fbpx
Wikipedia

Woolleigh, Beaford

Woolleigh (anciently Woolley, Wollegh, etc.) is an historic estate in the parish of Beaford, Devon. The surviving mansion house known as Woolleigh Barton, situated 1 3/4 miles north-west of the parish church of Beaford, is a grade II* listed building,[1] long used as a farmhouse. It incorporates remains of a "very fine example of a late Medieval manor house"[1] and retains a "very rich" 15th century wagon roof, a garderobe with the original door, and an attached private chapel with a 17th-century roof.[2]

Woolleigh Barton in 2015
Woolleigh Barton in 2015, chapel at right
Chapel at Woolleigh Barton in 2015
Ancient roof timbers at Woolleigh Barton

Chapel of St Mary edit

The private Chapel attached to the mansion house was dedicated to St Mary. The earliest surviving record of it is in the registers of the Bishops of Exeter for 1321 when it was licensed to Master William de Wolleghe, Rector of Yarnscombe. He was permitted by the licence to say mass therein but was forbidden from administering the sacraments there and was obliged to attend the parish church on Sundays and Feast Days. Mention of it is made later in the registers of Bishop Stafford in 1400 and of Bishop Lacy in 1426, in which latter year a licence was granted to John and Elizabeth Haache (i.e. Hatch) who at the same time were also licensed for their private chapel of St Andrew at Hele (now Great Hele Barton) in South Molton.[3]

Descent edit

Domesday Book edit

Uluelie (Woolleigh) is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the 41st of the 176[4] Devonshire holdings of Baldwin de Moels (died 1090), Sheriff of Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton,[5] one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of William the Conqueror. His tenant was Colwin. Before the Norman Conquest of 1066 it had been held by the Anglo-Saxon Alsi.[4] Woolleigh was thus a member of the feudal barony of Okehampton, whose later barons were the Courtenay Earls of Devon of Tiverton Castle. The descent of Woolleigh was as follows:

Murdake edit

The holder of Woolleigh first recorded by Risdon (died 1640) was the Murdake family of Compton Murdake in Warwickshire, "where Thomas Murdake dwelt". Risdon asserts that a member of this family was Henry Murdac (died 1153), Archbishop of York.

Sir Thomas Murdack
Sir Thomas Murdack of Woolleigh and of Compton Murdake in Warwickshire,[6] died without male children leaving a daughter and heiress Wenlian Murdack, who married Thomas Hatch of Hatch in the parish of South Molton, Devon.

Hatch edit

 
Arms of Hatch: Gules, two demi-lions passant guardant in pale or[7]

The family of de Hatch succeeded Murdake at Woolleigh. The de Hatch family descended from Robert Atwater, son of William Atwater of South Molton, Devon, by his wife Jone de Wolrington, daughter and heiress of William de Wolrington of Hatch (alias Hach, Hacche, etc.) in the parish of South Molton. According to Risdon, Hatch was the "lord of the royalty"[8] of South Molton, thus the principal estate within that royal manor and borough. The Wolringtons were themselves heirs of the original de Hatch family,[8] which died out in the male line. On receiving his maternal inheritance Robert Atwater adopted the surname de Hatch, or Hatch. Robert's son was Thomas Hatch, who married Mabill Leigh, daughter and heiress of Thomas Leigh of Leigh, near Tiverton.[6]

Robert Hatch
Son and heir of Thomas Hatch and Mabill Leigh. He married Wenlian Murdack, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Murdack of Woolleigh and of Compton Murdake in Warwickshire,[6]
Robert Hatch
Son and heir, who married a certain Blanch.[6]
John Hatch
Son, who married Elizabeth Dirwyn, daughter and heiress of William Dirwyn of Fulford in the parish of Crediton, Devon.[6] It was presumably this John and Elizabeth Haache who were licensed in 1426 by Edmund Lacey, Bishop of Exeter, to have private chapels at Woolleigh and at Hele (now Great Hele Barton) in South Molton.[9]
John Hatch
Son, who married Elizabeth Gorges, daughter of Sir Edward Gorges, lord of the manor of Wraxall in Somerset.
Thomas Hatch
Son, who married Alis Basset, a daughter of Sir John Basset (1441–1485) of Tehidy in Cornwall and of Whitechapel in the parish of Bishops Nympton, by his wife Elizabeth Budockshyde.[10] Whitechapel is close to Hatch. Sir John Basset was the son and heir of John Basset (1374–1463) by his wife Joan Beaumont, daughter of Sir Thomas Beaumont of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon and sister and heiress of Philip Beaumont of Shirwell. The Beaumonts had inherited Umberleigh from the Poulton family who had inherited it from the Willingtons.[11] The Basset family were amongst the early Norman settlers in England. Alis Basset's brother was Sir John Basset (1462–1528), KB, of Tehidy in Cornwall and Umberleigh in Devon, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1497, 1517 and 1522 and Sheriff of Devon in 1524. Although himself an important figure in the Westcountry gentry, Sir John Basset is chiefly remembered for his connection with the life of his second wife and widow Honor Grenville (died 1566), who moved into the highest society when she remarried to Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle KG (died 1542), an illegitimate son of King Edward IV, and an important figure at the court of King Henry VIII, his nephew. The marriage of Thomas Hatch and Alis Basset was without male children and produced a daughter and heiress Anne Hatch, the wife of Baldwin Mallet, to whom passed the estate of Hatch and Woolleigh.

