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| Both Pat and Annie feel they have Cornish souls. This is a site Annie made about Cornwall |
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| Werrington. From what I have found both from a visit and from records is that there is no village of Werrington. The nearest village to Werrington Park is Yeolmbridge. ~ agricultural images from a book about 1900 in Werrington parish~ Werrington: Barton (estate); Druxen (farm); Eggbear (farm); Parsonage (house); St Martin and St Giles (parish church); Werrington House (house); Yeolmbridge (farm). Once in Devon now in Cornwall Werrington is a Parish of some size having 5,305 acres. In the 19th C it had 25 head of cattle, 150 sheep, 20 acres of wood 100 acres of meadow and 500 acres of pasture. There were 75 houses 104 families with around 249 women and , 240 men. 347 had agricultural occupations, 7 did manufacturing work and 135 had other occupations. Land taxes in 1692 was �161 5s 3d. In 1249 it was called Wufrinton, 1324 it was called Worryinton ,the land was held by the Abbey of Tavistock under King Edward who had 116 villiens, 25 borders, 20 serfs and 20 soscots( an expression I have not seen before) I found a curious sentence in the records 'the manor paid 20 pounds by tale and under jing' so odd that it intrigues me and I will be trying to discover what this means. Originally Francis Russell, made Earl of Bedford after his successful suppression of the Prayerbook Rebellion ,was granted the manor of Werrington. it was later sold to Sir Francis Drake. His heirs sold the property to the Morice family in 1661. Sir William Morice was Secretary of State to Charles II. In the time we are interested in it was in the hands of his descendents. Mainly an agricultural parish occupations were few other found in the area. There was a slate quarry there in the 18th and 19th century producing slate regarded as being finer that that of Delabole, near St Teath , and very fire resistent. Owned latterly by th Milne family, it was fairly famous in its time. The other source of employment was the nearby Bude Canal and Duxton Wharf at Cross Gates. |
| Great great great grandfather Richard Pomery was born Werrington 1781 to John and Elizabeth Pomery. They may well be the John Pomery and Elizabeth Evens who married at South Petherwin in Cornwall on 22 Jan.1769. |
| Carey and Panson. An early writ addressed to Bishop William Warelwust William Fitz John and Geoffrey de Furnellis enjoining the restitution of demesne lands of the abbey [ of Tavistock]alienated without royal licence . The manor of Carey does not appear in Domesday but it may have been included in Panestan. [St Giles on the Heath] After the death of William I this manor and lands seems to have come into the possession of Ralph de Pomerie by irregular means, who later persuaded one Rulad Adobed to exchange it for 3 other manors. Ruald subsequently (in 1103 )became a monk at St Nicholas Priory in Exeter and his land passed to the king or his heirs. He took Poughill (Exeter) into the Priory, from whence it devolved to the Abbey of Tavistock. The recorders of the Domesday Book recorded this transaction in such a way as to indicate they regarded this as a smart move by Ralph |
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| Be Warned Genealogy can be addictive |
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