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Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 21 19. Hunt Family in Devonshire (V,, p. 31, par. 20.) — At the above reference information was sought as to the ancestry of the Rev. Robert Hunt, who was the first minister of the Church at Jamestown, Virginia, having landed in the colony 13 May, 1607. Though unable to give a direct answer, I hope that the following notes may be of some assistance to the enquirer — even at this late day, and to others interested in the family. 1518. Thomas Hunte witnesses a Grant, penult, die Aprilis, A°- r.r. Henrici Septimi post Conq™, decimo [29 Apr., 10 Hen. Vn.] (Exeter Corporation Records, No. 358.) 1517-1537. Tristram Risdon, in his Note Booh, names Thomas Hunt as Mayor of Exeter in the 9th, 15th and 29th years of Hen. VHI. He has been described both as a " tailor " and a " baker." According to his gravestone (" the oldest " in St. Petrock's Church) he died 15 May, 1548. For particulars of this Thomas, and of Robert George and William, and other Hunts of this parish, see Robert Dymond's History of St. Petrock's, Exeter, PP- 33> 45> 53> 56, 57 ; and his Cal. of Deeds of St. Petrock's, pp. 13, 16, 17, 30, 40. 1539. In the Exeter Receivers' Rolls, 30-31 Hen. VHL, I have come upon the item : — " Paid to M'- Hunt for the booke of Statuyts . . ." 1565. Among inventories of household goods of citizens of this period, is that of the goods of " George Hunte of Exeter." {Trans. Dev. Assn., xx.. Paper by Mr. Wm. Cotton, pp. 73, 109.) It includes a bequest to his son " Hannyball the childe." Cf. " Hannibal als. George Hunt " in the Pedigree of Hunts of Exeter and Chudleigh, in Vivian's Visitations of Devon, p. 494. Hen. VIII., — Ed. VI. A Proceeding in the Court of Augmentations is calendared as John Hunt v. Wm. Parsloe, Zeal Monachorum, Devon. 1566-7. Thomas Hunt (? plaintiff), Exeter, marsh in parish of St. Thomas Apostle, messuages, etc. (Record Office, Cal. Chanc, Comm. Law PI., ref. to Bale. 6, No. 72, A°- 9 Ehz.) 1566-7. The Queen disposes of divers quondam Chantry- Lands, including a " Church House " in the parish