John Dackombe Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
John Dackombe
Office:Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Term Start:1616
Term End:1618
Predecessor:Sir Thomas Parry
Successor:Sir Humphrey May
Birth Date:1 January 1570
Birth Place:Dorset, England
Death Place:England
Spouse:Lady Melior Pitt
Relations:Richard Dackombe (father)

Sir John Dackombe (1 January 1570 – 29 January 1618) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.[1]

He was born the eldest son of Richard Dackombe of Motcombe, Dorset and educated at the Middle Temple (1596). He succeeded his father in 1600 and was knighted in 1616.

He held a number of public offices, including those of Master of Requests (1613–16) and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1616–18) and was the Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle in the 1614 Addled Parliament.

He married by 1607 Melior, the daughter of John Pitt, mercer, of Blandford Forum, Dorset and the widow of Robert Mohun of Bothenhampton, Dorset. They had 1 son and 2 daughters.

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  1. Web site: DACKOMBE, John (c.1570-1618), of the Middle Temple, London; the Savoy, Westminster; Wanstead, Essex and Templecombe, Som.. History of ParliamentTrust. 15 March 2019.