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COPLESTONE
Bowden House Yealmpton seen here
Coplestone of Coplestone Here
Coplestone of Weare Giffard page 232 of1531 Visitations
Mary Woolcombe dau of John Woolacombe Esq circa 1620 married Humphrey Coplestone son of Anthony of Weeke by his wife Mary Parker
- I wonder if that is Week in Berry Pomeroy
Jane Pomeroy dau of Thomas who sold the Ingsdon Estates married Rev Richard Wollacombe 1641
Begun April 2024
COPLESTONE
Coplestone House is 1/2 a mile south of the village - Croker, Cruwys & Coplestone, when the Conqueror came were all at home'
In the 13th c. it was acquired by the Copplestone family . By 1631 ownership passed to Elizabeth &Gertrude Copplestone, sisters of John. In 1659 the ladies sell the estate to Sir John Yonge. Robert Madge purchased the estate in 1787. At sometime between this and 1840 the main house gets rebuilt but incorporates some of the original manor house
This is ancient family, which had the rank of White Spur, The hamlet of COLEBROKE, formerly contained a chapel, and, according to some authorities, a mint and a prison, long since destroyed: there are still some remains of an ancient cross.(C19th)
The white Spur was a rare variety of English esquire in Devonshire The hereditary title of honour, passed via heirs male of the family, made by creation of the king, to wear White or Silver Spurs - The ceremony was as follows: the king would place a Collar of Esses (or SSS) around the recipient's neck and confer upon him a pair of silver spurs. The holders of this title were thus distinguished from knights of the class Eques Auratus (literally "Golden Knights"), who were entitled to wear gilt spurs.
Only three families are known to have held it, one in modern times:
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1463 july 12 William Bourchier of Fitz Waryn knight , John Denham, Henry Pomeroy, John Cheny, St Clere Pomeroy and William Champenoune were dispatched to arrest John Coplestone gent and bring him before the king in Council
1602 Richard Pomeroy of Ingsdon married Anne /Agnes Coplestone daughter of Henry of Bowden in Ermington .
They had 4 sons & 5 daughters all were under age when he died in 1616.
Agnes then married James Lowman Esq of Whitstone in Feb 1619 in St Mary Major church in Exeter
Edward Chichester 3rd son of 9 daughters & 7 sons of Sir John Chichester & Gertrude Courtenay , afterwards Viscount Chichester, married Anne Coplestone heiress and inherited Eggesford through her in 1606. Their issue became Marquise of Donegall & Baron Templemore
2nd wife Mary Denham
Lowman of Whitstone Pedigree page 533 Visitations
James was eldest of 7 sons of Phillip Lowman by his wife Anne Giles dau John Giles of Bowden ( the richest man in Totnes )
The co-heiress of Pomeroy of Ingsdon:
Richard Pomeroy & His wife Agne or Anne had 3 daughters & 4 sons
Daughters were Amy underage in 1616 , married Percival Carwitham in 1628 ; Elizabeth b 1608 & died 1642 & Agnes Bb1612 died 1617
Sons were THOMAS the heir; Richard b 1604 ; Henry B 1606 & Hugh who married Frances Vaughan
Thomas the heir attended Middle Temple in 1628
Married 1st Mary Drewe who died without issue, probably in childbirth & possibly with a year of the wedding. 2nd wife was Jane family unknown . She gave him children before Thomas died in May 1662
These children were the last at Ingsdon.
Thomas, gent .“son and heir,” who married Mar( family unknown) and died without issue;
Ambrose who was born and died in 1645
Charles, Esq 2nd son, who married Anne no family name given in Visitations however a Charles Pomery married married Anne Pomeroy in London 20 Nov 1655. We cannot lay certain claim to any thing much regarding Charles Pomeroy at this time (2024)
However this notice tells us Charles did not have children.
