Robert was born about 1525, the son of John Drake and Margery. The place is not known.
His wife was Ann of Tavistock. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was John (c1564-?).
| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
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| Birth | ABT 1525 |
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!Source: WikiTree Edmund Drake
Born about 1514 [uncertain] in Tavistock, Devonshire, England
Died 26 Dec 1566 at about age 52 in Upchurch, Kent, England
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Confirmation of Edmund's origins is to be found in a deposition given in 1587 by his nephew John Drake, then a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. John, son of Robert and Ann Drake of Tavistock was born about 1564. From the age of about 10 he served as a page to his cousin Captain Francis Drake whom he accompanied on his famous circumnavigation of the globe. In 1583 John Drake was given command of a small ship, part of a fleet commanded by Captain Edward Fenton. He had the misfortune to be shipwrecked in South America and eventually fell into the hands of the Inquisition. He was taken to Lima, Peru, where a detailed deposition was taken concerning both his family and his travels with his renowned cousin. Of particular note is his statement that his paternal grandparents were John and Margery Drake of Tavistock and his father's brothers included Edmund Drake the father of Captain Francis Drake.[2]
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Edmund's parents first appear in the records in 1519 when the Abbot of the Monastery of Tavistock granted a lease of lands at Crowndale in Tavistock, then in tenure of Simon Drake, to John Drake, his wife Margery and their son John Drake, the term to commence at the end of Simon's tenure.[3] The subsidy roll for Tavistock in 1524 shows Simon drake rated at £18 and John Drake rated at £5. Simon, with a worth of £18, was among the more affluent inhabitants of the parish.[4] Simon's will was proved at Totnes in 1534.[5]
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By 1546 the lands of the Monastery of Tavistock had come into the possession of Lord Russell who confirmed the original lease to John and Margery and their son John.[6] In the subsidy roll of 1545 we find John Drake 'of Croundel' rated at £20, John Drake junr rated at £5 and Edmund Drake rated at £4.[7] The Drakes had disappeared from Tavistock by 1548, their names no longer appearing in the subsidy rolls.[8]