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TO THE RI GHT HONOURA BLE

F BE T EF I CHA RLES HENRY ROLLE H. S . OR S R U S S,

T ENTI ETH BA R N I T W O CL N ON ,

O OF THE MAN O A ND J N O OF THE OF A N L RD R OI T L RD BOROUGH SHBURTO ,

N COU NTY F N I THE O DEVO ,

W I T H W H O S E P E R M I S S I O N

A N D W F N O F P M I T H E V E R Y E E L I G R E S E C T A N D E S T E E ,

THI S BOOK I S DEDI CA TED .

P RE F A C E

I n the followin g pages I have endeavoured to put into a coll ected form all the information I have been able to procure relative to the HISTORY o r di A SHBURTON and the Parishes in its imme ate Neighbourhood .

I n Books already published , minute particulars have necessarily given place

l s of ou r to genera ities , ince from the magnitude their various works Devon s hire Historians have never been able to do indi vidual and particular j ustice to the whole County . I n deference therefore to the kind Wishes expressed by many of the readers ” of The E xete r a n d P l m ou th G a z et te those valuable Local Newspapers y , and

“ ” The es t e n M o n i n ews I r e - W r r g N , have collected , arranged , and added c onsiderably t o many of my articles “ publi shed in the fore j ournal during

f o f to u . last year , and now venture o fer the res lt my labours to the Public ” Through the kindness of the Proprietors of the Wes t er n M or ni n g News I was enabled to publish some particulars o f the Parishes of Manaton and I lsington I in their columns a few months since , and those accounts have with sundry a r e - 1 dditions , here produced . I should be ungrateful if did not acknowledge the very valuable aid I have received from the varied researches of the R ev . O of late George liver , since much my information has been derived from the Latin deeds (the property of the Dean and Chapter of E W “ xeter) , hich he so carefully transcribed and published in the M on a s ti con

“ ” Di oces i s i t es o t he Bi s ho s o Ex ete and in his L f p f r . I H have also to confess my obligations to the Works of our County istorians , R B Westcote , isdon , rice , and Lysons , all of whose volumes as well as those o f ’ . O I the late Dr liver (being in my Father s possession) , have been a ble readily to refer to . I have , moreover , carefully read and freely quoted from the Records of the vi . iBrefat r,

of A Parish shburton , and have been able to glean from them many interesting

ul partic ars relative to that ancient Borough , whose Subscription Library has

of also furnished me with , amongst others , such trustworthy books reference as

“ ” “ ” Va l or E ccles i a s ti cu s The olls u n dr eds The the , R of t he H , and ” P a li a m e n t r r a y Wr i ts . I n eed scarcely remark that my accounts of the Chu rches have been

written after personal inspection , and I have done my best to describe the A rchitectural diff erences frequently existing in on e and the same building ; I have also carefully exami ned all the remains of A ncient Glass and O ak

I t o Cl Carving which have come under my notice , and have thank the ergy

of the various Parishes for their uniform attention , assistance , and kindness , i always freely and heart ly given .

I n I s i conclusion , appeal to the Public generally to pardon any hortcom ngs

or I inaccuracies , and to believe that have taken all due care and trouble to

avoid them ; I am very grateful for the many kind promises I have received i I o f support in my undertak ng , and if my health is spared , trust to be

“ permitted at no distant day t o Publish a Second Volume of DEVONSHIRE ” PA BI SHES.

HY HA RT . C S. WO

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T TA BLE OF CONTEN S.

PAGE AP I I CH TER . Priors of pplepen Th e Borough of A shburton Vicars of I pplepen AP I I I CHAPTER I I . CH TER X . A shburton Parish Church Woodland I ncumbents of Woodland CHAPTER III . AP XIV Early Records CH TER . Vicars of A shburton Th e Manor of I lsington Th of I AP I V e Charities lsington CH TER . AP XV I nscriptions and Heraldry of St . CH TER . A ndrew ’s Church I lsington Church V I AP icars of lsington CH TER V .

of t A P XVI . Th e Chapel S . Lawrence , the CH TER ancient A shburton Free School Th e Borough of Totnes 1 06 AP VI I AP I CH TER X . CH TER V . O f some Obj ects of A ntiquity and Totnes Church V T I nterest in the Parish of A shburton icars of otnes I AP VI I . AP II CH TER X CH TER V . Berry Pomeroy Buckland - i n - the - Moor Berry Pomeroy Church Th e Church of Buckland AP XI X AP CH TER . VI II . CH TER Th H B e Parish of olne ickington Holne Church Bickington Chul eh Vicars of Holne Th e Charities of Bicki ngton

CHAPTER XX .

AP I X . CH TER Th e Parish of Dean Prior 1 3 1 - i n - - Widecombe the Moor Th e A rms of Russell at Totnes &Dean 1 3 6 Th e S i tchwi ck Manor of p Th e Parish Church of Dean 1 3 7

AP . AP I CH TER X CH TER XX . Widecombe Church Th e Parish of Staverton Le u s don Staverton Church Th e V of icars Widecombe Lan ds cove Church Th AP XI e Charities of Staverton CH TER . Th e AP I I Parish of Manaton CH TER XX . Manaton Church Th e Parish of Tor Brian 1 49 R of ectors Manaton AP I CH TER XXI I . AP XI I Tor B CH TER . rian Church ’ Th e Parish of I pplepen Peter s Gift to Tor Brian Th e Priory Church of I pplepen Rectors of Tor Brian I H A HB T PA R S OF S UR ON .

PA GE . Church Lands Buckland - i n - the - Moor A shburton Charities Pretended Gift of Parish Lands to

G S E . 1 6 ifts to the Church econd Poor , by Cake , 56 A ncient Church Plate A ncient Houses at Buckland E I n aster Sepulchre Widecombe the Moor , Church Th e Sale of the Vestments Lands 1 5 6 8 9 Charities of Widecombe I Z Th e of i hwi A D. GO S t c ck Charities , , xiii Manor p I of Destruction of Ver mi n pplepen , Charities I of nscriptions on Local Tokens in Woodland , Notice the Rev use between 1 6 3 0and 1 6 7 2 Thomas Smerdon Hill Fortresses near A shburton Th e Borough of Totnes Notices of A shbur ton by Brice and Catalogue o f A n cient Books in XXVI] Polwh el e Totnes Church Translation of the Chart of the Grammar School and Hospital B t xxxiii urgesses of A shburton of S . Mary Magdalene Th e A t . shburton Guild of S Dean Prior , Charities of XVI I Lam Tor B f ence rian , Gi t of John Peter Deed of the Church of A shburton A ppropriation of A shburton xvii i V alor Ecclesiasticus Errata R CHA PTE I .

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HB RTON A sh e e rt on A S er t on S U , variously written y bert on , A i s b , and p , is

H n dr of Tei n b i d e of T $ Situated in the u ed g r g , the A rchdeaconry otnes ,

- of and . of E an o hi the Deanery Moreton , the Diocese xeter , d is n the gh road

ui di . between Exeter and Plymouth , about eq stant fr om either place I t i s close to some of the most beautiful and interesting of the

- m i il far fa ed Devonshire s cenery , and s to be eas y approached by a branch

n n r u n ' of t railroad , ni e miles in le g th, nni g by the banks the river Dar , and i T connecting it wth the South Devon line at otnes .

I t i ul vi lies in a beaut f valley , Open southwards , where the ew extends over

of ul Th hill s o t s a ﬁne range c tivated country . e n the western side , oward

th e Dartmoor , rise to a considerable height , and form a great protection to

n is tow . On the east the slope is more gradual , and there a marked ff f hi di erence in the height o the lls .

Th e o town consists f a long street , traversing it from east to west , and two

i Th e l e others lead ng north and south . ﬁrst three are ﬁ l d with good houses an d h0 8 S p , and the last i s terminated by the railway station . THE BORO UGH O A SHBURTO F N .

Th e - market house , with a large assembly room above it , is a modern

l ni structur e , and replaces the o d ediﬁce , which was inconve ently Situated

of in the middle the town , and was an ancient and picturesque building . A shburton is well furnished with water, a certain sum was charged upon

i m “ F r t he con du cti o o r e d l om e certa n lands , in very early ti es o n f p u a n ho es ” wa te i n l ea den i es r of r p p , and these ancient sou ces supply have been

i n of R Es augmented late years by the liberality obert Jardine , q. , the last

ci st al ui - member for the borough , who brought the y ﬂ d from a never faili ng

on Chu l ei h E hi f spring the g state , into the centre of the town , and t s act o m uni ﬁ cen ce is commemorated by the erection of a granite condui t in the ” “ Bu ll r i n off g , from whence the pipes branch for the supply of the different

houses .

I n of E Br i r i the reign King dward the Confessor , ct c w as the possessor of

of He S of i the Manor A shburton . was a noble axon great wealth and n

ﬂ u en ce t o B E of , and having been sent on a mission aldwin , arl Flanders , i there attracted the attention of his daughter Matilda , who w shed to marry hi m Br i tr i hi s own ; c c however, declined the honour , and returned to

country .

Th e w of lady afterwards became the ife William the Conqueror , and when that monarch distributed to his Norman followers the lands of the vanqui shed

i ni Saxons , it s asserted that Matilda seized the opportu ty to revenge herself , upon the noble who had despised the honour of her alli ance ; She procured

of of Br i ctr i c n of H a grant the lands , who was taken at his Ma or anley

and conveyed to Winchester , where he afterwards died in prison . T i hi s “ his circumstance is noticed by Mr . K ng , in Dartmoor forest and ” “ on its borders , (p but he remarks that the story rests doubtful e a vidence , but that it is cert in that eighteen Manors in Devon , among

A B e S which were shburton and ideford , are record d in the Doomsday urvey, ” as having passed from the hands of Br i ctr i c into those of the Queen . William the Conqueror havi ng bestowed the Manor of A shburt on upon hi R h mi Ju dh el or u Tot en ai s s oyal Consort , s e per tted , J hel de , to hold

it in demesne from her .

uh R of A J el being banished the realm by William ufus , his Manor shburton

of E to was bestowed upon the Bishops xeter . and they continued hold it as

of part their barony from the King in chief , by ﬁnding two soldiers for

of service in the Royal army , till the reign King James the First . when it . THE BORO UGH O F A SHBURTO N .

was again assumed by the Crown . Some years afterwards it wa s sold in moieties to Sir Robert Park hurst and the Earl of F ever sh am .

ir R u Si r S S obert Parkh rst conveyed his half to John tawell , from whom it

m Tu kﬁ el Th e o f R passed to the fa ily of c d. heiress oger Tu ckﬁ eld brought it

“ S R Es . hi m i to amuel olle , q , and from it descended with (accord ng to Lysons) ” “ of H l T i f the Manor olwe l , in this parish , to Lord Clinton . h s moiety o the ’ l of Tr efu si s F ev r s h am s Manor still appertains to the fami y , whilst Lord e

o f k l moiety has passed through the hands Du e , Pa k , Mathieson , and others ,

of R Es . and is n ow the property obert Jardine , q , the last member for the

Th e of borough . Lords the Manor had formerly , the power of inﬂicting capital punishment .

Th e of H ll r ri Ha a wi l e or Ha a wel Manor olwe , o as it was anciently w tten g , g l ,

i n Hol being derived from a greek word , signify g y, and therefore meaning The

’ Hol ell of A l u r i c T of y W , was the property , the King s hane , in the reign

E A of A n dward the Confessor . lthough adjacent to the Manor shburton , it did ot

of r pass into the hands Queen Matilda , ve y possibly because it did not happen to

of of th e Br i ct r i c form a po rtion the property noble , but it was alienated

Ju dh el To i s en a . from its Saxon owners , and bestowed absolutely upon de t

Halsh an e r For many years it has been held , (together with g ) , by the

of n i s l Es . ancient family Woodley , and the present ow er James Wood ey , q , o H l f a sh an ger . " f f E In e ar o o S A D . the third y the reign King dward the econd , (

B t a l edon B of E wh o i n A ishop S p , the then ishop xeter , had a house shburton , t and frequen ly resided there , procured for it a market on Saturdays , and a t Th on s of S . St . . e fair for three days , the fe tivals Lawrence and Martin market is old ai of A an d still held upon the day , but the f rs , though held in the months ugust

T In 1 6 2 November , have been altered to the first uesday in those months . 7 , T . on Mr John Ford procured another market , uesdays , chiefly for wool and i yarn , (spun in Cornwall) , but this market has for some ye ars been d scontinued . A 1 1 2 ndrew Quick , first elected member for the borough in 7 , procured for it

oth er fair s on T T two ; , the ﬁrst uesday in March , and the ﬁrst hursday in

June , and these fairs are still held upon those days .

A of on e shburton , (deprived by the ﬁrst Reform Bill , and by the last of of H the other , its representatives) , sent two members to the ouse of Commons

1 2 8 a . In 26 th . 9 from a very early date the year of King Edward I . , A . D , , 8 THE BORO UGH A SH O OF BURT N .

B of A writ was signed at Fulham Palace addressed to the urgesses shburton , commanding them to send two representatives to the second English

a hi Y 25th of P rliament , w ch met at ork On the May , that same year , and

di r ll Tit el a in obe ence to this w it Wi iam and John Pope were elected .

T s um m i ed di o his Parliament was e by the King , imme ately n his landin g at

S i n andwich from his campaign Flanders . Th e immedi ate cause Of its being summoned was to take strong measures

’ S of l to quiet cotland and prevent a repetition Wal ace s raid , the previous

E Th e m year , into ngl and . Parlia ent having assembled the ﬁrst germ Of what ” “ Par li am en tr is termed a y Opposition , was noticed, led by the two great E H N arls , ereford and orfolk , who , whether prompted by patriotism or

of ’ private reasons , were the means raising up that bul wark of the peoples h safety, whereby the weaker minority are always respected , and ave their

Of i Th e ai inﬂuence in the deliberation Parl ament . cl ms Of this Opposition

f of S were postponed until the a fairs cotland were settled , and a military

25th of R rendezvous ordered for the June , at oxbury , which , although the

ul o ml coming harvest wo d require all available hands , was s war y responded

on un i to , that the King Midsummer eve fo d h mself at the head of

f ull h o . T infantr y and cava y , whom were in f armour his showed the determi n ation Of the English people to support their Kin g and settle

the Scotch di f ﬁculty . hi B A D 1 40 8th H No fresh writ was issued for t s orough until 7 , ( enry i IV when it once more sent two members , and after th s , it intermitted ill 1 6 40 il the Second membe r t the year , when its former priv ege was

Th e o restored to it . right f election was always vested in the inhabitant

householders , and the holders Of burgage tenures .

I n 1 285 1 3 th E A 0 the year , ( dward that king made shburton a stannary

i e wi town , ( , privileged it th the weighing Of tin) , as appears by the Charter

- B Li ch ﬁ eld m B of witnessed by Willi am , ishop Of Coventry and , Si on , ishop

B H E of R Sarum , John , ishop Of Carlisle , enry Lacy , arl Lincoln , alph

E H H B E of H t Mon th erm er , arl of Gloucester and ereford , enry ohun , arl er ford ,

om H S H &c . A n d an de Valence , ugh de pencer , Jo astings , T Th e other stannary towns were Chagford , Plympton , and avistock , and

oﬁ en der s n e the prison , (where the agai st the stannary laws were conﬁn d) ,

f ui . was the ancient Castle Of Lyd ord, now in r ns

“ Lysons s ays in hi s M a gna Bri ta nn i a : That there h as been nothing THE BORO UGH O F A SHBURTO N .

peculiar in the government of Devonshire as distinct from that Of the rest

of hi the kingdom , except that Of the stannary laws , w ch have been in force

from an early period in the mi ning distri ct in the south-west part of the ” County . Th e stannary Parli aments were at ﬁrst held in the open air upon an .

e Cr ok er n Tor mi A elevated spot , call d , (about six les from shburton) , and in Of d “ T ll of the parish Ly ford , i within the memory man the commission was ‘ au d th e hi Opened r Jurors sworn upon this spot , after w ch the court was

r 6 on e O adj ou ned £ f the towns above mentioned .

Th e of R table and seats Moor stone , mentioned by isdon , were destroyed by

m of i r B l the work en the late S Francis u ler, unknown to him , and the fragments

ui di of Si r B used for some b l ngs , then in process erection . ( Francis uller ,

B Of on then Mr . Justice uller , had purchased Mr . Gullet an estate Dartmoor ,

? ’ 1 H l Th e held under the Duchy, called Prince al ) . judge s seat , however , may

l Br own ber r on stil be seen inside a gate near a farm called y, the road to T Prince own .

From the fact Of A shbur ton recovering in 1 6 40 its ancient privil ege of

a ia a i sending a second member to P rl ment , we have f ir reason for assum ng

r i r T r on that its people favou ed the Protectorate . S homas Fai fax took it his

on 1 0th of 1 4 march westward , the January , 6 6 , and , judging from the absence

o f i n f any entries the register o bu rials , the town must have surrendered

I nn without striking a blow . He had his headquarters at the Mermaid , near

’ of on the corner North Street , now occupied as a baker s shop , and , his

ur wn . depart e , left a regiment to keep possession Of the to

Nearly Opposite the new mar kets may be noticed a good arched doorway Of

of di ul da timber Perpen c ar te , with the square ﬂower in the hollow all

round the arch .

A R R . I t shburton possesses a Subscription Library , and a eading oom

has several good hotels , where every facility is afforded for visiting the

on numberless Objects Of interest the Moor . B A S esides its ancient Grammar School , shburton possesses a Charity chool ,

n l 1 r of origi al y founded in the year 6 7 7 , by Mr . John Ford , for the pu pose

chill dr en of d £ 8 instructing poor the parish in reading , and endowe with per

on T annum , charged the Yarn Market . his original endowment has been

Es 1 54 H . lost , but in 7 , Lord Middleton and John arris , q , the members for

- s 6 40 a . the borough , re endowed it with the u m Of £ , invested in l nd

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. 1 0 THE PA RI SH CH URCH .

in 1 805 of 6 Miss Dunning , , gave the sum £ per annum , for the purpose o f instructing ten poor girls of the parish in reading and sewing .

of Th e parish of A shburton consists acres , and the population in

1 r . 1 87 , amounted to pe sons

CHA PTER II .

In stat first.

HE i Chu r ch r Par sh , standing in a large Churchya d , and dedi cated to t A . W S ndrew , is situated in est Street , and is supposed to have been founded

1 1 3 7 Eth elwar d o f li about the year , by , a son Wil am de Pomeroy , and the r - of n A Bu ck fa t e founder the neighbouri g bbey of s . I t is a ﬁne cruciform structure , comprehending chancel , nave , opening into

i - north and south a sles , through ﬁve two centred moul ded arches supported b y octagonal pillars of Decorated date , with plain capitals , north and south

n transepts , a north porch , and a lofty tower at the western end , contai ing

i x Th e of s heavy and musical bells . Church was originally double cruciform shape , but the south porch was removed some years since , and a wrought

“ hu r c hw l ace . iron window , of true C a r den design , inserted in its p

Th e - tower , which is ninety two feet high is strongly buttressed , the buttresses

Off n n running i to pi nacles , and , within the memory of man , was surmounted

r Th e by a spi e . north and south fronts have embattled parapets , and are

supported by plain cushioned buttresses , and the western ends Of the aisles

a Th e are termin ted by octagonal turrets . porch and the vestry at the

m of eastern extre ity the Church are also embattled .

U u th e ntil a few years since the porch had a parvise over it , and p to

r f i i pe iod Of the destruction o th s room , the armour pertain ng to the two

soldier s that the lords of the manor had anciently found for the servi ce of

i “ ha rn ss the King was preserved there . Frequent mention s made of this y ,

1 2 THE PA RI SH CHURCH.

a ui ltar from the western end of the b lding .

There were anciently four Chapels wi thi n the Church ; the north transept di t T separated from the aisle by a parclose , being de cated to S . homas , of

on t . Th e Canterbury , that the South to S Catherine . end Of the north aisle behind the screen was the Lady Chapel , and the corresponding Chapel o n t B the south side was dedicated to S . John the aptist .

Th e n o on e latter was originally lighted by two wi d ws , has been blocked up , and the other was restored and ﬁlled with stained glass , about eight years

' since , but the geometrical tracer y in the Old window of the r eign of King E I I dward . , was closely copied .

I n of the south wall there is a ﬁne trefoiled piscina , second pointed date ; there is space s u ﬂi ci en t at the bottom of the recess for the sacred vessels to stand round the bason , which has a raised centre surrounded by four

n T r t drai holes . hat po ion of the north aisle which was formerly the Chapel ” ou r of Of Lady , is lighted by two windows , one late decorated date , (the

of T most ancient example racery in the Church) , has been partially destroyed , and the other at the eastern end , an early perpendicular window , was recently ﬁlled hi ill with stained glass , by a Lady Paris oner , since dead , and who , by her w , left the

s u m of 1 00 a s u b s ri ti on of . £ , to head c p for the restoration this venerable fabric Th e win dows at the western ends of the aisles were blocked in the years

1 5 4- r n r Wh 7 5 , the Chu chwardens at the time bei g Law ence ite , and John

r Noswo thy .

Th e 1 3 1 5 of B ta l e don north aisle was built in , by order ishop S p , the south t ’ 1 420 1 45 aisle , westward Of S . John s Chapel , between and 5 , durin g the

of B episcopacy ishop Lacy .

Th e of E II . head King dward , and the ﬂat four leaved ﬂower, characteristic o f r OOf the Decorated style , may be seen in the bosses and ribs Of the of

E i a i s the former, whilst the piscopal Mitre , with the in ti l letter L , to be found in the latter . We can ﬁnd no trace of an Earlier Church than that supposed to have

E h elwar d o f 1 2 been built by t Pomeroy , towards the latter end the th

r hi s di centu y , and but little Of e ﬁce remains , excepting possibly the lower

of l e r part Of some the wa l s , notably at the western end , where th y are ve y

i Th e of i th ck . arch the north porch , (in the construction Of wh ch a i ff i of d erent stone is employed to that used in the rest Of the build ng) , is

T o m - was ransition , r Se i Norman date, and, without doubt , the entrance to

A THE PA RI SH CH URCH .

A s the original Church . soon as individual piety had ﬁnished the structure

of it was handed over , according to the pious custom the times , to the B 1 1 8 B ishop Of the Diocese , and in the year 6 , ishop John the Chaunter ,

s rn ce R of appropriated it to his Chapter , and they have been ever ectors

of the Church and Patrons the Vicarage .

Th e E E Chancel is apparently arly nglish , probably about the commencement of r T of the fourteenth centu y , here are slender shafts in the j ambs the h i T . h windows strongly c aracteristic Of th s style e piscina , discovered during the

Th di - restoration , has been walled up again . e restored se lia are square headed ,

of T r - i and Perpendicular date . here are th ee square headed Perpend cular niches

e over the western doorway , from which the images have b en removed , and a bracket of Decorated date on the western side of the second pier north .

Th e tower was probably restored in accordance with the architecture of the B ’ ﬁfteenth century , when the south aisle was rebuilt during ishop Lacy s

Th e E . piscopacy walls of the basement are very thick , and whilst the pointed door wi th i t s deep mouldings appears to date from the time of Bishop ” St a ledon r wi T p , the la ge ndow and the three empty abernacles are manifestly

Th of ﬁfteenth century insertions . e vaulted ce iling , beneath the ﬂoor the belfry , is modern .

’ Th e pill ars and arches are of the period Of Bishop Stapl e don s episcopacy .

T was i n r here probably a Galilee Chapel the tower , which is raised th ee steps above the nave ; difference s in the mouldings round the capitals Of two Of the pillars mark the di stance eastward women were permitted to advance .

of i Many the w ndows are debased Perpendicular , and their arches are

A s very ﬂat . large number of them are partiall y obscured by three enormou

o s galleries , and the whole interior is choked and disﬁgured by succes sive c at of plaster and whitewash , the accumulation Of many years . HA E I C PT R II .

( 11 m arlg e n ds at ﬁn artist

and at ﬂ t a i a e s i t s re m Hf tin r t all trata .

’ HE D 1 4 - f A . 0 o . 9 8 Churchwardens accounts this Parish commence , 7 , and

of di (with the exception those for the two imme ately succeeding) , extend u o on Th e ninterruptedly over a period f e hundred y ears . interesting volume

i ni M S . conta ng them , (a quarto , with parchment covers , and in a fair state

f de c h r d H B o e e Rev . . . preservation) , was yp a few years since by the J utcher,

of B Curate uckland , who has since published extracts from them , and

“ Th e who remarks in his preface , that period embraced includes the era Of s the reformation , and there are , as might be expected , many entrie showing

hi of the changes w ch then took place in the mode Divine Worship , as well as others which illustrate the rites and ceremonies Of the time , by the

of of mention the vestments and ornaments the Church , which obtained

n - T throughout the cou try i n pre reformation times . here are besides some

of historical allusions an interesting character , and others which show the

of of f manners and customs the people , and exhibit the prices di ferent ” articles and commodities , and the rates Of wages .

I n the appendix we have given some of the most important entries

hi of of contained in t s book , including the account the sale the vestments

1 - I belonging to the Church in the year 56 8 9 , and an nventory Of the

“ ” Church Jewels .

I n 1 3 8 the year 5 , during the episcopacy of Bishop V eysey , an order was

h im hi s received by that Prelate , requiring to see that all the Parishes in

of Diocese were furnished with books , to contain the baptisms and deaths the

i T of Parish oners . his order originated in the suppression the monasteries , as prior to their dissolution , these records had been kept by the monks .

A of li H mongst the expenses the Churchwardens , Wil am arrys , William

1 53 8- Bu r s D. 9 We th ecom b e h tewa e A . gy , Lawrence , and William W y y , in , , we EA RLY RE CORDS. 1 5

4d “ di e of S . . ﬁnd a note 3 For a new book , bought for entering those who in the parish and who receive the Sacrament of Baptism according to the

o f I r H VI I I of mandate the most llust ious Prince enry , King , Defender the E ” T Faith , and in the land supreme head of the nglish Church . hese books have disappeared , and the present registers commence

B 1 03 aptisms , January , 6 . B A 1 urials , pril , 6 03 .

1 6 03 . Marriages , May ,

A 1 D. S . 6 5 of B t . A 24th From eptember , , 7 , to the feast S artholomew , ugust , 1 6 6 2 R , there are no entries in the Marriage egister , nor are there any burials

3 r d 1 6 58 1 2 recorded from the of July , , to the same date in 6 6 ; the last

m i s s 1 n 3 oth of 1 28 named registers are also g , from the January , 7 , to the

3 r d 1 3 0 th e B of June , 7 ; aptisms , (or births) , are regularly kept from the 1 03 year 6 ,

Th e n of books generally , are in fair conditio ; the earliest them are

i n k l written in Latin upon vellum , the in some parts is pecu iarly fresh and vivid , but the writing in many places is very cramped and illegible .

A t Of 1 2 the end the year 6 5 , an order was received from the Parliament , i di requiring the exist ng register books to be scontinued , and ordering the

of Bi r t hs M ar r i a es a n d Bu i a ls . provision a new book for the reception of , g , r

f 1 6 th of Marriages were now made civil contracts , and rom the January ,

1 6 53 S 1 6 5 . , to eptember , 7 , are thus entered (Copy)

“ 1 6 t h J a n u a r 1 6 53 A n a r eem en t o M a rr i a e bet ween i c hola s F u r s m a n y, , g f g N ,

Sonn e o Wm . F u r sm a n o t hi s a i s h o t he one a r t a n d Th oma s i n e f , f p r f p ,

Ta lor Da u hter o Ri c ha r d Ta lor a ls o o t hi s a r i s h o t he ot her a t y , g f y , f p , f p r ,

’ w n a s deli ver ed u t o t he Regi s ter a n d p u bli s hed t hr ee Lor d s da ys fol lowi ng .

“ 6 i h ebr u a r 1 6 53 The s a i d i chola s P a r m a T m a s ne Ta l or F y, , N s n a n d ho i y wer e M a r r i ed be or e t he Wor s hi u ll Thom a s R n ell E J u s ti ce o t he e s . f pf y , q , f

“ ” P ea ce . Si n ed THOS RE YNE LL . ( g , )

I of B Bi r t hs nstead aptisms , the only Of the Parishioners are now recorded ,

“ ” Oct ober 1 3 Ber n r h o e l 6 5 a d t e S n n o Ber n a r d Chr i s t O her was bor n e 9i k . , , , f p , y

t o 2 th 1 0 and thus they continue be entered until the 7 Of May , 6 6 , when

of A h the people s burton , (having probably received the j oyful news that the

n of E r e - hi s Ki g ngland , at last called from unj ust exile , and solemnly

T B r on proclaimed in the Palace Yard , at Whitehall , and at emple a , the 1 6 EA RL Y RE CORDS

on 8th o f the month , was then his way home to assume the Crown of his

Of i H S ancestors) , resumed without delay the use th s oly acrament ; but at

ﬁrst they seem to have done so in fear and trembling , as if they were afr aid that the long wished for intelligence , which had reached their then

i o f remote parish , was too good to be true , and that any infr ngement the strict orders of the Pur itans would still bring puni shment and vengeance on

B r the orough , and they therefore compromised the matte by noting both t h e Ba ti s m Bi r t h p and the , thus

“ “ 2 t h M a 1 6 6 0 M a r Da u hter o Hen r M i llm bor n 2n d Ba ti z ed 7 y, , y, g f y , ; p

27 i h .

O 2 th of 1 6 6 0 i r - n the 9 May , , as we all know , K ng Charles e entered London , and , B A 24th (although the Prayer ook was not formally restored until ugust , the baptisms have been carefully and regularly administered and ll e ntered from then ti now .

1 03 r Most probably the registers , prior to 6 , were lost du ing the years Of

f of anarchy and confusion , antecedent to the joy ul event which we have

Rev A . V . just spoken During the Protectorate , the icar , the lexander Crosse , B appears to have been deprived Of his preferment , and previous aptisms .

B r di Marriages , and u ials , have all sappeared , excepting those contained in the volume actually in use at the time the adoption of the “ New Book 1 was ordered in 6 53 .

I n 1 53 7 E B the nglish ible was completed , and Cromwell , (who had been

’ V - fﬁ o appointed icar General , a new o ce , by which the King s supremacy , r t he absolute uncontrollable power assumed over the Church had been i delegated to him) , put forth njunctions requiring the Clergy to s et up B ibles in their Churches and to encourage all to read them . A shburton does not seem to have attended to these orders , until the year

1 540 “ . , when the Wardens expended the sum of six shillings For a new book

c B b ll alled a y y , and for a chain for fastening the said book .

Th e ll n Parish Chest , sti standi g in the south aisle , appears to have been

c 1 483 4 O e r 2 d . onstructed in the year , when John S p was paid s . for

“ ” i d o f ff saw ng two hun red feet timber , and in the same year John Cly e

wi of received Sixpence for making this chest , (probably th a portion the

im e . I n 1 489 n aforesaid t b r) the year , it was bou d with iron at an expense f o £ 1 3 s . I O d th e s l i , and locksmith received 5 . 9d. for its ook s and keys ;

two of the latter have unfortunately been lost . RLY RE EA CORDS.

S. a n M . We found , a short time si ce , in this chest an illuminated , cont ining di a portion of the Office for the Octave of A scension and in good con tion , used a s the cover of an early rate book ; the colours have deﬁed time , dirt ,

Of vi . rough treatment , and every kind negligence , and are still very vid

I n R t B 24th 1 55 the egis er of urials , January , 6 , we read as follows

“ J ohn Br owne b u r i e d t he 20t h da who wa s t a k en u a a i n e 24t h a n d , y, p g y , b i ” t hen u r ed i n t he hi hwa n ea r G oos a ool e . g y, p

He ui was probably a s cide , and therefore , in accordance with ancient

n ot . custom , was permitted to remain in consecrated ground

Th e of l of roof the nave was original y oak , the present ceiling was made in the reign of King James I . ; the tower arch was then covered with

of plaster , and another the same material , (suitable to the decreased height of the roof) , erected under it ; doubtless the Chancel arch has been similarly

th e concealed , and will be discovered and laid Open whenever much needed restoration of the fabric is eff ected

Th e of ribs and bosses the north aisle , particularly at the eastern end ,

’ f t a l e don s E are well carved and o the period Of Bishop S p piscopacy ,

of n oak li plaster , however , has usurped the place the ancient illumi ated cei ng ,

of di and we have been given to understand that some the no , towards the western end , were renewed about twenty years since , all , however , are alike f covered with many coats o yellow paint . Th e cornice is of vine leaves and grapes with the four leaved ﬂower at

e of rare int rvals , some the bosses are of foliage , others represent heads , and ,

of E I I (as we have said above) , amongst them that King dward , precisely

on hi s similar to that monument in Gloucester Cathedral , is conspicuous .

Th e i o f oak benches in the porch , although much decayed , st ll bear traces the fourteenth century ﬂower , and the ancient do ors have been covered with an outer casing of painted deal .

Th e eastern end of the south aisle is also o f fourteenth century i i date , and wh lst the nodi ass milate to those in the north aisle ,

of the rest the woodwork , was altered to its present appearance ,

T u by homas Workman , and Christopher Kelly , the Ch rchwardens in 1 6 7 9 .

Th e of of portion this aisle , westward the transept , is of Perpendicular date , and the window arches are much debased

‘ I t is said that a portion of the old illuminated ceiling is still concealed A RL Y E D E R COR S.

of on e o f at the eastern end this aisle by a false lath and plaster .

Th e Of bosses , (with the exception a very remarkable head at the western end) , are of good Perpendicular foliage , but the cornice and ribs have only a plain moulding .

’ B o f h av 1 n ishop Lacy s cognizance is formed four leaves , g the appearance f of two mitres , the stalks being twisted in the form o the letter L .

Th e Of font , standing at the western end the aisle and close to the site of the ancient south porch , is modern , and Of plain grey marble , and is placed mi R upon a pedestal painted to i tate the same material . ecord and tradition

i i are both silent as to the fate of the or g nal . When the Chancel was restored a portion o f a recumbent ﬁgure was discovered , about two feet in length , (from the waist downwards) , attired in

eu r de li s a ddI ti on i a scarlet robe , powdered over with golden ﬂ ; in to th s m large fragment , many other s aller pieces , appertaining to the same

ﬁgure , were also found ; they were all , however , built in again without any

r - attempt being made to arrange and e unite them .

I t e ﬂi of Eth elwar d is possible tha t this was the gy de Pomeroy , the

un founder of the Church , and once surmo ted his tomb , which ,

on of according to custom , probably once existed the north side the altar .

U si x pon the same occasion , six skeletons in walled graves , were found

of immediately under the present altar table , they were doubtless the remains

i n l r i former Vicars , who days gone by were genera ly bu ied in th s part of the Church .

O 3 r d of A l D 1 1 4 B t a l e don A . . 3 S n the pri , , , ishop p visited the Church which he found in a dilapidated condition , especially the north aisle which

He was ruinous , and required to be rebuilt . ordered a vestry to be made on of of the north side of the Chancel , complained the deﬁciency the sacred

i di of ornaments , ordered the rebu l ng the said north aisle , and further enjoined that the repairs shoul d be ﬁnished and the deﬁciencies supplied by

e n s u m of 20 of the g Michaelmas under a penalty £ , payable to the fabric E xeter Cathedral .

of There is no trace of any vestry on the north side the Church , k but behind the eastern wall , which is nearly ﬁve feet in thic ness ,

E E i of two is a low embattled structure , with a late arly nglish w ndow

r lights , very much splayed on the inside , which , f om time immemorial , has

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o f instance) , ﬂush with the face the wall . We are inclined to adopt the theory of their havin g been used for acoustic

n t he we r e a bs olu t el u ns ea l ed purposes , bearing in mi d that y y , for we consider

of m on th s that the fact the slate over their , may be easily explained . From

r the time Of thei being ﬁrst placed in the Chancel , whenever that may h ave R been , to the eformation , they were doubtless left Open , the somewhat rude workmanship Of the pottery being concealed by the gorgeous decorations

R a th e s n around the high altar , at the eform tion , decoration bei g removed i and the walls be ng left bare , they became unsightly , and it was found easier to put a piece of slate over them and plaster them up than it was to remove them . A woodcut of these interesting relics was published in the “ Journal of ” S of A 1 3 . the ociety ntiquaries , for January , 87 B ’ R I I I . From ishop Lacy s egister , (vol , fol it appears that the

i 1 9th o f Churchyard was allowed , by that Prelate , to be reconc led on the 41 A . 1 5 pril , polluted as it had been in a bloody affray between John

Halls and (Th e second name has been lost . ) Before we conclude ou r notice of the existing records of the Church Of A i shburton , we must not omit t o make mention of two c rcumstances

R Th e entered at the commencement of o n e of the egister books . ﬁrst

th e 25th of memorandum refers to Jubilee , and states that upon the O 1 i 80 of H II I . ctober , 9 , upon the occasion s Maj esty King George commencing

of a the ﬁftieth year his reign , a public subscription was made in the P rish

1 1 n 50 8s . amounting to the sum of £ , to supply the poor with a good din er , consisting of meat , bread and ale

“ Th e T 2 th S 1 805 . second says hat on Wednesday , 6 Of eptember , , Dr Fisher ,

B of E ishop xeter , held a Conﬁrmation Service , (the ﬁrst that had ever been

A of A B B k - i n - held in shburton) , for the Parishes shburton , ickington , uc land the i I S B H Moor , Widd combe , lsington , Woodland , taverton , uckfastleigh , and olne ; 2 there were 55 candidates . R Th e following list of Vicars is compiled from the Parochial egisters , Old

’ Rate books and Churchwarden s account books , and is therefore necessarily i somewhat imperfect , but it is interesting nasmuch as the information is

i n obtained from local sources , and there are but few Country Parishes Devonshire possessing records dating from the ﬁrst half of the ﬁfteenth 1 1 86 r D. A . centu ry , as we have said above , from , , the Dean and Chapte B VI CA RS O F A SHBURTON.

be r of V of Exeter, have en Pat ons the icarage ,

22n d r 1 43 5 i s JOHN BRIDPORT was instituted on the Of Septembe , , by h

6 th 1 449 , will , dated June , , he left a chalice , some vestments and a missal

hi s . to the A ltar of St . Katherine in Church 1 48 V ’ WILLI AM HOLCOMBE is ﬁrst mentioned as Vica r in 9 , but as no icar s

of V 1 7 49 death is recorded , he was probably in possession the icarage in , (the

He or of year in which the parish accounts commence) . was Precentor Chanter

V of I hi s l the College of St . Mary Ottery and icar pplepen , and by wil , dated

4 d of A r s um 1 1 s . A pril st , 3 9 , left G 8 . to the poor shbu ton , and a like to those

for hi s A of I pplepen , to pray soul ; also to his successors at shburton and

To for him on I pplepen 7 d. a year for three years , pray in the Pulpit ” H r A d or a n du m r o m e di ebus domi n i ci s i n u l i to . e ur t Sundays , p p p f her desi ed

to be bu ried in the Collegiate Chur ch of Ottery St . Mary .

1 1 1 51 “ On e THOMAS F u RNEA ux succeeded A D 50 , he di ed in 7 , and left

oz o f of xvii s . vd . a piece of silver containi ng ﬁve . and a half, the value and ” mi two on e of of s urplice and ssal , and also banners , which was silk with the

r of t . th f ok er h m w of ﬁgu e S Clement , e other o red b y , ith the ﬁgure

St . Katherine .

e of A mongst the xpenses that year , we ﬁnd that the Churchwardens paid

ll F o on of k two shi ings and eightpence r e herse buc ram , bought for the

burial o f the Vicar . I t may not be ou t of place to remark that “ Herses we re of two

on e n r her ci a b ar r ow kinds , bei g a f amework termed , fashioned like a , whereon lig hted candles were placed at the obsequies of distin gu ished pe rsons ; the

s et ﬁ of other was a frame over the cof n a person deceased , and covered with

a was of pall , it usually light wood work , and appears in many instances

to of have been part Of the furniture the Church , to be used when occasion

i . A of requ red permanent frame this kind , made Of brass , stands over the

fﬁ of R E of B e gy ichard , arl Warwick , in the eauchamp Chapel , at Warwick , which is called a in the contract for the to mb ther e i s also on e

of B Y i . iron , over an ancient tomb in edell Church , orksh re

T OMA SOUTHERON i r T ou th er on H S , (styled S homas S ) , is ﬁrst mentioned

A . D. 1 53 3 . He was T of E D A . . 1 , reasurer xeter Cathedral , and died , 557 .

The t o : 1 556 - f r entry referring his death , runs thus 7 , Fourpence o ’ ' ” . T in ou r V a Hi s ringing Mr reasurer s knell , be g ic r . will, dated 3 oth of

Ma 1 556 was 2 h 1 y, , proved 5t of July, 557 . VI CA RS O F A SE BURTO N .

“ - E M N in 1 56 . D U D probably succeeded , he is ﬁrst mentioned 6 7 , xxs ” of E of A s sh b er ton . from the gift dmund , Clerk , Vicar y e

“ — - M . a r Youn Th e Rev Y N 1 56 0 . vi d. to r Vi c . OU G is referred to in 9 7 ; vis g

o n ew ok viii s . viii d V Y of f r a bo ; . to Mr . icar oung, in part payment the bill A ’ whi ch was n ot paid . fter this no Vicar s name is mentioned until the year

1 6 07 .

” “ Min i s r e n ot Th e registers are signed by John Dolbeare , te , but he does

I n B R appear i n the rate book as Vicar of A shburton . the urial egister , under

26 th a 1 6 0 of of “ the date , Febru ry , 7 , we read the death John Dolbeare , ” v i Ser iens Joh . Friend , and it is poss ble that he may have been Curate to

n on - I n 1 6 06 John Friend, who was the resident Vicar . also , there is the

“ ” n Ri c P e s ons v e bi Dei i s e s e a s er a t xi i di e M a r ti i . followi g entry , r r Mi n t r p u lt

R LA W l A of Th e Venerable OBERT , who had been co lated to the rchdeaconry

B or B 3 r d 1 584 wa V of arum arnstaple , December . , s instituted to the icarage

T r of D. 1 0 r f dr . 6 o A shburton , A , 7 ; he was also reasu er the Cathe al Chu ch

E on 2 th un 1 hi s xeter , and his death , on the 9 J e , 6 3 0, was succeeded by s on , Q A K LA W T 22n d 1 3 M R , who married Maria idball , December , 6 6 , and

hi s 1 6 44 upon death , in , was instituted

AM T A F - i n - h o A S UEL IDB LL , his ather law , w came to shburton as Curate to

1 6 1 3 of hi Robert Law, in and remained there all through the incumbency s s on of hi s Mark ; he was also master the Grammar School , and it was in

o f ui i time that , (in consequence a law s t , relative to some money, wh ch

hi s had been bequeathed to school) , the chancery decree was obtained , hi under w ch it has been ever since governed , and which provides , that

“ A n M a s te s ha ll ta ke a n E ccl esi a s ti ca l li vi n Cu a t e if after him y r y g , r

i or cons tan t Lectu r es hi or ne lect hi s s chool or become i nsu i ci en t s h p , p , g , ﬁ

a u s e wha t ever i n t he O i ni on o t he Tr u s t ees he s ha ll fr om a n y c , p f , ” H i s la ce a n d t he E lecto s ma di s l a ce hi m . e va ca t e h p , r y p died about

V 23 r d S two years after his institution to the icarage , eptember, 4 1 6 7 .

n n 1 4 A LEXANDER C oss was instituted in 6 7 , and appears to have been deprived by the Puritans .

New Book s o e I n the , styled , and kept by the ord r of the Parliament , is V the following entry , with respect to this icar

“ 1 6 54 A lexan der Cr oss e Ba chelo D i t on t he s ton e over hi s A . D. , , r i n i vi n y, T VI CA RS OF A SHBUR ON.

ex r essed tha t he de a r ted t hi s li e e 1 3 th da o A ri l whi ch i s gr a ve i s p p f y y f p ,

he ha vi n been bu ri ed e 1 0th da . m i s ta ken , g y y

. LWOOD on Th e Rev . Dr FU was probably instituted the accession of King

1 0 was of 1 I I . 6 6 6 8. Charles , in ; he made Justice the Peace in 7

BA A D 1 6 80 u w d A 1 st 1 21 JOHN ST R succeeded in , pon hose eath , ugust , 7 , the Rev.

In 1 26 J . GILBERT was instituted . December , 7 , he was preferred to the

a of E 1 7 42 was B of Ll d ﬁ De nery xeter, and in promoted to the ishopric an a , B and afterwards translated to Sarum . ishop Gilbert continued Vicar of

A hi s t o A hi ee of shburton until elevation the rc episcopal S York , in 1 7 53 ,

e when he was succeeded by the R v . Mr .

of II PLA TEL G . , upon the Presentation King eorge , the Crown (as is

a Ii car E customary when J is raised to the piscopacy) , having assumed the

He 1 826 R vacant patronage . was followed , in , by the ev .

