John Harris (Royalist)
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Harris was the second son of John Harris (1564- June 1623) of Lanrest in Cornwall, Recorder (or Steward[2]) of the Borough of West Looe in Cornwall ( established in 1574[3]) and MP for West Looe in Cornwall in 1614,[4] by his wife Joane Harte, daughter and sole heiress of Robert Harte of Plimston in the parish of Stoke Climsland in Cornwall.[5][6] His younger brother was Robert Harris (d.1655), Major General of the King's infantry in Plymouth, buried at Tywardreath in Cornwall, where he "lies interred under a marble monument"[7] inscribed as follows:[8]
- "In Memory of Robert Harris, Esquire, sometime Major-Generall of his Majesties forces before Plymouth, who was buried here under, the 29th day of June, 1655, and of Honnor Harris, his sister, who was likewise heer under-neath buried, the 17th day of November, 1653".
"Loyal and stout, thy crime this, this thy praise,"
"Thou'rt here with Honour laid, tho' without Bayes."
Inheritances
John Harris was the heir of his childless elder brother Christopher Harris (1590–November 1623) of Lanrest, a Member of Parliament for West Looe in 1621. John Harris was also a great-nephew and sole heir of Sir Christopher Harris (c.1553-1625), MP for Plymouth in 1584,[9] of Radford in the parish of Plymstock in Devon.[10]