Mallet edit

 
Arms of Mallet: Azure, three escallops or
Sir Baldwin Mallet of St. Audries in Somerset
He married (as his second wife) Anne Hatch, heiress of Woolleigh and Hatch. He was Solicitor General to King Henry VIII and was the second son of Thomas Mallet (died 1502)[12] of Enmore in Somerset[6] and of Deandon[13] (alias Dewdon)[14] in the parish of Widdecombe in Devon, by his wife Joan Wadham, a daughter of Sir William Wadham (died 1452) of Edge in the parish of Branscombe in Devon and of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton, near Ilminster, Somerset, Sheriff of Devon in 1442. Sir Baldwin Mallet inherited from his father the manor of Quantockshead, commonly called St. Audries, in Somerset.[15] Sir Baldwin Mallet's first wife Jone Tacle was the daughter and heiress of John Tacle of Honiton in Devon.[16] John Tacle was "a person of property, versed in the law", who is memorialized by the following inscription surviving in 1793 on two pillars in the chancel of Honiton Church: "Pray for the soul of John Takell, and Jone hys wyffe", with a mill rind sable between.[17] By Joan Tacle he had a son and heir Michael Mallet who inherited St Audries from his father[16] and was the ancestor of the Malet baronets of Wilbury in Wiltshire, created in 1791.[18] Anne Hatch survived her husband and married Sir Hugh Trevanyon.
 
Small kneeling effigy of Elizabeth Rolle, widow of Robert Mallet of Woolleigh, on monument to her 2nd husband Sir John Acland (died 1620) of Columb John, in Broadclyst Church, Devon
John Mallet (died 1570) of Woolleigh
He was the eldest son and heir by his father's second wife Anne Hatch, Sheriff of Devon in 1562 and a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in April 1554 and for Bodmin in 1562 and 1563–7.[19] He married Alice Monck, a daughter of Anthony Monck (died 1545) (son of Humphry Monck) of Potheridge (directly across the River Torridge from Woolleigh) in the parish of Merton, Devon[20] (or according to Pole he married Margaret Monck, daughter of Humphrey Monck[6]). Anthony Monck was the great-great-grandfather of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670), of Potheridge.[20] Alice Monck's brother was Thomas Monck (died 1583), who married Frances Plantagenet, daughter of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle KG (died 1542), by his wife Honor Grenville (died 1566), widow of John Basset (1462–1528), whose sister Alis Basset married Thomas Hatch of Woolleigh (see above). One of the daughters of Thomas Monck and Frances Plantagenet was Margaret Monck, who married Hugh Acland (1543–1622) and was the mother of Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) who married Eleanor Mallet (1573–1645), heiress of Woolleigh (see below).
Robert Mallet
Son and heir, who married Elizabeth Rolle, a daughter of George Rolle (c. 1486 – 1552) of Stevenstone, near Great Torrington in Devon,[6] the founder of the wealthy, influential and widespread Rolle family of Devon. Elizabeth Rolle survived her husband and married secondly, as his first wife, to Sir John Acland (died 1620) of Columb John, Broadclyst, Devon, but produced no surviving children. A small kneeling figure representing Elizabeth Rolle survives on the monument with effigy to her 2nd husband in St John's Church, Broadclyst.
John Mallet
Son, who died without children, when his co-heiresses became his sisters, of whom one, the heiress of Woolleigh, was Eleanor Mallet (1573–1645),[21] who married her step-first cousin (her mother's nephew by marriage) Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) of Acland in the parish of Landkey, Devon.[6] Eleanor's mother was Elizabeth Rolle, who remarried to Sir John Acland (died 1620) of Columb John, Sir Arthur's uncle. Eleanor survived Sir Arthur and remarried to Sir Francis Vincent, 1st Baronet[21] (c. 1568 – 1640) of Stoke d'Abernon,[22] in Surrey.

