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John Sparke came from a genteel family in Plymouth, England, but we know little of his life beyond the information included in his account of John Hawkins’ second voyage to the Spanish colonies.
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John Sparke “the younger” was born to a genteel family in Plymouth, England. The remainder of his life is uncertain, save that he accompanied John Hawkins’ second voyage to the Spanish colonies, recording the expedition in The Voyage Made by M. John Hawkins Esquire, 1565, a portion of which is presented here.
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b. c.1574,1 1st s. of John Sparke of Plymouth and Julian, da. of Gregory Cock of Plymouth.2 educ. ?Exeter Coll., Oxf. 1594 aged 19; Lyon’s Inn; M. Temple 1597.3 m. 28 Oct. 1600, Deborah (d. 1 Nov. 1638), da. of John Rashleigh† of Fowey and Menabilly, Cornw., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).4 suc. fa. 1603;5 d. 17 Mar. 1640.6 sig. John Sparke.
Treas. loan money, Devon and Cornw. 1625,7 sgt.-maj.-gen. to land forces 1625,8 commr. martial law 1625-at least 1627;9 under-sheriff, Cornw. 1627-8,10 kpr. sheriff’s ward, Devon by1628.11
Sparke’s grandfather and namesake originated in Cheshire but settled in the Devon borough of Plympton Erle, which he served as both mayor and MP in 1554.12 He named two of his sons John, and each in turn used the name for their own offspring. Although one branch of the family remained in Plympton Erle, while the other one settled in neighbouring Pl...
C. Gill, Plymouth: a New Hist. 130. 1. 1.MI, St. Andrew’s, Plymouth. 2. 2. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 856. 3. 3. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. 4. 4.Cornw. RO, P66/1/1, p. 115; Vivian, 856; MIs, Fowey church and St. Andrew’s, Plymouth. 5. 5.Vivian, 856. 6. 6.MI, St. Andrew’s church, Plymouth. 7. 7.AO1/300. 8. 8.E351/283. 9. 9. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, ...
John Sparke (c. 1574 – 1640) of The Friary, in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth, Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629.
John Sparke “the younger” was born to a genteel family in Plymouth, England. The remainder of his life is uncertain, save that he accompanied John Hawkins’ second voyage to the Spanish colonies, recording the expedition in The Voyage Made by M. John Hawkins Esquire, 1565, a portion of which is presented here.
John Sparke (died 1566) English MP for Plympton Erle.
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The Voyage Made by M. John Hawkins Esquire, 1565: Author: Sparke, John: Contributor: Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926 (editor and introduction) Document Source: Burrage, Henry S. (editor). Early English and French Voyages, Chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534-1608. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906). Pages 113-132. Series
