John Rashleigh (21 January 1619 – 13 March 1693) of Coombe, near Fowey in Cornwall, was MP for Fowey from 1661 to 1679. He was a member of a branch of the more prominent Rashleigh family of Menabilly, near Fowey.
Rashleigh was the only surviving son of Robert Rashleigh (1585 – c. 1667), MP, of Coombe, near Fowey, Cornwall, by his first wife Mary Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis of Landew.History of Parliament biography of John RashleighHunneyball, Paul, biography of Robert Rashleigh (1585-c.1667), of Coombe, nr. Fowey, published in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1637 and entered Gray's Inn in 1639.Brasenose College Register 1509-1909
He married in 1642 his cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall and had 5 sons and 2 daughters
References
Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall (Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887)