Acland edit

 
Arms of Acland: Chequy argent and sable, a fesse gules

Woolleigh remained in the Acland family for many generations, following the descent of Killerton.[23] The Aclands soon abandoned their original seat of Acland and in 1622 Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet (1591–1647), son of Sir Arthur Acland and Eleanor Mallet, moved definitively to Columb John, which he had inherited from his great-uncle Sir John Acland (died 1620), and left Acland as a residence for younger branches.[24] Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet (died 1714), 4th son of the 1st baronet, abandoned Columb John for adjoining Killerton. After that Woolleigh appears to have been used as a residence of elder sons and heirs apparent whilst their fathers were still alive and living at Killerton.[citation needed] Thus John Acland (died 1703), the son and heir apparent of Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet (died 1714) lived at Woolleigh, but predeceased his father so never inherited Killerton.[25]

 
Escutcheon showing arms of Acland impaling Mallet. Detail from monument to Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) in Landkey Church[26]
Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610)
Little is known about his life and career, but his impressive monument with effigy and inscription survives in the Acland Aisle in Landkey Church. He married his step-first cousin Eleanor Mallet (1573–1645) a daughter and co-heiress of Robert Mallet of Wooleigh.
Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet (died 1647) of Acland
Son, who abandoned the ancient family seat of Acland in favour of Columb John, which he had inherited from his great-uncle Sir John Acland (died 1620). He purchased the estate of Killerton, adjoining Columb John, as a jointure for his widowed mother Eleanor Mallet, who lived there with her second husband Sir Francis Vincent.[27] John Acland was a Royalist commander in the Civil War. He was fined heavily for his delinquency, a sum equivalent to 1/10th of the value of his estates.[28] Upon his death in 1647, he was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Francis Acland, 2nd Baronet (died 1648).
Sir Francis Acland, 2nd Baronet (died 1648)
Eldest son, who survived his father only a short time. He died unmarried and was buried at Stoke D'Abernon in Surrey, the former St Vincent manor, and his ledger stone survives in that church.
Sir John Acland, 3rd Baronet (died 1655)
Younger brother. In 1654, he married Margaret Rolle, daughter of Denys Rolle (1614–1638) of Stevenstone.
Sir Arthur Acland, 4th Baronet (1655–1672)
Only son and heir who died as a minor in 1672, unmarried, and was succeeded by his uncle Hugh.
Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet (died 1714)
Uncle, who demolished the mansion house at Columb John and made adjacent Killerton his principal seat, which house he enlarged, possibly using some of the stonework from Columb John.[29] He married Anne Daniel, daughter of Sir Thomas Daniel of Beswick Hall in Yorkshire. His eldest son and heir apparent was John Acland (died 1703), who lived at Woolleigh, but predeceased his father so never inherited Killerton.[25] John's son was Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet (1697–1728).

Leverton edit

The last tenants of Woolleigh under the Aclands were the Leverton family who farmed at Woolleigh:[30]

William Leverton (1809–1872)
Baptised 29 Jun 1809, Alverdiscott, Devon, and died 21 Nov 1872 at Woolleigh. He was a yeoman[31] farmer, who married Hannah Hooper (1806-15 Dec 1877), who was born at Dowland in Devon,[32] only daughter of Henry Hooper of Beaford.[33] In the 1851 census he was resident at Woolleigh and farming 560 acres and employing 12 men. In 1857 he also held land at Blinsham in the parish of Beaford.[34] By 1861 he was farming only 400 acres but was employing 9 labourers and 6 boys. In 1871 his acreage had reduced to 300 but he was employing 8 labourers and 8 workmen. In 1856 he was elected Chairman of the Torrington Association for the Protection of Property.[35] He had two children, Lucy Hannah, who married Christopher Norman of St.Giles in the Wood, Devon[36] and William, son and heir, who inherited from his mother her leasehold tenement in Dowland called Lower Upeost[37]
William Leverton (1848–1925)
Son, a farmer. In 1902 Woolleigh still belonged to the Aclands, in the person of Sir C. T. Dyke Acland, Bart, and comprised between 400 and 500 acres.[38] In 1878 at Roborough he married Elizabeth Ann Wadland (died 1887). Their eldest son, William Henry (1879–1950),[39] did not take over Woolleigh from his father, which was farmed instead by his younger brother Arthur (1882–1936), who took over Wolleigh in 1925.[40] In 1910 William Henry married Annie Elizabeth Wadland (1882–1983) and died in 1950 at Broadclyst, Devon leaving three daughters.
Arthur Leverton (1882–1936)
Second son who took over Wolleigh in 1925 following his father's death.[40] He died at Woolleigh in 1936. In his will dated 13 May 1936[41] he described himself as "yeoman" and "of Woolleigh" and refers to "my house Woolleigh" and left cash bequests to his cattleman, horseman, shepherd, pigman and to two labourers. He was Chairman of the North Devon Clay Company,[40] which was incorporated in 1893 and took over the business of the Marland Brick and Clay Works Ltd, probably the first limited liability company in the ball clay industry which built the Marland light railway from the works to Torrington.[42] In Islington, London in 1920 he married Florence Isabel Dyer (died 1944), but died without children.

