Newnham Park (before circa 1718[1]Loughtor) is an historic estate in the civil parish of Sparkwell, Devon, UK. It was known as Loughtor until about 1700 when the ancient Strode family, long seated at Newnham, about 1 mile south-east of the manor house of Loughtor, abandoned Newnham and moved their residence to Loughtor (which they had inherited by a marriage in the 16th century) where they built a new mansion house which they renamed "Newnham Park". In 2014 the mansion house with an estate of about 1,550 acres[2] is still owned by a descendant (via various female lines) of the Courtenay and Strode families which held the estate from the 15th century,[3] and which were well established in the county of Devon long before that time. In 2014 part of the estate is operated as a commercial clay-pigeon shooting ground.[4]
Newnham Park, built circa 1720, viewed in 2014"Nuneham, seat of ... Stroud Esq.", 1797 watercolour of Newnham Park (mansion house far right) by Rev John Swete (1789-1800). Devon Record Office 564M/F13/73Setting of Loughtor Mill, viewed from within the Newnham Park parklandLoughtor Mill, on the Newnham Park estate, in 2014 occupied by a motor repair garage
Walter Le Abbé, whose descendants adopted the surname de Radford[10]
de Radfordedit
The de Radford family (formerly known as Le Abbé) continued to hold Loughtor, apparently until the 15th century, when the next known holder was William Courtenay, a younger son of Sir Philip Courtenay (d.1488) of Molland in North Devon.
Courtenayedit
Arms of Courtenay of Molland: Or, three torteaux a label of three points azure each point charged with three plates15th century monument to William Courtenay of Loughtor,[11] St Mary's Church, PlymptonWilliam Courtenay of Loughtor, with mutilated escutcheon within his helm on which rests his head showing arms of Courtenay of Molland: Or, three torteaux a label of three points azure each point charged with three plates. Detail from his 15th century monument in St Mary's Church, Plympton
William Courtenay, a younger son of Sir Philip Courtenay (d.1488) of Molland in North Devon.[14] His monument survives in St Mary's Church, Plympton, against the south wall of the south chancel aisle, consisting of a stone effigy of a recumbent knight on a chest tomb within a canopied niche.
Sir Philip Courtenay (son), who according to Vivian (p. 251) died without progeny, but according to Pole (p. 330) had a daughter Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Courtenay. According to Pole (p. 330) she was a daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay of Loughtor, William's son. However, according to Vivian (p. 251) she was the daughter of Philip Courtenay, William's elder brother, by his wife Jane Fowell (d.1523),[15] daughter of Richard Fowell of Fowelscombe[16] in the parish of Ugborough, which former mansion house is today a ruin.[17] Jane Fowell survived her husband and remarried (as his first wife) to Humphrey Prideaux (1487-1550) of Thuborough[18] in the parish of Sutcombe.[19] Elizabeth Courtenay, heiress of Loughtor, married William Strode (1512-1579) of Newnham.[20]
Strodeedit
Arms of Strode: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable. Detail from mural monument to Sir William IV Strode (1562-1637) in St Mary's Church, Plympton
William III Strode (1512-1579) of Newnham, who married Elizabeth Courtenay, heiress of Loughtor.[21] He had by Elizabeth several sons and daughters, the eldest son and heir having been Richard V Strode (d.1581). The 6th son however was Rev. Sampson Strode (born 1552), rector of Dittisham, whose great-great-grandson was Richard Strode (1750-1790) of Boterford, who inherited the ancient estates of the senior Strodes on the failure of the male line of Strode of Newnham, following the death in 1767 of William Strode of Newnham.[22] The 4th son was Philip Strode (d.1605) who married Wilmot Houghton, daughter of William Houghton of Houghton Towers, Lancaster, and was the father of William Strode (1602-1644), Doctor of Divinity and Public Orator of Oxford University, one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince (d.1723),[23] who called him "this reverend divine, this rare poet, this charming orator".
For the descent of Loughtor in the Strode family until 1718 see Newnham (Old).
