781:, Devon, Esq. 20 January 1658, proved 20 June 1659. If I happen to die within thirty miles of Cheshunt, Herts, my body may be carried thither and there interred in the Vault of my honored father in law Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt, knight, as near the body of my very dear virtuous and truly loving wife Martha, the youngest daughter of the said Sir Thomas Dacres, as conveniently may be, who hath promised me a burying place there according to my great desire. But if I happen to die within thirty miles of the town of Barnastaple, Devon, then I very much desire that my body may be carried to Barnstaple and buried as near the body of my dear virtuous and loving wife Jane as may be. Bequests to the town of Barnstaple, for the poor there, to the aldermen of Bristol (forty pounds) for a piece of plate with my coat of arms engraven upon it and this inscription "Ex Dono Johanni Doddridge Recordatoris Civitatis Bristoll"
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Robert Gurdon Esq., Master John Martin, Master
Richard Crossing, Master John Lowring, Master Joseph Jackson and my friends Master Robert Aldworth, Master Edward Watts and Master Richard Sherbrook. I give and bequeath unto the College in New England towards the maintenance of scholars there the yearly sum of ten pounds forever, issuing and going forth out of my Rectory of Fremington in the County of Devon. I also give and bequeath unto the Trustees for the maintenance of select scholars at the University, according to the model drawn up by Master Poole and other godly ministers, the like yearly sum of ten pounds &c. My cousin Dorothy Watts wife of Master Edward Watts, Sarah Walker daughter of Thomas Walker minister of Assington, Suffolk. Cousin Roger Hill one of the Barons of the Exchequer. My manor of Abbotts Bury in Porbury, in the County of Somerset. My niece Jane Martin.
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572:: The 16th-century "Dodderidge House" (right), demolished c. 1900, in Cross Street, Barnstaple, Devon, home of Sir John Dodderidge (1555–1628). 19th-century engraving by Jonathan Lomas, view looking down Cross Street from High Cross toward the West Gate (demolished) and to its left the Chapel of St Nicholas. Through the gate is visible the 1708 statue of Queen Anne atop the Mercantile Exchange known today as "Queen Anne's Walk", situated on the old quay of the
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against all men for ever. And that this my grant, gift and confirmation by charter may remain stable and unbroken for ever I have strengthened the present charter with the impression of my seal. Witnesses: Hugh
Peverel; Willm de Widewich; Richard de Cruwes; Philip de Bello Monte; Nicholas de Filelaya; Hugh de Chaggkeford; Willm Coffin; Alexander de Cruwes; Henry de Bello Monte; Ralph de Widewich; Thomas le Brutun; Gregory de Stoke, clerk; and many others.
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630:, in which town he married. With his wife and eight children before 1582 he moved to Holland Street, Barnstaple and served as Mayor of Barnstaple in 1589. A certain John Dodderidge, perhaps a relation, is recorded earlier in 1579 as mayor of Barnstaple. In 1585 he bought a house in Cross Street from his fellow burgess Thomas Skinner, which descended in turn to his sons Sir John and to the latter's brother
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carved oak panelling dated 1617 from this house survives in
Barnstaple Guildhall, known as the "Dodderidge Room" and an ornate overmantel displays the date 1617 between the initials "PD" and "ED", signifying Pentecost and his wife Elizabeth. The room is now used to display the Corporation's silver and the mayor's regalia. Richard entered the shipping business and owned a 100-ton prize-ship named
1399:, (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.255, pedigree of Crossing, in which she is erroneously given as a sister of Sir John Dodderidge, rather than his niece. Elizabeth Crossing is referred to as his sister in the will of John Dodderidge (1610-1659)
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of one knight for all service and demand, to me and my heirs, he and his heirs or assigns. And I, the aforesaid Henry, and my heirs, are bound to warrant the title of the said land of
