Sir John Bampfield
Sir John Bampfield was married to Gertrude, daughter of Amias Copleston in Tamerton Foliot on the outskirts of Plymouth on 3rd May 1632. He was son of the John Bampfield, who was MP for Penryn, created a Baronet in 1641, and it was his daughter, Grace, who married Sir William Bastard, Knight.
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