The 1591 Bible -
West Teignmouth
In 2012 a big very olde bible was discovered dusty and forgotten in a cupboard in the little church of St James in Teignmouth. It was sent to Devon Records for conservation followed by assessment by the experts of the Library of Exeter Cathedral
It is currently housed in the Heritage Centre in Teignmouth
The Report from Exeter CATHEDRAL LIBRARIAN
by Peter Thomas MA (Oxford) DipLib (Wales ) 20 May 2012
The 1591 Bible at Teignmouth: The Holy Bible, conteyning the Olde Testament and the Newe … (London: Imprinted by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1591)
Standard references to this edition: STC 2156; DMH 209
* (Further details and locations of other copies are given in these sources. Information about the Barkers can be found in STC, vol. 3, pp. 10-13. In 1591, the Deputies of C. Barker were George Bishop and Ralph Newbery.
This is a ‘Bishops’ Bible’, sometimes called the ‘Treacle Bible’ (see Jeremiah 8, 22: ‘Is there not triacle at Gilead?’).
This was produced as a revision of the ‘Great Bible’ but used the original Hebrew and Greek as the basis for the translation rather than the Latin Vulgate.
It was intended as the ‘official’ Church of England translation, since the Geneva Version (‘Breeches Bible) was regarded as too Calvinistic.
It was first issued in 1568 and revised in 1572. Its promoter was the Archbishop of Canterbury, Matthew Parker, and the initials of the translating bishops appear at the end of sections of the text for which they were responsible.
The ‘W.E.’ at the end of Deuteronomy, for example, is apparently ‘William Exon’, i.e. William Alley, Bishop of Exeter.
The translation is said to be variable in quality and methodology, but it was one of the bases for the King James Version of 1611. It was intended as a pulpit Bible rather than a household text. Many of the names used for individual books are different from those in use today. The Song of Solomon, for example, is ‘The Ballet of Ballets of Solomon’. (See e.g. the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church under ‘Bible (English Versions)’).
The 1591 edition
This is a folio (2º) edition, with the text and marginal notes printed in black letter, other portions in roman type. It closely follows the 1588 edition. There are 12 preliminary leaves followed by 562 numbered leaves. The preliminaries comprise title-page, prologue by Thomas Cranmer, outline of contents, almanac, calendar and large engraving (though in this copy the final preliminary leaf, with the calendar for December and the engraving, is wanting). There is occasional misnumbering of leaves. The title is in red and black, with decorative border incorporating the royal initials ER. The New Testament title-page, which has a different decorative border, is on fo(leaf) [447] and the colophon on fo. 562. Each chapter begins with an ornamental initial, those of the first chapter of a book being slightly larger. There are head-pieces and tail-pieces, with maps on fo. [448] and 514 verso.
The Teignmouth copy
This copy shows ample evidence of past neglect (mainly damp staining and insect damage) and also of extensive, and reasonably sympathetic, repair, past and present. The title-leaf and numerous others have been patched or remounted. Slight loss of printed text on fo. 313 has been replaced in manuscript on a patch. Despite the damage, only one leaf is completely missing (see above).The recent rebind has replaced the front and back boards but retained the marbled endpapers (which would not have been original). The original (bevelled wooden) boards have been kept separately and will be housed in their own book-box. They are decorated with decorative (brass?) fittings, though some are damaged or missing, including the clasps. Some leather thongs remain. The leather covers on these original boards are very degraded, though it might still be possible to identify the provenance of the decoration on them.
(See J.B. Oldham, English blind-stamped bindings (1952); H.M. Nixon, Five centuries of English bookbinding (1978).)
There are very extensive manuscript additions, some of them with show-through to the other side of the leaf. Markedly fewer annotations are found in the Apocrypha section (fo. 359-446) than in the Old and New Testaments.
A complete examination and transcription by a competent palaeographer are desirable but would be extremely time-consuming and beyond the scope of this report. Very cursory examination appears to indicate a decided theological and political slant.
This copy has two additional items bound with it, one mounted on the second front flyleaf, one on the fourth. The first of these is a manuscript leaf, headed
Mr Richarde Foorde 1593 to 1614’. One might reasonably assume the bible was purchased by but certainly belonged to Mr Foorde having been printed in 1591 Various personal names have been noted, some at least being indications of ownership.
Unfortunately none of them are accompanied by dates.
Names inscribed in the Bible – if this list is all the godchildren of one man then he was someone influential and wealthy.
On the verso of the 6th preliminary leaf is a list of 39 names, headed: ‘The names of all my godsones & goddaughters
From a year after this bible was printed ,1592 until 1614 was the period of 22 years when its possible that Richard Forde was overseer, bailiff, keeper of Lindridge.
A time of absentee owners
The names include:
Richard Thurner
Samuel Thurner
Mary Bayly;
Elizabeth Byrkin
Joseph Thurston
William Gryymes.
Virginia Champton (but may be Thorton)
Virginia Dior.
John Bonay.
John Banber.
John Biggnor.
John Brook
Virginia Brooke
2022 a Dior in parish records for Teignmouth
The bride was Richard DIOR and she married William , son of Thomas Martin in East Teignmouth in 1680
Dior Richord 1680 Marriage by Banns to William son of Thomas Martin of Lindrisge East Teignmouth, Devon, Eng
Dior Richord 1680 Marriage by Banns to William son of Thomas Martin of Lindrisge East Teignmouth, Devon,
Dyer Robert married Margaret Selman 23 Jan 1604 in Stokeinteignhead
Dyer Christopher Bb11 April1605 son of Robert & Margaret Stokeinteignhead
Dyer Samuel Bb 2 Nov 1607 son of Robert & Margaret at Stokeinteignhead
Dier Agnis 1657 Burials Combeinteignhead, Devon, England
Dier Marie 1643 Burial Ideford, Devon, England
Dyer Richard 1672 Burials Coffinswell, Devon, England
Dier Richard 1674 Burial East Teignmouth, Devon, 29 Mar 1674
Dier Sammuell 1664 Marriage by Banns Coffinswell, Devon, married Elizabeth Beard 6 Feb
Dier Samuell 1667 Baptism Coffinswell, Devon, England
Dier William 1672 Baptism East Teignmouth, Devon, England
Dyer Christopher 1675 Baptism Coffinswell, Devon, England
Dyer Christopher 1676 Burial Coffinswell, Devon, England
Dyer Gideon 1700 Baptism West Teignmouth, Devon, England
Dyer John 1666 Baptisms East Teignmouth, Devon, England
Dyer Judith 1697 Baptism West Teignmouth, Devon, England
and more
The second is a single-sheet folio, being a tattered copy of Charles I’s printed Proclamation announcing peace with Spain (London: Imprinted by Robert Barker, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1630), beginning: ‘By the king. / Whereas it is found meete and expedient …’. (Ref.: STC 8970. For Bill, see STC, vol. 3, pp. 19-21.)
There is loss of text at the left-hand side of this item and most of the decoration at the head.
report ends
TEIGNMOUTH BIBLE 1591-
AJP research NOTES. Very much odds & ends with no firm conclusion regarding Richard Forde & Lindridge
However -West Teignmouth was granted to Andrew Dudley in 1549, then owner of Lindridge Estate at Bishopsteignton. The town, with the estate, was passed to the Cecils. It was bought by Richard Martyn in 1614 before passing by marriage to the Catholic Clifford family.
Nobody knows where this Bible came from. Yet it is an early Protestant Bible printed in English in 1591 by Christopher Barker the printer to Queen Elizabeth -
Having asked a local historian I discovered that it had probably been there since 1930's BUT from where did it come ?
AJP's OPINION is that there were connections between Richard Ford & his brother in law John Pomeroy and LINDRIDGE ESTATE in Bishopsteignton & there is a strong possibility that the bible could have come from there .
2022 further more AJP now wonders if after the 1690 French raid, , during which the church's bible and all its prayerbooks were destroyed., Sir Thomas Lear the then owner of Lindridge gifted it to St James to replace the one they had lost ?
Notes on the bible
Christopher Barker Printer to Elizabeth I was an outstanding figure in the printing trade towards the end of the sixteenth century. He and his deputies had supplied the country with about 70 editions of the Scriptures between 1575 and 1599 and they were accurate and well printed.i
Teignmouth was raided, by the French in 1690 the church ransacked and records burned from that it can reasonably be concluded that this 1591 bible was brought into the church after 1690.
The ‘W.E.’ at the end of Deuteronomy is apparently ‘William Exon’, or William Alley or Alleigh , Bishop of Exeter. Born in 1510 he died and buried in the Cathedral at Exeter in 1570. ii Bishop Alley, known to the literary world by his Poor Man's Librarie ,in 1568 revised the translation of the book of Deuteronomy for the Bishops’ Bible
There are no other date reference just the name of the flyleaf , Mr Richard Foorde and the dates 1593 and 1614
The Teignmouth Bible also has handwritten notations in the margins throughout- some of them very critical of the established church. Right at the back in the blank pages someone had practiced their signature. Elizabeth Birkin had written her name on several pages , in a fair hand in now faded ink
The bible is currently is on display in Teignmouth Museum Heritage Centre
Q Who was Elizabeth Birkin and why did she write thus ? Writing in this book uninterrupted required time, so she evidently had the leisure to make her apparently surreptitious attempts – why ? Was no other paper available to her ?
