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The substantial Pomeroy estates in Devon and Cornwall included the manors of Raphael or Raffell near Polperro and Stockleigh Pomeroy, a third of Brixham and a moiety of Harberton, as well as the castles of Berry Pomeroy and Tregony. John Pomeroy inherited in 1373 when he married Joanna de Merton , he added lands in Nymet St. George and Kilmington, and shared the patronage of the church at Merton.His father Henry died that same year.
In 1376, John acquired estates in Cornwall from William Huish, brother-in-law of Sir Robert Tresilian KB, which involved him in a legal tangle after Tresilian’s forfeiture for treason and execution in 1388.
Huish property in Devon (at Huish, Stowford, Washbourne and Allaleigh) also passed into or through Pomeroy’s hands, but was lost before 1391.
Raphael in 2024 - header image is in 2023
Sir John Pomeroy was son of Sir Henry & his wife Emmot and was Baron Pomeroy from 1374 until his death in 1416.
Raphael Farm in Raphael Road - Raffell Manor seen above - the name is on the gatepost, is just along the coast from Talland and Polperro -
Talland & Lansallos- lie between the ports of Looe & Polperro along the south caost of Cornwall
Historic England Raffell / Raphael Farmhouse the entry includes the Domesday manor, held by Aelfeva prior to 1066. Passed to Hywis (Hewish) family then to Colshills.
In 1332 and 1374 licences were granted for an oratory and in 1376 for a chapel. (site 19205094). The field 'Chapel Meadow' is extant.
Shortly after 1483 Raphael passed to the Copplestone family who sold it to the Speccotts.
In the 18th C when Charles Pomeroy was at Talland , the manor of Raffell was purchased by the very famous privateer & smuggler turned wealthy banker of Polerro, Zephaniah Job, who changed the life of the village and became the greatest single benefactor in Polperro's long history. Job acted as advisor, accountant and banker to many of the inhabitants as well as the local gentry. He even hired lawyers when the Polperro smugglers appeared in court. Privateering by Polperro boats also brought great wealth to many Polperro families during the latter half of the 18th century. I have the book about him and his exploits . Although there is no explicit reference to Pomeroys I have no doubt they knew of the smuggling and may have been involved. If Charles in Talland was a clergyman he definitely knew because Talland Bay was one of the spots where goods were brought ashore and hidden in the churchyard. Brandy, tea, gin & tobacco were all smuggled from France because they were highly taxed in England . They would be brought ashore & hidden before being spirited away up country. If a Pomeroy owned a boat there then he would have been involved !!!
The church website is interesting https://www.chct.info/histories/lansallos-st-ildierna/
C. 3047. Defeasance of a bond by Robert Tresilian, John Tregorrek, John Boseveynon and John Roskyer, to Sir John la Pomeray, knight, for 300 marks to be paid at Midsummer day next; witnessing that if they pay 200 marks at the third feast of the Purification hereafter in the priory of Launceston, or if Sir John before the feast of St. Hilary next refuses livery of seisin of the manors of Tremetherer, Trenant, Menely, Rathwell, the fourth part of the manor of Trurnbourgh, and of many other lands, advowsons &c. in St. Ewe, St. Tudy, St. Isy, Lyskeret, Treworra, Clys, Porpira, Tallan and Lansalwys and elsewhere in Cornwall, which Sir John had of the grant of William Hywyssh &c. the said bond shall be void. Saturday after the Conception, 1 Richard II. As to the interpretation of the Purification when payment shall be made, the said day will come in A.D. 1379. 1 of Richard II - Language French.
C14th - Sir John b about 1340 was a descendant of Ralph de Pomaria, & the son of Sir Henry Pomeroy knight who fought at Crécy.
Sir Henry Pomeroy knight whose wife was Emmot was eldest son of Sir Henry by his wife Johana Moels .
Henry junior died 1373. He was on Knights service at Crecy in 1346 in service under John de Vere, Earl of Oxford in the English army led by Black Prince, Edward Prince of Wales & Duke of Cornwall .
His son Sir John Pomeroy's appointments to several royal commissions of array indicate his military experience. He married Joanna de Merton widow of Barnfeld & they had no children; they settled Tregony on Edward grandson of Thomas the 5th son of Henry & Johanna Moels .
John Pomeroy Knight Man-at-arms 2 years service 1372-1374 in the army led by Edward Lord Despenser, under John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
John Pomrai Archer under Edward, Duke of York, led by King Henry V 1415 in France ( Medieval database of soldiers)
John died without heirs of his body in 1416. His sisters were Joanna who married James Chudleigh and Margaret married to Adam Cole whose children were co-heirs.
C14th - Sir John b about 1340 was a descendant of Ralph de Pomaria, & the son of Sir Henry Pomeroy knight who fought at Crécy.
Sir Henry Pomeroy knight whose wife was Emmot was eldest son of Sir Henry by his wife Johana Moels .
