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NameSir Piers Edgecumbe 
[242, Pedigree, vol iii, p. 228], [56, Cornwall, by J L Vivian, pub 1887], [78, The will of Sir Piers Edgcomb, pp. 647-650], [56, Huntingdon of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, St John, p. 2]
[242, Pedigree, vol iii, p. 228], [56, Cornwall, by J L Vivian, pub 1887], [78, The will of Sir Piers Edgcomb, pp. 647-650], [56, Huntingdon of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, St John, p. 2]Death14 Aug 1539
GeneralFought in France with H. VIII: Kt Bt: 1513.
FatherSir Richard Edgecumbe (-1489)
Spouses
Notes for Sir Piers Edgecumbe
At the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 as a knight bachelor in the king’s retinue.
Will notes for Sir Piers Edgecumbe
In his will, dated 3d March 1530, he lists:
His son John,
His son James,
Dame Katherine his wife,
Sir Griffin Rice late husband of his wife Katherine,
Dame Jane sometime his wife, mother of John and James [and Richard and the daughters],
His son and heir Richard,
His daughter Ann Edgcombe.
His son John,
His son James,
Dame Katherine his wife,
Sir Griffin Rice late husband of his wife Katherine,
Dame Jane sometime his wife, mother of John and James [and Richard and the daughters],
His son and heir Richard,
His daughter Ann Edgcombe.
DNB Main notes for Sir Piers Edgecumbe
Co-subject: Edgcumbe, Sir Piers
Dates: d. 1539
Active Date: 1519
Gender: Male
Article
Sir Piers Edgcumbe, his son, was one of the twenty knights of the Bath created by Prince Arthur on the eve of St. Andrew, 1489. He was sheriff of Devonshire in 1493, 1494, and 1497. He formed one of the expedition to France in 1513, and was made a knight-banneret for his valuable services at the battle of Spurs. He married Jane, daughter and heiress of Stephen Durnford, who brought into the Edgcumbe family the large estate of East and West Stonehouse, and who died in December 1553. By her he had three sons, Richard [see Edgcumbe, Sir Richard, 1499-1562], John, and James, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Jane, and Agnes. Secondly he married Catherine, daughter of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe, and widow of Sir Griffith Ryce, but by her he left no issue. He died on 14 Aug. 1539.
Dates: d. 1539
Active Date: 1519
Gender: Male
Article
Sir Piers Edgcumbe, his son, was one of the twenty knights of the Bath created by Prince Arthur on the eve of St. Andrew, 1489. He was sheriff of Devonshire in 1493, 1494, and 1497. He formed one of the expedition to France in 1513, and was made a knight-banneret for his valuable services at the battle of Spurs. He married Jane, daughter and heiress of Stephen Durnford, who brought into the Edgcumbe family the large estate of East and West Stonehouse, and who died in December 1553. By her he had three sons, Richard [see Edgcumbe, Sir Richard, 1499-1562], John, and James, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Jane, and Agnes. Secondly he married Catherine, daughter of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe, and widow of Sir Griffith Ryce, but by her he left no issue. He died on 14 Aug. 1539.