The fact that Elizabeth could write, and do it well, suggests some level of education. Who was she ? was she a housekeeper although probably not a house servant since she could write and had the time to practice -
The use of the appellation Mr indicates a son of a landowner. Possibly, and I feel most likely, 3rd son of George Ford of Bagtor born 1563 he would have been in his 30's in 1593 or youngest son of John Ford & Mary Pomeroy born 1573
He would have been about 20 in 1594 and in his early 40;'s in 1614.
Did the Bible belong to Richard Foorde or did he just inscribe his name and make other the entries only to leave the bible behind when he departed in 1614.
This period was a time when the nearest Big House , Lindridge, was in possession of the Crown and then 2 absentee owners.
Might this bible have come from the nearest Big House.
LINDRIDGE.
Lindridge was very large and fairly remote house. The original house was built in about 1044 for the Bishops of Exeter , who held it for over 500 years.
Originally built by Bishop Walter Bronescombe between 1258 and 1280 it was an escape from the city of Exeter in summer months in later years of his bishopric.
Bishop John de Grandisson (1327-69) later rebuilt the palace, another bishop retreating there when the Black Death of 1348 and 1350 decimated a third of the population.
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the property was sold to local gentlemen.
C 1/1254/44 A2A
Richard POMERYE son of Thomas Pomeroy of Bowden (Totnes) had long lease agreements of lands in Lindridge Estates which went to Richard.
C 1/1254/44 - DEVON. 1544-1551
Richard POMERYE, esquire, and Anne his wife,(Anne Wykes) late the wife of Thomas Arture,
v. George, son and heir of John FORDE the elder
: Lease of lands (described) in the manor of Little Totnes, now claimed by John, earl of Bath.
John Ford the elder died in 1536 George was born to his3rd wife
The Pomeroy & Ford agreements appear to have been in relation to stands of trees, and rights to harvest. Pomeroy kept possession, until George Ford came of age and sought recovery in 1549:
There are 3 documents between Richard Pomeroy and his son and heir Henry; Richard Pomeroy and son Hugh; and Richard Pomeroy alone, turning properties which had been for some years leased by Thomas Pomeroy, from the Bishop of Exeter, in which he released those Church properties over to first Sir Andrew Dudley, and then to Richard Duke.
103M-0/T/1 1549/50 Covenant for gifts
1549 - John Vesey, 1553 1554 Bishop of Exeter sold to Sir Andrew Dudley of manor and advowson of Pawton with all its appurtenances in Ide, Treffos, Trevordre and many other places, all in Cornwall;
manors of Bishopsteignton and Lyndridge and Radway in Bishopsteignton, advowson of Bishopsteignton and Radway, manor of West Teignmouth, with all tithes and property in Luton, Levaton, Wear, Humber and Combe all in Bishopsteignton and elsewhere in these parishes
1550 Devon Record Office 103M-0/T/2 1
Quitclaim Richard Pomeroy, esq., and Henry Pomeroy, gent., his son and heir to Sir Andrew Dudley. Manors of Bishopsteignton, Lyndridge and Radway, rectories of Bishopsteignton and Radway and all lands and tenements there.
Pomeroys & Fords jointly held the lease Lindridge until 1550
Sir Andrew Dudley held the estate from 1549 until he sold it in 1551 to Richard Duke and Dudley and Duke had to pay life annuities to the Bishop.
In 1551 Dudley sold Lindridge to the first locally associated owner , Richard Duke born at Otterton.
Richard Duke was a Recorder of London and Clerk of the Court of Augmentations who married twice his only surviving child being Christina who married Lord George Brooke, Baron Cobham and had 2 sons . Christina 2ndly married Gregory Sprint the son of her father's 2nd wife Joan Sprint. Duke died intestate and Lindridge went into possession of the Crown until from 1572 until 1608.
In 1542 Duke acquired the manor of Templecombe in Somerset and in 1544 Brownsea Island in Dorset. In 1546 with his brother John Duke he acquired Collaton Abbot, Devon and received by royal grant for himself Upper Budleigh and with his brother other manors in Devon and Somerset.
Lindridge & Bishopsteignton
Devon Record Office 103M-0/T/1 1549/50
Covenant for gifts
(1) John, Bishop of Exeter to Sir Andrew Dudley of manor and advowson of Pawton with all its appurtenances in Ide, Treffos, Trevordre and many other places, all in Cornwall, manors of Bishopsteignton and Lyndridge and Radway in Bishopsteignton, advowson of Bishopsteignton and Radway, manor of West Teignmouth, with all tithes and property in Luton, Levaton, Wear, Humber and Combe all in Bishopsteignton and elsewhere in these parishes.
(2) Sir Andrew Dudley to Richard Duke of all the Devon property. Dudley and Duke to pay life annuities to the Bishop.
5. C 1/1254/44 Richard POMERYE, esquire, and Anne his wife, late the wife of Thomas Arture, v. George, son and heir of John FORDE.: Lease of lands (described) in the manor of Little Totnes, now claimed by John, earl of Bath.: DEVON. 1544-1551
6. Devon Record Office 103M-0/T/2 1550
Quitclaim Richard Pomeroy, esq.,( a wealthy & influential Totnes merchant) and Henry Pomeroy, gent., his son and heir to Sir Andrew Dudley. Manors of Bishopsteignton, Lyndridge and Radway, rectories of Bishopsteignton and Radway and all lands and tenements there.
7. Devon Record Office 103M-0/T/3 1550
Quitclaim Richard Pomeroy, esq., to Richard Duke, esq. As 103M-0/T/2
Mary daughter of Hugh Pomeroy of Ingsdon married John Ford of Ashburton in 1566. Richard Ford was nephew to John ,son of George mentioned above, & Richard Pomeroy was cousin to Hugh Pomeroy.
Richard Pomeroy of Totnes, a man of influence, held lease of the Grange at Garston from Champernoun & a 25 year lease of the Manor of Little Totnes from John Ford.
Whilst they were under age Richard Pomeroy acted as advisor/mentor to both his nephew Hugh Pomeroy and to George Ford to whom he would be related by marriage in 1566.
He was the 2nd son of Thomas Pomeroy by his wife Agnes Kelloway who subsequently married Lord Chief Justice of Ireland Thomas Bowring of Bowringsleigh near Kingsbridge in South Hams,.
Richard Pomeroy like his mother Agnes who was considered to have powerful friends, was called a man of considerable wealth, a “Powerful” man of good council.
RESEARCH-
The Bible has the dates for Richard Fforde as 1592 to 1614
Q.1.Where did this Bible come from ? & who brought it to the church of St James West Teignmouth ?
Q.2 Who was Mr Richard Ford and where did he come from, and where did he go after 1614 ?
Q 3 . Do the names of children listed in this bible help us to identify Richard Foorde ?
Q 4. Was Mr Richard Foorde an estate manager or a land agent for the Lindridge Estate? His name inside suggests he purchased it. Maybe it was overlooked or simply forgotten when he either moved on or died .
There is a Richard Forde buried in nearby Abbotskerswell in 1641, in the midst of the English Civil Wars.
John Ford the elder of Bagtor and Richard Pomeroy of Totnes were both merchants working out of the thriving wool towns of Totnes and Ashburton and both families lived in the Ashburton area.
Pomeroy had verbal agreements with Ford the elder, who died unexpectedly in 1538 , so the agreements were never properly recorded.
Bishopsteignton parish register
John Fforde married Bishopsteignton March 1605 wife Joane Cornelius
Nicholas Cove buried November 1614
Mararet Cove widow buried 1615
Catherine ..daughter of Thomas Fforde buried aApril 1617
Peternell wife of Thomas Fforde buried Feb 1620
Thomas Fforde married at Bishopsteignton to Margery Xealer June 1621
Edward Forde married Avis Cowse at nearby Stokeinteignhead OCT 1620
Gregory Forde son of Edward & Anes buried April 1626 in Shaldon & Ringmore
2021 Devon (Lindridge in Bishopsteignton, etc) deeds and papers
Held by South West Heritage Trust (DRO)
Date: 1700 - 2000 Reference: 1503M add. Templer family of Lindridge, Devon (Lindridge in Bishopsteignton, etc) deeds and papers 1550 Devon Record Office 103M-0/T/2 1
Lindridge was owned by the See of Exeter until the Dissolution.
Richard & Henry Pomeroy and the Fordes leased it from the church until it was sold to Andrew Dudley
Quitclaim Richard Pomeroy, esq., and Henry Pomeroy, gent., his son and heir to Sir Andrew Dudley. Manors of Bishopsteignton, Lyndridge and Radway, rectories of Bishopsteignton and Radway and all lands and tenements there.
Sir Andrew Dudley held the estate from 1549 until he sold it in 1551 to Richard Duke and Dudley and Duke had to pay life annuities to the Bishop.
In 1551 Dudley sold Lindridge to the first locally associated owner , Richard Duke born at Otterton.
Richard Duke was a Recorder of London and Clerk of the Court of Augmentations who married twice his only surviving child being Christina who married Lord George Brooke, Baron Cobham and had 2 sons . Christina 2ndly married Gregory Sprint the son of her father's 2nd wife Joan Sprint. Duke died intestate
Lindridge went into possession of the Crown until from 1572 until 1608.
