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"WOODBURY, a large village, of 7305 acres 3 mile from Topsham, 7 miles from Exeter. People have lived here for centuries. Artefacts have been found here that were used in the Bronze Age, 3,000 years ago. The parish includes the chapelry of Salterton; and the smaller hamlets of Ebford, Exton, Nutwell, Gulliford, Grindle, Woolmanton, and Higher Hamlet; the local women and children were employed making Honiton point lace.
The modern parish of Woodbury Salterton (1845) was formed partly from Colaton Raleigh and partly from Woodbury. In the Otter Valley area. Colaton Raleigh is 11 miles E. by S. of Exeter, and 3 ½ miles W. of Sidmouth & 4 miles from Woodbury with hamlets includeing , Bystock, Blackbury, Great Grindle, Hawkerland, Kingston, Stoneyford, and Stowford,
WOODBURY
Woodbury is 26 miles as the crow flies from Donyatt in Somerset
The earliest Woodbury record is 1599 the last few years of the reign of Elizabeth I
Agnes & Elinor twin dau’s of William Pomeroy Bb at Woodbury 17 Sept 1599 - Elinor died at 3 months in Dec that year
Richard Pomery son of ? Pomery BB at Woodbury 18 April 1602
Richard Pomery married Elizabeth Kaye at Woodbury April 1624
Elizabeth Pumery dau of Richard Bb 8 Feb 1624 (New Year March 25th)
Anne wife of Thomas Pomery buried at Honiton 15 Apr 1633
Agnis Pumery dau of Richard Bb Woodbury 7 Dec 1640 buried 8 Dec 1640
Elizabeth wife of Richard Pumery buried 7 Dec 1640
Richord Pommery married Thomas Pynn at Woodbury 15 May 1641
William Pummery & Sarah Lane married at Woodbury 6 May 1644
William Pummery widowed buried Woodbury 21 Jan 1651
Agnis Pummery married Leonard London at Woodbury 13 Jan 1639
1841 CENSUS Hogsbrook, Woodbury, St Thomas,
James Pomeroy age 55 Born 1786 a farmer
Mary his wife age 50
Elizabeth dau age 13 b 1828
John Pomeroy age 50 b 1791
1851 & 1861 in the village of Woodbury
James Pomeroy b1782 Retired farmer born Talaton, Devon, England
Mary Pomeroy b 1786 Retired farmer s wife born Wythcombe
Also in Woodbury 1841
Salterton, Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon, England
James Pomeroy 30 1811 Ag Lab born Devon, England
Lydia Pomeroy 20 1821 Devon, England
John Pomeroy 3 1838 Devon, England
Mary Pomeroy infant 1840 Devon, England
1841 Census Cann Walls, Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon
James Pomeroy 39 b 1812 Farmer of 112 acres emp 1 out & 1 in door lab. born Woodbury,
Lydia Pomeroy 39 Born 1812 Farmers wife Woodbury, Devon, England
John Pomeroy Son 13 1838 Farmers son Woodbury, Devon, England
Mary Ann Dau 11 1840 Farmers daur Woodbury, Devon, Eng
James Pomeroy Son 8 1843 Farmers son Woodbury, Devon, Eng
Thomas Pomeroy Son 6 1845 Farmers son Woodbury, Devon, Eng
William Robert Son 4 1847 - Woodbury, Devon, England
Elizabeth Sarah infant 1851 - Woodbury, Devon, England
John Pomeroy Uncle UnM 64 1787 Formerly farmer Devon, England
William Hutchings UnM 17 1834 Farm servant lab Woodbury, Devon,
WILLs & PROBATEs
POMEROY James Effects under £600. 11 November. The will of James Pomeroy late of Woodbury, Salterton in the county of Devon, yeoman, deceased who died 13 Jul 1863 at Woodbury, Salterton aforesaid, was proved at Exeter by oaths of Sarah Lugg (wife of John Gooding-Lugg) of Colaton Raleigh in the said county and Elizabeth Kesiah Perry Kerslake (wife of Thomas Kerslake) of Colaton Raleigh aforesaid, the daughters and the executrix.
POMEROY Thomas of Woodbury, Devon, dairyman died 11 January 1892 Proved Exeter 9 February to Mary Rew Pomeroy, widow and Harry Stokes, bell-hanger £108 15s.
