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C 19th Consisted of 5830 acres including the Rawridge , a tithing & scattered farms extending to the borders of Somerset . There was cattle fair on October 17th, with an annual ploughing match.
1068 Smallridge was one of three manors given to Ralph de Pomeroy, later it was gifted to the church of Rouen. From the church it passed to Sir Nicholas Cheyney, in the reign of Henry III. 1216-1272 - Afterwards passed to the Willoughby, Blount, and Popham families, until it was purchased by Dr. Addington, father of the late Viscount Sidmouth.
C19th Viscount Sidmouth was lord of the manor and owner of a great part of the parish, and resided at the large new Manor House, which was erected at great expense. . . .
Robert de Pomeroy of Smallridge in Axminster was of the cadet line of the Pomeroys in Buckerell & Upottery descending from Geoffrey the 3rd son of the 2nd Henry Pomeroy. His son Thomas an Esq when he made a hurried and illicit marriage to Joan Chudleigh in 1388. He was knighted in 1400 and the pair of them went on to upset the line of inheritance by wresting it from Edward the rightful and declared heir - but Thomas apparent intention to found a new baronial line, one that started with him, failed because he died without issue in 1426.
ROBERT DE POMERAI (1268-1328- ), in 1328,was 60 years old serving the vicar.
ROBERT de Pomeray 1330 in Membury his name may survives in Pomeroy's Hill in that place
Thomas Pomeoy made a Kings Knight in 1400 had a close companion, his brother William , was a Queens Knight, who held Membury which is adjacent to Smallridge . He was dead by 1441 . A Sir William Pomeroy who married a Alice FitzRafe in Norfolk , she died in 1471 .
( AJP wondered about William , was he brother or son. This Thomas made himself baron Pomeroy between 1416 until he died 1426- without heirs.
IF he had a living son surely he would have become the next heir.)
Wiliam's wife Alice FitzRafe was a grandaughter of Johanna Ralegh widow of Whalesborough & in 1426 the widow of Sir Thomas Pomeroy the troublesome frequently outlawed knight.
In 1644 the Civil War came to the area – in April parliamentary Lyme Regis was attacked – in June parliamentarians passed through Chard followed by Charles himself in September; in November Royalist Axminster was attacked. The following year there were fatalities in Membury, at Forde, to the north, and in October of that year there was a skirmish in which royalists from Honiton attacked parliamentarians based in Membury. The event was recorded in a parliamentary report as, ‘the only affront the enemy put upon us’
In 1650 the area was once again involved in the parliament versus king history, when Charles 11 tried unsuccessfully, to escape to France from Lyme Regis, and had close encounters with parliamentary soldiers at Charmouth and Bridport. His Restoration commemorated in Membury (as has been the case ‘from time immemorial’), with the suspension of an oak bough from the church tower, a costumed procession, a proclamation, and jollification.
During the following Restoration period religious tolerance was uncertain, and non-conformists in the parish were hounded – Quakers in the south of the parish, in Lea Hill, were persecuted and their Meeting House, at ‘Quakers’, was raided. (George Fox himself the leading Quaker of that period was believed to have visited Membury).