Bremelrigge with the service of Aure and with all its appurtenances to the said Oliver and his heirs or their assigns
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Episcopus habet .i. mansionem que uocatur
Bremerige quam tenuit Edmerus ea die qua rex Eduuardus fuit uiuus et mortuus et reddidit gildum pro dimidia hida. Hanc possunt arare .vi. carruce. Hanc tenet Drogo de episcopo. Inde habet Drogo .i. uirgam et .ii. carrucas in dominio. et villani .i. uirgam. et
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Know ye present and future that I, Henry de Tracy, have given and granted and by this present charter have confirmed to Oliver de Tracy, for his homage and service, all the land of
Bremelrigge and the service of Aure which belongs to the said land, with all its appurtenances, to have and to hold to
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in Devon and members of the
Pollard family were known to have owned land in Bremridge. The identity of the wife bearing these escallop arms is unclear from surviving records. John Dodderidge (1610-1659) is known to have married three times but his only son John predeceased him. His wives included:
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Elizabeth
Dodderidge, wife of Richard Crossing (born 1608), son of Thomas Crossing (d.1644) of Exeter (brother of Hugh Crossing, Mayor of Exeter). Bremridge was ultimately inherited by the Crossing family on the failure of the Dodderidge male line. Richard Crossing left no male progeny by his wife
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It would thus appear that the surviving house at
Bremridge, apparently originally part of a larger structure, was built by John Dodderidge (1610-1659) as the date "1654" is sculpted on the labels of the Tudor arched front entrance. High above the front door inset into the wall is a stone heraldic
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To the poor of
Ilfracombe, Fremington, and South Molton. My most dear wife Judith. My dear sisters Mistress Elizabeth Crossing, Mistress Dorothy Lowring (i.e. Lovering) and my nephew Master John Martin. My father in law John Gurdon Esq. and my loving brothers John Hele Esq., Thomas Dacres Esq.,
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in 1621, 1624 and 1625 and mayor of Barnstaple in 1611, 1627 and 1637. This large timber-framed house, known as the "Dodderidge House" was demolished in about 1900 to make way for a post office, the present large sandstone building with the date "1901" sculpted on its parapet. A room of ornate
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The bishop of Coutances has 1 estate which is called Bremeridge, which Eadmær held on the day that King Eadweard was alive and dead, and it paid geld for half a hide. 6 ploughs can plough this. Drew holds this from the bishop. Of it Drew has 1 virgate and 2 ploughs in demesne and the villans 1
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Stated in the Visitations of Devon to have been MP for Totnes, Tavistock and Plympton; However the History of Parliament biography of his 1st Cousin Sir John Fortescue, Lord Chief Justice, of Ebrington, states the latter to have been MP for those places, thus confusion exists between the 2
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The Totnes sister of unknown name married Henry de Tracy (died pre-1165), to whom approximately half of the constituent manors of the barony, including Bremridge, were allocated as his wife's inheritance. Henry left a son and heir Oliver I de Tracy (died c. 1184), who in 1165 was charged
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virgate and 1 plough. There Drew has 3 villans and 3 bordars and 1 slave and 5 beasts and 10 pigs and 60 sheep and 22 goats and 15 acres of woodland and 30 acres of grazing-land. This is worth 20 shillings and, when the bishop received it, it was worth 10 shillings.
237:.i. carrucam. Ibi habet Drogo .iii. uillanos. et .iii. bordarios. et .i. seruum. et .v. animalia et .x. porcos. et .lx. oues. et .xxii. capras. et .xv. agros nemoris et .xxx. agros pascuae. Haec ualet .xx. solidos. et quando episcopus recepit ualebat .x. solidos.