Pengelly edit

The next occupants of Woolleigh were the Pengelly family.

John Chamings Pengelly (1882-7 Oct 1942)
Died at Woolleigh in 1942,[43] and was buried in the Methodist's Church burial ground, Marwood, Devon, where his gravestone survives.[44]
Wilfred Pengelly
Two monochrome photographs of him in the performance of traditional farming activities were taken by the photographer James Ravilious, who had been commissioned by the Beaford Centre to "show the people of North Devon to themselves".[45] The photographs are titled "Setting up (wheat) stooks" (1974),[46] and "Milking a Jersey cow".[47]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Woolleigh Barton and Adjoining Former Chapel, Beaford British Listed Buildings
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.161
  3. ^ Coulter, James, The Ancient Chapels of North Devon, Barnstaple, 1993, pp.20-1
  4. ^ a b Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, 16,41
  5. ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.69
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Pole, p.415
  7. ^ Vivian, p.455; Pole, p.485
  8. ^ a b Risdon, p.306
  9. ^ Coulter
  10. ^ Muriel St. Clare Byrne, The Lisle Letters: An Abridgement ; Vivian, p.46, pedigree of Basset; Vivian, p.46, pedigree of Basset
  11. ^ Risdon, p. 317
  12. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p.1517, pedigree of Mallet formerly of Ash
  13. ^ Pole, p.275, Deandon
  14. ^ The estate of "Deandon" is today called "Jordan", see Jordan, Mary Hall, Manor of Deandon, Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 6:2,(1910) pp.47-48; Linehan, C.D., A forgotten manor in Widecombe-in-the-Moor With notes on its archaeology and mining by H. French. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 94, (1962), pp.463-492, Dewdon[1]
  15. ^ Excerpt from "Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family", by Arthur Malet, published 1885, pp 49-51, appendix W1, quoted in [2]
  16. ^ a b Pole, p.383
  17. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 63, Part 1, 1793, p.115, Topographical Description of Honiton in Devon [3]
  18. ^ Kidd, Charles, Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, pp.B535-6
  19. ^ "MALET, John (By 1520-70), of Woolleigh in Beaford, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
  20. ^ a b Vivian, p.569
  21. ^ a b Vivian, p.4
  22. ^ Per monumental inscription, Landkey
  23. ^ Risdon, 1810 Additions, p.420, in 1810 Woolly belonged to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart
  24. ^ Acland, Anne, p.5
  25. ^ a b Vivian, p.5, pedigree of Acland
  26. ^ Modern repainting. Vivian, p.545 gives these arms of family of "Mallett of Idsleigh"
  27. ^ Acland, Anne, p.6
  28. ^ Acland, Anne, p.10
  29. ^ Acland, Anne, p.13
  30. ^ North Devon Record Office, B437, Leverton of Beaford, Farm and Estate Accounts, Wills, Executors' Statements, Letters, and Newspaper Cuttings, 1838-1965 [4]
  31. ^ Described as "yeoman" in the National Probate Index, London, 15 Jan 1873 "Administration of William Leverton of Woolleigh, Beaford, Devon, yeoman. Died 21 Nov 1872 at Woolleigh"
  32. ^ Leverton genealogy website
  33. ^ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 12 Feb 1842 [5]
  34. ^ White's Devonshire Directory, 1857
  35. ^ Peter Christie's 'Looking Back' Column In the North Devon Journal (1951–1959), reproducing extracts from past issues (1851–1987) of the Journal [6]
  36. ^ National Probate Index, London, 16 May 1878 Will of Hannah Leverton of Beaford
  37. ^ Will of Hannah Leverton dated 21 Nov. 1874
  38. ^ Kelly's Directory of Devon, 1902
  39. ^ Leverton genealogy website
  40. ^ a b c "Leverton of Beaford".
  41. ^ http://www.lizandstu.com/leverton/showmedia.php?mediaID=156&medialinkID=209 [dead link]
  42. ^ . Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  43. ^ Western Times Devon, 16 Oct 1942
  44. ^ "William Arthur Pengelly grave monument details at Methodist Church burial ground, Marwood, Devon,England".
  45. ^ http://www.freerangeproduction.com/Spreads%20from%20Land%20Matters.pdf [dead link]
  46. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  47. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources edit

  • Acland, Anne. A Devon Family: The Story of the Aclands. London and Chichester: Phillimore, 1981.
  • Pole, Sir William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp. 382–3, Wollegh
  • Risdon, Tristram (died 1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p. 269, Woolley