Henry junior died 1373. He was on Knights service at Crecy in 1346 in service under John de Vere, Earl of Oxford in the English army led by Black Prince, Edward Prince of Wales & Duke of Cornwall .
His son Sir John Pomeroy's appointments to several royal commissions of array indicate his military experience. He married Joanna de Merton widow of Barnfeld & they had no children; they settled Tregony on Edward grandson of Thomas the 5th son of Henry & Johanna Moels .
John Pomeroy Knight Man-at-arms 2 years service 1372-1374 in the army led by Edward Lord Despenser, under John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
John Pomrai Archer under Edward, Duke of York, led by King Henry V 1415 in France ( Medieval database of soldiers)
John died without heirs of his body in 1416. His sisters were Joanna who married James Chudleigh and Margaret married to Adam Cole whose children were co-heirs.
The substantial Pomeroy estates in Devon and Cornwall included the manors of Raphael and Stockleigh Pomeroy, a third of Brixham and a moiety of Harberton, as well as the castles of Berry Pomeroy and Tregony.
To these, which he inherited from his father in December 1373 he added by marriage lands in Nymet St. George and Kilmington, and he also shared the patronage of the church at Merton.
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Nymet St George -The manor was early in the family of Nymett, and afterwards Hache, from whom it descended, through the Malets, to the Aclands. The parish is in Mid Devon in South Molton Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and the Diocese of Exeter.
It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 (miss-spelt “Limet”) among the grants of land to Odo Fitz-Gamelin,( Odo, son of Gemelin. ) a Norman soldier who became one of the largest land-owners in Devon.. His family tree-show him as 'of Torrington...'
His genealogy includes Richard de Merton d 1370 & Bamfeld & also Budockshide Here - ( https://fabpedigree.com/s049/f492029.htm )
Sir Johns wife was Joan de Merton widow of Bamfeld - which might give us a rough idea as to his mother Emmot s family
The manor of Raphel or Raffell, formerly Rathwell, is in the parish of Lansallos on the south coast of Cornwall between Polperro & Fowey.
Anciently held Hywis (Huish) it passed to the Coleshills by a female heir; Sir John Coleshill died seised of it in 1483: Later held by the Coplestone family who sold it to the Speccots. National Archives.
Lansallos Domesday
5 ploughlands. 1 lord's plough teams. 1 men's plough teams.30 acres of Pasture 30 with 3 cattle. 3 pigs. 34 sheep. 5 goats. worth : 10 shillings in 1086;
Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Count Robert of Mortain.
Lord of the Manor Richard so of Turolf
The name "Lansallos" indicates the site of an early medieval Christian enclosure or 'lan'
There is C10th documentary evidence suggesting a was monastic community there. This disappeared by the time of the Norman Conquest. There may have been a Norman building of some importance at Lansallos, perhaps because of its earlier monastic status, or perhaps because the church possessed its patron saint's shrine.
The field 'Chapel Meadow' is extanct. Shortly after 1483 Raphael passed to the Copplestone family who sold it to the Specotts.
When Sir Jonathan Phillips of Launceston, owner of Raphael Manor died in 1798 the Phillips Estate Act of 1813 enabled property on the estate, previously held on life leases, to be sold freehold for the first time 700 years.
NOTE 18th C Talland has connections to Charles & Grace Pomeroy at Talland whose manor of Raffell was purchased by Zephaniah Job , the very famous privateer & smuggler turned wealthy banker of Polerro.
John COLESHILL married Emeline HEWIS (HYWIS). d 1484
THEIR DAUGHTER Emeline Coleshill Married TREVALIAN
EMMA TREVALLAN Married. JOHN HAWLEY OF DARTMOUTH.
ELIZ. HAWLEY Married JOHN COPLESTONE whose son Henry Coplestone was father of Anne Coplestone who Married Richard Pomeroy of Ingsden - 1601
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Henderson was certain that a Celtic monastery existed at Lansallos (b3), and his belief has been confirmed in a recently discovered document. In a charter of the reign of Athelsta, Count Maenchi grants Lanlouern to St Heldenus (b1). Lanlouern is Lanlawren (25145);
St Heldenus has been identified with St Hyldren or Ildiern, the patron saint of Lansallos church (b1). The grant implies that in the C10, Lansallos was a landowning church. This in its turn may suggest that there was a religious community here (b1, b2). It had disappeared by the time of the Norman Conquest, however, for in Domesday book, Lansallos is recorded as a secular manor.
Lawson-Jones, A, 2008, Lansallos Churchyard Waterpipe Excavation - Archaeological Recording (Cornwall Event Report). SCO1530.
<1> Padel, OJ, 1978, Two New Pre-Conquest Charters for Cornwall, VOL 6, 20-26 (Article in serial). SCO4036.
<2> Olson, BL, 1984, Early Monasteries in Cornwall, 64, 84, 104 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4037.
<3> Henderson, C, 1925, The Cornish Church Guide, 132 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3512.