T OMA NA of E H S YLOR , (Patrons the Dean and Chapter xeter) , who , (after of 49 1 803 holding the Vicarage for the long period years) , died in , and was

e foll owed by the R v .

N AN N h ad of R K R . JOH L E ITSO , who married a daughter the ight ev William D B of E A . . 1 7 92 Buller , consecrated ishop xeter , , and who died December

1 2 h 1 . V of S t , 7 96 . Mr Kitson was also icar taverton , and resided there

of d 1 825 during the last few years his life , upon his eath , in , he was s ucceeded by

AM K A REY w Rev WILLI SHERLOC C , upon hose resignation , the .

AM A was 1 83 6: 1 86 1 WILLI M RSH instituted in he died in , and was succeeded

Re v . by the present Vicar , the ’ A R - A L D. . of CH R ES WORTHY , , Queen s College , Oxford , ector A ll Hallows

E of E i A fo ast , in the City xeter , (wh ch he resigned for shburton) , and r

of r i or E many years Rural Dean Ch ist anity xeter , concerni ng which Rural

M on as ti co “ . n . T Deanery, Dr Oliver remarks , in the , (p hat the Cities of E of xeter and Lincoln are styled Deaneries Christianity, but are no better h E S ’ entitled to t at name than the other nglish ees , for to all were attached ’ ” r hr Curios Chr i sti ani t at e s o Courts C istian .

“ ' o f Re l t o a n l . o d I n cu m ben t on t he O er tor ” Mr Worthy is the author p y ﬁ y, ” “ ” “ The Si n o Schi sm E lecti n o Bi s ho s a n d The O i ce f , o f p , ﬁ of a Ru r a l ” Dea n hi s , and it was during the vacancy , prior to institution , that a

wa s f A B separation e fected between shburton and ickington , which had been

w r dependent upon and held ith the former from a very ea ly but uncert ain date . TER IV CHA P .

’ t e ural r i a s and alt n l h m a t s n p ry, l

’ i ndnms wth.

1 r hi s of A n URING the ﬁrst portion of the year 7 7 6 , the Pa is oner shburto

r m i on of th e assembled for Divine Worship , in the oo bu lt the Site

c ancient Chantry Chapel of St . Lawren e , (of which we shall Speak in the next

rri s l chapter) , and , (according to Lysons) , ma age were a so solemnized there , thi s was occasioned by the circumstance of the Parish Chur ch being closed i during that year when extensive alterat ons took pla ce in it .

hi e s of St . I t was at t s tim that the parclo e , separating the Chapel

: for Katherine , in the s outh transept from the south aisle, was removed many years this transept had been used only for the reception of th e

’ s . we r e oak Sexton s tools , and for thi miserable reason conclude , the ca v d

of r 1 53 s epar ation between it and the rest the Chu ch , erected in the year 9 w a as sp red , when the screen and the other parcloses were destroyed in 1 7 1 8.

Th e o i n 1 525 e o f r od loft , erected the year , was tak n down in the reign

E A . . 1 56 3 r the Queen lizabeth , D , , and we ﬁnd this destruction refe red to in

A n fo “ i d ﬁ ett n m en to Parish cc ou ts r tha t year , ii i . for y g the eight take down ” the rood loft .

so These eight men were the sidesmen who are always called , and we

wa s r presume , therefore , that some ceremony Obse ved at its removal , and

S wh o that it was done in the presence of the Churchwardens and idesmen , , doubtless were required to provide for the due execution of all orders emanating from Government .

The n i o a as T t entra ce to th s l ft may h ve been , ( at otnes) , by an in erior 0 I NSCRI P TI ONS A ND HERA LDRY.

t for n o of urret , removed at the same time , we can ﬁnd trace any stair

of c ase remain ing On either side the Chancel .

r hi was of Th e Rood o Cruciﬁx , w ch large size , and had th e ﬁgu res of

of t . on e on th e Blessed Virgin and S John , placed each side at the foot

i n 1 559 - 6 0 e o f the Cross , had been destroyed , and we read in the sam

“ A n d a ccounts , for ther labor that carryed the images to be burnt and

“ ” th e dr ynk yn g .

of E A 1 55 A ct wa I t was in the second year lizabeth , D 9 , that an s

’ p assed revivin g Ki ng Edward s laws and res toring the Engli sh service ; th e

in t o i i th e Queen was at ﬁrst incl ed reta n mages in Churches , but yielded in

th e of c s ome measure at last to arguments the reformed divines , by onsenting

or th at all which had been abused by Pilgrimages , by adoration , as

ul ur . t ending to superstition , sho d be b nt A shburton has been declared by some to have been a Coll egiate Church ;

wh e l e H e Pol of hi r . b y others , (see , istory Devons e , p it has been mad

on A of B of d ependent the bbey uckfastleigh , for neither these assertions , (as

“ e s w have already shown) , is there the slightest foundation , both the statement appear to have or iginated in the fact of the Chan cel having possessed carved o ak for d of of we en stalls the accommo ation a large num ber Clergy , and r egret to s ay that these were all removed in 1 7 7 6 ; it was by no means u o ncommon for the larger Parochial Churches t have s tall s , especially when t s i wa s s here were everal Chantries in them , wh ch the case here , the Priest of these Chantries were bound to assist the Vicar at the celebration of all

wa in th f estivals , and we know also that the Chaplai n of St . Lawrence s e i h a O n 1 46 - bit f assisti g at the numerous serv ces in the Parish Church , ( 9 7

xii . t o of St . n di e an d s d the Presbyter Lawrence , for bei g at the s aid rig ma s ;

s . 8d. n d th 6 to John More , Chaplain , for celebratin g the Mass of Jesus a e

M of B h e da an d the ass the lessed Mary at the A ltar of t e Blessed Mary , ach y, b hi 1 Sa bath Day , t s year , 53 0

Th e A an d of Bu kfa t a s fr om bbot Canons c s , without doubt , often m de procession t h r hi , al o eir neighbouring Monastery and celeb ated Mass in t s Church , and possibly s , t h l i s o c n of r ey provided the stal s , but it needless t remark , that the ircumsta ce thei

o c as ul n ot n o l di n . c ionally using the Church , wo d give them a y par chia juris ctio

“ Th i s a h h r n at ere C oir, with most beautifully carved stalls in igh prese vatio ,

N an t w s h n of r e for e r ich , Che hire , erected by t e Mo ks Combe mer , th i

o oda on See a cc mm ti when they made s olemn vi sits to that Chur ch . ( I O S A ND HERA L I NS CRI P T N DRY .

“ ” Bev er l a c . I I . . 3 7 9 . , vol , p note)

A shbur ton Church having been reseated and freshly paved , was opened

S i on 6 th S 1 6 Eve of again for Divine erv ce , Sunday , the of eptember , 7 7 , (the

N of B V the ativity the lessed irgin) , and the present ugly pulpit and reading d of di esk , polished mahogany , (then surmounted by a cumbrous soun ng board , V d happily removed by the late icar) , were substituted for the ancient carve

ul of hi hi of B r p pit and brazen lectern , w ch , we believe , the Paris oners igbu y f ar e O . now the fortunate possessors , and which they are justly proud

Th e reconstruction of the ﬂoor throughout the buildi ng a ﬁ or ded th e t Churchwardens an opportunity , (of which they were not apparently reluctan

ai of of to av l themselves) , destroying every vestige the ancient grave stones

ul n o although the whole of the Church is honeycombed with va ts , there does t

of or Ai remain on e single inscription on the ﬂoor either Chancel , Nave , sles ,

of 1 on. a date prior to 83 6 , and although there are certainly three Old inscriptions the pavement of the tower , yet there is nowhere any memorial in existence of earlier date than the 1 7 th Century . A lthough the eastern window was restored in yet having compared

T of ol d we the present racery with that represented in a drawing the window , ar e s 1 3 80 atisﬁed that it was correctly copied , it dated from about the year ,

of i the period the transition , from the second to third pointed style ; upon ts

was hi renewal it ﬁlled with stained glass , and ex bits the following armorial bearings

l t . Th A s e of See of E . Gu rms the xeter ; a sword in pale arg , hilted. or . un of surmo ted by two keys , addorsed in saltier , the last .

2n d. Th e B A u A r orough Of shb rton . g ; on a Mount Vert , a Chapel wi th

sun on a spire , on the dexter chief the in splendour , the sinister a crescent ,

of on on e di at the dexter end the Chapel three ears of corn stalk , (accor ng

Sir B B of to ernard urke , a teazle , emblematical the trade of the town according to local tradition) ; sinister end , a saltire .

r - 3 d . A of Su b a on rms Dean Fisher . S ; a mount vert two stags salient ,

. coll d or combattant , ppr . .

4th . Th e E . of t Chapter Of xeter Or ; the ﬁgure S . Peter under a canopy,

u . d vested purpure above a stags head caboshed between two roses , g , stalke

of and leaved the ﬁeld .

’ 5th . ur r Marsh , late Vicar Of A shb ton . Gu ; a horse s head couped a g ; i a w Na leton or l mp led ith p , ; a squirr e sejant gu , holding a sprig ppr .

2 8 I NSCRI P TI ONS A ND HERA LDRY.

T of vi z . 3 r d. A Memorial for the family Tozer , , Solomon ozer , who died

D. 1 4 1 A . 9 hi s Wi 1 9 7 , Catherine fe , 7 99 , and his four sons ; Moses , 7 9 , 1 80 n 1 1 844. Samuel , 7 ; Joh , 808 ; and Solomon ,

I n I the aisle , westward of this transept , are Mural nscriptions , for J . Soper,

D 1 84 of 1 85 M . . 9 of th 0 , , Chas . Kendall , Chudleigh , 7 October , , and several m of E S A embers the family, and for two Sisters , leanor and ally dams .

T e 1 1 di A D . 8 3 of h latter, who ed , , was a benefactress to the poor her n o w o ative t n , and her pious benevolence is noted n the tablet .

O t of on n the eas ern side the great north door , an inscription a white m cr ock e tt ed f arble stone , placed beneath a and finialed ogre arch , o Early

E of B of E . nglish character , records the death enjamin Parham , sq , Claines , f of of “ on ormerly judge the County Court Worcester , which happened th e 1 6 of A 1 86 1 8th of hi th day ugust , , in the 6 year s age ; he was the

of A of lineal representative the ancient shburton family Prideaux , through t h e of of hi s marriage the heiress that family with maternal ancestor ,

R of A ichard Dolbeare , shburton , and died in the ancient family house of ’ T h e Pri deaux s of i . h e t , in West Street , wh ch we shall speak hereafter n e on of r ames record d the tablet include those his wife , Ma y Palk , who d 1 848 B of of A hi s ied in , enj amin Parham , the Parish shburton , Father , 1 1 1 4 Th R 85 nn of 8 3 . e ev . , Susa a Parham , wife the last named , John

D on 1 8 hi s S olbeare Parham , her S , 58, and only daughter , usanna Dolbeare

P 1 8 . A z arham , 6 0. underneath are the arms of the family ; three pears ,

o on e as t w and . Crest ; a hawk close holding in dexter claw a pear , in t e h arms .

o o of G s Over the north d or , n a table of Benefactions are the arms ould

az o m . Gyronny of four and r ; a lion r a pt . counterchanged

r of A I II . I n f ont the western gallery are the Royal rms , (King George )

for E . 1 4h . or Quarterly, st and t , gu ; three lions pass guard in pale ngland

ﬂ or cou n t er ﬂ or u 2n d or ; a lion r am pt . wi thin a double tressure y y g , for

3 r d r or I of Scotl and. az ; a ha p or stringed arg f reland , On an escutcheon i or r two s or B . I ; p etence lion passant guard , in pale for runswick mpal ng

s e of e r t z Lun en b ur h . mee h a ts gu , a lion r amp a , for g On a point in 4th o n a o . O P int a . h rse cou rant ar g , for Saxony On the centre f the

s u c h own of or , quarter an e c t heon gu , char ged with t e cr Charlemagne as A Tr a r of th H E rch e sure e oly Roman mpire .

Cr U o the o ui the I l wn ppr . est. p n Ryal Helmet and Lambr eq n , mperia Cro D I NSCRI P TI ONS A ND HERA LDRY. 29

i r dt or . t hereon a li on statant gu a , mperially crowned Supporters dexter a i l . S ni u ar dt . e . io n ramp . g crown d as crest in ster an u corn arg armed , crined .

a n d or w t of ﬁ eur unguled , gorged i h a coronet composed crosses pattee and

“ de lis d or . . t u n H i s oi t , chaine Mottoes Gar er motto s rroundi g shield , on

” “ u e m a l en s e . I n Di q y p the compartment b elow the shield , eu et m on ” D r oi t r u a hi , sur o nded with the union rose , sh mrock and t stle , engrafted on t h e s ame stem .

I n e of H o H the c ntre of the south aisle are the arms arris , f ayne ; John H Y H r o f Si r . ar is , ayne and Wm onge , being members for the

B of s i x orough , gave the present peal bells to the Church , in the year 1 40 T i 22 . a . 1 s . 7 hey are heavy and music l , and the tenor we ghs cwt q 4138 .

Thoma s Les t er o Lon don ma de u s a ll Th e sixth has the inscription , f , . We have heard that the Members for A shburton were induced to this act

f o f i o generosity , by reason an accident wh ch had happened to the ancient

‘ - b . T I a r e ells hey had been lowered and shipped for rel nd , in order to be cast ,

u t r s ea of b had been unfo tunately lost at , in consequence the foundering

o f the ship during a storm .

D 1 46 1 s t 4th s e of H A . . H . arris , ayne , , 7 Quarterly and ; three crescents within a

‘ 2n d 3 r d u e s a H b ordur e arg ; and arg ; a chevron g , between thre martlets , (for ayne) .

of u On a n escutcheon pretence , g ; four lozenges conj oined in fesse erm , a ’ . E for . b order o f the last , ( Dinham) Crest On an squire s helmet and

u o . L ambrequin , an eagle rising erm , beaked and sp rred r

co - of a 1 841 One of the heiresses John Dinh m , who died in , married Hicks ; Th h er daughter married Harris . e motto of th e latter family is composed ” f old s “ Ku r deu r es u b tr a E s “ o the Corni h words , p ; in ngli h , F or God ” B i s a nd t he Common Wea lth . eneath these arms there an inscripti on t o the

H D . 1 82 o of Col . A . m em ry iggins , who died 7

J . Es . Knowles , q , Corresponding Member Of the Philosophical

of R m 1 1 hi u Fo e n o l Society , otterda , died in 84, s brother , Sam el sgat K w es ,

i n 1 858 t a of l . u rt , and beneath heir memorial are the rms this fami y Q a erly l 4 . or st an d th A z . of n o les ; crusily crosslets , a cross moline voided , (K w , o ] f Lo H . B o h vr on r h Co B . 2 n a c a r e o ve ill , erks , art) n d and 3 ra gu e g, t e r ses of th d e of A l esh . . ﬁel , (Knowles , y am CO. , Norfolk) Crest A n elephant

I n th e an th gle , between the south transept and e eastern por ti on of the ﬁ sl e i s a all , sm bra s s with the followin g inscription 3 0 I S RI P TI S A HE N C ON ND RA LDRY.

Here lies BVRI ED R BERT CA VNTER N O , GE T ,

Wh o di Seaven th of O ed the daye ctober ,

A n 1 4 nno Domi i , 6 3 .

’ Hi s i ovs s ovl e di st em er d p wrapt in p earth , Was now prepared for a second birth

He di Cal e s ti al straight ascen ng the Sphere ,

oﬁ e i Cast her mantle and hath l ft t here .

U hi s i v nder the verses are arms , surrounded by a wreath of y leaves , arg ;

a a pale ch rged with three hawks close . I n the eastern portion of this aisle a tablet commemorates the char itable B . u ul t h e bequest of Mr John ickham , (for partic lars of which we wo d refer B reader to the account of th e Parochial Charities i n the appendix) . eneath it

" i o r R of A rt wh o is a wh te marble slab , to the memory W . . Whiteway, shbu on , 2 th O 1 8 . died in London; 7 of ctober , 57

Th e hi e h as window, eastward of t s tabl t , been ﬁlled with stained glass , in f o . Y u T memory the late Col o ng ; the Mullions and racery Of the old window ,

i Ki n Edwar d I E of B St a l edon which dated from the re gn of g L, and piscopacy ishop p ,

I n e th e a . have been , we are glad to s y, correctly reproduced the bas is followi ng inscription Sacred to the Memory of G E O R G E Y O U N G

Born 1 7 89 ; Died 1 880.

A i of “ E i w djo ning the win dow a stone tablet records the deaths l zabeth , wido

. S. Y 1 an d Y of W oung , Surgeon of this Parish in 857 , of Jacob Lay oung ,

m 1 85 1 of th e Com ander in , and beneath it is an interesting memorial ancient family of Cr use : Here lyeth the bodys Of TH M RU S E 0 A S C , G E N T , 42 2 th of A 1 6 . Who was he e re interred , the 8 pril , AND E O R E N G RG E C U S , G E T ,

4 . al so r 8 of . 1 6 9 Who was e inte red , the th Jany ,

n thi d Withi s Vr n e two broth ers heere conﬁne , HE A LDRY I NSCRI P TI O NS A ND R . 3 1

Though by death parted yet by death closed j oyn d ; ’ of l ac d Th e eldest these two p in his roome , Greeted the younger with a well come home

’ T ﬁ n d hey , they lou d , and now they rest in tombe ,

’ h r sl e i n e Toge a t e e p g in their mother s womb .

H A z A bove it are the arms of this old Devonshire ouse . ; a bend indented i l u sa s x or . point in point g and , between escal ops

Th e R H A ight onourable John Dunning , ﬁrst Lord shburton , is buried i n

’ a vault underneath the Constable s seat , he is reported to have been born

i n S Mr s . n k i I in a house West treet , now inhabited by Fra l n , ronmonger , but we do not vouch for the truth of thi s information ; his monument of

i black and wh te marble and alike hideous in taste and conception , blocks

7 of the Eastern window the South aisle . We give the inscription since i t

o f emanated from the pen Dr . Johnson .

I n memory of H U ING OR A SHBURTO JO N D NN , L D N ,

A o f i T native th s own , T “ h e by h i s private vi rtues

U of l nited with the exertion rare and exce lent talents ,

Rose to that pr e - eminence

which neither birth nor titles can bestow ;

He E I Z A BETH of OHN BA RI E married L , daughter J NG SQ. , By whom he had two sons JOHN and RI CHA RD BA RRE : the youngest o f which only survived him

He 1 8th A u 1 83 . A 5 1 died gust , 7 ged .

’ A bove are h i s Lordshi p s A rms impaled with those of hi s wif e Bendy

of E h t "ve e all r m S n m a t . s a . i i ister ig g and rt , ov r a lion p , mpaled wi th az .

’ a d r e r e ar n e e d n . or . a fesse arg in i a b s ad coup uzzled and ringed , supporters ,

’ ' oll l Ba “ c d . 8 1 2 a l two antelopes 8 , over a ron s coronet ; motto , Stu di zs ct r ebu s hon es t a s

A s f a d fo ur we have be ore s i , there are leger stone in the towe r, th e inscription on the ﬁrs t a t the threshold of the Chur ch has become nearly

“ ” d. d T on 1 h obliterate it recor s the death of homas Weeks the 9t , of

“ 1 7 1 1 . Th e h a s th e w n n al s o May , next follo i g i scription much worn , Here l e th d o f T T of E y the bo y homas othill , late Dolbeare sq. , who di ed the f 8th o 1 5 A 0. January , 7 5 . ged 6 3 2 I S CRI P TI O S A ND HE N N RA LDRY.

I n of of w front the door the tower screen , we read as follo s Here lyeth the body o f H A H A RRI T O M S S , T anner ,

h th da o f S e 1 3 W o dyed ye 3 0 y eptemb r , 6 7 , ! A n d also I H A H A RRI S N C O L S , Tanner f T Son o ye said homas ,

l oth o f 1 6 6 9 . Wh o was interred ye day October,

_0_

Feare not to dye ,

of Learn this me ,

ill i n No death ,

I f good thou be .

A n d immediately north of thi s there is a stone coveri ng the remains former Clerk of the Parish Here was buried I E T Z A C H A RY P N S N ,

of Clarke this Parish ,

1 8th of Who dyed the day November , 1 6 . A nno Domini , 7 7 Before we conclude thi s chapter we would remark that the arms of Bishop

O sa or on of ldham , ( ; a chevron , between three owls arg , a chief the second t hi e e oak roses are reported to have been carved in , and to have remained e in the Church until a very recent period , although unfortunately, they hav 4 d w s B of E A D . 1 50 n e w di sappeared . He a consecrated ishop xeter, , and die

2 1 1 Th of A 5 th of June , 5 9 . e Churchwardens shburton , held divers lands and

the t enements freely from this Bishop , for which they paid high rent to P ortreeve of th e Borough . 3 3

CHA TE P R V.

ee of A has f r Fr Grammar School shburton , which is , been o

an t ﬁve hundred d ﬁfty years , held in and on the site of the

of t . n a ncient Chantry Chapel S Lawrence , origi ated in the benevolence of

t a l edon of E . Thi i Walter S p , formerly bishop xeter s d stinguished Prelate , the s on of Sta l edon Mabill a was so William de p and his wife , born , ( Westcott s A nn er of fami l i n the of n ays) , at y, (the seat his y) , Parish Mo kleigh ,

A t m of See of E 1 3 th the ti e his promotion to the xeter , ( October, h of e was Professor of Canon Law at the University of Oxford, Precentor

E R of as r e xeter Cathedral , and ector A veton Gifford ; h e w a great favou it of wh King Edwar d the Second , o made him Lord Treasurer of the Hous e h f f old , and he proved himself worthy o the favour o hi s Mon ar ch , by

n r r enderi g him many and notable s e vices .

B s St a l edon as B of E i hop p , ishop xeter , was also Lord of the Manor of

an d i s A shburton , frequently resided in h Man or Hous e within th e Bor ough . 3 4 THE CHA PEL OF ST. LA WRE NCE .

“ He was always anxious for Th e enli ghtenment of the public min d an d ” h of hi u h e t e extension knowledge , and for t s p rpose founded and liberall y ’ ’ H H ta l don I n n endowed , art s all and S p e s at Oxford , afterwards consolidated E into xeter College , and he left funds behind him to establish a Free ’ H G St . h of E rammar School in Jo n s ospital , in the city xeter .

Bu t it was during hi s li fetime that he turned hi s attention to th e

ui s of A educational req rement shburton , and about si x years after th e

o hi s commencement f connection with the town , he founded the Guil d or

r of Fraternity of St . Lawence , consisting the portreeve and burgesses of the Borough .

Upon thi s Guild the Prelate bestowed a Chapel , which he had just

“ ” n d of hi s I n ra. a mbi tu m cu ri ae completed withi the boun ry Court , f su ce , u pon the following conditions

‘ ’ “ They were to ﬁnd a pr eyst e (priest) to pray for the health of th e hi s aid Bishop when he shoul d have departed t s life , as well a s the souls of ” of all hi s predecessors and successors .

To ul of of pray for the so s the donors the land and other benefactors ,

a ee Scale or Chi ld en a nd t o k eep Fr f r , and to have for hi s wages four

er el e pounds thi rteen s hillings y y .

of l hi Th e rents the ands and possessions , w ch must have been either

u u supplied or procured by the G ild , amo nted to ten pounds ﬁfteen shi llings n d B o an d eightpence a year , a the ishop rdered the balance to be spent on th e reparacion an d maintenance of ledes for the conduction of pure an d ” of “ A ssh ert on h olesome water to the towne y p , and upon the relief an d

susten taci on of su ch people as ar e i nfected when the plage (plague) i s in r the town e , that they being f om all company, may not infect th e

t I t may here be remarked that , hough the essential object of an endowed

s s n chantr y was to ing ma ses and obits , yet a other intention was f requently

as was c s uperadded, the ase in this instance , in which alms and education

of were two of the purposes the founder .

Eve of A of B V 1 6 th A On the the ssumption the lessed irgin , ugust , A D . 1 3 1 4 of A , the portreeve and commonalty shburton , under their common seal , ’ testiﬁed their acceptation of the Bishop s offer and of their grateful sens e l “ T o f hi s libera ity, their deed stating hat they are most especially anxious

or s of D S vi an d th e f the increa e ivine er ce , in order that said Chantry , s o

3 6 THE CHA PE O ST L F . LA WRENCE .

School should be lost to the town , and they therefore purchased fr om th e

King the building and ground immediately surrounding it ; and it i s gratifying to remar k that in this emergency the A shburton people di d n ot forget the promise made to the founder by their ancestors , vi z . That ” ul for they wo d for ever ﬁnd a maintenance the Priest . For some years they seem to have supported the school by volunt ary

R - c e . . D 1 ontributions , as evidenced by the Parish ecords , g , A . . 56 1 2 , Thirteen and fourpence to the Master of the chyldr en in the chapell of th e

r h e gift of ( he pa ys s .

A f t er of the elapse some years , the burgesses considered that it would b e

for best once more to have a secure and certain endowment the school .

Th e H B purchasers of the ancient Chantry were ugh Pomeroy, John lundell ,

hn Rewell h e ar i n 2 Geo . Knoll , and Jo , and by deed g date 7 th December, 3 6 th Elizabeth they granted and conﬁrmed to John Caunter and

A r r or t . others , of shbu ton , and their heirs , thei house Chapel called S

’ of - th Lawrence s Chapel , and a piece ground called the Chapel yard ; and e s aid John Caunter and others thereby covenanted with the said grantors to permit the homage of the Manor and Borough of A shburt on for the time

i d e be ng , accor ing to an ancient order and custom used in that behalf, to hav th e use of the said Chapel and yard yearly at the two law days holden in

u of f d the said manor and borough , d ring the time the sitting o the sai

Court .

Th e B ishops , being lords of the manor , would naturally have held their courts

w o e di ithin the Chapel , founded as it was by n of them , and stan ng as it did w i ith n the boundary of their manor house .

Th e o r deed goes on to state that , if the said John Caunter others , after

ﬁ ve i or or f years next ensu ng the date thereof , should convert employ , su fer

n or the same to be co verted employed , above two years together, to any other

- or of use or employment than for a continual school house , keeping a school

for u the education , or instr ction , or bringing up of children in the said place ,

u s e of or should suff er the said Chapel to fall into decay , whereby the a

- l . school hou s e shou d cease , that then the said grant should be void

of I n 1 2 Rev . T the year 6 6 , the Samuel idball was Master the school , he V i t was the same wh o afterwards succeeded Mark Law . at the icarage , and

a l appears from an interlocutory order in Chancery , d ted in Michae mas term in

a u e ee T an d th at year , and m de in a s it b tw n idball and other plaintiffs , A E CE . 3 THE CHA PEL O F ST. L WR N 7

a . hi s for Wearin g and other defend nts , that a Mr Wearing had given all estate a Free School in A shbur ton .

. hi s The money left by this Mr Wearing . (which executors declined to pay

s o u ntil compelled to do by legal means) , seems to have been expended in the ” 1 8 N Hui A f an d purchase land in orth sh , Loddiswell , and veton Gif ord ,

' the rents accruing from these lands have ever since been paid to the

Schoolmaster . B 1 3 1 6 3 di Lawrence lundell , by will dated th March , 7 , in ad tion to an

for o f A r annuity of £ 4 the maintenance the School at shbu ton , gave towards

of B s u m of £ 4 the education and maintenance Martin utler the yearly , during

or U s uch time as he should continue at school at the niversity , until he

o f s hould proceed to be Master A rts , and he directed that , after Martin i i Butler resigned the scholarsh p , the said annu ty shoul d continue to be paid to such on e poor scholar of the said parish as shoul d from time to time be

mi hi s S of for no nated by executors , and the eight men ( idesmen) the parish

i n the t me bei g .

He th e of hi s 6 fo r also gave , after death wife , £ quarterly by even portions

to ul i ever , to be paid and for such scholar as sho d be appointed by h s

of A of executors and their heirs , the Vicar shburton and the eight Sidesmen

or t o the said paris h , the most par f them .

E G 1 6 1 3 5 t o V dward ould , by will dated th March , 7 , gave the icar ,

S o f 200 ou t Churchwardens , and idesmen the Parish , £ in trust , to be laid in

h t o lands , and the yearly proﬁts t ereof, by them and their succe ssors , be

of S a s l on a s he s hou ld a l applied to the maintenance the choolmaster , g pp y

hi ms el wi t h di lli ence of S f g to the business a choolmaster there , in the opinion V S of the said icar , Churchwardens , and idesmen , and their successors ; and if

not , then the money was to be expended in sixpenny loaves , and given to the

or poor each year , by them their order , and s o continue until the said

ul schoolmaster sho d better approve himself in their judgment , subj ect to their

r a s s co rection , as often there hould be occasion given .

I t on l 1 1 is stated a tablet in the Church , dated st A pril , 6 1 , that £ 20 had

e i wh o b en del vered by a person , ( desired that his name might be concealed hi s if B during l e) , to John lundell and George Cruse , to be employed by them t owards the education of such poor chil dren of the parish in Grammar learni n g hi l as they should t nk meet , and the chi dren to be displaced and others t o be

s s s ub tituted , at their di cretion , and that after their deceas e the money was t o THE CHA PE L OF T LA E E S . WR NC .

b e r e n de d S o p by the idesmen , according to the intention f the donor .

Tn i s gift seems to be involved in some obscurity ; we beli eve that the " master for some years received , (but we cannot learn that they are still paid

t o 1 2 1 s him) , two small annual sums of £ and £ 0 . from the Churchwardens

O o f th e re and verseers poor spectively .

” ‘ I n . I e tm i ei e later times , Dr reland , the late Dean of W s n s t ; ga ve a larg

E s S t s house in a t tree , as a re idence for the Master , which house is well a t of r dap ed for the accommodation boarde s , and he also left an endowment

' i W f for its repa r , whilst illiam Gi fard left by his will three per

n th e E c e t consols , for purpose of founding two studentships at xeter College ,

O o f 0 a xford , £ 8 a ye r each , tenable for four years , ﬁrst for boys from

s of A shbur ton School ; fa iling any such boy , for natives the County of

Devon , and in default of candidates from the county , he ordered that they were to be open to all British subj ects .

I I . s t e m . From a decree in chancery , p Charles , we ﬁnd that the inhabitant o f South Ludbrook par ticipate with A shburton in th e advantages of the

an d a S School , th t the choolmaster is to be appointed with the consent and

k s A of g ood li ing of the pari hioners of shburton , or to have no beneﬁt

’ i n hVe ar g s gift . I t is also decreed that the schoolmaster shall be elected by the twelve

f r S m Feo fees , Chu chwardens , and idesmen , for the ti e being , or the maj or

f He rs an n or part o them . not to take y ecclesiastical livi g , curateship ,

e w t i t h i s constant L ctureship , hile mas er , otherwise , to vacate place ; and if

h e t or ffi th e t . neglec his school become ine cient , elec ors may displace him

T s e e e A hus we that the anci nt school of shburton is , as far as endow nr e n t rs e an d of concerned , inferior to non , superior to most the

D evonshire Schools .

O w on e t a St . a a f the ancien ch pel of L rence , the tower , cont ining bell ,

th e e alone remains ; school is held in a larg room , built on to it , (as we

r t of r h a ve been info med) during the lat er half the seventeenth centu y , at

ol d of which period the structure , which appears to have consisted a nave a n d a e h ad b s o u a was two isl s , ecome r inous th t it found necessary to take it down .

Th e a a n d w t present building is l rge , lofty , ell ven ilated , and is entered by a n or n rn original do way u de eath the tower .

Rou n d th e a s e h wi a w ll , b tween the igh ndows , may be seen the her ldic H A PE T E CH L ST. E O F LA WR NCE .

of ul H B Y b earings its benefactors , Go d , arris , lundell , and onge ; and at th e

e B of A astern end are the ancient arms of the orough shburton , supposed

of to be a representation the Chapel itself, being the A rms of the Portreeve

of ’ a n d Commonalty , and , therefore , the arms good Bishop Walter Sta l e don s ‘ p

— of St . on Guild Lawrence azure a mount vert , a Chapel with a spire ; on

i s u n on the dexter ch ef the in splendour , the sinister a crescent . I n dexter

car s of on on e — base , three corn stalk sinister a Saltire . A We may mention that John Dunning , the ﬁrst Lord shburton , Dr .

I of an d i f o reland , Dean Westminster , Will am Gi fard , (to all f whom we h ave already referred) , were educated here .

H of E S aving been , in common with the rest ndowed cho ols lately , once

of more subjected to the enquiries a Parliamentary Commission , a few months

ll mi - wi , in all probability , deter ne the fate , for perhaps another two hundred

of . years , this venerable and interesting foundation

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j a m!; tibiae Hf iquitg and t hreat in ﬁlm

are}; at swarm.

of . s N a house in West Street , now the residence Mr Cru e , may be seen a

wai n s co ed li oak room tf from ﬂoor to cei ng with carved , an idea is prevalent

of Bu ckfa s in the town that this room was originally ﬁtted up by the Monks t ,

of l who were in the habit preaching under a canopy , (stil remaining there) , when they visited A shburton .

T for thi s i s here is no foundation , however , supposition , for although it probable that the A bbot and Community of the neighbouring Monastery frequently

of A m ade solemn visits to the Church shburton , yet it is certain they never had any parochi al j urisdiction there ; as far as the carved work is

c oncerned , there can be no doubt but that it once formed a

’ of St . A r portion of the adornments nd ew s Church , and that the idea of thus A ND I TEREST 40 OBJE CTS O F A NTI QUI TY N .

decorating the room originated in the possession of these ecclesiastical relics

of l l b y the family Prideaux , the original possessors of the dwel ing ; the initia

T. P . th e l etters , , carved upon plain shields , are profusely scattered all over T 1 5 1 0 woodwork , and we know that homas Prideaux was Churchwarden in , 28 1 529 1 53 0 R A 1 5 , , and , and that after him obert Prideaux , ttorney at

was n wi ff of Law, for some years i timately connected th the a airs the

Parish . Th e name of Prideaux became extinct in A shburton soon after the death T A of homas Prideaux , early in the seventeenth century , he married gne s ,

f of T daughter o Walter Kellan , otnes , and although he had four sons they

i c E all died without ssue , onsequently his daughter lizabeth brought the ' d n Bi eh ar d Dolb ar of house to her husband an fellow parishio er , e ,

Dolb e ar .

e th e From the Dolbear it passed by marriage to Parhams , and was th e i of B n Es . property and residence the late enj am Parham , q , formerly Judge

of of the County Court Worcester .

of of of Neth er ex Mr . Cruse is a descendant the family Cruse , , a youn ger

o f s of or branch the ancient hou e Cruse Cruwys , of Cruse Morchard , in this c ounty , (which is declared by some authors to have been settled there b efore the Norman Conquest) the name of the family is perhaps derived from the

of on e of l cir cumstance them having been a val iant crusader , since it is ” i “ Domi nu s dc Cru s e of wr itten in Lat n , the Lord the cross , and their armorial

si x l of bearings , (a bend between esca lops) , signify that the ﬁrst bearer those

wh o i - arms was a brave leader , , by his sold er like qualities , had gained the hearts of his followers and made a reciprocation of truest love and conﬁdence between them . H 1 8th of of i I II . A D I n . the year the reign K ng enry , ( Si r

’ R own er of Neth er ex on e s on ichard Cruse , the then f , had called William ,

hi c c - who upon s death left ﬁve daughters , heiresses , and between them his

‘ Manor of Neth er ex and the rest o f his estates were equally divided ; the third

of s on of old St . these daughters married a the D evonshire house of Clare , of

of of E -B d Tidwell , in the parish ast udleigh , and her escendants appear to have

u assumed the name and arms of Cr se .

A t of A a s omewhat later date John Ford , shburton , married Jane , daughter

of l H or Ha awell of th e of H and heiress Wil iam alwell , g , Lord adjoining Manor alwell , p

an d on e h St . had issue , daughter, Joan , w o married Gilbert Clare ; their son e I TE E 41 OBJE CTS O F A NTI QUI TY A ND N R ST.

must have inherited a considerable amount of property in A shburton and

i h oru 'h ood for the n e g b , and he and his descendants lived there more than seventy years .

i of of t Simultaneously with the d sappearance the name S . Clare from the

o f n early records , the name Cruse appears , and we thi k there can be little

th e t i t . s doubt but that they inherited es ates of the r connections , the S Clare ,

o f r i e ir upon the failure a direct hei , for they be ng descend d from the th d

- o f o N h x t co il i a u f et er e . daughter and heiress W l m Cr se , , who married S

of A il Clare , were really near relatives the shburton fam y , although they diff called themselves by a erent name . E . S Mr dward Cruse occupies his present residence in West treet , in right

f f th . o e . his wi e , to whom it was bequeathed by late Mr Parham

Th e wan rs cote d hi on room in t s house is about fourteen feet square , and

cr ock ett e d ﬁ n i al s of eu r dc li e th e its western side is a canopy , with ﬂ ; front

o a i of E li part f this c nopy exh bits half length ﬁgures the four vange sts , represented as wi ng ed men holdi ng shields inscribed with the sacred

un e n of monogram , dern ath it are three panels contai ing busts Queen Mary

h o f of and her Consort , P ilip Spain , and a ﬁgure in armour , perhaps

t . intended to represent S George .

I n 1 53 a the year 7 , im ges abused by pilgrimages made to them , had been

on of E VI . ordered to be removed , and the accession dward ,

d i n u n ctl on s on images were once more con emned , the former j of Cromwell

h vi t is head , ha ng (after his fall) “ been little attended to .

I n 1 - f A . D 3 4 o e . 55 i n the ﬁrst year Qu en Mary , , , various entries occur the Parish A ccoun ts of sums paid for restori ng the ancient fl u 'n it ur e of the

a nd for th e um Church , replacing various altars , and moreover a small s

“ ” a F or wo k was ctually paid r don e t o a ca n ozay.

T of an d his was probably that which we are speaking , which , (as we

e m i i of th e an d have said before) , is bell shed with the l kenesses Queen her Consort ; its size woul d seem to in dicate that it was origin ally erected over on e of of as E the side altars , and it was sold by order that royal iconocl t lizabeth ,

r i th e of Her when eve yth ng ecclesiastical which , (according to Opinions ’ Majesty s advisers had the slightest tendency to superstition) , was ﬁnally removed and destroyed ; it was purchased o f the Churchwardens for the m u ni ﬁ cen t sum of on i e sh lling .

The n i window recess , in the easter wall , is div ded into six compartments , OBJE CTS O A TI UI TY A ND I N E F N Q T REST.

h three on either side . T e ﬁrst di vision on the south side contains th e

o f two din i T ﬁgures boys hol g a scroll nscribed with the letters , . P .

i s f R h I n o t . oc e the second a carved representation S , with his staff and

“ i n 1 522 viii s . i xd . F or a i ctu e o St Roche dog ; the Wardens paid p r f . , “ iii id v s . v . of . and for wainscott for the Chapel St John , within the ” Church . Th hi l f e o t . r r e t rd compartment has a fu l length ﬁgure S Matthew , ep s ented as a winged man and wearing a mantle . ' E On the north side , the ﬁrst compartment contains two agles with a censer between them .

In the second is an elaborate representation of the Blessed Virgin in her

n on of ecstasy , kneeling at a faldstool placed under a ca opy , the outside

S r which stands an aged and attenuated ﬁgure , probably imeon , and ove

i of t head in the left corner s a half length representation S . Peter wearing

i n of v E the triple crown , and the act gi ing the piscopal blessing ,

i of H of w our B symbol cal the oly Catholic Church , hich lessed Lord was born to be the head .

T f th s h e ancient seal o e Chapter of Exeter represent St . Peter Wearing

’ O Hi d . the triple crown , (see liver s story of the Cathe ral , p T I n the lower compartment there is a full length ﬁgure of St . homas a

B r s of was ecket , to whom the Chapel in the no th tran ept the Church dedi cated .

To o l T P c the woodwork n the south wa l , as left by homas rideaux , a pie e of the cornice of the rood screen has been added at a more recent period as is clearly proved by the moulding extending under it ; upon this wall i s

l of H of E of Y a smal bust King enry VII . and his Queen , lizabeth ork; it ‘ appears to have been usual to have a statue of the reign ing monarch in

A of E I I . shburton Church , as we have already stated the head dward ” i 1 21 - 2 i d for n 5 v . rema s there still , and in , was paid mending the small

“ f K H I II A t r e e d . o V . statue the ing , enry the , the loft U hi pon t s wall also , (amongst grotesque ﬁgures , birds , with human heads

of and shi elds inscribed with the initials may be seen the ﬁgures St .

t . hi t . S St . S St . Matthew , Philip , Francis , (as a Monk preac ng) , George and

Clement with his anchor .

Th e i of north wall is plain li nen pattern , surmounted by a corn ce rood i screen , we bel eve that this side of the room became decayed and was

A TI I TY A ND I TERE T 44 OBJE CTS O F N QU N S .

of T E S Th e open space in the centre the own at the junction of ast treet , S l “ B ll R ” West Street , and North treet , is cal ed the u ing , and is the place where Bulls and Bears were anciently baited for the amusement of the

ul T pop ation . his cruel pastime was common in England from a very early

i z t h F t s e en of H I I . period , and p , who wrote in the reign enry , (about the

“ r o f Bu latter part of the twelfth centu y) , mentions the baiting lls with Dogs

of Hen t z n er as a diversion the London youths on holidays , in his time . “ E ” ' “ T i n hi s T . ravels in ngland , (p says here is a place built in the m of B B for a theatre , which serves for the baiting of ulls and ears ; they

n E ull are fastened behi d , and then worried by great nglish b dogs , but not without great risque to the dogs from the horns of the o n e and the teeth

of on . the other , and it sometimes happens they are killed the Spot Fresh ones are immedi ately supplied i n the places of those that are wounded or

T n tired . o this entertainment there often follows that of whippi g a blinded

B i o r n wi i ear , wh ch is performed by ﬁve six men standi g circularly th wh ps , which they exercise upon hi m without any mercy srn ce he cannot escape ” from them because of his chain . We have been told that the iron ring and staple to whi ch the tortured ani mals were fastened remained at A sh

burton within the memory of persons still livin g .

Th e o . V house in North Street , now ccupied by Mr olland , Draper , is the

ui a ancient Church House , and was either acq red by the Parish in the ye rs

1 48 -8 or 7 , else was rebuilt in those years since , at that period William Gray

“ l £ 3 3 8 d or ma s ons wor k a bou t t he n ew hous e b e lon i n t o t he was pa d . 9 . f g g

” ' Chu ch . I t e ar r was here that the ale , mentioned y after year in the parish accounts as the Church Al e was brewed in the utensil called sometimes ’ E ‘ h ll ’ on e ca cu bu s by the nglish word c ete , and at others by the Latin

ni s ig fying a cauldron . I t was at one time the custom for two youn g men of the parish to b e

f e yearly chosen to the o ﬁce of Al Wardens , and their duty was to make collections amongst the parishi oners of whatever voluntary contributions i they might be pleased to bestow , and to employ them in brew ng and

bakin g before Whitsunday ; upon which feast the neighbours were wont to H meet together at the Church ouse , and (each contributing some small portion to the common stock) merrily feed on their own victuals and con '

tribute to each others amusement . When the feast was over , the wardens

laid a statement of their accounts before the paris hioners , and the money T 45 OBJECTS OF A N TI QUI TY A ND I N TERES .

in hand was devoted to defraying an y extraordinary charges arising in the

a parish , and we have cert in evidence that by means of them many poor

i s b eau tiﬁ e d e . parishes cast their bells , repaired the r tower , their church s and

acquir ed funds for the relief o f the poor .

I t has been thought th at this cust o m was a commemo ration of the Saxon ” - o f i a Drink lean , a day festiv ty forme rly observed by the ten nts and vassals of of F o W the Lord the o ithin his Manor .

B H t u efore the Church ouse at A shbur on , was a stall for which d ty was

r o f a paid at fai s , and some the older inhabit nts recollect the existence of hi hi t s , and also remember when the house was used as a school , w ch was

ﬁrst established in it towards the end of the sixteenth century .

i I n n Nearly o pos t e the Church House is situated the Mermaid , (now ’ I t turned into a bakers shop) . was here that General Fairfax established

1 4 o f A his head quarters in 6 6 , when the town shburton was visited by the

A Th e Parliamentary rmy un der his command . house is much patched and

a mutilated , but the entrance is under a subst ntial pointed archway , and the square weather mouldings of old Perpendicular windows (now either

or r e on blocked mode niz d) , may still be noticed its front

w o ak n Several of the rooms are also lined ith wai scot , and are approached

by an ancient stone staircase ; the bake - house is lighted by a large transom

Window probably dating either from th e reign of Elizabeth or James I . A S w house in North treet (to hich we have before alluded , and which

th e e H i stands nearly opposite Glob otel) , was most probably bu lt about

1 5 6 R a O on e of the year 7 , by ich rd zier , who was at that time the Church

wardens of th e Parish ; besides an ol d oak doorway ornament e d with the

T on e of n of udor rose , it possesses in the rooms the remai s a curious ,

n e of although plai example of a domestic screen , the low r portion which

of l t of e . I n is formed close panel ing , and the upper par op n work the domestic halls of the middle ages a screen was almost invariably fi xed across

e o wi the lower end so as to part of a small place whi ch becam a l bby , thin

a o f the m in entrance doors , the approach to the body the hall being by

on e or a h Th ce more doorw ys through t e screen . e house has re ntly been

o w repaired , and during the al terations a portion f a windo frame ornamented

r a s th e a u in p ecisely the same manner doorw y , was fo nd concealed beneath

’ the plaster . From the Oz i er s the hous e passed in the seventeenth century li i to the Cul ngs , and was afterwards successively in possession of the fam lies O O A TI UI TY A ND I TEREST BJE CTS F N Q N .

