was released, and reinstated in his office in the Stannary Courts at some date prior to 16 January 1630. His administration of justice in the Stannary Courts gave much dissatisfaction to suitors, and in or about 1637 he was arrested on a charge of false imprisonment. The matter, however, was not pressed, and on his release he resumed his judicial duties. In April 1640 Coryton was elected MP for Grampound for the Short Parliament in an apparent double return, and was re-elected MP for Grampound for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He was at the time Mayor of Bossiney and was found guilty on petition of falsifying the returns for the election at the Parliamentary constituency of the same name. He was also found guilty of maladministration in the Stannary Courts and was "not admitted to sit" in Parliament. At the same time he was removed from the office of Vice-Warden of the Stannaries, and also from the Stewardship of the Duchy of Cornwall and Deputy-Lieutenancy of the County of Cornwall which he then held. Marriage and children Coryton married Elizabeth Chichester (died 26 January 1656 – 1657), 3rd daughter of Sir John Chichester (d. 1586) of Raleigh, Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1585. By his wife Elizabeth, who survived him, Coryton had four sons and seven daughters, including: Sir John Coryton, 1st Baronet (1621–1680), eldest son and heir, created a baronet on 27 February 1662. (See Coryton baronets). Death and burial Coryton died on 1 May 1651 and was buried in the church of St Mellion, near Plymouth. The tomb was sculpted by Thomas Gaffin almost two centuries later in 1836. A rhyming inscription on his tomb describes him as Both good and great, and yet beloved; In judgment just, in trusts approved. Sources Duffin, Anne & Hunneyball, Paul, biography of Coryton (Currington), William (1579-1651), of West Newton Ferrers, St. Mellion, Cornwall, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 References |- 1580 births 1651 deaths People from the Borough of West Devon Cavaliers Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Inmates of Fleet Prison High Sheriffs of Cornwall English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 Mayors of places in Cornwall