Until 1718 it is not clear what use, if any, was made by the Strode family of the old manor house of the Courtenays at Loughtor, as they appear to have continued to reside chiefly at "Old Newnham". The first of the Strodes to live at Loughtor was:
Sidney II Strode (1684-1721). He was the nephew and heir of William Strode (d.1718) of Newnham who died without progeny. Sidney II was the son of Sidney I Strode (1655-1712), who had died before his elder brother and thus did not himself inherit. Sidney II thus inherited the Strode estates aged 34, only 3 years before his own death in 1721, but during that short time abandoned Old Newnham and moved his residence to the manor of Loughtor, 1/3 mile to the north-east, where he rebuilt the manor house and called it "Newnham Park"[24] He married Ann Trevanion, daughter of Sir Nicholas Trevanion, by whom he had a son William Strode (1718-1767)
William Strode (1718-1767) (son), who died without progeny, when the heir to Newnham Park and the other estates became his distant cousin Richard Strode (1750-1790) of Boterford.[25] descended from William Strode (d.1579) of Newnham by his wife Elizabeth Courtenay, heiress of Loughtor.[26]
Richard Strode (1750-1790) of Boterford, North Huish, Devon,[27] (cousin), descended from William Strode (d.1579) of Newnham by his wife Elizabeth Courtenay, heiress of Loughtor.[28] He resided at Newnham Park and in 1788 sold his family's former seat of Boterford and another estate at Whitecombe to Thomas Palk.[29] He married Admonition Lear, daughter of Thomas Lear of Sandwell in the parish of Harberton. A prominent branch of this family was founded by Sir Peter Lear, 1st Baronet (died c. 1684) of Lindridge.
William Strode (d.1802) (eldest son and heir), died unmarried. One of his younger brothers was Capt. Thomas Lear Strode (1787-1817), 43rd Regiment of Foot, whose mural monument survives in St Mary's Church, Plympton.
Rev. Richard Strode (1779-1819) (brother), who married Harriet Rogers, daughter of Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet (1746–1797), MP, of Wisdome, Devon. All four of his daughters died young, and his mural monument survives in St Mary's Church, Plympton.
George Sidney Strode (1780-1857) (brother), Sheriff of Devon in 1825. He married Dorothea Bird Symons (d.1862), daughter of William Symons of Chaddle Wood, Plympton.
George Sidney Strode (1829-1874) (son), OBE, Provincial Grandmaster of the Freemasons. He married but died without progeny.
George Sydney Strode Lowe (nephew). He was the son of Dorothea's younger sister Florence Strode by her husband Admiral Arthur Lowe (1814-1882) of Burford, Shropshire. In 1897 in accordance with the bequest he changed his name by royal licence to Strode and adopted the arms of Strode. He married Anna Fielding Boyd, daughter of Thomson Boyd of Edinburgh, by whom he left two daughters and co-heiresses:[30]
Anna Strode, who in 1912 married Henry Grigg (d.1935) of Cann House, Tamerton Foliot[31]
Eileen Strode (1893-1950), who in 1932 married Col. Edward Valle-Pope (1898-1968), and left a daughter Judith Eileen Strode Valle-Pope (born 1934).[32]
Cobboldedit
In 1955 Judith Eileen Strode Valle-Pope (born 1934) married Michael Maurice Cobbold (1931-2002), descended from an old Suffolk brewing dynasty,[33] a professional soldier, engineer, publisher, preserver of ancient buildings and sheep-farmer. In 1969 Judith Cobbold (née Valle-Pope) inherited Newnham Park[34] with its 1,550 acre estate, and with her husband developed the estate as a corporate entertainment business including shooting, archery, carriage-driving and off-road vehicles and moto-cross.[35] Her son David Michael Strode Cobbold (born 1961) is the owner of Newnham Park in 2014.