Richard (Duke) was succeeded by his daughter Christian (d. 1608), wife successively of George Brooke and of George Sprint, and her only surviving son, Charles Brooke. Their trustees held courts in 1592-3 and 1609. Charles Brooke who inherited it but died childless in 1610 leaving his estates to
Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury & Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, who was married Elizabeth Brooke, the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham by his second wife, Frances Newton. Her brothers Henry 11th Lord Cobham and Sir George Brooke were arrested by Cecil for their involvement in the "Main" and "Bye" plots.& executed for treason.
Robert Cecil, was Earl of Salisbury & son of Elizabeth I's Secretary of State held Lindridge in 1608 and on his death in 1612 when it went to his son William.
William Cecil 2nd Earl of Salisbury held it from 1612 until 1614 when it was sold to Richard Martyn
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Richard Martyn, son of a family of wealthy successful Exeter merchants. and lawyer, A supporter of the Virginia Company ** Appointed Recorder of the City of London His brother and heir was Thomas Martin, Mayor of Exeter.
Thomas died in 1620 and the house went to his descendant William Martyn.
William Martyn who is recorded in the Parish register of Bishopsteignton as being of Lindridge when he married Agnis Cove dau of Nicholas Cove gent on 5th January 1627 . It remained in the Martyn family until 1660 when it was sold to Sir Peter Lear .
After Sir Peter died childless his nephew Thomas inherited it and then his son Sir John Lear held on his death in 1737
1737 Mary Comyn daughter of Sir John Lear
1739 – 1746 Rev Dr Finney
1746- 1765 the Baring family
1765 – 1920 the Templar family
In 1910 the house was let to Lord Cable who made alterations.
The house came to a sad end in 1963. by fire . Largely because of its remote location, and lack of a water supply for the fire engines partly because the swimming pool had been emptied. The house was gutted & was demolished in the 1990 to build executive housing.
Collaton Abbot is Collaton Raleigh ...The manor of Colyton was conveyed by the heiress of the Chiltons to the Raleighs, in the reign of Henry III ( 1216-1272)
who held it until the 16th century when it was sold to Richard & John Duke and then went to the Rolles.
A2A Covenant to levy fine -
This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Reference: 1039 M/T 6 / Title: Covenant to levy fine
Description: 1. Charles Brooke Templecombe, Somerset
2. Brooke and Daccambe, Robert, Earl of Salisbury.
Manors of Bishops Teignton, Lindridge, Radway and West Teignmouth, with vicarage and advowson of Bishops Teignton and Radway
1605 - 1614 Held by his son William Cecil , known as Viscount Cranborne ,son Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury by Elizabeth Brooke the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham.who sold the estate to Martin the wealthy Exeter merchant in 1614
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), Language: English
1608 Held by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Secretary of State & Lord High Treasurer (1608–1612), succeeding his father as Queen Elizabeth I's Lord Privy Seal ; principal discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605,
1614 Held by his son of William Cecil, Lord Burgley. In 1589, Robert Cecil married Elizabeth Brooke, eldest daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham ( Lord of the Cinque Ports & MP for Hythe in Kent)by his second wife, Frances Newton.
George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (d. 29 September 1558), married Christiana Duke, sole daughter and heiress (of his unsettled lands) of Richard Duke (c.1515-1572), MP, of Otterton, Devon, by whom he had issue Duke Brooke and Peter Brooke. - and Charles Brook of Templecombe, which was the property of Gregory Sprinte Christina's 2nd husband )
From the Templecombe Village website ...after the Abbey at Shaftesbury was destroyed and the nuns pensioned off, the manor at Abbas Combe was granted to William Sherrington, and was later bought by Richard Duke who also owned Templecombe and Henstridge estates.
In 1584 it passed to Richard Duke and his only daughter Christiana, who inherited the manor with her husband George Sprinte.
Lindridge Estate was held by the Crown from 1572 until 1614 - the period covered by Richard Foorde
From Richard Duke it reverted to the crown in 1572.
The Crown - Elizabeth I from 1572 until 1603 then James I from 1603 until 1608
Took some finding but BHOL had it
Richard (Duke) was succeeded by his daughter Christian (d. 1608), wife successively of George Brooke and of George Sprint, and her only surviving son, Charles Brooke. Their trustees held courts in 1592-3 and 1609. Charles died childless in 1610 leaving his estates to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury.
Robert Cecil married Elizabeth Brooke, the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham by his second wife, Frances Newton. Her brothers Henry 11th Lord Cobham and Sir George Brooke were arrested by Cecil for their involvement in the "Main" and "Bye" plots.
Sir George Brooke, her younger brother, was executed at Winchester on 5 December 1603 for high treason.
Richard Martyn, son of a family of wealthy successful Exeter merchants. and lawyer bought Lindridge estate for in 1614. He set about enlarging the original house eventually creating a very grand house that covered an acre. He died of smallpox unmarried and childless in 1618 before his plans were completed He was a supporter of the Virginia Company & Appointed Recorder of the City of London in 1618 on the recommendation of James I
His brother and heir was Thomas Martin, Mayor of Exeter. Thomas died in 1620 and the house went to his descendant William Martyn.
William Martyn who is recorded in the Parish register of Bishopsteignton as being of Lindridge when he married Agnis Cove dau of Nicholas Cove gent on 5th January 1627 . It remained in the Martyn family until 1660 when it was sold to Sir Peter Lear .
Sir Peter Lear, a Barbados Merchant and plantation owner was the next owner between 1660 and 1683 . He was the son of an Ipplepen yeoman born in 1622 who had been sent out to Barbados as a servant and worked his way up to owning a Barbados sugar plantation of 336 acre , 8 white servants and 123 negro slaves .
He returned to England a very wealthy man and before 1640 married Susanna LANT daughter of a London Merchant who originated in Exeter. He was knighted by Charles II in 1660 who evidently held him in high esteem. He bought Lindridge Estate because it was close to his home in Ipplepen and proceeded inject his wealth into the property. He spent huge sums on the interior and reduced the size of the house by demolishing two wings, still leaving a house of considerable size.
If the Bible was in the house, which may not have had a chapel after Lear reduced its size, it kept in the library which were a feature of most large house.
There are baptisms in the local church suggesting there wasnt a chapel in the house
Sir Peter Lear died in 1684 without living children . Sadly all 9 of the babies his wife, & he produced died soon after birth. When he died the estate went to his 11 year old nephew Thomas Lear who the age of 18 Thomas married Isabella, daughter of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham.
As a sign of special favour from the Crown a second baronetcy, "of Lindridge", was created on 2 August 1683 with special remainder to his nephews.. Sadly both Thomas and his wife died without children, in the same year both in their early 30s .
Lindridge then passed to Thomas’s brother John , a man with no business acumen and it became involved in continually law suits.
John Lear was married to the daughter of Christopher Wolston, gent., of Devon.
Sir John died in 1736, leaving a sole heiress, Mary Lear, who promptly sold it and the baronetcy became extinct.
FMP Citizens of London 1640 Susan Lunt Dau of Richard Lunt a London Merchant
Susan is recorded as married to Peter Lear
later owners 1737 Mary Comyn
Mary Lear daughter of Sir John Lear, 3rd Bt. and his. Wolston wife . She married Sir Thomas Tipping, 2nd Bt. and Thomas Comyns & died circa 1732. and ther daughter Mary Comyns
1739 – 1746 Rev Dr Finney
1746- 1765 the Baring family
1765 – 1920 the Templar family
In 1910 the house was being let to Lord Cable who took a lease for £380 per annum.
In 1915 he arranged a new 40-year lease at £643 per annum and embarked on a series of alterations, before buying the property outright for £75,000 in 1920.
The alterations, completed by 1916, significantly changed the appearance of the house. Until this point the house was faced with plain stucco and simple sash windows. The alterations removed the plain stucco and refaced the house in red brick with the windows given glazing bars and shutters.
The house came to a sad end in 1963. Largely because of its remote location, and lack of a water supply for the fire engines because the swimming pool had been emptied, a fire gutted the house. It was demolished in the 1990 to build executive housing.
** Keeping in mind that these men were merchants John Ford, Richard Martyn, & Richard Pomeroy of Totnes
Richard Martyn was a member of The Virginia Company , an English joint -stock company established in 1603 by royal charter by James I for the purpose of establishing colonies in North America.
The Virginia Company also known as the London Company
Sir Thomas Gates,and Sir George Somers, Knights, Richard Hackluit, Prebendary of Westminster, and Edward-Maria Wingfield, Thomas Hanham, and Ralegh Gilbert, Esqrs. William Parker, and George Popham, Gentlemen,
A Robert Ford gentleman was one of the 1st settlers at Jamestown as were John & George Martyn gentleman
https://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/first-settlers/
LOOKING FOR CLUES in the NAMES - How Do They Connect to Richard FOORDE ?
There are no other date reference just the name of the flyleaf , Richard Foorde and the dates 1593 and 1614
Elizabeth shows no obvious connection with Teignmouth-
There are No Birkins in either Teignmouth or Bishopsteignton parish registers
but I did find an Elizabeth Birkin in Bristol . More of that later
BUT what is the connection with FOORDE ??
Some of the names of godchildren recorded in the 1591 Bible found at St James Church in Teignmouth
1 -Richard Thurner
2 - Samuel Thurner
3- Mary Bayly - The family name of Dowsabelle the mother of Thomas Ford's wife Elizabeth Popham
4- Elizabeth Birkin
5- Joseph Thurston
6- William Gryymes.