POMEROY Elizabeth. Personal estate £190. 24 November. The will of Elizabeth Pomeroy late of Woodbury in the county of Devon, spinster died 30 October 1882 at Woodbury, proven at Exeter by Maria Knott, widow, the sister and Joseph Pomeroy Knott farmer, the nephew, both of Woodbury, the executors.
Woodbury is 25 mikes from Donyatt
1881 Elizabeth Pomeroy b 1807 unmarried retired living at Farm House Woodbury with Nephew Knott a farmer of 53 acres
Bessie Pomeroy dau of John at Woodbury School B 14 June 1864 school 1872
with her sister Sarah b 1863 note on page say they left the parish that year1872 but 2 years later
younger sister Anna Pomeroy B 1869 dau of John was at same school 1874
Elizabeth Pomeroy BB 12 Jan 1807 dau of Joseph & Ann At Woodbury
Eliz Keziah Perry Pomeroy Bb 1828 at Woodbury dau of James ( a Farmer of 112 acres) & Mary his wife ; MARRIED at Woodbury Salterton 21 June 1849 to Thomas Keslake a farmer
1841 Census Hogsbrook Farm , Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon, England
James Pomeroy age 55 b 1876 Farmer; Mary his wife age 50; ElizabethPomeroy age 13; John Pomeroy age 50
James Pomeroy age 55 b 1876 Farmer; Mary his wife age 50; ElizabethPomeroy age 13; John Pomeroy age 50
1841 Census Woodbury Salterton
James Pomeroy age 30 Ag Lab Lydia Pomeroy age 20 and children John age 3 and Mary age 1
1861 Hogsbrook Hamlet Parish Woodbury
The entire hamlet consisted of
Sam Barley at 'Cann Walls' a Farmer of 138 Acres with 2 ag labs & 2 boys
wife Tamsin ; his neice Sarah Jane Finnimore age 11 ; William Archer, a carter age 17 and Richard Stamp a ploughboy age 12.
living next door at 'Whites & Scorches'
Richard Coppelestone age 47 a farmer , of 99 Acres employing 2 Ag Labs
wife Maria ; daughter Sarah ; a border James PERRY HOLMES and a farm servant Henry Holwell farm servant
Daughter s Sarah
and next door was
at High Holes was James Pomeroy farmer of 113 acres employing 2 ag labs
wife Lydia son John b 1838 Mary Ann b 1840; James son born 1843 Thomas b 1865
William R b 1847 Elizabeth S B 1851 & Ruth b 1853
1851 Farringdon House, Farringdon, St Thomas, Devon, England
James Pomeroy age 37 B 1814 born in Farway married , a coachman working for William Connop a Landed proprietor with Emily his 57 year old wife & 6 children ages ranging from 18 to 30 ll unmarried with 6 house servants a coachman and a laundress
James Pomeroy married by banns Woodbury 22 Sept 1806 to Mary Perry
James Pomeroy ,Yeoman, Farmer son of James ,Yeoman, Farmer Married Lydia Phillips da of Abraham Phillips ,Yeoman, 1837 St Thomas Cowick Street St.Thomas Exeter
son James born 19 June 1842 at Woodbury
James Pomeroy married 1867 St Thomas either to Elizabeth Havill or Sarah Susanna Bowden
St Thomas register shows most came fromWoodbury
Thomas Pomerey marriage: 11 April 1695 Woodbury,spouse: Sara James
William Thomas Pomeroy christening: 1 October 1751 FARWAY, father: William Pomeroy mother: Anne
62 marriage for Thomas Pomeroy in Devon 1670 to 1750
Thomas Pumery 08 Jun 1707 Christening BROAD CLYST Death Date: 06 Mar 1708 Father Thomas Pumery
Thomas Pomeroy marriage: 23 March 1740 Honiton On Otter, spouse: Sarah Chilcot
Thomas Pumery marriage: 22 September 1690 Broad Clyst, spouse: Agnis Taverner
Thomas Pumery marriage: 24 October 1715 Broad Clyst, spouse: Elinor Batrum
Thomas Pumery christening: 1 May 1726 BROAD CLYST death: 10 January 1730 father: Henry Pumery
