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"To divers of his kings and queens," writes Prince, "he did special du
ties and services, being in commission of the peace near forty years
, and high sheriff of the county of Devon in the late noble Queen Eliz
abeth's reign, An. 28. He was ever most virtuously affected, sound i
religion, faithful and serviceable to his Princes, upright and zealo
us in justice, beating down vice, preferring the virtuous, and a keepe
of great hospitality. His youth, in King Henry VIII's days, he spen
t at court, and in travel beyond the seas with honourable knights an
d gentlemen, first into France, Flanders, and Italy, thence they cross
ed the Adriatic sea, and so into Hungary and Greece, where they serve
d against the Turks at the siege of Buda. Also he served at Bulloin, w
hen his king, Henry VIII was present. Also at Laundersey, and was at t
he siege and burning of Treport, in France, &c. Also in the Western Re
bellion against Edward VI he having charge of a troop of horsemen, di
d special good services, when in suppressing and confounding those tra
ytors, he being sorely wounded and hurt, it pleased the king's majest
y of his princely bounty to grant his warrant to the Earl of Bedford
, then general of those wars, for the rewarding the said Richard Reyne
ll with the demesnes of Weston Peverill, and house called Pennicross
, in Devon, near Plymouth. This Richard left behind him 5 sons, whereo
f 4 are knights, all which sons even from their infancy he ever with g
odly care and great charge maintain'd in the schools of virtue and lea
ing, viz. at the universities, inns of court, their prince's court
, travels into Germany, France, and Italy, &c. All which sons being vi
tuously disposed, religious and well qualified, are at this day servi
ceable in some good degree or other to their king's majesty, and thei
country. Lastly it is generally noted and known, that the aforesai
d 5 sons are a knot of as worthy and serviceable gentlemen as any in t
he Western parts of this kingdom of England." (Source: Prince, John (
1701) Danmonii orientales illustres: or, the Worthies of Devon; A work
, wherein the lives and fortunes of the most famous divines, statesmen
, ... and other eminent persons, natives of that most noble province
, ... are memoriz'd, ... In which an account is given not only of dive
s very deserving persons, ... but of several antient and noble famili
es; ... with other things, no less profitable, ... . [18], 600 p.; ill
ustrated. Exeter: printed by Sam. Farley, for Awnsham and John Churchi
ll, London; and Charles Yeo and Philip Bishop in Exon.) He also repre
sented the borough of Ashburton, in parliament. He added to his larg
e possessions, by purchase from the Courtenays, the manor and parish o
f West Ogwell, which, like East Ogwell to which it is contiguous, was
, in the reign of Henry II held by Hugh Pictavensis, to whom succeede
d Robert Peytevin. From his family it came to the Courtenays, Earls o
f Devon, who sold it as before stated. He married Agnes, daughter o
f John Southcote, esq. of Indiho, in the parish of Bovey Tracey, in De
von, and dying when in the office of high sheriff, 29 July 1585, was b
uried amongst his ancestors in East Ogwell Church.
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