806:, in the county of Devon, Esq., youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Dacres, of Hertford, Knt., who died in 1655. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. (Prov. xxx. 29) This is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. (Gen. xxxv. 19, 80)
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apportionment Bremridge Barton was listed as comprising 301 acres of mixed arable and pasture valued at £30 15s. 3d. The tenants were Henry Skinner and his son John Skinner. Earl Fortescue retained 130 acres of woodland on the estate for his own use, known as
647:, probably from Spanish galleons from South America, consisting of four chests of gold worth £16,000 with in addition chains of gold and civet-fur. The gold landed at Barnstaple from this voyage weighed 320 lbs. Between June and October 1590
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line between South Molton and Barnstaple, much of the course of which has been used for the A361. The tunnel is 319 yards long and was identified as "Bremridge Tunnel" in the 1889 Ordnance Survey map but as "Castle Hill Tunnel" in subsequent
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was selected for this task. She was victualled for five months, for a crew of 40, at a cost exceeding £900, borne by the North Devon population. On 8 August 1596 she returned to Barnstaple, loaded with much pillage taken during the attack on
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BREMERIGE. Tenebat Edmer tempore Regis Edwardi. geldabat pro dimidia hida. Terra est vi carucis. In dominio sunt ii carrucae cum i servo iii villani iii bordarii cum i carruca. Ibi xv acrae silvae xxx acrae pasturae. Olim x solidos modo xx
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as one of six west country merchants licensed to trade with "the River of Senegal and Gambia in Guinea". Richard presented to the Corporation of Barnstaple "a great boale with its covering, wrought in silver and a silver-gilt table lamp".
856:, Suffolk. Dodderidge died in 1659 at Cheshunt at the age of about 49. He bequeathed his library of 112 books to his wife Judith who in turn gave or bequeathed them in 1667 to the town of Barnstaple. The collection, known as the
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of 1166 he declared 23 1/3 and in 1168 30 1/2 knights' fees. Oliver I left a son and heir Oliver II (died 1210), who left as his heir Henry de Tracy (died 1274), who also inherited in 1213 the other moiety of the barony. The
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Chanter, Rev. J.F., The Parishes of Lynton & Countisbury, published in Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature & Art, Vol.38, Lynton, 1906,p.165
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Dodderidge, Rev. Sidney E., Pedigree of Dudderigge alias Dodderidge, of Dotheridge, South Molton, and Barnstaple, Co. Devon, Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, vol. 3, no. 5, (1905) pp.166-169
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Dodderidge, Rev. Sidney E, p.165, apparently intending "Wescombe", wife of Pentecost Dodderidge. The arms of "Wescombe" are not recorded in Vivian. The arms of "Westcot" (apparently the family of
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Dodderidge, Rev. Sidney E., Pedigree of Dudderigge alias Dodderidge, of Dotheridge, South Molton, and Barnstaple, Co. Devon, Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, vol. 3, no. 5, (1905) p.166
1047:, i.e. the adjoining estate of North Aller (Thorne, 42,12), one of the many manors recorded in Domesday Book as held by Odo FitzGamelin, 1st feudal baron of Great Torrington, and before 1066 by
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For example the Heraldic Visitations of Devon (Vivian, 1895, pp.597-9, pedigree of Pollard, pp.392-4, Gay of Goldsworthy) does not list a marriage by a Pollard or Gay into the Dodderidge family
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there are 2 ploughs with one servant. 3 villagers and 3 smallholders with one plough. there (are) 15 acres of woodland, 30 acres of pasture. (Value) formerly 10 shillings, now 20 shillings")
879:, a merchant based at Barnstaple who served as one of his executors. John Lovering's son was John Lovering "The Younger" (d.1686) who married Elizabeth Venner daughter of William Venner of
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Richard Coffin (d.1766) was the last in the male line. Portledge then passed via a female line to the Bennett-Coffin and then Pine-Coffin family, which held it until the late 20th century
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As his only son predeceased him, his heirs were his two sisters, Elizabeth Dodderidge, wife of Richard Crossing, and Dorcas Doddridge, the wife of John Lovering (d.1675) "The Elder", of
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on the site of the old manor house. According to Hoskins (1954) part of Bremridge was demolished in about 1830, and the building materials were used elsewhere. In the 1839
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of Alwington. In 1250 Sir Richard Coffin renewed his grant of Dudderidge to Thomas de Dudderidge, a supposed ancestor of the Dodderidge family. Other sources, most notably
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himself and his heirs or to whomsoever he shall have wished to give or assign it, from me and my heirs, for ever freely, quietly, peacefully, wholly, doing for it royal
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Thorn & Thorn, 3,56; Exchequer Domesday Book identifies him simply as "Drogo" whilst Exon Domesday identifies him as "son of Mauger", see Thorne part 2 (notes), 3,9
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Cruwys, Margaret, The Cruwys Morchard Notebook 1066-1874, James Townsend and Sons, Exeter and London, 1939, pp.9-10, with photograph and transcription
643:, a privateer effectively engaged in licensed piracy. She is recorded as having had 80 men on board in 1590, and landed a record prize taken off the
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and Nymet St. George. Margaret was the only child and sole heiress of John Coblegh (d.1542) of Brightley by his wife Joan Fortescue, whose small
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Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985.