Thomas Pomery marriage: 18 January 1719 Saint Peter Cathedral, Exeter, spouse: Agnes Jenkins
Thomas Pomerey marriage: 11 April 1695 Woodbury, spouse: Sara James
William Thomas Pomeroy christening: 1 October 1751 FARWAY,son of William Pomeroy & Anne
Thomas Pomeroy christening: 11 January 1778 SHEBBEAR, son of William Pomeroy & Mary
Thomas Pomeroy christening: 28 May 1643 HONITON ON OTTER, father: Robert Pomeroy mother: Sarah
Thomas Pomeroy christening: 14 August 1774 NEWTON SAINT CYRES, son of Thomas Pomeroy & Joan
Thomas John Pomeroy birth: 1822 burial: 6 February 1824 S. Sidwell'S, Exeter
Thomas John Pomeroy birth: 1827 burial: 21 August 1828 S. Sidwell'S, Exeter
Thomas Pomroy christening: 8 January 1659 SAINT MARY MAJOR,EXETER, father: John Pomroy
Joane Pomeroy 28 Feb 1640 Honiton on otter dau of Thomas Pomeroy & wife Joane :
Mary Pomeroy 05 Nov 1770 SHOBROOKE dau of Thomas Pomeroy & wife Joan:
Sarah Pomeroy 05 Apr 1768 SHOBROOKE, dau of Thomas Pomeroy & wife Joan:
Richard Pomeroy 07 Jun 1763 NEWTON SAINT CYRES son of Thomas Pomeroy & wife Joan:
Thomas Pomeroy 14 Aug 1774 NEWTON SAINT CYRES, son of Thomas Pomeroy & wife Joan:
Gilbert Pomeroy 03 Feb 1750 HONITON son of Thomas Pomero& Sarah
Thomas Pomery christening: 30 May 1602 FARWAY,
Thomas Pomerye baptism: 1618 Devon
Thomas Pomerye baptism: 1620 Devon
Thomas Pomerye christening: 6 October 1661 BROAD CLYST, son of Henry Pomerye
Thomas Pumery in BROAD CLYST, DEVON, 5 miles N.E. of Exeter. .
Father of
Eliz Pumery 16 Oct 1692 died 26 May 1695 BROAD CLYST
Agnis Pumery 07 May 1694 BROAD CLYST,DEVON,
Eliz Pumery 20 Mar 1697 BROAD CLYST,
Henry Pumery 26 Dec 1695 BROAD CLYST,
Grace Pumery 11 Sep 1700 BROAD CLYST,
Thomas Pumery 08 Jun 1707 BROAD CLYST,died 06 Mar 1708 son of Thomas of Broad Clyst
Mary Pumery 12 Oct 1691 BROAD CLYST,DEVON.
Thomas Pumery Father of John Pumery 18 Jun 1702 Christening BROAD CLYST,died 23 May 1703
Thomas Pumery father of William Pumery 17 Apr 1704 Christening BROAD CLYST, Death Date: 13 Jan 1705
Thomas Pomeroy christening: 7 June 1789 TALATON, father: Joshua Pomeroy ; mother: Sarah
1839 Woodbury had 278 acres of apple orchards allied to a vibrant on farm cider making industry. In 2014 the parish only has some 3 acres of commercial orchard still in operation at Woodbury Salterton. These apples are now exported out of the parish.
In 1675, the manor of Lympstone was sold eventually by Sir John Prideaux’ great-grandson to Sir Thomas Putt of Combe (after whom the apple ‘Tom Putt’ is named).
His son, another Sir Thomas, was well in advance of his times, for when most villagers were still part of a feudal estate, he gave instructions that on his death his tenants might buy the freeholds of their properties with full manorial rights – an unheard of step!
Several of the houses built on land bought at his death in 1721 still bear the name of independent villagers – Basses’, Manston’s (the former Smith’s, Teed’s) and others. (Indeed, then and later. many of the houses in the village have retained the name of former owners – “Hares”, for instance, “Mitchell’s”, “Stafford House”, “White’s Cottages”, “Metherell’s” and “Shepard’s”).
Hogsbrook & Higher Hogsbrook farms are outside Woodbury Salterton
The claypits became a pottery supply enterprise which has obliterated what was there making the area close unrecognisable on todays map there are a large fishing ponds from the clay pits presumably and a golf course.