7-Virginia Champton (but may be Thorton)
8- Virginia Dior. may be Dier. The parish records - William son of Sir Thomas Martyn married in November 1680 his bride was Richord Dior in East Teignmouth
9 -John Bonay.
10 -John Banber.
1 - John Biggnor.
14 - John Brook
13 - Virginia Brooke
1 ) Richard Thurner s/o Richard Thurner Bb 03 Apr 1617 Oldbury on Severn Gloucestershire which is close to Bristol a few miles north of Henbury
I Thurners in Henbury
as did the Thrustons
Elizabeth Thurner marriage to William Geye in Henbury 7 Jun 1599
Johan Thurston 1594 Marriage 4 May 1594 Anglican St Mary Henbury Bristol Glos to William Kitchinge Parish registers
2) Samuel Thurner ?? Samuel Turner Baptism Nov 1616 at North Nibley father Christopher - which is about 17 miles north of Bristol.
3) Mary Bayley dau of Thomas Bayly baptised 27 Dec 1586 in Bristol
Mary Bayley dau of Thomas Bayly baptised 27 Dec 1586 in Bristol
Mary Bayley Bb 26 Oct 1617 dau of Thomas Bayly at Hanham & Oldland Glos 6 miles from
Mary Bayley Bb 26 Oct 1617 dau of Thomas Bayly at Hanham & Oldland Glos 6 miles from the city centre a suburb of Bristol today
There is a clear FORD CONNECTION -
Elizabeth Popham married Thomas Ford of Ashburton & Bagtor 1556 -1610
Elizabeth Popham baptised 29 June 1591 at North Petherton father Alexander mother Dowsabelle Bayly da. of John Bayley of Salisbury, Wilts- a wealthy wool merchant in Salisbury
(Bayly appears as one of the godchildren in the bible)
John Bayley was MP for Salisbury died 1611 and was a prosperous merchant who owned houses in Gygon Street,( Giggan) Brown Street and Dragon Street in Salisbury as well as the nearby farm of Bishop’s Down and the manor of Combe.
His son, would have retained ownership I don't doubt- for a while at least.
JOHN BAYLEY born Abt. 1572 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England , and died November 2, 1651 in Newbury or Salisbury, Essex, MA2
I made an interesting connection when I went looking at Salisbury streets mentioned above !
PDF on John Bailey also found Thomas Pomery Year 1635 Record Census Place Salisbury Wiltshire England
Living in Giggen Street, Salisbury St Martin. Thomas Pomeroy and 2 small children.
Source Wilts Record Society vol.31. Poverty in Early Stuart Salisbury by Paul Slack
Archive reference WRO/S.C.A / Record set Wiltshire Social & Institutional Records 1123-1968
Category Directories & social history / Subcategory Social History / Collections from England, Great Britain
There is no indication of status in this transcription
4) ELIZABETH BIRKIN who wrote her name inside the Teignmouth Bible
Elizabeth Birkin Baptism 27 Feb 1608 d/o James Birkin Christ Church, Bristol, B
Elizabeth Birkyn marriage 3 Jun 1627 Richard Bowden at the Anglican Christ Church , Bristol Id guess he was a merchant
There were Bowdens Bristol
OR COULD IS This the same man? Richard Bawdon Baptism 8 Sep 1611 Anglican Chudleigh Devon Robert
James Berkine marriage 17 Apr 1608 marriage to Eleanor Aymes
Thomas Birkyn Baptism 7 Sep 1610 s/o James Birkyn on Bristol
Ellenor Birkyn Burial 20 Jan 1627 d/o James Birkyn Anglican Christ Church Bristol Bishop's transcripts
Elizabeth Birkyn date 3 Jun 1627 Anglican Christ Church Bristol Marriage to Richard Bowden Bishop's transcripts
5) Joseph Thurston
Jan 1648/9 John THRUSTONE M Mary Berkyn widow - but too late for this .
6 May 1680 L Francis Batten of Temple, tobacconist Sarah THRUSTON (age 24) of Temple
25 Aug 1628 John THURSTIN & Elizabeth Duzell
13 Jan 1646/7 Thomas THURST[ON] & Bridget Chamneys
http://www.prattens.co.uk/families/THURSTON/text.txt
1566 George Thurston of Wortley Wootton will mentions son George Thurston,
1566 Robert Thurston, son Thomas Thurston, son Mathew Thurston,
son John Thurston and wife Sybell Thurston exec, overseers William Forde, Robert Leaburne? of Cross and Robert Seaburne? of Vyne.
William Ford of Chagford born 1475 Chagford, Devon, died 1519 purchased the estate of Bagtor in the parish of Ilsington, which his male heirs successively made their seat. Clearly Not Him -
Jan 1649 John Thruston married Mary Berkin , widow. Temple Church Bristol records-
6) William Grymes baptised 1613 Bristol, Glos, Mother Elizabeth Grymes
William Grymes Marriage 12 Jul 1640 at Cloford to Joyce French of Cloford, Somerset, Eng
William Grymes Burial 19 Jun 1650 Anglican in Bishop's Tawton Devon ( 2½ miles S. by E. of Barnstaple, the manor was conveyed by Bishop Veysey, in 1550, to Lord John Russell, afterwards Earl of Bedford, at the request of the King, together with other manors.
There are Grimes in Devon Plymouth Exeter Tiverton Broadhembury
Grymes William marriage to Jone Dunscombe on 22 Oct 1611 at Tiverton, St Peter, Devon, England
William Grimes BB 1613 Bristol son of Elizabeth Grymes.
Jone Grimes marriage to Thomas Alye on 19 Feb 1581 Bristol
Robert Grimes burial 4 Feb 1599 Clapton in Gordeno St Michaels anglican church which place connects to Richard Pomeroy aforementioned as the home /property of his 2nd wife Anne Wykes widow Arthur of Clapton in Gordano
8) Virginia Dior not found anywhere- however I did find DIERS in Bristol
Dier family appear to come from Henbury on the outskirts of Bristol
marriage in Bristol 24 Sep 1585 Thomas Dier & Agnes Dier (FMP)
FMP numerous Diets in Bristol area
Agnes Dier Bb 20 March 1596 dau of John Dier in Henbury
marriage 16 Jan 1597 St Mary Church Henbury Bristol of Agnes Dier and William Smithes PR
marriage in Bristol 24 Sep 1585 Thomas Dier & Agnes Dier (FMP)
9) John BONAY Bb 1652 son of Edward Bonay at St Mary Le Port,Bristol,Gloucester,England
10) John Banber found in Lancashire & Kent
11 ) John Biggnor not found in Bristol - Bigner found in Sussex; Suffolk ; ROTHERHITHE
12 ) John Brooks son on John Brooks baptism 5 June year unclear 1578-1812 BT St Marys Bristol
John Brook marriage 1613 Bristol to Agnes West
John Brook marriage 26 Feb 1586 marriage to Agnes Yorke in Bristol
John Brock or Witherly marriage to Elizabeth West on 19 June 1615 Henbury St Mary Bristol
The Brooks connection is the most interesting
and I was overlooking the fact that godchildren do not have to related to a godfather so there may not be a record making a connection.
20 March 2019
I no longer have any doubt that the connection is to Lindridge
Richard Duke Esq Lawyer, Recorder of London and Clerk of the Court of Augmentations \
1540 Birthplace: Otterton Manor, Otterton, Devonshire Death: 1572
His daughter Christine was his heir . She married George Brook 2nd son of Baron Cobham of Cobham
Thus Duke was related by marriage to Robert Cecil 1st Earl of Salisbury , Secretary of State & Lord High treasurer to ElizI & Jame I son of William Cecil, Lord Burgley)
In 1589, Robert Cecil married Elizabeth Brooke, the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham by his second wife, Frances Newton..
9th baron Cobham was George Brooke, (d. 29 September 1558),by his wife Anne Braye. It was their 2nd son George Brook Conham (27 January 1533 – 1570), who married Christiana Duke, sole daughter and heiress (of his unsettled lands) of Richard Duke (c.1515-1572), MP, of Otterton, Devon,
Issue. Duke Brooke ( Duke Cobham Baptism 21 Mar 1562 ) son of George Brook 2nd son of Baron Cobham baptised at St Margaret, Westminster -FMP Parish registers city of Westminster
Peter Brooke.( Petrus Cobham Or Brooke 20 Oct 1565 at Otterton father George died 11 May 1572 buried St Margaret Westminster
Charles Booke of Templecombe
Christina's 2nd husband was Gregory Sprint - 1572 married by Licence Faculty Office Marriage Licences.
A convoluted situation - Sprint’s mother married four times, Her 3rd husband was Richard Duke, who as Clerk of the Court of Augmentations & 2nd layman owner of Lindridge estate 1551-1572. He had done well out of the dissolution of the monasteries.
At Richard's death in 1572, his widow by ‘subtle drift and device’, arranged her stepdaughter, Christina ’s , marriage to her son Gregory Sprint. He went from ‘not being anything worth nor having anything’ to being worth £200 per annum in land and held 1,000 marks’ worth of goods.
source C3/174/42 Eliz.; J. A. Youings, ‘Disposal of Devon Monastic Property’ (London PhD thesis, 1950), 192 et passim; Lond. Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxv), 16; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 311 is misleading.
William Brooke was the son of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (d. 29 September 1558), by his wife Anne Braye (d. 1 November 1558)
source Cokayne, George Edward (1913). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. III. London: St Catherine Press. pp. 348–9.
