Southcote, or Southcott, originally of Southcote in Winkleigh. —
An ancient family the Southcote's appear in the reign of Henry III. The elder branch became extinct in the sixteenth century. The Southcote family into which the heiresses of Keynes & Pury, & a coheiress of Bosum.
John Southcote, appointed one of the justices of the King's Bench in 1562, was son of a younger brother of the last Southcote at Winkleigh.
Barbara Southcott daughter of John Southcott of Indiho married in 1543 1st wife of Hugh Pomeroy of Ingsdon in Ilsington by whom he had 6 daughters & 5 sons – she died in 1563
Their granddaughter Barbara Pomeroy married Stephen Southcott in 1611 & subsequently married Arthur Seccombe whose daughter Maria Seccombe married her brother John in 1621 Lynton
Jane Callard was daughter of John Callard & his wife Elizabeth Southcote dau & heir of William of Chudleigh, married John Stone . She remarried after 1573 & her 2nd husband was Thomas Hext merchant & Mayor of Launceston. She was mother of Mary Stone who married Digory Hext eldest son of her 2nd husband. Their daughter Jane Hext married Andrew Pomeroy at St Kew in 1601)
Indiho
In 1219 Henry de Tracy, feudal baron of Barnstaple and lord of the manor of Bovey Tracey, gave the church and some lands within the manor, including Indiho, to St John's Hospital in Bridgwater, Somerset. The endowment was confirmed in 1227 and continued until the Dissolution of the Monasteries circa 1540.
Indiho, Bovey Tracey may have been a grange farm supplying the Bridgewater monastic settlement.
Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Indiho and Ullacombe, both in the parish of Bovey Tracey, were granted in 1544 to John Southcott of Bodmin and John Tregonwell of Middleton. The earliest recorded secular inhabitant of Indio was John Southcott (d.1556), who in the words of the Devon historian Pole (d.1635): "Bwilded a fayre howse & dwelled theire". He was a Clerk of the Peace for Devon, and was the 2nd son of Nicholas Southcott of Southcott, in the parish of Winkleigh, Devon.
As steward of Thomas Cromwell he obtained several monastic holdings in Devonshire on favourable terms. An ancient document exists, in connection with the Dissolution accounts, which refers to "Rent of a messuage in Yondyeo leased on 15 July 1531 to John Southcote, his wife Joan and Johns’s heirs for ever, 26s 8d".
Above the original, possibly monastic, house & below the Victorian that replaced it
The Southcotes of Indiho, in Bovey Tracey, & of Mohun's Ottery were descended from a second son. Mohun's Ottery was sold by Thomas Southcote, then the representative of this branch, in 1678. At Collumpton is a monument without date, said to be for the last heir male of the Southcote family; the last probably of this branch.
Sir George Southcote, of Shillingford, eldest son of Thomas Southcote, of Indiho, by his third wife, married a co-heiress of Cole, of Buckl& Touissaints, & was ancestor of the late John Henry Southcote, Esq., who sold Buckland, & died in 1820.
Southcote, Cole connects to Reynell & Hody are but a few with whom the Pomeroy family married.
Sir George Southcote, of Shillingford, eldest son of Thomas Southcote, of Indiho, by his third wife, married a co-heiress of Cole, of Buckl& Touissaints, & was ancestor of the late John Henry Southcote, Esq., who sold Buckland, & died in 1820.
Another branch of this family, descended from a younger son of Southcote of Indiho, was of Calverleigh, which was sold before 1700 to Sir Henry Fane: a co-heiress of Robins married into this branch.
A younger branch of the Southcotes of Calverleigh settled at Dulcis, in Kilmington, in consequence of a marriage with the heiress of Frye. The heiress of the elder son of this branch brought Dulcis to the Hallets.
Southcote, or Southcott, originally of Southcote in Winkleigh. —
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This ancient family was of Southcote in the reign of Henry III. The elder branch became extinct in the sixteenth century. The Southcote family into which the heiresses of Keynes and Pury, and a coheiress of Bosum.
John Southcote, appointed one of the justices of the King's Bench in 1562, was son of a younger brother of the last Southcote of this Winkleigh.
The heiress married a Callard ( this connects to the Pomeroys of Colleton and St Columb Major as Thomas Hext married Jane Callard widow of John Stone , mother of Mary stone who married Digory Hext his son. Their daughter Jane married Andrew Pomeroy at St Kew in 1601)
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The Southcotes of Indiho, in Bovey Tracey, and of Mohun's Ottery were descended from a second son. Mohun's Ottery was sold by Thomas Southcote, then the representative of this branch, in 1678. At Collumpton is a monument without date, said to be for the last heir male of the Southcote family; the last probably of this branch.
Sir George Southcote, of Shillingford, eldest son of Thomas Southcote, of Indiho, by his third wife, married a co-heiress of Cole, of Buckland Touissaints, and was ancestor of the late John Henry Southcote, Esq., who sold Buckland, and died in 1820.
Southcote, Cole connects to Reynell and Hody are but a few with whom the Pomeroy family married.
Sir George Southcote, of Shillingford, eldest son of Thomas Southcote, of Indiho, by his third wife, married a co-heiress of Cole, of Buckland Touissaints, and was ancestor of the late John Henry Southcote, Esq., who sold Buckland, and died in 1820.
Another branch of this family, descended from a younger son of Southcote of Indiho, was of Calverleigh, which was sold before 1700 to Sir Henry Fane: a co-heiress of Robins married into this branch.
