Richard Prideaux

Richard Prideaux (1606–1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

Sir Richard Prideaux MP
Member of Parliament for Bodmin
In office 1640–1640
Personal details
Born	1606 Thuborough
Died	1667 (aged 61)
Children	Jonathon Prideaux (1646–1710)
Parent	Jonathan Prideaux (d. 1637)
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

Prideaux was the son of Jonathan Prideaux (d.1637), of Theuborough, now known as Thuborough,^[1] in the parish of Sutcombe, Devon. He enrolled at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 December 1622, aged 16. He lived at Theuborough. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bodmin in the Short Parliament.^[2]

Prideaux died at the age of 61.^[2][3]

References

1. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 620, pedigree of Prideaux
2. Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). "Prichard-Pyx". Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714. pp. 1208–1224. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
3. "PRIDEAUX, Jonathan (c.1646-1710), of Theuborough, Sutcombe, Devon and Trecarne, St. Mabyn, Cornw. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

Parliament of England
Vacant Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1640 (April) With: Sir Richard Wynn	Succeeded by John Arundell Anthony Nicholl