891:(1822) Bremridge passed via female heirs of the Dodderidge family to the families of Crossing and Blundell, thence by purchase to Fortescue.
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Vivian, Visitations of Devon, p.357, pedigree of Fortescue; Joan's brother Henry Fortescue founded the Fortescue family of Preston, Devon
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in Somerset. Maud's son was William I FitzMartin (died 1324) whose son and heir William II FitzMartin died sine prole in 1326. The 1326
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direct access has been cut off from Bremridge to Filleigh and South Molton. The surviving wing of the mansion house built in 1654 is a
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sent back to Barnstaple two further prizes of unrecorded value and in January 1592 brought in a prize of £10,000. In March 1596 the
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Fuidge, N.M., biography of John Dodderidge, published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1558–1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
1536:, (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.597
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of William II FitzMartin (died 1326) lists his fees pertaining to the Barony of Barnstaple, comprising 88 estates, including
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of Filleigh. Margaret Cobleigh married Sir Roger Giffard (d.1547) and thus Brightley, together with other estates including
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Lysons, Daniel & Samuel, Magna Britannia: volume 6: Devonshire (1822), pp. 326-360, Bremridge listed under South Molton
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1494:(d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.481)
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Amongst the witnesses were members of the Cruwys family, which still survives today in residence at its ancient seat of
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in 1604. The Dodderidge family had long been prominent merchants in nearby South Molton and later in Barnstaple.
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ordered the mayor of Barnstaple to send a ship to challenge two or three Spanish ships in the Irish Sea and the
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In 2014 the estate of Bremridge is the property of Tony Hill of nearby Rapscott, the son of Olympic horserider
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in 1621, 1624 and 1625 and mayor of Barnstaple in 1611, 1627 and 1637. Pentecost Dodderidge's heir was his son
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The eventual heiress of the barony was Maud de Brian, granddaughter of Henry de Tracy (died 1274), who married
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Risdon, p.126 re Chagford: "In king Henry the third's time (i.e. 1216-1272) Hugh de Chegford, knight, held it"
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Church. Joan (or Jane) Fortescue was a daughter of William Fortescue (d.1520), 2nd son of John Fortescue, of
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829:). These appear to be the arms of three possible families: Gay of Goldsworthy and Barnstaple, Westcott or
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sealed by Henry de Tracy survives as the oldest of the mediaeval deeds amongst the Cruwys Papers at
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of the barony: Aenor and a sister whose name is unknown, wife of Henry de Tracy (died pre-1165).
