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looking at the family Tree of Andrew Pomeroy of Collaton in the Parish of Newton Ferrers west Devon. |
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Pomeroy |
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Pomery |
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Arms: a lion rampant Gu. within a bordure of the second. |
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Pummery |
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Pomroy |
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�John Pomeroy at the top
of the Collaton Pomeroy tree
was possibly� son of
Sir Henry Pomeroy and Alice Raleigh,
brother to
Seintclere,
Richard,
Thomas,
Elizabeth and
Agnes Pomeroy |
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�In medieval times the manor was the basic administrative unit. A knight had to provide not just armour, weapons and horses but food and clothing for himself and his family and his adherents.
To support a cavalryman and a knight's fee, a manor needed enough land to raise tithes. England had about 5,000-6,000 knights' fees and the acreage that provided the fees varied according to the quality of the land.��
This was the Feudal system by which the king provided himself with fighting men. |
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Sir Henry Pomeroy married Alice Raleigh, married c. 1385 in Wolstone Manor, Cornwall, England, (daughter of Sir John Raleigh �and Matilda Ferrers ) d. 1462. Their children were |
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For most knightly families it was natural for the sons to follow in their father's footsteps. It was accepted that fees were always inherited, thus even a disabled man could hold a manor or occasionally they would be divided between daughters. |
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However a knighthood was not inherited with the manor. The prestige of the knight rose as the code of chivalry developed, and with it the expense of maintaining armour and trappings. |
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Seint Clare Pomeroy; who married Catherine Courtnay and who died May 1471, about a month after the Battle of�� Tewkesbury |
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Ultimately it became easier to substitute military service with a money payment. Over the centuries this became a Tax, levied by the king to support his military enterprises and his court and his government of the country. |
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Richard Pomeroy who married Elizabeth Densell widow of Martin Fortescue |
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Knighthood became an honour, however it was a privilege, which some manorial lords preferred to avoid. They chose fight instead as an esquire |
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Thomas Pomeroy who married Agnes Kelloway and |
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Agnes Pomeroy |
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Elizabeth who married Humphrey Courtnay |
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�Found, Lost and Looking |
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�John Pomeroy who may be the head of the Collaton Pomeroy tree |
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Found, an Andrew Pommrye baptised Sidmouth 1601 to� Wyllyam Pummerye Christened 11 dec 1601 son of William Pummery with the� variations who?s to tell. The scribe of the entries had his own idiosyncratic way of spelling; I would suspect an ageing priest retaining the spelling habits of a life time! |
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Family of Connections |
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John Fortescue Of Filleigh (1460 - 2 JUN 1503) |
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son of Sir John Fortescue Of Ebrington and Isabella Jamys |
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Found
In IGI I found Jane Pomeroys?s dates were 1568 with her marriage to William Cavil of St Kew� before 1584, which might make her daughter of the senior Andrew Pomeroy & Anne Matthews and therefore sibling to William, John, Edward, Wilmot Thomasin and Mary |
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children included�� Martin Fortescue� 12 NOV 1472) married Elizabeth Deynsell , |
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Martin Fortescue and Elizabeth Densell , after Martin Fortescue died and she� went on to marry Sir Richard Pomeroy and have more children�� |
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Found, William a son to Andrew Pomeroy and Jane ,� William born 22 Oct 1606 Newton Ferrers. Which fits with the dates in the tree. Andrew Pomeroy was living in/ of St Columb Major by 1620� with daughter Anne was born 1608 who� married Peter Jenkins in St Columb Major� died 1682. |
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Children were of Martin Fortescue and Elizabeth Densell were |
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Found Henry Pomeroy of Tregony sold the manor of Stockleigh Pomeroy to Griffith Ameridith in 1547 (38 year of reign of Henry VIIII) He married Eleanor Bonthon in St Columb Major in 1600,
Her sister Elzabeth married Richard Leigh in St Columb Major 1601. He was son of Mary Pomeroy and Wiliam Leigh. Mary being of the Collaton Pomeroys |
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����� 1. Anastacia Fortescue, married 4 times |
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����� 2. William Fortescue married Anne Gifford and had 12 children |
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����� 3. John married Jacquet St Leger
their son Bartholomew was heir of Elizabeth Pomeroy nee Densill |
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Found �that neither Edward Pomeroy 1431 married to Margaret Bevill nor his son Henry Pomeroy were knights. However Henrys son Saintclere was knighted |
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HEXT FAMILYLooking to discover more about Jane Hext, who married Andrew Pomeroy, and her father Digory Hext of Launceston.�From Hext's family historian Jonathan Hext, I discovered that Digory was, as I suspected, connected to the Kingston Hext's. There was a Thomas Hext living in Launceston in 1573 who was probably the� 2nd son of the John Hext who sold Kingstone the house near Totnes, to the Barnhouse family in the� 16th century. |
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��Bartholomew Fortescue died 12 SEP 1557 married Ellen Moore daughter of John Moore of Moorehayes. |
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Sir Richard Pomeroy, b. about. 1441 in Berry Pomeroy, d. 24 May 1496, Sheriff of Devon married Elizabeth Densell, widow of Martin Fortescue. |
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Thomas Hext of Launceston was an alderman for the town in 1588 his name appears on the list of gentlemen who were called upon to provide the government with money at the time of the Spanish Armada -March 27, 1588� - �25. |
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When Richard Pomeroy died in 1496 his widow Elizabeth had the lands of Berry Pomeroy for her lifetime. These included Coffyns Heannton (Lynton) Ogewell, Churston Ferrers, Clyst Forneson (Sowton) Gattecombe in Colyton, Knighton Hethfield at Hennock, Pynesford in Asprington and Saltern at Budliegh Salterton |
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However the connection to Digory Hext remains unclear. Digory was living in Launceston about 1588, He married Anne Stone, daughter of John Stone of Trevigo they produced a son Thomas a daughter, Jane.�
In the burial register of St Thomas' church, Launceston there is an entry1586, Feb 22nd, Thomas Hecks, the son of Digorie Hecks. |
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�After Anne died Digory married again on September 13th 1596. His 2nd wife was Julian Wadham daughter of Sir George Wadham of St Stephen by Saltash. |
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Children of Richard Pomeroy and Elizabeth Densell: |
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Sir Edward Pomeroy �b. 1475 married Jone/Johanna Sapcot |
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�Jane Hext became her father's heir when her brother died in 1586 and married Andrew Pomeroy of Collaton �Newton Ferrers in south west Devon in about 1608 , although I wonder if her father got marriage arranged off before he died in 1603. She would have been about 15 years old. |
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Blanche Pomeroy � |
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Elizabeth Pomeroy � |
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Thomas Pomeroy, b. 1478 in Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devonshire,� d. 1508. |
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Found a reference in A2A to Digory Hext leasing a house and lands in Fowey in Cornwall in 1599 from the Rashliegh estate |
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Thomas Pomeroy son of Edward Pomeroy and Jone Sapcote b. 1503 in Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devon, married Joan Edgecomb �
To cover debts he sold Berry Pomeroy, its lands and manors to the Lord Protector Edward Seymour in 1457.Died in the Tower of London on 1 Nov 1566 following his imprisonment for hisinvolvement in the Prayer book rebellion.� |
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Thomas Pomeroy �b. 1530. Who married Honor Rolle, Progenitor of the Samuel Pomeroy tree |
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Elizabeth Pomeroy |
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Jane Pomeroy |
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Arthur Pomeroy |
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Katherine Pomeroy b. in Berry Pomeroy, Totnes d. 1606.� She married Sir John Moore b. in Moorehays Manor, Cullompton, Devon d. 1549. |
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