E of Foot , Gribble , and Cockey ; it is now the property of Mr . dward

r u Mortimore , th o gh his courtesy we have been enabled to elicit the above

hi s facts , he having kindly given us free access to all the documents in possession connected with it .

n of Rew I the immediate neighbourhood the town an estate called , possesses E l an lizabethan house , which is stil the property , and was for some years

of of B the residence the family ennett , but it is now attached to the farm .

of Road 1 484 Waye (north the Newton ) is mentioned as early as the year , when ” “ T on e hi s homas , at Waye , was of the Churchwardens , name appears to

' l i n di ﬁ er en tl have been Furse , and the members of his family are cal ed y

“ n of . . . by their ow name , and the name their estate for many years , e g is ” a li as u o f H . I n from William Waye F rse , for rent the Church ouse the

r of E seventeenth century it belonged to the old Devonshi e family lford , (see the account of Widecombe) an d it is now the property and residence f R o . Mrs ogers , the house is modern .

NVel s t or of i n was the property the W deat s in the sixteenth century , and

“ ” in 1 53 3 - 4 John Wyn dyett de Wel stor was Churchwarden ; it now belongs

occca si on al of f H s n o Re . . T. V o e s e f r to , and is the residence the v J Fisher , icar d, f o A . in right his wife , to whom it was bequeathed by the late Miss braham

Hal sh an er g , which has been long the property , and is still the residence o f of the family Woodley , is also mentioned as far back as the year 1 550.

A few years since the present Vicar (with the consent of the Patrons of

vi B of E mi the li ng , the late ishop the Diocese and the cclesiastical Com ssioners) , consented to the removal of a buildi n g whi ch he held by the tenure of “ ” i Corpse Land , and which had been al enated from his immediate pre de ce s s o r s h of by a long lease which had then just expired . T e destruction

of this house and some poor tenements belonging to the parish lands , was deemed expedi ent in order to throw open the ﬁne Chur ch with its

of il off handsome tower , and the site them is now ra ed from the church yard , appropriately planted , and kept in excellent order .

There is a tradition that this old house was the ancient residence of the

V A i s i icars of shburton , and it to be remarked that upon its destruct on a large recess similar to an image tabernacle was di cover ed in on e of the

m i roo s on the upper story , and it also possessed a very anc ent pointed

Th e l r eli of window in the western wall . on y c this building i s a venerable ‘

OBJECTS or A N TI QUI TY A ND I NTEREST. 47

hi pear tree which stands i n what was once the garden , and w ch still blossoms and bears frui t year after year .

Th e following description of the ancient Vicarage is copied from a terrier

’ 1 6 and r B R Of dated A shbur ton parish 7 9 , p eserved in the ishop s egistry ﬁce , it has become partly obliterated towards the end of the lines , and the

“ words i n parenthesis are ou r otvn ; a dwelli ng house consisting of a kitchen

a n ﬁ oor e an d si x and two little rooms (having ) ) earthen , a parlour chambers

’ W c and a study all ( ith planked ﬂoors) , a gate house with two hambers planked , a mou lt house , a sider house , a stable and a

i l di o f t sh pping ; all these bui ngs (stand be)side the pound house , whereun o are adj oyn i n g two gar)dens) e on tai n e in g in all aboute three acres and a

. B ? cou r tl a e halfe eside (another house ) and three little gardens and g , in the possession by Dolbeare , widow . We have no evidence of the date of the erection of th e present

V of comfortable icarage , some the trees surrounding it must be at least

1 50 old i years , and it has been considerably altered and added to from t me T R . h e ev 1 1 0 to time . John Lane Kitson greatly improved it about 8 ,

ou t l and also laid the grounds afresh , and bui t a good wall all round the lawn and garden .

nn F A s on of n John Du ing , irst Lord shburton , the Mr . John Du ning , an of A hi r attorney shburton , commenced s career at the G ammar School of old the town , when only seven years , and after he left school remained 1 ’s ﬁ until the age of 9 in his father of ce , the following is a correct copy

“ of o f hi s a — r 1 81 f the register b ptism Octobe , 7 , John , the s on o John

” 2 th Th e R l Dunning , baptised ye 9 . Parish egisters a so contain records of

‘ of . 1 1 t o f h o the baptisms Dr John eland , la e Dean Westminster , w was the

s on . T m I of Mr ho as reland , a butcher of the town , and of William Giff ord ,

s E of u a r te l Revi ew of v en a l the ﬁr t ditor the Q r y , the translator J u , and

of of f perhaps one the greatest scholars his time , he was o poor parentage , but exhibitin g promise he was taken from his trade and sent to the

S . f Grammar chool by Mr Cooksley , a surgeon o the town . T h e followin g are correct extracts from the above - mentioned books :

“ Se tb r . 1 7 6 1 of T I Eli z b p , , John , son homas reland and . , his wife , bapt . , ” 29th .

“ A 1 7 56 of Edwd . Ge ffe r d Eli . , , zb his . pril William , son and , wife , bapt , 1 5 ” th . OBJE CTS OF A TI UI TY A ND I E N Q NT REST.

Th e custom of giving names t o Wells and Foun tains is of the most remote

i - r antiquity ; in l re reformation times there was a custom in this count y , if a well had a remarkable situation , if its waters were bright and clear , or n i n if it was co sidered as hav ng a medici al quality , to dedicate it t o some

S r n or aint by honou i g it with his her name . A well of the last kin d h as e xisted fr om time imm emorial in the Parish of

A r s cu r e o f shbu ton , and is till famed for the weak eyes , it is situated upon the glebe , and adjoins the glebo ﬁeld known as Stone Park, and

i St . ul th e of B was probably ded cated to Gud a , patron Saint lind people ;

n d o in who is always represented upon screens a n windows as hold g a lantern ,

i s u n Gu lwall the name now corr pted i to , there was an ancient cross (long

i n e . since removed) near this spot , fragm nts of it however are the possession

of . of th e C E Mr Perry , the owner ulwell state , which although situated

Par l sh of S in the taverton , is called after the ancient holy well in the

of of i cr os s ill Parish A shbur ton . What may have b een the pace th s is st

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of t . ul to be seen in the courtyard a house in S Lawrence s Lane , we sho d be glad to s ee this symbol of the Christian Faith restored and replaced in its proper position . Th e absence of ancient buildings in the Town of A shburton is due t o the circumstance of a large portion of the town having been destroyed by

nin e h e i t e ﬁre about ety years since , wh n t houses were rebu l the streets wer

ur of widened , and many which had survived the f y the ﬂames fell victims t o the desire for modern improvements .

I n concludin g thi s chapter we would remark that as obj ects of antiquity

E we a the Parish ngines deserve Special notice , are afraid to haz rd a con

ectur e a e j as to their date , they may be boriginal , ther is a tradition that

Fairfax form d on e of them r r ady for any emergency when h e marched into

l oth of a 1 6 6 A shburton , on the J nuary , 4 , this is perhaps only a tradition , still we must not lose sight of the fact that they are actually scarcely

ndi larger , and i sputably of less power than modern garden engines , there are no wi appliances for attaching horses to them , and although thout doubt should

m e n i occasion demand it , the who drag them from the r repose into the open

on s streets every quarter day , would do their very utmost ( hould occasion

i t for ul demand ) , the preservation of life and property , still we sho d be glad indeed to know that more efﬁcient means were provided against the heavy ,

of n calamity ﬁre . We should have supposed that in their ow interest the n I NTE E T 4 OBJECTS O F A NTI QUI TY A ND R S . 9

various insurance offices would have furnished fresh engines long ago , and we sincerely trust that these remarks may in duce them to do s o without any

ul t h e old further delay , and ﬁnally we wo d mention that ﬁne tower , ninety wi two feet hi gh , is unprovided th a lightning conductor, and although it has doubtless seen many a thu nder storm since it was erected s ix hundred

on e t of f years ago , yet every must feel the necessi y using all human ef orts

to avert a dire calamity to which it is now needlessly exposed .

HA TER I C P VI .

la - i - urt qﬂ q itq my.

UCKLA ND-IN- THE - R MOO , lying in the mi dst of some of the most

beautiful and picturesque scenery in the county , is situated in the

Hun of Tei n b ri d e of u dred g g and Deanery Moreton , and is a daughter Ch rch A “ di A t to shburton , from which town it is stant about three miles . the ” Sur of “ Boch el an d time of the Domesday vey the Manor (which , in the of E A reign King dward the Confessor , belonged to lric , ) had become the of C or . hi s M a n Br i ta nn i a property William hievre , Capra Lysons , in g a ,

“ . l xxxn T I (p ) says , here does not , believe , exist any document to prove that there is a single estate in the county remaining in the possession of a

of descendant any person who held it at the time of the Domesday Survey,

of il although it is not improbable that some the ancient fam ies who ,

i n of accord g to the custom of that period , took their names from the places

r of i o of H nr II I . thei residence , in the reign K ng John , r that e y , may R R have inherited their estates in direct descent from the alphs , ogers ,

s u b - of Walters , and Williams , who were tenants in the reign William the B w f ” Conqueror under ald in the Sheri f, and other great lords paramount .

T s hese remarks eem to be peculiarly applicable to this manor , whi ch at B L - - - UCK A ND I N THE M OOR.

of or of the end the twelfth , commencement the thirteenth century , was

of R B was A of the property oger ockland , and by him given to the bbey

The o Tor . i f B l name Buckland s a corruption the Saxon word ock and ,

hi or an d i n ot w ch signiﬁed land held by book charter , wh ch had been made

o i over to others either by gift r sale . Within th s parish was al so situated

of Chi em ab ar e Ch al om er hi al the ancient Manor p (now called ) , w ch though

for al il it has ages ceased to enjoy any manori rights or priv eges , yet belonged

S t o olf in axon times A i , and was given by William the Conqueror , with ” “ Radecli v Ru ald A dob ed e (its appendage) , to , under whom it was for

F n dr n i or Redi cli ve some years held by Roger la e s s Fleming . , we may

42 a B A . i n A . D. 1 0 s remark, , , pertained , did uckland itself, to lric

In 1 1 6 r A o Tor the year 9 , William Lord Bri we e founded the bbey f

of t A Ma deb ur h for monks the order instituted by S . Norbert , rchbishop of g g ,

of r o f at the commencement that centu y, and which , from the circumstance

i of the ﬁrst monastery having been erected in the ret red valley Premontre ,

of n P n ti n Th e in the Diocese Laon , was k own as the r em on str ate a order .

A ff of t S bbey is called indi erently in old charters , the Church S . aviour , or

H T t o of oly rinity , but it appears have been dedicated to the honour the

H S H T was oly aviour , the oly rinity , and the blessed Virgin , and colonized

A of N i from the bbey Welbeck in ottinghamsh re , by A dam , who was a Canon of as A i o f hi s Welbeck ﬁrst bbot , and who , wi th s x more brethren , arrived

Tor on 2 th 1 1 To R B at March 5 , 96 . thi s noble A bbey oger of uckland seems

t of nh to have given the greatest par his i eritance , and his gifts and dona

on e of tions were added to and conﬁrmed by hi s successors , and them

William of Buckland— was bur ied in the Conventual Church

I n Tar A bbe Ca r tu l a r or R ook of the y y egi s ter B , late in the custody the

’ R of Queen s emembrancer the Exchequer , may be seen the following deeds and instruments connected wi th thi s Manor — “ A deed of Roger de Bok el on de of of Bok elon d R the wood , with the glebe land . Likewise a deed by oger de Bok el on d of all his wood with its belongings in Bok el on d . Likewise a

o f R hi s of Bok el on d . A deed the same oger of the same wood , in Manor

k lon d A ll deed of Thomas Cole concerning the wood of Bo e . deed of Wi iam

- - A de Baldr yn ton of half a furlong o f land in South Brook . deed of John

on e of of Bok el on d: Gobet , of claw land in Southbrook , within the Manor

(A claw of land (not clausum) frequently occur s in old deeds) . A quit claim f o f on Bokelon d . A o William , s and heir of Roger , of hi s return from deed

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not be ou t of place to say a few words relative to the ancient family of

on e of - Carew, the few families now extant that can show an An glo Saxon

origin , being descended , in common with the Lords Windsor , the Fitzgeralds ,

- of I a - O of and Fitz Maurices reland , from W lter Fitz tho Castellan Windsor ,

s on O E . of tho the Saxon , temp . dward the Confessor

Si r Kn t 1 44 . 9 Nicholas Carew, , who died in , left ﬁve sons . Nicholas , his

of Sir H second son , married a daughter ugh Courtenay , who was heiress

o f H ri of sh e - accombe , in ght her mother , being a daughter and co heire s s

’ of Si r L Er cedek n e or A . n e Warren , rchdeacon Lady Carew ( e Courtenay)

son hi s gave the estate to her second , called Nicholas , after his father , and T B 1 immediate descendant , homas , was created a aronet in 6 6 1 . Th e late

Sir B o Walter Carew was the eighth aronet f Haccombe , in direct succes

sion from Sir Thomas .

“ ’ To B R i r r return to uckland . isdon says that S John L E ce dekn e succeeded ! the family of the Bucklands in their estates here : most probably he obtained

r or n A s the property by pu chase excha ge from the Convent . we

’ co - of L Er eedek n e h ave said above , a daughter and heiress married

of Ra declive Courtenay , and it is worthy note that , which now consists of

n i a farm house and nearly sixty acres of la d, and the rents of wh ch are

r of applicable to the repairs of the Church , the sala ies the Clerk and S f exton , the expenses o attending visitations , and other matters usually

’ u forming a part of the Churchwardens acco nts , still pays a chief rent of

5 s . a year to the Earl of Devon . I n the sixteenth century the Woodleys were Lords of the Manor ; of late years it has belonged together with

A n s well of B B , to the family astard , the present possessor being John aldwin

Poll exfen B f Ki l Es . o t e astard , q , y.

A n swell H B i s (or as it is pronounced , azle) , although adjoining uckland , on of A n e the outskirts of the Parish shburton , and was at o time the

of S H property of a branch the eymour family ; enry Seymour , of Walcot t ,

B rr ui T li e u near ath , ma ied Lo sa heresa de la Martel re , Comtesse de Pantho ,

s on H and in conjunction with his , (also called enry) , sold this estate to the

of 1 ancestor the present proprietor in the year 7 99 .

B u i of vi a uckland Ch rch , situated on h gh ground to the north the llage , is

of E E small and unpretending structure arly nglish date , and consists of

d r chancel , nave , separate from a north aisle by th ee arches , supported by clustered pillars with plain capitals , north transept , south porch , and a - — - BUCKLA ND I N THE M O OR. 53

l hi old tower at the western end containing ﬁve be ls , w ch replaced the ones 1 0 in 7 6 .

Th e north aisle has been rebuilt , and the transept is apparently a modern

Th e of or addition . pillars unmistakably date from the end the twelfth

Th e commencement of the thirteenth century . handsome tower , which is

n o ir on embattled , has buttresses , but an octagonal sta turret its southern

side .

Th e - western doorway , (square headed) , and the eastern window , are good

Th of exam ples of the Perpendicul ar style . e western window , a lancet two

h i of lig ts , the dripstone follow ng the course the arch , is most probably

o Th e coeval with the ﬁrst erection f the building . south porch is very i pla n .

Th of of N e font standing at the western end the aisle is late orman date ,

- circul ar in form , and has the zigzag ornament and cable moulding

of Th e on characteristic the style . windows the south side have been all

or s a of on e restored , we should y renewed , with the exception the in the

on of E chancel and another the western side the porch , which are arly

E T i of th e nglish . here are many encaustic t les scattered about the ﬂoor

of of nave , some them bearing traces inscriptions , and several ancient grave

stones ; in any future restoration these tiles shoul d be carefully collected and r s - arranged . A n external projection in the north wall contains the stairs which once

r e e d l e ft h as ee led to the , which been long since removed , but the scr n which extends across the nave , though much mutilated , is elaborately carved d and illuminated ; the upper part is open and ﬁlled with Perpen icul ar tracery ,

o f the lower part , containing ﬁgures saints , is divided into twenty compart

- . Th e hi of th e ments ﬁrst eight are dden by the back the reading desk , but

a o f th e ﬁgures in them are in good preservation , and include a represent tion ” A of Th e B V doration the Magi , extending over four panels . lessed irgin I S B holds the nfant aviour on her lap , and Jasper , Melchior , and althasar

crowned as Kings , the ﬁrst with a purse , the second with a horn , and

“ of F r the third with a censer , are humbly offering their gifts Gold , a n ck i n ” su n i cense and Myrrh , whilst the is sh ning in its full splendour above

them .

T ll of A his is followed by an i ustration the nnunciation , occupyi ng three A T compartments , the lmond ree ﬂourishes in a ﬂower pot between the BUCKLA ND-I N- THE -M O OR .

A n B V n gel Gabriel and the lessed irgi , and these two pictures induce us to B St . consider that the Church of uckland was dedicated to Mary, very

possibly upon the Festival of the A nn unciation ; and the preservation of

these ﬁgures is the more valuable , since (as far as we have been able to

ascertain) there is no documentary evidence on the subject of its dedication T . h e in existence eighth panel contains the ﬁgure of St . Simon with

the s aw.

- St . On the screen door are depicted Philip with the long cross , St .

Bar St . A tholomew with the knife , ndrew with the saltire , and St . James the

’ f Th e i Less with the fuller s s ta f . next s x were utterly destroyed some years

i of u on o since , and the outl nes the ﬁg res the bare ak , standing in relief

- n Th against a dark back ground , only remai . e two last ﬁgures in thi s part

of the screen have been spared , and respectively represent St . Matthias and

T . St . homas On the inner side there are six compartments : in the ﬁrst there

of is the representation a Monk preaching , and arrayed in the Ci st er i can

Th e of habit . next contains the ﬁgure a King , with an ermine tippet .

O de e r n s of n the are two grotesque painti g ecclesiastical personages , whi ch (it has been suggested to us) may possibly be intended to represent

Th e the regular and secul ar clergy . last two panels contain a bearded ﬁgure in

- T i f H ri on e . x the head dress o a igh P est , and in plate armour hese s

of ﬁgur es are all represented half the size life , and are in good preservation . I n front of the centre of the altar is a black marble slab bearing the

“ — H R hi following inscription ere lieth alph Woodley , Gentleman , Lord of t s

’ of our Th e Manner , yere Lord , ancient Priests door has been

O . blocked up . f the sacred vessels , the chalice with its cover is ancient Th e nodi (or bosses) in the roof of the nave are carved in good (Perpendicular) foliage , excepting three towards the western end , two

H VI II A B . Th e of which represent King enry . and nne oleyn third has T i un fortunately been partially destroyed . hey are all al ke covered with many

coatings of red paint . We have no means of stating anything deﬁnite relative to the ﬁrst e rection I t “ ” of a Chu rch at Buckland . is noticeable that the Glebe is mentioned

R B A o f Tor as having been made over by oger uckland to the bbot , and ,

v of as we ha e also said above the font is Norman date , it is probable that this Church was rebuilt by the A bbot of Tor on the site of a more ancient - - - BUCKLA ND I N THE M O OR. 55

r t o f bui ldi ng early in the thi eenth century , and , in common with most the t Devonshi re Churches , it was probably restored in the ﬁf eenth , though it

u Th e does n ot appear to have been absolutely reb ilt . ﬁrst mention we

’ in i s fi n d of it is in Bishop Lacy s register , which it described as a A Daughter Church to shburton , and where it is stated that the same Curate was ‘ ’ B ofii ci at e a t St . r on accustomed to here , and Ma y s , ickington , Sundays and D B u i vil A . . festivals . ishop Q , (consecrated , first charged Chapels with

ai of of i a quota towards the rep r the chancels the Mother Church , and th s

s B Gr an di s son A i 1 8th charge wa conﬁrmed by ishop (consecrated at v gnon ,

October, ’ A A D 1 41 . . 9 I n the Churchwardens accounts for the Parish of shburton , , ,

— “ xii we ﬁnd the rent from Buckland entered a s follows d . received from ” u m Bok elan de from ancient rent paid per annum , and this s continues to

I t i s of th e . or be annually paid . to be regretted that none books , mss records

hi 1 55 Wi o f connected with t s Parish prior to the year 7 , th the exception the registers , have been preserved . Outside the Churchyard Gate may be noticed a large tree surrounded by

of what appears to be a stone seat , but which was doubtless the pace the

Th e of ll ancient cross . mutilated fragments the cross itself may sti be seen on - of for the right hand side the south entrance , where it forms a coping Th V r . e Rev the chu chyard wall present icar is the . Charles Worthy , who

hi s A Th hi . e holds it (as predecessors) with shburton registers , w ch are in

il v z— 1 4 a most mut ated and defecti e c ondition , commence Marriages , 6 9 ; 2 1 T 1 6 9 ur 7 28. of baptisms , ; b ials , here is no Vicarage house , but a glebe 1 T 3 . h e E T a acres Patrons are the Dean and Chapter of xeter . his P rish

1 8 1 1 . contains acres , and the population in 7 amounted to 08 persons HA TER VIII C P .

i i tlj qgtmt.

I KI N T N or B h n ton e or Bu k eton O G O , as it was anciently written i c e , ,

” “ ” “ o t he b ook Bek The t ou n n r , (the name being derived from , a

of T B corruption the eutonic ach , a brook , and the Saxon word ” of or “ overlooks the valley the Lemon , as Leland calls it the Loman , a

Tei n I H of Tei n b r i d e tributary of the river g . t is situated in the undred g g ,

of n on E and the Deanery Moreto , the high road to xeter , and is distant A about four miles from Newton A bbot , and three from shburton , to which hi latter it is a Daughter Church , and upon w ch it was dependent from very

1 86 1 . early times until the year , when the two parishes were separated

I n f E of B n the reign o dward the Confessor , the Manor icki gton belonged

A Br i ctr i c o of : as did shburton) to , the s n A lgar in common with the rest of a o i on his Manors it was fterwards settled n Queen Mat lda , and , her death , 1 084 1 1 54 D . in n H H. A in , it became vested the Crown . Ki g enry ( to 1 1 89 ) appears to have given this property to Sir Joel Giffard , who took the ” of “ B T i l name ickington . h s ancient famil y is described as maternal y

if of i descended from the G fards , Earls Buckinghamsh re , whose name was

R iﬁ a ds assumed by obert , the common ancestor of the Devonshire G r , in the

of - ir s on reign the above mentioned Monarch , and S Joel must have been a of hi t s Robert .

B h ff n Hal e sb u r art olomew Gi ard , another s o of this house , settled at y, in

of E I T o f S of the reign dward . his branch , into which the heiress mith ,

T of e otnes had married , became extinct about the middle the s venteenth

r d Hal e sb u r th e f century , by the death of John G affa , who left y to Gi fards BI CKI NGTON.

Th e of ir B of E of Br ightlei gh . heiress S Joel ickington , in the reign dward

I I hi m m i th e I , brought the Manor to Marwood ; with t s fa ily it re ained unt l

f E co - s of i h reign o Queen lizabeth , when the heires Marwood married W c al s e , o f H of i h l s Chudleigh , and it has been said that the eiress W c a e brought the

of T we “ Manor to the family revanion , but ﬁnd in Lysons (p . ccxxiii . ) that

of Wi ch al se or Witch al s e of l B I the family , , Chud eigh , arnstaple , lfracombe ,

n for si x or hi and Ly ton , continued seven descents in Devons re , and that

r of th e Th e thei estates were sold about the beginning last century .

of B n t t o Manor icki g on appears have been long dismembe red .

of Dur ing the latter half the sixteenth , and ﬁrst of the seventeenth

th e St aWell s of Her eb ear e of centuries , , , seem to have been the family most importance i n the parish . We may , therefore , fairly assume that it was

’ i ch se s th 1 8 1 disposed of in parcels by the W al between e years 55 and 56 0.

of r i well s of hi Th e Bickfords , W g , have al o held possession their estate , w ch does not appear t o have ever been in cluded in the Man or for many centu ries .

Th to - of e Parish Church , the south west the village , i s dedicated to St .

n ot t o St . m s hi . Th e Mary , Ja es , as ome storians aver ﬁrst mention we ’ of B Re i s ter fol 1 2 ﬁnd it is in ishop Lacy s g , vol . 3 , . 7 in T whi ch it is also described as being a Daughter Chu rch to A shbu rton . he

of ur two - interior consists a nave , connected with a north aisle by fo centred

r l of l s arches , suppo ted upon octagonal pil ars Decorated date with plain capita ,

r e l . The a south porch , and a towe at the west rn end containing three be ls

: n ai s screen has been removed it originally exte ded across the nave and le ,

was f r n c and there also a parclose , dividing the end o the aisle f om the cha el

r Th e r (whi ch appears t o be me ely a contin uation of the nave) . towe arch is circul ar . Th e edi ﬁce appe ars to have been rebuil t in the very worst style of the

- b ut ﬁfteenth century : th e win dows on th e north side ar e all squar e headed ,

r T was a. those on the south are ﬁlled wi th fair Perpendi cular trace y . here

l th e of c d Gali ee Chapel at the western end, as evidenced by capital the se on

f o a pier di fering considerably fr om the thers , and from there being descent

Th e i s of two steps from beneath the tower arch into the nave . font o d un t ctagonal an ornamented , and appears to be coeval with the presen

uil b ding ; it is placed opposite the south porch .

Th e i of has a arched roof s ornamented with bosses foliage , and good BI CKI NGTON

of di u a th e s o wall plate Perpen c l r carving , but all woodwork is choked with i whi tewash , that t i s impossible even to hazard a conjectur e as to the ori m al s of th e o of g tw heads , occurring towards the western end the nave . ’ Th e - wi ancient priests door remains , its arch being square headed , th foliated spandrils an d deep moul di ngs in the j ambs .

Th e - i h as tower door, wh ch h as been blocked up , also a good square

- o headed Perpendi cular ar ch, an d the tower window is f the same date . Th ere ar n o h a on e buttresses , b u t the tower s an octagonal staircase its southern

i - on o side , an d there s als o an external rood turret the north side f the

' Church .

In - of Stawell s the chancel and nave are many grave stones the , of

Her eb ear e on r — A in , e bearing thei arms cross lozengy ; impal g , a saltire , A h m engrailed between four mull ets . nother ex ibits Stawell i paled with

A . Th e on Str ode . chevron between three conies latest date the memorials of i 1 2 this family s 6 7 .

In of B of the nave is a stone inscribed to the memory John ickford ,

Wr i well 1 2 on ll of a is A . D. g , , 6 5 , and the eastern wa the ch ncel a black

of . oolcom b e 58 of marble slab recording the death Mr W . W , years minister t T z n f 1 0 1 8 . hi to e o the parish , born 6 6 , died 6 9 s s is surmounted by the arms

h e t a ul . I t . family . S ; three bars g es ( should be arg ; three bars gules) ” I n the year 1 486 A shburt on received ﬁve shi llin gs from “ Bickin gton for the Chandeliers A pud A fter this the parishi oners appear

’ to have dis regarded Bis hop Qui vil s inj un ction relative to furnishing their f quota towards the repair o the Mother Chur ch , and to have declined to pay an A y money whatever ; consequently , an action was commenced by the shburton

r A D 1 500 Churchwardens , and we ﬁnd f om their parish accounts that in ,

“ the sum of ten shill in gs and eight -pence was paid in expense to Exeter B ” “ ik n t on . I n the about y g next year we ﬁnd an entry , Four pounds eight

hi li E Bik en ton s l ngs in expense at xeter . and London against those at this ” . B O i di 1 5 1 2 year ishop ldham seems to have settled th s spute , and in we

“ read as follows — Eight and four -pence received from the Warden of the

of Bek n t on di Chapel y for annual payment to the said Parish Church , accor ng ” of to the form certain agreements made between them .

Th e of B i people ick ngton , however , subscribed towards some repairs to the D A l A . . shburton bells , whi st this di spute was in progress , since we read , ,

“ ” 1 502 Ten li Th e of , shil ng s for the bells from those of Byk en ton . sum

6 0 BI CK1 NGTON .

ur on Christmas Day, according to a list which is prepared by the Ch chwardens

h of and submitted to the paris ioners . From thi s list such the poor as are

of i n the receipt constant parochial relief are excluded .

B i of H f hi i s ickington , nclusive the amlet o C pley , a scattered Parish , 1 2 containing acres , and the popul ation in 1 87 amounted t o 7 3 persons .

T o H 1 03 n . Th R 6 here is Parsonage ouse e egisters commence with , but

Wool com b e r 1 6 80 1 6 5 e Th e Rev . ll f om to 9 there ar no entries . Wi iam ,

i o judging from the nscription in the Chancel (ab ve referred to) , must have

ur n been C ate here duri g the Civil War , and does not seem to have experienced

f hi s th the harsh treatment at the hands o the Puritans to which Vicar , e

Rev A of A . lexander Crosse , shburton , was subjected , whose troubles appear

too t o wh o r estora to have been heavy for him bear , and died before the

of I tion King Charles I .

HA PTE I X C ltb .

i dmmtaiqs ta my.

IDECOMBE-IN-THE- O R ri ithecom b e W decom b M O , variously w tten W , y ,

W de cu m b of Ha t or and y , is situated in the Hundred y , and in the

of I ﬁ ve Deanery Moreton . t lies on the borders of Dartmoor , about miles A H from shburton , and eight from Moretonhampstead , and includes the amlet of Pon o h Th T Pou n ds at e sw r t . e y two small Villages , Lower own and g , which

of anciently belonged to it , have recently been allotted to the new Parish

Leusden .

“ ” Th e record o f Domesday proves that the Manor of Wodi acom e was

“ E ” u held by dric , in the reign of Edward the Confessor . D ring the reign f o William the Conqueror the lands were still occupied by a Saxon noble ,

’ Al r n T u b - n Wal s ci n ic the Ki g s hane , but he was onl y a s tenant u der de

N of Donay, a orman follower the King , and a powerful baron whose baronial MB - - THE - M WI DECO E I N OOR. 6 1

seat was at Bampton ; hi s grand -daughter and heiress married William

Pa an el : of g the last male representative the latter family , (which had been

ir was s ettled in Devonsh e since the Conquest) , summoned to Parliament as a Baron in the reign of Edward II but they appear t o have ceased t o have

an hi y connection with t s county ; some years before this date , during the H of III . r reign enry , and thei possessions at Widecombe seem to have passed ,

-R most probably by marr iage , to the Fitz alphs , who were afterwards known ” of “ S l by the surname hi lingford , from a property so called , which they

ui of E subsequently acq red in the neighbourhood xeter .

’ There is reason to suppose that the Fitz -Ralphs conferred upon Widecombe

- di of of S t . R the stinction being the birth place a aint . S ichard , A rchbishop

of A w on of hi rmagh , as a s t s house , and born probably in the reign of N H E I . of dward , at orth all , in this parish , before the removal his famil y

e A of to Shil lingford . H was made rchbishop A rmagh and Pr imate of all

VI . e E A . D 1 4 Ireland by Pope Clement , and was consecrat d at xeter . , 3 7 .

hi s A r He was educated at Oxford , and before elevation to the chiepiscopal

w V - of U i A of L ﬁ ld e as i ch e . He Se , ice Chancellor that n versity, and rchdeacon

I o is supposed to have translated the Bible into the rish t ngue , and it is stated that he hi d a copy of the Holy Book Withi n the wall of his

ll When t hi s book s ha ll b e Cathedral , inscribed with the fo owing words fou n d t he tru t h s ha ll b e m a n ifes ted t o a ll the world ; or Chr i s t s ha ll s oon after ” a o t he wo ld T n B pp ea r t r . hey were prophetical , si ce (according to ale) , the

was d n al book with its inscription , iscovered duri g some repairs to the Cathedr

He 1 53 0 R . in the year , just at the commencement of the eformation was banished about seven years before hi s death thr ou gh the inﬂuence of the

f of A power ul and numerous order Mendicant Friars , and died at vignon D 1 0 A . . 3 6 , , and his body was translated to Dundalk , and buried in the

of St . a Church Nichol s , and from this circumstance he is occasionally

l R of I cal ed St . ichard Dundalk ; an ancient rish rhyme runs thus il I I Many a m e have gone , and many did walk ,

Bu t never s aw a holier man than Richard of Dundalk .

A s of we have already said , he was afterwards canonized under the title R St . o f A ichard rmagh .

Th e Manor of Widecombe after remai nin g for nine descents in the family

o f -R i Fitz alph or Shill ngford , passed it is considered by inheritance to the

ou thcotes of E i rt ll S , and , in the reign Queen l zabeth , was sti their property . 2 I E OM E -I N-THE -M O OR 6 W D C B .

I t was after wards for some years in the family of Wotton , who purchased I n gl e b ur n e (a portion of the sequestered possessions of the A bbey of

Bu ckfast w on 21 1 4 A o- ) from the Cro n , the st September , 5 6 . c heiress of

Th e cc - of . Wotton brought it to the Wiltshire family Cresswell ( other heiress ,

A E on of lice Wotton , married dward Courtenay , a s the younger branch of the Powderham family) .

Th e n property havi g been thrown into Chancery , John Dunning , ﬁrst

A r u of Lord shbu ton , purchased , nder a decree the Court , a long term in thi s

of S eechwi ck 1 and the adj oining Manor p , and the lease expired in 845 .

A ﬁ ve of bout years since the whole the land was sold, and M rs . Drake

of V of Rev . . H. (niece the late icar Widecombe , the J Mason , became the

of of purchaser the Manor Widecombe .

Th e of S i tchwi ck or eechwi ck is a Manor p , Sp , which situ ted in the Leusden

of of of oom da quarter the Parish , was , at the time the taking the D es y

S of R i cewi te Th e urvey , part the oyal demesne , and was then written Sp . (

of i of o Lords th s Manor had formerly the power capital punishment) . T a

d of 1 282 dee , which was most probably executed in the latter part the year , we ﬁnd the narn

I n B the sevente ath ,

otton s Cr esswell s and afterwards it passed to the W and , and (like Widecombe) w Th e B a . . of E s sold a few years since present possessor is Dr lackall , xeter, wh o occupies the same residence built here by the late Lord A shburton . There are some few remains of the ancient Manor House in the wall of on e of

i of n li . the farm bu ldings , eastward the prese t dwel ng

Th e h k t . ancient Chapel at Speec wi c was dedicated to S Leonard , and was

of of probably built in the twelfth centu ry by the Lord the Manor Widecombe ,

A ll of d for to whom it appears to have belonged . trace it has isappeared

of of in many years , but from the fact several pieces carved stone hav g been

discovered close to the western end of the present dwelling , we are inclined to think that thi s venerable ecclesiastical structure was most probably

fo on e . U removed to make room r it , about hundred years since pon the

occasion o f our visit we were told something of a very thick wall run ni ng

hi of through the centre of the house . May not t s be the eastern wall the

‘ ” o ld Chapel ? A ﬁeld immedi ately behi nd is still called Chapel Park .

Th e S eechwi ck A bbot of Bu ck fa s t had some property at p , as we ﬁnd

“ ” from the following entry in the Va l or E cclesi a s ti cu s Spych ewyk e in - — - 6 3 WI DECOMBE I N THE M OOR.

” “ Reddi tu s 2 t en em en t oru m id par ochi a de Wedycom b . ib em per annum ” £ 1 8s .

Th e Manor of Not swor thy is supposed to have been formerly in the

of B . famil y of the Fords , agtor , and it afterwards belonged to the Filmores

o w r h A nother Manor of N ts o t y, intermixed with this , belonged to the family

l of r r of Cabel , whose heiress brought it to Fownes , Dorsetshi e ; it afte wards

of li Y Es . of A became the property the late Fitzwil am oung , q , shburton , and

Th of Bl ack s ade T Es . e l now belongs to Owen ucker , q Manor was sold by

H m l n s 1 85 i s of R the a y in 7 , and now the property and residence obert

f E . Es . o Dymond , q , xeter

De u don hi t o m a , in t s parish , gave name an ancient fa ily , from whom it

H ir II I . passed , by female heirs , to the Malets , in the reign of enry S John 1 “ ” 0. Th D u d KB. 6 0 e e a on of Malet , . , sold it about the year name has late years been corrupted into Dutton . ” to u “ N H Close the Ch rchyard orth all once stood . From a metrical

of was H description it we learn that it anciently the Manor ouse , and was N H called orth all ; that the house possessed gardens , orchards , and a stately

of was u grove trees , and that the dwelling surro nded by a moat , and that

was of - this moat fed by streams clear water, well stocked with ﬁsh , and was

of crossed by a drawbridge . Scarcely any traces this venerable moorland mansion remain . We ﬁnd from the Tor A bbey Chartulary that Roger de Bok el an d (ah ea dy

of i referred to) gave , about the commencement the th rteenth century , a portion of the land of Sk ob etorr e (we preserve the spelling) to the A bbey

f Tor ob e o w of o . Sc t r was sold ith the rest the Widecombe property a w H as . A . few years since , and purchased by Mr John ern , of shburton

In V ll of the i age Widecombe we noticed an apparently very ancient well , of to S the design generally attributed axon architecture , the opening having

of our om te d or l of (to the best recollection) a p , triangu ar head , formed two

a of r i on str ight blocks g an te , placed end upon the imposts , and resting

t 0 against each other at the p .

The Al a of r di mshouses at the he d the Village are of Pe p en cular date ,

of and were probably erected about the middle the sixteenth century . HA TER C P X .

In taut at was . Mamba

HE of d i t . Parish Church Widecombe , ded cated to S Pancras , is situate

- of a little to the north east the village , and was appropriated by

B ui vil on 3 r d ishop Peter Q to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter , the

“ 1 2 - 4 i tri Ro eri 83 . Ma s February , We ﬁnd from a deed entitled Carta g g ” Ru s R R of E r Le , that oger ouse gave to the Dean and Chapter xete and

i n u r a m li ber a m et er etu a m s m oba on e their successors p p p elem o i na , , acre f of W decom b e of of t . r o land at y , with the A dvowson the Church S Panc as

W decom b of of t of ik ew k S eechwi ck . y , and the Chapel S . Leonard Sp y ( p )

Th e deed goes on to deﬁne the boundaries of the said acre of land .

of od h e of Which certain acre land lies in W e ay , near the sanctuary the aforesaid Church , and extends in length from the aforesaid sanctuary , from

r hi the western pa t , up to the gh road , thr ough whi ch it goes , from the ” of W de com b e D e n r . aforesaid Church y , towards u n s t r sto , f om the eastern part Qu e qu i dem a cr e t er r e j a cet i n Wodeha ye pr ops s a nctua r i u m ecclesi m s u er a di e tae et ex ten di t i n l on t a nctu ar i o ex - a te occi den ta li p , g u di n e a pr edi cto s p r u s qu e a d rega lem vi a m p er qu a m i tu r a di cta ecclesi a de Wydecom be ver sus

’ Du t r s t ex- r e e A of ns e on a t n t li . T p or i a he said land , with the dvowson the

r of for Chu ch and a Chapel , was to be held from the Lord Widecombe ever by the paying to the said Lord of Wydecom b e one pair of candle

u n u m of St . sticks ( pa r cyr otheca ru m ) or on e penny at the feast Michael, for every secular service . A n d on their parts the Dean and Chapter promised

“ to pay ten marks of silver yearly for providing qu eda m D i vi n a s ervi ci a ” a n nu a ti m E e of R Th or i z in x ter Cathedral , for the soul oger de , formerly x ’ WI DECOMBE CHURCH.

” R Th ori z s as A of E te 1 249 . Dean of Exeter . oger de occur rchdeacon xe r in

He was collated to the di gni ty of Dean upon the death of Willi am h de

‘ 4 3 r d of r 1 283 di 29th A 1 27 . . Stan wey, and ed pril , On the Feb uary , n Bishop Peter Qui vil (as we have said above) con ﬁrmed thi s gra t .

' f of R th e on of We have als o seen a copy o the deed alph , s

of of W decu m b R R Re c or Richard , Lord the Manor y , and oger ous , t ” - Rector Ecclesi ce de Nor dhull of the Church of Nor dh u ll (North hall) , ,

' and from thi s deed we infer that Widecombe Church was at that time

“ - n t n r call ed the Church of North hall , bei g situa ed close to the Ma o

T e R of . th e House of that name . h deed sets forth that alph the Lord

R R on e of f hi s ' of Manor , had sold to oger ous acre land rom Manor land

of S eechwi ck Widecombe , with the A dvowson the Church , Chapel at p ,

Thi un da b efor e of for eighty marks of silver . s deed bears date S y the feast

1 1 th of E the Nativity of the Blessed Mary , year King dward

T of u of i to he Church , cr ciform shape , consists chancel , nave opening n north and south aisles beneath six moulded arches supported upon octagonal

n pill ars formed of s ingle blocks of granite ; north and s outh tra septs , a s outh porch , and a magniﬁcent tower at the western end .

Tradition s ays that thi s beautiful tower was erected as a thank -o ff ering by some Dartmoor miners , who had been successful in their search for tin . Th e roof of both nave and aisles rises several feet in the centre of th e

s o di Church , and the ea tern end appears t be the oldest part of the buil ng ;

hi ur there can , we t nk , be little doubt but that the sacred struct e originally

of a i consisted a ch ncel , nave , and two aisles , and that at the t me the tower

w di of hr as built , in the ﬁfteenth century , it was enlarged by the ad tion t ee new arches on each side (the piers following the form of th e more ancient

of of th e ones at the eastern end the building) , and by the construction

The of i two transepts . extreme internal length the Church s nearly 1 04 feet .

Th e 23 e t 1 5 . s e n Chancel , feet in l ng h by 5 feet in width , has an ea t r

of th e window four lights with double tracery, and a quatrefoil in

head .

Th - f e . o t o south chancel wi ndow is square headed , and w lights ;

whi tewash and plaster have done their very worst in ' thi s

of portion the sacred structure , but still there are recesses remaining

e an d d s u w h n -of although chok d i ﬁg red , hich are supposed to be t e remai s WI DE MBE CH ‘ 6 6 CO URCH.

' - d li of aum br s quare headed s e i a , and an ey or locker .

odi . on e h as a Th e . N in the roof are very beautifully carved , a go t , another

’ r th e e u of T a lion , a thi d p lican in her piety , a fo rth an emblem the rinity

of t of in the form three rabbi s , the points their ears meeting and forming ' f a triangle . Some authors however give a di ferent explanation of this l sym b o .

Rf r n th e use of Al f e er i g to tin in chemy, and to the connection o

T of e A of s . R i th bbey avi tock with the tin works Dartmoor , Mr . J . K ng

“ o t of of -i n - - bs er ves tha the roof the Church Widecombe the Moor , said to ‘ i have been i mmediately connected with the miners , exh bits many ﬁgures

o w o f A O on which bscurely s hado forth the learning the lchemists . n e of

i s n of the bosses a si gular combination three rabbits , each with a single c r i i A ll a , wh ch jo n in the centre , thus forming a triangle . usion is made

hi l of B to t s ﬁgure in the wil asil Valentine , where it is called the hunt of s R i s n A a Venu . abbits , it well k own , were a favourite lchemic l symbol ,

‘ and ! occur more than once in the curious plates with whi ch Vaughan

’ supplied Elias A shmole for his edition of Morton s Or di n a l of

A lchemi e . r / or b Two of the bosses represent r e spectiv ely? Queen holding the , and a i f H I I I i K ng, very like the pictures o enry V . ; we th nk it possible that they

r of n H II I hi V . we e intended for likenesses Ki g enry , and s Queen , Jane

o of Seym ur , and that they commemorate the erection the tower and the

l o 1 en argement f the Church in 53 7 .

’ Th e ll on of priest s door is sti the south side the chancel , and is cut

diagonally through the wall in order to leave space for the piscina ; the lower

of n part the screen only remai s ; it has experienced rough usage , but we

of t . A were able to recognise the ﬁgures S pollonia , with the tooth at the

f of i o t . t . end a pair pincers ; S John , with the chal ce ; S Sebastian , naked

an d t . t . t . St . pierced with arrows ; S Philip , S Matthew , S Jude , and T homas .