Between 1572 and 1608 Lindridge was in possession of the Crown
next owner Robert Cecil 1st Earl of Salisbury who came in to possession by way of Charles Brooke
A2A Covenant to levy fine - This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Reference: 1039 M/T 6 / Title: Covenant to levy fine
Description: 1. Charles Brooke Templecombe, Somerset
2. Brooke and Daccambe, Robert, Earl of Salisbury.
Manors of Bishops Teignton, Lindridge, Radway and West Teignmouth, with vicarage and advowson of Bishops Teignton and Radway
Date: 1609 Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), Language: English
Robert Cecil Secretary of State & Lord High treasurer to Eliz I & James I was son of William Cecil, ( Lord Burgley )
1611 A sale document records the sale by the Earl of Salisbury to Nicholas Comyn the younger of a house and land at Radway. This is the original Upper Radway Farm; the house is now called Lower Radway.
from Bishopsteignton website https://www.bishopsteigntonheritage.co.uk/places/radway/#section0
In 1589, Robert Cecil married Elizabeth Brooke, the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham by his second wife, Frances Newton..
9 th baron Cobham was George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (d. 29 September 1558),by his wife Anne Braye their 2nd son George (27 January 1533 – 1570) married Christiana Duke, (EDM 1553) sole daughter and heiress (of his unsettled lands) of Richard Duke (c.1515-1572), MP, of Otterton, Devon,
His son William Cecil was the next owner of Lindridge followed by
Richard Martyn Recorder of London son of William Marty wealthy Merchant of Exeter . Richard died age 48 unmarried;
his brother William inherited Lindridge after him
William Martyn of Lindridge married Agnis Cove dau of Nicholas Cove gent 5th January 1627
Source Parish Register image FMP
In 1617 the manor of Luton was sold to Nicolas Cove of Bishopsteignton by the 2nd Earl of Salisbury and then surrendered to Richard Martyn in 1638.
William Cecil 2nd Earl of Salisbury sold a number of holdings freehold. This selling started in 1612 and the records of the sales are firm indications of the families who were living in Bishopsteignton at that time. In 1614, the 2nd Earl of Salisbury sold Lindridge and West Teignmouth to Richard Martyn, whose family lived at Lindridge until 1659 when the last heiress married the 1st Lord Clifford of Chudleigh and took West Teignmouth as her dowry.
The demesne holdings probably were Ashhill; Parke; Green; Cockhaven; Shute;
While the 13 held for services could have been Ware,Wood, Lindridge or Lentridge, Luton or Luneventon;Rixdale or Ryxteniel; Venn; Coombe; West Teignmouth; Humber; Radway Clanage and two others.
Some confirmation of this arrangement is recorded in the lists of Sir John Lear’s debts in 1732 when ‘Free’ tenants are shown as having tenure at very small, inherited rents.
what is the connection ?
Henry Ford who originated in Ashburton as did the Prideaux family. Ford in 1649 purchased Nutwell from Amnias Prideaux for £6,050.
Amias Prideaux was 3rd son, and heir of Sir Thomas Prideaux (1575-1641) of Nutwell, also buried at Woodbury. His wife was Joane Cole (1579-1631), daughter and co-heiress of John Cole (1552-1582) of Buckland Tout Saints, Devon,.
Amyas married Sarah Ford, whose father's name is not known. He died without issue, having sold Nutwell
The Nutwell Wikipedia entry gets Amyas Prideaux's death date wrong by 8 years FMP Devon Wills his Will was made 1675 PCC Probate Feb 1675 admon to nephew Edmond Ford
FMP john Ford Marriage (! July ) 1566 to Mary Pomeroy dau of Hugh Pomeroy & Barbara Southcote of Ingsdon in Ilsington Devon England
NUTWELL
Amyas Prideaux born circa 1602 died 1667 marriage to Susan FORD
who was she ? COULD SHE BE SUSAN mentioned in Ford Pedigree ?
Edward Ford Baptism 29 Sep 1596 Ilsington Father Thomas Ford
Edward Ford 20 Mar 1620 Ilsington marriage by licence to Joanna Cowse of Ilsington Diocesan
Register
Edward Ford Baptism 11 Jun 1626 Ilsington Devon Father Edward Ford
10 years later
Susan Ford baptised 1 Jan 1636 at Ilsington Devon Father Edward Ford Mother Johan died young
Mistress Susanna Ford Marriage 19 Jan 1664 Ilsington to Jonas Smerdon
Prideaux circles back to Ashburton !!
Thomas Prideaux of Ashburton
sons
John Prideaux of Nutwell married a daughter of Hugh Stukey Serjeant at Law
Robert Prideaux married Ann Ridgway of Tor dau of John died 1578
Son of John Prideaux of Nutwell
Thomas Prideaux son of John gent D 1607 married Margaret Cooper
Jane Prideaux married James Courtenay of Upcot
Catherine Prideaux 2nd wife of Richard Duke of Otterton
https://www.oldashburton.co.uk/The-Prideaux-family.php
'A branch of Prideaux from Ashburton were settled at Woodbury. Thomas Prideaux, sergeant at law, (ob 1558*) purchased Nutwell in that parish and resided there. He was succeeded by his son Thomas (obit 1605) and grandson Sir Thomas Prideaux, Knt (ob 1640), who married Joan the daughter of John Cole of Buckland Tout Saints.'
The Ancient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon, W H Hamilton Rogers, Exeter 1877, p297
Ashburton is the connection between The Prideaux's & Henry Ford purchased Nutwell from Amias Prideaux (d.1667) son and heir of Sir Thomas Prideaux (1575-1641) & wife was Joane Cole (1579-1631), daughter and co-heiress of John Cole (1552-1582) of Buckland Tout Saints, Devon.
Amyas Prideaux married Sarah Ford, whose father's name is not known. He died without issue, having sold Nutwel
Henry Ford of Nutwell posthumous son of Henry Ford of Bagtor born 19 Jan 1617 married to Eleanor Rowe 25th Feb 1641 dau of Rowe of Shackwell Hackney
History of Parliament
DUKE, Richard (by 1515-72), of London and Otterton, Devon born by 1515, 1st son. of Henry Duke by Maud White da. of Roger White.
MP for WEYMOUTH 1545 DARTMOUTH1 1547
Clerk of Augmentations 1536-54; J.P. Devon 1547-d., Dorset, Mdx., Som. 1547; commr. relief, Devon, Dorset, Exeter 1550; sheriff, Devon 1563
Educated . Inner. Temple, admitted. 8 Feb. 1533.
married 1st by Apr. 1539, Elizabeth Franke, dau of John Franke of Yorks. 1 daughter Christian or Christina.
2nd Joan Hoby by settlement 20 Apr. 1562,; dau. of Thomas Hoby or Halby of London, widow of William Pantin of London and John Sprint of Bristol, Glos. 1 son died without issue
Ref Volumes: 1509-1558 Author: Helen Miller
sources
1. C219/282/2; Hatfield 207.
2. Date of birth estimated from first office. Vis. Devon. ed. Vivian, 311; Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 89; City of London RO, Guildhall rep. 16, f. 206.
3.LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xxi; CPR, 1547-8, passim to 1569-72.
4.LP Hen. VIII, xiii-xxi; Lysons, Magna Britannia, vi. 376; HMC 8th Rep. pt. ii. 23; CPR, 1548-9, pp. 40, 139; 1553-4, p. 459; 1558-60, p. 228; J. Youings, ‘The disposal of monastic property in Devon’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1950), 192-3, 268; Devon Monastic Lands (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. n.s. i), 7, 29, 31, 276; Collinson, Som., ii. 359, 366; iii. 191, 193; NRA 14086, p. 1.
5. C67/49, m. 32; CPR, 1549-51, p. 345.
6.CPR, 1555-7, p. 248; SP11/12/67; C142/163/13; PCC admons. 1572-80.
Visitation 1564
Richard Duke married Elizabeth Franke their dau Christina Married 1st George BROOK Lord Cobham
according to Parliamentary History site - Christine later married (2) Gregory Sprint.
SPRINT, Gregory, of Templecombe, Som. and Colaton Raleigh, Devon.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 Available from Boydell and Brewer
MP for SHAFTESBURY 1586 BRIDPORT 1589
Probably son of John Sprint (d. c.1588), apothecary, of Bristol by Joan, da. of Thomas Hobby or Halby of London; bro. or half-bro. of William Hobby/Halby married as 2nd husband Christina Duke wid. of George Brooke alias Cobham*,
Treasurer for maimed soldiers, Devon (with Warwick Hele) by 1600.
He was a cousin of John Sprint, treasurer of Salisbury cathedral, and of Lord Burghley’s secretary, Michael Hickes, who sat for Shaftesbury in 1589. Shaftesbury was owned by the 2nd Earl of Pembroke, who had links with both Salisbury and Bristol, the Sprints’ family home. A Mr. Sprint was given leave to depart from the Commons on 16 Mar. 1587, but whether this was Gregory or William is unknown. Sprint’s return for Bridport two years later can be attributed to (Sir) Walter Ralegh, whose agent and neighbour he became.
Contemporaries maintained that the wealth Sprint obtained by his marriage turned his head: he became involved in a number of lawsuits, including some against members of the Duke family, and against his mother’s fourth husband, Roger Gifford.
In 1604, willingly or unwillingly, Sprint sold some land in Otterton to pay these debts, for which he had stood surety. William Martin, whose son Richard. Sprint described as his nephew, also paid some of Duke Brooke’s debts.
