William Strode (1614–1676)
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Sir William Strode of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry and twice served as MP for his family's pocket borough of Plympton Erle, in 1660 and 1661–1676.
Old Newnham House, Devon. Painted in 1797
George Treby (judge)
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Sir George Treby JP, of Plympton, Devon, and of Fleet Street in the City of London, was Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and six times Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Plympton Erl
William Strode (1614–1676)
…he had a son and three daughters including: Richard Strode (1638–1707), MP for Plympton Erle. He died unmarried. Together with his near neighbour Sir George Treby (d. 1700) of Plympton House, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, also an MP for Plympton Erle, he financed the building of Plympton Guildhall which…
Sir George Treby (1643–1700), engraving dated 1700 by Robert White (1645–1703). National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 638
Plympton Borough Guildhall, built in 1688 at the joint expense of Sir George I Treby and Richard Strode (1638–1707) of Newnham, MP for Plympton Erle
Arms of Sir George Treby (d. 1700) with crest: A demi-lion rampant. 1688 stone tablet affixed to facade of Plympton Guildhall, which building, together with Richard Stroud of Newnham, MP, he donated to the borough
Plympton House, Plympton St Maurice, south front. Building commenced by Sir George Treby (d.1700) but unfinished at his death