Feb 2021 an unknown and un noticed property Raphael _
Where on earth is Raphael- This record is in the Parliamentary website - which has VERY cautious & diligent researchers
(Parliamentary History site https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/pomeroy-sir-john-1347-1416 )
sources recorded for the entry on this MP Sir John Pomeroy Born about 1347,
1. C219/10/4; Powley, 73-74, 82. ( I have none of these page)
2.HMC 15th Rep. VII, 139-40; CPR, 1385-9, p. 296; 1388-92, pp. 55, 269; Reg. Stafford ed. Hingeston-Randolph, 279; Reg. Brantingham, 210; CP25(1)44/65/97; H.R. Watkin, Totnes Priory and Town, 875, 1077-9; Feudal Aids, vi. 416.
3.CCR, 1377-81, p. 104; 1396-9, p. 4; 1399-1402, p. 486; CPR, 1399-1401, p. 484; 1405-8, p. 322; 1408-13, p. 29; CIMisc. iv. 405.
4 Powley, 3-4; CPR, 1413-16, p. 95; CFR, xiv. 143, 332; Reg. Stafford, 87; C138/21/44; CCR, 1413-19, p. 388.
Sir John Pomeroy Born about 1347, son of Sir Henry Pomeroy (d.1373) of Berry Pomeroy named as son of Johanna de Mules
Married by 1377 to Joan de Merton (d.1420), daughter and coheir. of Sir Richard Merton of Merton, Devon, widow of John Bampfield of Poltimore. Kntd. bef. Dec. 1374.
His appointments to several royal commissions of array may suggest some military experience.
The substantial Pomeroy estates in Devon and Cornwall included the manors of Raphael and Stockleigh Pomeroy, a third of Brixham and a moiety of Harberton, as well as the castles of Berry Pomeroy and Tregony.
To these, which he inherited from his father in December 1373, John added by marriage lands in Nymet St. George and Kilmington, and he also shared the patronage of the church at Merton.
Then, in 1376, he acquired estates in Cornwall from William Huish, brother-in-law of Sir Robert Tresilian KB, which involved him in a legal tangle after Tresilian’s forfeiture for treason and execution in 1388.
Huish property in Devon (at Huish, Stowford, Washbourne and Allaleigh) also passed into or through Pomeroy’s hands, but was lost before 1391.
No reliable contemporary valuation of the Pomeroy estates has survived. In 1412 Sir John was said to be holding lands in Devon worth £60 p.a., but this was probably a low estimate, for at the time of his death Berry Pomeroy alone was reported to be worth £40.2s
2nd March 2021 So there was a manor of Raphael ! Rathwell - Lansallos (National Trust ) is just along the coast from Talland and Polperro - Talland has connects to Charles & Grace but in 18th C
The manor of Raphel or Raffell, formerly Rathwell, is in the parish of Lansallos on the south coast of Cornwall between Polperro & Fowey. Anciently held Hywis (Huish) it passed to the Coleshills by a female heir; Sir John Coleshill died seised of it in 1483: Later held by the Coplestone family who sold it to the Speccots. National Archives.
A not very interesting farm house with its name on the gate post
Historic England has Raffell / Raphael Farmhouse entry includes
Domesday manor, held by Aelfeva prior to 1066. Passed to Hywis family then to Colshills. In 1332 and 1374 licences were granted for an oratory and in 1376 for a chapel. (site 19205094).
The field 'Chapel Meadow' is extanct. Shortly after 1483 Raphael passed to the Copplestone family who sold it to the Specotts.
When Sir Jonathan Phillips of Launceston, owner of Raphael Manor died, the Phillips Estate Act of 1813 enabled property on the estate, previously held on life leases, to be sold freehold for the first time 700 years.
John COLESHILL married Emeline HEWIS (HYWIS). d 1484
THEIR DAUGHTER Emeline Coleshill Married TREVALIAN
EMMA TREVALLAN Married. JOHN HAWLEY OF DARTMOUTH.
ELIZ. HAWLEY Married JOHN COPLESTONE whose son Henry Coplestone was father of Anne Coplestone who Married Richard Pomeroy of Ingsden - 1601
http://www.devonperspectives.co.uk/johnhawley.html
Devon Record Office 3799M-0/ET/9/1 1364
Contents: Grant
1. Henry of la Pomeray the younger, knt., and Emmot his wife (the only mention found of her 2025 )
2. Robert Adelard
Premises: all Pomeroy's land, meadow and pasture in Yerdbiry during the life of Emmot Rent: 43/4d
Witnesses: Damorle, William Hor., Richard Benet
Date: Monday before the feast of St Peter ad Vincula, 38 Edward III
Yarbury is small manor / farm just to the north of Colyton its very close to Hooperhayne on Hooperhayne Lane Colyton, a Strowbridge family home.
It appears on the Ben Donn map of 1765 -and records indicate that in the 16th C and possibly before it was held /leased /occupied by Drake Esq.
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