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386:, the most powerful of the Anglo-Irish magnates, whose influence made him an indispensable ally of the Crown; at the same time he showed his independence by refusing, against Kildare's urging, to pardon some of the more notorious rebels, notably Sir
312:. When the rebellion collapsed and Henry's ships fled, Edgcumbe's arrest was ordered and a troop of soldiers commanded by the notoriously brutal Sir Henry Trenowth of Bodrugan were sent to arrest him. He hid on the wooded hillside of his
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in Devon, from which his family took their surname. His grandson
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on 8 September 1489 and was buried there. His tomb was destroyed during the
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of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.618, pedigree of
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478:(1720-1795). The earldom survives today, in a direct male line.
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George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe
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Joan Edgcumbe, who married Fulk Prideaux (1472-1531) of
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Elizabeth Edgcumbe, who married Wymond Raleigh of Devon;
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Cotehele in Cornwall, residence of Sir Richard Edgcumbe
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Edgcumbe , Sir Richard (c. 1443–1489), administrator
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Voyage of Sir Richard Edgcumbe into Ireland in 1488
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Edgcumbe , Sir Richard (c.1443–1489), administrator
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245:He was the son and heir of Piers Edgcumbe of
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