Sourcesedit
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 718–20, pedigree of Strode of Newnham
Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp. 329–10, Newenham & Loughtorre
Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp. 197–8, 395, Newnham & Loughter
Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, pp. 582–4, Old Newnham & Newnham Park
Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp. 2172–3, Strode of Newnham Park
Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend John Swete, 1789–1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, vil 4, pp. 17–20
Referencesedit
^Following death in 1718 of William Strode his heir was his nephew Sidney II Strode (1684-1721) who moved his residence from Old Newnham to Loughtor, see below
^Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.138, which follows the descent of Plympton to his father Hugh Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1340). Pole, p.9, carries on the descent of the Barony of Plympton in the Earls of Devon
^Risdon, p.197, erroneously gives the date of the Courtenay tenure of Loughtor as during the reign of King Edward II (1307-1327), which is far too early as the first Courtenay of Molland was Sir Philip Courtenay (d.1488) (See Vivian, p.246)
^Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, pp.730-735, biography of Strode, William, Doctor of Divinity
^Risdon, p.395 (1810 Additions): "The present residence of the family was erected, about a century ago, by Sidney Strode Esq, and is now under the name of Newnham Park"
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Newnham Park before circa 1718 1 Loughtor is an historic estate in the civil parish of Sparkwell Devon UK It was known as Loughtor until about 1700 when the ancient Strode family long seated at Newnham about 1 mile south east of the manor house of Loughtor abandoned Newnham and moved their residence to Loughtor which they had inherited by a marriage in the 16th century where they built a new mansion house which they renamed Newnham Park In 2014 the mansion house with an estate of about 1 550 acres 2 is still owned by a descendant via various female lines of the Courtenay and Strode families which held the estate from the 15th century 3 and which were well established in the county of Devon long before that time In 2014 part of the estate is operated as a commercial clay pigeon shooting ground 4 Newnham Park built circa 1720 viewed in 2014 Nuneham seat of Stroud Esq 1797 watercolour of Newnham Park mansion house far right by Rev John Swete 1789 1800 Devon Record Office 564M F13 73Setting of Loughtor Mill viewed from within the Newnham Park parklandLoughtor Mill on the Newnham Park estate in 2014 occupied by a motor repair garage Contents 1 Descent 1 1 Le Abbe 1 2 de Radford 1 3 Courtenay 1 4 Strode 1 5 Lowe Strode 1 6 Cobbold 2 Sources 3 ReferencesDescent editSir William Pole d 1635 relates the early holders of Loughtorre as follows 5 Le Abbe edit The first recorded holders of Loughtor was the family of Le Abbe alias Le Abbe 6 le Abby 7 William Le Abbe of Radford alias Redford in the parish of Plymstock recorded as having held Loughtor in 1242 8 Robert Le Abbe Henry Le Abbe of Alsemston 9 Walter Le Abbe whose descendants adopted the surname de Radford 10 de Radford edit The de Radford family formerly known as Le Abbe continued to hold Loughtor apparently until the 15th century when the next known holder was William Courtenay a younger son of Sir Philip Courtenay d 1488 of Molland in North Devon Courtenay edit nbsp Arms of Courtenay of Molland Or three torteaux a label of three points azure each point charged with three plates nbsp 15th century monument to William Courtenay of Loughtor 11 St Mary s Church Plympton nbsp William Courtenay of Loughtor with mutilated escutcheon within his helm on which rests his head showing arms of Courtenay of Molland Or three torteaux a label of three points azure each point charged with three plates Detail from his 15th century monument in St Mary s Church PlymptonThe next recorded holder following the de Radford tenure was a younger son of the Courtenay family of Molland in North Devon It is not clear how this family acquired Loughtor but the feudal barony of Plympton had certainly been held by Hugh Courtenay 2nd Earl of Devon 1303 1377 12 seated at Tiverton Castle and Okehampton Castle from whom the Courtenay family of Molland was descended 13 