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Edmund (1634-1702) Prideaux, of Forde Abbey, Devon
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Name Edmund (1634-1702) Prideaux Suffix of Forde Abbey, Devon Birth Y [1, 2] Christening 4 Dec 1634 Gender Male Death He died on 16 October 1702, and was buried in the Chapel at Ford Abbey.[2] [Wikipedia] Name 19 Aug 1659 (~ 24 years) Forde Abbey (was Ford Abbey, Devon), Dorset 
[1, 2] Father's estate and baronetcy were inherited by his only surviving son and heir Edmund Prideaux, MP for Taunton, but in 1660 the baronetcy passed into oblivion at the Restoration and unlike some others was not renewed.[19] Death 12 Oct 1702 [1, 2] Occupation Dec 1680 (~ 46 years) - Taunton, Somerset - M.P. for Taunton from December 1680 to 1681 [1]1685 (~ 50 years) - He contributed money and horses to Monmouth’s army in 1685, and was obliged to buy his pardon from Judge Jeffreys for £14,760 20 Mar 1686 (~ 51 years) - Forde Abbey (was Ford Abbey, Devon), Dorset - Original, Special Royal Pardon of Edmund Prideaux, Esq., of Ford Abbey, after having been unjustly fined £15,000 by Jeffreys | dated March 20th, 1686Person ID I10605 AHP Last Modified 17 Jan 2025
Father Edmund younger son Prideaux, of Forde Abbey , b. Abt 1590, Netherton Hall, Netherton, Farway, Devon d. 1659 (Age 69 years) Relationship Birth Mother Margaret d of William Every of Cothays, Som Every/PRIDEAUX, of Cothays, Somerset, b. Abt 1610 Relationship Birth Marriage Abt 1630 Age at Marriage He : ~ 40 years - She : ~ 20 years. Histories 
PRIDEAUX, Edmund (1634-1702), of Forde Abbey, Devon
PRIDEAUX, Edmund (1634-1702), of Forde Abbey, Devon.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983Family ID F2997 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Name - Father's estate and baronetcy were inherited by his only surviving son and heir Edmund Prideaux, MP for Taunton, but in 1660 the baronetcy passed into oblivion at the Restoration and unlike some others was not renewed.[19] - 19 Aug 1659 - Forde Abbey (was Ford Abbey, Devon), Dorset 
Occupation - M.P. for Taunton from December 1680 to 1681 - Dec 1680 (~ 46 years) - Taunton, Somerset Occupation - Original, Special Royal Pardon of Edmund Prideaux, Esq., of Ford Abbey, after having been unjustly fined £15,000 by Jeffreys | dated March 20th, 1686 - 20 Mar 1686 (~ 51 years) - Forde Abbey (was Ford Abbey, Devon), Dorset = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories PRIDEAUX, Edmund (1634-1702), of Forde Abbey, Devon
PRIDEAUX, Edmund (1634-1702), of Forde Abbey, Devon.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983Original, Special Royal Pardon of Edmund Prideaux, Esq., of Ford Abbey, after having been unjustly fined £15,000 by Jeffreys | dated March 20th, 1686
Original, Special Royal Pardon, dated March 20th, 1686, of Edmund Prideaux, Esq., of Ford Abbey, after having been unjustly fined £15,000 by Jeffreys
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Sources - [S34] The History of Parliament, The History of Parliament, (The History of Parliament http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/) (Reliability: 3).
Constituency
Dates
TAUNTON
8 Dec. 1680
TAUNTON
1681
Family and Education
bap. 4 Dec. 1634, o.s. of Edmund Prideaux of Forde Abbey by 2nd w. Margaret, da. of William Every of Cothays, Som. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1650; I. Temple 1650. m. 19 Mar. 1656, Amy (d. 8 Jan. 1704), da. of John Fraunceys of Combe Florey, Som., 1s. d.v.p. 4da. suc. fa. 1659.1
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Som. 1657, Devon 1673-80, Devon and Mdx. 1689-90; j.p. Devon and Mdx. 1689-d.
Prideaux, who was said to have inherited £60,000, lost his title at the Restoration, but retained his father’s political and religious outlook. When asked to contribute to a fund for the redemption of Turkish captives, he observed dryly that ‘they were better to live in slavery under the Turk than to come home here, where they must live under Popery’. He maintained a sizeable conventicle in one of his cellars.2
Prideaux stood for Taunton at both elections in 1679, with the support of the ‘fanatic party’, and was marked ‘honest’ on Shaftesbury’s list. His ‘security’ at Lyme in the autumn election proved illusory. Before the second Exclusion Parliament met he entertained Monmouth at Forde. He was seated with John Trenchard on petition, but was totally inactive. He was returned unopposed in 1681, and appointed to the committee of elections and privileges in the Oxford Parliament.3
After the After the dissolution Prideaux continued his association with nonconformist and dissident elements in the county. In 1683 he was alleged to have been involved with Trenchard and his son-in-law, John Speke, in the Rye House Plot, but as he was not then molested there must have been insufficient evidence against him. He contributed money and horses to Monmouth’s army in 1685, and was obliged to buy his pardon from Judge Jeffreys for £14,760. He was mentioned in 1688 as a prospective candidate for Honiton. After the Revolution he repeatedly petitioned Parliament for reparation from Jeffreys’s estate. Francis Gwyn, soon to be his son-in-law, reported from a committee of inquiry on 1 May 1689, and a bill was ordered, but it lapsed after one reading. It was reintroduced by Trenchard on 14 Dec. and committed on 23 Jan. 1690; but counter-petitions were presented by such powerful figures as (Sir) Henry Pollexfen, Jeffreys’s trustee, and Jeffrey Jeffreys†, one of his creditors. The bill was again discussed in the next Parliament, but never became law. Prideaux played no further part in politics, and died on 12 Oct. 1702, when Gwyn inherited the estate.4
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/prideaux-edmund-1634-1702 - [S37] Wikipedia, Edmund Prideaux (Roundhead) (Reliability: 3).
Edmund Prideaux (1634–1702) was a member of Parliament for the constituency of Taunton. He took part in Monmouth's rebellion, and bribed Judge Jeffreys heavily to save his life.[1]
Biography
Edmund Prideaux was the only surviving son and heir of Edmund Prideaux and his second wife Margaret (died 25 April 1683), daughter and coheir of William Iveey, of Cottey, Somerset.[2] John Tillotson, afterwards archbishop, was tutor.[1] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 12 November 1650, and said to be aged 18.[2]
On his father's death on 19 August 1659, he inherited the baronetcy which the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell had granted to his father on 31 May 1658. This dignity was held for a short time as it was sent into oblivion at the Restoration in May 1660 and not renewed.[a]
Prideaux was M.P. for Taunton from December 1680 to 1681. He took part in the Duke of Monmouth's Rebellion and is said to have escaped the consequences thereof by a heavy bribe to the Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys.[2] He died on 16 October 1702, and was buried in the Chapel at Ford Abbey.[2]
Family
Prideaux married, Amy, daughter and coheir of John Fraunceis, of Combe Flory on 19 March 1656, at Combe Flory, Somerset. She died January 1703 and was also buried in the Chapel at Ford Abbey.[2]
Their only son Francis Prideaux, matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 11 May 1676, aged 17. He was admitted to the Inner Temple, 1677 and died unmarried before his father.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Prideaux_(MP_Taunton)
- [S34] The History of Parliament, The History of Parliament, (The History of Parliament http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/) (Reliability: 3).