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John Speke (landowner)

For other uses, see John Hanning Speke.

Sir
John Speke
Detail of Speke's effigy in the Speke Chantry, Exeter Cathedral
Bornc.1442 (1442)
Died1518 (aged 75–76)
Occupation(s)landowner,
Sheriff of Devon,
Member of Parliament
SpousesJoan Wynard,
Isobel Calwodley,
Elizabeth Somester
Children3 sons, 2 daughters
Parents
  • Sir John Speke (died 1444) (father)
  • Alice Beauchamp (mother)
Awardsknighted (1501)
Speke arms: Argent, two bars azure over all an eagle with two heads displayed gules
Decorated panel within Speke Chantry, Exeter Cathedral, showing on a spiked escutcheon à bouche the arms of Sir John Speke: Argent, two bars azure over all an eagle displayed with two heads gules; with canting crest (on a torse): A porcupine proper (French: porc-é(s)pic, ("spiky-pig"))

Sir John Speke (c.1442–1518) of Whitelackington, Somerset and of Heywood in the parish of Wembworthy and of Bramford Speke both in Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1517 and a Member of Parliament (1477[1]). He was knighted in 1501.[2] His monument is the Speke Chantry in Exeter Cathedral, in which he survives his recumbent effigy.

  1. ^ Burke's, 1937, p. 2103
  2. ^ Burke's, 1937, p. 2103
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