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Sharpham is an historic estate in the parish of
Ashprington Ashprington is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. The village is not far from the River Dart, but high above it, and is about three miles south of Totnes. There is a local pub, hotel and phonebox. The c ...
, Devon. The Georgian mansion house, known as Sharpham House, overlooks the
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and is a
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building. The house was commenced in about 1770 by the Royal Navy captain
Philemon Pownoll Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Philemon Pownoll ( – 15 June 1780) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War and American War of Independence. Born in Plymouth, Pownoll was the son of a leading ...
(died 1780) to the designs of the architect Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788). In the opinion of
Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (195 ...
it contains "one of the most spectacular and daring later 18th century staircase designs anywhere in England". The park and gardens are Grade II* listed in the
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens #REDIRECT Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England #REDIRECT Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England {{R from move ...
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. Part of the descent of Sharpham is shown on the
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heraldic pedigree roll.


Descent


Winard

Robert Winard (or Wynard) of Sharpham died without male progeny leaving a daughter and heiress Anne Winard, who married Robert French.


French

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(
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1377–1386) of
Totnes Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and ab ...
, a Member of Parliament for
Totnes Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and ab ...
in January 1377, November 1384, 1385 and 1386, married Anne Winard, daughter and heiress of Robert Winard of Sharpham. In the 15th century it was owned by Robert FrenchRisdon, p.167 of Horneford in Devon, whose daughter and heiress Amey (or Maude) French married (as his second wife) Sir John Prideaux (fl. 1433).


Prideaux

Sir John Prideaux (fl. 1433) of Adeston in the parish of Holbeton and of Orcheton in the parish of Modbury, Devon married Anne r Maude heiress of John Sharpham. Her daughter and heiress was Joane Prideaux, who married firstly to William Drewe, secondly to Baldwin Acland of
Acland, Landkey The Estate in land, estate of Acland (''alias'' Accelana,Risdon, p.325 Akeland etc.) in the parish of Landkey, near Barnstaple in North Devon, England, was from 1155 the earliest known seat of the influential and wealthy family of Acland, to wh ...
, Devon, ancestor of the
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. Sharpham descended thenceforth in the Drewe family as follows:Vivian, p.306


Drewe

*William Drewe (died 1548), 3rd son, of Kenn in Devon, who married a certain Elinor *John Drewe, son, a lawyer of
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, who married Joane Cruwys a daughter of a member of the Cruwys family of
Cruwys Morchard __NOTOC__ Cruwys Morchard is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of the county of Devon in England. It is located about four to five miles west of Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton along the road to Witheridge. The parish cover ...
, Devon. *John Drewe (died 1574), of St Leonard's, Devon, son and heir and heir to his grandfather. He married twice, firstly to Anne Yorke, daughter of Watkyn Yorke of Devon, secondly to a lady of the Bridges family. *Thomas Drewe, son, of Sharpham and
Killerton Killerton is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, England, which, with its hillside garden and estate, has been owned by the National Trust since 1944 and is open to the public. The National Trust displays the house as a comforta ...
, Devon, who married Elinor Hackmore, daughter and co-heiress of William Hackmore. * Edward Drewe (c. 1542 – 1598), son, of Sharpham, a Serjeant-at-Law to Queen Elizabeth I, MP for Lyme Regis 1584, twice for Exeter in 1586 and 1589 and for the prestigious seat of the City of London in 1593. He purchased the estate of The Grange in the parish of
Broadhembury Broadhembury is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, north-west of Honiton. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Kerswell, Dulford, Crammer Barton, Colliton and Luton, all to the west of the village ...
, the former grange of Dunkeswell Abbey, where he built himself a new mansion house. He moved his residence to The Grange and sold Sharpham to John Giles of Bowden, an adjacent estate. Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), ''Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend
John Swete Rev. John Swete (born John Tripe) (baptised 13 August 1752 – 25 October 1821) of Oxton, Kenton, Oxton House, Kenton, Devon, Kenton in Devon, was a clergyman, landowner, artist, antiquary, historian and topographer and author of the ''Picturesqu ...
'', 1789–1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, Vol.4, p.103 Edward Drewe married Bridget FitzWilliam of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, by whom he had a son and heir Sir Thomas Drewe (died 1651) of The Grange,
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in 1612, who sold Killerton to Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) of
Acland, Landkey The Estate in land, estate of Acland (''alias'' Accelana,Risdon, p.325 Akeland etc.) in the parish of Landkey, near Barnstaple in North Devon, England, was from 1155 the earliest known seat of the influential and wealthy family of Acland, to wh ...
.