By 1608, possibly much earlier, Sprint moved from Templecombe and retired to Devon. He may still have been alive in 1612, but the dates of his birth and death are as obscure as the rest of his life, with the exception of his lawsuits. His wife was said to be pregnant in 1575, but no children are known.
(Templecombe in Somerset, England5e miles south of Wincanton,)
Wikitree entry George Brooke
George Brooke (27 January 1533 – 1570), married Christiana Duke, sole daughter and heiress (of his unsettled lands) of Richard Duke (c.1515-1572), MP, of Otterton, Devon, by whom he had issue Duke Brooke and Peter Brooke.
sources
"ThePeerage.com"
The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, 'BROOKE, alias COBHAM, John (1535-94), of Newington, Kent.', ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981. History of Parliament Online.
b. 22 Apr. 1535,1 4th son of George, 9th Lord Cobham, and bro. of George, Thomas, William† and Henry Brooke alias Cobham I.
Uncle of William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham II. educ. travelled abroad 1554-5; I. Temple 1556. m. by 1561, Alice, da. of Edward Cobbe of Cobbs Place, Kent, wid. of Sir John Norton† of Northwood in Milton, Kent.
Elizabeth Birkin had practiced her signature on pages at the back of the Teignmouth Bible
She shows no obvious connection with Teignmouth-
There are No Birkins in either Teignmouth or Bishopsteignton parish registers.
Who was she and why did she make several attempts to write inside the bible - a signature
Was she getting married and practising her signature on the only paper she could find ??
Writing in this book uninterrupted required time, so she evidently had the leisure to make her apparently surreptitious attempts – why ? was no other paper available to her ??? This does not appear to be a family bible with all the BMD written in the flyleaf as was quite common but it is not a parish bible which leads me to think that the house was large enough to have a private chapel. –
The fact that she could write, and do it well, suggests some level of education. Who was she ? was she a companion to the lady of the house or possible housekeeper or a governess – probably not a servant since she could write and had the time to make her point- There is no date reference.BUT what is the connection with FOORDE ??
LOOKING at Elizabeth Birkyn
No Berkyns in the local area were found.
Elizabeth Birkin Baptism 27 Feb 1608 d/o James Birkin Christ Church, Bristol,
Elizabeth Birkyn date 3 Jun 1627 Anglican Christ Church Bristol Marriage to Richard Bowden
Bishop's transcripts
There were Bowdens Bristol OR COULD IS This Devon man be the same man?
Richard Bawdon Baptism 8 Sep 1611 Anglican at Chudleigh Devon father Robert
Bishiopsteignton - Lindridge Estate
The Bishopstignton heritage website
C Church records from 1559
D Devon Muster Roll – a record of men and armour 1569
E Devon Protestation Return – a list of men who upheld ‘the true Protestant Religion’ 1641
F Devon Hearth Tax – a record of the number of hearths in Parish houses 1674
G Church Records around 1700s
source https://www.bishopsteigntonheritage.co.uk/people/families/tainton-1524-1600s-family-names/
The demesne holdings probably were
Ashhill; Parke; Green; Cockhaven; Shute; While the 13 held for services could have been
Ware,Wood, Lindridge or Lentridge, Luton or Luneventon;Rixdale or Ryxteniel
Venn; Coombe; West Teignmouth; Humber; Radway Clanage and two others.
Some confirmation of this arrangement is recorded in the lists of Sir John Lear’s debts in 1732 when ‘Free’ tenants are shown as having tenure at very small, inherited rents.
There was a FORDE family in Bishopsteignton around the 1593 time
I found a 1582 marriage at Dartington near Totnes between a Martyn & a Ford.
Martyns were merchants in Totnes.
Gieles (Giles) Forde Marriage to Doritye (Dorothy) Martyn on 23 Apr 1582 at Dartington Devon
…... Richard Forde son of Giles Forde baptised on 24 Apr 1582 Dartington
Giles Ford son of Thomas Ford of Totnes baptised 15 Jun 1600 died buried 26 Oct 1600 age 4 months
Gyles Forde died & was buried 25 May 1669 Dartington
Gyles Forde died & was buried 10 Jun 1686 Dartington
Dartington had Thomas , Giles & James Ford all having children 1580's
Mayors of Totnes index
Martin, Richard 117, 122, 129, 136, Martin, Richard jnr 126, Martin, Thomas (Martyn) 117-8, 141, Martyn family (Martin) 114, 116-7, Martyn, Katherine 117
Martyn, Richard 115, 118, Martyn, William 116
Martyn, of Exeter. — Descended from a younger branch of the baronial family of Martyn, or Martin, of Dartington, which had been settled at Athelhampston, in Dorsetshire. Significant and wealthy merchant in Exeter. Several were mayors
Mayors of Exeter
1532 William Peryam (Peryham) - his father was a franklin (a freeholder who was not of noble birth). Despite his rough and ready personality he was apparently liked. he married Mayor Blackaller's daughter.
1533 Richard Martin (Martyn) - was the son of Sir Richard Martin of Athelhampton, Dorset.
1574 Nicholas Martin
1581 Thomas Martin
1585 Nicholas Martin
1590 William Martin
1600 William Martin
1618 Thomas Martin
1631 Nicholas Martin
1662 John Martin - refused office; the King told him to serve which he did 'with much reputation and honour'
MARTIN, Nicholas (d.1599), of Exeter, Devon.MP for BERE ALSTON 1586
2nd son of Richard Martin, mayor of Exeter, by his 2nd wife Julian, da. of William Hurst, merchant of Exeter;
bro. of William Martyn
married in 1561, Mary Yeo, 4 son 3 daughters
(2) Mary Strode dau. if William of of Newnham, widow of Thomas Prestwood, no living issue
(3) Elizabeth Rous, 4 son
brother William Martyn married 1st Anne Parker at least 2 sons (2) 1576, Katherine Buggin of Totnes, at least 1s.; in all, at least 5s. 2da.
Bailiff, Exeter 1571, receiver 1583, sheriff 1585, mayor 1590, 1600, part of 1602; gov. merchant adventurers 1578, 1599.
His son Richard MARTIN, (1570-1618), b. 1570, son of William Martin of Exeter by his 1st wife Anne, Parker
Middle Temple, London. MP for BARNSTAPLE 1601 CHRISTCHURCH 1604 CHRISTCHURCH 1614
Recorder of London unmarried - bought Lindridge estate in 1614 his brother inherited the property when he died age 48.
William Martin, second son of Sir William Martin, of Athelhampston, was recorder of Exeter.
This branch had settled at Oxton before 1620. William Clifford Martin, Esq., the last heir male, died in 1769: the heiress married the father of the late Rev. John Swete, (formerly Tripe,) of Oxton.
Arms: — The same as the baronial family of Martin, with due difference.
Crest: — On the trunk of a tree, A., a bear seiant, Proper, chained of the first, holding a mirror, Or.
Martin, of Plymouth, descended from Kent. — Captain John Martin, of this family, went round the world with Sir Francis Drake in 1577; his father was of Bridgetown, near Totnes: there was male issue of this family in 1620.
Arms: — G., on a chevron, Or, 3 talbots passant, Sable. Crest: — On a globe, Or, a falcon rising, Argent, gorged with a ducal coronet.
Names research using FindMy Past and parish record images where available
William Grymes marriage to Mary Ayre on 26 Jan 1602 at Southwark St Olave Surrey
William Grymes Baptism 7 Jun 1607 at Southwark St Saviour Surrey Son Henry Grymes occupation Waterman
William Grymes 1613 Bristol, Glos, Eng Mother Elizabeth Grymes
William Grymes Marriage 12 Jul 1640 at Cloford to Joyce French of Cloford, Somerset, Eng
William Grymes Burial 19 Jun 1650 Anglican in Bishop's Tawton Devon ( 2½ miles S. by E. of Barnstaple, the manor was conveyed by Bishop Veysey, in 1550, to Lord John Russell, afterwards Earl of Bedford, at the request of the King, together with other manors.
There are Grimes in Devon Plymouth Exeter Tiverton Broadhembury
Grymes William marriage to Jone Dunscombe on 22 Oct 1611 at Tiverton, St Peter, Devon, England
marriage in Bristol 24 Sep 1585 Thomas Dier & Agnes Dier (FMP)
FMP numerous Diets in Bristol area
Agnes Dier Bb 20 March 1596 dau of John Dier in Henbury
marriage 16 Jan 1597 Sy Mary Church Henbury of Agnes Dier and William Smithes PR
Virginia Dior/Dier not found anywhere-
Mary Bayley dau of Thomas Bayly baptised 27 Dec 1586 in Bristol
Mary Bayley Bb 26 Oct 1617 dau of Thomas Bayly at Hanham & Oldland Glos 6 miles from the city centre a suburb of Bristol today
William Grimes BB 1613 Bristol son of Elizabeth Grymes.
