Biography of Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton 1560-1626
Paternal Family Tree: Bamfylde
In 1560 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton was born to Richard Bampfield of Poltimore and Bampfylde House (age 34) and Elizabeth Sydenham.
On 03 Dec 1575 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 15) matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University.
In 1576 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 16) studied law at the Middle Temple.
In 1576 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 16) and Elizabeth Clifton were married.
In 1586 [his son] John Bampylde was born to Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 26) and [his wife] Elizabeth Clifton.
In 1591 [his brother-in-law] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 21) and Katherine Darcy (age 20) were married.
In 1594 [his father] Richard Bampfield of Poltimore and Bampfylde House (age 68) died. Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 34) inherited the Manor of Poltimore, Devon.
In 1597 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 37) was elected MP Devon.
In 1597 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 37) was appointed Justice of the Peace Devon.
In 1599 [his mother] Elizabeth Sydenham died.
From 1603 to 1604 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Devon.
In 1608 [his brother-in-law] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 38) was created 1st Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire by writ of summons enabling descent by the female line.
In 1616 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 56) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Devon.
On 14 Oct 1618 [his brother-in-law] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 48) stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
On 09 Feb 1626 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 66) died.
In or before 1564 [his father] Richard Bampfield of Poltimore and Bampfylde House and [his mother] Elizabeth Sydenham were married.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bamfield
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bamfield
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes of Copleston
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bamfield
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bamfield
GrandFather: Edward Bampfield of Poltimore
Father: Richard Bampfield of Poltimore and Bampfylde House
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Wadham of Marryfield and Edge
GrandMother: Elizabeth Wadham
Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton
GrandFather: John Sydenham of Brympton d'Evercy
Mother: Elizabeth Sydenham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brugge
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Brugge 4th Baron Chandos
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Brugge 5th Baron Chandos
Great x 1 Grandfather: Giles Brugge 6th Baron Chandos
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darell
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Darell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Florence Darell Baroness Chandos
GrandMother: Ursula Brydges
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Baynham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Baynham Baroness Chandos