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15. Sir Piers Edgcumbe, Gu. on a bend erms. cotised or, three 
boars' heads couped arg. armed or ; Edgcumbe : imp. Or a bend 
betw. six martlets sa. ; Luttrell. Sir Piers Edgcumbe, son 
and heir of Sir Kichard Edgcumbe, of Mount Edgcumbe, some- 
time M.P. for Plymouth, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John 
Tregian, of Golden, Esq. Sir Piers Edgcumbe was one of those 
to whom a commission was issued in 1590 to fit out and equip a 
fleet for the discovery of land in the Antarctic Sea ; and was also 
M.P. for Cornwall and Devon, and High Sheriff for the latter 
county. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Andrew Luttrell, 
of Dunster Castle, by whom he had issue five sons and four 
daughters. Of these Sir Richard Edgcumbe was ancestor of the 
present Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, who, through his grandmother, 
Sophia Hobart, third daughter and co-heir of John, Earl of 
Buckingham, and wife of Richard, second Earl of Mount 
Edgcumbe, is one of the representatives of Sir John Maynard. 
This Sir John Maynard, son of Alexander Maynard, of Tavistock 
(a younger son of the family of Maynard, of Sherford, near 
Kingsbridge), was born there in 1602. He became a lawyer of 
some note, and tried to correct what was wrong in both parties 
during the troubles between the King and Parliament. He was 
appointed King's Serjeant 9th Nov., 1660. Sir John was for some 
time member of Parliament for Plymouth, and also sat for Totnes 
and Beeralston. He was appointed byElizeus Hele one of the trustees 
for his charitable bequests to Plymouth. Sir John Maynard married 
three times, his third wife being a daughter of Ambrose Upton. 
16. Glanville, Az. three saltires or. Members of this family 
have for a long period been more or less closely connected with 
Plymouth. Sir John Glanville, third son of John Glanville, of 
Tavistock, became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1598, 
and died at his residence, the Abbey, at Tavistock, 27th July, 
1600. His second son, Sir John Glanville, Serjeant-at-law, was 
member of Parliament for and recorder of Plymouth. He died 
in 1661, and was buried at Broad Hinton, in Wilts, where he had 
purchased a seat. Joseph Glanville, born in 1636, at Plymouth, 
of which town his father was a merchant, became chaplain to 
King Charles II. He was an early member of the Royal Society ; 
wrote several works; and died in 1680. A full account of the 
Glanvilles will be found in Prince's Worthies of Devon. 