Yellow is the Nutwell Estate
Green is the Rolle Estate land,
Red at the top and down through the centre are farms belonging to the Vicars Choral
Blue land belonged to Thomas Putt, whose research on apple tree stocks produced the Tom Putt variety,
Orange are farms belonging to Brice Wakeford Lee, whose main base was at Ebford Barton.
Tithes C19th James Pomeroy was a leaseholder of Thomas Putt, the Apple man , holding 156 Acres for a rent of £20 PerAcre with meadow pasture and orchard in the North of the parish called Higher and Lower Holes
William Pomeroy was also a leasee but he leased a house and gardens
Woodbury Landowners Thomas Putt and his leasee William Pomroy, occupier of plot 379 Joseph Hutchings Houses and Garden
Woodbury Landowners Thomas Putt, and his leasee William Pomroy, occupier of plot 227 William Pile Houses and Garden
local beauty C16th Cadhayses at Woodbury Slaterton
Joseph Bb 8 April 1744 son of Joseph Pomeroy of Otterton & his wife Patience Barnes married at Woodbury 1741
Joseph Pomeroy apprenticed age 12 1756 to Joseph Palmer Master White Baker of Otterton
Elizabeth Pomeroy Bb12 Jan 1807 daughter of Joseph & Ann Pomeroy of Woodbury
Joseph Pomeroy of Woodbury Commons & Ann Davey of Brampford Speak married by banns 9th June 1803 at Woodbury
James Pomeroy at Woodbury 22 Sept 1806 married Mary Perry
James son of James & Mary Bb 5 Jun 1811 Woodbury -died
From Jenny Baldwin C19th
James Pomeroy b 1786-1863 married 1806 Mary Perry .
They had a son James born 1811-97 who married Lydia Phillips b 1811.
Lydia had a sister Mary Phillips b 1802, she married William Havill.
Their son Abraham Green Havill married secondly Elizabeth Sarah Pomeroy d/o James and Lydia .....so they were 1st cousins.!!
Lydia and Mary Phillips were the daughters of Abraham Phillips and Sarah Green.
John Pomeroy Burial at Woodbury Salterton 31 Dec 1853 age 66 giving a birth date of 1787.
South West Heritage Trust Archive reference 3154A/PR/1/8
JAMES: B 1812: IN HAMLET OF Hoggsbrook. Woodbury, Devon.
HogsBrook & Higher Hogsbrook farms were outside Woodbury Salterton
There was a claypit close by which from the look of a map created clay pits and today includes a pottery supply business
Census 1851 Cann Walls, Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon, England
James Pomeroy Head 39 1812 Farmer 112 acres emp 1 out & 1 in door lab Woodbury, Devon,
Lydia Pomeroy Wife 39 1812 Farmers wife Woodbury,
John Pomeroy. Son 13 1838 Farmers son Woodbury, Devon,
Mary Ann Pomeroy Dau 11 1840 Farmers daur Woodbury,
James Pomeroy Son 8 1843 Farmers son Woodbury, Devon,
Thomas Pomeroy Son 6 1845 Farmers son Woodbury,
William Robert Pomeroy Son 4 1847 -Woodbury, Devon,
Elizabeth Sarah Pomeroy Dau infant 1851 Woodbury, Devon,
John Pomeroy Uncle UnM 64 1787 Formerly farmer born Devon,
William Hutchings Servant UnM 17 1834 Farm lab born Woodbury ,
John Pomeroy Marriage by Banns on 23 Dec 1862 to Sarah Copplestone at Woodbury Salterton
Record set Devon Marriages And Banns Archive reference 3154A/PR/1/1
BOTH RESIDING rather than Of The Parish suggesting outsiders
John Pomeroy Farmer son of James Farmer & OTP Married by banns in 1862 to Sarah Coplestone dau of Richard Copplestone a farmer in Woodbury Salterton
Census 1871 Hogbrook Woodbury Salterton
James Pomsroy age 59 B 1812 Farmer with 110 acres
wife Lydia
Thomas age 25 B 1845;
William age 24 b 1847
Elizabeth age 20 1851
Ruth age 18 b 1853
1851 Census In Woodbury Village
James Pomeroy retired farmer BORN TALATON
wife Mary b Exmouth
James Pomery & Mary Perry married at Woodbury 1806 witnesses Jospeh Pomeroy & Anne Pomeroy