William Courtenay a younger son of Sir Philip Courtenay d 1488 of Molland in North Devon 14 His monument survives in St Mary s Church Plympton against the south wall of the south chancel aisle consisting of a stone effigy of a recumbent knight on a chest tomb within a canopied niche Sir Philip Courtenay son who according to Vivian p 251 died without progeny but according to Pole p 330 had a daughter Elizabeth Elizabeth Courtenay According to Pole p 330 she was a daughter of Sir Philip Courtenay of Loughtor William s son However according to Vivian p 251 she was the daughter of Philip Courtenay William s elder brother by his wife Jane Fowell d 1523 15 daughter of Richard Fowell of Fowelscombe 16 in the parish of Ugborough which former mansion house is today a ruin 17 Jane Fowell survived her husband and remarried as his first wife to Humphrey Prideaux 1487 1550 of Thuborough 18 in the parish of Sutcombe 19 Elizabeth Courtenay heiress of Loughtor married William Strode 1512 1579 of Newnham 20 Strode edit nbsp Arms of Strode Argent a chevron between three conies courant sable Detail from mural monument to Sir William IV Strode 1562 1637 in St Mary s Church PlymptonWilliam III Strode 1512 1579 of Newnham who married Elizabeth Courtenay heiress of Loughtor 21 He had by Elizabeth several sons and daughters the eldest son and heir having been Richard V Strode d 1581 The 6th son however was Rev Sampson Strode born 1552 rector of Dittisham whose great great grandson was Richard Strode 1750 1790 of Boterford who inherited the ancient estates of the senior Strodes on the failure of the male line of Strode of Newnham following the death in 1767 of William Strode of Newnham 22 The 4th son was Philip Strode d 1605 who married Wilmot Houghton daughter of William Houghton of Houghton Towers Lancaster and was the father of William Strode 1602 1644 Doctor of Divinity and Public Orator of Oxford University one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince d 1723 23 who called him this reverend divine this rare poet this charming orator For the descent of Loughtor in the Strode family until 1718 see Newnham Old Until 1718 it is not clear what use if any was made by the Strode family of the old manor house of the Courtenays at Loughtor as they appear to have continued to reside chiefly at Old Newnham The first of the Strodes to live at Loughtor was Sidney II Strode 1684 1721 He was the nephew and heir of William Strode d 1718 of Newnham who died without progeny Sidney II was the son of Sidney I Strode 1655 1712 who had died before his elder brother and thus did not himself inherit Sidney II thus inherited the Strode estates aged 34 only 3 years before his own death in 1721 but during that short time abandoned Old Newnham and moved his residence to the manor of Loughtor 1 3 mile to the north east where he rebuilt the manor house and called it Newnham Park 24 He married Ann Trevanion daughter of Sir Nicholas Trevanion by whom he had a son William Strode 1718 1767 William Strode 1718 1767 son who died without progeny when the heir to Newnham Park and the other estates became his distant cousin Richard Strode 1750 1790 of Boterford 25 descended from William Strode d 1579 of Newnham by his wife Elizabeth Courtenay heiress of Loughtor 26 Richard Strode 1750 1790 of Boterford North Huish Devon 27 cousin descended from William Strode d 1579 of Newnham by his wife Elizabeth Courtenay heiress of Loughtor 28 He resided at Newnham Park and in 1788 sold his family s former seat of Boterford and another estate at Whitecombe to Thomas Palk 29 He married Admonition Lear daughter of Thomas Lear of Sandwell in the parish of Harberton A prominent branch of this family was founded by Sir Peter Lear 1st Baronet died c 1684 of Lindridge William Strode d 1802 eldest son and heir died unmarried One of his younger brothers was Capt Thomas Lear Strode 1787 1817 43rd Regiment of Foot whose mural monument survives in St Mary s Church Plympton Rev Richard Strode 1779 1819 brother who married Harriet Rogers daughter of Sir Frederick Rogers 5th Baronet 1746 1797 MP of Wisdome Devon All four of his daughters died young and his mural monument survives in St Mary s Church Plympton George Sidney Strode 1780 1857 brother Sheriff of Devon in 1825 He married Dorothea Bird Symons d 1862 daughter of William Symons of Chaddle Wood Plympton George Sidney Strode 1829 1874 son OBE Provincial Grandmaster of the