External links edit

  • Mallet Family History, Woolleigh Barton [7]

woolleigh, beaford, woolleigh, anciently, woolley, wollegh, historic, estate, parish, beaford, devon, surviving, mansion, house, known, woolleigh, barton, situated, miles, north, west, parish, church, beaford, grade, listed, building, long, used, farmhouse, in. Woolleigh anciently Woolley Wollegh etc is an historic estate in the parish of Beaford Devon The surviving mansion house known as Woolleigh Barton situated 1 3 4 miles north west of the parish church of Beaford is a grade II listed building 1 long used as a farmhouse It incorporates remains of a very fine example of a late Medieval manor house 1 and retains a very rich 15th century wagon roof a garderobe with the original door and an attached private chapel with a 17th century roof 2 Woolleigh Barton in 2015Woolleigh Barton in 2015 chapel at rightChapel at Woolleigh Barton in 2015Ancient roof timbers at Woolleigh Barton Contents 1 Chapel of St Mary 2 Descent 2 1 Domesday Book 2 2 Murdake 2 3 Hatch 2 4 Mallet 2 5 Acland 2 6 Leverton 2 7 Pengelly 3 References 4 Sources 5 External linksChapel of St Mary editThe private Chapel attached to the mansion house was dedicated to St Mary The earliest surviving record of it is in the registers of the Bishops of Exeter for 1321 when it was licensed to Master William de Wolleghe Rector of Yarnscombe He was permitted by the licence to say mass therein but was forbidden from administering the sacraments there and was obliged to attend the parish church on Sundays and Feast Days Mention of it is made later in the registers of Bishop Stafford in 1400 and of Bishop Lacy in 1426 in which latter year a licence was granted to John and Elizabeth Haache i e Hatch who at the same time were also licensed for their private chapel of St Andrew at Hele now Great Hele Barton in South Molton 3 Descent editDomesday Book edit Uluelie Woolleigh is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the 41st of the 176 4 Devonshire holdings of Baldwin de Moels died 1090 Sheriff of Devon feudal baron of Okehampton 5 one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants in chief of William the Conqueror His tenant was Colwin Before the Norman Conquest of 1066 it had been held by the Anglo Saxon Alsi 4 Woolleigh was thus a member of the feudal barony of Okehampton whose later barons were the Courtenay Earls of Devon of Tiverton Castle The descent of Woolleigh was as follows Murdake edit The holder of Woolleigh first recorded by Risdon died 1640 was the Murdake family of Compton Murdake in Warwickshire where Thomas Murdake dwelt Risdon asserts that a member of this family was Henry Murdac died 1153 Archbishop of York Sir Thomas Murdack Sir Thomas Murdack of Woolleigh and of Compton Murdake in Warwickshire 6 died without male children leaving a daughter and heiress Wenlian Murdack who married Thomas Hatch of Hatch in the parish of South Molton Devon Hatch edit nbsp Arms of Hatch Gules two demi lions passant guardant in pale or 7 The family of de Hatch succeeded Murdake at Woolleigh The de Hatch family descended from Robert Atwater son of William Atwater of South Molton Devon by his wife Jone de Wolrington daughter and heiress of William de Wolrington of Hatch alias Hach Hacche etc in the parish of South Molton According to Risdon Hatch was the lord of the royalty 8 of South Molton thus the principal estate within that royal manor and borough The Wolringtons were themselves heirs of the original de Hatch family 8 which died out in the male line On receiving his maternal inheritance Robert Atwater adopted the surname de Hatch or Hatch Robert s son was Thomas Hatch who married Mabill Leigh daughter and heiress of Thomas Leigh of Leigh near Tiverton 6 Robert Hatch Son and heir of Thomas Hatch and Mabill Leigh He married Wenlian Murdack daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Murdack of Woolleigh and of Compton Murdake in Warwickshire 6 Robert Hatch Son and heir who married a certain Blanch 6 John Hatch Son who married Elizabeth Dirwyn daughter and heiress of William Dirwyn of Fulford in the parish of Crediton Devon 6 It was presumably this John and Elizabeth Haache who were licensed in 1426 by Edmund Lacey Bishop of Exeter to have private chapels at Woolleigh and at Hele now Great Hele Barton in South Molton 9 John Hatch Son who married Elizabeth Gorges daughter of Sir Edward Gorges lord of the manor of Wraxall in Somerset Thomas Hatch Son who married Alis Basset a daughter of Sir John Basset 1441 1485 of Tehidy in Cornwall and of Whitechapel in the parish of Bishops Nympton by his wife Elizabeth Budockshyde 10 Whitechapel is close to Hatch Sir John Basset was the son and heir of John Basset 1374 1463 by his wife Joan Beaumont daughter of Sir Thomas Beaumont