Pomeroy James b 1786 1841 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1811 1841 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1782 1851 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1812 1851 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1814 1851 Census Farringdon, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1782 1861 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1812 1861 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1782 1863 Burial Woodbury Salterton, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1812 1871 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1812 1881 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1812 1891 Census Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon,
Pomeroy James 1811 1897 deaths Woodbury St. Thomas, Devon, England
Pomeroy James 1812 1911 deaths 1837-2007 St. Thomas, Devon, England
Pomeroy James 1806 Marriages Woodbury, Devon, England
Pomeroy James 1811 Bb Woodbury, Devon, England
Pomeroy James 1837 Marriages Banns Woodbury, Devon, England
Pomeroy James 1863 Deaths 1837-2007 St. Thomas, Devon, England
Pomeroy James 1867 Marriages 1837-2005 St. Thomas, Devon, England
1861
James Pomeroy b 1782 born Talaton, retired farmer and living in Village of Woodbury
Wife Mary b 1786 born Exmouth
also
John Pomeroy Buried at Woodbury 31 Dec 1853 age 66 B 1787
Mary Pomeroy Buried Woodbury 27 Match 1867 age 80 B 1787
1841 Census Hogsbrook Farm , Woodbury, St Thomas, Devon, England
James Pomeroy age 55 b 1876 Farmer;
Mary (Perry ) his wife age 50; married 22 Sept 1806 in Woodbury witnesses were Ann & Joseph Pomeroy
ElizabethPomeroy age 13;
John Pomeroy age 50
1841 Census Woodbury Salterton
James Pomeroy age 30 Ag Lab son of James & Mary b 1811
Lydia (Phillips ) Pomeroy age 20 married at Woodbury 27 Nov 1837 father Abraham Phillips
children John age 3 Mary age 1
1861 Hogsbrook Hamlet Parish Woodbury
The entire hamlet consisted of
Sam Barley at 'Cann Walls' a Farmer of 138 Acres with 2 ag labs & 2 boys
wife Tamsin ; his neice Sarah Jane Finnimore age 11 ; William Archer, a carter age 17
and Richard Stamp a ploughboy age 12.
living next farm 'Whites & Scorches'
Richard Coppelestone age 47 a farmer , of 99 Acres employing 2 Ag Labs
wife Maria Simonds
daughter Sarah ;
a border James PERRY HOLMES a
a farm servant Henry Holwell farm servant
Richard Coplestone born 1814 Salcombe Regis son of Richard & Jane Coplestone
Wife Maria born Woodbury Marriage 29 Dec 1838 to Maria Simonds at Salcombe Regis
next farm was High Holes
James Pomeroy born 1811 farmer of 113 acres employing 2 ag labs – died 1863 (Probate under £600 Probate to Dau Elizabeth K Perry Kerslake wife of Thomas Kerslake)
wife Lydia (Phillips)
John b 1838 EDM 1858 married neighbour Sarah Coplestone 23 Dec 1862
Mary Ann b 1840; married by Banns at Woodbury 14 Nov 1861 to Joseph Pomeroy Knott born Woodbury 9 Feb 1840 son of Richard Knott a Yeoman and his wife & Mary Ann
James son born 1843 married StThomas Exeter 1867 to Elizabeth Havill
Thomas b 1845
William Robert Pomeroy b1847 baptised at St Thomas Exe ; Married 1867 to Emily Eliza Tricky
2nd marriage William Robert Pomeroy Married 1871 at St Thomas to Jennette Cain and moved to Wellington in Somerset
1891 a farmer & Inn Keeper Beam Bridge Inn Sampford Arundell Wellington Somerset with wife Jennette & 4 children
John Pomeroy Farmer son of James Farmer & OTP Married by banns in 1862 to Sarah Coplestone dau of Richard Copplestone a farmer in Woodbury Salterton
1871 Hogbrook Woodbury Salterton
James age 59 B 1812 Farmer with 110 acres
wife Lydia
Thomas age 25 B 1845; unmarried AGLAB married St Thomas Exeter 1882 to Mary Rew Stokes ; died 1892 Probate to Mary Rew Pomeroy
William age 24 b 1847
Elizabeth age 20 1851
