Richard Coffin                              

Born about 1506 in Merrifield, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Coffyn — married about 1510 in Devonshire, England

Descendants

Died before 13 Jun 1559 in Alwington, Devon, England

“Richard, Sheriff of Devon in 1511 (2 Hen. VIII.), married Wilmot, daughter of Sir Richard Chudleigh, famous in legal annals as party in a leading case which bears his name. This marriage took place about 1510.”

She was buried on 13 June 1569.

Sources

• The Visitations of Devon for 1531, 1564 & 1620, with additions by J. L. Vivian has Wilmot as being Richard’s daughter on p. 189 and 209 ( https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE98635)

• The Visitation of the county of Somerset………Page 15: Chudleigh Says she was sister, not daughter of Richard Chudleigh