Sir John Stowell, knight. v. Francis Moore, clerk, and his wife Jane, Geo. {George?} Irish and his wife Agnes, Henry Sheeres and his wife Maria, Jane Pomeroy.:
Value, &c., of the barton, demesne, and manor of Engesdon (Devon), late of Thomas Pomeroy
Date range: 1667 - 1669. Source: The Catalogue of The National Archives
Immediately after of their father Thomas in May 1662, Charles and Thomas Pomeroy sold Ingsdon estate inpart to W. Gasconthe bulk to John Stowell who bought the barton, (now called Burns Farm), & the demesne of the manor of Engesdon /Ingsdon. Stowells family M.Ps for Ashburton & farmers at Bickington.
Thomas Pomeroy & his 2nd wife Jane - 4 daughters who were co-heiresses.
After Thomas's death in 1662 the widowed Jane married Rev Francis Moore see right
Agnes Married George Irish. Alive 1667.
Maria married Henry Shears.
Jane born 19 June 1641 married in Bickington in 1668 to Rev Richard Woolcombe of Bickington
see panel right
Elizabeth married twice 1st to John THOMAS Esq of Langford Budleigh in Somerset. Died 1689
daughter Grace born 1654 married Alexander Blanchflower, Gent., daughter of a co-heiress of Pomeroy of Ingsdon .
their children took the surname Flower
In 1701 an Elizabeth Pomeroy of Bickington married Walter Couch in Bickington Feb 1701 Without certificate of banns. Putative son James Couch Bb 19 Apr 1703 at Bickington. Elizabeth was widowed in 1706
Charles was the eldest son & heir.
To the Fowerteenth Interry. 14th this Deponent sayeth that there was a survey for the sale of the Barton and Demeasnes of Engesdon aforesaid Caused to bee published by Charles Pomeroy the heire and Thomas Pomeroy his brother two of the def’ts, to be held att the New Inn by Draper’s Crosse And sayeth that the said survey was obstructed by the absence of the said Charles Pomeroy who as this Deponent hath heard was perswaded to withdraw by one William Easton by which meanes the said survey was not held And sayeth that there were seuralrl pesons came thither to the said survey with an Intent as hee beleiveth to profer money att the said survey, but were therein disappointed by the meanes aforesaid
And more to this Interry hee Cannot depose
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission E 134/19&am...
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Reference for previous message. Quoting disposition showing Charles was heir.
Item were not you present when Charles Pomeroy sonn & heire of ye said Thomas Pomeroy Esqr deceased did contract & agree with the Complt. to grant & conuay to the complt. ye Barton demesnes and Mannor. of Engesdon is not ye. paper now shewed to you ye contract between [them] is not yor name subscribed as a witnes therto
Held at New Inn in North St Ashburton - see below now a chemist shop
Rev Francis Moore who married Jane , the widow of Thomas Pomeroy.Gent.
Rector : Exeter St Leonard 6/11/1661 - 26/10/1671 resigned
Perpetual Vicar Bovey Tracey 27/12/1668 until his death
Prebendary : Exeter cathedral, prebendary 19/06/1669 until his death.
Rector Whitestone 8/9/1671 until 1/06/1681 his death
Source C of E Database
Note Whitstone which was where the 2nd husband of Agnes Coplestone, James Lowman was from & where they may have lived after their 1619 marriage
Notes
John Stowell Bb 1704 Ashburton son of Hugh Stowell MP for Ashburton 12 times
William Stawell Birth 5 Jan 1668 Baptism 21 Jan 1668 North Huish son of Hugh Stawell& his wife Elizabeth . He lived at Herebere a farm just south of Bickington & close to Ashburton. He was several times MP with Thomas Reynell of East Ogwell
Herebeare is an isolated farm east of Bickington
Wiils
1666. The last Will of Samuel Tidball of Ashburton, Gentleman. 2Oth May, 1666. To the poor there, 3. To sister Martha Tidball he leaves all -his fee-simple lands in Ashburton, with remainder to Hugh Stowell, Esq., and his heirs. Residue to said sister Martha, who is Sole Executrix. Witnesses Wm. Denet, Dorothy Griffin.
Proved I3th July, 1666.l.