“ Th hi - ll the e staircase , w ch once led to the rood loft , sti remains in

n l : thick ess of the southern wal the pulpit is ancient , and still preserves

i t s o e . original form, but all trace f colouring has been obliterat d In the south chancel Chapel we noticed a large image bracket in the

s h - out eastern corner , and another on the south wall ; in the south transept

there i s . a plain piscina .

WI DE MBE CH U 6 8 CO RCH .

TO THE MEMORI E OF MARY THE THIRD WIFE OF IOHN ELFORD OF SHI TSTOR E h WA HEER I TERR B 1 , s c , S N ED FE R. YE 6 A ° 1 6 42 HA VIN I E A T TE , G SSV A BYR MA RY SA RA H

Wed . poesie A S MA RYES CHOYCE MA DE I OHN REI OYCE below Soe was her losse his h eaui e crosse most know Yet lost sh e is not sur e but foun d aboue ’ Death gaue her life t i m b r ace A dearer loue

r M R A n ag { A RY ELFORD FEA R MY LO D ’ Then FEA R MY LORD whilst yet yu mou st on mold That s oe those arm es that mee may thee infold Neer twel u e moneths day her m ari dge heer did pass Her h e au en ly nu ti all consummated was ’ Sh e fertile prou in soul s and bodys both I n life good wor k e s at death sh e twyn s brought for th ’ A n d like A frui tq tree with bearing dy d ’ Ye t Phoenix li ke for on e there two su r ui u d Which shortly posted their deare mother after Least this contagion their poore soules might slaughter Then cease your s ad laments I am but gone I l To r eape aboue what b e owe win e sowne

A ° aetat VIXIt obII t s er I s

Mar l a GaLe I oh an nI s ELfOI‘D VXor t ertI a

h eV) ob II t eX pVerper I o Erectum fuit A 9 1 6 50

“ — A n n o A eta ti s vi xi obi i t su e s Plainly written th e chronogram runs thus t p ri , ” M a ri a Ga le J oha nn i s E l o d Uxo t er ti a heu obi i t ex u er er i o et c . , f r , r , , p p , ’ T e su er i s a h two capital v s in vi xi t and p added together m ke ten , the x

’ xi v i xi t i s obi i t in vi t makes ten more , in there are two , in two more , and

— — Th e of su eri s on e 25 . in p total , her age ﬁrst part the inscription sets

h e 1 42 forth that s was buried in 6 , and if the capital letters in the two last li nes be added together in like manner they will be found to form

1 42. the date , 6

T E of of his John lford , Sheepstor , came a family who had long resided

v wi of there , deri ing the estate from a marriage th the heiress Scudamore ,

own ‘ E H of and their descent fr om Robert de lford , who was igh Sheriff

H B hi s 3 e r . Cornwall in the oth of King Edward III . had fou wives y .

E - of l te ﬁrst wife , lizabeth , the cc heir ess Copp eston , h e had four daug h rs ; 6 9 WI DECOMBE CH URCH .

of hi the youngest married A rthur Fortescue , Wear , from w ch match the

h Hi s i present Ear l Fortescue i s ﬁft in descent . second w fe was the sister

o hi Elfor ds B . of th e l st Sir John Northcote , art , and from t s marriage the

d Hi s f of Bickham were erived . third wife was Mary Gale , and his ourth

f of oll o b wife was most probably a daughter o the house W cqm e .

of There are shi elds round the mural tablet , which we have been speaking ,

— l E . a z . charged with the following arms st lford , party per pale ar and a

ul u lion ramt g es , impaling Scudamore g ; three stirrups , leathered and f or 2n d E . r . A z . o . buckled . lford 3 d Gale . a fess arg , fretty the ﬁeld 4 th E a l . A r lford , imp ing Copplestone g ; a chevron , engrailed between three

’ z s a leopards faces , a . Northcote arg ; three crosses crosslet in bend ; and

oll T W ocom b e u . f h e arg ; three bars g a label o three points . label is the distinctive mark between the two ancient famili es of Woll ocom b e and

Woollcom b e . T i ar e s x l 1 6 3 2 . here be ls in the tower , three are ancient , bearing date

“ i s ol De “ Ha m l n s onn e One inscribed S i o Deter Glor i a another Robert y ,

o J uo . Ha ml n o Chi ttle or d 1 6 3 2 a t he ed o t he ou n m en a n d m a i ds f y , f f , , g r f y g

wa 1 4 1 4 s c 8 8. One bell ere ted in 7 7 , and two in

l er 1 3 8 Of the awfu thund storm at Widecombe , in 6 , several narratives have

h . A hi s been publis ed circumstantial account is given by Prince , in lif e of Rev the . Geo . Lyde , who was Vicar of Widecombe at the time , and s s ad ome verses still remaining in the Church comm emorate the event . Th e Church appears to have been struck by lightning during the hours of D S on S 2l s t 1 3 8 ivine ervice , unday, October, 6 , and several persons

I n were killed and many injured . the Burial Register is the followi ng notice of the persons killed :

R H t wa s o oger ill , Gen , buried the 23 r d day f October .

1 6 3 8 R obert Meade ,

were buried the 23 r d day of October . S i ibella M lward ,

I n of - the Church , in front the centre of the screen , is a grave stone ,

“ i — H a Ro er i Hi ll en er os i e with the follow ng inscription i c j a cen t corp or g , g t

A nn ae u xo i s E us . Vi r bi i t 2l s Octobr i s 1 6 3 8. Uxor a u tem 1 t r j o t . , 7 h

J a n u a r i i , Th e repairs of the Church are said to have cost the £ 3 00 ’ parish more than , but the Churchwardens accounts do not go s o far back . E MBE CH UR H 7 0 WI D CO C .

I n the account of the storm published in the same year in whi ch it ’ h n th e thi r d occurred , w ich has been repri ted in volume of the Ha r lei a n

“ ” Mi s ce lla n of R R y, the name ( alph ouse , vintner in the town , is incidentally

He of mentioned . was doubtless a descendant the ancient fam il y above

of referred to in connection with the early history the Church .

di i n 1 86 3 Widecombe was vided the year , for all ecclesiastical purpose s ,

of t . Le d and the new Church S John , upon u s on Common , was consecrated

Th e of s in that year . erection thi Church was consequent upon the

of . exertions Mrs Larpent , who , aided by a grant of £ 3 00 fr om th e

I E of A i ncorporated Society for the rection dd tional Churches , undertook the

of I ui in whole the expense . t is b lt the Geometrical Decorated style , and . f on of consists o a Chancel and nave , with a tower the south side the Chancel ; the organ stands beneath the tower arch : the octagonal font was the gift of the late Lord Bishop of Exeter .

Ha or i s T Th e hamlet of Christians y, , as it commonly called Lower own ,

old is situated close to this new Church ; here we noticed a very house ,

li of l with black oaken cei ngs , (some them ﬁnely carved) , and Perpendicu ar

T a th e of doorways . here is a vague tr dition that it was once habitation a W es ; Priest , and the ﬁeld behind it is called Close very probably it anciently T V Rev . . h e s belonged to the icar , the George Lyde ( house appear to have

of Th e been built about the commencement the seventeenth century . )

of hi i estate Great Cator was also s property , and rema ned in the same

of name until a few years ago , when it was sold by the late Miss Lyde ,

A sh bur t on .

Th V of Leu o . e present icar sd n is th e Rev P . Jackson , t o whose courtesy we are much indebted .

A sh m of P un e h as A n estate , called , situated in the ha let o dsgat , been for several centuries the property of the family of Haml yn ; the farm -house has

- ad i a good square he ed doorway , with sh elds in the spandrils charged with

1 I n of o the date 6 53 . one the rooms we were shown some ﬁne ak

Tor u ar ni an wainscot , carved in the linen pattern . Lake , , Q Ford , and

Foxworthy , are all ancient houses in this parish .

Th e H of of house called the Church ouse , is the property the parish

n of . Widecombe , as well as a acre land called Lady Land

1 6 43 b e hi John Wills , in , gave three shillings to distributed in w te bread on 1 li to Good Friday , and Sampson Jerman , in 6 6 9, left ten shil ngs , be 1 WI DECOMBE CHURCH. 7

n of N “ t o on e oo bod es eci a ll to on e given yearly o the ﬁrst ovember , p r y, p y ” t ha t ha t h n o r eli e . 1 9 p oor wi dow woma n f Miss White , in 7 7 , vested the

of s u m of £ 1 42 in the ﬁve per cents in trustees , for the education poor

O children f the parish .

Rev . I . V Our best thanks are due to to the Williams , the present icar ,

He R for hi s kind attention to our enqui ri es . informs us that the egisters

— B 1 56 0 B 1 5 0 1 57 3 . commence urials , ; aptisms , 7 ; Marriages ,

I n r of B Br on e s com b e 1 3 th S 20th the egister ishop , kalends eptember ( A 1 26 6 1 6 . ugust) , (fol . b ) is an interesting document , by which Walter ,

B of E ml of Pu sh ll Bal b en ishop xeter , transferred the ha ets y and y (now

l Bab en of Pishi l and y) to the parish Widecombe from Lidford , because the inhabitants of those two places were ﬁfteen miles distant from their Parish

o i - oi Church , and because there were n ot enough of them t b u ld a Chapel

E . Th e l ase transfer is , however , on y partial , for some purposes they were

of of to remain parcel the Mother Parish Lidford . Th e following is ‘ a list (although an imperfect on e) o f the Vicars

“ ” R R of - O O of H A . D. GER USE is described as Rector the Church Nort h all , 1 283 H . e n ot H . A s was probably , however , in oly Orders we have already s aid he bestowed the A dvowson of the Church upon the Dean and Chapter

of E xeter, the present Patrons of the Vicarage . E WA F YSCHE or F i sh acr e V . D RD , , is the ﬁrst icar we ﬁnd mentioned

R A MA DEF OBD h e 1 3 0 1 40 F s c 9 0. ICH RD , exchanged with y , ,

H B K V of I UGH IC LEIGH was also icar the adj oining Parish Of lsington , and

was He di on 2 th of O 1 2 buried there . ed the 7 ctober , 53 .

PETER MA NWA RYI NG probably succeeded ; we ﬁnd him described as Vicar

“ ” Va lo Ec les a H I c i s ti eu s i V I . in the r , compiled by order of K ng enry I 1 53 in 5 . R H 5th 1 5 0 OBERT ICHE , buried January , 9 .

R E L OBERT L IS . M E w 2 CLE ENT LLIS as livin g 1 59 . AM H l 1 WILLI ILL was iving 6 04.

was 6 th 1 6 3 6 1 6 3 hn d was GEORGE LYDE presented March , ; he died in 7 , s ucceeded by

N T K 23 r d 1 4 JOH IC LE , upon the May , 6 7 . JONATHAN Tc LE (perhaps the son of the last Vicar) was instituted in Ma 1 0 y, 6 9 , and was followed by 7 2 VI CA RS OF WI DECOMBE

LL wh o t o S 1 3 3 . GEORGE SNE , was presented the Vicarage in eptember , 7

i an d as He appears , however , to have decl ned to accept the preferment , w consequently never instituted or inducted . HA 1 3 3 JOHN RRIS was therefore instituted in th e month of January , 7 , and Was Succeeded by

T MA on 2 h 1 HO S GRANGER , the 4t A pril , 7 3 6 . N A ALL 24h A 1 JOH M RSH was presented t pril , 7 80.

N R N ul 1 0 He was of dn JOH E DLE was instituted in J y, 7 9 . Fellow Si ey

College , Cambridge , and a good mathematician and classical scholar ; he ” “ The Hi stor o t he Em e o Ti ber i u s or published y f p r r , rather a vindication H of . e of T that monarch was a native iverton , and was educated at the

S of w on 22n d of 1 81 5 hi s Grammar chool that to n ; he died the May , , in

He 5 th . 7 year was succeeded by the Rev .

AM H MAN A N 3 r d of s J ES OL M SO , upon the July , in the same year , upon who e

1 86 0 Rev death , in , the .

P A ON 1 86 9 PHILI C RLY was instituted, and upon hi s resignation in , was

V Re succeeded by the present icar , the v , L A M was s e n 1 7 of A i n t he s a me JOHN WI LI S , who in tituted np the th ugust , yea r

R XI CHA PTE .

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ﬁrst at attain .

ANA TON or H f Tei n b ri d e , Manadon , in the undred o g g , the Deanery

A of T s Moreton , and the rchdeaconry otnes , lie about eight A miles from shburton and four from its post town of Moretonhampstead , and in 1 87 1 returned a population of 403 persons scattered over acres of land. THE PA RI SH OF MA NA TON. 73

We ﬁnd two Manors of Man aton mentioned in Domesday ; the ﬁrst of

Man edor e Of these , which is there written , had (at the period the survey) ” “ h o passed from the hands Of Colbert into those Of Odo , w held it under

N mi E dr Juh el de Toten ai s ; of the second , the orman Conqueror per tted l ed (who had been a thane or noble at the Court of Edward th e Confessor) to retain possession . These were probably the two Manors n ow kn own as Great and Little

is M a n a Br i tanni a of Manaton , and it stated in the g that the ﬁrst them belonged

of B a n d at an early period to the family Dennis , O f l gdon , a passed by H T successive marriages to orton and horn .

f i I ll u Th e ancient family o Denn s derive their descent from e an s Dacus ,

” ‘ or “ Den ei s of hi s R or Le the Dane , Le , and a descendant , alph Dacus ,

D n ei s of H r of B T e , was Lord Pancras Week , in the und ed lack orrington ,

H II Th e of hi az in the reign Of King enry . ancestral coat t s family ( ; three

D of c anish battle axes erect ; or) was , ourse , adopted by them in allusion to their origin .

ir R Den ei s S obert Le , the ﬁfth in descent from Jellan u s , di ed without

co- h issue male ; his Sisters and heirs married Ferrers and Kirk am , and William (a younger s on of Ralph before mentioned) becam e the common

o nl ir R ancestor n t o y of S obert Dennis , Of Blagdon and Manaton , but also of the res t of the numerous branches in to which the family afterwar ds

Spread . Th T e horns , when they had inherited the Manor , sold it to Dymock , from

Bri tr i ch e st on s f whom it passed through the to Wivell , o whom it was

r ou thcote pu chased by S , and it eventually came into the possession of th e

of Coﬁi eet . Th e E of i Lanes , arl Devon s Lord of the Manor of Little

Manaton .

Hou n tor was , although described as a Tithin g i n the reign Of Richar d I . , a Manor at the taking of the Domesday Su rvey, and then formed parcel Of

n T A u A the estates pertaini g to avistock bbey , being held nder the bbot by R . T of the ainald owards the end the twelfth century, however , it became property of a Kn ight wh o is described as Sir Hugh de Houn tor (or Hun dator e

n li n hi s mi accordi g to the ancient Spel ng) , and after remaini g in fa ly for

ll i o two generations , was eventua y sold by h s grandson t Langdon . I t was afterwards sold t o a member of the old Devonshi re house of v s i s w Ger i , which kno n to have been settled in Exeter , and to have been T P I H F HE A RS O MA NA TON .

in good repute there in th e r eign of Ki n g John Walter ' of E in th f Ger vais , who was Mayor xeter e s econd year o King Henry III .

Exe se of built the ﬁrst bridge over the river , at an expen

an sum e . Thi immense in thos days s bridge , constructed chieﬂy at his own e i s to c 1 2 0 xpense , supposed have been ommenced about the year 5 , and i 1 2 ﬁn shed in 95 . Before its erection people who wished to enter the

of th in western Side e city wer e compelled to cross the river boats , and thi s very necessary work h as rendered (as Prince says) the name of Gervis deservedly famous to all generations . Upon his death Walter Gervais gave a large quantity of valuable land for “ the maintenance and reparation of ” i the bridge . He s supposed to have been the father Of Nicholas Gervis , to

of of Won for d “ whom Robert de Mandevill e , Lord the Manor , granted all ” Ki n swell ll g lyin g on the north Side Of the way, where the ga ows stands , an d son ir from him it descended to his , S Walter Gervis , whose daughter

A li i of Sir R lice was married to Sir Wil am Speke , Kn ght , grandson ichard

l E f B E . e spek , o r an dfor d Speke , near xeter

’ Gervi s s of Hountor D m ock s From the the Manor passed by sale to the y , a n d ou h co I t from the latter to S t t e (the then possessor Of Great Manaton) . ' of mi f f is now the property the fa ly o Frén ch . Th e great tithes Of Little

t o Manaton are appropriated Salisbury Cathedral (se e M a gna Br i t . p .

Th e di - i s Parish Church , stan ng by the side of a well kept village green ,

St . i A of dedicated to Win fred ( bbess) , and consists a chancel raised above the nave , which opens into the north and south aisles beneath four obtuse ,

ul u n mo ded arches , supported upon clustered col m s Of Perpendicular date ; a south porch with a parvise over it , and a tower at the western end ,

Th e containing four bells . eastern window , which has been restored , is Of “ ” i l Flamboyant character ; it s Of thr ee lights , and ﬁl ed with stained glass ,

of ou r B . representing the cruciﬁxion , resurrection , and ascension lessed Lord

I i of V t s dedi cated to the glory of God and to the memory Dorothea avasour , A 4h 1 8 who died pril t , 6 0. T i h e south chancel window, which has also been restored and ﬁlled w th di ’ stained glass , retains its Perpen cular tracery , and the ancient priest s

of door on th e same Side Opens beneath a very debased arch . Some the stalls in this part of the Church are of old oak , and carved with the linen

Two h of ou r chantries , which were doubtless anciently the C apels Lady

M A A T CH URC 7 6 N O N H.

of ill mutilated , bears traces rich umination and magniﬁcent carving ; it h as

rn of of a good co ice vine leaves and grapes , and the period its erection is

of T R commemorated by the presence (as in the stained glass) the udor ose .

of T A Carved ﬁgures the welve postles surround the central doors , and

t . although they have been much defaced , we were able to identify S Peter, wi t T wo t . h t ke s t . A St . S St . y , S ndrew , Philip , homas , Jude , with a boat ,

St . S s St . St . St . tephen , with stone in his chasuble , Paul , Matthew,

B M i t . . artholomew, St . atth as , and S James the Less Th e lights in the upper part are surrounded by perpendicul ar ﬂowers and

eu wi fl r de li e, and are filled th good third pointed tracery , and amongst H St . the figures of saints in the lower panels , may be seen elena , with B I R I t . B r the Latin Cross , in scribed N , S laze , ishop and Marty , with

ool om E of a W c b , St . dmund , King and Martyr , the Mitred ﬁgure a

B t . B hi t . ishop , St . Matt as , St . James the Great , S artholomew, and S

ul Pa . On the lower part of the door are three of the Doctors of the Western

: o St . Church St . Greg ry , the Pope wearing the triple crown , Jerome ,

as din St . A B . Th e habited a Car al , and mbrose , vested as a ishop ﬁgure of om tim r h of St . A ugustine became s e ef t e victim a rash attempt at

to restoration , and the next panel appears be ﬁlled with the representation of a female saint .

From here southwards the colours are very gaudy, and apparently some

l i n on loca artist has recklessly attempted to mprove upon the origi al , but e

c an . St . hi i t t t . still discern the forms Of S Peter , P l p , S . Simon , S James

t r t . B the Less , S . John , with chalice and se p ent , and S arbara with her

. Th e i tower ﬁrst s x panels in front of the north Chancel Chapel , have

t T of been en irely defaced . h e whole of the ﬁg u res on the lower part the

u ul South chantry Screen have been shamef lly daubed over , and we co d only

ni r of recog se the ﬁgu e the Magdalene , holding the alabastrum . There are the remains of mutilated image brackets on the Chancel

a r e piers , and the nodi in the roof carved in good Perpendicular foliage .

old of We also noticed an parish chest , perhaps coeval wi th the erection

the present Church .

Th e a porch retains its ancient stone benches , and has a good v ulted

i of roof Of stone , supported upon s x slender circul ar Shafts ; the j ambs the

ar e d doorway deeply moulded , an the parvise wi ndow is on the eastern MA NA TON CHURCH. 7 7

o th e side , n the western side there is an external projection containing s taircase leading to this chamber .

h a Th e Church is buttressed and embattled , and s an external rood turret on the south side ; but the doors leadi ng to it have been blocked . The Th e tower is unbuttressed , but is surmounted by four pinnacles .

O tower doo rway is pecul iarly massive , the arch being formed f four enormous blocks of granite ; it i s ascended by a staircase contained in a handsome octagonal turret . ' on We noticed trace s of an aspersorium the eastern Side of the porch , and upon in quiry were inf ormed that on e remained there withi n th e memory of some of the inhabitants , but that it unaccountably disappeared s ome years since : a simi lar story is extant relative to the churchyard

c i ll on s of cross , the pa e Of wh ch sti remains the south ide the sacred

hi . building , and w ch was also mysteriously removed Wh oever the individual may have been who performed these acts O f

' i o - vandal sm , he carried n his anti superstitious Operations with such secrecy

He i hi that hi s name was never discovered . ev dently lived after s time

i u had he del ghted the world in the sixteenth cent ry , he might possibly have

’ hi s a E made fortune by ttaching himself to Queen lizabeth s visitors , and woul d then have had a larger scope for hi s misplaced zeal than —h e coul d

th e f possibly have found in pretty little village o Man aton .

Th e i s churchyard neat and well kept , and there i s a very ﬁ n e it and ancient yew tree on s north side .

Th e r n hi the Pa sonage was built about thirty years si ce , at w ch period

h ur ancient rectory , w ich appears t o have dated from the ﬁfte enth cent y,

ul : of was p led down a sketch it is preserved in on e of the register books , and the massive ar ched doorway of the same period as the old house

i s itself still retained , and forms the entrance to the lawn .

Th e i 1 Church was much injured by l ghtning in 7 7 9 , and a memorandum of thi s calamity is also to be found in the Parish Records — “ A remarkably

on 1 3 1 7 9 . A awful event happened Monday morning early , December th , 7

n i l on terrible thu derstorm , attended wi th large hail and lightn ng , fe l the Th f chancel and Church . e east front o the chancel was demolished , as

i a A likew se a h ndsome new altar piece and the communion table . large

i of stone was hurled nto the parsonage seat , which broke some part it . The northern side of the tower was Split from the top almost to the C U CH 7 8 M A NA TON H R .

4 8 in 21 bottom . One Of the pinnacles , feet inches length , inches in 5 3 diameter , and feet inches in circumference , supposed to be about a

of thousand weight , broke in the roof the northern and southern sides o f - the Church , and crushed some seats in its fall near the singing seats . n I . short , a sight Shocking to all beholders Several stones were carried f “ h 3 6 e rom t e tower , above yards north into a ﬁ ld beyond the churchyard ,

t r - though all accounts agree tha the sto m came from the north west , and ” - directed its course to the south east . ' R Th e advowson Of the ectory passed by marriage from Dennis to Kirkham , l 1 3 23 Th and Nicholas Kirkham presented Wi liam Le Cornu to it in . e

’ of Kir kh am s appear to have occasionally sold the right patronage , since

Han k efor d Ch am ern oun x 1 423 H William and John p e ercised it in , and enry ,

ui E 1 53 8. on R of of Marq s Of xeter , in We can ﬁnd but e ector the name

r . R 3 r d 1 51 Th e Ki kham , viz , ichard Kirkham , instituted January , 7 . name ” R Va lor E ccles i a s ti cu s Of the ector is omitted in the , but the institutions (preserved in the Registry Ofﬁ ce o f the Bishop Of Exeter) prove that it was

was on 24th of A 1 53 5 Christopher Croft who instituted the ugust , , and

1 Hi s R 1 1 1 8 3 s . resigned in 53 . ectory was valued at £ 7 d .

H on th e 2 th 1 6 45 ha c James ill was instituted f 7 of November , , patron , vi e E H s c Edward Mitchell , Of xeter . e was deprived of hi livi ng by the

of i Puritans , who accused him drunkenness and gaming , and , accord ng to ” o of mi Walker, the latter charge was sworn to by n e the com ttee , who was i h mself the person who played with him for Sixpence at some game ,

“ and SO (our author remarks) the same person was judge , witness , and e l Of hi qua ly criminal with the fender , w ch is certainly a ver y uncommon ” - . He r v R r e of case su ived the estoration , Obtained possession his living ,

1 6 6 1 n and upon his death , in , was succeeded by Richard Eastchurch o the

1 of 7 th June in that year .

A short time since we noticed in the columns of a newspaper a table i i purport ng to be a l st Of Ministers who , after the A ct of St . Bartholomew

“ ” f e ar s th e was put in force , su fered for ten y , most fearful persecutions , and “ being ejected from their church livings ” formed “ the ﬁrst body Of N ” onconformist Ministers . We make the accompanying extract from this

“ Nosworthy, John , was ej ected from the Rectory of Manaton . Durin g the Par li amentary contest he was imprisoned and subjected to mos t MA NA TON CHURCH. 7 9

’ ” ow . severe treatment . N , we have been at some pains to shew that Mr

of of Nosworthy coul d only have held possession Manaton by force arms ,

ou A s that is by turning t the rightful possessor . a Presbyterian probably (which his memorialist confesses him to have been) he did n ot care for

of un the ceremonies institution and induction ; at any rate , he never derwent h t em , and we cannot imagine what grounds any one can have for con

s ideri n hi s g him unfairly treated in having to resign what was never , and that which nothing but the anarchy and confusion of the times could have permitted him for on e single hour to retain ; and whilst we are on this

of subj ect we may remark , that in the whole the list above referred to we have only found on e appointment made with the slightest Show of

vi z . legality , , a presentation to a donative Curacy , which from the peculiar character of the patronage di d not require any recognition from ecclesiastical

. A of E 1 R T authority fter the death Mr . astchurch , in 6 98, the ev . homas

Car with en was instituted , and havi ng purchased the advowson from the

i ts i ll hi ' h Ol d patrons , reversion s sti retained by s descendants . Betwe en t e

1 6 98 1 841 Car ith n R years and there were eight w e s ectors of Manaton , the

of R ev . . Car i h en of last the name being the J C . wt , the present Vicar S tokenham .

Th e R Re . v R. present ector is the Cooper Douglas , who was instituted

1 86 9 t He in , and to whose kindness and at ention we are much indebted .

i z— B 1 i 1 4 informs us that the reg sters commence aptisms , 6 53 ; marr ages , 6 5 ; 1 6 R 53 . Th e H e burials , modern ectory ouse is a comfortabl residence , and 40 f there are acres o glebe .

’ ” O “ B of On the downs , pposite the Church , is owerman s Nose , a pile a t stones gener lly supposed to have formed a rock idol . I is on the side Of a h ll i , and is formed by several rocks piled on a solid basis about 1 2 feet

of T s quare , and rises to the height 3 0 feet . owards the top it diminishes in Size , and at a short distance the broken outline of the cluster presents

e r o an app arance ve y Similar to the rude proﬁle f a human countenance .

I t a is evidently formed by n ture , and none of the tors scattered about in

i a it s “ its vic nity present a simil r appearance , and stand al on e , the undisputed i deity of the surround ng scene .

Th e wi n R o f follo g institutions to the ectory Manaton were e xtr agt ed from the R Oﬂi ce of B of E lists preserved in the egistry the ishop xeter , by the late R ev . h O ver D. D. S 7 th 1 824 an d George , , eptember , , were in serted at the com MA A T 80 RE CTORS O F N ON.

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m en cem en t R Rev . a ar wi t n Of the Parochial egisters by the late Willi m C he , D D. . R , ector and Patron of the Rectory of Manaton

S MO BEALDE r 1 1 3 1 . I N , admitted Janua y 9th , 7

LL AM E O l 1 th 1 3 2 N WI I L C RNU , admitted October , 3 . Patron , ichol as

L P DE A O of r 1 4 1 3 3 5 . PHI I N SSINGT N , on death last Rector , Ma ch th ,

Patron , the same . T D 2 4 . He MA E AFF D 6 th 1 3 . HO S ST OR , admitted A pril , 9 Same patron ex changed for Chudleigh with R A BO AM 1 1 2 . ICH RD LH , A pril 5th , 3 5 . Patrons , the Kirkham family

AL D RLY G 2 d 1 3 . W TER U N , March 3 r , 58. Same Patrons

E WA F I S A RE D RD S C , exchanged for Widecombe with

L AM DE TREADELREA RE 1 l th 1 3 88. S s . WI LI , September , ame Patron

R DE UE on OGER S , whose resignation

l Han k efor d AM BOT Y G h 1 423 . WILLI R AN succeeded , October 7 t , Patrons , Wil iam

hn H Dun stan s w h a u t . and Jo C m pern o n . e exchanged for S , Canterbury ith 1 443 FF A BROKE th . GEO ERY L NG , July 7 , 4 TOK on t Rector 1 46 . Patrons , the Kirkham JOHN ER the death of the las ,

TYA xE JOHN , on whose death

R A K AM 1 1 . ICH RD KIR H succeeded , January 3 r d, 5 7 . Patrons the same

N OLA IvER of 8 1 521 . S ICH S OL , on the resignation Richard , June th , ame

Patrons .

OP OF 1 2th 1 53 5 on CHRIST HER CR T , A ugust , , whose resignation H of P 1 t 1 53 8. STE HEN WHITE succeeded , October s , Patron , enry , Marquess

Exeter .

HI DRO R E A 4th 1 56 6 . , JOHN W U N , on Stephens resignation , ugust , Patrons the

ir He 1 5 4 K kham family . resigned in 7 , and was succeeded by

HENRY GRIFFITHS on the l oth Of September . Patrons , the same .

A LL 21 t 1 5 . . RICH RD HI , March s , 7 9 Same Patrons

LL AM L of R 4th 1 6 1 2 . S . WI I HIL , on death last ector , December , ame Patrons c vi ce AM H l N 27 th 1 6 45 . ha J ES ILL , on death of Wi liam , ovember , Patron ,

E E . dward Mitchell , Of xeter

H 1 th 1 6 6 1 . R A A of . 7 , ICH RD E STCHURCH , on the death Mr ill , June , Patrons

l 1 6 98 6 1 s , the Kirkham family . He died 1 th February , , aged year and was succeeded by 81 RECTORS OF MA NA TON.

Kir ha OMA 1 h . th e TH S CARWI THEN, on the 9th May in t at year Patrons , k m

C withen . A L HE r 1 l th . r s ar CH R ES CA RWI T N, Februa y Pat on , family 4 A R HEN on of 26 th 1 . JOHN C WIT , death Charles , January , 7 7

m Car wi then of E Willi a , xeter .

A I TER f n d 5th 1 53 m ELIAS C , on the death o the last ame , May , 7 , Sa e

Patron .

O CABWITHE o of E s f r l 1 1 6 . GE RGE N, n the death lia Ca te , Ju y 6 th , 7 6 Patr on ,

i h 1 6 as George Car wt en . He di ed 7 7 , and w succeeded by

OMA CA R HEN on 26 th . Ca th en . TH S WI T , June Patrons , rwi family

M A RWI THE 1 st 1 80. t WILLIA C N, June , 7 Same Pa rons . f h LL AM A RWI THE M . A . on o WI I C N, , s ucceeded the death his fat er , an d was

on hi s o for instituted wn petition ; he resigned Stoke Climslan d, Febru ary

4h 1 841 c hi n R t , , and was suc eeded by s so , the ev .

CA Re HEN th f nh 2 h JOHN CHARLES , e present Vicar o Stoke am , Mar ch 9t ,

1 841 R . , (Patron the late ector)

o wn LL AM . OOD n hi s o n for ur WI I P W ( petition , bei g Patron this t n) succeeded 4 1 8 8 . Carwi th en in , (Mr having resigned for Challacombe) . Mr . Wood S n L vacated for addi gton , eicestershire , and was followed by the Rev .

O NK N N 26 th 1 8 2 GE RGE JE I S , ovember , 5 . Patron ha c vi ce J . Jenkins , MD Th R Esq. , . e ev.

R. OOP O GLA M A R C ER D U S , . . , the present ector , succeeded on the resignation

o f . 1 8 Mr Jenkins , January 6 th , 6 9 . Patron has vi ce Bartholomew C. Gidley,

Es . of q , Exeter . CHA PTER XII .

In n t i i ts a d tt ttt t rng ﬁrst all spam.

PP E E r of n d H L P N, in the Deane y that name , a in the undred Of

Ha or T yt , lies about ﬁve miles from otnes , and about three from

N A H of Dai n t on Doi n on d ewt on bbot , and includes the amlets g or g t , Combe

F i sh acr e A s st or 1 8 1 of 84 , and ; in 7 it returned a population 6 persons , r di 3 0 0 of esi ng over 7 acres land . ” We read in “ Domesday that Go sessed the Manor of I pplepen in the reign of Edward the Confessor ; at the Conquest it passed into the hands of R F ul er l f i mi l es . on e o the Norman , alph de g Oliver te ls us that th s fa y ,

of t . A r at an early period , conferred the patronage S ndrew s Chu ch at

I il en or I el en on of A e p p , p p , the Canons the bbey Of Foug res in the Diocese

R B Th e R of Of ennes , in rittany . ector the Church , holding his situation di i “ ” imme ately from th s establishment , and probably having two religious

hi m in living with , was called a Prior ; this custom generally prevail g in f cells o alien monasteries .

Th e A of e or F u l er es l French bbey Foug res , g , was partial y founded by

i fou n da the fami ly from whom it took its name . Some t me after its ﬁrst

H F u l er es tion it received additional donations from a certain enry de g , and

r of our he it was , ve y possibly, who conferred upon it the patronage i Devonsh re Church . Th e Manor remai ned in the possession of this family till the reign of

H R s King John , when , as we ﬁnd in the undred oll , it was eized by the

an d L e on hi s King, conferred upon Nicholas de ettr s , but death (sine prole)

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as t . A Th e Church , dedicated we have said before , to S ndrew , is sit uated

hi - of ll u pon gh ground to the north west the vi age , and comprehends a c s hancel, nave , north and south aisles , a outh porch, and a ﬁne tower, con

i x Th e u l of s . taining bells whole b i ding is great strength , the walls and tower are supported by plain buttresses , and there are small octagonal

e n turrets at the western ends of the aisl s . On enteri g the Church by the ’ i or s outh porch , wh ch has a parvise , priests chamber over it , we noticed on th e of or - eastern side a good example the aspersorium , holy water stoup .

Thi on e B s porch much resembles the at icester, Dioc Oxon , and wa s

i 0 1 420 Th e l probably bu lt . . pil ars and arches separating the nave from

of e the aisles are formed a ﬁne red ston , but are now thickly covered with

of hi e plaster , with the exception those standing . behind the Screen , w ch hav

' Th been well restored . e capitals are carved in foliage , and they appear t o 1 400 belong to the late Decorated style , and to date circa .

r of i Th e screen and pul pit a e both early Perpend cular work, and have

. Th e both suffered much from rude attempts at restoration Saints , still

of o O traceable on the lower panels the ﬁrst , have been s much bliterated

ni t as to have become unrecog sable , whilst the pulpit , which is adorned wi h a F fi ni al s four tabernacled ni ches , with crockets fi , has had the figur es which anciently occupied those recesses altogether removed . Th e tracery of the eastern windows h as been filled with Old glass collected

m h . T i n of in fro t e other windows here are it several ﬁgures Sa ts , amongst B t . Briti u s . . . which St . Thomas the A postle , and S , p and C are conspicuous

Am hi of Fi sh acr e ﬁ sh ongst other S elds , we noticed here also the arms (three ’ ’ B or haurient) ishop Lacy s arms , three shovellers heads erased , were

a ll We c n ot there a few ye rs s ince , and perhaps sti remain , though ould discern them .

' Ou hi In the north chancel window there is also Some ver y Old glass , w ch ar e ﬁ ve of Chri St depicted the instruments Of the Cruciﬁxion , the wounds ,

of u i the Chalice ( twelfth cent ry shape) , and a shield conta ning the ancient . “ ” i T t verbal emblem of the Tr nity . here is a large ambry in the nor h eastern corner, and opposite to it in the south wall is an oblong recess , I t whi ch seems to have been intended for a credence table . is precisely

on e 1 3 20. The of Similar to at Chesterton , whi ch dates 0. piscina , the same r ed hi s o il n stone , w ch is lavishly employed all over the bu di g , appears to belong to the commencement of the thi r teenth century ; it has been recently I PPLEPEN. 85

U s c n ar e hr e ru s restored . nder the outh hancel wi dow t e de step , which may have served the purposes of an ambo .

n mi of There ar e two side Chapels at the easter extre ty the aisles , that

a on the north side being used s a vestry , they are both s eparated by parclose s from the chancel .

h f its a T e ont , removed from ancient position near small door in th e

of i s north aisle to the western end the nave , a good example of early

ul Th e hi of Perpendi c ar carving . upper part displays s elds arms , whilst round

ar eﬂi i of t the base e the g es Saints , amongst which are S . Barbara and St .

E n o dward , King and Co fessor . We noticed here , also , the ancient arms f

r or T of ni Cou tenay ( ; three orteaux ; a label three points) , and the cog zance of the once pui ssant family of Ferrers (or ; on a bend S three horse - shoes arg) . I n the pavement of the south ambula tory there is a Slab bearin g an

of H m inscription to the memory Richard a , a former Vicar , contai ning a I t play upon his name . runs thus

n R Ham h u u s E Mu s aeo L ti on i I memoriam ich j cclesiae quondam pastoris , qui in , ec , Pr eceb u s e t e u n ii s i n cum b en s iri tum e ﬂl avit e m J j , Sp ejus die s exto S pte b ris ,

1 6 7 2. Con di tur hoc tumul o corpus venerabilis Hami Ha mi quo pisces Chr istus capt ab at acuti Qu am vi s nun c vili cu b at ipse rubigi ne pl en u s A ttam en i u th r ur ex (putredine) clarus ae e a s get .

h s of all of l l T e window the Church are decided y Perpendicu ar date , with

of t h e on e on of the exce ption the north side the chancel , which appears

t r an sititi on to be a from the previous style , and therefore rather earlier . mi The dripstone ter nations are corbelled in several instances . We noticed on e hi grotesque head in particular , w ch appears to somewhat resemble a corbel , at H hi E eadington Church , w ch is supposed to be early nglish . I “ ” S of N . terling , who wrote a history ewton , calls pplepen a Saxon Church

s ee u l n We cannot what authority he had for this assertion . Parts Of the b i di g

' O ul are , no doubt ; lder than other parts , and we fancied that we co d discover

o - o h e traces f herring bone work in the basement f t chancel wall , but th e whole ediﬁce has been s o thi ckly covered with plaster as to make it difﬁcul t

Th e to form an Opini on as to the character of the masonry . most ancient

of parts seem to be the tower and the eastern wall the chancel , but the tower

e i s windows have been tamp red with , and it impossible to ﬁx the date of it Th e of with an ythtn g like certain ty . tower door appears to partake early

hi i n English characteristics . Most probably t s Church , common with most

i was l of th of the other Churches in Devonsh re , rebui t at the commencement e

ﬁfteenth century .

h on of th T e ancient cross , much mutilated , remains the southern side e

’ ” Oli ve s M ona sti con R churchyard . We ﬁnd from r , that the Parish egisters

im r fe ct z T of nl are very m here is a dilapidated paper book baptisms o y, ” 1 558 1 6 50 . A n e xtending from to , in a neglected condition other paper register of baptisms , marriages , and burials has been tolerably and regularly kept since 1 1 hi the year 6 7 . Most likely all records con nected with t s Church were s eized

R of of t at the eformation , upon the suppression the College Ottery S . Mary , and hence their paucity .

lli H V 1 48 al of A Wi am olcombe , who was icar in 9 , was so Vicar shburton , and

hi s ll of by wi {left small sums to the poor both parishes , and money to hi s

“ s for hi m ul on - uccessors , to pray in the p pit Sundays and feast days for three years) .

O Smi V of di of liver th was the icar at the time the ssolution monasteries,

l V dl r di t . and whi st he held the icarage , Woo an d Chu ch , de cated to S John the

B V o 1 aptist , was built and consecrated by Bishop eysey, in the summer f 53 6 ; f H hi o VII I . and, by order King enry , the paris oners were always to pay 5s . yearly to the Mother Church . William Gibbs was the Vicar during the disastrous troubles in the reign

“ ’ of I . n Wa lker s Su er i n s o the Cler . Charles , and accordi g to ﬁ g f gy (part ii ,

“ . He hi s V th e p was cruelly driven from icarage by Puritans, b u t lived

r e - of to take possession at the restoration monarchy .

“ ’ T — A . errier says I n Cromwell s days we were plundered of all our s acred ” and precious utensils .

of I a s of 1 4 Of the Priors pplepen , well as its Vicars since 3 8, a complete

list has been preserved down to the present time . T 1 2 MA 4. HO S is the ﬁrst met with , he resigned in 7

K of St . e LU E , a Canon Peter de Foug res succeeded , he was admitted by

B Br on e s com b e on S 1 4 1 2 4 “ a d r i om tu m e ishop eptember th , 7 , p d Yp elepenn a d ” r esen t a ti on em A bba ti s e t Conven tu s P e i l p Sci tr i de F ger .

R AN of I hi s OL DUS , a Canon pplepen , succeeded superior March 6 th , 1 3 1 0.

GALF RI DUS 1 3 1 5 1 3 3 4 In occurs } and . his time , May 3 r d, 1 3 1 8, Bishop Sta l edon H A p consecrated the igh ltar of Ipplepen Church . 8 PRI ORS OF I PPLE PEN. 7

oﬁi ce A 3 oth 1 3 50. ROBERT DE CHESTERFIELD resigned his pril , RF 25 m i B ROGER CLA PPY SHA LE DE CHESTE IELD , aged , was ad tted by ishop

1 3 E II I . Gr an di s son May 27 th , 50. Patron King dward , who had seized the

r s T i temporali ties of the A bbey of F ul ge e because he was at war with France . h s

hl of N wi Prior exchanged for A s ey, in the Diocese or ch , with R H t n . LLI AM O 2n d 1 3 86 . WI DE N RBURY July , Pa ron Ki g ichard L D T S WA TER E ROTE , who was a benefactor to lapton Collegiate Church , N 4th 1 3 99 B succeeded , hi s will made ovember , , was proved at ishops Clist

4 -4 He r E 1 2 1 03 . March th , desi ed to be buried in xeter Cathedral , and ordered i for hi s n of of s x torches fu eral , each to be made thirteen pounds wax and si x pounds of rosin ; b e exchanged I pplepen for a Canonry at Exeter with R EX on 1 1 3 in 1 1 . T O OF 5 96 . J HN ETER September th , Patron K g ichard his Prior complained to Bishop Stafford that a burglary had been committed in hi Hi s house , and that several deeds and muniments had been stolen . s

hi 1 1 3 8 r lords p from London June 5th , 9 , issued di ections to the Ofﬁcial of the

A n of T R l R V rchdeaco ry otnes and to its ura Deans , ectors , and icars to proclaim the sentence of excommuni cation against the offenders if they di d not make

hi n restitution wit ﬁfteen days .

SPRYNGTHORP 24h 1 4 N t 00. JOH DE , instituted October , Patron King Henry

IV He k l R . We st er e e r of exchanged for ecto y dioc Lincoln , with

MOREHA Y N 21 s t 1 42 O 0 . H J HN ovember , Patron King enry VI . T JO HN HORALBY . On whose cession

R A D H 1 6 1 42 on ICH R ORE was admitted May th , 6 , whose resignation

O BA ul 5th 1 42 on J HN TE succeeded J y , 7 , whose resignation

O ANK ul 1 3 th 1 42 8. J HN FR was admitted J y , Patron still , King Henry VI .

O AMM on J HN C ELL , whose resignation

SAE R n 1 1 4 JOHN GER , the last Prior and ector , was i stituted December 9th , 3 2 . Th e grant of the Priory made by Bishop Lacy to the Warden and Canons

of St . on 1 3 th 1 43 Mary Ottery , the March , 9 , was conﬁrmed by King Edward

I V. N 28th 1 1 , ovember , 46 .

V A F PPL P N IC RS O I E E . N B mi V I 28th 1 43 2 JOH ERDE was ad tted to the icarage of pplepen September , , on of an of O t . n the presentation the Warden d Canons ttery S Mary , o whose death

EVELYNG 4 O n 28th 1 6 9 . I t J HN was instituted Ju e , ( is proved by the Stewards of 1 483 4d V £ 26 1 3 8 . accounts , that this icar received . per annum) . VI CA RS OF I PPLEPEN.

H 1 4 L AM OM 98. See hi s ll M onas t Di oc WI LI OLC BE , ( wi printed in the ) .

T MA CORNY SSH of B of T f HO S , Warden Ottery , ishop yne and su fragan to Fox ,

R Oldam B f E H King , edmayne , and , ishops o xeter . e was also Provost of

x b e hi s ll hi s 3 r 1 1 Oriel College , O ford , retained Vicarage ti death , June d, 5 3 ,

r l 21 t 1 4 and was bu ied at Wel s he was instituted May s , 99 .