Freemasons He married but died without progeny Dorothea Georgina Admonition Strode 1823 1896 eldest sister Lowe Strode edit George Sydney Strode Lowe nephew He was the son of Dorothea s younger sister Florence Strode by her husband Admiral Arthur Lowe 1814 1882 of Burford Shropshire In 1897 in accordance with the bequest he changed his name by royal licence to Strode and adopted the arms of Strode He married Anna Fielding Boyd daughter of Thomson Boyd of Edinburgh by whom he left two daughters and co heiresses 30 Anna Strode who in 1912 married Henry Grigg d 1935 of Cann House Tamerton Foliot 31 Eileen Strode 1893 1950 who in 1932 married Col Edward Valle Pope 1898 1968 and left a daughter Judith Eileen Strode Valle Pope born 1934 32 Cobbold edit In 1955 Judith Eileen Strode Valle Pope born 1934 married Michael Maurice Cobbold 1931 2002 descended from an old Suffolk brewing dynasty 33 a professional soldier engineer publisher preserver of ancient buildings and sheep farmer In 1969 Judith Cobbold nee Valle Pope inherited Newnham Park 34 with its 1 550 acre estate and with her husband developed the estate as a corporate entertainment business including shooting archery carriage driving and off road vehicles and moto cross 35 Her son David Michael Strode Cobbold born 1961 is the owner of Newnham Park in 2014 Sources editVivian Lt Col J L Ed The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531 1564 amp 1620 Exeter 1895 pp 718 20 pedigree of Strode of Newnham Pole Sir William d 1635 Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon Sir John William de la Pole ed London 1791 pp 329 10 Newenham amp Loughtorre Risdon Tristram d 1640 Survey of Devon 1811 edition London 1811 with 1810 Additions pp 197 8 395 Newnham amp Loughter Pevsner Nikolaus amp Cherry Bridget The Buildings of England Devon London 2004 pp 582 4 Old Newnham amp Newnham Park Burke s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry 15th Edition ed Pirie Gordon H London 1937 pp 2172 3 Strode of Newnham Park Gray Todd amp Rowe Margery Eds Travels in Georgian Devon The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend John Swete 1789 1800 4 vols Tiverton 1999 vil 4 pp 17 20References edit Following death in 1718 of William Strode his heir was his nephew Sidney II Strode 1684 1721 who moved his residence from Old Newnham to Loughtor see below Home newnham co uk See descent below David Michael Strode Cobbold is the owner of Newnham Park in 2014 Home newnham co uk Pole Sir William d 1635 Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon Sir John William de la Pole ed London 1791 pp 329 30 Pole p 329 Risdon p 197 Pole p 329Regnal year 27 Henry III Risdon p 199 Risdon p 199 Risdon p 199 Pevsner p 685 Sanders I J English Baronies A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086 1327 Oxford 1960 p 138 which follows the descent of Plympton to his father Hugh Courtenay 1st Earl of Devon d 1340 Pole p 9 carries on the descent of the Barony of Plympton in the Earls of Devon Vivian pp 244 246 251 Risdon p 197 erroneously gives the date of the Courtenay tenure of Loughtor as during the reign of King Edward II 1307 1327 which is far too early as the first Courtenay of Molland was Sir Philip Courtenay d 1488 See Vivian p 246 Vivian p 618 pedigree of Prideaux Vivian p 251 pedigree of Courtenay p 369 pedigree of Fowell of Fowelscombe Lauder Rosemary Vanished Houses of South Devon Fowelscombe Vivian p 618 pedigree of Prideaux Pevsner p 771 Risdon pp 248 9 Vivian p 718 Vivian p 718 Vivian p 720 Prince John 1643 1723 The Worthies of Devon 1810 edition pp 730 735 biography of Strode William Doctor of Divinity Risdon p 395 1810 Additions The present residence of the family was erected about a century ago by Sidney Strode Esq and is now under the name of Newnham Park Vivian p 720 Risdon p 385 6 Vivian pp 718 20 Vivian p 720 Risdon p 385 6 Vivian pp 718 20 Risdon pp 385 6 Burke s Landed Gentry pp 2172 3 Burke s Landed Gentry pp 2172 3 Burke s Landed Gentry pp 2172 3 Cobbold Family History Trust Patrons Lord Cobbold DL Ivry Lady Freyberg Nicholas Cobbold OBE 1 Biographies Michael Maurice COBBOLD 537 the Cobbold Family History Trust Biographies Michael Maurice COBBOLD 537 the Cobbold Family History Trust 50 24 13 N 4 02 02 W 50 4035 N 4 0338 W 50 4035 4 0338 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Newnham Park amp oldid 1102938046, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