Jone Grimes marriage to Thomas Alye on 19 Feb 1581 Bristol
Robert Grimes burial 4 Feb 1599 Clapton in Gordeno St Michaels anglican church
John BONAY Bb 1652 son of Edward Bonay at St Mary Le Port,Bristol,Gloucester,England
John Banber found in Lancashire & Kent
JOHN Biggnor not found in Bristol - Bigner found in Sussex; Suffolk ; ROTHERHITHE
John Brooks son on John Brooks baptism 5 June year unclear 1578-1812 BT St Marys Bristol
John Brook marriage 1613 Bristol to Agnes West
John Brook marriage 26 Feb 1586 marriage to Agnes Yorke in Bristol
John Brock or Witherly marriage to Elizabeth West on 19 June 1615 Henbury St Mary Bristol
Richard Duke Recorder of London born Otterton which is in east Devon a mile ofrom the sea, 11 miles S.E. by E. of Exeter
In 1550 Sir Andrew Dudley sold "Lyndrygge" to
Christina Duke , his daughter, married who 1st married George Brook 2nd married Gregory Sprint.
Gregory Sprint licence to marry 1572 Spouse Christian Brock (location not shown) Place Faculty Office Marriage Licences
Charles Brook was son of 1st marriage of Christina heir to her manors, after the death of Gregory
A2A Covenant to levy fine - This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
Reference: 1039 M/T 6 / Title: Covenant to levy fine
Description: 1. Charles Brooke Templecombe, Somerset -2. Brocke and Daccambe, Robert, Earl of Salisbury.
Manors of Bishops Teignton, Lindridge, Radway and West Teignmouth, with vicarage and advowson of Bishops Teignton and Radway
Date: 1609 Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), Language: English
This is Robert Cecil Secretary of State & Lord High treasurer to ElizI & Jame I & son of William Cecil, Lord Burghley chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer
In 1589, Robert Cecil married Elizabeth Brooke, the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham by his second wife, Frances Newton..
9th baron Cobham was George Brooke, (d. 29 September 1558) his wife Anne Braye;
their 2nd son George (27 January 1533 – 1570),
married Christiana Duke, sole daughter and heiress (of his unsettled lands) of Richard Duke (c.1515-1572), MP, of Otterton, Devon,
by whom he had issue 3 sosn Duke Brooke and Peter Brooke & only surviving son Charles Brook (of Templecombe )
Their trustees held courts in 1592-3 and 1609. Charles died childless in 1610 leaving his estates to Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury.
Gregory Sprint of Templecombe in Somerset & Colaton Raleigh
Prob. son of John Sprint (d. c.1588), apothecary, of Bristol by Joan, Hobby or Halby of London;
Married Christina, da. and h. of Richard Duke†, clerk of the augmentations office, widow of George Brooke,….
2nd son of George Brook 9th Baron Cobham (c. 1497-29 September 1558) A soldier and magnate, with links to Henry VIII court wife Anne Braye 2nd son George (27 January 1533 – 1570), married Christiana Duke, sole daughter and heiress (of his unsettled lands) of Richard Duke (c.1515-1572), MP, of Otterton, Devon,
by whom he had issue Duke Brooke and Peter Brooke.
Sprint’s mother married four times. Her 3rd husband Richard Duke had done well out of the dissolution of the monasteries, had a daughter by a previous wife.
At his death in 1572, Sprint’s mother, by ‘subtle drift and device’, arranged her stepdaughter’s marriage with Sprint himself, who, from ‘not being anything worth nor having anything’ then became worth £200 per annum in land and held 1,000 marks’ worth of goods.
(https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/sprint-gregory)
children Duke Brooke, or Peter Brooke heir to Christina’s manors, after the death of Gregory
William Martyn of Lindridge married Agnis Cove dau of Nicholas Cove gent 5th January 1627
In 1617 the manor of Luton was sold to Nicholas Cove of Bishopsteignton by the 2nd Earl of Salisbury and then surrendered to Richard Martyn in
Nicholas Cove (gent), see QS/21/1690/72); Bishopsteignton
This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
QS/21 - COUNTY OF DEVON - QUARTER SESSIONS: SACRAMENT CERTIFICATES
QS/21/1690 - Sacrament Certificates: 1690
Reference: QS/21/1690/68
Nicholas Cove (gent), see QS/21/1690/72); Bishopsteignton
Date: 1690
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
William Martyn of Lindridge married Agnis Cove dau of Nicholas Cove gent 5th January 1627
In 1617 the manor of Luton was sold to Nicolas Cove of Bishopsteignton by the 2nd Earl of Salisbury and then surrendered to Richard Martyn in
Nicholas Cove (gent), see QS/21/1690/72); Bishopsteignton
This record is held by Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
QS/21 - COUNTY OF DEVON - QUARTER SESSIONS: SACRAMENT CERTIFICATES
QS/21/1690 - Sacrament Certificates: 1690
Reference: QS/21/1690/68
Nicholas Cove (gent), see QS/21/1690/72); Bishopsteignton
Date: 1690
Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
SACRAMENT CERTIFICATES 1 were documents that certified that a person holding public or military office or any position of trust had received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in other.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/1bac33d9-73f3-493a-a3b3-c63b15592b6e
QS/21/1690/9 1690 Nicholas Rowe, gent.; Lamerton
QS/21/1690/12 1690 William Stawell, esq; Bovey Tracey
https://www.bishopsteigntonheritage.co.uk/people/families/tainton-1524-1600s-family-names/
Owners
Sir Andrew Dudley, Knight
Richard Duke Esq.
Christina, his daughter, married to Gregory Sprint.
Duke Brooke, or Peter Brooke, as heir to Christina’s manors, but not until Gregory died.
Charles Brooke
Richard, Duke of Otterton,
The first Earl of Salisbury, related to the Brooke family through marriage.
The second Earl of Salisbury sold a number of holdings freehold. This selling started in 1612 and the records of the sales are firm indications of the families who were living in Bishopsteignton at that time. In 1614, the 2nd Earl of Salisbury sold Lindridge and West Teignmouth to Richard Martyn, whose family lived at Lindridge until 1659 when the last heiress married the 1st Lord Clifford of Chudleigh and took West Teignmouth as her dowry.
In 1617 the manor of Luton was sold to Nicholas Cove of Bishopsteignton by the 2nd Earl of Salisbury and then surrendered to Richard Martyn in 1638.
The demesne holdings probably were Ashhill; Parke; Green; Cockhaven; Shute; While the 13 held for services could have been
Ware,Wood, Lindridge or Lentridge, Luton or Luneventon;Rixdale or Ryxteniel
Venn; Coombe; West Teignmouth; Humber; Radway Clanage and two others.
Some confirmation of this arrangement is recorded in the lists of Sir John Lear’s debts in 1732 when ‘Free’ tenants are shown as having tenure at very small, inherited rents.
Richard Duke Recorder of London & clerk of the Court of Augmentations
2 marriages Martha Parker and Katherine Prideaux
1540 Birthplace: Otterton Manor, Otterton, Devon, England
Death: March 12, 1606 (66)
Son of John Duke by Ellen (or Eleanor) Middleton
Father of Richard Duke; Martha Chichester; Philippa Harris; Jane Duke; Margaret Duke and 9 others
SOURCES
Letter from Ros Hickman to Charlotte Kennedy, September 2000, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/duke/2000-09/0970176808
Visitations of Devon
from http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/DUKE/history6.htm
It fell to another Richard, the son of John Duke, who was son of Henry Duke of Pynne (younger brother of Richard Duke of the Court of Augmentations), to head the Devonshire family during the early 17th century.
In 1620 a visitation by the royal herald confirmed the family arms, and noted that Richard was the son of John Duke, who in turn was the second son of Henry Duke. This Henry was the second son of Richard, and was grandson of William Duke, who had been Mayor of Exeter in 1442-61.
Richard Duke married Martha Parker, daughter of John Parker of London, who died on March 1, 1583. This continues the evidence of the London associations of the Devonshire Duke family during this period.
He then married Katherine, daughter of George Prideaux of the Manor of Nutwell, on December 9 of the same year.
Henry Ford of Nutwell posthumous son of Henry Ford of Bagtor born 19 Jan 1617 married to Eleanor Rowe 25th Feb 1641 dau of Rowe of Shackwell Hackney. Ford bought Nutwell from Amyas Prideaux whose wife was Susan or Sarah Ford ( parent unknown) who died in 1675 according to Devon Wills & PCC Probate and not 1667 as Nutwell site on Wikipedia has it
John Prideaux (1520-1558)
Nutwell was purchased by John Prideaux (1520-1558), MP for Devon in 1554 and a Serjeant-at-law.
He married (as her 2nd husband) Mary Stucley, a daughter of Sir Hugh Stucley (1496-1559) of Affeton Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1545.
Hugh Stucley (c. 1398 – before 1457), married Catherine de Affeton who survived him ( heiress of Affeton also heiress of East Worlington, West Worlington, Bradford Tracy, Bridgerule, Meshaw, Stoodleigh and Thelbridge, all in Devon; of Trent and Chilton Cantelowe in Somerset; and of Preston, Halfhyde and St Mary Blanford in Dorset.
Anne/ Agnes Pomeroy sister of Sir Richard widow of Robert Budockshide after he died 1452 her 2nd marriage as his 2nd wife was to Nicholas Stukely son of Sir Hugh Stukely .they had 5 children Anne Stukely Married William Dennis.; William Stucley Married Joan Stowell; Mary Stukely who Married Henry English.;
Elizabeth, Married Thomas Oore of Taunton.;Christopher Stukely married Mary Forde da of Edward Forde of Plymtree:(Forde of Fordmore, in Plymtree. )
Thomas Prideaux (1549-1605)
His son and heir was Thomas Prideaux (1549-1605) of Nutwell, buried at Woodbury. He married Margaret Cooper, daughter of Richard Cooper of Winscombe, Somerset.[31]
http://aaprideaux.com/general/john-prideaux-1540-1620/
Richard Prideaux d 1515 spouse Elizabeth
issue
John Prideaux church warden of Ashburton 1502-04 married Johanna-
Thomas senior Church warden 1511-12
Thomas son of John & Johanna
Church Warden 1528 30 died Jan 1547
son John Prideaux serjeant at Law was 28 when his father died & he bought Nutwell.