A younger branch of the Southcotes of Calverleigh settled at Dulcis, in Kilmington, in consequence of a marriage with the heiress of Frye. The heiress of the elder son of this branch brought Dulcis to the Hallets.
A younger son settled at Colwell, in Offwell, having married the heiress of Collins.
SOUTHCOTT Agnes born Abt 1523, Indiho House, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, married Richard REYNELL, M.P.
Mary (Maria) REYNELL+
Thomas REYNELL+
Josias/ James REYNELL
Sir Richard REYNELL+
Sir George REYNELL+
Carew REYNELL
Elizabeth daughter of John SOUTHCOTT and Jane TREMAYNE, born Abt 1562, Southcott, Devon; Elizabeth married Richard SERGEANT on 6 Aug 1593. (Richard SERGEANT was born about 1558.) Born: Abt 1562, Southcott, Devon, England Married: 6 Aug 1593, George died Between 6 Jan 1649 and 31 Oct 1649 George married Mary FRIE.
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Southcott of Bovey Tracey and Grace Barnhouse married Sir Anthonie ROUS Kt., son of Richard ROUS by Eleanor MARUNI. (Sir Anthonie ROUS Kt. died before 4 Jun 1621.)
John son of John Southcott & Margaret Norris married Jane TREMAYNE, daughter of Thomas TREMAYNE of Collacombe and Phillipa GRENVILLE, on 1 Sep 1561 in Lamerton, Devon, England (Jane TREMAYNE was born in "Collacombe Manor", Lamerton, Devon, England and was buried on 9 Oct 1603 in Southcott, Devonshire, England died After 1601, Southcott, Devonshire, England
John son of Nicholas Southcott & Margaret Bossom born Abt 1481, Indiho House, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England died 15 Sep 1556, married Joanna HANKFORD about 1511 (Joanna HANKFORD was born about 1485 and died on 11 Apr 1546 in Indiho House, Bovey Tracey,
John son of John Southcott & Jane Tremayne born Abt 1568, Southcott, married Miss PROWSE about 1612. (Miss PROWSE was born about 1572.)
Mary daughter of John Southcott married Thomas CARY of Cockington, son of Robert CARY and Jane CAREW. (Thomas CARY of Cockington was born in 1505 and died in 1567
Mary daughter of Thomas Southcott of Calwoody & Marie Coker married William COLMAN on 14 Oct 1607 in Tiverton, Devon, England.
Mary daughter of Thomas Southcott and Thomasine Kirkham married Sir William STRODE Kt., son of Richard STROWDE and Frances CROMWELL, on 15 Jul 1581 in Bovey Tracey, Devon, England (Sir William STRODE Kt. was born Jul-Aug 1562 in "Newnham Manor", Plympton St., Mary, Devon, England died in Jun 1637 in "Newnham Manor", Plympton St., Mary, buried on 28 Jun 1637
Mary SOUTHCOTT daughter of Thomas Southcott of Bovey Tracey and Grace Barnhouse married Thomas RIDGWAY of Tor Mohun, son of John RIDGWAY alias PEACOCKE and Elizabeth WENDFORD, on 12 Jan 1562-1563 in Bovey Tracey, Devon, England. (Thomas RIDGWAY of Tor Mohun died on 27 Jun 1597
Nicholas son of Nicholas Southcott and Margaret or Jane Pury married Margaret BOSSOM, daughter of John DE BOZOM and Joan FORTESCUE, about 1480 born Abt 1450, Southcott, Devon, England
Phillip son of John SOUTHCOTT and Jane TREMAYNE married Martha GRENVILLE, daughter of Richard GRENVILLE and Florence KELLOWAY, about 1584 born Abt 1564
Richard son of Thomas Southcott of Calwoody & Marie Coker born Before 1592 died After 26 Feb 1639-1640 –married Elizabeth
Roger son of son of John SOUTHCOTT and Jane TREMAYNE born Abt 1570, Southcott, married Miss TAILOR about 1600. Thomas son of Thomas Southcott of Calwoody & Marie Coker born 1512, Indiho House, Bovey Tracey, died 10 Aug 1600, Indiho House.
Thomas son of John Southcott and Joanna Hankford Born: 1512, Indiho House, married Thomasine KIRKHAM, daughter of Thomas KIRKHAM of Blagdon and Cicily CAREW, between 1547 and 155 of Bovey Tracy, Esq.
Thomas son of Thomas Southcott of Bovey Tracey married Marie CROKER, daughter of John CROKER of Linham, Esq. and Elizabeth STROWD
Thomas of Calwoodley son of Thomas Southcott married Grace BARNHOUSE, daughter of John BARNHOUSE and Margaret KIRKHAM. died 22 Aug 1522
Ursula daughter of Thomas Southcott and Thomasine Kirkham married Robert HILL, son of Oliver HILL and Agnes BUDOCKSHIDE, on 15 Oct 1576 in Bovey Tracey,
Barbara Southcott daughter of John Southcott of Indiho married in 1543 1st wife of Hugh Pomeroy of Ingsdon in Ilsington by whom he had 6 daughters and 5 sons – she died in 1563 when her 11th child Elizabeth was born.
Their granddaughter Barbara Pomeroy married Stephen Southcott in 1611 and subsequently married Arthur Seccombe and had 6 children by him , living at North Petherwin at Webworthy Farm.
Joanna Southcott a rather strange woman.