Ruth age 18 b 1853
5 June2020
1861 James Pomeroy b 1782 born Talaton, retired farmer and living in Village of Woodbury
Wife Mary b 1786 born Exmouth
1881 Salterton Village Woodbury
James has retired age 69 wife Lydia is still alive and son Thomas unmarried Ag Lab age 37 living with them
he married the following year
Connecting Woodbury to Littleham
Mary Ann Pomeroy dau of James & Lydia at Hogsbrook b 1840; married by Banns at Woodbury 14 Nov 1861 to
Joseph Pomeroy Knott born Woodbury 9 Feb 1840 son of Richard Knott a Yeoman and his wife & Mary Ann Pomeroy Knott
Richard Knott married at Littleham to Mary Ann Pomeroy on 8 Oct 1827 witnessed by Samuel Blackmore & Martha Tellman
she seems to be Mary Ann Pomeroy dau of Joseph & Ann Pomeroy Bb 29 Dec 1803 at Woodbury
maybe she was working in Littleham cant show that because its pre-census 1841
Woodbury Village 1841
Richard Knott b 1801 at Woodbury- Yeoman
Wife Mary ( Pomeroy ) b 1806
Richard b 1828; marriage at Woodbury on 24 March 1850 to Jane Elizabeth Ekers dau of Edward Ekers she died age 89 in 1917 at Woodbury
Ann b 1830; Nicholas b 1832; Thomas b 1835, James b 1838,
Joseph Knott b 1840. married Mary Anne Pomeroy dau of James 1861
William Robert son of James Pomeroy & Lydiea Phillips b1847 baptised at St Thomas Exe ;
Married 1867 to Emily Eliza Tricky
2nd marriage William Robert Pomeroy Married 1871 at St Thomas to Jennette Cain and moved to Wellington in Somerset by 1891 where he was a farmer & Inn Keeper at the Beam Bridge Inn Sampford Arundell with 4 children
William R Pomeroy Head 44 B 1847 Farmers & Innkeeper B Woodbury, died 1906 Sampford Arundel,
Jennetta ( Cain) Pomeroy Wife age 40 1851 - Woodbury, Devon, England
Jennetta Florence PomeroyDau age 20 1871 Milliner Woodbury, Devon, England
Bertha Pomeroy Dau age 18 1873 Milliner Apprentice Muchelney, Somerset, England
Unreadable R Pomeroy Son age 13 1878 Farmers Son Stocklinch, Somerset, England
Sydney J Pomeroy Son age 12 1879 Farmers Son Stocklinch, Somerset, England
1901 William Robert and wife Jennette children gone - still at Beam Bridge Inn – which is still up and running!
Unreadable R Pomeroy Son B 1878 Stocklinch, Somerset- north of Ilminster not far north of Donyatt
Looks like Chryovdam Or Christopher
nothing found not in next census - no birth record found no clues in family tree
Jennette Cain b 10 Dec 1848 at Woodbury father William mother Harriet
William Litten Cain Bb 1824 father William Mother Harriet
Jennetta Cain Bb 16 March 1851 father John Mother Harriet
John Cain in 1851 & 61 census licensed hawker wife Harriet a licensed lace maker daughters Rosina and Jennetta
John Cain son of William born 1827 age 20 married at Woodbury 1847 at Collaton Raleigh to Harriet Smale dau of William
John Cain at Woodbury 17 Jan 1828 married to Elizabeth Sitter or Litten
William Litten Cain Bb 1824 father William Mother Harriet
John Cain son of John Cain born 1815 age 40 married at Woodbury 6 May 1855 to Ann Duncan daughter of Alexander Duncan
Ottery St Mary 21 June 1655
Mary Pomeroy OTP married Henry Ringwood of Newport Isle of Wight
The Landed Gentry
The Big House in Woodbury is NUTWELL COURT, was bought by Sir Henry Ford in 1649 for for £6,050 from Amias Prideaux,
his wife was Susan Ford but her family connection to Fords of Ashburton is undetermined,
The Prideaux family were from Ashburton
Above Old Nutwell court
Below Nutwell now
Sir Henry FORD knighted. 20 July 1672; MP for TIVERTON . Born Ashburton after his father’s death Bb 19 Jan. 1617, son Henry Ford of Bagtor, Ilsington and his wife Catherine Drake of Spratshayes, Exmouth half-bro. of John Cloberry. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1634-6.