of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon and sister and heiress of Philip Beaumont of Shirwell The Beaumonts had inherited Umberleigh from the Poulton family who had inherited it from the Willingtons 11 The Basset family were amongst the early Norman settlers in England Alis Basset s brother was Sir John Basset 1462 1528 KB of Tehidy in Cornwall and Umberleigh in Devon Sheriff of Cornwall in 1497 1517 and 1522 and Sheriff of Devon in 1524 Although himself an important figure in the Westcountry gentry Sir John Basset is chiefly remembered for his connection with the life of his second wife and widow Honor Grenville died 1566 who moved into the highest society when she remarried to Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle KG died 1542 an illegitimate son of King Edward IV and an important figure at the court of King Henry VIII his nephew The marriage of Thomas Hatch and Alis Basset was without male children and produced a daughter and heiress Anne Hatch the wife of Baldwin Mallet to whom passed the estate of Hatch and Woolleigh Mallet edit nbsp Arms of Mallet Azure three escallops orSir Baldwin Mallet of St Audries in Somerset He married as his second wife Anne Hatch heiress of Woolleigh and Hatch He was Solicitor General to King Henry VIII and was the second son of Thomas Mallet died 1502 12 of Enmore in Somerset 6 and of Deandon 13 alias Dewdon 14 in the parish of Widdecombe in Devon by his wife Joan Wadham a daughter of Sir William Wadham died 1452 of Edge in the parish of Branscombe in Devon and of Merryfield in the parish of Ilton near Ilminster Somerset Sheriff of Devon in 1442 Sir Baldwin Mallet inherited from his father the manor of Quantockshead commonly called St Audries in Somerset 15 Sir Baldwin Mallet s first wife Jone Tacle was the daughter and heiress of John Tacle of Honiton in Devon 16 John Tacle was a person of property versed in the law who is memorialized by the following inscription surviving in 1793 on two pillars in the chancel of Honiton Church Pray for the soul of John Takell and Jone hys wyffe with a mill rind sable between 17 By Joan Tacle he had a son and heir Michael Mallet who inherited St Audries from his father 16 and was the ancestor of the Malet baronets of Wilbury in Wiltshire created in 1791 18 Anne Hatch survived her husband and married Sir Hugh Trevanyon nbsp Small kneeling effigy of Elizabeth Rolle widow of Robert Mallet of Woolleigh on monument to her 2nd husband Sir John Acland died 1620 of Columb John in Broadclyst Church DevonJohn Mallet died 1570 of Woolleigh He was the eldest son and heir by his father s second wife Anne Hatch Sheriff of Devon in 1562 and a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in April 1554 and for Bodmin in 1562 and 1563 7 19 He married Alice Monck a daughter of Anthony Monck died 1545 son of Humphry Monck of Potheridge directly across the River Torridge from Woolleigh in the parish of Merton Devon 20 or according to Pole he married Margaret Monck daughter of Humphrey Monck 6 Anthony Monck was the great great grandfather of George Monck 1st Duke of Albemarle 1608 1670 of Potheridge 20 Alice Monck s brother was Thomas Monck died 1583 who married Frances Plantagenet daughter of Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle KG died 1542 by his wife Honor Grenville died 1566 widow of John Basset 1462 1528 whose sister Alis Basset married Thomas Hatch of Woolleigh see above One of the daughters of Thomas Monck and Frances Plantagenet was Margaret Monck who married Hugh Acland 1543 1622 and was the mother of Sir Arthur Acland died 1610 who married Eleanor Mallet 1573 1645 heiress of Woolleigh see below Robert Mallet Son and heir who married Elizabeth Rolle a daughter of George Rolle c 1486 1552 of Stevenstone near Great Torrington in Devon 6 the founder of the wealthy influential and widespread Rolle family of Devon Elizabeth Rolle survived her husband and married secondly as his first wife to Sir John Acland died 1620 of Columb John Broadclyst Devon but produced no surviving children A small kneeling figure representing Elizabeth Rolle survives on the monument with effigy to her 2nd husband in St John s Church Broadclyst John Mallet Son who died without children when his co heiresses became his sisters of whom one the heiress of Woolleigh was Eleanor Mallet 1573 1645 21 who married her step first cousin her mother s nephew by marriage Sir Arthur Acland died 1610 of Acland in the parish of Landkey Devon 6 Eleanor s mother was Elizabeth Rolle who remarried to Sir John Acland died 1620 of Columb John Sir Arthur s uncle Eleanor survived Sir Arthur and remarried to Sir Francis Vincent 1st Baronet 21 c 1568 1640 of Stoke d Abernon 22 in Surrey Acland edit nbsp Arms of Acland Chequy argent and sable a fesse gulesWoolleigh remained in the Acland family for