after a full thirty-five years on active service, as then sir richard spry, rear admiral of the red, he died unmarried, on 25 nov 1775, at place house, in st anthony in roseland, cornwall. sir richard's estate passed to his sister mary and her son thomas davy, captain rn, they, as coheirs assuming proprietorship of lot 62. as an heir, honouring his uncle, captain davy took on the surname and arms of spry, becoming captain thomas spry, in april 1779, remaining in active service until 1783. while serving as a county magistrate, and standing as a reserved list vice-admiral of the blue, in 1799, the spry's lot 62, amongst many, was noted, in default for the third time, as the subject of no effort to satisfy the 1767 lottery 'conditions of settlement' - and became open to consideration for escheat.