He was elected Member of Parliament for Liskeard, Cornwall, in 1661,[5] but chose to sit for Honiton in place of his father (who stood down in his favour after having been elected himself). He was several years later returned for St Mawes on 22 June 1685.[6]
John Prideaux (1655–1706) of Solden, Holsworthy, 3rd son, MP for Newport, Cornwall in 1700. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He married firstly his cousin Anne Prideaux (d. 1703), daughter and heiress of Humphrey Prideaux of Soldon, and secondly to Katherine Kelland, daughter of John Kelland of Painsford and widow of John Coffin of Portledge, Alwington. He died childless.
Roger Prideaux (1657–1685), 4th son, educated at Exeter College, Oxford
He died on 22 November 1705 and was buried two days later in St Michael's Church, Farway,[8] where survives his mural monument.[9]
^Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.622, pedigree of Prideaux
^Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.621
^Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.35
^Vivian, p.622
^"PRIDEAUX, Peter (1626-1705), of Netherton, nr. Honiton, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
^Vivian, p.622
^Vivian, p.622
^Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.447