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John Bampfield


John Bampfield

John Bampfield (c. 1586 – c. 1657) of Poltimore and North Molton, Devon, England, was Member of Parliament for Tiverton (1621) and Devon (1628-9).

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Origins

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He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Amias Bampfield (died 1626), MP, of Poltimore and North Molton, by his wife Elizabeth Clifton, daughter of Sir John Clifton of Barrington Court, Somerset.

Career

He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 July 1604, aged 18. He was a student at the Middle Temple in 1607. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton, Devon. He was elected MP for Devon in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

Marriage and children

Bampfield married Elizabeth Drake, daughter of Thomas Drake of Buckland and niece of Admiral Sir Francis Drake, by whom he had children including:

  • Amias Bampfylde, eldest son, died in Italy without children.
  • Arthur Bampfield, second son, died without children.
  • Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet (1590–1650), third son and heir apparent, seemingly predeceased his father. The heir to his baronetcy and paternal inheritance was his eldest son Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet (c. 1633 – 1692).
  • Francis Bampfield (died 1663/4), sixth son, a Nonconformist minister who died in Newgate Prison
  • Thomas Bampfield (died 1693), eighth son, MP, briefly Speaker of the House of Commons.

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