many generations following the descent of Killerton 23 The Aclands soon abandoned their original seat of Acland and in 1622 Sir John Acland 1st Baronet 1591 1647 son of Sir Arthur Acland and Eleanor Mallet moved definitively to Columb John which he had inherited from his great uncle Sir John Acland died 1620 and left Acland as a residence for younger branches 24 Sir Hugh Acland 5th Baronet died 1714 4th son of the 1st baronet abandoned Columb John for adjoining Killerton After that Woolleigh appears to have been used as a residence of elder sons and heirs apparent whilst their fathers were still alive and living at Killerton citation needed Thus John Acland died 1703 the son and heir apparent of Sir Hugh Acland 5th Baronet died 1714 lived at Woolleigh but predeceased his father so never inherited Killerton 25 nbsp Escutcheon showing arms of Acland impaling Mallet Detail from monument to Sir Arthur Acland died 1610 in Landkey Church 26 Sir Arthur Acland died 1610 Little is known about his life and career but his impressive monument with effigy and inscription survives in the Acland Aisle in Landkey Church He married his step first cousin Eleanor Mallet 1573 1645 a daughter and co heiress of Robert Mallet of Wooleigh Sir John Acland 1st Baronet died 1647 of Acland Son who abandoned the ancient family seat of Acland in favour of Columb John which he had inherited from his great uncle Sir John Acland died 1620 He purchased the estate of Killerton adjoining Columb John as a jointure for his widowed mother Eleanor Mallet who lived there with her second husband Sir Francis Vincent 27 John Acland was a Royalist commander in the Civil War He was fined heavily for his delinquency a sum equivalent to 1 10th of the value of his estates 28 Upon his death in 1647 he was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Francis Acland 2nd Baronet died 1648 Sir Francis Acland 2nd Baronet died 1648 Eldest son who survived his father only a short time He died unmarried and was buried at Stoke D Abernon in Surrey the former St Vincent manor and his ledger stone survives in that church Sir John Acland 3rd Baronet died 1655 Younger brother In 1654 he married Margaret Rolle daughter of Denys Rolle 1614 1638 of Stevenstone Sir Arthur Acland 4th Baronet 1655 1672 Only son and heir who died as a minor in 1672 unmarried and was succeeded by his uncle Hugh Sir Hugh Acland 5th Baronet died 1714 Uncle who demolished the mansion house at Columb John and made adjacent Killerton his principal seat which house he enlarged possibly using some of the stonework from Columb John 29 He married Anne Daniel daughter of Sir Thomas Daniel of Beswick Hall in Yorkshire His eldest son and heir apparent was John Acland died 1703 who lived at Woolleigh but predeceased his father so never inherited Killerton 25 John s son was Sir Hugh Acland 6th Baronet 1697 1728 Leverton edit The last tenants of Woolleigh under the Aclands were the Leverton family who farmed at Woolleigh 30 William Leverton 1809 1872 Baptised 29 Jun 1809 Alverdiscott Devon and died 21 Nov 1872 at Woolleigh He was a yeoman 31 farmer who married Hannah Hooper 1806 15 Dec 1877 who was born at Dowland in Devon 32 only daughter of Henry Hooper of Beaford 33 In the 1851 census he was resident at Woolleigh and farming 560 acres and employing 12 men In 1857 he also held land at Blinsham in the parish of Beaford 34 By 1861 he was farming only 400 acres but was employing 9 labourers and 6 boys In 1871 his acreage had reduced to 300 but he was employing 8 labourers and 8 workmen In 1856 he was elected Chairman of the Torrington Association for the Protection of Property 35 He had two children Lucy Hannah who married Christopher Norman of St Giles in the Wood Devon 36 and William son and heir who inherited from his mother her leasehold tenement in Dowland called Lower Upeost 37 William Leverton 1848 1925 Son a farmer In 1902 Woolleigh still belonged to the Aclands in the person of Sir C T Dyke Acland Bart and comprised between 400 and 500 acres 38 In 1878 at Roborough he married Elizabeth Ann Wadland died 1887 Their eldest son William Henry 1879 1950 39 did not take over Woolleigh from his father which was farmed instead by his younger brother Arthur 1882 1936 who took over Wolleigh in 1925 40 In 1910 William Henry married Annie Elizabeth Wadland 1882 1983 and died in 1950 at Broadclyst Devon leaving three daughters Arthur Leverton 1882 1936 Second son who took over Wolleigh in 1925 following his father s death 40 He died at Woolleigh in 1936 In his will dated 13 May 1936 41 he described himself as yeoman and of Woolleigh and refers to my house Woolleigh and left cash bequests to his cattleman horseman shepherd pigman and to two labourers He was Chairman of the North Devon Clay Company 40 which was incorporated in 1893 and