The parish church of St Petrock and St Barnabas[3] is a Grade II* listed building.[4] Rebuilt in 1870, it retains its original Norman font. One of its most famous incumbents was John Travers (died 1620), a Nottingham man who was brother to the famous puritan cleric Walter Travers and who was related by marriage to another, Richard Hooker.
The manor of Farringdon was long held by the "de Farringdon" family, whose pedigree from the early 13th century to the late 16th century is given in the Heraldic Visitations of Devon.[5] Lancelot Farringdon (d.1598) "a proper and discret gentleman in outward show", in the words of Risdon (d.1640), was the last in the male line and committed suicide, and was "found hanged in his bedchamber by his garter to the bedstead".[6] His estates passed to his two sisters, Abigail Farringdon, the elder, married to John Drake of Peter Tavy in Devon, and Mary Farringdon, the younger sister whose share of the inheritance included Farringdon,[7] married to William Cooper.[8] The arms of Farringdon were: Sable, three unicorns in pale argent armed and crined or.[9]
Historic estatesedit
The parish of Farringdon contains various historic estates including:
Crealy[10] (anciently Crowlegh,[11] Crowleigh,[12] Crealy,[13] Crailey,[14] Crayley,[15] etc.), in about 1600 the seat of the "Mortimer alias Tanner" family.[16] Today it is the site of the "Crealy Adventure Park & Resort" themepark.[17]
Denbow[18] (anciently Penbow,[19] Benbow,[20] etc.), anciently a seat of the Martyn family.[21]
Upham, in the time of Pole (d.1635), the seat of Humfry Walrond[22] (born 1554), (4th son of Humphry II Walrond (died 1586) of Bradfield in the parish of Uffculme, Devon[23]) who purchased it from a member of the Duke family of Otterton. At some previous time it had been a possession of the Cary family.[24] The surviving 17th century mansion, now a farmhouse, has on the first floor a plaster overmantel with strapwork decoration.[25]
^Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.575, pedigree of "Mortimer alias Tanner"
farringdon, devon, farringdon, village, civil, parish, former, manor, district, east, devon, county, devon, england, parish, surrounded, clockwise, from, north, parishes, clyst, honiton, aylesbeare, small, part, colaton, raleigh, woodbury, clyst, mary, small, . Farringdon is a village civil parish and former manor in the district of East Devon in the county of Devon England The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Clyst Honiton Aylesbeare a small part of Colaton Raleigh Woodbury Clyst St Mary and a small part of Sowton 1 St Petrock s church Farringdon The village is twinned with Secqueville en Bessin Normandy France 2 The parish church of St Petrock and St Barnabas 3 is a Grade II listed building 4 Rebuilt in 1870 it retains its original Norman font One of its most famous incumbents was John Travers died 1620 a Nottingham man who was brother to the famous puritan cleric Walter Travers and who was related by marriage to another Richard Hooker Contents 1 Manor 2 Historic estates 3 References 4 External linksManor editThe manor of Farringdon was long held by the de Farringdon family whose pedigree from the early 13th century to the late 16th century is given in the Heraldic Visitations of Devon 5 Lancelot Farringdon d 1598 a proper and discret gentleman in outward show in the words of Risdon d 1640 was the last in the male line and committed suicide and was found hanged in his bedchamber by his garter to the bedstead 6 His estates passed to his two sisters Abigail Farringdon the elder married to John Drake of Peter Tavy in Devon and Mary Farringdon the younger sister whose share of the inheritance included Farringdon 7 married to William Cooper 8 The arms of Farringdon were Sable three unicorns in pale argent armed and crined or 9 Historic estates editThe parish of Farringdon contains various historic estates including Crealy 10 anciently Crowlegh 11 Crowleigh 12 Crealy 13 Crailey 14 Crayley 15 etc in about 1600 the seat of the Mortimer alias Tanner family 16 Today it is the site of the Crealy Adventure Park amp Resort themepark 17 Denbow 18 anciently Penbow 19 Benbow 20 etc anciently a seat of the Martyn family 21 Upham in the time of Pole d 1635 the seat of Humfry Walrond 22 born 1554 4th son of Humphry II Walrond died 1586 of Bradfield in the parish of Uffculme Devon 23 who purchased it from a member of the Duke family of Otterton At some previous time it had been a possession of the Cary family 24 The surviving 17th century mansion now a farmhouse has on the first floor a plaster overmantel with strapwork decoration 25 References editThe geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey Map of Devon Parishes PDF Devon County Council Archived from the original PDF on 2 November 2013 Retrieved 20 June 2013 British towns twinned with French towns via WaybackMachine com Archant Community Media Ltd Archived from the original on 5 July 2013 Retrieved 12 July 2013 St Petrock and St Barnabas Historic England CHURCH OF ST PETROCK AND ST BARNABUS 1328759 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 10 January 2016 Vivian Lt Col J L Ed The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531 1564 amp 1620 Exeter 1895 pp 339 40 Risdon Tristram d 1640 Survey of Devon 1811 edition London 1811 with 1810 Additions p 62 See also Vivian footnote 3 p 340 Vivian footnote 3 p 340 Vivian p 292 Vivian p 339 Modern spelling Polwhele p 203 Pole p 159 Polwhele Richard History of Devonshire 3 Vols Vol 2 London 1793 Vol 2 p 203 Polwhele p 203 Vivian Lt Col J L Ed The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531 1564 amp 1620 Exeter 1895 p 575 pedigree of Mortimer alias Tanner Vivian p 575 Pole p 159 Pedigree see Vivian p 575 Park Information Pevsner p 447 Pole p 159 Polwhele p 203 Pole p 159 Pole p 159 Vivian p 768 pedigree of Walrond of Bradfield Pole Sir William d 1635 Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon Sir John William de la Pole ed London 1791 Pevsner Nikolaus amp Cherry Bridget The Buildings of England Devon London 2004 p 447External links edit nbsp Media related to Farringdon Devon at Wikimedia Commons 50 42 48 N 3 23 48 W 50 71333 N 3 39667 W 50 71333 3 39667 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farringdon Devon amp oldid 1083732462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
