Sir Pierse EDGCOMB Kt., of Mont Edgcomb
- Born: Abt 1459
- Died: 14 Aug 1539
 Another name for Pierse was Pierse EDGCUMBE.
General Notes:
Aged 30 years at his father's death, K.B. at the installation of Prince Arthur, Sheriff of Cornwall 10 and 13 Hen. VII.
Will 3 Mar 1530, proved 15 Sep 1539, P.C.C. (Dyngley 30)
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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.
[Collins's Peerage, ed. Brydges, v. 306-21; Prince's Worthies of Devon, p. 344 (ed. 1810); Polwhele's Hist. of Cornwall, iv. 47, 49; Pole's Devon Collection, pp. 295, 596; Fuller's Worthies (ed. 1662), pp. 270, 271; Westcote's View of Devonshire in 1630, p. 494; Boase and Courtenay's Bibl. Conub. p. 130; Ware's Hist of Irish Writers, ed. Harris, bk. ii. 323; Stow's Annals, p. 474; Anstis's Order of the Garter, i. 364, ii. 231; Rymer's Fœdera, xii. 348, 355, 356, 357; Oliver's Monast. Dioc. Exon.; Add. Suppl. p. 20; Carew's Survey of Cornwall, ii. 114.] A. V.* [Ref: DNB, Editors, Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee, MacMillan Co, London & Smith, Elder & Co., NY, 1908, vol. vi, pp. 375-6]
* Alsager Vian, author of this article. 5261
Marriage Information:
Pierse married Johanna DURNEFORD, daughter of John DURNEFORD and Johanna COKAYNE.
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