2019 - March
FARWAY Parish Register Images
John Pomroy 6 Jan 1707 Marriage at Ottery Saint Mary to Katherine Thomas
William Pomeroy of Gittisham Marriage 15 Nov 1732 Honiton to Mrs Mary Pearce of Honiton
William Pomeroy marriage 8 July 1745 to Ann Cload at Offwell ( 2½ miles E.S.E. of Honiton)
FARWAY REGISTER
Nicholas son of John & Katheryn Pomeroy Bb 24 Feb 1713
William son of John & Katherine BB 13 Nov 1716
Benedicta dau of John & Katherine bb 7 Jan 1718
Robert son of John & Katherine Bb April 29 1720
Amy dau of William Pomeroy & Anne his wife 9 Jan 1744
William Pomeroy was a churchwarden 1744 John Pomeroy was a church warden 1754
Rachel dau of William & Anne Pomeroy 9 Jan 1749
William Thomas son of William & Anne Pomeroy Bb 1 Oct 1751
Nicholas son of William & Anne Pomeroy Bb 13 June 1754
Agnes daughter of William & Christian Pomeroy Bb 10 March 1754
Nicholas son of William & Christian Bb 14 May 1755
William son of William & Christian Bb 14 Jan 1757
Elizabeth dau of William & Christian 20 Jan 1759
Robert son of William & Christian 18 Sept 1763
Sarah dau of William & Christian Bb 11 Feb 1767
Samuel son of William & Katherine BB 17 Feb 1770 private baptism
Maryann wife of John Pomeroy died November 14 1672
Nicholas Pomeroy OTP married Joan Goff of Membury 16 June 1740
UPOTTERY I first found in FMP (Oct 2020)
Amountey alias Pomery- Robert in Upottery, Devon,
I clipped this example of the name - is it Amountey or is it Pomerey
Red Doors Farm
C19th In that area
Ann Pomery daughter of Robert a labourer BB 24 Sept 1815 Bb Luppit
another entry for her has Cox alias Pomery entry baptised with a twin sister Betsey
1841 Census Robert Pomeroy age 25 b 1818 a farm servant to Elias Berry at Shilven Farm, Luppet
Anne Pomeroy born Luppit BB 1 Nov 1834 a base born daughter of Anne Pomery a servant
1841 Census Red Doors Farm, Luppitt, Honiton, Devon,
Ann Pomeroy age 25 born 1816 farm servant to Thomas Griffin a farmer with 82 acres, a wife and 8 children and 3 farm servants
1851 Census A Cottage At Week, Luppitt, Honiton, Devon, England
Robert Pomery Head 64 1787 Farm Labourer Luppitt, Devon, England
Elizabeth Pomery Wife 68 1783 - Hemyock, Devon, England
Robert Pomery Son single 33 1818 Farm Labourer Luppitt, Devon, England
Thomas Pomery Son single 31 1820 Farm Labourer Luppitt, Devon, England
Mary Pomery Dau single 25 1826 Servant Luppitt, Devon, England
Robert Clapp widowed Visitor 45 1806 Farm Labourer Devon, England
1851 Census 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Riggles Farm, Upottery, Honiton, Devon,
Ann Pomeroy age 16 born 1835 in Luppitt house servant to William Ewins widowed Farmer of 170 acres with 4 sons and a daughter and 4 farm labourers and a 13 year old plough driver.
Ann Pomeroy born 1813 daughter of Robert Pomeroy a labourer married by banns to Francis Searle a labourer son of John Searle a Thatchers in Honiton 28 Dec 1843 witnesses Thomas Pomeroy & Sarah Serale both of whom made their mark the groom Francis son of a thatcher signed the register Ann made her mark
By 1851 she had 3 children - 10 years older than her thatcher husband Francis living at Arrarat in Luppit
Sister Betsy ? Married 3 April 1839 at Cotleigh as Elizabeth Pomeroy dau of Robert a labourer of Cotleigh to Thomas Strowbridge /Strawbridge a masons of Thomas Strawbridge a mason
So both girls improved their status marrying Up !
Maude Amountey Bb 24 Sept 1564 father Robert in Upottery
Mary Amountey Baptism 25 Mar 1571 Father Robert Amountey at Upottery
Jane Amountey Bb 26 June 1575 dau of Robert Amountey at Upottery
Rawlin AMOUNTEY Bb 3 May 1596 son of Robert Amountey died at birth buried Upottery 3 May 1596
Are they all one family did Robert Amountey marry a Pomeroy or it it simply a mistake and the word is Pomeroy
Amountey alias Pomery Jone 1 June 1578 B dau of Robert of Upottery, Devon,
Amountey alias Pomery Julyan 25 Mar 1582 Bb died 1 April Dau of Robert of Upottery, Devon
Amountey alias Pomery Mary Bb 25 Mar 1582 Ba dau of Robert of Upottery, Devon,
Amountey alias Pomery Ellyne 12 Dec 1585 B dau of Robert of Upottery, Devon,
Mary Pomery married Robert Deamonte 19 April 1607 at Upottery
Joan Pomerie married John Richard Bagg on 8 Dec 1612 at Honiton on Otter
Elizabeth Pomerie married Thomas Bicknell on 16 June 1608 at Honiton on Otter
Robert Pomeroy marriage at Honiton of Otter 28 Oct 1611 to Agnes Hellier
Pomery Roberte burial 3 Feb 1611 Will 1612 Upottery, Devon, England
Pomery William Oct 1617 Marriages to Agnes Banks at Upottery, Devon, England
Pomeroy Robert 1640 marriage to Sarah Powning in Honiton 1 May 1640
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