took over the business of the Marland Brick and Clay Works Ltd probably the first limited liability company in the ball clay industry which built the Marland light railway from the works to Torrington 42 In Islington London in 1920 he married Florence Isabel Dyer died 1944 but died without children Pengelly edit The next occupants of Woolleigh were the Pengelly family John Chamings Pengelly 1882 7 Oct 1942 Died at Woolleigh in 1942 43 and was buried in the Methodist s Church burial ground Marwood Devon where his gravestone survives 44 Wilfred Pengelly Two monochrome photographs of him in the performance of traditional farming activities were taken by the photographer James Ravilious who had been commissioned by the Beaford Centre to show the people of North Devon to themselves 45 The photographs are titled Setting up wheat stooks 1974 46 and Milking a Jersey cow 47 References edit a b Woolleigh Barton and Adjoining Former Chapel Beaford British Listed Buildings Pevsner Nikolaus amp Cherry Bridget The Buildings of England Devon London 2004 p 161 Coulter James The Ancient Chapels of North Devon Barnstaple 1993 pp 20 1 a b Thorn Caroline amp Frank eds Domesday Book Morris John gen ed Vol 9 Devon Parts 1 amp 2 Phillimore Press Chichester 1985 16 41 Sanders I J English Baronies A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086 1327 Oxford 1960 p 69 a b c d e f g h i Pole p 415 Vivian p 455 Pole p 485 a b Risdon p 306 Coulter Muriel St Clare Byrne The Lisle Letters An Abridgement Vivian p 46 pedigree of Basset Vivian p 46 pedigree of Basset Risdon p 317 Burke s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry 15th Edition ed Pirie Gordon H London 1937 p 1517 pedigree of Mallet formerly of Ash Pole p 275 Deandon The estate of Deandon is today called Jordan see Jordan Mary Hall Manor of Deandon Devon amp Cornwall Notes amp Queries 6 2 1910 pp 47 48 Linehan C D A forgotten manor in Widecombe in the Moor With notes on its archaeology and mining by H French Trans Devon Assoc 94 1962 pp 463 492 Dewdon 1 Excerpt from Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family by Arthur Malet published 1885 pp 49 51 appendix W1 quoted in 2 a b Pole p 383 The Gentleman s Magazine Volume 63 Part 1 1793 p 115 Topographical Description of Honiton in Devon 3 Kidd Charles Debrett s Peerage amp Baronetage 2015 Edition London 2015 pp B535 6 MALET John By 1520 70 of Woolleigh in Beaford Devon History of Parliament Online a b Vivian p 569 a b Vivian p 4 Per monumental inscription Landkey Risdon 1810 Additions p 420 in 1810 Woolly belonged to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Bart Acland Anne p 5 a b Vivian p 5 pedigree of Acland Modern repainting Vivian p 545 gives these arms of family of Mallett of Idsleigh Acland Anne p 6 Acland Anne p 10 Acland Anne p 13 North Devon Record Office B437 Leverton of Beaford Farm and Estate Accounts Wills Executors Statements Letters and Newspaper Cuttings 1838 1965 4 Described as yeoman in the National Probate Index London 15 Jan 1873 Administration of William Leverton of Woolleigh Beaford Devon yeoman Died 21 Nov 1872 at Woolleigh Leverton genealogy website Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 12 Feb 1842 5 White s Devonshire Directory 1857 Peter Christie s Looking Back Column In the North Devon Journal 1951 1959 reproducing extracts from past issues 1851 1987 of the Journal 6 National Probate Index London 16 May 1878 Will of Hannah Leverton of Beaford Will of Hannah Leverton dated 21 Nov 1874 Kelly s Directory of Devon 1902 Leverton genealogy website a b c Leverton of Beaford http www lizandstu com leverton showmedia php mediaID 156 amp medialinkID 209 dead link How the Ball Clay Companies evolved Archived from the original on 10 March 2016 Retrieved 4 May 2016 Western Times Devon 16 Oct 1942 William Arthur Pengelly grave monument details at Methodist Church burial ground Marwood Devon England http www freerangeproduction com Spreads 20from 20Land 20Matters pdf dead link Archived copy Archived from the original on 29 November 2016 Retrieved 4 May 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on 29 November 2016 Retrieved 4 May 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Sources editAcland Anne A Devon Family The Story of the Aclands London and Chichester Phillimore 1981 Pole Sir William died 1635 Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon Sir John William de la Pole ed London 1791 pp 382 3 Wollegh Risdon Tristram died 1640 Survey of Devon 1811 edition London 1811 with 1810 Additions p 269 WoolleyExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Woolleigh Beaford Mallet Family History Woolleigh Barton 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Woolleigh Beaford amp oldid 1191766450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.