GILES, Edward (1566-1638), of Totnes; later of Dean Court, Dean Prior, Devon.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

1597
1614
1621
1624
1628

Family and Education

b. 1566, 1st s. of John Giles of Totnes by his w. Agnes. educ. M. Temple 1585. m. Mary, da. and h. of Edmund Drew of Hayne, s.p. Kntd. 1603; suc. fa. 1606.

Offices Held

Biography

Giles’s first return for Totnes was a case of popular pressure compelling the town rulers to accept an unwelcome candidate. His career lies outside the Elizabethan period. According to his inquisition post mortem, taken at Totnes 10 Sept. 1639, he died 20 Dec. 1638. Giles and his wife have monuments in the church at Dean Prior, their epitaphs written by Robert Herrick.

Roberts thesis; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 409; J. Prince, Worthies of Devon, 421-3; W. G. Hoskins, Devon, 387; C142/580/85.

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603

Author: P. W. Hasler

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