Walter Yonge (died 1649)
Walter Yonge of Great House in the parish of Colyton in Devon, England, was a lawyer, merchant and diarist.
Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of John II Yonge of Colyton by his wife Alice Stere. His grandfather was John I Yongeof Axminster, Devon with John Young His great-grandfather was Walter I Yonge & Henry VIII ) of Bossington, Berkshire, who having been the first of his family to settle in Devonshire purchased several estates in that county, including:
- Stuttecomb, in the parish of Axmouth, purchased during the reign of Henry VIII from Sir Peter Carew of Mohuns Ottery, Devon.
- Buckland Trill, in the parish of Axmouth, purchased from Sir Peter Carew.
- Batteshorn, in the parish of Honiton, purchased from Sir Amias Paulet of Hinton St. George, Somerset.
- Cob Whimpell, in the parish of Whimple, purchased from Sir Amias Paulet
Career
Yonge was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and was called to the bar from Middle Temple. In 1628 he was Sheriff of Devon. As a merchant he invested in the Dorchester Company, a joint-stock company promoting fishing and colonisation in New England. He was a Member of Parliament for Honiton, Devon, in the Long Parliament from 1640, but did not sit after Pride's Purge in December 1648. From 1642 to 1648 he was one of the victuallers of the Navy.Marriage and children
Yonge married Jane Periam, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Peryam of Exeter, Devon, MP four times and Mayor of Exeter, by his wife Elizabeth Hone, a daughter and co-heir of Robert Hone of Ottery. Jane's uncle was Sir William Peryam of Little Fulford, near Crediton in Devon, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. By his wife he had two sons and one daughter as follows:- Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet, MP, of Colyton, eldest son and heir, who served alongside his father in the Long Parliament.
- Walter Yonge of Ford, 2nd son, a lawyer at the Inner Temple.
- Jane Young, died unmarried.