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BURIALS. 
1620. Aug. 1. Mr. John Waddon. 
1634. July 1. Johanna, daughter of Mr. John Waddon. 
1634. Aug. 18. Emline, daughter of Mr. John Waddon. 
1644. April 19. Prudence, wife of Mr. John Waddon. 
1644. Sept. 2. Mrs. Joane Waddon. 
36. John Sparke, Cliequy or and vert, a bend erm. : imp. Sa. a 
cross or, cantoned with, in the first a Cornish chough, in the second 
a text T, in the third and fourth a crescent, all arg. ; Rashleigh. 
John Sparke, Esq., merchant, of Plymouth, married Deborah, 
daughter of Jonathan Rashleigh, Esq., of Fowey. He was the 
son of John Sparke, merchant, and twice Mayor of Plymouth, 
and Julian, his wife. In his will he describes himself as John 
Sparke, of Plymouth, Esq., being weak in body, &c. He be- 
queaths to the poor of Plymouth and Stoke Damerel, £5. To 
the Orphans' Aide in Plymouth, £3. To his daughter, Alice 
Sparke, an annuity of £25, out of lands and tenements in Ply- 
mouth not already conveyed to his son Jonathan Sparke, and out 
of all those lands and tenements commonly called Kennycot and 
Frennycot in the parish of Clawton, county Devon, lands and 
tenements, &c, called Millbrook in Stoke Damerel, until her 
marriage, to be paid quarterly by his executor, who was also to 
provide for his said daughter and a maid, for her fit and convenient 
"meet, drink, and lodging till she be married;" also 1000 marks 
as her marriage portion. To his sister, Jone Sparke, an annuity of 
£20 out of the said lands ; also the same provision for a home for 
her and her maid, and £300 if she marry. To " every man-child 
of his grand-children now living £5 each, and to every woman- 
child of his grand-children £10 at the age of twenty-one years." 
To Debora Barons, £5 ; to Margery Dinham, £5. Legacies to 
servants Wedge, Robert Bickford, Richard Roberts, William 
Williams, John Tawly. To women-servants, 20s. each. His son 
and heir, Jonathan Sparke, residuary legatee and executor. Over- 
seers — Jonathan Rashleigh, Esq., William Scawen, Esq., John 
Clement, Thomas Crampthorne, merchants, Thomas Stephens the 
younger, and William Symons, gent. Dated 16th March, 1639. 
Witnessed by the overseers and Humphrey Gayer, Humphrey 
Turner, John Langdon, and proved by the executor, 20th Nov., 
1640. (P.P.C. Coventry, 141.) He died 27th March, 1640, aged 
66, and his wife died 1st Nov., 1639, aged 57 ; and they are com- 
