General Notes

ID: I8553
Name: John PRIDEAUX
NPFX: Sir 1
Sex: M
Change Date: 25 AUG 2001
Father: Giles PRIDEAUX
Mother: Isabella DE LONGBROKE
Marriage 1 MaudAmey FRENCH
Children
Joan PRIDEAUX b: 1418
Sources:
Text: John was a Knight a dozen generations descended from thePrideaux anc
estor
who accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066 and becameoverseer of
Cornwall. See "Prideaux, A Westcountry Clan," by R. M. Prideaux
(Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 1989) for theancestry giv
here; this fine book gives extensive insight into the life andtimes of t
he
family and the wider society. Through his second marriage, SirJohn
Prideaux acquired an interest in the larger estate ofSharpham.Adeston is
in the parish of Holbeton, Devonshire.John was a Knight a dozen generatio
ns descended from the Prideauxancestor who accompanied William the Conquer
or in 1066 and becameoverseer of Cornwall.