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The farm at Bremridge seen from beside the lane from Hatherleigh, and across the field shown in
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Martha Dacres (d.1655), the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
770:(1610–1659), MP, whose will, dated 20 Jan 1658 and proved 20 Jun 1659 may be summarised thus:
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519:, also high above the entrance door of Bremridge, sculpted in stone impaling Pollard
511:. These arms are visible on the monument to Sir John Dodderidge (1555-1628) in the
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76:, the earthwork of which is situated on a hillside forming a promontory above the
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1465:& Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.449
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http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-98938-bremridge-filleigh-devon
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696:(1610–1659), MP (see below). Pentecost had several daughters including:
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some time before 1139, leaving two sisters as his co-heiresses each to a
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1516:(c.1567–c.1637), historian and topographer of Devon) are engraved as:
398:, in which parish is now situated Bremridge; and Hugh de Chagford, of
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conducted by Lords Essex and Howard. Richard received at some time
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193:(d.1090) at his Devonshire manor of Donningstone in the parish of
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in North Devon. They were feudal tenants of the Coffin family of
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221:. It paid tax for half a hide. There is land for six ploughs. In
614:(d.1723) supposed the family to have originated at the manor of
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209:. The (expanded) text of the Domesday Book entry is as follows:
185:, his chief sub-tenant in Devon. Mauger his father was probably
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Thorne & Thorne, 3,56-57; to be distinguished from another
802:"To the memory of Martha Doddridge, wife of John Doddridge, of
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Argent, two pales wavy azure between nine crosses croslet gules
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Lamplugh, Lois, Barnstaple: Town on the Taw, Chichester, 2002
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80:. In Bremridge Wood survives a disused tunnel of the former
410:, which family survived there in the male line until 1766.
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is listed as the 56th of the 99 Devonshire landholdings of
676:(1959) to have built a new mansion at Bremridge in 1622.
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where formerly all ships' cargoes were unloaded and sold;
324:(Bremridge and South Aller) as held by "Oliver de Tracy".
1524:, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London
1287:, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London
923:(1696–1751), built the present grand Palladian mansion
762:(possibly Gay, Pollard or Wescombe/Westcott, see below)
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Dorothy) Dodderidge (d.1666), wife of John Lovering of
390:, great landowners, a member of the de Filleigh family
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Vivian, 1895, Gay of Goldsworthy, p.392, footnote 12
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Risdon, Tristram, Survey of Devon, 1810 edition, p.284
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Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, p.59
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Thorne & Thorne, part 2, list of names under Edmer
276:. Juhel's son and heir was Alfred de Totnes, who died
118:, who also held, amongst others, the nearby estate of
1008:"Brembridge Woods GWR tunnel, nr South Molton, Devon"
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Elizabeth Dodderidge, only three married daughters:
189:who is listed in the Domesday Book as a tenant of
48:in Devon, England. It is now within the parish of
707:Rebecca Crossing (born 1637), wife of John Bankes
704:Sarah Crossing (born 1634), wife of John Blundell
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1477:; Stated incorrectly as "1624" by Pevsner, p.449
217:.("Bremridge. Edmer held it in the time of King
1488:Argent crusilly gules, three pallets unde azure
348:(1089-1099), but by more modern authorities as
252:Bremridge was a constituent manor of the large
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586:He was son of Richard Doddridge, merchant, of
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1609:Will of John Lovering "The Elder" proved 1675
1552:. New York: Kraus Reprint Corps. p. 141.
1089:Thorne & Thorne, part 2: 3,9; 3,70; 15,57
527:(Doderidge or Dodderidge, etc.) (1555–1628),
1546:Office, Great Britain Public Record (1963).