T of HOMAS MICHELL , Warden Ottery , was collated to the Vicarage

24th 1 51 3 n June , , o whose death

L SM of was V A il l ot O IVER YTH , Warden Ottery , admitted icar pr h , 1 53 3 . He

V of I n his New was also icar lsi gton , and during time the Chapel of St . John

B wa . the aptist , at Woodland s erected and consecrated

AL H L ot as R f W TER E E , was n presented isdon a ﬁrms , by the College of of I Windsor , which did not obtain possession pplepen before October 7 th

1 54 He B V s 1 6 1 4 7 . was collated by ishop ey ey October th, 5 4.

T MA A KE HO S P R R , on whose death

I LLI AM HA L 2oth 1 6 06 - W RT EY was admitted January , 7 . Patron ha c vi ce

Thomas Ford de Ilsington . P A i oth 1 0 CHRISTO HER W RREN adm tted June 3 , 6 7 . Patron as before .

LAW HAR A 1 7 th 1 6 22 hi s RENCE T attended the Visitation as Vicar pril , , but

institution is not recorded .

LL AM So n o i s t o WI I GIBBS , whose institution al can t be found , stated have

r been plundered by the Pu itans .

RO HAM BERT , succeeded October 7 th , 1 6 6 3 .

th 1 3 ha c vi ce E P n sen t JOHN SHEERS , 7 February, 6 7 . Patron dward y , by con

of n cession Wi dsor College .

P TA r 5th 1 23 . JOSE H UNTON bu ied A ugust , 7

AM TA N hi on 1 83 . WILLI U TON , s s , succeeded , and died 7 4 O LL 1 8 1 8 . of GE RGE WI IS followed June th , 7 Patrons Dean and Chapter Windsor

LL AM COSENS A 24h 1 8 . WI I , ugust t , 7 9 . Same patrons

AM COSENS 1 1 WILLI , June 9th , 801 . Same patrons .

R 4 1 . OP 2 th 8 8. CHRIST HER IGBY, February , 0 Same patrons

O P O 2 1 4 . RAND L H MARRI TT , March 2 n d, 1 8 . Same patrons

O OK on f l 6 th 1 843 . Th e NICHOLAS BR ING death o last Vicar , February , present

Vicar the Rev. 2 ROBERT HARRIS was instituted in 1 86 .

‘ s xom nsi s te We are indebted to the M onasti con , Di ocesi E e , compiled by the la

Re . e r e of I . v G o g Oliver, D. D. , for this list of the Priors and Vicars pplepen N TER CHA P XIII .

f dl in H o t or D an little village o Woo and , the undred f Hay , e ery

of I A of T n i o m s t pplepen , and rchdeaconry ot es , s ab ut three ile distan f of A rom the town shburton . Th e Manor appears to have be en held with Ipplepen (being originally

of a portion that parish) , and like it , to have successively belonged to the

t . R of F u l er és e S A . A t families g , De Lettr s , and mand the eforma

of ir tion it became the property the Crown , and was s old to S

T n hi m i r T homas Kitso , and from it eventually passed to S homas

O i n 1 6 58 Pettus , who disposed f it in parcels , the manorial rights being

a . Levat on a ttached to each purchase Lake , , and G rrington are estates in

a s o T s P n sen t this parish ; L ke appear t have been bought by homa y ,

Gurr in t on T li Levat on l g by homas Cul ng, and by Wil iam Dyer, at the time

of di Th un l th e the smemberment of the Manor . e Dyers held Levat on ti

r 1 7 90 r O- of D th e yea , when Sarah , siste and c heiress John yer , brought

' e a to i ts t state by her m rriag e with the Rev. Francis Milman presen

possessors .

Th e son of R i i s the ev . F . M l man was Physician to H Majesty King Il l h 1 George , and was created a baronet on the 4t November , 800. He

s of H of t ledon ir d married the heires art , S ap , in Gloucestersh e , an was

s hi s o ucceeded by eldest s n Francis . Until the year 1 53 6 (as we have said above) Woodland was a port ion of

t he a sh of I l n . O th l ot 3 3 d P ri pp epe n e h A pril, 1 5 , Oli ver Smyth , the War en WO ODLA ND .

mi I He V . of St . Marys Ottery , was ad tted icar Of pplepen had been instituted

s e Il on N 1 9th 1 53 2 (a we hav already said) to sington ovember , , and it was whilst he held the Vicarage that the Chapel (as it

B of dl wa is o t . s o styled) f S John the aptist , Woo and , erected and c n ’ ecr d um of 1 53 6 Ve se s Re is ter s ate , in the s mer ( y y g , vol . ii , By h t e i s . Order of Ki ng Henry VIII . parish oners were to pay 5 yearly to

Hi s ul 8 1 543 E the Mother Church . will , dated J y th , , was proved at xeter,

F h er of O t l h 1 4 s S . June 0t , 5 5 , by John y , the last Warden ttery Mary . Th e Church consists of a nave Opening into a north aisle beneath three moulded arches , supported by clustered Perpendicular columns with plain “ low capitals , a south porch , and a embattled tower at the western end

l Th e - n r . c ontaini g th ee bel s tower has an octagonal stair turret , and four

Th e very slender pinnacles in a dilapidated condition . western doorway has

n i bee blocked up , and the exterior of the sacred ediﬁce has been very th ckly

covered with plaster .

Th e Chur ch presents a peculiar appearance from the outside ; in con

Of of sequence the absence a chancel , the nave and aisle are precisely th e

Th e t o same length . aisle does not appear have formed a part of the

o di wi n dws - o original plan f the buil ng ; its é are all square headed , and f a later date than those in the nave , which are ﬁlled with good Perpendi cular

Th e l i of tracery . octagona font is apparently coeval w th the date the church ; some mutilated fragments of the lower part of the screen and the

ul of on e of ll ancient p pit , with a portion the Old benches , sti remain .

I n of I n e the eastern window are some fragments stained glass . the upp r

f — o of . part it are seated the four Doctors the Western Church St Jerome ,

— Am t . t . A t . S brose , S ugustine , and S Gregory the Great whils t in the lights

of are the remains three pointed elaborate canopies . Th e window on the south Side of the altar had originally the ﬁgures of

E i ' oi t the four vangel sts , represented by their emblems , but the eagle S .

John only can now be recognised .

on of Th e next window this side is square , and in the upper part the T . C . central light are the initials W . , twice repeated his window was most probably inserted by William Cul ling (perhaps during the time that he was

r u h m Chu chwarden) , early in the eighteenth cent ry , and doubtles s at t e sa e

old n time the wi dow eastward Of the porch was blocked .

The di f of i e e ll o the no in the roo the a sl ar we , carved in f liage , with

WO ODLA ND.

of i H Original letters K ng enry VI II . , reciting by inspeximus his letters of

1 53 6 Th e i n last letters have the great seal fair condi tion ,

o and impressed n red wax attached .

-A i A of license from Card nal Pole , rchbishop Canterbury temp . Philip and

l of i Mary) , recapitu ating and conﬁrming the license during pleasure W lliam ,

A of Th e hi rchbishop Canterbury . registers , w ch are in a very perfect

di i n on e con tion , are contained book , and are carefully and neatly kept

1 0 o 1 from the year 56 , when they c mmence , to the year 7 3 5 . Th e baptisms

1 2 1 5th b r date from the th May , marriages May , and u ials headed by the ” 1 1 Ut ho a si c vi ta u i t on 5 56 0. aphorism , r f g , the th May , A t Ith e commencement of th e volume Is the following curious memo

d m z— “ T a e chi d of e of A n n How of r an u here was mal l born y body , thi s

1 22 1 6 th da c n or parish , in the year 7 , and y Of Mar h , that had no eyes ,

of T st . E an y hollow places for eyes , in the head it . e dmund Pearce , Cur ate ” of Woodl and .

- t r h o The ch ur chd is entered by a lych ga e . We we e s wn portions

“ of two ancient crosses , which have been removed to Woodland Farm . We much r egret to s ay that what was apparently once the base of the vill age

o fo f - Th e cross i s n ow hollowed ut , and used f a pigs trough . shaft support s

of a o hil of the roof n uthouse , w st a portion another cross is prostrate i l b eneath s ome of the farm bu ldings . We trust that these fragments wil s oon b e reconstr ucte d and restored to their proper positi on i n the centre

o f i d on the of . th e v llage , an south side the churchyard respectively

Th e par ish lands of Woodland consist of a dwelli ng -house and several

c n n l ﬁelds , ontaining about i e acres , at Diptford ; a ﬁe d at A shburton , near

- a of R d a a n d the mile stone , and p rt a close called eve A cre ; an house

I n . Th h 1 1 th s mall garden at lsingto e ﬁrst trust deed is dated 5t June ,

1 56 th e a 1 0 of 1 0 Elizabeth , 9 , and l st in 7 6 . Th e annual s u m £ is paid ou t of i r of o r the rents and proﬁts to the V ca Wo dland , and the esidue is

f r of Levat on carried to the account o th e Churchwardens . William Dye , ,

on 2n 1 6 ll £ 20 who was buried the d February, 96 , gave by wi , the interest

t o - ll di o s a or be paid every half year, and equa y vided among p or hu b ndmen

- f day labourers o the parish .

E of T e t o th e r ur mma, relict homas Culling, gav Ministe , Ch chwardens ,

an d o of 40 ou t thers the parish £ , to be put and continued for ever as a

r h th e pa is stock, the pr oduce thereof to be di stributed twice every year by O 93 W ODLA ND .

h i of of Mi ni ster , Churc wardens , and Overseers , w th the consent the heirs

of d of the Culli ngs , Woo land , among such of the poor the parish as should

S oi frequently come to the Chapel and hear the Divine ervice , the Church

1 81 0 - i of England . I n the poor house of Woodland was bu lt with this

of 4 . er money , the parish binding themselves to pay the interest per cent p annum for the money borrowed . li i th 1 22 William Cul ng , by w ll dated 9 July , 7 , gave the greater fore chamber Of the Church House of Woodland for the use of the parish for

ur O Parish and Ch ch meetings , and for making up f parish accounts , and

&c . t ou or for keeping of parish writings , , but not to be s e t at rent any person to dwell in the same ; and he di rected that the said chamber shoul d be repaired fr om time to time ou t of the rents and proﬁts of the said

He Church House . also gave to the Minister and Churchwardens , and their . “ of 40s . ou t of successors for ever , an annui ty (to be paid Little Down , B Great Lake Down , ury Lake , and the two Furze to be employed

B of of th e in paying for ibles , and for the schooling as many poor children

l ui parish as the money wou d reach unto , and he desired that the said ann ty should be yearly bestowed from time to time by the proprietor of the house hi in w ch he then dwelt , and that the Minister and Chu rchwardens and their successors Shoul d enter in s ome book yearly at Whitsuntide how the said 4 os . o were yearly bestowed , with a power f di stress given to the said Minister

for th e and Churchwardens levying said annuity . Th e Dean and Canons of ar e of h old Windsor the impropriators the great tithes . T € Church ’ wardens accounts are well and neatly kept . Th e parish extends over

of 1 8 1 o 1 acres , and the census 7 showed a population f 6 0 people .

Th e of I of following list the ncumbents Woodland , is extracted from th e Parish Register AM B K N A D 1 WILLI ROO I G , . . , 53 2 . R A B NN u 29th 1 81 ICH RD E EL , buried J ne , 6 . A P N W LTER STE HE S . T MA B NN HO S E EL , born in Staverton . A AN B KFO N TH IEL IC RD . N JOHN WHITI G . A A RTHUR SHE R . I P N PH LI PI E . E D M N A . D U PE RSE , born in Staverton R N 1 8 ev . JOH WHITE , resigned 6 7 , and was succeeded by the

T. . wh o i s I of V W WERE , the ﬁrst ncumbent with the title icar . HA TER XI C P V .

In; am my Irhwtmp

HE Village of Ilsington (occupying an elevated situation at the foot

or A of the Hayt downs) is distant about ﬁve miles from shburton ,

o Th e H ml of and nearly seven from the post town f Newton A bbot . a ets

- B Le et on B ml i for d hi Knighton eaumont , v , ri ey , and S g are included in t s parish . I n the reign of Edward the Con fessorj th e Manor of I lsington (or as it

I le s ti n t on e o of Mer l e su en . Th e was then written , ) was the pr perty Domesday Survey shews that in the redi stribution of property it Was made appendant

of i of to the Manor L nton (on the north coast Devon) , and was given by th Pa an el e Norman Conqueror to his trusty follower , Ralph g , whom he had

ff of n already created Sheri Yorkshir e . How long this family conti ued to

of el hold the Manor we have no means ascertai ning ; William Pagan , the last of them , was summoned to Parliament as a baron in the reign of Edward I I I . , but at that time the lsington property had passed through the ancient

u of B Di h ho se eaumont , and was then held by the n am s , who had succeeded 1 to it in the reign Of Edward . A 1 501 fter the death Of John , Lord Dinham , in , it was divided among his representatives ; he had been summoned to Parliament as Baron Dinham 1 46 4 1 485 T H . e v in , and in was made Lord reasurer left no survi ing, issue , an d co - i his four Sisters and heirs married respecti vely S r Foulke Fitzwarren ,

Z ir r T Th e John Lord ouch , S Nicholas Carew, and Si homas A rundell .

A on e I r w rundells possessing Share of the lsington estates by descent , afte ards

i two h t o acqu red other Shares , and these t ree Shares eventually des cended

THE M A OR OF I LSI GTO 96 N N N .

Th e Earl of Devon also possesses a small Manor withi n the parish of

I lsington .

Th e of Be ator e or B Manor g , agtor , which in the year 1 042 belonged to ’ S Er dul f 1 086 A n s er the axon , was held in by g , the King s servant , under ” l “ f o hi Baldwin , who is generally cal ed the Sheri f in ur county stories . He

’ on e of Ki l of was ng Wi liam s generals at the battle Hastings , and is

dif B Bal wi B hi s in ferently styled aldwin de Molis , d n de rion (in allusion to

E of B was N B father , Gilbert , arl rion , who murdered in ormandy) , and aldwin

a A t was B E de S p . a later period he sometimes called aldwin de xeter, from the circumstance of his having built the castle at Exeter (in whi ch he

of Hi s hi frequently resided) by command the King . c ef seat was at Oke

hi He hampton Castle , Of w ch place he held the barony . was succeeded as

f hi R hi m of Sheriff o Devon by s son ichard, and after A deliza , the sister

R of B ichard , and daughter aldwin , held the same place , and styled herself

- V Com mi ti sa . A of A or A 1 1 4 ice s Devon fter the death deliza , lice , in 5 , the

of f ﬁ e appointment sheri f reverted to the King , and the of ce ceased to b hereditary .

m of B Th e Manor of Bagtor afterwards belo to the fa ily eare , and

of hi from them passed to the Fords . Jo d , the dramatist , was t s

B of 1 586 . Th e stock , being born at agtor in the early part the year entry of hi s baptism in the Registry Books of the Parish runs thus 1 A . Dm i . , 586 . ” T f of T h e . o A F for d xxii prill was baptized John , the son homas , ar .

’ e dl T 1 6 02 “ H entered the Mid e emple in , and published in 1 6 06 Fa m e s

M em or i a ll on t he E r le o Devons hi e . decea s ed wi th hi s hon u r a ble li e f r , , o f ,

ea ce u l en d a n d s olem n e u n er li In 1 6 1 3 hi s p f , f a he published play, ” “ a d be i n ni n m a kes a ood e di n i B g g g n g , wh ch was acted at Court , and in

“ ’ ” 2 - over s M ela n chol hi 1 6 9 appeared a tragi comedy entitled the L y, w ch also

hi s H 1 2 emanated from pen . e wrote eleven dramas between the years 6 9

1 . Th e and 6 3 9 , but they do not all appear to have been printed maj or portion of them are stated to have been his own composition ; but in some

Hath er e a e he wrote conjointly with others , probably with Decker , Drayton , w y ,

or of some others his contemporaries .

Th e of i s e di d n ot 1 6 3 : date his death uncertain . H write after 9 we are s atisﬁed that he was not buried in hi s native parish , Since a careful examination of the burial registers has n ot afforded us any evidence of hi s 0 THE MA NOR O F I LSI NGTON. 97

' 1 6 20 al “ A Li n e o Li e interment . In a little manu appeared entitled f f , ” i mmo ta li t o a vi r tu ou s n a m e hi was to hi m poi n ti ng a t the r y f , w ch attributed '

1 Hi s e in 1 81 1 2 . 8vo . 2 . ( mo ) works were reprint d and published ( vols , ) ” i n Wo t hi es o Devon v al of s Prince , the r f , mentions se er members thi

to family whi ch appears to have been ﬁrst settled at Chagford , then have

l i r migrated to A shburton , and ﬁnal y to have acqu ed , and to have long resided

h O T M . A . upon the Bagt or property . A mongst t em he speaks f homas Ford , ,

of n U u r and Fellow Tri ity College , Oxford , who left the niversity , co nt y,

“ to o of of Ro . B n f riends , went D uay, and became a Priest the Church me ei g

of E afterwards sent in the mission ngland , he was taken and imprisoned, ” n 28th 1 582 A Ro and at le gth executed May , . martyr in the man kalendar .

(Prince , p .

of for I n of Sir Henry Ford , Secretary State reland , in the reig King Charles

of H . e II . , is supposed to have been the grandson John Ford the dramatist

B Tothill s of s t s old agtor to the , whose descendants it wa purchased by he

A t o r n late Lord shburton , and afterwards descended the late Lord C a stoun , an d is n ow the property of hi s representa tives ; the ancient bar onry of

Cr an s ou n n t having become exti ct a few yea rs since . The pictu resque Manor

H l of E i ouse was probably bui t about the reign Queen l zabeth , although it h as doubtless been considerably altered and added t o from time to time . Th e Church of Ilsington was appropriated at a very ear ly da te to the Priory of Plympton (whi ch was founded in th e year 1 1 21 by William

‘ War elwast B , nephew and Chaplain to William the Conqueror , and third ishop E I t O f xeter) . is mentioned amongst the possessions of the Priory by Bishop

nl c of John , commo y called the Chaunter , from his havi ng held the ofﬁ e

of e hi Precentor the Cathedral b fore his elevation to the episcopate , w ch

- took place in the year 1 1 86 ; he i s also sometimes c alled John Fitz duke . A R Il mongst the Priors of Plympton we woul d mention obert de sington , wh o was t 1 202 preferred to that digni y in the year , and whilst in ofﬁce hi s right to present the Rural Dean for th e Deanery Of Plympton ll mi f T was fu y ad tted by the A rchdeacon o otnes .

B Gr an di sson B of E A ishop , consecrated ishop xeter at vignon , October ,

1 3 27 was m i ﬁ un cen t of of . r , the founder the Collegiate Church St Ma y, at

e r D 1 3 3 of A . . Ott y , in the Deanery A ylesbeare , , 7 ; and a few months after w s w e o t n d ard , ith the fr e consent f he Prior a Con vent of Plympton , he L 98 THE MA NOR OF I SI NGTON .

of of I hi s New procured th e annexation the Church lsington to College . Th e

is h 1 . Th r i n ni hi appropriation dated May 5t , 3 3 8 e Prio y , however , resig ng t s ’ f 1 ss e l R o . eﬁ ce an o 009 . See Gr an di on s v b en reserved annual pension ( g , i , 1 fol . 50, and M on as . Di o. , p . 4 E VI . on th 1 5 King dward , the 7 October , 7 , granted (with other property) the of I to of Church lsington the Dean and Chapter Windsor , and they are

l Th e i stil patrons of the Vicarage . follow ng extract from the answer of Bishop Vesey to the writ of the Barons of the Exchequer desiring information

of of concerning the temporalities the College Ottery St . Mary is copied

“ from hi s Register into the M on a sti con of t he Di ocese — E ccl esi a m p ar ochi a lem dc I lsyngton qu a m a ppr opr i a vi t di c ti s cu s todi e t collegi o a n tedi ctu s r everen da s ” B s o Gr n di sson A . D . 1 3 3 8 u u s e 1 4 a ter i h a c d ci m a s . 1 d p ( p ) , , ; j , 7 } .

In of 1 288 t the ecclesiastical taxation the diocese , commenced in , h e ” of “ I e 1 41 2 4d s t as s . . income the Church of lsington is down £ per annum .

B Gr an di ss on of O t When ishop founded the Collegiate Church ttery S . d i B Mary , he expressly enjoine that the anniversaries of Card nal Peter , ishop

f hi m i n A o Praeneste (who had consecrated the Cathedral Church Of vignon) ,

of II . and t of Gr an dis s on hi s Pope John XX (his friend benefac or) , William , of S l hi s of hi s e O Gr an di s son of hi s father, ibi la , mother , gh e , tho , and ul brothers and siste rs , Sho d be observed with solemnity , and that considerable

i o char ities Shoul d be d stributed to the poor n these occasions . ” “ Va lor E ccl esi as ti cus of K nr III We ﬁnd from the ing He y V . , that the

" expenses of these masses and benefactions were entirely defrayed by th e

of I . Th e e appropriation lsington tithes , when the survey was made , w re

for 1 5 2s m leased ﬁve years to John Ford , and were valued at £ . per annu ,

i “ for l e after pay ng 8S. annually pence distributed in the aforesaid col eg ” for for of of amongst the poor ; celebrating the soul Sybil , th e mother , and

of B 2s . 6 d . o i for Catherin e , the sister the ishop , a year ; and f r s ay ng masses

r an dis son of of di n l the souls of William G (father the prelate) , the Lord Peter , Car a

” “ ” J ha nni s na er e i s co i Roma ni a ik su m . of Praeneste , and o , p p p , l e respectively ’ 41 of hi s In r a hr on i cle . i v . . 3 Vi ca r s P a li amen t ry C , vol , p , is an account t villa ge being taken by Cromwell (it is there erroneously written Ilmin ster)

’ B on i of after he had defeated Lord Wen tworth s brigade at ovey, the n ght

9th of 1 4 of R the January , 6 6 . Some the fugitives from the oyal army occupied

I n a lsi gton Church , but they appear t o have soon quitted it upon the appro ch of r the Pa liamentary forces .

T 1 00 I LSI N G O N CH URCH.

’ Th e deep mouldings . ancient priest s door is entered from the eastern wall

n th e of the South transept and through a Skew passage , in order to open i to T Church through the south wall Of the chancel . he inside door, we regret

s a i ts h or to y, has been modernised , and arch as either been destroyed plas tered over .

Th e s e Side Chapel are separated from the chancel by parcloses , and hav both been ﬁ tted Up and appropriated to the use of the respective owners of

T on i t s Bagtor and I n gs don . hat the north Side has some remains in

of th e e an d of windows ﬁft enth century glass , we noticed two heads saints,

o the of on e f them representing Magdalene , and the upper portions three very elaborate canopies .

I n th e a on e of the south chancel Ch apel windows h ve been well restored, them —that on the south Side — is an elaborate example of early Perpendicul ar T . e th e work hey have b en both ﬁlled with stained glass , and exhibit

t of of In - t armorial bearings and quar erings the family Munro . the north eas

of hi corner t s chapel is a recess , which after the restoration Of the Church at the commencement Of the ﬁfteenth century may have been used as an

a u S on th e i mage bracket , but it appe rs to from the appearance Of the wall

t o l wi n do r i t outside have been original y a wg/ may be a blocked up hagioscop e o ui or u s e r s q nt , it may have once been what is termed a lychnoscope , the

f hi r o w ch has never been co rectly ascertained, but it is generally found in e E arly nglish churches , and there are still remains Of a structure dating from t I i that period o be found at ls ngton . Some have thought that it was used a s ' f for a con essional ; others , lepers to view the elevation Of the Host , but the position of the window (as in this instance ) often made it impossible H that the elevation Of the ost should be seen through it . Others , again , consider that it may have served as an external hagioscope from the aisles , or to s ee when the Priest advanced to commence the service at the altar ; but the following i s now the generally received opinion as to its use -Duri n g the three last nights of Passion Week li ghts were kept burni ng befor e th e

H l . T oly Sepu chre , and at all times in Chantries and upon high altars his window probably served for t hose whose business it was to keep them in to s n hi atisfy themselves that all was right , the other windows bei g too gh for h . H o t e the purpose ence they generally occur n the south Side , because

l ll o in sepu chre was usua y placed n the north , and they are less common Perpendicular ; Churches because th e windows are mostly so low as to render ' ’ 1 01 I LSI NGTON CHURCH.

them unnecessary . I n Old parish accounts we sometimes ﬁnd the item , ” “ - I t th e Paid for watching th e Pasch light . must be borne in mind that

Easter Sepul chres were usually temporar y wooden erections ; the apparent

of i ul n ow n ot existence , therefore , th s window where no sep chre remains does disprove what we have advanced . There is an ear ly Englis h lancet -window in th e south transept much

o th e a Splayed n the inside , and in another window here are mutil ted remains of an old Perpendicular canopy Similar to those already referred to . In the north wall of the north transept on an altar tomb beneath an

i of l acutely pointed moulded arch s the ﬁgure a ady clothed in a long gown ,

i h e of mantle , and ve l . S may possibly have been a member the Dinham

of thi e family, who possess several memorials s character in the n ighbouring

I o of churches . n the window above this t mb are to be seen the arms

di s n Si x a z . a Gr an so . u Bishop ; Paly of arg and ; a bend g . , charged with

di s l or 1 3 2 ar e the mi tre between two eaglets p . . ( 7 and beneath them ar ms of the See Of Exeter . Th e tracery of the eastern window of this transe pt i s of Second Pointed

s of Ol d date , and there are ome remains in it { stained glass , but in a very

of advanced stage decay .

Th e of t a Church is much in need res or tion , the seats are high and u nsightly ; a door leading into a turret h as been blocked at the north -western

of s k end the north aisle , but we were glad to ee some old oa , ornamented

- wi e ul ﬁ ower . f th the square p rpendic ar , preserved in several parts o the Church ,

’ ul and the p pit and clerk s desk , although modern and incongruous , have been constructed Of Old materials , and the former has on on e of its sides

“ ” of of - the lion rampant the ancient house Pomeroy . There is a bell Shaped massive , octagonal , moor stone font at th e western end of the sacred s tructure , and here also are to be noticed s even of the ancien t choir stalls ,

ﬁ ni al very much decayed , but the ends are adorn ed with crockets , s , quatrefoils , circles , and ﬂowers . Some Of the backs are elaborately carved

i n with ogee arches and perpend cular ﬂowers , others are simply orname ted

hn i “ ” U Of with what is tec cally known as the linen pattern . pon on e them are of B B o f ix . s the arms eaumont arry vaire and gu . Quartering

Pomeroy .

Th e i ai screen , wh ch stretches across the nave and sles , is in a good state

r has u Of prese vation , but been choked and disﬁg red with paint , and the 1 02 I LSI NGTON CHURCH.

s e f I t h r ﬁgures of the Saint in its lower panels hav been ef aced . as a ichl y

of decorated cornice vine leaves , grapes , and acorns , with an under border

s The di r of quatrefoil . lights are ﬁlled with good per pen cular trace y , and

of cr ock ett ed ﬁ n i al ed o i there are the remains and image recesses n ts front , and the carved woodwork of a mutilated image bracket on the north screen

on pier . The aisle roofs have been apparently renewed ; they are ﬂat , that the south i s the latest .

of of di ul di The arched roof the nave is Perpen c ar date , and imme ately hl w over the rood screen it is vaulted , and ric y ornamented ith handsome

of Th e bosses and pendants at the intersection the ribs . pendant ﬁgures have hi be en all decapitated , and we t nk it possible that they may have been intended

o to represent the four Evangelists . One f the bosses h as a representation of a

n . A of hi lion killi g a pig nother in the centre the nave has three rabbits , w ch s ome s ay are an emblem Of the Trini ty (they bein g s o placed that their

i as we e l e ars form a triangle) , wh lst others ( hav a ready remarked) consider mi m A t hem to have been intended as an al che cal sy bol . nother represents an e agle killing a rabbit , another a wild boar , two others have the representa

of i a - tions a King and Queen , the latter w th s quare head dress , and possibly

or H II an d hi u een E f ar e intended f enry V . m/ Q , lizabeth o York . In th e

o i s of transept , n the north side , a representation an e agle with extended

of wings , and many other good examples knots and perpendicular foliage ar e scattered all over the roof .

Th e of of vault the central part the nave roof springs from plai n corbels ,

n i il f termi ated b y mage tabernacles , and each st l retains the ﬁgure o a Saint c oak l f mi arved in , and sti l bears traces o illu nation .

Th e t li ﬁgures are eight in number , and represent respectively S . Ceci a , playing

- - t . u i th e on n S t . w a musical i strument D nstan , with a harp ; S James the Less , th l ’ T H s ff t . callop , Shel , and pilgrim s sta ; S homas , with an arrow ; St . elena , with

i t . i i wi h s t . the Lat n cross S Lawrence , with grid ron ; S Jude , th the club ; and Th t . S of i e ll S Michael , the patron aint the Church , w th a trumpet . wa over the archway Of the piers north and south of the screen has be en cut away

ff h as to a ord access to the rood loft , an uncommon arrangement , and which

f e r l a curious e fect , and the transept roof Springs imm diately from the cent a

ul hi of va ting , w ch gives the appearance to whi ch we have already referred on e long transept , completely intersecting the whole structure . T here are many ancient memorials for former Vicars on the chan cel ﬂoor ,

I LSI NGTO N CHURCH.

1 58. T a of t o death , 6 here are some Slight rem ins w crosses upon the roof

d of on Of the chancel and north transept , an there is a square block granite

of i i of the south side the Church , wh ch may possibly be the rema ns the

l - hi ancient churchyard cross . Th e o d lych gate , w ch had a room over it , was destroyed a few year s s ince .

h R H on e e T e Vicarage and ectory ouses adjoin another , but are som little

r Th e distance removed from the Chu ch . latter is a small , unpretending

hi h as i s t e diﬁce , but the former, w ch lately been partially rebuilt , a convenien

an d comf ortable dwelli ng .

- n w Th e parish poor house , containi g sev eral pointed debased arches , as f probably erected towar ds the en d of the reign o Henry VH. In on e of the register books is a list of names claiming t o be a list of

“ w old the Vicars collected from endo ment , sepulchral stones , register , and an

i of r ate book . We there ﬁnd a not ce William Stooke , with a note stating 1 1 t hat he was ejected in 6 5 .

D. 1 4 of R B. 5 on H ll Upon the death obert Dove , , in 6 , e i appears without

of V legal title , to have taken possession the icarage , and upon hi s depriva

was s wa hi s tion he immediately Stooke , who s in turn

e 1 6 51 . T N an d j ected in hey were both onconformists , the parishioners of Ilsington seem to have been singularly unsuccessful in

“ ” procuring a Godly and painful Minister ; but they appear to have tried

a a thi rd whose name h as n ot been handed down to posterity , but he w s

ul o of i n stitu d y ejected n the restoration law and order , and the ﬁrst legal ’ t ion after an interval of eighteen years i s thus recorded in the Bishop s

Registers .

In 1 6 6 3 li B t n “ e v e t e son A . mi r r i Wil am , . M , was ad tted to this livi ng , p p ” u lt I ncu m b . ul We wo d further remark that , curiously enough , there is no ’ of . Betten son mention at all Mr s name in the parish book .

Th e V of I n B n of present icar lsington is the Ve . A rchdeacon rai , late

R ce . Dorchester , who exchanged with the Rev . . Lovatt , a few months sin

e 92 of l H has acres g ebe .

To of . . . s our the late Curate the Parish , the Rev. J S S Shield , best thanks

hi s n h os I talit are due for kind ess , p y, and attention when we visited

Ilsington .

The r ea ly register books are in good condition , and comm ence alike in

1 558. 1 0 VI CA RS O F I LSI NGTO N . 5

Th e of I ul Vicars lsington collected from endowments , sep chral stones ,

old registers , and an rate book

AM EDD RI D 1 E GE . D 3 42 WILLI DE , A . , . H B K 1 UGO IC LEIGH , 53 2 . B LLIAM KF 1 5 5 . B r A 1 5 WI IC ORD , 6 u ied ugust , 7 7 . W 1 8 GEORGE S ETE , 5 0.

B N A KE 1 88 B r 1 E EDICT P R R , 5 . u ied , 596

RADF MA VERI CKE 1 0 ORD , 6 3 .

P A N M A . B r 1 6 26 . CHRISTO HER W RRE , . u ied , T D k 1 3 MA FF o . D . of b r o 6 0 HO S CLI ORD , . Proprietor Ug Park ,

R - B D I 1 3 43 5 . OBERT DOVE , . . nducted , 6

AM K E 1 1 3 a had S . 6 5 . an WILLI TOO E j ected , cannot ascert in that he y right to the Vicarage .

BETTE AM NSON A . M . i s he was WILLI , , omitted in this list , instituted in 1 6 6 3 I , upon the deprivation Of the last ncumbent . A 1 R A D B A M . 6 5 ICH R RY N , . , 7 .

I AM R N 1 . W LLI ISDO , 6 97

M . L P AN N A . 1 1 5 PHI I N SO , . , 7 T MA RA N 1 4 HO S I E , 7 6 .

H PETVI N M . A . JO N ,

CHARLES BEDFORD .

GEORGE STEVENSON .

NA A ALK 1 8 . JO TH N P , 7 7

A A AM 1 828 d i n d u n hi s CH RLES M RSH , , he never resi ed hi s Parish , an po

ev death was succeeded by the R .

B V i n 1 86 . . i n th en . LO ETT , 7 Mr Lovett exchanged e early part of th e pres t

1 8 5 for A ll a h year , 7 , S ints , Dorc ester , with the

VENERABLE A RCHDEA CON BRA IN , the pr esent Vicar . CH TER A P XVI .

l s int mum; n) Fina.

TNES H of n of T , in the undred Coleridge , and in the Dea ery otton,

i s S on of on of ituated the side a steep hill , the banks the Dart , a m - E on e bout eight iles from Dartmouth , twenty three from xeter , and

- - - T six . I n ot n i hundred and ninety from London ancient records it is called e a s ,

Tot en e Toten e T Tot oni L i s s e &c. , y , otton , , ! ” Th e as W of i town w formerly encircled with alls , and had four gates , wh ch the N - - r ul orth gate (a plain , semi ci c ar arch , covered with ivy , and still

of old i A retaining the iron staples the wooden doors) only rema ns . bove

s of E -r the ite the astern gateway is a large room , now used as a reading oom ,

“ the walls of whi ch are covered with oak panelli ng in the linen pattern .

Th e li and false cei ng of thi s apartment was removed a few years Since , an e - di of laborately carved cornice scovered , composed foliage and grotesque

- ﬁ n el - ﬁgures , and over the chimney piece there are two y formed heads , said

H B hi s s . to represent King enry VI II . and A n ne oleyn , econd Queen ” Thi hi “ th e A r s Eastern gateway, w ch is now known as chway , formerly

of hi consisted two ar ched portals , on e for carriages , w ch was enclosed by

T . gates li ke emple Bar , and another, smaller and narrower, for foot passengers

A of on e n small passage in gateways , by the Side the larger , is fou d in many

“ ” of old of E Es su mm cl Ke u t ni the cities the ast , and is there called y mea ng , ” w en “ o of h literally translated , Th e hole r eye the needle , (which Lord t Nugent Observes) may give an easy and simple solution to the text in S . ’

a s G s . x. 2 . M rk o pel , chap , v . 5

T 1 08 THE BORO UGH O F O TNES.

Thus much for the legendary hi story of Totnes ; let us now turn to some

Th e of Tot en ai s authentic records connected with it . Manor , anciently the r property of Kin g Edward the Confessor, was given by the Norman Conquero

dh l or h Totn ai s . to Ju e , Ju el , who is described in Domesday as Juhel de

F or a very interesting account of thi s personage we would refer our readers

A “ Ha dbook O En li s h R. K n to a letter by Mr . J . ing ( uthor Of the f g

’ “ print ed in the appendi x to Cotton s A n ti qu i ti es of ” Totnes .

r of T We al so gather from Domesday that , at the pe iod the survey , otnes

- had ni nety ﬁ ve burgesses , besides ﬁfteen without the walls , and that it was wi E n ever taxed but at the same time th xeter, and that it rendered the

Th e i n of same services as that city . words conclud ng the accou t the Borough of Totnes are these — “ Si exp edi o va di t vel p er ter r a m v el per

te e t Ba r ns ta le et L d or d t a n tu m r eddu n t s er vi ti i m a re i n ter To na i s , p , y f , ” a e Ju dh el i ni l quantu m Er eni r ddi t . be ng ba shed the realm by Wil iam

hi B t o R t n otwi th Ru fu s , that Monarch gave t s arony oger de Novan , yet ,

hi of ll IL in 9th of n li s tanding t s grant Wi iam , the Ki g John , we ﬁnd Wil am

Br aose n of Ju dh el h ldin of de , great gra dson , a g a moiety the honor , and R all etort H s on of making a partition thereof with oger dn , heir to enry, a R Br aos e hi the l st oger de Novant . William de , however, soon incurred s

’ s z hi s of B King s di pleasure , who , sei ing upon moiety the arony , conferred

of R E of H H s on . it upon enry, natural eginald , arl Cornwall owever , upon

th e of H II I . R a Br aos e i s on of li accession enry , egin ld de , th rd Wil am , doing

h ad s his homage restitution thereof . From him it pas ed by marriage to

Can til u e of p , who eventually became possessed the whole .

Th e of Can til u e Z wh o heiress p brought it to the Lords ouch , possessed it for on of Z 1 48 n several generations ; the attainder John , Lord ouch in 6 , Ki g

' H VII enry . gave it to Sir Richard Edgecumbe , whose grandson sold it to

E m s on of Lord dward Sey our , Of the Duke Somerset . Th e Seymours 1 6 55 1 alienated it in to William Bogan , whose heirs sold it in 7 53 to B f mi E artholomew Je fery , from whose fa ly it was purchased by dward , Duke of S 1 7 6 4 W omerset , in , from hom it has descended to the present Duke .

Sir R E 1 55 of ichard dgecumbe , in 9 , conveyed the Manor the Borough to the Corporation , in whom it is now vested . We ﬁnd from the Hu ndr ed Rll o , that the Lords of this Manor and Barony had formerly the power of i a nﬂicting capit l punishment . THE BORO UGH O F TO TNES.

l Ju dh el Th e Castle of Totnes , which is said to have been bui t by , was the seat of the Barony .

“ hi of H VII I — Th e Leland , who visited t s place in the reign enry , , says

Th o castelle waul and the stronge dun geon be maintained . e l ggi n ge s of the ” ” Th e “ don e on or l en e i n m . castelle be c ine walls Of the g , keep , rise con

i u ou l of sp c s y above the town , and form an artiﬁcial mount considerable

of of elevation . I t is circular form , but the general area the Castle is

r irregular , and contains within its enclosu e several acres of ground , and was I surroun ded by a moat . t bears much resemblance to Plympton Castle , in its plan and defences .

T i n 1 6 45 otnes was occupied by Lord Goring , October , , and appears to ’ have been in possession Of the King s forces in the month of January

on of ir T following , when they quitted it the approach S homas Fairfax ,

A o towards Dartmouth . fter the surrender f that town the besieging army

T n l retur ned to otnes o the 2 st .

Th e on for i of Market is by prescription , Saturday, corn and all k nds A ’ 1 6 84 provisions . wool market , established by King Charles charter , in ,

T wo 1 2t has been discontinued . here are t annual fairs for cattle , May h and 2 October 8th . Th e Borough of Totnes (which h as very recently been disfranchised) ﬁrst T sent two Members to Parliament in the tim e Of Ki ng John . hat Monarch

“ B Of 1 205 (says Lysons granted the urgesses a charter privileges in , but it

n ot of H I I V . does seem that they had a Mayor before the reign enry , who

’ ” on granted them the power to elect a Mayor annually St . Matthew s Day . T D 1 3 of R II . A . his is not correct . From the accession ichard , . , 7 7 , (when

R h as John ustle occupied the Municipal Chair) , the list been preserved in an unbroken line .

Th e 1 554 r Grammar School was founded in the year , by the Co poration , who purchased the ground on which it is built of the then possessors of th e

E on e of Priory state , and it was endowed by Sir John Maynard (as the

of Eli z aeu s H 1 executors ele) in 6 59 .

. H o f Dr Kennicott , the celebrated ebraist , and late Canon Christ Church ,

s on Of T 1 1 8 Oxford , was the Of the Parish Clerk otnes , and born here in 7 ; he was educated at the Grammar School , and was for some time Master of S the Charity chool in thi s town . CHA PTER XVII .

was ﬁrst.

HE T St . was Parish Church Of otnes , dedicated to Mary, built

1 259 I t ui 1 43 2 th e (according to Lysons) in . was reb lt , during

of B l o Episcopacy ishop Lacy , who granted an indu gence f forty days to all A D persons who contributed to the work , and this grant , dated Chudleigh , . . ,

1 43 4 r d , was formerly prese ved with other documents relating to the sacre

oak i ediﬁce in an chest , wh ch was kept in the parvise over the south

I t o of hi porch . has been stated that the disc very t s document was owing

0 hi on e of to a Violent storm of thunder and lightning in 1 7 9 , by w ch the

o of do nl an d, i f pinnacles the Church was thrown wj fall ng through the roof r v the pa ise , broke open the chest and caused the ancient records therein to l be examined and brought to ight .

Th e - i i — ﬁ r st south east pinnacle has been twice demolished by l ghtn ng , in

6 3 4 th e of R o 1 s a 1 , during Mayoralty ichard Lee , and again n the 2 t Febru ry ,

1 7 99 .

Th e general character of this handsome bui lding is Late Perpendi cular

of r it consists a chancel , nave , north and south aisles , with a lofty towe

n f I t terminati g the western extremity o the nave . is now undergoing

t res oration , and a north wing has recently been added .

“ ” Gr a hi c a n d Hi s to i ca l Sketch O Totn es s s Cotton , in his p r f , thu describe

“ — It on of ur the Tower has bold buttresses set Square fo stages , ” n of r and ornamented with pi nacles f ee stone and canopied niches . Prior R S T 1 43 ichard toke , instituted to otnes Priory , 9 , by deed bearing date

“ A 3 r d 1 449 2 th H r an t ed i 1 0 O e i n ovi a m i e di pril , ( 7 enry g £ p r c p a n i l s ﬁ n ” i n occi den t a li a te eccles i e a ochi a li s Totton i e . Th e st air th e p r p r . turret is in

south angle , the west door is pointed , with a square head , and deeply r ecessed, and has foliated spandrils .

TO T E S CHURCH N .

of ear e of our 1 55 . b dyed the vi ii . day November , y Lord 5 God aive hi m ” He h T 1 2 1 21 s . vi z 5 0 5 for hi aine was t ree times Mayor of otnes , . , , , and

1 53 0. Th B e large ible was given by Lady A n n Seymour in 1 6 90. On the north side of the chancel i s a remarkably ﬁne inter nal rood turret

t o inclosing the stairs which led the rood loft , which has only been I t “ i d recently removed . is ornamented w th niches an quatrefoil enrich ments .

Th e u of P lpit is carved stone , and is ornamented with panelling an d

of of Per e shields , and is the same date as the screen ; the font early p n

di l r l . cu a character is octagonal , with deeply foliated quatrefoi s in each face Th e eastern window is entirely blocked up with an enormous mass of

of masonry the Corinthian order , and which was erected by an architect , a

T 1 50 I t i s of native of otnes , as a gift , about years since . , in point fact ,

b a lda chi n o wl an enormous , and we trust sincerely that it i l be removed

of i before the restoration the Church s completed .

I n of i e di cu the south wall the chancel is a glazed hagioscope , and a pr

of B Th e ni who di monument to the memory Christopher lackall . K ght , ed

1 6 3 3 a kn eeli n d his , is represented in rmour , g y m beneath him are four wives /g — E of lan ﬁ i n of T lizabeth , daughter Nicholas S g ; Penelope , daughter homas

H of of ele ; Susanna , daughter Nicholas Halswell ; and Dorothy , daughter ” R T “ of ichard Norris . here is an inscription over in a frame timber , written

’

R r H of . Se estcote s evon by obe t alswell , the brother the third wife ( e W D , p .

Th Ju dh el c e Priory of St . Mary was founded by , as a ell to the great A B Benedictine bbey of Saints Sergius and acchus , at A n gers , and the Con

tu al B Br on s m 2 1 25 . v en Church was dedicated by ishop e co b e , 7 th November, 9 i I Th e Priory itself ex sted shortly after the Conquest . t escaped suppression i di with the other alien Priories , and continued unt l the general ssolution

of H of monasteries in the reign enry VIII . Oliver considers that the Parish

Church m a y ha ve formed the nave of the on e pertaining to the Convent Th e Grammar School an d the Guildhall occupy a portion of the site of the Priory .

