Sir Walter de Sweynthill
Sir Walter de Sweynthill (died c. 1340) was an English knight and politician in the reigns of Edward II and Edward III who represented the City of Exeter and Devonshire in Parliament and served as Sheriff of Exeter from 1330 to 1332.[1][2]
Life
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As with many notable individuals of the Dark Ages, there is no reliable record of his date of birth but he is recorded as the highest tax payer in the parish of Awliscombe, where he held property.[3]
de Sweynthill represented the City of Exeter in the Parliament of 1327 and the county of Devon in the first eight parliaments of Edward III.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Lysons, Daniel (1822). Magna Britannia: VOL VI – Devonshire. London: A. & R. Spottiswode. pp. ccixv.
- ^ a b Sainthill, Richard (1844). An Olla Podrida: Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary, Volume 1. London: Nichols and Son. pp. 332–335.
- ^ "Wadhays" (PDF). The Devonshire Association: Special Publications. 2007.
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1851). Encyclopædia of heraldry, or General armory of England, Scotland and Ireland : comprising a registry of all armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time, including the late grants by the College of arms. Getty Research Institute. London : H. G. Bohn.