Giles

*John Giles (died 1606) of
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, an adjacent estate in Ashprington, who purchased Sharpham from Edward Drewe. He was the eldest son of William Giles of Bowden by his wife Joane Blackall (''alias'' Blackaller) of Totnes.Vivian, p.409, pedigree of Giles He married Agnes Stucley, a daughter of Sir
Hugh Stucley Sir Hugh Stucley (1496–1559) was the lord of Affeton in Devon, and Sheriff of Devon in 1545. His third son was Thomas Stukley (c. 1520 – 1578), known as "The Lusty Stucley". Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Stucley (1473 ...
(1496–1559) of Affeton, Devon,
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in 1545. *Sir Edward Giles (1566–1637), Knight, eldest son and heir, of Bowden, who at the time of the writing of the ''Survey of Devon'' by
Tristram Risdon Tristram Risdon (c. 1580 – 1640) was an English antiquarian and topographer, and the author of ''Survey of the County of Devon''. He was able to devote most of his life to writing this work. After he completed it in about 1632 it circulated a ...
(died 1640), was the owner of Sharpham. He married Mary Drew (died 1642/3), daughter and heiress of Edmond Drew of Hayne,
Newton St Cyres Newton St Cyres (, like "sires") is a village, civil parish former Manorialism, manor and former ecclesiastical parish in Mid Devon, in the England, English county of Devon, located between Crediton and Exeter. It had a population of 562 at th ...
, Devon (who bore the same arms as Drew of Sharpham but whose kinship to that family is not clear), widow of Walter Northcote. He died without children.


Yarde

The Giles family sold Sharpham to the Yarde family of Bradley in the parish of
Kingsteignton Kingsteignton ( ), is a town and civil parish in south Devon, England. It lies at the head of the Teign Estuary to the west of Teignmouth in the Teignbridge district. It is bypassed by the A380 and is also on the A383, A381, B3193 and B31 ...
. * Gilbert Yard (1672/3-1707), of Sharpham, was MP for Ashburton 1705-7. He was buried at Ashprington. He was the eldest son of Gilbert Yarde (died 1692) of Bradley by his wife Elizabeth Northleigh, daughter of Henry I Northleigh of
Peamore, Exminster Peamore (anciently ''Pevmere'', ''Peanmore'', ''Peamont'', etc.) is a historic country estate in the parish of Exminster, Devon, which is near the city of Exeter. In 1810 Peamore House was described as "one of the most pleasant seats in the neig ...
and sister of Henry II Northleigh (1643–1694) of Peamore, three times MP for
Okehampton Okehampton ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 7,313, which was slightly more than the 7,104 recorded at the 2011 census. Th ...
. In 1694/5 he married Joane Blackaller (died 1725), daughter of Henry Blackaller "of Sharpham". *Gilbert Yarde (born 1698), son and heir, of Sharpham, living in 1725.