797:Church, Hertfordshire, inscribed as follows:
684:Sir John Dodderidge's heir was his brother
352:1220. The text (translated) is as follows:
434:(Bremridge & South Aller), forming one
815:Argent, two pales wavy azure between nine
505:Argent, two pales wavy azure between nine
332:An undated confirmation deed relating to
1600:Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 1901
1572:Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 1901
1453:Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 380 Pell
466:, which John Fortescue was 1st cousin of
272:(died 1123/30), formerly feudal baron of
205:, Manche, immediately to the east of the
1486:Pole gives the blazon alternatively as:
911:in 1789), whose principal seats were at
766:Pentecost Dodderidge's heir was his son
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1663:"Devon, South Molton - the Tracy Deed"
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340:House. It was dated by Dr. Oliver as
1591:Called his father-in-law in his will
1435:Vivian, pp.552-3, pedigree of Martyn
1426:Vivian, p.364, pedigree of Fortescue
948:(1927-2005), gold medallist at the
177:, and was one of the 73 holdings he
1643:, History of Devonshire (1793-1806)
1163:Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon
813:displaying the arms of Dodderidge (
402:, Dartmoor. Also William Coffin of
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760:A chevron between three escallops
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1518:A chevron between three escallops
1444:Dodderidge, Rev. Sidney E., p.157
1143:Thorne & Thorne, part 2, 3,56
446:Margaret Cobleigh (died 1547) of
16:Historic estate in Devon, England
1275:Dodderidge, Rev. Sidney E, p.163
921:Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Clinton
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438:and tenanted by John Tracy.
52:but was formerly in that of
7:
743:John Dodderidge (1610-1659)
725:feudal barons of Barnstaple
529:Justice of the King's Bench
495:John Dodderidge (1555-1628)
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361:as much as pertains to the
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254:feudal barony of Barnstaple
248:Feudal barony of Barnstaple
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1080:Thorne & Thorne, 15,57
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422:(d.1260), feudal baron of
1714:Historic estates in Devon
1165:, 3 Vols., Exeter, 1840-2
448:Brightley, Chittlehampton
432:Bremelrugg and South Alre
145:
62:Grade II* listed building
33:Bremridge, entrance front
1582:As mentioned in his will
956:. It is let to tenants.
862:Bibliotheca Doddridgiana
688:(d. circa 1650), MP for
634:(d. circa 1650), MP for
201:is on the west coast of
191:Robert, Count of Mortain
154:Domesday Book entry for
138:(d.1640) (who called it
1387:of 1620 (Vivian, p.255)
1226:Inquisition post mortem
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580:: the same view in 2013
428:Inquisition post mortem
406:, lord of the manor of
303:for his moiety. In the
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905:History of Devonshire
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328:de Tracy confirmation
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82:Great Western Railway
58:North Devon Link Road
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1397:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.
1022:"Castle Hill Tunnel"
899:The Devon historian
870:University of Exeter
858:Dodderidgian Library
686:Pentecost Dodderidge
680:Pentecost Dodderidge
632:Pentecost Dodderidge
533:Member of Parliament
503:Arms of Dodderidge:
258:Geoffrey de Montbray
219:Edward the Confessor
171:Geoffrey de Montbray
101:Descent of the manor
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1385:heraldic visitation
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470:(c. 1394–c. 1480),
420:Nicholas FitzMartin
262:Bishop of Coutances
183:Drogo son of Mauger
175:Bishop of Coutances
1690:51.0463°N 3.8652°W
1332:Lamplugh, pp.52-54
777:John Doddridge of
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608:lords of the manor
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468:Sir John Fortescue
464:Whympston, Modbury
456:monumental brasses
187:Mauger of Carteret
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68:is the site of an
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1463:Pevsner, Nikolaus
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981:References
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312:(compiled
279:sine prole
266:William II
260:(d.1093),
233:contains:
195:Clayhanger
173:(d.1093),
78:River Bray
1681:3°51′55″W
954:Stockholm
895:Fortescue
604:Portledge
600:Alwington
574:River Taw
484:Westleigh
452:Bremridge
408:Alwington
404:Portledge
376:Latinised
346:Richard I
318:Bremelrig
167:BREMERIGE
156:BREMERIGE
140:Bromridge
132:etymology
85:editions.
74:hill fort
38:Bremridge
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299:on 25
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