Knight of the shire Died Sept 1558 wife Mary dau of Sir Hugh Stukely
children
Anne Crymes;
Catherine Duke wife of Richard Duke of Otterton. their dau & heir CHRISTIAN Duke married Lord George Brook, Baron Cobham 2 sons Duke Brook & Peter who may have died age 7 . 2nd marriage Gregory Sprint - Lindridge connection
Richard Duke married twice:
Firstly, before April 1539 to Elizabeth Franke, daughter of John Franke of Yorkshire, by whom he had one daughter:
Christina Duke (died 1608) who married twice:
Firstly to George Cobham (alias Brooke) (1533 – c. 1569), MP, 4nd son of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (c. 1497 – 1558), KG
Secondly marriage to to Gregory Sprint, MP for Shaftesbury in 1586 and Bridport in 1589, the son from her first marriage of her father's second wife to Joan Hoby. He was from a modest background, the son of John Sprint, an apothecary of Bristol, and by his marriage he acquired considerable wealth.
His residences became two of the manors acquired by Duke, Templecombe and Colaton Raleigh. He became involved in legal and physical disputes with his wife's son from her first marriage over the ownership of Templecombe, where he had built his residence, Duke Brooke her other son died age 7 Peter Brooke Bb Otterton 20 Oct 1565
Secondly shortly after April 1562, as her 3rd husband, to Joan Hoby, daughter of Thomas Hoby (or Halby) of London and widow successively of William Pantin of London and John Sprint, apothecary of Bristol. He had by his second wife a son who died in infancy. She married fourthly Roger Gifford.[11]
James died without children;
Richard Duke of Otterton married 1st by Apr. 1539, Elizabeth Franke, dau of John Franke of Yorks. Issue daughter . Christina
2nd Marriage settlement 20 Apr. 1562, Joan, dau. of Thomas Hoby or Halby of London, widow of William Pantin of London and widow of John Sprint of Bristol, Glos. Duke had 1 son who died without issue. His daughter was his heir with the son of his brother John .
George Brooke , 9th Baron Cobham (27 January 1533 – 1570), married Christiana Duke, daughter and heiress to his unsettled lands of Richard Duke (c.1515-1572), MP, of Otterton, Devon, by whom he had issue Duke Brooke and Peter Brooke who may have died age 7.
sources
"ThePeerage.com"
The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, John BROOKE, Lord COBHAM, (1535-94), of Newington, Kent.', ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981. History of Parliament Online.
George Brook b. 22 Apr. 1535,1 4th son of George, 9th Lord Cobham, and bro. of George, Thomas, William† and Henry Brooke alias Cobham I.
Uncle of William and Henry Brooke, Lord Cobham II. educ. travelled abroad 1554-5; I. Temple 1556.
Married. by 1561, Alice Cobbe , da. of Edward Cobbe of Cobbs Place, Kent, wid. of Sir John Norton† of Northwood in Milton, Kent.
FOOTNOTES
i Printing in England from William Caxton to Christopher Barker
An outstanding figure in the printing trade towards the end of the sixteenth century was Christopher Barker, a shrewd businessman who managed to acquire the most lucrative of all patents, namely the Bible patent. Born around 1529, Barker was a wealthy member of the
Drapers’ Company with powerful friends at court, for he was closely connected with the Walsingham family.
In 1577 he purchased an extensive patent from Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk of the Privy Council, which included the Old and New Testament in English, with or without notes, of any translation. The full patent granted to Barker the office of royal printer of all statutes, books, bills, Acts of Parliament, proclamations, injunctions, Bibles, and New Testaments, in the English tongue of any translation, all service books to be used in churches, and all other volumes ordered to be printed by the Queen or Parliament.
Barker’s business continued to thrive and from 1588 onwards and in 1589 he managed to obtain a renewal of his exclusive patent with reversion for life to his son Robert. Father and son lived in London at Bacon House in Noble Street, Aldersgate.
Christopher Barker also had a house at Datchet, where he retired in about 1588 and died in 1599.
In 1577 he purchased an extensive patent from Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk of the Privy Council, which included the Old and New Testament in English, with or without notes, of any translation. The full patent granted to Barker the office of royal printer of all statutes, books, bills, Acts of Parliament, proclamations, injunctions, Bibles, and New Testaments, in the English tongue of any translation, all service books to be used in churches, and all other volumes ordered to be printed by the Queen or Parliament.
Barker’s business continued to thrive and from 1588 onwards and in 1589 he managed to obtain a renewal of his exclusive patent with reversion for life to his son Robert. Father and son lived in London at Bacon House in Noble Street, Aldersgate.
Christopher Barker also had a house at Datchet, where he retired in about 1588 and died in 1599.
ii 1690 On 1 July 1690 the Battle of the Boyne was fought in Ireland and on 10th July was the the sea battle of Beachy Head . The sea battle was the English & Dutch fleets against the French and the French won .
Two weeks later in grip of some kind of victorious rampage the French fleet anchored in Torbay came ashore to raid the little fishing village of Teignmouth
...on the 26th day of this instant July 1690 by Foure of the clocke in the morning, your poor petitioners were invaded (by the French) to the number of 1,000 or thereabouts, who in the space of three hours tyme, burnt down to the ground the dwelling houses of 240 persons of our parish and upwards, plundered and carried away all our goods, defaced our churches, burnt ten of our ships in the harbour, besides fishing boats, netts and other fishing craft …
iii John Ford the elder had 2 sons George the son by his 3rd wife who married the daughter of his 4th wife and 2nd son was John son by his 4th wife, another Joanna who was a Strowbridge by birth .
In 1566 second son John Ford married Mary Pomeroy daughter of Hugh Pomeroy of Ingsdon, in the parish of Ilsington. which was the cadet line of Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy headed by John Pomeroy whose son Rbert married Elizabeth Beaumont whose dowry brought Ingsdon into the family
Richard Pomeroy was a younger son of Thomas Pomeroy by his wife Agnes Kelloway – Thomas being 3rd son of Sir Henry of Berry Pomeroy by his 1st wife Alice Raleigh.
From 1566 these two long associated families were related by the marriage in Ashburton .
John Ford was 2nd son of his father John by his 4th wife Joan Strowbridge widow of Gilbert St Clere-
Their 3rd son was Richard born 1574
George Ford was eldest son of John by his 3rd wife Joan Walrond widow of Gregory Huckmore of Buckyatt .
Their son 3rd son was Richard born 1562 - and the most likely candidate for Richard Foorde 1593-1614
Richard Pomeroy of Totnes - 2 wives 1st Elinor Coker & 2nd Anne Wykes widow of Thomas Arthur of Clapton in Gordeno
whose mother was Agnes Strowbridge whose mother was Agnes Strowbridge . Richard of Totnes was a close cousin of Hugh of Ingsdon
1st July 1566 John Ford of Ashburton & Bagtor married Mary Pomeroy dau of Hugh Pomeroy of Ingsdon in Ilsington .
iv A quitclaim deed is a legal instrument t used to transfer interest in real property. The entity transferring its interest is called the grantor, and when the quitclaim deed is properly completed and executed, it transfers any interest the grantor has in the property to a recipient, called the grantee.
DD\AH Collection ACLAND HOOD OF FAIRFIELD, STOGURSEY, MANUSCRIPTS
DD\AH/45 Series Box 45
DD\AH/45/4 Item Ilsington, Devon deeds.
Repository Somerset Heritage Centre
Level Piece RefNo DD\AH/45/4/8 AccNo C/2270
Title Ilsington, Devon deed.
Description 1. Robert, Earl of Londonderry, Charles Ford, John Egerton and Edward Holwell, executors of Sir Henry Ford deceased.
2. John Kelland of Painsford, Devon, Esq.
3. Edward Yarde of Churchston, Thomas Drew of Grange and Valentine Pomeroy of Bindley(Beenleigh), Devon, Esqs.
4. David Long of Kenn and John Short of Kenn, gentleman
5. John Long of Kenn, Devon, gentleman
Assignment of Lower Sigford, Rudgewood, Hammeade and half of Hunniwill in Ilsington, Devon.
Date 25 Sep 1678 Extent 1Format documentAccessStatus Open
Henry Ford was the posthumous son & heir of his father Henry Ford of Bagtor in Ilsington by his wife Catherine Drake of Spratshayes . He was born at Ashburton. He married Eleanor Rowe da. of Sir Henry Rowe of Shacklewell, Hackney, London in 1641 in Hackney . He was father of 3 sons & 4 daughters
Knighted in 1672 Sir Henry Ford of Nutwell in Devon was four times MP for Tiverton between 1664 and 1685
twice Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1669–70 and 1672-3.
He was buried at Woodbury in Devon on 12 Sept. 1684; the trustees of his will had to raise £1,000 for his 4 daughters’ portions, so Nutwell was sold to Henry Pollexfen for £6,318.
source History of Parliament
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Dier William 1672 Devon Baptisms East Teignmouth, Devon, England
Dier William 1672 England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 East Teignmouth,
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