Richard Prideaux Explained

Richard Prideaux
Constituency Mp2:Bodmin
Term Start2:1640
Term End2:1640
Honorific Suffix:MP
Birth Date:1606
Death Date:1667 (aged 61)
Parents:Jonathan Prideaux (d. 1637)
Alma Mater:Exeter College, Oxford
Birth Place:Thuborough
Children:Jonathon Prideaux (1646–1710)
Honorific Prefix:Sir

Richard Prideaux (1606–1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

Prideaux was the son of Jonathan Prideaux (d.1637), of Theuborough, now known as Thuborough,[1] in the parish of Sutcombe, Devon. He enrolled at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 December 1622, aged 16. He lived at Theuborough. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bodmin in the Short Parliament.[2] Prideaux died at the age of 61.[2] [3]

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  1. [John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]
  2. Book: Foster . Joseph . Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 . 1891 . 1208–1224 . 14 June 2013 . Prichard-Pyx.
  3. Web site: PRIDEAUX, Jonathan (c.1646-1710), of Theuborough, Sutcombe, Devon and Trecarne, St. Mabyn, Cornw. History of Parliament Online . 2023-10-23 . www.historyofparliamentonline.org.