Harris

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Thomas Harris  married. 27 Dec. 1573, Elizabeth (d.1634), da. of Henry Pomeroy of Colquite, in St Mabyn in Cornwall.

They  had 2 sons and 2 daughters and made a settlement of the manor in 1597 on his son's marriage and in 1603 conveyed it outright to his son Edward Harris  -Chief Justice of Munster 1620

Edward Harris conveyed Colquite to Sir Henry Spiller in 1618  and his sister Mary married Greatrakes of Waterford in Ireland.

 Colquite is near Wadebridge which in North Cornwall coast-

 I have not found anything to confirm his actual presence there but as owner he might not have been in residence .There are a number of leases - all assigned outside the Harris family.

 Thomas Bindon's  elder brother Henry succeeded to the title and at least as early as 1583 Thomas Howard agreed to convey to his brother the manor of Colquite (PH/1). On 28 March, 1587 he leased it to Henry lord Howard for two lives (PH/2), and on the following day ceded the manor to his brother for 89 years. Henry lord Howard agreed to stand seized of Colquite to the use of his son-in-law Arthur Gorges in 1589 (PH/3).

 Before his death in 1590 Henry lord Howard had assigned his interest to his son-in-law, who, after an earlier assignment, (PH/4) mortgaged the manor of Colquite to Thomas Harris, sergeant-at-law in 1594. This became absolute the same year (PH/6). Thomas Harris made a settlement of the manor in 1597 on his son's marriage (PH/7) and in 1603 conveyed it outright to his son Edward Harris (PH/8).

Edward Harris conveyed Colquite to Sir Henry Spiller in 1618 (PH/10) for the consideration of £2000 paid by Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk, the kinsman and heir of the last Viscount Bindon who died in 1610.

( note from this it would appear that Thomas Harris might have leased Colquite to his father in law Henry Pomeroy  

The records appear to tell a different tale 

https://www.hooelake.org/2009/12/vanished-glories-of-radford-house/

 Anne Harris,daughter of Sir Thomas Harris (1547-1610) and Elizabeth Pomeroy (obit. 1634).

 Ist she married Thomas Southwell of Spixworth, Norfolk (c.1575-1626).  June 24, 1594
Her second husband, Captain Henry Sibthorpe (obit 1626 ), was her mentor and editor. 

Anne was a poet, writing from a staunch protestant viewpoint. She often wrote about prominent people. She founded a school for the poor in Cornworthy, which is only seperated from the parish of Ashprington by the Harbourne river; Ashprington being the seat of Sir Edward Giles, whose grandsons, Edward Giles [son Matthew, 1604-1667], Thomas Giles, and Matthew Giles, were American colonists, sailing out of Bristol. 

It can not be ascertained whether the Giles family of Ashprington gave rise to the Mary Giles who married a son of Captain Thomas Harris in Virginia