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John Rashleigh II
1554 – 1624Merchant and ship-ownerEurope · 1554Most named place: Cornwall (approximate)
John Rashleigh II was an English merchant and ship-owner who served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608. He was born in a prominent merchant family which was by 1582 one of the three leading families in the town. John was actively engaged in international trade ranging from nearby Baltic to the Guinea on the west African coast. During the attack of the Spanish Armada in 1588 he defended the country with his ship, Francis of Fowey. John was married to Alice Bonython with whom he had four children.