Married on 25 Feb. 1641, to Eleanor Rowe da. of Sir Henry Rowe of Shacklewell, Hackney, Mdx.,They had 3 sons & 4 daughters , wife Elenor died 1673 & Henry 1684;
His grandfather was George Ford and half brother to the John Ford who married Mary Pomeroy in 1566 George's mother was their father John Ford's 3rd wife, Joan Walrond, widow Gregory Huckmore, John who married Mary was son by their fathers' 4th wife Joan Strowbridge widow of Gilbert St Clere. George married her daughter & their son Thomas who married Elizabeth Popham died before his son Henry was born.
His uncle was another John Ford, this one the dramatist & favourite at the court of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. After leaving Oxford University Henry spent much of his early youth in litigation with his stepfather; he took no part in the Civil War, although his sympathies were undoubtedly royalist .
CONNECTING DOTS
Piers Edgecomb of Cotehele & Mount Edgecumbe and his wife Joan Durnford had children
i. Joan Edgecomb, born Abt. 1500 living 1570 who married Sir Thomas Pomeroy Abt. 1530.- Knighted in 1547 he sold the Barony of Berry Pomeroy that year.
ii. Richard Edgecomb, born 1528 in Mount Edgcumbe, Tavistock, married Mary Cottle 1636 in London.
Joan Durnford, Lady Edgecombe died and Peirs married Lady Catherine St John, the daughter of Sir John St John of Bletsoe, widow of Sir Gruffudd ap Rhys of Carmarthen & lady in waiting to the at least 2 of queens of Henry VIII. listed as a widow of Piers at the Court in
George Rolle, born Abt. 1480; died 20 Nov 1552 in Stevenstone,
He married Bef. 1518 to Eleanor Dacres born Abt. 1490 in England daughter of Henry Dacres.
Children of George Rolle and Eleanor Dacres are:
George Rolle, died Unknown; married Margaret Marrais; also married Margaret Yeo;
Valentine Rolle, died young
Robert Rolle, married Ellinor Challinour; born in Yorkshire,.
Maurice Rolle, married Margaret Brier; died Unknown.
Christopher Rolle,
Elizabeth Rolle,
Marie Rolle,
Chrispian Rolle ; married 1st Richard Wykes 2nd James Courtenay;
John Rolle, born Abt. 1519 in Stevenston Devon, married 154 to Margaret Ford daughter of John Ford and Mary Pomeroy whose daughter Honour Rolle married Thomas Pomeroy of Sandridge by then a landed gentleman but no longer a baron who died 29 July 1615
John Ford, born 1466 of Ashburton died 1519 son of John by his 4th wife Joan St Clere nee Strowbridge
Married Mary Pomeroy of Ingsdon 1 July 1566 dau of Hugh Pomeroy & Barbara Southcott
Child of John Ford & Mary Pomeroy his wife was:
Margaret Ford, born died 30 Jun 1582 in Stevenstone, married John Rolle .
Amias Prideaux was 3rd son, and heir of Sir Thomas Prideaux (1575-1641) of Nutwell, buried at Woodbury. His wife was Joane Coles (1579-1631), daughter and co-heiress of John Cole (1552-1582) of Buckland Tout Saints, Devon,.
There is a Prideaux Coles marriage licence 1697 from DP of Canterbury
3rd son Amyas married Sarah Ford, whose family is not known. He died without issue, having sold Nutwell in 1657
The Nutwell Wikipedia entry of 1667 gets Amyas Prideaux's death date wrong by 8 years or appears to FMP Devon Wills has his Will as made 1675 PCC with Probate Feb 1675 admon to nephew Edmond Ford
FMP john Ford Marriage 1566 to Mary Pomeroy dau of Hugh Pomeroy & Barbara Southcote of Ingsdon in Ilsington Devon England
search Susan Ford marriage to any Prideaux - not found anywhere in FMP
was she perhaps a widow ?
There was a Susan Ford born between 1560 & 1565 dau of George Ford and his wife Joan St Clere she would have been of age in between 1580-1590
Marriages found
Susan Ford married Exeter Cathedral 11 Dec 1609 to James Eveleigh
and Susanna Ford married at Ashburton 29 Nov 1635 to Thomas Dabern
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