Hugh Stowell was of Herebeare in the parish of Bickington, was of a younger branch of the Stawels (pronounced Stowel) of Cothelstone, Som. his immediate relatives were long resident at Herebeare.nesr Bickington
STRAYS
Thomas Pomeroy Year 1682 Type Administration bond, inventory
Knighton, Beer Hackett County Dorset England Occupation -
Series title Probate records of the court of the Dean of Salisbury
Date 1682 Series P5 Archive Wiltshire and Swindon Archive Archive reference P5/1682/79 Source Record set Wiltshire Wills And Probate Index 1530-1881
Notes DREWE
Sir Thomas Drew (died 1651), his eldest son and heir, who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1612 under King James I, and was knighted at the coronation of King Charles I.
He sold Killerton to Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610), Knight, of Acland in the parish of Landkey, Devon, who used it as jointure for his wife Eleanor Mallet.
Having sold Killerton, Sir Thomas Drew moved his family's residence to Broadhembury, where in the words of the Devon historian Sir William Pole (died 1635) he "hath builded a fayre howse in this place & hath large demesnes & nowe dwelleth theire".
The Grange, which remained long after the seat of the Drewe family.
Thomas Drewe (1635–1707), eldest son and heir, Sheriff of Devon 1688–9 under King James II and Tory MP for Devon 16 May 1699 to 1700.
He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford in 1652 and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1655. Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, Devon, formerly of Raleigh, Pilton who built the surviving grand mansion of Youlston Park.When he died the Drew estates passed, presumably under a tail male, to his younger brother
In 1661 he married Margaret Prideaux (1631–1695), daughter of Sir Peter Prideaux, 2nd Baronet (1596–1682), of Netherton, Farway, Devon, MP for Honiton in 1661, Sheriff of Devon in 1662 and a poet.
He left no surviving male children, only two daughters, the eldest
Elizabeth Drewe became wife of Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet (died 1717),
Mary Drewe dau of Thomas Drew & his wife Elenaor Huckmore of the Sharpham, she was daughter and co-heir of William Huckmore.
Mary Drewe married Thomas Pomeroy circa 1636 and a year later was dead, presumably in childbirth
Ingsdon POMEROY pedigree from 1602 until the sale of the estates in 1663
Daughters of Thomas Pomeroy of Ingsdon by his 2nd wife Jane later wife of Rev Francis Moore
Maria married Henry Sheer where & when unknown possibly before her father died in 1662 . In 1657 Henry Sheere Henry son of Christopher, Thorverton, Devon, gent (deceased) was apprenticed to Lancelot Rider, on 8 Jun 1657of the Fishmongers' Company London
Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1442-1850
Christopher Sheere gent of Thorverton near Crediton died 1687
court record: case concerning legacy, involving Dennis Melhuish, legatee, and Elizabeth Gill executrix of Will.
A Henry Sheere buried 1674 at Ipplepen
Agnes married George Irysh of Ashburton. 7 Dec 1655 at Buckfastleigh by banns
George Irysh gent died 1675 at Buckfastleigh; court record: Robert Warren and Richard Eales cited to show inventory and account
son George Bb 18 May 1658
An Agnes Irysh was buried in wool at Broadhempston 25 Oct 1684 4 miles from Ashburton
Jane Bb 1641 married Rev. Richard Wolcombe 1668
Elizabeth married twice
In 1701 to Walter Crouch in Bickington widowed in 1706
Date unknown to John Thomas of Langford Budleigh , Som. daughter Grace Thomas married Alex Blanchflower of Kingsbridge
A Charles Pomery married Anne Pomeroy
20 Nov 1655 in London
Ambrose buried 1645 in Ilsington probably died as an infant t sister Jane was baptised in 1641
WHERE DID THE POMEROYS GO
AFTER THIS ?
Hugh Pomeroy married Frances Vaughan
daughter Welthen Bb Bickington 28 Jan 1648 who was married at Withycombe Raleigh (Exmouth) on 29 Sept 1668 to William Gilham
C19th - John Pomeroy a Farmer, son of James a farmer & OTP of Woodbury Salterton married by banns in 1862 to Sarah Coplestone dau of Richard Copplestone a farmer in Woodbury Salterton
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