’ St . of i was Peter s Chapel , wh ch even the exact situation has been lost , ' i n coeval with the Conquest , and it s mentioned in the original charter gra ted

“ J dh el on of u r “ E e u i l i r es b ter i u a m by u , the s A l ed . t t r r a m A nsq ti l p y q Q ‘ TOTNES CHURCHJ a 1 1 3

” " cu m ca ella Sa ncti P etr i . A n d an of t eneba t Robber tu s Tom a tor , p the l d

' Rb er Tom at or wi the a l 'oi t A n s ui till u s hi S . q , the Priest , w ch o t held ; th Ch pe

i s s un r r s b el w T n Peter . I t s supposed to have tood everal h d ed ya d o ot es

' ’ - n i s n o u . Bridge , ear what w called Peter s Q ay

r ar s at or n Tanner speaks of two Convents of Trinitarian F i ear Totnes .

of was s ed B l m who a e th e l n ds t o th e One , these uppress by ishop O dha , g v a

h a of t . E u an d E Priest Vicars of Exeter Cathedral . T e Ch ntry S dm nd dward ” “ T Th e C of H the Confessor stood a d ﬁ nem pan tie dc otton . hapel the oly

n o . 1 2 t d . t b e i n 0 Ghost and S . Katherine , at War lan , was beg u e rected 7 , and

“ ” ' le r osom m hos i ta li s Sa nc te M a r i e M a da lene Totton of hi m e the p p g , w ch , so

' s i r a n on u h of th e t own was l : s e l g ht t aces rem i the s o t part , . probab y. the hou in whose favour Bishop Lacy granted an indulgence t o tr ue penitents wh o

i ts s hould contribute to support .

To of our a who w for fu i i a e to th e those re ders ish rther . nformat on rel tiv

H r of hi B a di to th e isto y t s ancient orough , we would remark that , in d tion accounts of the county hi storian s and t o th e publis hed researches of th e late

Dr . hi stor of T a l m Oliver, a complete y . otnes w s publis hed by Wi lia Cotton , 1 850 hi h in , to w ch work we ave to conf es s ourselves indebted . We

our n s to th B th e e must also express tha k e Rev . J . W . urrough , pr sent

V for hi s ldn dn ess hin ok s in icar , in furnis g u s with th e catal ogue of th e b o .

th e vi an d to E E . f e par se , dward Windeatt , sq , for the u se o hi s valuabl

manuscript notes .

Th e e e for s Vicars wer pr sented in titution by the Prior and Convent of St .

u Mary ntil their suppression , except when our Sovereigns s eized the tempo

r aliti es of i a d h r th s lien house uring t ei wars with France . Th e ﬁrst Vicar met with is

AL a u 1 2 0 W TER , whose agreement bo t the endowment dated January 3 oth , . 6 ,

’ . . of Bi s h0 Br onescom s e i s t h a s h may be seen fol x p Rg er , it s been tated t at thi s authority proves the Paris h an d Conventu al Churches to be distinct ;

th e l u a is r e ui o “ sco u s edi ca vi t ang ge howeve q v cal , an d the words ar e Epi p d ” ecclesi a m S. M ar i a; Totton et ec lesi n th e as of St . c a m conven tua lem , o fe t Hu 1 25 gh , 9 . These words do n ot affor d pr oof th at it was a distinct

ediﬁce .

BAR OLOMEW s c A th 1 2 TH uc eeded u gu st 9 , 6 7 .

D TO O l 2 d 1 2 PETER E TT N fol owed , November 3 r , 6 8.

LL AM DE Sur r n u d Ma 4h 2 WI I ou i stit te y t , 1 83 . 1 1 4 VI CA RS O F TOTNES.

’ WALTER 'D A UMA RLE exchanged with

LA D MOTHA YE A 26 th 1 3 1 0-1 1 NICHO S E for shprington , February , . He di ed 1 1 3 July 3 st , 3 0.

AL D ESSEWA TER A was 2n d 1 3 3 0. W TER E ( shwater) , admitted September ,

' D EI NE TO a 2l t 1 3 3 JOHN E H S N, M y s , 7 .

48- A N W DE CHEVELSTON 1 1 3 . i 1 DRE , January 7 th , 9 Patron , K ng Edward 1 1 . 4 r HE I h 1 3 . JOHN TRE W N, March 3 0t , 9 C own presentation .

O D O D mi 4th 1 3 5 1 -2 J HN E S UTH ON ad tted February , . Same patron .

- r s on er la su m 1 JOHN MICHEL was collated by Bishop G an di s , p p , November 5th ,

1 3 6 2.

O D E 22 a 1 3 6 of J HN E WYNDYSHOR , September n , 7 . Patron , Prior and Convent

Totnes .

N B r d 1 E III . JOH SA YN, May 3 , 3 7 6 . Patron , King dward ’ - N Y b n 3 r d 1 406 7 . JOH DOLRIR , on Sa y s death , March , Patron , Prior and

Convent of Totnes . AM 2 th 1 43 WILLI HOWSYNG , June 9 , 6 . On whose resignation D 1 44 O E i on A . . 6 J HN YONG was adm tted , whose death , , ,

N 3 oth . JOH GARDINER s ucceeded , October

‘ EL ORTHY 1 4 1 45 on os JOHN B W , May th , 9 , wh e death

LL AM JELx N th 1 505 WI I s was instituted ovember 7 , .

PH CA NNON s th 1 53 on for hi CHRISTO ER ucceeded May 7 , 7 , the presentation ( t s

f R Yar ds turn) o ichard . 4 1 ’ JOHN KEF D S 1 55 . O OR , eptember th , 7 On Cannon s cession . Patron , King

’ o B l oth 1 5 4 J HN WD ON o k for d 5 . . O , n O e s privation , July , Patron , Queen Mary T A 2oth 1 56 1 . E HOM S WRIGHT , June , Patron , Queen lizabeth . n AM AL 1 8 1 5 6 . S r WILLI GOOD L , December th , 7 a e patron .

4 1 6 1 0 I . I H 1 . HENR ILL , July th , Patron , King James 4h 1 21 I LDI T H t 6 . B CHA RD HO C , July , . Same patron

N A 1 3 n I 8 6 5 . . JOH G RRETT succeeded September th , Patron , Ki g Charles ’ a lke s Su eri n s o t he Cle . . 1 82. WILLIAM A DAMS . See W r ﬁ g f rgy, part ii , p

' . 4 K II AN L E T 1 5 1 6 6 . . D IE S COTT, A pril th , Patron , ing Charles

PHINEA s 1 0th 1 6 6 9 . . PETT , September , Same patron

’ N A 4th 1 6 6 . Th e A of or t hi es JOHN PRI CE , on Pett s cession , pril , 7 uthor the W ” o Devon f and various Sermons . See his Life in the Preface to the last .

’ E of hi s o . E dition great w rk Mr . Prince resigned St . Martin s Church , xeter ,

” 1 1 6 BERRY P OMERO Y.

of s m f Th e name thi fa ily , is indi ferently written de Pomerio , de Pomeri ,

' Pom er i nd s . T i de la a , a la tly Pomeroy hey seem to have been very noble n

' li Jo ] the ir origin , and to have made good matrimonial al ances , thus e , the

on of R on e of u a of H s alph de Pomerio , married the nat r l daughters King enry

I of R n E of . . (the sister egi ald , arl Cornwall) ’ ” H Pom er ai th e “ K s ollingshead calls John de la ing nephew , and s ays

a f the 23 r d. of hi s i th t King Hen ry II . , in year reign , gave unto Ph lip de

hi Her eb ert Br ewes the Kingdom of Limerick , w ch and William , brethren to

R of Pom er ai e eginald , Earl Cornwall , and John de la , th ir nephew , had r efu sedu

‘ i iﬂ om o ui B a Ralph de P er y b lt the C astle at erry , and m de it the seat of his " B hi s e B of H of arony, and heirs w re arons and Members the ouse Lords un til

' H III - - r di of i . t h i cc to a the reign K ng enry , af er whic t me (a o ng Dugd le) they

‘ e e r h ad e of ! e n v the ben ﬁt Peerage , although th y continued in their Barony

rr E of Be y until the reign of King dward VI . Th e reason of their ceasing to be Members of thei Upper Hous e of Parlia ment h as been thus accounted for by an Old author — “ Near after the

all s or i l Conquest , such a had free Seigniories Lordships , wh ch we cal i l U Cou r t Ba r ons , a sate as nobles in the pper c me to the Par iament , fnd H e t oo ouse , but when by experience it app ared . that the Parliament was w ul t o l much pestered ith such m titudes , it grew a custom , that none shou d

for or come thither but such as the King their extraordinary wisdom quality ,

’ ‘ ha c v i ce t a n t u m thought good to call by writ , which writ at ﬁrst ran (to

for . A of appear only that turn) fter that , gent lemen seeing this estate

’ nobility to be but casual , and depend merely upon the Prince s pleasure ,

of s ought a more certain hold , and Obtained of the King letters patent their m ” dignities to the and their heirs male .

Th e of s was a . P r i t H r Pom er ai last thi family who ee n Parliamen was en y de ,

4l st of n H n of h o III . w , in the Ki g enry , doi g his homage , had livery thirty

h B Hur b er ton as of th e a of . B eig t fees in iry and ; also M nors iri , and Stockley

Pom er i h of of Hu r b er ton B all a and t e moiety the Manors , and rixham , hi - i B T H h e of th e s o . w ch held in capite the King by ervice . arony his enry,

42n d H nr d t o anno e y III . , ha summons ﬁt himself with horse and arms , to

li of attend the King at Ches ter, to oppose the hosti ties the Welsh , but he

i hi s . being found afterwards in arms again st the K ng , lands were estreated

a de Pom 1 02 hi s L Willi m er ai , in th e year 1 , is said to have given ordship O 1 1 BERRY P OMERO Y. 7

Jos celi n e or G oz eli n e of Biry to the Monks of Glocester, but his brother

n T afterwards redeemed it by granting them other property in excha ge . his

mhad s on Eth elwar d to Willia a called , who is declared by Dugdale have

kfas He founded the A bbey of Buc t . cannot have been the founder , since it was B A a enedictine bbey before the Conquest , but he very likely refounded

hi s . E Pom er ai and restored it , and arms may still be seen there dward ,

of Beavil of who married Margaret , daughter and heiress Peter , and in right H t her t of h ad S . mo her, sole heiress Colaton , three sons , enry , Clare , and

A of Bu ckfas t hi s i s John ; St . Clare was bbot , although name not mentioned

. - s of th e A . I in the li t bbots given by the late Dr Oliver . t is stated in the

M on a s ti con Di ocesis “ R s A on 24th , that John ede occur as bbot the November ,

1 498 was A i l on a , and that he succeeded by lfred G l e , P lm Sunday ,

’ In s for of A D 1 -1 t A . . 4 00 the Churchwarden accounts the Parish shbur on , , 99 5 ,

o of A of Bu kfas t the receipts c mmence thus From a gift the Lord bbot c , Saint ” o an d 1 1 1 -1 2 i s 5 of 2s . Clere Pomer y, in , there an entry for ringing his

A s i we have said above , th s family held the Manor from the Norman

un th e E — Conquest til reign of dward VL that i s for nearly ﬁve centuries .

' Th e i n h ' i s of reforms the C urch instituted by the adv ers the young King , h excited considerable discontent , which was aggravated by other causes . T e

’ r of con ﬁ s cat ed new p oprietors the abbey lands demanded exorbitant rents ,

the mo ne Th and often spent y in London . e cottagers were reduced to misery,

‘ o u e of -o by the encl s r the com m On s n whi ch they formerly fed their cattle . Th e general increase of gold and silver in Europe after the discovery of the

' ” I i s of d of West nd es had rai ed the price commo ities , and the debasement

H n h ad coin by e ry and afterwards by the Protector , occasioned a

s an d o m A s universal distru t stagnation f co merce . ri ing began at once in

s of En several part gland , and in most parts the rioters were immediately

, 1 549 put down , but the disorders I n D evonshire and Norfolk in the year

hr n d t eate ed more angerous consequences. In Devonshire the rioters were

' hi u of brought into the form of a regular army, w ch amounted to the n mber

T of heir demands were that the Mass shou ld be restored , half the ' ' ' A m six r e s x d bbey lands resu e d , the law of the a ticl e ecute , holy water and

v . holy bread respected , and all other particular grie ances redressed Lord

R s wh o had u sell , been despatched against them , drove them from their posts

tOok h and many prisoners ; t e leaders were sent to London , tried , and 1 1 8 BERRY P O OMER Y.

of executed, and many the lower orders were put to death by m artial

l a w.

Si r Thomas Pomeroy appears t o have been deeply concerned in this

i n rebellion , and , some historians aver , saved his life by mak g over the Manor

of B E f and Castle erry Pomeroy to dward Seymour , Duke o Somerset , the

Protector , but it is more likely (as Lysons remarks) that it came to the

S r or i i n eymou s by grant purchase from the Crown , s nce the Protector was

’ T of i r T a the ower at the time S homas Pomeroy s attainder, and , s is well

ul known , was timately beheaded .

Th e in of ru s Of the Castle the Pomeroys , picturesquely situated about a mile from the Parish Church , are both well known and widely appreciated . What the fortress was in its ancient form can hardl y be calculated fr om what ' i i sixt ar ds at present remains stand ng , wh ch is only the front (about y y long)

. hi s facing the south Over the gate , w ch stand towards the west end Of the ll front , the Pomeroy arms (we have been told) sti remain , but in consequence of the thi ckness of the ivy we were unable to veri fy thi s statement ; this

i tur r ett ed gate , wh ch is and embattled , is about twelve feet high and thirteen

of ul . feet in length , and the groves a double portc lis may yet be seen From

t t . Mar ar et s ever al of the adj acent tower , called S g zg gentlemen the county anciently held their lands .

E u of as th e of hi s Lord dward Seymour , son Of the D ke Somerset , w ﬁrst B family who resided at erry, and he c ann ot have lived there long , since

o 1 the inscription n his tomb proves that he died in 593 . He was succeeded

i B of s on S r E S . r E by his , dward eymour , art , who mar ied lizabeth , daughter

Si r A Ch am er n own e hi m a th e rthur p , and by most prob bly house (the outer

of l was ui walls which are sti l standing within the quadrangle) , b lt in the

of E I t o reign Queen lizabeth . is stated t have cost upwards of but was not ﬁnished , the western side never having been even commenced .

Th e of B B t of Hi s Manor erry , together with ridgetown , is still the proper y

of who . Grace the present Duke Somerset , , we believe , was born there 2 t ’ Berry Pomeroy had formerly a cattle fair on the 5th of Jul y (S . James

or . day) , but we are ignorant by whom , to whom , it was originally granted

Loven t or i m i Loven etor n e th e , in th s p arish , anciently tten , belonged in

of E f h ad reign dward the Con essor to Otro . A t the Domesday survey it

of become the property Ju hel de Toten ai s , under whom it was held by

R Pom r I A alph de e ai . t was afterwar ds successively in the families Of rundell

BERRY P ME 1 20 O ROY.

Den s el — a hi T i impaled with crescent , and a mullet in c ef . h s must be th e

of i r R E r grave S ichard Pomeroy, who married lizabeth , daughte and heiress D l en s e of l . He Of Richard , Fil eigh was the eldest of the two s ons of

H nr hi s A li R an hi e y Pomeroy and wife , ce alegh, d s brother Thomas was Kni ghted upon the occasion of the Coronation of th e Queen of Kin g H VII enry .

h - th e A s we have said above , judging from t e style of the architecture . present Church mus t have been erected during hi s lifetime, and he may

u hi possibly have been incited to ndertake t s good work , between the years 1 4 1 1 2 of hi s u 98 and 5 , by the inﬂuence ncle , St . Clare Pomeroy, at that

Bu k f t time A bbot of c as . In the North Chancel Chapel is a lar ge monument of th e Corinthi an

h of th e f order belonging to t e family present owners o the Manor, and

r of E m on of erected to the memo y Lord dward Sey our (the s the Protector) ,

di 1 f on ir E B . of hi s who ed i n 593 , o his s , S dward Seymour , art , and

- - E of A h am ern own e . B an daughter in law , lizabeth , daughter rthur C p eneath

om e r an i te n arch , ornamented with roses and p g s , the K ights clothed in plate

on e b el w i s of hi armour recline, above the other ; p the ﬁgure the lady, be nd a i i er e i n a her head is a child , in a cradle ; and tj feet , another ﬁgur chair ;

of d at the base of the tomb are the kneelin g ﬁgures nine chil ren , ﬁve men ,

of m or on u and four women ; and above are the arms Sey our , ; a pile g ,

si x eu r s de li e az of E n of between , ﬁ , three lions ngland (bei g the Coat

A H on i s a ugmentation granted by King enry VII I . h marriage with L dy

S u n r wn Jane eymour) . Second g ; two wings conjoi ed in lu e , the ﬁrst do

or for n h wards , , Seymour . There are several other s hields di splayi g t e V m l arious connections of this powerful fa i y .

Th e of - i s magniﬁcent screen , with the proj ection the rood loft remaining ,

s profusely adorned with fan tracery, hand ome Perpendicul ar bosses , carving

Th of h s t o and gilding . e lower part it a unf ortunately been subjected r th e r s o t o ough usage ; and la ge quare pews , seem t have been designed

Th n hi conceal it as much as possible . e car vi g in the compartments into w ch the lower part is di vided has been much mutilated , and the ﬁgures of many of in r i the Sa ts are ve y ind stinct , but we were able to recognise St .

hi s t . t s Matthew , with club ; S Philip , with the s pear ; S . Stephen , with stone ' i n hi s t chasuble ; St . Jude , with the boat ; S . Matthias , with battle axe ,

s St . th B word, and dagger ; Mary Magdalene , with e alabastrum ; St . arbara , E ’ 1 21 BERRY P OMERO Y.

' t ul r D of with . the tower ; S . Gud a , with the lantern ; and the fou octors

h ar e the Western Church . T e two piers handsomely recessed for the

- i on reception of images , and the door which led to the rood loft rema ns the

T two e north s ide . here are parcloses , separating the side Chap ls from the

ul o f th e i s s l chancel , and the ancient p pit same date as the screen ti l f ' i n use .

s Th e Th e western doorway has a good pointed ar ch with deep moulding .

’ ll e a s on s of Priest s door has been moderni sed, but sti r m in the south ide

Th e r - e u e- s the chancel . south doorway is squa e h aded , with q atr foiled pandrils ,

Th r h as s - the j ambs are also deeply moul ded . e pa vise a quare headed

of o Perpendicular wi ndow tw lights .

In T r was the owe , which is s quare and embattled , there once apparently

ni A th e a Chapel ope ng beneath an arch on the southern side . bove where a was ltar must have stood , there remains a stone shelf which doubtless a

or Th e i l i s uper altar retable . tower staircase , w th smal trefoil lights , s c two of e arried up in the buttres ses , and there is a ﬁne xternal rood tur ret .

T of 1 0 1 1 1 hree the bells are dated 6 7 , 6 3 5 , and 7 5 , and are inscribed with

of in e on e of of th e the names the Churchwardens , and ach instance them is

of family Goodridge . Thi s name i s also t o be seen on the pillars of th e

o 1 82 south aisle above referred t . Th e fourth bell was hung in the year 9 ,

of h s th e and, in addition to the names the founders and Churchwar dens , a ” o legend God protect ur Church . Th e pace of th e ancient cross remains on the s outh side of the church i yard , and near it s a venerable yew tree . A t . t Chapel dedicated to S Margaret and S . James , formerly existed in

i a th s parish , but we have n ot been able to learn anything as to its situ tion . ! Before the Reformation the Rectory of Berry belonged to the Pr ior

of S n o B and Convent Merton , in omersetshire , and what is w known as erry H R H ouse was then doubtless the ectory ouse , and the occasional residence

- - of . Th e h the Prior dining room is wainscoted , and as two good square headed

a m of oak Perpendicul r doorways . We were shown here some ﬁne speci ens

hi S m r carving , and a handsome bedstead , in w ch we believe Lady Jane ey ou is traditionally reported to have slept ; a carving in relief at the back ' we hi s O mi . represents , think , rpheus char ng the beasts by musical skill

T i s on - s of his house situated the north eastern ide the Church . On the s e n s e i s th e t c a i e outh r id ancien Vi ar ge , where Pr nc wrote the Wor thi es of 1 22 BERRY P OMERO Y.

” He was s on of B mi f Devon . the ernard Prince , and was ad tted a St udent o

z N 1 of 1 4 Bra en ose College , Oxford , at 7 years age , and was ordained in 6 6 ;

’ of B R of t he was ﬁrst Curate ideford , afterwards ector S . Martin s Church ,

E er T i s ix xet , from whence he removed to otnes , wh ch he held about years , till in 1 6 81 he was preferr ed by Sir Edward Seymour to the Vicarage of

Be hi of 1 23 . Th e rry Pomeroy , w ch he held up to the time his death in 7

di of hi s a 1 01 ﬁrst e tion book w s publis hed in 7 .

E V a A . Our best thanks are due to the Rev . rthur J verett , the present ic r of B vi hi s erry , for hi s courtesy and hospitality when we sited Church and

on an d a i parish . Th e ear ly r egister s ar e contai ned in e book , commence l ke

in 1 6 02.

v CHA PTERL XIX.

arm; and hunt.

ll of H or H i on pleasant Vi age olne ( oll , as it is sometimes wr tten) , ‘

h - i H d the sout eastern borders of Dartmoor , is s tuated in the un red

A r of T hi of Stanborough , the chdeaconry and Deanery otnes , and is wit n easy

I n distance of the Railway Stations of A shburton and Buck fastleigh . the M I t dolf d of i . reign of Edward the Confessor , E was Lor th s anor afterwards B ff i became the property of aldwin , the Sheri , who held h gh command in

He d of r the Norman army at the battle of Hastings . was a gran son Godf ey , the E of E on of Ri D of N , arl we , who was a natural s chard , uke ormandy h b hi of E grandfat er of William the Conqueror , u t s father had the title arl B ll B n dc O f rion . from which circumstanc e he i s frequently ca ed aldwi

Brionii s .

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“ ” conveyed t o the A bbot and Convent of the Blessed Mary de Buf es tr e (or ” kfa s t of o f H “ totum t er r a m m ea m de Holna Bu c ) the whole his land olne , to

of hi s e B pray for the souls father , his mother , his brother , Steph n auzan ,

s and himself, to be held from him and his heirs by them and their successor ,

’ a o i T i n o by the payment of the thirtieth p rt f a Kn ght s fee . h s deed has

of F i shacr e N r date , but bears the signatures Martin , icholas Ferrers , and fou other witnesses .

of H of V Th e Parish Church olne is situated in the centre the illage , and

' cr i s a perfectly plain and unpretending uciform structure, of early English

' of Dr . Oliver, in his list the Devonshire Churches , makes it dedicated t o

l r of St . Mary . We be ieve , however , that no actual p oof exists its being thus

I t s named . comprises a chancel , nave , north and south aisle and transepts ,

s c n ni ﬁ ve hi a south porch , and a tower at the we tern end o tai ng bells , w ch ,

~ - fe e ar s n ot r though r e cast some w y ago , have been ung in peal for some

A of T a ti me , the late rchdeacon otnes having pronounced the c ge unsafe .

' as i carr i d u - There are no buttresses , and the tower stairc e s e p in th e thickness

of th e wal l . éhﬁ’ H of of St . J s at E e th i From a copy the register ospital , xet r , e or ginal

- s a MS. um of ﬁ ve o a of whi ch i folio vol e , ninety d uble pages , tr nscribed for « H the r of I . in th e most part in eign enry V , and the possession of th e

t of E e ﬁ nd de Colum b er s on 2oth Corpora ion xet r, we that Philip , the May ,

' 1 3 2 - . a of hi hi r 9 , conferred the dvowson t s Church (w ch he had inhe ited from th e on e of l o en Martyns ) , together with acre and , upon the Pri r and brethr

' H l for . s l of of the aforesaid ospita , to pray the ou s Willi am Martyn and

l i i of Willi am H A en or e h s . Dame , wife ; astings , William Martyn , and John

t of e 'T de Lacy , his ances ors ; and all the faithful depart d . his community

of th e i s of i s e held the patr onage l ving till the uppression the rel giou hous s ,

o H VI II in the reign f enry .

’ “ ” th e 1 1 th 1 3 81 St . s s n a er u n da ta i On September , , Jame Chapel p f , n

H n a was ic B h Br an t n h am . No s e of s ol e p rish , l ensed by is op y g ve tig thi

a l o an we s w a r t of th e a i was Ch pe remains , n r c even di cover in h t pa p r sh it t s i uat ed.

. If r on n r s of c n th e . we except a modern vest y, built the o th ide the ha cel , Church does n ot seem to have been materially altered outsi de since i ts ﬁrst

rec n h of e tio , towards t e en d the thirteenth century . HOLNE CHURCH

of We may notice that the two aisles are , and s eem to have been always

n on e on u equal length , the the nor th s ide being shorter than the other by . ' ‘ Th - o m i s everal feet . e ston e bolt hole and arch of an ancient d orway r e a n in

hi r th t s aisle , which was closed u p when a new entrance, leading f om e

r was the vest y, made in north wall . ( ’ Th e chancel has been well restored by the widow of a late patron and

of h as r e r e Vicar the parish , and a handsome eastern window, containing a p s en tati on of u x Th e b eau tiq x th e the Cr ciﬁ ion . y executed reredos e hibits

i ’ ain u b e t T s e s c an d i s St . . j h similar to that at John s Church , orquay

Th e - i s r f d l altar table ca ved in imitation of the altar o Cologne Cathe ra ,

‘ out of oak from the an cient roof of Dartington Hall .

Th e i h south chancel w ndow i s also ﬁlled with stained glass , displaying t e

of l i - “ I a i a m arms and impalements Lane , with the fol owing nscription p

Sa mu eli s Lane hu u s ce Par ochi ae i ca r M emor i a m ha ncce et a lter a m su er j V i , p

’ ' ” A lta r e osi tu m enes tr a m es a i r v e su er stes . p , f , R t u r av t , et vi t a i t Br i gi da La n p ' ‘ T i s ﬁ n e i u here a trefoiled piscina under th s window, and another ( nrestored) in the South Chancel Chapel ; they are both apparently of the s ame date as ur as s of two the Ch ch , are also mo t the windows , though we remarked

of cu on e i n good specimens the Perpendi lar style in the two transepts , the

s a ul I n w of th e the outh wall should be p rtic arly noticed . the eastern indow

e f r north transept ar a few remains o ve y ancient glass . Th e in th e of i a di e e nodi roof th s transept , as well s some moul ngs h r

n d e th e r c of o a in the porch , hav four leaved ﬂowe haracteristic the Dec rated ar e style , an d the pil lars and arches s epar ating the nave fr om the aisles u mi of n stakeably thi s period also .

Th e h as - of Church been recently r e seated , b ut we remarked the back an , old c c d c . w. 1 6 83 . oaken ben h arve with the initials , and the date

' Lysons mentions the font at Holne as being particul arly an cient ; we r t egret to say that it was replaced by a new on e a few years since , and tha all of of hi trace the original on e has been lost . Th e length t s Church , s including the chancel and tower, is 89 feet ; the width including the tran epts , 57 feet ; without them , 3 3 .

Th e of an d screen , Perpendi cular date , is in tolerable preservation , is mentioned by Lysons as being particul arly beautifu l ; it has a good cornic e of T - h a vine leaves and grapes . h e rood loft s been removed , and the stone staircase leadin g to it blocked up ; the stone shoulders which originally 1 HOLNE CHURCH 26 .

on The i s supported the former remain the south side onl y . lower part

s of s divided into forty compartments , containing the painted ﬁgure Saint ,

of E t St . n amongst whom three the vangelists , St . Matthew, S . Luke , and Joh ,

A t St . t t . with the postles ; S . Peter, S . James the Great , S James the Less ,

B u s . St . t . t . . Philip , artholomew , S Matthias , S Simon , and St Jude , are conspicuo

The St . of n . We also noticed Mary Magdalene , with alabaster box ' oi tment of z— e four Doctors the Western Church , vi z . St . Jerome (as a Cardinal) , Pop

t . A m B St . A s e Gregory (with the triple crown) , S brose (as a ishop) , and ugu tin

’ T of as A St . wi r St . ( an bbot) ; Sebastian , transﬁxed th ar ows ; homas ,

r t u Canterbury , with mitre and c osier ; S . Cecilia , holding a musical instr ment ;

E s H . R aff the mpres elena , with the Latin cross ; St oche , with st and dog

. A l i of t . uns n St pol on a , with a tooth at the en d of a p air pincers ; S D ta , with a harp ; and many others ” Th of ns e Pulpit , the same date as the screen , is also mentioned by Lyso

hi s of I is f in list the enriched wooden pulpits of the county. t pro usely d cr ock ett ed ecorated, and is divided into eight compartments , by eight and

ni al r e ﬁ ed ogee arches ; on the tops of the slender butt esses , separating thes

a O c n l . E r rches , are the mutilated ﬁgures f eight ( oucha t ions ach compa tment c i of s ul 1 uﬁer ed s m e ontains a sh eld arm . This p pit 883 1 8 to have s at ome ti from a bad attempt at restoration .

Th e un fﬁ ul to arms are all incorrectly marshalled , and we fo d it very di c t

The ﬁ r st identify them so as to tr ace their connection with the fabric .

ul s ﬂ or — or olum b er s ul G es ; a cros y Se . evidently was intended f C ; (it sho d

“ b e e ﬁ t che T s i hi th e ni s S. T. Gules ; a cross forme e) . hi sh eld has in c ef i tial , perhaps placed there by the indifferent heraldic painter to commemorate his hi work ; they have not ng to do with the arms .

Th — Or — e second ; a cros s Gules must have been in tended for St . George , an d in the absence of other evidence we thi nk it not improbable that the

on di S , c e h e s Church was ! de cated to that aint from the ognizanc alway bore his cyclas being found in association with the original patrons of the Rectory

— and the Lords of the Manor z Quart erly or ; a fess Gules , between four water

. I i ou t Han kfor d B ll e a bougets mpal ng, as far as we can make , . Or, i ett ,

Cu . Bour chi er th e s fess commemorates the m arriage of William , with heire s

Han kfor d — l st Of , whi lst the next qu arterly France and Englan d and

th A z . e 4 ; sem e of ﬂeu r dc li e or ; 2md and 3 rd Gu ; thr ee lions passant , i

or - h nd- a of guardant were borne by A nne Plantagenet , t e gr a d ughter

” ’ s “ i from our Saviour s word to him Feed my Lambs , upon wh ch accou nt they thought the mass this day very beneﬁcial to make their lambs thrive .

R V of hi Th e Rev. obert Bradford gave to the icar and Churchwardens t s

n 2os . u B parish an a nuity O f , to be laid o t in purchasing four ibles , to be

of - He given to four poor children the parish , every Christmas day for ever .

2 tw of also gave a second 0s . , to be given in equal shares to o poor men

- n of hi l . Th the parish , ot in receipt paroc a relief, on Christmas day for ever e

of the hi for proprietor premises , charged with t s annuity , has some time (we

i t o have been given to understand) decl ned pay them , and the gifts are , therefore , lost to the parish .

of di Th e Rev . John Charter, a late Vicar . was in the habit stributin g £ 5

- n ot of i a year among poor people in constant receipt parochial rel ef, and 1 821 1 00 before he resigned the living , in , he transferred £ stock into the

o u hi s fo hands f tr stees to continue gift r ever , and the inhabitants still proﬁt from thi s gift . I n order that we may make the history of thi s Par ish Church more

li o b intel gible to ur readers , we would remark that there can e little doubt but that it was built upon that part of the land of Holn e whi ch appertained t o B r of H on e of l of a s the a ony arberton , by the fami y Martyn (the descend nt

of l en d of hi . A s Wi liam de Falesia) , towards the the t rteenth century was

of soo common at tha t period, the family the lay founder bestowed it upon nl ' ’ m i n t an ecclesiastical establish ent , by apportion g it to S . John s Hospital,

of of r e - then much in what funds in consequence its recent constitution .

on ul With respect to the shields the p pit , if they are taken to commence f di rom its doorway, they splay ﬁrst the arms and impalements of the Lords of of H of B o the Manor (proper) olne ; next the arms the ishop f th e Diocese ,

of A ks in juxtaposition to the bearings the bbey , whose Mon , most probably ,

i T of God hi s aided considerably in decorat ng this emple ; and , lastly, the s eld of the family who buil t and dedi cated it immedi ately precedin g the cogni z ance

n of E l hi of St . George , the Patron Sai t ng and , and to whom , most probably, t s

Church was dedicated . We may add also that in the Middl e A ges the s exes were generally separated during the hours of Divine Worship . Women were not us ually permitted t o advance beyond the second pill ar from the western end of the

a i s cred structure , and there was generally some distinction in the arch tecture to r the o t e ma k lin e f demarcation . A Holne this distinction is very evid nt , s HOLNE CHURCH.

the whole of the ﬂoor westward of th ese pill ars being raised a step . With

l of respect to the sacred vessels , it is noteworthy that the cha ice this parish

of R of is ancient , and appears to date from the period the estoration King

Charles II .

of H t eb With respect to the Vicars olne , we would remark that John Wy y

R 1 3 1 ir . was the ector in 0, and that the then Patron was S William de Martyn

Bl d r wi k w H on of John de a e c a s the ﬁrst Vicar of olne , the presentation ’ hi B of t H . s the Prior and rethren S . John s ospital Since time there have

-ni V of H R V 1 6 28 been twenty ne icars olne . ichard Kaye , was icar in , and we

“ ’ ” “ Wa lk er s Su er i n s o the Cler . 288 T h ad th e ﬁnd in ﬁ g f gy, p , hat he

of hi n of wi perpetual advowson t s livi g , and the impropriate tithes it like se ,

hi £ 1 00 a - of of w ch , together with the Vicarage , were worth about year, all

i n of Batter which , as well as a good estate , the parish y, he was dispossessed , a n d thereby reduced to such necessities that his wife , who was a gentle

of wa s li fo of s woman fortune , ob ged t o work r the subsistence her elf and

” ' “ . r sh e ul four children Walke adds , A n ancient gentleman saith that wo d

e of of oft n be glad a piece bread and cheese , whereof he had given her ” . . di many pieces Mr Kaye was plundered by the sol ers , who broke open the

of hi s ou t ul door barn ﬁlled with corn , and some took what corn they wo d a n d H gave to their horses ; others turned their horses into the bar n . e di R T ed some time before the estoration . h e Pu ritan for whom to make room

was Gas ti ck he ej ected , was called , another wh o succeeded Gasti ck was called

I n of R of A D 1 the year the estoration King Charles II . , . . , 6 6 0, A veria and

t a o Mar in K ye were enabled to exercise their right f patronage , and presented

Rev N the . icholas Stephens .

Th e V Rev ff our present icar is the . John Gill , to whom we beg to o er most cordial thank s for hi s hospitality and attention t o our enquiri es when

vi hi s we sited Church . Vicars of Holne copied into the ﬁrst page of a Register of Burials

D WYTEBY Rec o 1 3 1 0 t r . . JOHN E , , Patron , Sir William de Martin

B E ’ N LA D R I K 1 3 2 Br eth en t . W C 9 . S JOH DE , Vicar , Patrons , Prior and John s

Hospital .

T MA NORTHWODE 1 3 1 B er 5 . la HO S , Patron , ishop Grandison (p p) . ’ THORSWEYE 1 3 54 . and B t . H JOHN , Patrons , Prior rethren S John s ospital .

AD L 1 3 81 . JOHN M E EY , Same patrons . 1 3 0 VI CA RS O F HOLNE

A P A R L H DOLBE RE . Same patrons . 4 N K 1 3 3 . JOH CO E , Same patrons . BA A 1 43 4 JOHN ST RD , . Same patrons .

CLYEP S JOHN . ame patrons .

HA LEHI DE 1 48 JOHN , 9 . Same patrons . H ENRY DENYS . Same patrons .

A L TEPORD 1 1 CH R ES PYT , 5 0. Sam e patrons .

N 1 3 3 . 5 . JOH PORTER , Same patrons

L AM A E 1 553 . i li Phr WIL I V RY, Patron , Ph p ear .

T MA F FRE DE 1 5 4 HO S N , 5 . Patron , Queen Mary .

E 4 BRI KB KE 1 5 El . CUTHBERT C C , 7 . Patron , Queen izabeth

AM O 1 588. . S UEL J NES , Same patron

R A A 1 28. E A l . ICH RD K YE , 6 Patron , dward ford

A P N 1 6 6 0. A . NICHOL S STE HE S , Patrons , veria and Martin Kaye H LA H N 1 6 t . NICHO S U T , 99 . Patrons , enry Lane and George Do ton N W 1 R 0 . JOH O E , 7 8. Same patron 4 P N 1 hn N . PHILI A THERTO , 7 6 . Patron , Jo osworthy

B ADF 1 6 5 . JOHN R ORD , 7 Same patron .

EUTTON 1 6 . JOHN E , 7 9 Same patron .

N 1 1 S . JOH MOGRIDGE , 7 7 . ame patron

N A 1 . 83 . JOH CH RTER , 7 Patron , Sarah Nosworthy

AM W 1 21 . WILLI IL BERT BIRD OOD , 8 . Patron , Samuel Lane

AM AN 1 82 . S UEL L E , 7 . Same patron

N A A AM r 1 2 . . JOH DOLBE RE P RH , 8 9 Patron , Samuel Lane , Jun

J O 1 85 8 ha c vi ce . HN GILL , . Patron , Maj or Parry Mitchell

1 3 2 DEA N PRI OR.

H II . f o f King enry , gave the Manor and Church o Dene to the Priory of

i War elwa st Plympton , in this county , wh ch had been founded by William , Lord Bi shop of the Diocese (the nephew and Chaplain of Will iam th e

f r of O 1 1 o of St . A 21 . Conqueror) , Monks the rder ugustine , in the year

B h e l l ishop John (the Chaunter as is general y cal ed) , addressed a letter

D 1 1 - t o of hi . s A . , 86 7 , Martin , the ﬁfth Prior Plympton , taking him and

' E r ot e cti on a n d brethren under h is piscopal p , conﬁrming all the privileges and

’ possessions which his predecessors in the Se e of Exeter had vouchsafed to

grant them , and he speciﬁes these possessions , and amongst them mentions

A n d B Br on es com b e the Chu rch of Den e . ishop seems to have arranged the

hi i ts of manner in w ch revenues were to be disposed by the Monks , for we

e i s te r e - r o ﬁnd in his R g r (fol . that he appropriated it to the Prio y n the

’ 1 5th O 1 26 1 n B “ a d ctober , , duri g Prior aldwin s superiority , in these words ” as n p a up er u m et p er egr i noru m a d w co ﬂ u en ti u m n ecessi ta tem su bleva n da m .

of E I of I n the reign dward . the Prior Plympton was summoned to prove

“ u o wa a n to cla m a i ha be e v i su m r a n ci le i i u r ca s em en da s a ssi s e a ni s q rr r f p g , f , p

” “ vi s a r a e E t li ber a m wa r en ha m i n dom i n i ci s t e r i e s u i s e t cer i f ct in Dene , r ” of i bi dem ; and the Prior answered that he7 claimed exemption from view

of of frank pledge , power life and death , and the right of an assize bread

of hi Hun of R and beer , because the Manor Dene was wit n the dred oger de i of . Moles , Stanborough , where noth ng could accrue to the King With respect

i P la ci ta de u o to the free warren he declared that he did not cla m it . ( q

1 Ed I fol . Thi a r a nt o 0 . . W r , 9 and , s Manor and Church continued to

i of H I I I apperta n to the Priory Plympton until enry V . suppressed the latter D A . 1 3 in the thirtieth year of his reign , . , 5 9 .

H of hi s r owe , the last Prior , who had (with twenty breth en) subscribed to ’ in on 8 of 1 522 the K g s supremacy the th March , , in order to prepare for hi of . the dissolution his house , w ch he must have long anticipated executed ,

of for during the last three years his superiority , many leases , alienating

f A E aﬁ or de d various terms large portions o the bbey property . vidence is by the muniments and title deeds at Powderham Castle that he leased the

- on e R of em b u r for t h e tithes of Wembury for twenty years to John yder , W y 1 6 s . 4d . of 40 1 4d. £ 3 rent £ 3 8 . , deducting towards the salary the

Incumbent .

He also leased for various periods , under advantageous terms , to divers

of r i towe Th r u s s elto n t B t . l Ma s people , the tithes S . udock , S Ju ian (Maker) , and , P DEA N RI OR.

E ’ E B T S St . Brixton , Plymouth , gg uckland , amerton Foliot , andford , dward s ll T t . E A S o f St . a S Shaugh , homas ( fterwards Maurice) ast Plympton , aints at

t of St . Plymstock , S . Mary Plymstock , and Kew , in most cases reserving

s mall sums for the maintenance of their clergy . b f He also similarly leased the farms Comb Prior (in Plymstock parish) ,

r of Roddewell o f and Wembu y , the wood , the Grange and domain Martin “ S stowe , and the dominical place and barton lands , called West hereford , in ” B T of - rixton parish . his last for a term eighty nine years to the Maynard f 2 o 0. family , at the yearly rent £

on 3 r d 1 53 6 E We also ﬁnd that May , , he leased to John and lizabeth

B for of of £ 20 lack their lives , in consideration a ﬁne and the yearly rent

of of £ 6 , the farm Combe Prior , in Plymstock , reserving to the Prior and i Convent , and to the r successors , the mansion place called Lower Combe ,

“ a u ll ar d n with the p g y and a lytle arber to the same mansion place adjunct ,

an d - - a dove house to the same belonging , and also their wood groves and

s n quarrys there with free liberty for them their serva ts , workmen and laborers ,

of car a e s to goe and come at all tymes with all manner y g , for all their ” business necessary and proﬁtable at their will and pleasure .

Th e of - o annual revenues Plympton Priory, in the twenty sixth year f the H I II 2 I H V . 1 s 8 d £ 2 . reign of enry , amounted to 9 2 " although Prior owe had

s o i ts been actively engaged in obtaining ﬁnes for long leases of property ,

of and in charging it with pensions , yet doubtless , in recognition his early

of submission to the authority the King , he was gratiﬁed with the large

of £ 1 20 a - R . E O 1 54 pension year etiring to xeter College , xford , in January , 5 ,

“ ” ’ . ood s A Oxon he became a soj ourner there ( W then . , vol . i , p . He 1 5 3 was still living in 5 .

t o of i V With respect Dean Prior , which Ph lip Freer was then the icar, A we ﬁnd that the possessions of the bbey there , spiritual and temporal ,

0 - h R amounted to nearly £ 7 a year . T e ectorial Tithes seem to have been

of R leased for a term years to ichard Drewe and William Mugge , at the

of £ 8 1 0s V o yearly rent . ; and those pertaining to the icarage , to n e John

M or e sh ed o f 21 s u m , in consideration £ per annum . Whether a was reserved

of . for the maintenance Mr Freer does not appear , but this di vine seems to have been singularly unfortunate in his preferments , for we ﬁnd from Bishop ’ T v Re i s ter urbe ille s g , that an appeal was made to the Dean and Canons of

of B o Christchurch , with respect to the Church rent , f which he was afterwards DEA PRI O 1 3 4 N R.

Vicar (and of which the aforesaid Capitular Body had obtain ed the patronage

of A Bu ck fast after the dissolution the bbey of ) , setting forth that the perpetual Vicarage of the said Church was so poor and insufﬁcient as to have caused it to be altogether forsaken by a ﬁtting Pastor , and praying for augmentation .

’ V Tu bevi ll e s Re i s t er . ( ide r g , fol , i of B T th Will am Giles , owden , near otnes , purchased from the Crown e

of A of Manor Dene , with the dvowson the Chu rch ; and hi s descendant , John

Giles , late in the sixteenth century , built a very handsome house there , hi wi ll surrounded by a large park (t s house th its ancient hall sti remains) .

on l E T 1 580 He had a s cal ed dward , who was born at otnes , about the year , hi and was a person of great note in s day . ” “ Wo t hi es o Devon h as hi h e Prince , in his r f , given us his story , and

“ of l says that being a man an active and vigorous spirit , he cou d not b e

i of conﬁned with n the compass an island ; wherefore leaving , when but

’ hi u young , s father s house and native co ntry , he travelled beyond the seas ,

of and the Low Countries at that time being the scene war , and the academy

’ li i di tr a ld H of mi tary d scipline, he entered himself a sol er, and y a pike in er

’ E of Maj esty s service , Queen lizabeth , glorious memory there , for several ” He hi ount a or years together . returned to t s c ry ne r upon , soon after her

ill I . f death , and , though he was st very young , King James con erred upon

D. 1 4 of n A . 0 . ir E him the honour K ighthood at his Coronation , , 6 S dward

his ul Giles soon after this returned to Devonshire , where father , more joc arly him him than seriously, received with great ceremony ; saluted with the title of E all n ul hi m e Sir dward Giles at every word , and by mea s wo d place abov A t him as on e digniﬁed with the more honourable degree . lengt h he said ,

“ ir of S Edward , pray tell me who must discharge the fees and charges your ” Kni ghthood and honou r ? Being answered “ That he hoped he would be ” ” o “ Na ! “ t . old pleased do that y then , said the gentleman , come down

i r E sit S dward Giles and beneath me again , if I am he that must pay for

thy honor .

