Wembury

 DEV 1545 the  37th year of the reign of  Hen.VIII.  Henry Pomerey Esq.,
Manor of Alphemeston, otherwise Treawyn (Traine)   Wembury

This Henry Pomeroy may be the 2nd son of Sir Thomas Pomroy (d 1493) & his wife Agnes Kelloway who afterwards
married Sir Thomas Bowring of Bowringsleigh near West Alveington. Lord Chief Justice & then Chief Justice of the Common Benchin Ireland for a while

or he may be a much younger half brother to Sir homas. A son of Baron Henry Pomeroy & his 2nd wife Anna Cammell an independenly wealthy lady widow of Barrett & Thomas Gylle of Dartmouth merchant & mayor there & grandmother of Agnes Kelloway who was married to the said Thomas

An 1545 an Inquisition Post Mortem was held at Exeter Castle into the lands of Henry Trecarell, whose landholding included the manor
of ‘Alphemeston otherwise Treawyn or Traine. These were inherited by his daughter, the widowed Joan Kelley.
Alphemeston  Manor comprised of one messuage a dwelling with outbuildings & household gardens ), 20 acres of meadow, 300 of pasture, 300 of land (presumably arable), 40 of wood and 200 of heath, the tenant being Bartholomew Fortescue grandson & heir of the late Elizabeth  widow of Sir Richard Pomeroy (d1496) .

Wembury History Here

A Letter of homage between John Carswyll and John Barnehouse on one part and Andrew Horswyll on the other part.

Andrew Horswyll makes homage for land and tenements held by military service i

 Down Thomas 10 August 11 Henry VIII (1519)

Gift from Richard de Doune to Walter de Woodeland Knight of the homage, fealty, rents and services due to him from John Ferrers in Norton Bawsyn, from Robert the Prior of Plympton in Sherford, Walford and Sydenham Marye, from Ralph de Brytt in Staddiscombe, Staddon and Chittleburn, from James de Bloumyle in Brixton, from Robert de Sydenham in Sydenham Marye, from John Fetwell in Bradleigh, from John de Skrokesdon and Alice his wife in Washfield

Witnesses: Henry de la Pomeroy senior, Henry de la Pomeroy junior, John Dammerell of Flete, William de Bickleigh, Roger de Prideaux knight

Plymouth Archives, The Box

▪ Ref 4/296. Title: Wembury Manor Court Roll

▪ description: Wembury Manor Court Roll, in Latin. Photocopy of an original held at Winchester Castle.

▪ Admin History: Date: 1548-1549. Level: Item. Format: Manuscript

A2A - 107/142  - Copy of confirmation of messuage, barton and lands called Battisborrow-

Consideration: 10s.  Date:     16 March 1684/5

Held by:     Plymouth and West Devon Record Office,

Howna Mills in Holbeton, occupied by Sir Nicholas Slanning, Knight of the Bath, being part of the jointure of Lady Amey Slanning, his wife, late wife of Walter Hele, Esq., deceased;

The rectory of Bridgerule  and advowson (5½ miles W. by S. of Holsworthy in Mid Devon ) occupied by Sampson Hele the elder.

 A messuage, etc. called Newcott in Bridgerule, Cornwall, of John Upright, yeoman;

A messuage, etc. called Preston in Newton Ferrers, of Sampson Hele the younger, being the jointure of Dorothy, his wife; capital messuage, etc. called Gnaton, in Newton Ferrers, of Sampson Hele the elder;

 three messuages or cottages in Gnaton, called Gnaton, of Sampson Hele the elder; )In Newton Ferrers parish

A tenement and farm called Bickford in Newton Ferrers, of Sampson Hele the elder;
The capital messuage, etc. of Halwell or Halwill and Yearna-combe in South Pool and Stokenham, of Sampson Hele the elder, subject to annuity of £50 to Lady Amey Slanning; messuage etc. called Court Tenement or Pounds Tenement in South Pool and Chivelstone, of Sampson Hele the elder;

The barton, farm, etc. called Torr, in Charleton,( near Kingsbridge)   Sir Nicholas Slanning, part of jointure of his wife Lady Amey Slanning  (late wife of Walter Hele, Esq., deceased; rector of Bridgerule)

The manor of Southpool;  advowson of Southpool; 

The manor of Newton Ferrers;  advowson of Newton Ferrers; manor of Battisborough in Holbeton;

 The manor of Pustlinch in Newton Ferrers;  other manors, messuages and lands in Devon and Cornwall including places marked on the South Hams map below
The manor of Pustlinch in Newton Ferrers; 

other manors, messuages and lands in Newton Ferrers, Holbeton, Ermington, Yealmpton, Brixton, Wembury, South Pool, Stokenham, Ugborough, North Huish, Charleton, Harberton, West Alvington, Revelstoke, Chivelstone, Holsworthy, Hartland and Bridgerule, in Devon and Cornwall.

CHARLETON is on the east side of the Salcombe estuary, 2 miles S.S.E. of Kingsbridge, It is a divided parish of 2380 acres & includes the hamlets of Goveton and Lidestone ,part of Frogmore village in Sherford & South Pool parishes.