Sir Edward 1496 -1536

20 Henry VIL , September 4. 1505—
Award of Robert Wilughby, Lord Broke, Sir Humphrey Fulford, knight, and Thomas Coterell, esquire, Arbitrators between Sir Edward Pomerey, knight, on the one part, and Geoffrey Hawkewell, the mayor of Totnes, and his brethren, and the inhabitants of Totnes on the other.

The arbitrators award that "'the said Sir Edward Pomerey shall clerely exclude, forgeve, and put from him all malice or debates, at any tyme had or mooved betwene him and the mayor, his brethern, and inhabitantes of the said towne of Totneys, and from hensforth to be loving unto theym ; and in like wise the maiour, his brethern, and the inhabitants forsaid shall exclude, forgeve ,and put from theym all rancour, malice, or debates at any time heretofor had or susteyned between theym and the said Sir Edward, and from hensforth to be luving unto him in good and due manour, according to their duetie. And either parties clerely to forgeve other of the premisses, and for the encrease of more profit, love, and continuance of the same to be had between the said parties,

" we, the said arbitours, award that the said Sir Edward shall geve unto the mayor and his brethern a buck ( venison) of this season, to be eaten at Totneys upon Wenysday next after the fest of the N'ativitie of our Blessed Lady next ensuyng the date herof" or afore. Provided that

" the same Sir Edward be at the etyng ( banquet?) of the same bucke, in goodly manner. Furthermore we award that the said mayor and his brethern shal paye for the wyne which shall be dronk at the etyng of the same bucke. Also where suertie of peax is taken agenst John

" Halkar, the eldre, and John Halker and John Halkar his sonnes, Nicholas Hempston and John Veysy, at the suyt of the said maiour, his brethern, and inhabitants aforesaid, it is awarded that the

" said maiour and his brethren shall release the said John Halker, John and John, his sonnes, Nicholas Hempsten and John Veysy, as well of the recognizance taken before the Justices of Assize as before the Justices of Peace, and all other matters, except it be action of debt or trespas.

It is also awarded that the said Sir Edward shall not support nor maynteygne the said John Halker nor his said sonnes, nor none other evyl disposed person which in anywise shuld be prejudicial to the maiour (mayor) and inhabitants of Totneys forsaid. And if it happen the said John Halker or his said sonnes or eny of them misorder themselfs contree to the King's lawes, which also shuld be prejudicial to the inhabitants of Totneys forsaid, such mis- demeanour by theym or any of them so duely proved, that then that il person so misorderyng himself shall by the commandement of the maiour and his brethern avoyde the same towne within thirteen wekes next after any such misdemeanour be had or done.

And where the said Nicholas Hempston shuld marye and take to wiff Johan, the daughter of Walter Cosby, decessed, to which Johan the said Walter bequested of his goods and cattals to her mariage, wherof the " same Nicholas hath receyved 4li. by his owne confession, we award

" that the executors of the said Walter shall deliver in money or money

" worth to the some of 16H., residue of the said 20#., indifferently to be

" praysed by two men which Richard Hals shall appoynt for the

" praysing of the same. And the same goods so beyng praysed to be

" delyvered unto the said maiour and to William Jonys, savely to be

" kept unto such tyme as the said Nicholas hath maried the same

" Johane. And within two daies next after the mariage of the said

" Nicholas and Johan, the same goods to be delyvered unto the said

' il Nicholas. Provided that the same Nicholas shall marye the said

4i Johan within twenty daies next after the date herof."— Seals.

8-9 Henry VIII. Bailiff's account of the manor of Bery Pomeray.

11 Henry VIII., October 20.(1509- 1547) gives a date of 1520 Award by Sir John Ernele and Sir Lewys Pollard in a dispute between Sir Edward Pomerey, knight, and Richard Pomerey, esquire, as to the possession of the manor of Sandrygge and other lands in the county of Devon.

Amongst other things it is awarded that the said Sir Edward should pay on certain feast days divers sums of money to the said Richard " uppon the fount in the cathedrall churche of Seynte Peter at Exeter." — Seals.

AJP NOTE Sir Edward and his wife Joan Sapcot do not have a son Richard on record so this must be out wealthy Richard of Totnes son of Agnes Harris nee Huckmore d 1601