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Lewis Pollard

1485–1525

Born
1485
Died
1525
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  • Birth1485Probable1 source
  • Death1525ProbableDisputed1 competing claim1 source
  • TitleMember of the 1491-92 ParliamentConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

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  2. Child born: Jane Pollard

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  3. Died

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Known for

Sir Lewis Pollard whose will was dated 1526 when he retired to Grilstone in the parish of Bishop's Nympton, Devon, was Justice of the Common Pleas from 1514 to 1526. He served as MP for Totnes in 1491 and was a JP in Devon in 1492. He was knighted after 1509. He was one of several Devonshire men to be "innated with a genius to study law", as identified by Fuller, who became eminent lawyers at a national level.

Titles held

  • Member of the 1491-92 Parliament

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