Cockey

In 1748 Sharpham was sold by Gilbert Yard to Philip Cockey,Risdon, 1810 Additions, pp.380–1 who was seemingly more interested in the resale value of the timber in the park than in the house. The sale particulars described the estate as having extensive woodlands, a mansion house and several walled gardens. These are visible on a survey of 1749. A
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for the sum of £200 dated 1749 survives in Plymouth and West Devon Record Office listing as parties: ''1: William Cockey of Totnes, brazier; 2: Elizabeth Hannaford of Totnes, spinster; 3: Philip Cockey of Sharpham, gentleman and Benjamin Blackaller of Totnes, mercer''. Another document dated 1763 survives in Cornwall Record Office summarised as follows: ''Parties: (1) William Shepherd and John Bayly both of Plymouth, merchants, to (2) Philip Cockey of Sharpham, Devon, esquire, Richard Dunning of Plymouth, gentleman, Peter Baron of Stoke Damerel, gentleman and Robert Baron of Plymouth, brazier. Bond in £500 To indemnify (2) against cost of lawsuits concerning Presbyterian church in Plymouth.'' In 1765 Philip Cockey sold Sharpham to Captain Philemon Pownoll, having previously in 1755 offered a lease on the estate.


Pownoll

Mr Cockey sold it in about 1763 to Captain
Philemon Pownoll Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Philemon Pownoll ( – 15 June 1780) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years' War and American War of Independence. Born in Plymouth, Pownoll was the son of a leading ...
(c. 1734 – 1780) of the
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, born in Plymouth and the son of master shipwright Israel Pownoll (died 1779), master shipwright of Plymouth Dockyard (1762–65) and of Chatham (1775–79), who had built a large number of warships for the Royal Navy. In 1762 Philemon Pownoll had acquired a fortune of £64,963 having captured a Spanish Galleon, and in about 1770 commenced the building of the present house, completed after his death by his daughter and heiress Jane Pownall (died 1822).


Bastard

* Edmund Bastard (1758–1816), of Kitley,
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, MP for Dartmouth,Vivian, p.51, pedigree of Bastard who married Jane Pownall (died 1822), the heiress of Sharpham. *Captain John Bastard (1737–1835), Royal Navy, second son, MP for Dartmouth. While Jane's eldest son Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784–1838), MP for Devon, inherited Kitley, her second son inherited Sharpham. He is said to have lost his fortune in gambling.


Durant

Richard Durant purchased Sharpham in 1841, and it remained in the ownership of his descendants until 1940, when the estate was split up and sold, with Avenue Cottage sold separately.


Ash

In 1962 Sharpham House was purchased by
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(1917–2003), whose property developer grandfather, Gilbert Ash, had left him a large fortune. He was an environmentalist, writer, and
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. He was chairman of the
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and of the Dartington Trust. After
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his friend
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, later Lord Young of Dartington, introduced him to the Dartington Hall Trust, a design school with craft workshops, established by Leonard Elmhirst and his wealthy American heiress wife Dorothy
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, who in the 1920s had purchased the historic estate of
Dartington Hall Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as ...
near Totnes and had restored at great expense the manor house and its mediaeval Great Hall. In 1947 Maurice Ash married Ruth Elmhirst, Leonard and Dorothy's daughter. Maurice and Ruth laid out formal gardens at Sharpham to the design of Percy Cane. In 1982 the Sharpham estate was transferred by Mr Ash to a charitable trust known as the Sharpham Trust, and he continued to reside at Sharpham until his death in 2003.


Sharpham Trust

Since 1982 Sharpham House has been owned by the Sharpham Trust, a registered educational charity whose aims and objectives are "to maintain, conserve and enhance the land, buildings, resources and bio-diversity of its estate for public benefit. To provide opportunities for physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual learning; through activity, reflection, creativity and enquiry." In recent years, the trust has hosted Buddhist-inspired retreats, aiming to develop mental resilience, and help in coping with trauma and grief. In 2020, the trust began a nature restoration project with a
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approach.


References


Sources

* Risdon, Tristram (died 1640), ''Survey of Devon'', 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions * Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620'', Exeter, 1895. {{coord, 50.4090, -3.6521, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Historic estates in Devon Country houses in Devon Grade I listed houses in Devon Grade II* listed parks and gardens in Devon