Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet

Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet (1588–1654) of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, near Crediton, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry and served as Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1621-2 and as Sheriff of Devon (1629–1630).

Davie was the son and heir of John Davie of Sandford and Crediton, Devon by his wife Margaret Southcote, daughter of George Southcote, of Calverley, Devon.

[3] In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for the newly enfranchised constituency of Tiverton in Devon.

She was a sister of William Strode (1594–1645), MP,[5] one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in the House of Commons by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the Civil War.

By Juliana he had children including: Davie's second marriage was to Isabel Hele (died 1656) of Gnaton, Devon, by whom he had a daughter: Davie died in 1654 at the age of about 66 and was buried at Sandford on 13 October 1654.