5]

m. Grace (bur. 19 Jul 1675 Newton St Cyres), d & h. of Hugh Halswell of Wells, Somerset

• 5. Lewis (b. abt. 1601, age 19 in 1620)
• 6. Edmund II "died young" (b. abt. 1608 - bur. 17 May 1629 Newton St Cyres)
• 7. Amias II (b. abt. 1613, age 7 in 1620)
• 8. Franciscus (bp. 21 Dec 1614 Newton St Cyres, age 6 in 1620)
• 9. William (b. abt. 1615, age 5 in 1620)
• 10. Walter (bp. 21 Aug 1617 Newton St Cyres, age 4 in 1620)
• 11. Pollard (bp 15 Sep 1618 Newton St Cyres, age 2 in 1620; adm 24 Jun 1648) -- unmarried
• Robert (bp. 24 Jan 1621/2 Newton St Cyres)
• 1. Elizabeth (b. 1604, age 16 in 1620)

m.1 (26 Aug 1623 Newton St Cyres) Thomas Laskye of Stogumber, Dorset

m.2 Thomas Fulford

• 2. Susanna (bp. 09 Feb 1607/8 Crediton, age 12 in 1620 - bur. 08 May 1635 Newton St Cyres)
• 3. Dorothy (b. abt. 1609, age 11 in 1620)
• 4. Gertrude (b. abt. 1611, age 9 in 1620 - bur. 11 Apr 1644 Newton St Cyres)
• 5. Francisca (bp. 21 Dec 1614 Newton St Cyres, age 6 in 1620)
• 6. Anna (bp. 26 Aug 1619 Newton St Cyres - bur. 05 Aug 1640 Newton St Cyres).^[6]

m. (03 May 1637 Newton St Cyres as second wife) John Elford of Sheepstor (bp. 29 May 1603 Buckland Monachorum, age 14 in 1620 - bur. 03 Aug 1678 Buckland Monachorum), son and h. of Walter Elford of Sheepstor (b. abt. 1576 - bur. 09 May 1648, age 72) and Barbara (b. abt. 1575 - d. 1658, age 83), dau. of John Crocker, esq. of Lynam.

Burial

John has a life-size effigy and monument in Newton St Cyres Church where he's buried.

Descendants

• Earls of Iddesleigh

Sources

• Lundy D. The Peerage. Web.[4]
• St. George, H. (1872). "Northcot," in The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620, pp. 199. Frederick Thomas Colby, Ed. London: Publications of the Harleian Society. Archive.org. Pedigree.
• Vivian, J.L. (1895). "Northcote of Pynes," in The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, I, pp. 581. Hathitrust.
• Wikipedia:Dowrich
• Wikipedia:John Northcote
• Worthy, C. (1896). Devonshire Wills: A Collection of Annotated Testamentary Abstracts, pp. 444. London: Bemrose & Sons. Google Books.^[7]

Notes

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMPV-1ML : 21 March 2020), John Northcote in entry for John Northcote, 1570.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159412769/john-northcote: accessed 9 August 2022), memorial page for John Northcote (1570–1632), Find a Grave Memorial ID 159412769, citing St. Cyr and St. Julitta Churchyard, Newton St Cyres, Mid Devon District, Devon, England.
3. ↑ "Davie," in Visitations of the County of Devon.[1]
4. ↑ double-check name and gender. Note that both Vivian (1895) and St. George (1872) seem to spell name as Richard.
5. ↑ age 26 or 27 in 1626; MP 1640; BT 1641.
6. ↑ "Elford of Sheepstor," in Visitations of the County of Devon.[2] -- John Elford married 4 times.
7. ↑ mirror.[3]