Sir E i When his father died , dward Giles nherited a ﬁne property, lived in

hi s B 1 1 4 great reputation at seat at owden , and , in the year 6 , had all the

of of n power the county Devon put into his hands by Ki g James I . He was always retu rned on e of the Burgesses to serv e the town of Totnes in Parha

n of f I . o ment , duri g the reign King James , until his death in that the ﬁrst

— “ Charles , and , as his biographer says He always approved him self a good

DEA N P RI OR.

of Si r E wa or hi freak dward Giles , who either s , fancied mself connected with B Giles ridges , Lord Chandos , and is quite in character with the recorded

of history the Knight . A M R S .

1 st for R o . r r am u Quarterly ussell , ; a lion pt g , on a chief vert three

of escallops the ﬁeld . ( They s hou ld be a r g ; a li on r ump t gu ; on

a chi e s e. t h ee esca llo s o he f r p f l ﬁ eld) .

2n d a z or the e ho for Castile ; a castle ( ﬁ ld s u ld be gu ) . H B 3 r d s . u f for us ey arry g and arg ; a crescent for dif erence . 4th ﬁ h for Lucy , arg ; three s haur in fess 83 . ( Shou ld be gu ; t hr ee lu ci es

ha u a r r g) .

th u e of ﬁ h r i i n e or 5 for Long , g ; sem e crosses crosslet tc ée ; a g ﬁ s g

h for or ch evr on el s hr ee he n 6 t Wise ; three ermine . ( Shou ld b e 3 a ; t c vr o els

’ ' e m i d B k e s G en er a V e u l A r m o e s e o den ha m . r ) . r ry u n d r Wi f Sy

a cotts : a z or n e l 7 th for S p ; three dovecots , two and o . ( Shou d be sa ; t hr ee

dovecots a r g) .

8 of H hi G u th the fourth quarter the ussey s eld . ; a cross quar terly arg ﬁ pierced with ve mullets .

Th e A nn ﬁrst Earl of Bedford married , daughter and sole heiress of Si r r Sa cott s Kn t of Sir Johxﬁ Br ou ht on of Guy p , the relict g , Luddington , in the

of B s on County edford , and by her had issue an only Francis . K R E of B . G on e of Francis , Lord ussell , and second arl edford , . , the Privy

f E t o Council in the reign o Queen lizabeth , was twice married, ﬁrstly B of ir t . En t . Margaret , a daughter S John S John , , and secondly to ridget ,

of H Th e of H ir B daughter John , Lord ussey . arms ussey are by S ernard

“ Burke given as follows — Th e ancient family of Hussey settled in England

l t 4th or at the Conquest . Quarterly s and , a cross vert charged with a ” of of u mullet the ﬁrst , second and third barry six erm and g .

Th e shi eld in Totnes Guildh al l does n ot exhi bit these two alli ances . A s at

l vi ff Dean Court it has fa len a ctim to a very indi erent heraldic painter , and f it is also surrounded with the riband of the Order o the Garter .

ARMS IN TOTNES GUILDHALL . l s t 4th u on hi s a r and , quarterly , arg a lion pass g , a c ef th ee

of R E of B escallops the ﬁeld . ussell , ﬁrst arl edford , Comptroller

of H H III . the ousehold to King enry V , Lord Privy Seal to Queen

Mary . 1 37 DEA N PRI OR.

' ' 2 d rd Gu o A na of e an n and 3 ; a castle , r ; the r s Castil ; being probably ' augmentation granted t o the above for hi s s ervices in bringing

of n o E an d a over Philip Spai t ngland , for obt ining the signature

an d to the marriage Contract between him Queen Mary .

d u u Or or Lu . T d 2n G ; three ﬁsh ha r . in fess , Luce cy family terminate ' his cc - on e r of S in heiresses , ma ried Cole , lade , the other must have ’ R n a of married a ussell , probably the gra df ther the above , ﬁrst E R arl ussell .

L ir 3 r e of r fﬁn . . d Se ; sem e crosses , crosslet a g i pass arg ong S William

R son of r E of s ussell , fourth F ancis , second arl , and Father Franci ,

of T s d s Lord Steward otne , married Elizabeth , aughter and heires

f E . of h n i e in of o Shengay Long , sq , Shengay or C e g , the County ” i B a k of Cambridge . S r ern rd Bur e gives a lion instead a ” grifﬁn for the arms of this family .

h ch evr o el s for ff . A s of A t ree n erm , a crescent di erence rm lice Wise , d an d of of R Es . aughter heiress John Wise , wife James ussell , q ,

an d r mothe of the ﬁrst Lord .

Th e ri u of n i s i o t an d Pa sh Ch rch Dea ded cated t S . George , stands in a small

t o I t of churchyard , close the Plymouth road . consists a chancel , nave ,

O i ﬁ v pening nto north and south aisles by e arches , supported by octagonal

l of De ni pil ars corated date , a south porch , and a plain tower contai ng ﬁve

. Th e th e of bells tower doorway , with remains a good square Perpendicular head , has been blocked up , and a mean window inserted in its place . A bove

old of it , however , the window three lights still remains , and h as recently

e b en ﬁlled with stained glas s . Upon en tering the Church we were glad to perceive a most ancient font of of a - all red sandstone , circul r shape , and with the dog tooth ornament r u f i a o nd the upper edge ; it is o late Norman date , in very good cond tion , an d r il is doubtless coeval with the original Chu ch , which was most probably bu t

. and endowed by the family of Fitz - Stephen about the middl e of the twelfth i century . We believe that the present fabric has been almost rebu l t within '

a - the l st twenty years . There are good third pointed windows remaining at the of of eastern ends the aisles , but most the others are of the very worst s of tyle debased Perpendicular .

The has ee r e- ea ed the chancel b n s t by present Vicar , an d we could n ot fail t o be EA N P I R CHU 1 3 8 D R O RCH.

e wi th of of i m mess d the extreme neatness the interior the sacred ediﬁce . We

s a Th of regret to y that the ancient screen has been removed . e end the

i h as e off north a sle been screen d by a modern parclose t o serve as a vestry .

I n s e ar e l for of 1 593 1 6 09 1 6 50 this ai l memoria s the family Furse , , ,

of of th e in 1 00 hi s (John Furse , the last , this branch family , died 7 ; heiress

t Es . for of T . married John Wor h , q ) and that aylor with their arms ,

r . i ul a g . a chevron sa between two lions passant n chief and an ann et in b ase of the s econd .

“ ” I n the s outh aisle there i s a handsome prie di eu monument of pain ted

f ir E hi i s marble to th e memory o S dward Giles , w ch thus described by

2 2 “ H 2 o 42 n d 43 . e 8th . a Prince , p was interred December , in the s uth aisle belonging to the Parish Church , where , in the wall over the chancel

hi s r hi s a door , is erected to memo y and l dys , who was there buried also 42 - T f 2 th 1 6 i vi z . h e o January 6 , , a very fa r monument , statue the defunct

on hi of cut in stone , clothed in armour richly gilded, kneeling a cus on the

e . O sam , before a marble desk, with his hands erect in devout posture n of d of n the o ther side the esk is the ﬁgure the lady, cut in stone , in mourni g

al if . habit , upon her knees so , with her hands l ted up On either side are two l of i il éc hi s o pil ars pol shed marble , with g dﬁ capitals , and over all , c at i B of arms with crest and mantl ng , cut in stone . eneath , in two fair tables f o f black marble , was this inscription in letters o gold, now almost washed

un o f i hi I e r o u t by the sp ge t me , w ch shall here ins rt , to preserve it f om utter oblivion No trust to metals n or to marbles when These have their fate and wear avVa as men ; ‘ y T e imes , titl s , trophies , may be lost and s pent ; Bu t virtue rears the eternal monument . What more than these can tombs and tomb-stones pay ? ’ Bu t here s the sunset of a tedious day ; T I ’ll hese two asleep are , but be undr est A n d so to bed ; pray wish us all good rest .

H of ar s o f . V Th e author this epitaph was Mr errick , at that time icar the P i h

e a n m i e o f Dean Prior , and very aged, but in his youth he had be n e n nt ” as . poet , his printed works declare

Th e R H was V of ev . Robert errick alluded to by Prince, icar Dean Prior

ur s re d ing the great rebelli on , and was ej ected by the Puritan , but recove d hi s He 1 40 of e V R . 6 o m icarage at the estoration published , in , a v lu e po ms ” d Hes e es ror ks Hu ma n e a n d Di vi ne h entitle , p ri d , or W , w ich were ‘ A very

H C A PTER XXI .

Is arisi ng i t warm and ani m us

. . W. T VER ON on of hr N N. A T , the south side the river Dart , t ee miles

of T t h of t n a d m o nes , is situated within the A rc deaconry hat ame , n Deanery of Ipplepen ; the Ch urch and Vill age (whi ch rises boldly from

h - of the Dart valley) lie at t e south eastern extremity the large parish , which f H ml of comprises more than acres o land , and includes the a ets Spar kwell and Str echfor d ; Wolston Gree s1 tu ated in the northern part of

t o of Lan ds cove hi was the parish , now appertains the New hureh , w ch 1 1 built and consecrated in the year 85 .

Th e r l to a an d Manor has , from a ve y early period, be onged the De n ‘ “ s a s A i n Chapter of Exeter , some y that it wa given them by King thelstan ” c p erp etu a m e lemosm a m . It is possible that the land was given by that Monar h

ee of i h l r m k n ot to the S Crediton , wh ch (we n eed ar d y r e ar ) was removed to E 1 0 xeter until the year 50. ’ In King A thelstan s time Eth elgar was the Bishop of Crediton , having been

D 4 ' m A . . consecrated , 93 . Probably about this time A thelstan kept his Christ as

E s o -h m ade ' hi s at xeter , ince he appears to have done s at the time e celebrated laws at that place . In 93 7 is said to have happened ne ar A xmin ster the most bloody conﬂict

E n which had ever been known in ngland, between Ki g A thelstan , accompani ed

hi s : the i f by brother Edmund , against K ngs o Irelan d an d Scotland, con

I n of federated with the Danes , in whi ch A thelstan was victorious . part

’ ” old ni “ Lel n d s Co le ta ne ai an French Chro cle , printed in a l c a , it is s d that

dun e the enemy landed at Seaton , and that the battle began at Brun e , near

an d nued t o Colecr oft r n th e r u of Colyton , conti , un der Exminste , a d ca t lary ‘ STA VERTON.

Newenham A bbey mentions that A thelstan founded at A xmi nst er a Collegia te Minster of Priests to pray for the s ouls of the Earls and others slain in

Wes tcote (page 405) speaking of the tr adition r elative t o this Kin g an d

- “ H e n A a Staverton , says er s ome will have Ki g thelstan to have sometime

d of St . p alace , an that he gave thi s an d Stoke Canon to the Chapter Peter ;

hi for but I think the similitude of the names hath produced t s error , it

n ot ee o s r hath b n enjoyed by them , by many years s long , but omewhat afte

‘ on d l t H s the conquest there was e A e s an e , who lived at A thelstane s all , in thi c e i for I n n ot ounty (and , perchanc , in th s parish , k ow where else to ﬁnd it) ,

n f on . who dyi g sans issue , bestowed these large gi ts them ” “ d of We ﬁnd from the Va lor E cclesi as ti cus , that th e Dean an Chapter

E of l xeter held the Manor Staverton with Methere l , and that they derived

s an of 1 s from these two Manor income £ 03 8 . 5d. per annum after they

sum of 2s . 2d. as l had paid a to A nthony Worth , gentlem an , a quit c aim f hi o s of um of 1 1 . 8d . interest in the Manor Metherell , and a further s £ 7 s

h T 'Ba ff of to Jo n ope , ili Metherell , for his fee

‘ Th e of Bar ki n t on or Bach e don e of E r Manor g , , in the reign dwa d the A ’ Confessor , belonged to lgar , the King s Thane ; at the Domesday Survey

Osb er d Ju dh el Totn it was held by , under de ai s . It was afterwards sometime in the ' Norman famil y of De Worths (whi ch name wa s afterwards angli cized into Worth and Worthy) , and was probably bestowed upon them at the time

Ju dh el was a n d o hi s Bar ki n t on b nished the kingdom , a f rfeited estates . g , in m s ir B . later ti es , uccessively belonged to John Preston and S F . L . Rogers , art , an d i s n ow of in the family May. Spar kwell Barton gave name to a family fr om whom it passed by successive female heirs to Barnhouse and Rowe ; it was purchased about 1 808 of the of Mi family Preston , by Mr . P . ch elm or e .

Th e B t of Pr idh am slei h ar on g , at whi ch place there is a large and curious - s lime stone cavern , eems by the name to have once belonged to the ancien t

m of Pr u dh om e or fa ily Pridham . It was some time the property and ” of “ residence Gould , and was purchased by the late Lord A shburton ; it

a to th e r i afterw rds descended late Lord C an stoun , and s now the property of hi s executors .

Th e B of B e h as arton lackl r , been long in the family of Wolston , whilst ha of Li e A r c is e t t ttl mb o k th property of the Neyles . 42 STA VERTON .

. ' i the B i n of E K ngston belonged to arnhouse family the reign dward I .

B in s l William arnhouse , the ixteenth century , married the daughter of Sir

R of B u ichard Pomeroy , erry , and had two daughters , A lice , the yo ngest , ’ Hackwill of T n A t he m married , ot es ; gnes , eldest , arried John Row, Serjeant a t - Law .

“ ” Wo thies o Devon :1 1 — “ a h s Prince , in his r f , pp 7 , says William B rn ou e, ' of - being left a widower, married a gentlewoman good family, in the north east

of t I u part this coun y (whose name list not to mention) , that bro ght hi m

s on T B Bu a called homas arnhouse . t he suspecting th at he was not hi s own di hi s hi A begetting , sinherited him and settled lands on s daughter gnes ,

a Row. married, as afores id , unto Serj eant

T s in a his eminent lawyer lived to a considerable age , hi s nam e occur ” of “ J oha n es ow er vi ens a d le em in deed (as witness) by the name n R S , g ,

o H II I a hi s the eighteenth year f King enry V . (sixteen years fter he took ’ 1 43 Es . . S . e R erj eant s degree) Kingston was r built by John owe , q , in 7

I n of of A the northern part the parish , about two miles south shburton ,

Recca hi r . are the Penn slate quarries , w ch have been worked for centu ies

Th e m of e ful slate is found in i mense blocks , 1 and is a b auti sage green

f u r ab l s i at e t o s of colour . Great quantities o this d ej are sent variou parts

in of a the k gdom , and many the houses , lira , in the neighbourhood h ve been

’ w t . A of I I . roofed ith it since the time James . and Charles S ndrew s A Church , shburton , was roofed in the former reign with slates from these

w - -ﬁ ve s quarries , and they remained until it as r e roofed , about thirty year since .

Th e as hi Parish Church is not dedicated to St . George , some storians aver,

’ 4. It St . ul l d n e i s t er . 8 but to Pa , as proved by Bishop Stap e o s Rg , fol consists of a chancel nave , north and south aisles , a south porch (with a

a s parvise over it , approached by a remarkably broad st irca e) , and a tower at

t n the western end , con aini g six bells .

I t s a of has lately undergone restoration , and we regret to y that many the

of d . windows , though very handsome their kind , have been mo ernized

of w s um of Many them are ﬁlled ith stained glass , and the large money

ou r they must have cost would, in humble opinion , have been much better spent in imitating some of the ancient perpendicul ar tracery; a good example

' of which still remains (if ou r memory serves us) at the south-eastern end of the south aisle .

1 44 STA VERTON CHURCH.

l In R of e n by the owners of the Manor of Mether e . the Chantry olls D vo

R fﬁ we as l On e and Cornwall , in the Public ecord O ce, read fol ows

of . un a Chauntry , called X, the clock Mas se Fo ded by to !ﬁnd]

Th e er el of on e a ua ou t of prys te in the Cathedral . y y value nn l pencon ,

l taffer ton . Th e r cer t ayn lands called Methere l , in S (Devon) sayd chaunt y r the i s hath byn discontinued yeres , by eason whereof value ” unknown .

I n the churchyard we noticed on th e south side a very ancient yew tree ,

of on f in an advanced stage decay, and the exterior o the south chancel wall

of o is a brass t o the memory the son f Serjeant Row, above mentioned , bearing the following in scription

Su b hoc tumulo Sepeli tur corpus Johannis Row Filii et Haer edi s Johan nis Row Servi en ti s ad legem 1 592 A nno 82 li {£23.t et am p u s .

i s n s th e a nci en t A bove the efﬁgy, in a ﬂowing gow , with hand clasped , and

o Row ui ff 1 5 . arms f , q te di erent from those already described as granted in 59

A z . ff . a chevron between three paschal lambs , sta , cross , and banner arg

? h V of H. A was un n T e S Re . late icar taverton the y} F therley, fortu ately

or hi of f some years before s death in a. bad state health , he expended

of hi s much money , and took much interest in the restoration Church ,

was of c which , when we visited it in a state haos , having been unroofed and disused for some months .

To u hi Rev . the kindness and attention shown s by s Cur ate , the . W

our k H th e Downes , best than s are heartily tendered . e informed us that of 4 D 1 6 1 . registers baptisms , marriages , and burial s , commence alike in A . . ,

Th e i s ’ Re . H V v . B d present icar the J . u ghes , late Head Master of Blun ell s School , T 4 of hi 1 8 . iverton , who was admitted upon the death s predecessor, in 7 I n the chancel of the Church is a gravestone inscribed to the memory of

E V A . D. 1 6 85 dward Pearse , icar , , . A n d another with this inscription H John orsham , Vicar du Protectorate .

“ ’ ” Wa lker s u 4 - “ S er i n s o lhe Cler . 26 A n n We read in ﬁ g f gy, p a cient ” clergyman who lived through those times informed me of thi s sequestration . I . H of s ﬁnd Mr orsham possessed thi Vicarage before the wars , and there was on e of both these names di spossessed for Nonconformi ty in 1 6 6 2. I hope ” the old n di gentlema d n ot mistake on e of th ese ej ectments for the other . v 1 45 LA NDSCOVE CHURCH.

“ ” u r Staverton was a peculiar of the Dean and Chapter , and , ntil the ecent

of th e law was enacted abolishin g pecul iars , was always vis ited by a member

Th e ul ul B of of T . Capit ar ody , instead by the A rchdeacon otnes pop ation

1 as 8 Th h as in 1 87 w only 7 6 persons . e Vicar a good residence , and about f three acres o glebe .

Th e of Lan d co of ‘ s Church s ve , in the Parish Staverton , is ituated

l A wa on 21 st three mi es from shburton , and s consecrated the September ,

1 851 t o t . It i s , and dedicated , as we have said above , S . Matthew built w - B - r s i n ith dun stone , raised near the building , and ath stone d essing , the

f of E . of geometrical decorated style o the reign dwar d II , and consists a chancel , nave , south aisle , and south porch , with a tower and Spire about

1 00 Th e th e a of . c . feet in height , at e stern end the aisle seats , pulpit , & , ar e of oak of k , and of good design , and the open roof i s also oa .

~ A i s th e r H hi i djacent to the Church Pa sonage ouse , w ch harmonizes wth

of i su ul - the character the Church , an d s rrounded by a beautif ly kept and c - Th e r i s r of n harmingly picturesque lawn . pat on the Vica Staverton , upo R 1 e T. I 8 3 . Th whose presentation the v . . Stewart was licensed in 5 is

dl d t o gentleman kin y informed us , in ad ition the above facts , that the erection of this Church h as already proved a great accommodation to the in habitants of Lan dscove a s and Wolston Green , residing ( they do) at a considerable distance from the Mother Church . Th e principal part of th e expense incurred

di was s r own e of in the buil ngs generou ly defrayed by Miss Ch am pe n ,

. of a . Dartington Mr . Pearson , Westminster , w s the architect , and Messrs

of E Th of h as Jackson , xeter , the bu ilders . e site the Church an extensive prospect over the picturesque valley of South Devon , and the spire is a

Th e of Lan dscove conspicuous object for a considerable distance . population

1 851 wa 3 in , s 99 persons .

With reference to the Charities of the Parish of Staverton , we ﬁnd that

G ul Es . 1 2 for William o d , q , in the year 6 9 , gave 4os . yearly ever to the poor of h o d in s the paris , to be paid ou t of a tenement called Wallaf r , the Pari h of B uckfastleigh , an d to be bestowed in grey frieze cloth to make j erkins for

an d of Wallafor d men boys . Mr . Weth er don is the present owner ,

r m 3 2s (we gather f om the report of the Charity Com is sioners) , and pays . per

8s . for annum in respect of this annui ty , the remaining being deducted l - and tax .

Th e to Churchwar dens an d Overseer s distribute this , giving at Chr istmas , 1 46 STA VERTON.

ﬁ i x I f ‘ s i x poor men and boys , suf cient grey cloth to make s waistcoats . the 3 2s cost of the cloth is more than , the deﬁciency i s made up by the parish

‘ oﬁi cer s . B wi 6 th A 1 0 20 Edward ovey , by his ll dated ugust , 7 9 , gave £ 0 to the poor

T hi ll ab eer of of the parish , to be paid to homas S , Staverton , and to be h T given away to suc poor persons as he should think did most want it . homas

hillab eer th 1 1 8 t S , in e year 7 , made dis ribution thereof to sixteen poor persons , who consented that the sum of £ 200 should be bestowed in lands of Th e i nheritance , they receiving the yearly rent thereof during their lives .

- f i s 4th 1 8 last trust deed o the property dated October , 80 , whereby Thomas

Br adr i d e an d two g others conveyed to John May and others , and their heirs ,

l c o a close cal ed Oak Park , containing three a res f land ; another close on

o of - - - - the north side f Oak Park , about two acres and a half ; also Higher Tower ’ hi two F k Park , three acres ; the close against the ll , acres ; al s Down Close ,

on e - - -a - three acres ; and a meadow , called Long Meadow , acre and half ; all of

’ hi n of B which were situate wit the Parish roadhempston , and called Cruse s

Tenement . Since the date of this deed the Trustees have by deed dated the 2n d

1 81 1 L h n Es . November , , conveyed Long Meadow to lo Woolston , q , in exchange

of B for a ﬁeld in the said Parish roadhempston , called the Strole , containing

- - - - s u m 1 on e acre and three quarters ; and the of £ 00.

s a Th e Th e Charity Commissioners , remarking upon this exchange , y T rustees had no power to make it , but it is stated to have been very i a dvantag eous to the trust property , the lands hav ng previously been intermixed ’ l o oo t n . with Mr . W s s

Th e £ 1 00 to N received make up the value , was invested in the avy Five

S of T h 1 821 per Cent . tock in the names four of the rustees . T e lands in

1 5 1 0s l et for £ . clear yearly rental . Th e rents and dividends are received by the Churchwardens , and are a nnually distributed amongst poor persons not having parochial relief, who are elected at a vestry meeting held for that purpose after notice , given , in

of 1 0 Th e s ums s . each . persons thus elected continue to receive the annuity as long as they do not become chargeable to the parish . E ul 1 3 5 29s . ou t dward Go d , in the year 7 , gave yearly for ever , to be paid of - of B f a fourth part ottom Park , situate in the Parish o Staverton , and part of of Pr i dh m i h se the Manor a sl e g , to the Minister , Churchwardens , and Over ers

CHA PTER XXII .

? In; ﬁrst i n my tiall.

T I an d in H A BOU a mile from pplepen , the same undred , rchdeaconry,

a i s V of Tor B and De nery , situated the picturesque illage rian (or

of ou r of i t Bryan) , which , like many country parishes , retains the name s ancient lord and patron . A t the time of the Domesday Survey the Countess Godeva held a Manor

’ ’ T an d l K of orre , in demesne , Wil iam , the ing s ostiarius (or door keeper) , of Tor Tor B another . One these Manors was Mohun , the other rian , and

hi Th e it i s not easy to determine which was w ch . Countess Godeva was the

ri or Br i ctr i c widow of Bri st c, , a Saxon noble , (already several times referred h to in these pages) , w o had held the Manor (which appears to have been her f dower) in the reign o Edward the Confessor . Many of the Man ors held by Br i ctri c were afterwards apportioned to Queen

th e o Matilda, and ultimately became property f the Crown , and it is quite possible that the King acqu ired possession of thi s property after the death

of of the Lady Godeva , and that it remained in the hands his successors till

m of B o King Henry II . conferred it upon the noble fa ily rian , the heads f

of of H whi ch family , from the reign that Monarch till that enry IV retained the chr istian name of Guy .

of for hi s A Knight this name , renowned patriotism , had the misfortune

hi of hi s i to lose s reason , when , with the full approbation w fe , the Lady

lth i a E II I of B of We an , King dward . ratiﬁed the livery the aronry Castle

alwe n o i W y , in County Pembroke , to their s n S r Guy .

T i r f a his S Guy, who seems to have been the most illustrious o very 1 4 TOR P RI A N. 9

- E I II illustrious race , was standard bearer to King dward and , according to Dugdale— “ behaved himself with great courage at the ﬁght this King had

- of hi s with the French at Calais , in the twenty third year reign , and in

o f - recompence thereof , he had a grant two hundred marks per annum ou t of

E . the xchequer , during life E1 1 3 51 he obtained a charter for free warren in all his demesne lands

u . in S rrey , Middlesex , Dorset , Devon and Wales

of E I . We may here remark that in the reign dward , according to the

H R Tor B an d undred oll , rian was a free Manor , its lords possessed the

of ni power inﬂicting capital pu shment , &c .

I n 1 4 ir on e of A H of 3 5 , S Guy was the mbassadors with enry , Duke

L o f ancaster , then sent to Rome to procure a ratiﬁcation the League between England and France from the Pope ; and attendin g the King the year after

di . a i . e in his expe tions into France , he was made a b nneret , knighted in the ﬁeld under the banner Royal ; having license for the better support of that

of 200 dignity to purchase lands £ per annum value to hi mself and heirs .

He 1 3 0 went again to the French wars in 7 , and the same year was made ’ A mi of t o d ral the King s ﬂeet , and w years afterwards was employed against

Hi s the Scotch . conduct in all hi s employments was so satisfactory to his

was o Prince , that he elected into the society of the Knights f the most noble

of G III . Order the arter , an order ﬁrst founded by King Edward the , in the

f hi D. 1 3 48 23 r d o s A . . year reign , ,

of hi s R I I . On the death oyal patron , he ser ved King Richard with good

s ea on o s uccess both by land and , and he was constituted e f the Com

u of B of missioners to treat with John , D ke rittany , for a league friendship

i E i on of W th the ngl sh Monarch , and he also formed e the expedition to

I E E of He n ot reland with dmund Mortimer , arl March . seems only to have been a r ave u b soldier , but also a good Christian , for he fo nded the Collegiate Church of m Slapton , about four iles from Kingsbridge , and in order to support the four Priests who were to sing service every day in the Chapel of ou r Lady

of of £ 1 0 there , he endowed it with lands the value per annum , as also A f with the dvowson o the Church of Slapton .

He A of i H married ﬁrst , nne , daughter and heir Will am olway , and secondly,

E E of S lizabeth , daughter of William Montacute , arl alisbury , and he died

f of B V D o A A . . the Wednesday after the Feast the ssumption the lessed irgin , ,

1 3 1 of Tor B 9 , being then seised the Manors of Northam , Slapton , and rian , 1 50 TOR B RI A N .

B . s s th e all in this county y his second wife , he had issue two on , William ,

Ca t ai n of d , of younger , was p Merk Castle , in the marches Calais , and die

. t o without issue Guy , the eldest , left two daughters , heirs their grandfather

“ i n vi ta th 1 3 83 (their father dying his will made July 7 , , and ’ of B of “ i chol s proved in the Court the ishop Salisbury , may be seen in N ” Collect a n ea G en ea lo . et To o . . ii i g p g vol . A j ury fou nd tha t he died in A 1 3 8 ugust , 5 .

A n s r ccordi g to Lysons , this Manor pa sed by successive fema le hei s to Fitz

. E ir B payne , Poynings , and Percy lizabeth , the daughter of S Guy de rian , had a I H E daughter sabel married to Lord Poynings , through whi ch match enry, arl of Northumberland , claimed this property, which , after a long controversy, was allotted to him . Lysons adds that there must be some great mistak e here

“ ” Su rve o Devons hi r e . . (see his y f , p cii

I n 1 490 M or sh ede d R of Tor B , William was institute to the ectory rian , , 4 I . D 1 8 i H VI A . . upon the presentation of K ng enry , whilst in , 9 , we ﬁnd

H s b o d “ M a n eri or u m de enry, Earl of Northumb erland , who is de cri ed as L r

Br i a n e t Sla ton R . T t p , presenting a ector to the latter Church his proves hat f at all events the Northumberland family were at on e time possessed o it .

B 1 2 1 53 0 th e r own s to etween the years 5 0 and , i appear have obtained

T K t son possession of the Manor , and to have sold it to homas Kitson (or y ) a we al th of He son of R of y mercer , London . was the obert Kitson , Warton ,

Lancashire , by his wife , Margaret Washington . Singularly industrious and

h e n o judicious , e realis d a fortune by his extensive mercantile tra sactions abr ad ,

t e ff l n and purchased considerable es at s in Su o k , Dorset , Somerset , Notti gham,

and London .

I n of n o Devon he became the owner the Ma or f Ipplepen , with lands in

e s of l on an d Kingskerswell and Widecomb , as also the Manor Cys t , Dartmouth ,

’ Tor B b rian , all held of the Crown y Knight s service .

“ “ Hi s t r o 1 0 him z— Th e o E n la n d . Froude , in his y f g , p , thus speaks of

i Hi n r ave Ha u e ir T magn ﬁcent g ll in S ffolk , had been complet d by S homas Kitson

T of 2 H III . i r on e . 3 n d V S two years before ( , enry ) homas Kitson was but many of rising merchants who were now able to root themselves in the land by

t o the side of the Norman nobility , ﬁrst to rival , and then slowly displace ” . He of them was Knighted by Henry VII I . before he was elected Sheriff 1 5 3 3 : 1 1 1 40 London , in he died on September th , 5 , aged 55 , leaving by his

a Dmm i n t n on T on e second wife Marg ret g o , a posthu mous s homas , born Octob r

B I A 1 52 TOR R N .

Ch ur ch s towe of f Brent , and , all them being the property o the plundered

of R r of B -Mou n e B tti A bbeys , and also the ecto ies rent , Ging t y, and u sb ur y, R lying , (both ectories and Manors) , in various counties and dioceses ; and

r when Queen Ma y came to the throne , (fearing lest he should lose what he

on of hi s had acquired account religious tergiversation) , he had inﬂuence

I . on N 28th 1 5 5 enough with Pope Paul V to obtain for him , ovember , 5 ,

2 3 r of of ( and Philip and Ma y) , a conﬁrmation the grants Church property H which he had received from King enry . He stated that he was ready to employ hi s money in a way that the

of i hi s s on s Church would approve , and it s undeniable that wife and , a E well as himself, were great benefactors to xeter College , Oxford, and that

ou t of he founded eight fellowships there , the fellows to be elected the

of S E e counties Devon , omerset , Dorset , Oxford , ssex , and other places wher

I t h o wi he had lands . is wonderful w he contr ived to continue in favour th four Princes of such distinct interests and different inclinations as Henry i VIII . E I . E , dward V , Mary , and liz abeth , but the tact which he partly acqu red at foreign courts in the early part of his life seems never to have deserted

To hi s b i o r a her z— “ He of use the words of Prince , g p corrected the vices ” T o on e country with the virtues of another. w things (he says) among others were observed to improve his travel , ﬁrst , an artiﬁcial and careless hi m freedom that Opened others ; and secondly , a natural gravity that shut up; whereby he was the more capable of observing their virtues and escaping ” He di their vices . lived to a great age , and ed sincerely regretted by Queen

E on 1 3 th 1 5 2 u of hi s lizabeth , the January , 7 , and is buried in the Ch rch

of I n ar ton of E . Manor g s , in the County ssex

B hi s f hi s He was twice married . y ﬁrst wi e , he had two daughters , by

s on ni s econd , besides two more daughters , an only John , who was K ghted D 1 E A . . 5 6 of B of by Queen lizabeth , , 7 , and advanced to the digni ty a aron

of of o E this Realm by the name Lord Petre , Writtle , in the County f ssex ,

D 1 03 was of l s A . . 6 . t , James I . , , , and he the ancestor the present Peer T B ’ o return to Tor rian , John Petre , the Secretary s father , settled the

on on greatest part o f the estate there upon John , his second s , whose s

of T o h t E f i u t co . o B William marr ed Cecilia , the daughter homas S , sq , ovey

T r T i of or i an . Th e racey , and had issue S r George Petre , b , Knight Petre

of Tor N itsons family seem to have posses sed the estate ewton , but the K w T OR BRI A N . 1 53

reserved the A dvowson of the Rectory for many years , that family and thei r 1 2 B connections presenting a s late as 6 6 . oth the A dvowson and the Manor

t o of S of B T then appear have become the property towell , Park ( ovey racey) ,

r i s Sir who was afte wards Knighted , as he called John Stowell , Kn t . , in

1 6 6 9 .

N T of T R 1 1 8 1 8 icholas rist , otnes , purchased the ectory in 7 , and in 7 7 it was

- Es . of Tor N R r e purchased by John Wolston , q , ewton , from the ev . Browse

Th e of s n s Trist . ancestor the pre e t proprietor , Christopher Wolston , purchased 1 4 the Tor Newton Estate of the Stowells in 6 7 .

T s t o Lodde ell his family (Oliver remarks) eem have come from sw , and he ” r “ A lli n ton Re i s ter 23 r d qu otes an extract f om the g g , February , 1 6 53 ” “ E odd T Naboth Bastard married to li zabeth Wolston , of L eswell . his Naboth

n l 0th 1 0 8 was born Ja uary , 6 7 4 — “ T . 55 B of We ﬁnd in Lysons , p hat the arton Blackler , in Staverton

h of m of ” T Parish , as long been in the possession the fa ily Wolston . h e Manorial rights of Tor Brian were lon g ago sold off an d vested in the several landown ers . HA TER II I C P XX .

1 1 that 1 1 its 1 1g itqitr. my tint.

o - Parish Church of T r Brian , situated a little to the north west of

V l H T on the il age , is dedicated to the oly rinity , and entering the c ur - thin r th at ou r h chyard by the lych gate , the ﬁrst /g arrested attention was

i on the ancient cross , wh ch still remains the south side , and a venerable f yew tree o amazing girth .

T of h e building consists a chancel , nave , north and south aisles , a south B porch , and a ﬁne tower at the western end , containing four bells . oth

on t walls and tower are supported by strong buttresses , and those the sou h east and south -west angles of the latter have been adorned with handsome im age recesses ; of these the on e on the south -west has been entirely

il i on of destroyed , wh st the correspond ng e is in a tolerable state preservation ,

Th e but the ﬁgure that it once contained h as been long since removed .

o i n style f the whole bu ldi g is good Perpendicul ar , and the manner in which it h as been preserved reﬂects great credit upon the patron of the Rectory .

I of of t is possible that a portion the chancel , and the eastern ends

of r a the aisles , may be the remains the o iginal ediﬁce , which was prob bly r e-built at the end of th e four teenth or commencement of the ﬁfteenth century . Th e windows at the eastern ends of the two Chancel Chapels appear to

u r of b e m ch older than an y of the others, the geometrical t acery in both

T R BRI A N HU 1 56 O C RCH.

m ar ked with ﬁve crosses , which doubtless once served for the high altar . I t R now covers the resting place of two former ectors , and bears the following inscription round i ts e dge z— “ Hi c j a cet domi nu s I sa a cu s Gosewell hu u s P a r oc hi a e u an da m e i M a h 1 h 1 6 2 Rect r s i s u l tu s c 8t 3 a c . s . . j , q o i qu p r , 6 , a e 6

T of on here is a similar inscription in the centre , to the memory his s

E s R di 1 6 2 dward , al o ector , who ed in December , 6 . On the north wall of the cha ncel is a slab inscribed thus

M S

- Gu li elm o . etr eo Tor Th P N A dz i as o . Joan F . de ewton rmig . Cecil - Southcot B T A m . . Con u i e ui Ch ar i tat e de ovy racy r ig F j g j u s . q mutua N vi xeru n t ad ovissima .

r n . ae ti s sim u li E A u r atu s Pa e tib us Opt M s s Fi us Georgius Petr eu s q. Li M b er oru m a oul . i et ati s os ui t s Natu Maximus p ergo p . Gu li elm u 1 6 1 4 s obiit ult . A prilis ; Cecilia obiit Decimo nono A prilis 1 6 0 A nno Dom . 0.

T o of i hey lie buried in fr nt of the north side the altar , the r grave being E i h marked with a black stone with an ngl sh inscription . T e slab is in the

of on o f or form an arch ; the top are the arms Petre , Gules ; a bend , between

o n th . two escallops arg . , and the sides are e several impalements

Th e So uth Chancel Chapel is appropri ated as a burying - place by the

ol ston s . W , the present owners of the property Th e tracery of nearly every window in the Church still contains the old

I n ﬁfteenth century glass , and the colouring is very beautiful . the eastern window we noticed th e ancient arms of Brian or ; three piles in point azure and

of s a . si x I n the cognizance Wolston , a bend below hand baskets or . this E f t . St . t . o S t . A S window are also the ﬁgures Margaret , dward , S saph , and i B A n as tat a . , and several others elow this widow is a handsome reredos , recently placed__there by the patrons .

“ Th e north chancel window contains a s croll inscribed — By Th y cross and ” T pa s sio n good Lord deliver us . h e one opposite has the four Doctors of

t . t . A S S A St . St . the Western Church, Jerome , mbrose , ugustine , and Gregory

E of the Great . ach the windows in the aisles contains a representation of the

V of 5th 5th 1 6 t ision Ezekiel , as described in the chapter , and the to the h

. I n u of verses these win dows we also noticed the instr ments the cruciﬁxion , the ﬁve wounds of Christ , the verbal emblem of the Trinity , the letters

Th e t . . and the shield of S . George the Martyr arg , a cross gules

Th e ﬂ o n a of . chalice is very ancient indeed. a g and p ten are pewter TOR BRI A N CH URCH . 1 57

T — B O 3 r d 1 56 4 he registers are very well kept aptisms commencing ctober , ; 4 M 22n d 1 56 5 B O 21 s t 1 5 6 . arriages , January , ; urials , ctober ,

T n h e earliest register i s a parchment book , each page bei g divided into Th c . e three columns , ontaining births , marriages , and deaths baptisms are h 1 4 1 6 53 deﬁcient from February 6 t , 6 9 , to January , ; marriages from January

6 th 1 6 4 to 4h 1 23 r d 1 49 , 7 , March t , 6 53 ; burials from December , 6 , to January,

1 6 53 .

We ﬁnd from these books that the Rectory o f Little Hempston has paid

1 4 - s . a year to the Rectory o f Tor Brian for a lo ng er period than can be 4th 1 6 53 “ remembered , and that the register comm encing March , , was ﬁrst

r of R i used du ing the period the Great ebell on , and that it was afterwards

or 1 1 5 lost laid aside , and was never used again till the year 7 , when the old

” u l f i . register was f l , and not capable o contain ng any more names

’ Th e only charity belong ing to this parish goes by the name o f Peter s f i 2 os . Gi t , being an annu ty of , payable out of the sheaf of Cornworthy , and

1 5 3 r B left by John Petre , in 7 , t o the poor of To rian .

Th e period of the ﬁrst erection o f a Church here is uncertain . We H B know , however , that ugo de Cane was admitted Rector by ishop Brons c on 4th 1 2 6 “ a d cccl es i m ombe May , 7 , to the Church then vacant a de ” Thor Br i a n — va ca n te m a d r es en t a ti on em G u i don i s de Br i a n Re i s te r p , ( g , fol .

To E G os ewell the circumstance o f the Rev . dward having managed to R I retain his ectory during the reign of King Charles . and the Protectorate o f of Cromwell , the parishioners , doubtless , owe the perfect condition their I t Church . is almost certain that he it was who caused the screen to be

whitewashed in order to preserve it , and he , doubtless , buried the painted

o r g lass , and thus concealed it during the troublous times , but little of it l would have remained til now .

To R R c e the present ector , the ev . Charles Wolston , we are mu h indebt d fo r his kind attention to our inquiries .

Th e late Dr . O liver (to whose labours and researches we are indebted for

“ i o f t h e R Tor Br — To the subj oined l st ectors of ian) remarks , that this parish

ou t - r are attached some portions , at least three miles distant from the Pa ish h E C urch , and having the i nterveni ng Pa rishes of a st n ell and Denbury .

Th e H M or l ei h two r t amlet of g , consisting of fa ms and some co tages , is rated t o Tor B r o wn . rian for all pu pose s but the way rates , and maintains its roads E T 1 58 R CTORS O F OR BRI A N.

There is also a farm in Denbury and another in Woodland similarly circum ” n ce d . s t a , perhaps these were anciently part of the Brian estates F A RECTORS O TOR BRI N .

H G AN 4th 1 2 6 . U O DE C E was admitted by Bishop Br on es com b e on May , 7

A d eccl es i a m de Thor br a i doni s dc B i a n y n va ca n tem a d pr es en t a t i onem Gu r ,

e . ( R g . fol

‘ ROBERT DE PYE (mentioned in the foun dation deed of Haccombe A rch

wa l 0th 1 3 1 R i presbytery) s instituted July , 7 , to the ectory , vacant s nce the ’ B . l d n s e i s te . . R St B . t a e o Feast Of arnabas Patron , Guy de rian S p g r , fol 1 2 0.

AM D PYL of R 23 r d WILLI E , on the resignation the last ector , January ,

1 - To 3 3 8 B r B . 7 . Patron , Guy de rian , Lord of rian

N UPPEHILL of di of JOH , Canon Cre ton Church and Prebendary Stowford ,

ir B h 1 3 S . was inducted November 6 t , 3 5 . Patron , Guy de rian

R LE 2 h 1 3 1 h Mou l s sh . COW GH t 6 . a c vi ce OBERT , November 9 , Patrons , Martin y ? M ol hu i s h . T T ( ) and John Leys , Clerks hese rustees were empowered by II I ’ E w . ir B King d ard with others , to proceed with S Guy rian s foundation of D x . Se e on . i oc E on the Collegiate Church at Slapton ( M . , page

A A owl ei h 1 3 4 NICHOL S W RE , on death of C g , 7 . Patron , Philippa de ” B h T r Br n t ou n e o r eb r an . a n h am Re i st er . n . , Domina de y ( y g g , fol ,

I LLI A 2 1 4 K YV M N A 8th 05 . u t PERO , pril , Patrons , Sir John Chandos , and R of E of ir B . obert Lovell , the husband lizabeth , daughter S Guy rian , Junr

N HUSEWI F JOH , on whose death N N 4h 1 42 JOH KY G was instituted July t , 7 .

AM AN on WILLI MOREL D , whose resignation

AM MORSHEDE 1 1 40 on WILLI was instituted July 5th , 9 , the presentation of H VI I King enry .

R KY TSON or N m A l 6 th 1 53 0 on OBERT , KITSO , was ad itted pril , , the death of s of T hi predecessor , on the presentation his paternal relative homas B T of of Tor . Kitson , Mercer London , and Lord rian his new patron was

H I S f of Knighted by King enry VI I . before he was elected heri f London , 1 i n 53 3 . 1 42 CA REw o of 27 th 5 . GEORGE , n the death Kitson , May , Patron the King ,

on e by reason of the minority of his ward Thomas Kyt son . Mr . Carew was

of R n of of the oyal Chaplai s , and was deprived his preferment in the reign f E E VI . o dward , but reinstated by Queen Elizabeth , and died Dean xeter ,

E S F T B I 1 6 0 R CTOR O OR R A N .

h 1 2 P N 1 2t . 8 on CHRISTO HER WOLSTO , succeeded June 8, the presentation of

E . T R s or . Th e R ev . John Wolston , q , of Newton present ector , the

A N 1 H . u 8 . A . . Es CH RLES WOLSTO , was instit ted in 6 3 Patron , Wolston , q ,

He R H . has eighteen acres of glebe , and has built a new ectory ouse

of 1 8 1 Th e census 7 returned a population for this parish of 21 8 persons , f res iding over acres o land . A N A P P ENDI X

ﬁlthli l’imt and its ei hhcu hnmi 0 g q ,

CONTA I NING

gi n g c cc u nt of th e ﬁ h arities b elonging to the variou s

ther articul ars n Itari shes , and som e o p ot i ncluded i n the ( prec eding chapters .

i v . appear s .

1 02 annum , but gradually increasing , until in 8 it reached the sum of

£ 1 6 1 9s . !

For some years the Church Lands appear to have been heavily in debt . “ 1 81 0 1 821 From the year to , there were large balances against the Feoffees £ 23 6 commencing with , and gradually increasing until in the last year the

’ 8d . Th debt amounted to 5 s . e Churchwardens accounts prove that between 1 7 80 and 1 805 the balances were reduced from time to tim e by

R of B donations from the epresentatives the orough .

1 “ R f o 80. o u r R R 7 eceived by a liberal donation worthy epresentatives , obert

al B Es r s . P k and Charles oone , q £ 6 00 0 0

1 8 ir R R M 7 . S ackr h E r 7 obert Palk and obert et , s q . £ 200 0 0

1 7 9 1 . £ 220 0 O

1 B b err efacti on 7 97 . y a from the Members O f the Borough 89 7 6

R of 1 805 . eceived on account the balance Of last account £ 280 0 0 Th e names of the persons from whom thi s last su m was obtained have been

Si r H I n l e s s f erased ; we believe , however , that they were ugh g and “ alter i “ Es . su m Palk , q , the is dist nctly mentioned as having been given F or t he ” h r h u se of t he C u c . ” b ut “ Mack r e th 3 0 B £ 0 . y a donation (name Of donor erased) , apparently ,

I n 1 809 i n the year , it was resolved by the Parishioners assembled vestry , to appeal to the Court Of Chancery to settle some disputes which had arisen with respect to these lands ; and an information was ﬁled on

2 th 1 81 3 A - of the 6 November , , by the ttorney General at the relation H Rev . S S the John uxham and others , against Joseph unter , John wete ,

A Sawd e E R ndrew y , Mary Caunter , Grace Neyle , Winifred ales , ichard Perry , and several others , the principal object of which appears to have been to set

fr u d n tl aside several leases , which it was alleged had been improperly and a e y granted by th e Feoffees .

Th e matter was afterwards compromised by the defendants consenting to

of have the lands valued , and promising to pay half the clear value , and in accordance with this agreement the rent Of Wini fred Eales was raised from

2 1 1 . 1 4d . . £ 3 . 9 s to £ 7 7 s d , that Of Mary Caunter and Grace Neyle , from £ to

4 s . 6 d . o f £ the . 9 , and rents the other defendants were similarly increased

A m Or t a e Of R g g was afterwards made the whole Of the property to Mr . ichard

Hon e wi ll A y , of shburton , for securing the sum Of raised for the purpose of payi ng the costs of the proceedings and other expenses relating to the a sbt urtom

settlement Of the suit and the mortgage , the interest of the mortgage was

was t t o com r om i s e paid ou t of. the rents , and since it though advisable p the

on e suit , cannot help lamenting that the step was not taken before the

on expense attendant the proceedings was incurred . R A Th e late Mr . obert braham appears t o have been on e of the Churchwardens 1 800 1 825 from the year to the year , and upon his ﬁrst appointment paid a balance

1 28 2s 8d . to of fi Of £ . , due the representatives his predecessor in Of ce , and constantly charged interes t upon the various sums which he advanced from

In 1 82 time t o time . the year 3 there is the following entry in the accounts o f the Parish ’ d 2 th A O 5s . 8 . du 5 year s interest f e on mortgage , March last , 4 d £ 7 OS. 3 .

A n d at the foot of the account we ﬁnd the following protest

I hereby protest against the charge of Seventy - four Pounds and Three

in f o 5 S . 8d . Pence made this account for interest , said to be due on ” mortgage , it being illegal to mortgage Church Lands .

BENJ M . A AM P RH .

I n 1 822 - 3 the year , under the head of

“ Th e A u t R A Parishioners Of shb r on in account with obert braham , the late ” Churchwarden ,

We ﬁnd (amongst others) the foll owing entr ies

2 To 5th . R . A 5 s . March balance due to braham , as per book , 8d .

B th e Of alance due for repairs and expenses the Church ,

&c . t o £ 23 1 s interest of debt , , this time , 7 0 . 9d . l 6 s . 5 d . Receipts

By o f F ar m an error in the last account in the charge Fee rent , which 1 l 8d . s . £ 1 1 8s . 1 1 4 Should have been , instead Of £ 0 6 s . d .

25th , 1 824. B Si r y V . B March Lord Clinton and Lawrence Palk , art . , 1 equally between them from this day , 6 s . 5 d . 9th 1 2 May , 8 4.

Th e o f above account was audited and approved , and the th anks of the

Parishioners were unanimously voted to my Lord Clinton and Si r Lawrence V aughan Palk , for the very liberal and handsome manner in which they had

r e at a relieved the Parish from SO g debt , and the thanks of the Par ishioners . a vi pparent .

were conveyed in a separate letter to each of the Lords of the Borough (by

e o the Churchwardens) , s tting f rth at the same time a determi nation to be

more attentive in future to the economy of the funds appr opr i a ted t o the us e ” hu r c h of t he C .

s We believe that the Church Land are at the present time , free from debt ,

“ ” and that the expenses attendant upon the Court Dinner , are now defrayed

Of B Th e by the Lords the orough . ancient custom of producing the accounts Of the Parish for the examination of the Parishi oners (upon a stone in th e “ churchyard called the Co unting on the Sunday after the 6 th of i May , has been for some years d scontinued .

attitrtrn haritira

H A ’ I T A YM N S G F .

R H m on 3 oth 1 5 6 - H r obert ay an , the January , 7 7 , granted in trust to en y

A or a u r t en an ces scott , and their heirs , a messuage tenement with the p , which

Of Bo u nds A he purchased Leonard , situate in shburton ; with the proviso

of Tr t s u two or that when the number the us ee sho ld be reduced to three ,

v r of the sur ivors we e to appoint twelve others . With the proﬁts the estate , four new shirts and four new smocks were to be purchased and given to four

oor of A p men and four poor women the Parish Of shburton , viz . , in every O of on e quarter the year shirt and one smock .

I T A E A ND F EYM TH G F S OF P G OU .

Th e s o s Of £ 1 4 is ues , rents , and pr ﬁt certain property purchased for , by

R F e m ou th o H on 2oth obert Page and William y , from Christ pher amblin , the S 1 8 eptember , 5 7 , were devoted by the purchasers to the maintenance and relief

of th e o Of A “ th e h S po r shburton for the time being , as by eig t men ( idesmen) , ” or m a l u the j or part of them , shou d be tho ght good.

H ’ P I PPS GI FT.

R O 2n d 1 £ 80 the obert Phipps , by will bearing date ctober , 6 7 6 , gave to

a cnhir . v iii . pp

£ 1 o f an enquiry instituted by the parish , the arrears amounting to 7 , were

of paid up , and the money was spent in the purchase seventeen blue coats ,

i f rn ce which were distributed to a l ke number o poor men , and s then a gift E of one blue coat has been similarly made at aster , every year .

E ’ T BOUND S GIF .

B of wi 3 0th A i 1 6 42 of John ounde , Plymouth , gave by ll pr l , , an annuity

s of of A . 23 . , for the use the Poor shburton

R ’ I T FO D S G F . Th This gift has been already referred to . e Charity Commissioners found

of 1 1 5 s . l od 1 81 a balance due to the charity £ 7 . to the year 7 , and con s i der e d that the sum ought to be eff ectually secured to this charity ou t of

the rents and proﬁts of the Parish Lands , and that the interest ought to be

’ i in . See Re o t Cha r i t appl ed to the purposes mentioned Mr . Ford s will ( p r of y H r o n e Com mi ss i on u n d ed Tei br i d . , f g g )

TA ELL’ I T S W S G F .

M . P . Es . of B T William Stawell , q , ovey racey , twelve times elected for the

Br or ou h 1 0 ou g , gave £ issuing t of certain mills within the borough , to be s pent in linen cloth to be distributed amongst poor persons not in receipt ’ ' of ar och al di i v - p relief , imme ately after D vi n e Service every Christmas day , for

ever . E A R ’ DW D GOULD S GIFT.

E l th 1 5 of dward Gould , by will dated 6 March , 7 3 , gave to each the two

of S A 20 . Parishes taverton and shburton 8 yearly , charged upon land , the money f to be expended in the purchase o two blue coats , to be given by the V respective icars , Churchwardens , and Overseers , to two poor men in their

of E f parishes , before the end aster week , or ever .

S H OU E BY O TO N H C OOL F ND D L RD MI DDLE N A ND THE HO . JO N HA RRI S Y A E T O , COMMONL C LL D HE BOURNE SCH OL . This School is commonly called after the estate from whi ch it derives its

Th e endowment . Bourne estate passed (at the dissolution of Monasteries) with A the Manor Of Denbury , and the dvowson of its Parish Church , into the

R f f of hands of John , Lord ussell , being parcel o the possessions o the A bbey

T . Th e u of B H avistock D ke edford leased igher Bou rne to Richard Duck , for

two r on l oth of 1 thousand yea s , the May , 57 7 , and on the 7 th September ,

1 7 54 n Hon for , Lord Middleto and the . John Harris , then Members the i x 3 5911 11 11 011 . .

“ u of e Borough , p rchased the residue this lease from a pious and charitabl intention to found a Free School for the promotion of useful learning within ” Th e u m the Borough and Parish of A shburton . s necessary to purchase 40 hi 0 th e property was £ 6 , towards w ch the former subscribed £ 50 , the latter

1 Th e was a T t o £ 40. land made over to cert in rustees , who were required

of Th e T se carry ou t the intentions the benefactors . rustees refu no applica

on of ar e of tion for the admissi children whose parents inhabitants A shburton , or are legally settled there , the pupils receive instruction in reading , writing ,

1 0 - r an d arithmetic ; the estate now lets for £ 3 a yea .

’ BI CKHA M S GI FT.

l 3 r d 1 80 t o E hi s John Bickham , by wil dated October , 7 , gave ( xecutors) all

l r hi s t o ou t goods , to s e l the same , and afte paying debts , lay the surplus

o T i th e in land, which was t be vested in rustees , to be nom nated by

r was t o ex en de d in Executors , and the income arising f om the lands be p bread ,

r e on to be given t o the poo , not in receipt of parochial relief , we kly , a

Th E of of prayer day . e xecutors purchased a close land in the Parish

u m of £ 3 40 Chudleigh , called the Parks , for the s ; we believe that the ﬁeld n ow for £ 25 u r lets about per ann m , the bread is given to the poor gene ally , an d i s o o on - n t conﬁned t the n recipients of parish pay .

HA RRI ’ S GIFT.

R r H s of A ll a 3 r d 1 8 hi icha d arri , late shburton , by wi d ted July , 7 7 , gave all s B Es . of hi property to John Seale , q , Mount oone , Dartmouth , but charged s

l n c i ck eri d e i e of a ds alled W g , with n th Parish Woodland , with the payment

of 1 1 . 6 d o of a s : of r £ 7 s . , t be dispose d follows for the use ﬁfty poo

2 th A h e people , to be given them after Divine Se rvice every 9 of pril , in t

m of t l of of on e l f for ﬁf y oaves the value shil ing , and ﬁfty cheeses o the

of h of value three shi llin gs , or t e money in lieu the cheeses ; the su m of

£ 1 1 S. or M to the Vicar , Curate , Ofﬁciating inister for preaching a sermon

on 2 . 6 2 o o for the same day , and s d. t o the Clerk , and s . t each f the Sextons

on 2 h of A . Th e H their attendance the said 9t pril late Mr . William urst purchased

Wi ck eri d e on 2 o the g estate subject to the above annuity , the 7 th f November ,

1 7 98 r r of ; it is now the p ope ty and residence Mrs . Harding , the annui ty is

ul t o Tr n f reg arly paid the ustees , a d the money Spent according to the will o

the Donor . I T SA Y A A G F OF LL D MS. S l A w 2n d . D 1 80 al y dams , by ill dated October , A . , 0, gave to the Rev . a enhir x . pp .

V of I T £ 200 Jonathan Palk ( icar lsington) , and two other rustees , , the interest to be employed in purchasing four yards of dowlas for as many poor people

of A n ot of of the Parish shburton ( in receipt parochial relief) , as the money

- da r . will reach unto , the same to be distributed every Christmas y, for eve Th e tablet in the Church i s ordered to be repaired from the dividends by the

Trustees of the testatrix . UNN N ’ I T D I G S G F . on l oth of 1 805 of £ 6 Mary D unning , the March , , gave an annuity (charged ’ a of upon land , called L ke s Land , in the Parish Staverton) , into the hands of the Vicar and Churchwardens , to be employed by them and their successors

n for ever , for teaching and instructi g ten poor girls belonging to the parish ,

ni . Th e or h er in reading , k tting , and sewing ( pupils to be chosen by herself T Th o ul . e l heirs , r in defa t thereof by the rustees) gift was on y to hold good on condition that sh e was permitted to be bur ied in the “ Dunning ” ul of of Va t , at the eastern end the south aisle the Parish Church , and upon R A condition that her nephew ichard , second Lord shburton , should be also

of wi buried there , and any his descendants whilst there was room , thout

ul di stur bing the remains of those that sho d have been buried before . A n d

i b e h R Hon . E a t A also upon condition that the ight l , Dowager Lady shburton , /g of lkh am t on sh oul d and Mary Dunni ng , late Wa p i be permitted to have and

’ of A i retain for their place interment the burial place called Crew s sle , and

ul di that the same ground sho d remain un sturbed by any other person , and

n u that every other person should be excluded from bei g b ried there , and if

sh e the same should be refused to be complied with , declared that the said

annuity should cease .

Ten l V pupils are sti l under instruction , they are nominated by the icar and i Churchwardens whenever there is a vacancy , in accordance w th the terms f o the will . DONKI N’ I T S G F . A 1 1 th 1 81 2 licia Donkin , by will dated December , , left the interest and

di A T t h e Rev . vidends due to her from the Newton and shburton urnpike , to

for of of Jacob Ley , in trust , the beneﬁt ﬁve poor widow women the Parish

of A shburton , we believe that each widow receives annually between ﬁve and

s ix li shil ngs from the representatives of the late Mr . Ley .

’ I DEA N IRELA ND S G FT. A of 1 83 Rev . bout the end the year 7 , the very the Dean of Westminster ,

‘ 0 ‘

sa . xn . ppenhir

I T TO THE H R H I H H RI G F S C U C BY RC A RD A R S. R H i 1 0th 1 8 Mr . ichard arris , (already referred to) who d ed July , 7 7 , gave

“ of d by his will a pair branched can lesticks , to be hung up in the Church, o n e where the eagle formerly stood , and the other opposite , in the middle alley just by the gall ery ; also , for the Communion Servi ce a handsome silver ” i ﬁ agon with gold gilt . We have been informed that th s ﬁ agon was stolen ’ Th e many years since . candelabras are still used whenever the Church is o pened for evenin g service .

CHURCH PLA TE MENTI ONED I N THE EA RLY CHURCHWA RDENS’ T A CCOUN S.

1 4 A of . A D 7 9 . new cross silver and gilt was bought f i 1 485 A x o . . b o s lver and silver chalice 4 il 1 A n o . 99 . box

d . 1 5 1 4. A chalice blesse this year

“ 1 1 of cr u ett s . 5 8. A pair bought

“ 1 3 A of . 5 3 . box silver to bear the Sacrament to sick folks

1 53 3 . Thi of n s year there remained in the hands John K olling , the

— f o f l Sacristan a cross o silver gilt ; a pair t cand esticks , Silver parcel gilt ; a / c ense of Silver ; a ship of silver ; a pai r «o f cr u e tts of silver ; an olivet of

A of t; s ilver ; two chalices belonging to the ltar S Catherine , and four other ” c halices .

H A . D 1 5 . A for A . . , 5 7 box the igh ltar was carved this year Th e present Church Plate consists oi

Two silver chalices .

Two silver patens .

On e silver aM s dish .

One large plated ﬁ agon .

E R EA STER S PULCH E . Th e following entry proves that the Easter Sepulchre at A shburton was

— z Se e . . . a temporary erection ( chap xv , p

R T “ of 1 41 S . A . D. , 9 . Paid to ichard for making the epulchre

a l o em e s n es h . Al s e , for g y , (gems) and y to the Sepulc re

HE E T T T SA LE OF THE VESTM N S BELONGING TO HE CHURCH.

- D. 1 5 8 T ll A . 6 9 . N Er ll d a or u . , icholas e an homas T y , Ch rchwardens i . Estimat i on xi i

— iii i H a li a s List of vestments belonging t o the Church sold s . from enry Coke

“ ” cu s sh n s vel ve t t xxd . ffu r s s em an T Wylli am s for ii y g of , from John anner for i Br d em an l e B ii i iii d . vestment l e Blak v st e , s . from John y g for i vest , lew and

T m Ta ll or fo r l e xi xd . E r i xd . n e ii s . , g r ey , from ho as y i vest , cheker from dwa d Pyke

for t le B an d r e n e i i s . . m n ffr im ce of o f ffu r s elegh i ves , lew g y , iid fro Joh

Kn oll n l l l e r e n e xvii i d . o Chy e ey for i vest , g y sylke , fr m George y g for i vest,

xxd Wh twa e for r e n e l e yol ow sylke , . from Lawrence y y i vest , the color g y

for d . ol we iii s . v a n d y o , from John Luscombe i cloth called a lent cloth ,

R xt al e v st ed i xd . i x xiii d. from John y for i vest called a cott , from W lliam H iiii s . iiii d . CO e of Elys for ii vest for boys , from John aly for i p checkery,

i f xiii id. E v d . for i p e ce o cloth called an altar cloth , from Lawrence lys for

’ i i d N e i iii i . pall , s . vi from William ewcombe for i tunicle called a decon s cot ,

x d H A scott . vi . from enry y for i corporis case branched with gold , vid from

o ii s . i iii d . r o W ll Robert Wydye ate fo r one other c rporis case , f m i iam Elys

B v el tt xv ii s . . Er ell l e r e n for i vest l e lak vy , vid from Nicholas for ii copes g y e

ii E can O e . . T B satyn , x d . from William lys for i py , vis iid from homas ound

H A s cott c l xs . v e v tt i i d r e n e v . for i vest of g y satyn , from enry y for i ope of y ,

m of v elv t t o . from Lawrence Wyth e c for a small piece y , xxs from John

i R Pr i d for v elv tt viii l . au x Dolbeare i cope Of redd y , from obert y , Laurence

E T Dolb ear R H A s cott T a lys , homas , obert Page , enry y , hom s Matthew,

T B li W er n c Er ell homas ound , Wil am y g , William Newcomb , Ni holas , William

E T Ta llo r l s t s s e lys , and homas y , for three vestments with i cope cloth de y y ’ — xiiili ii s . xi d . See A . 42 ( tissue) sum , translation Churchwardens ccounts , p . . ARI I E D 2 H T A 1 0 . . 6 C S . , THE RENTS A ND O THER GI FTS BELONGEI NGE TO THE POORE OF HBERTON YEREL A S YE .

- Th I . f H xxxiii e o s . i v d . mprimis rent Gabriell arris , his house ,

— Th I . e of H iii of xv s. tem rent one house in the tenure John olys ,

I — Th e of T tem . gifte homas Caunter , by the yere , xxs .

I — M r H . . a em en s tem y to the pore by the yere , to be bestowed in shirts and

s xvi s mocks , .

I —Th . e C hi s to A r ti ﬁ c tem Parson of alne , gifte to be lent pore er s within

h e £ t o 3 . same parish fr m yere to yere ,

’ - M r I . Co dn e r i 4s . 1 1 s ft s . m £ u s . 4d tem g by the yere , S , 7 .

Th e o f x WA xx s . H . T. RI whole somme our receipts are vid . DG Y . D A . . , 1 6 02. xi v . ﬁ ppmhix.

‘ D. 1 6 1 1 e o F I Om A . 130 820 th e , 7 inclusive , Churchwardens paid for d stru tion of the followi ng vermi n 1 8 4 Foxes , Vixens 1 53 Badgers 903 Hedgehogs 221 0 Jays 1 6 6 1 Hoops

I NSCRI PTI ONS ON LOCA L TOKENS IN CIRCULA TI ON IN A SHBURTON T O H N E W U DR D YEARS A GO.

These tokens were chieﬂy copper , but sometimes brass , they began to

of I . l appear in London towards the end the reign of Charles , prevai ed during the Protectorate , and for twelve years after the Restoration , and were E issued in nearly every city, town , and important village in ngland , Wales ,

n d I a reland .

“ - 1 . A n A shb u r t on H A ur A . y alfe Penny , (reverse) the shb ton rms

“ 2 al of - . W ter Furnace , A shburton , his Halfe Penny, the letters {

W . F . in monogram . ” “ - R . . R J fr f A 1 H . 3 . e o 6 6 8 obert y, shburton , , his alf Penny, the letters G J

of of Some these last have a female head in place R. G . J . 4 T T . A MT. . . Moses ozer , M . , (reverse) in shburton 1

HIL RTRE ES NEA R A H L FO SS S BURTON.

Two on A S Camps shburton Down and torms Down respectively, (anciently

“ Est i called surrounded by d tches , and commanding extensive view,

of e xisted within the memory the present generation .

mi - o f A f A bout a le north east shburton , upon the summit o the steep hill

T H ll of known as ower i , are the remains an ancient fe sse in two ﬁelds known

“ ” as Castle Parks .

- - - of Boro Wood Camp is a mile and a half north the town , and separated

T H Ye o A . from ower ill by a stream now called the , but formerly the shburn

Th e of ridge stones forming the enclosure is from twelve to twenty feet wide , A and there is no ditch . spindle whorl was once found among the stones of the rampart .

Castle i 200 D off Holne Chace s feet above the river art , but is completely shut

XVI a . . ppl auds

k ’ te c loe e i dem xvn d . . S r bi e e A u . u p i ( Churchwardens cco nts fol ) . Bri ce also tells us that in his time there were several s talls in the “ I t Church . hath a large chancel in which are several stalls as is used in Collegiate

Polwh el e 4 - - - . 8 Th says , p 9 e Parish of A shburton is about ﬁve miles and a half

I n ‘ length . Th e number in A shburton were upwards of in the year

1 85 . T Th T . e 7 hey were numbered by Mr . ripe tower and Church were built 500 ” “ A years ago . shburton is said to be called fr om the quantity of ash ” that used to grow there . We think that Polwh el e is probably right as to

o f T . h e Ye o t o the origin the name river , whi ch is stated have been anciently

A ﬁ ows the shburn , still between wooded banks for some distance after it m leaves the co mons in which it derives its source , and it is still overshadowed

a B . T u B by m ny ash trees urn is derived from the e tonic , ourn , a river , and

A T wn o t he A - - T o n s h r i ver . A sh B shburton simply means the urn own . The census of 1 87 1 retu rned for A shburton a population Of residing over s Th e V A s u h a 2 of acre of land . icar of hb rton s 7 5 acres glebe ,

1 3 B -i n - - besides acres at uckland the Moor . CHA RT OF THE BURGESSES OF A SHBURTON CONCERNI NG THE CHA NTRY I N THE CHA PEL SI TUATED I N THE COURT OF THE BI SHO I N TH O P E SA ME T WN . Th e original deed preserved amongst the A r chives of the Se c of Exeter is

i n in Latin , it has never , as far as we are aware , been hitherto published

English .

“ Th e Portreev e and Comm onalty of the Burgesses of the Town of A shperton'

th e d o greet in Lor all those unt whomsoever these letters shall come .

s t ta l e don Wherea our venerable Fa her and Lord , Walter S p , by the Grace of d B Of E hi s God Lor ishop xeter , hath (with the consent of Chapter at E of f . c xeter) granted all the obventions and oblations the Chapel o St Lawren e ,

of on e situated within the boundary his Court of A shbur ton , t o ﬁt Priest

r to be chosen through us , and to be presented each yea at a ﬁtting time

b t he O i ci a l o t he ecu li a r u r i s di cti on o A s h er ton and place , y ﬁ f p j f p , who shall for B ever celebrate in the same holy Chapel , for the health of the said ishop , an d far cu m a b ha c la ce his soul when he shall have departed this life , ( mi gr a ve r i t) and for the souls of all his predecessors and successors as is more

u i n Of B f lly contained the letters the said ishop and Chapter , which remain

' ” of i n our possession . We (being most especially anxious for the increase asbt ur ton. xvii .

s o Godly worship , lest the said Chantry holy and wholesome an institution should perish in the future through the failure of the salary and stipend of

ou r the Priest himself , which may God forbid , ) bind ourselves , heirs , and

for successors , to ﬁnd for the Priest there celebrating as is premised , a full and s u fﬁ cient maintenance , together with the oblations and obventions

O aforesaid which are reckoned towards his stipend . S (since the same Chantry will never perish through the failure of the salary and stipend of the Priest

as as himself) , we will amply repair often is necessary , the aforesaid Chantry ,

for its books and ornaments , in a manner seemly Godly worship , and we

To of will maintain them in ﬁttin g condition for ever . the performance each

u in of ou r and all these ndertak gs , we bind each and all ourselves , heirs and s all our uccessors , and goods and property both moveable and immoveable , Spiritual and temporal to the coer ti on and distriction of the aforesaid Bishop

of E t or and Chapter and their successors , and any other Judge cclesias ical

B E or Civil , whom the ishop of xeter for the time being the Chapter may

to of ﬁi u r choose appoint , in testimony which we have agreed to a x o common ” T n seal to this writing . hese bei g the witnesses . “ R Th e L . G od A of T ords OBERT , by the Grace of , bbot avistock , “ A W of M TTHE , Prior Plympton , “ A of Bu k f PETER , bbot c as t , “ O L of T J CE INE , Prior otnes , “ RO D A L A f GER E CH R ETON , rchdeacon o Totnes , ” and others .

G A on Eve of iven at shperton Friday , the the A ssumption of th e Blessed 1 4 of ou r L 3 1 . Mary , in the year ord ,

S s ee T of hi A (For the Common eal and Legend itle Page t s ppendix) . A YSHEBE T R ON.

’ Th e u ld 8. r g y called Laurence s , founded by to ﬁnd a P ys t e to r a s of la p y for ye donars the nd and other benefactors , as also to kepe a Free

S l for b for il . xiii s . iii id. er el co e Children , who athe his wages v i y ye . Th e

r em ayn der of the lands is bestowed on the repar ation and maintenance of

l con du ct on of of A b r edes for the y holesome water to the towne ysh e e ton , and upon the relief and s u st en tacon of such peple as ar e infected when the

plage is in the town , that they being from all company maye n ot corrupt

the whole .

The er el e of li x . s y y value the lands and possessions xv . viii d.

“ E R e M s s s e om . 4 xtracted from Chantry oll , p . 7 8. a nh x. xviii . ppe i

EE THE HUR H A HB RT D D OF C C OF S U ON.

TRA NsLA TI ON. To all the faithf ul to whom the present writing shall come : John by

of of Divine permission , the humble Minister the Church Exeter, Health in H A of . Y I di n the uthor ealth our community should know that (by vi e intuition , and from reverence of the blessed A postles Peter and Pau l as well as from

f of E consideration and honour o the Church xeter , to the care and responsibility

G od a I Of which , ssenting am called , ) have given and yielded in pure and

of E perpetual M s, to my beloved sons in Christ the Chapter xeter , the

f m eton E Church o A spe with all its belongings . xcept an annual pension to

of Pol slowe hi B the Nuns , w ch my predecessor Of famous memory , artholomew

I n Bishop of Exeter , gave and confirmed to them . order that it may remain firm and unshaken I have confirmed it by the placing of my seal to the present T i writing . hese being the w tnesses “ AL of W TER , Cornwall , A rchdeacons , RO of B GER . arnstaple , ” a n d many others .

Th e B o a 1 1 80 above deed was executed by ishop J hn about the ye r , the o riginal is in Latin . Bishop Bartholomew assigned a pen si o r from the Episcopal domain at é/; f l D f H o Pol s o tits an r o E . e A shburton to the Priory , in e e y xeter was con 1 1 1 D. 1 ecr a ted A . 6 4 1 1 84 Th s , , and died December th , . e Dean and Chapter

4 s d i 8 . R paid £ 6 . annually to the Prioress until the eformation , as d rected 4d B f 5 1 3 . . by ishop John , and charged the Vicar o A shburto n with £ s (as

“ a lo E cclesi a s ti cu s of i we ﬁnd from the V r ) under the name a pension , wh ch

r is still paid f om the Vicarage t o its Patrons .

D 1 A R E E I A TI A . . 3 5 . V LO CCL S S CU S , 5 RAN A N T SL TIO . A Y SSHBTON WI TH THE CHA PELS OF BUKELOND A ND BUKYNGTON E I N THE A FORESA I D DEA NERY A ND DI O CES .

THOMAS SOTHA BNE VI OA R THERE . 4 1 3 s d . Th e Vicarage in the same place is valued at £ 8 . per

annum through Sanctuary Land there . d 8 A n for wool and lambs , £ 7 6 8 . d.

n l 4 B n on A d 6 3 . d of uk t . with £ s . for the Chapel y g £ 3 8 8 9 ;

A n d 4 n d with £ for the Chapel of Buk el o . A n d for all other tithes and oblations belonging to the

s 1 3 aid Vicarage , £ 7 9 s . 5d.

. ﬁ xx ppenhix.

B public survey , and to be paid to the said uckland poor , annual or yearly ; and the said feoffees shall receive twenty shilli ngs per year for their trouble ;

or in feoﬁ ees B but if a deceit fraud the , by the said uckland poor, they shall

ou t I E be put of the trust . , lizabeth Cake , doth pend , the gift to the Buckland poor , that now no yearly income , nor the value of twenty pounds of money ,

or ch attl es of nor any goods such value , nor to such children as parents

not married ; but if there shall no second poor be their found , it shall be m I t applied to the use Of widows and orphans born after arriage . shall be

on r S f placed the Church doo two abbath days , in writing , as notice o setting at an yearly rent ; and the said feoff ees and the said Buckland poor in s o doing shall communicate together in receivi ng of the rent of the above S mentioned estate , shall be published in two abbath days in the Church of

. v Buckland in the Moor , in the county Of Devon One thousand ﬁ e hundred

- Si x - and sixty , February the twenty fourth ; to bear witness hereto the Rev .

R of H Mr . John Woodley , and Mr . ichard Peek , Peek ill , do promise as a

for faithful trustee and witness here to continue the said gift , ever , to the ff Buckland poor of Buckland . Witness hereto feo ees place into the above H R . mentioned estate ichard Peek , of Peek ill , Mr John Woodley , and James R ogers .

Z . KE E A . A LI BETH (L s ) C .

" On this document are the following indorsements : 4 1 2 2 . 7 9 , May

R . T Ri chd . e Peek , John Woodley , James ogers his is to certify , that Miss

or i in all Elizabeth Cake is a true copy from the Old g deed , that ready clea is given to the poor that have no pay of the par ish . T MA SM N A s witness our hands , HO S ERDO ,

NORM OOR JOHN ,

DEY M RE JOHN WI CO .

M a i s t a te M . N Chi e This day sworn to before me , W K EEL , f g r , 1 2 24h ” t . 7 9 , May

of . 83 s I n the report the Charity Commissioners , p , we read a follows

“ T i on h s document is written in an engrossing hand , apparently modern ,

old or parchment , which is either , made dirty in order to give it the semblance T of Th . h e age . e seal is evidently not Of ancient date signature , and the

- Th e indorsements also , appear to be in modern hand writing . signatures of

on the witnesses to the certiﬁcate , indorsed the document , appear not to be

of in the same hand writing , as that the body of the certiﬁcate , and of the z s s Bucklanh in tbe ﬁ mur .

n . H l Signature of William Kneel , described as bei g chief magistrate Moses i l ,

s aw 3 0 of A shburton , informed us , that he this document more than years

i n S Con e b ear since , the hands of the said amuel y , and that he once made a Th H . e copy Of it on paper for him said Moses ill , upon being asked , whether

k of hi t o he new any the writing upon t s document , stated us , that he was

- n confident that the certificate indorsed , was the hand writi g of a man of A R shburton , whose name was ichards , who died four or five years since , at

of 6 6 El the age about , and that the signature of izabeth Cake also resembled

’ - Ri ch ar ds s . U the said hand writing pon this evidence , and upon a careful

examination of the document itself , we feel no hesitation in expressing ou r

ri 1 56 decided Opinion , that it is neither an o ginal deed made in 6 , nor a copy 1 29 Of such deed made in 7 , but that the whole is a fabrication , more recent ” than the date of the certiﬁcate . I n 1 7 90 a bill was ﬁled in the Court Of Chancery by the above mentioned

Con e b e ar A o n e Samuel y , (of shburton , clock maker , and of the second poor of

B -i n - - o f uckland the Moor , ) for himself , and on behalf the second poor , against li E R B Wil am llis and ichard urnell , of the said parish ; and William Smerdon

of the then tenant the estate , setting forth the above mentioned document , and claiming the estate for the use of the second poor according to the

E Th e intent o f the said lizabeth Cake . defendants by their answers denied that they had ever heard that the said estate had been given by the said

Eli zabeth Cake to the second poor of the said parish , except that 20 or 3 0

on e B years before Francis ennett had so stated , but had assigned no reason

’ fOl' his assertion , and that the Churchwardens accounts proved that the 1 6 3 1 1 rents had been applied for the repairs of the Church from to 7 00,

after the payment of ﬁve shillings a -year quit rent to the Lord of the Manor

T o f v of Wolborough . here is no account further proceedings ha ing taken place in this suit subsequently to the answers of the defendants , but James Con eyb ear told the Commissioners that he understood that his Father being

l ff o f poor , cou d not a ord to pay the legal expenses the suit , which was

Th e therefore abandoned . complainant appears to have been incited to continue

the action by on e Robert Wills , who is stated to have failed as a timber d merchant in Devonshire , and to have been afterwar s employed I n the Ofﬁce

of an attorney in London , and who continually held out false hopes of a

speedy an d favourable termination of the suit , and apparently expected that

a wa money might be obt ined from the defendants by y of compromise . xxii . Sappmhix.

This Chancery Suit entailed an expense upon the Parish Lands of Buckland 1 d 1 of £ 7 8 3 8 . 6 . f 1 80 1 805 i rom to nclusive .

A I E T H NC N OUSES A T BUCKLA ND . There are ancient houses havin g s ixteenth cent u ry doorways b oth a t Stone

a nd Ch al om er ; portions of the walls of the former (which is the property

of i - for and residence Mr . Norrish) have been at some t me or other loop holed f th e musketry , and were probably so treated by some o the fugitives from

’ i n Royal A rmy during the retreat of Lord Wen twor th s brigade from Bovey , 1 4 m . the onth of January , 6 6

- - nIrmmIa ir ihr a t.

B 1 II 1 s t o H ff th . y indenture of feo ment , dated 9 January , Charles , J hn amlyn

- and two others granted and en feoffed to Richard Langworthy and others , and

their heirs , a house , situate within the Parish of Widecombe , called the Church

" H of Hen h a a li a s B ouse , and a close land there situate , called y utte Parks ,

i s a n d the rents and proﬁts Of the said prem se , of the said land , to be applied to such charitable and good uses and deeds as by the major part of the

of householders parishioners Should be agreed upon , either for the reparation

of i the Church the said parish , amending the highways , reliev ng the poor,

’ ’ f of r o . urtherance the King s Maj esty s service , the like We gather from the Report of the Charity C ommi ssioners that the si te Of

B s Of utte Parks has been lost , and that the parish are not in pos ession any

of b u t ﬁeld that name , they consider that (from the circumstance of the

o f ar ti cu l ar li z ed quantity land included in the said Butte Par ks being nowhere p , and ﬁ om its herbage and pasture only being demised by the above mentioned deed) it is not improbable that it was the piece of waste land now called

the Green , adj oining the Church House , and used as a playing place for the

h of c ildren the parish .

ennix. x xiv . a pp

1 083 . I t Queen Matilda , and upon her death in , became vested in the Crown

to wh o was afterwards given a family called themselves after their residence , and the name of William de Spik ewyk is appended to a deed executed in

1 282 Th of Bou r chi er f r the year . e noble family were settled there o many

o - years , and the estate appears to have been sold by the three c heiresses of

Bour chi er r E h o of mi Edward , the fou th arl , w succeeded to a great deal the fa ly

of un H E w property upon the death their cle enry , the ﬁfth arl , ithout issue ,

1 4 of Bour chi er s in 6 5 . Th e Devonshi re estates the seem to have been acquired hi ’ E l Bour chi er on s III . by Wi liam , (great grandson mother s side , to King dward )

of Sir R Han k for d through his marriage with the heiress ichard , who also

n o . Th i herited the estates f her mother , the heiress of Lord Fitzwarren e

it h k t a s ru rtrl owners of Sp c wi c sa in Parliament the Lords Fitzwarren , John B our hi er E of B 1 53 6 . c was created arl ath , in

ETER’ P S GI FT. Th e poor of thi s parish are entitled to an annuity Of twenty shillings

ou t of of of t . payable the great tithes Cornworthy , under the gift John Pe er Th e parish ofﬁcers were formerly accustomed to lay it ou t in the pu rchase

of . cloth , which was distributed amongst the poor who did not receive relief 1 821 ’ For the ﬁfteen year s prior to , they applied it improperly to the Overseers account in aid of the poor rate .

’ I T KELLY S G F . Ri i of 6 8 8d . chard Kelly gave an annuity . to this parish , th s was also

’ l t o app ied the Overseers acco u nt , but the Charity Commissioners were assured that in future both annuities should be distributed amongst the poor

of not in receipt constant relief . M onaur al: xxv.

d r of We alrea y eferred to the Charities t Parish (chap . a n d

I n th e north transept of A shburton Chur ch is a plain mural Ta blet bearing the followi ng in scription “ T 1 A 1 88 li Th e Rev . homas Smerdon died ye 7 th pril , 7 , whose great abi ties

m s of S l a n d care of his pupils , the any year he was Master the Grammar choo

Hi s on hi in thi s town will not soon be forgotten . constant attendance s l dl o ittle ﬂock at Woo and, whose future happiness he unwearily s trove t

a fu . T t o hi s promote , claim grate l remembrance his small tribute memory

hi s 82n d is paid by Widow, in her year , expecting soon to mingle her dust wi th hi s ; an d her soul to unite in eternall y A do ring and Praising the inﬁn ite ” goodness of Redeeming Love . A shburton Grammar School appears to have reached its greatest celebrity R T u H hi of ev . nder the ead Masters p the homas Smerdon , and by him Dr.

I a of hn A reland , afterw rds Dean Westminster ; Jo Dunning , ﬁrst Lord shburton ; d a n f a a n d . William Gi f rd , scholar author , were educated We are indebted to his great g randson and namesake for the information that he realised a fortune (large in hi s day) of by educating the younger members of most of 1 0 the best families in the country round from the year 7 7 , up to his death i n 1 88 Th f 7 . e fame o the school must necessarily ha ve been increased during these last eighteen years by the brilliant success achieved in the literary ill world by his three ustrious pupils already referred to , during the latter

r of hi s ai to L yea s life he was domestic Chapl n ord A shburton , an d he li ved t o fo hi r s son of St . secure the Vicarage Ottery Mary , a parish since distinguished b i ts onn n y c ectio with th e family of Coleridge . xxvi . appenhir .

mut t n) aims.

of an d 1 1 8 By indenture s lease release bearing date 7 th and th September ,

1 Bu of B of T on e 1 7 9 , between the Mayor and rgesses the orough otnes of the

T of part , and Nicholas rist and eleven others the other part , reciting that divers charitable and well disposed persons had heretofore devised sundry

u lands and tenements , and s ms of money to various charitable uses , and that the said pious gifts had not been so regul arly paid and suppli ed by their predecessors as in equity and good conscience they ought to have been ; and

&c f of that the said Mayor , . , being sensibly a fected with the neglect their T “ predecessors , had conveyed to the said Nicholas rist and others the water

mi lli nl T grist mills , malt ll , and fu ng mill commo y called the own Mills ,

of of s ituate on a branch the river Dart , and all the right ﬁshing in the said waters and river , and also the quays or wharfs lying on the western side T B ’ Of the said river Dart , betwixt otnes ridge and Peter s Quay , and all

&c . tolls , , to the said quays belonging (and other Corporation property fully

R of 42 H described in the published eport the Charity Commission , p . , undred of th e of Coleridge) , to secure payment money left for charitable purposes , and to discharge several debts whi ch had been contracted in respect of the charities .

U S I VEN TO BE E T T S M G L N O DECA YED MERCHA NTS. Money to the amount of £ 23 0 has been left at di fferent times by various persons to be lent to decayed tradesmen under certain restrictions .

HI RE SUMS GI VEN F OR PLA CI NG OUT PO OR C LD N. Money to the amount of £ 246 has been simil arly bequeathed to be lent t owards the expense of bringing up poor childr en and placing them ou t if in l e . ’ T BARBERS GIF .

r B 1 £ 3 5 1 . R Gab iel arber in 6 9 , delivered to Mr ichard Lee , Mayor , , whereof

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of Some of these books are in a tolerable state preservation , but others i are in a very d lapidated condition , and if they do not speedily receive some

care and attention , they must soon perish from damp and decay .

of of T From the following entry in the accounts Philip Lee , Mayor otnes ,

1 6 45 - 46 , it seems that the parvise was the original place in which they

were kept .

“ 1 6 46 20th . , July Paid for removing the books from the Church Porch li Till d’ ” ar . to Mr . Wil am s house T T here are many entries in the own accounts relative to this Library ,

‘ r — “ . i V of Bo tn e s of such as Paid Mr Pr nce (then icar ) , for carriage some ” of E the library books from xeter here , which were new bound .

’ T Till ar d hey were eventually removed from Mr . s house to some shelves

old V provided for them in the estry , and there they remained until the

of ur n of V recent restoration the Ch ch , when (upo the removal the estry) ,

s aw they were replaced in the Parvise , where we them a few months

since .

Th e R w on l eader ill ﬁnd referring to the Catalogue , that severa rare and Th valuable works are included in this interesting collection . e titles of those which seemed to us most worthy of remark have been printed in

i ta l i cs .

We do not profess to give more than a general account of th e very valuable c i B of T s har ties connected with the orough otne , full detail s will be fou nd in

th e R t of published epor the Charity Commi ssion . The Gr ammar School was ﬁ x enh x. xx iv . pp i

1 6 58 Sir E founded in by John Maynard and lise Stert , and endowed with

Ros tb r i d e S . an estate called g , in the Parish of taverton There are several bequests for the endowment of a Lectureship within the

B R of 1 821 orough , and the ental the Church Lands in , amounted to

£ 1 1 1 Th e 0 1 4s . d. per annum . rents of the lands belonging to the ancient

H of t ospital S . Mary Magdalen were distributed amongst the poor for many

‘ I 1 years after the Reformation . n 6 6 0 the receipts from these lands were

“ To E hi s 1 . d 8 . £ 7 9 8 , and the disbursements were dward Langworthy , wife ” - 1 . d . ﬁ ft 6 d . £ 6 8 6 and children , y three weeks at per week ,

O old i ther payments (chiefly for repairs to the Chapel and build ngs) ,

1 1 4 6 d . £ 0 s . We do not know at what period the payments to poor persons from these

lands ﬁnally ceased , we believe that the rents are now received by the

of Corporation , and that they are applied towards the repairs the Parish

Church . There is a Charity School in Totnes whi ch has proﬁted by bequests ; but

which is , we believe , chiefly supported by voluntary contributions .

am ri t m

HUR H H E C C OU S .

on of t H S . 5th By indenture , dated the vigil Mary Magdalen , enry VII I . ,

d R M or s the Prior an Convent of Plympton g ranted to ichard Cote , John h e ad,

Over dean and others , and their heirs , a piece of land lying in , in Dean 80 3 0 i Prior , containing feet in length , and feet in breadth , ly ng in length t between the Church s ile , on the northern part , and the road leading from

Over de an T on towards otnes , the southern part , and extending in breadth

of between the churchyard Dean Prior , on the east part , and the common

d of i r lan the sa d Prio and Convent , and the other way there , on the west

on n. a . part , conditio that the P rishioners of Dean Prior should build upon

i m; rm.

ETER’ I T P S G F .

1 0 57 , of of John Peter in gave to the poor this parish an annuity 2os . , ou t payable of the sheaf of Cornworthy , to be expended in the purchase of hi shirts and s fts , to be distributed by the Churchwardens amongst the poor of the parish .

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t antrum.

We have stated at page xvi ii of this A ppendi x that the appropriation of

A r shbu ton , was made by Bishop John about the year 1 1 80; the date s hou ld A D 1 b e . 1 86 .

Th e of of B Legend the Seal the orough of A shburton , un abbreviated , runs thus

Si i llu m P g rep os i t i et Com ona li ta t i s Bur g i de A ys hp er t on .

L . B. VA RDER MA N P N A A , CHI E RI TER , E ST STREET , SHBURTON .