Thuborough (alias ''Therborough, Theoburgh'', etc.) in the parish of

Sutcombe Sutcombe is a village and civil parish in the Non-metropolitan district, local government district of Torridge District, Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about 5.5 miles north of the town of Holsworthy, Devon, Holsworthy, is surr ...

, Devon, England, is an historic estate, formerly a seat of a branch of the Prideaux family, also seated at Orcharton, Modbury; Adeston,

Holbeton Holbeton is a civil parish and village located 9 miles south east of Plymouth in the South Hams district of Devon, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 579, down from 850 in 1901. By 2011 it had increased to 619. The south ...

;

Soldon, Holsworthy Soldon in the parish of Holsworthy Hamlets, Devon, England, is a historic estate, a seat of the Prideaux family. The manor house is a Listed building, grade II listed building dating from the mid-16th century with later alterations. It was sold in ...

;

Netherton, Farway Netherton in the parish of Farway in Devon is an historic estate situated about 3 1/2 miles south-east of Honiton. The present mansion house known as Netherton Hall was built in 1607 in the Jacobean style, restored and rebuilt 1836-44, and is a ...

; Ashburton;

Nutwell Nutwell in the parish of Woodbury on the south coast of Devon is a historic manor and the site of a Georgian neo-classical Grade II* listed mansion house known as Nutwell Court. The house is situated on the east bank of the estuary of the Ri ...

, Woodbury;

Ford Abbey Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England, with a postal address in Chard, Somerset. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the estate is farmed to provide additional revenue. Forde Abbe ...

Thorncombe Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It was historically, until 1844, an exclave of Devon. It lies five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated cl ...

, all in Devon and at

Prideaux Place Prideaux Place is a Listed building, grade I listed Elizabethan architecture, Elizabethan country house in the parish of Padstow, Cornwall, England. It has been the home of the Prideaux family for over 400 years. The house was built in 1592 by ...

Padstow Padstow (; ) is a town, civil parishes in England, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary, approximately northwest of Wadebridge, ...

and

Prideaux Castle Prideaux Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort situated atop a 133 m (435 ft) high conical hill near the southern boundary of the parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also sometimes referred to as ''Pridea ...

Luxulyan Luxulyan (; ), also spelt Luxullian or Luxulian, is a village and civil parish in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village lies four miles (6.5 km) northeast of St Austell and six miles (10 km) south of Bodmin. The population ...

, in Cornwall. The present mansion house, comprising "Thuborough House" and "Thuborough Barton", the north-east block, is a

grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

building.

Descent

Brictwold

The Anglo-Saxon holder of the estate of ''Teweberie'' (in the

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

Black Torrington Black Torrington is a village and civil parish in Torridge, Devon, England, situated between the towns of Holsworthy and Hatherleigh. It is located on and named after (the dark waters of) the River Torridge. In the 2021 UK census, the populati ...

) immediately prior to the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...

of 1066 was ''Bristvold'', as recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1086, the standardised spelling of which name is ''Brictwold''. A man named Brictwold, spelled variously as ''Bristvold, Brictvold, Bristvoldus, Bristoald, Brictwold'', etc., held 11 other estates in Devon as listed in the Domesday Book, namely: *Stoodleigh in the parish of

West Buckland West Buckland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south west of Taunton. The parish has a population of 1,189. History In 904, certain lands were the basis of a charter to Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, later confirmed i ...

*Plaistow in the parish of

Shirwell Shirwell is a village, civil parish and former manor in the local government district of North Devon, in the county of Devon, England. It was also formerly the name of a hundred of Devon. The village lies about 3.5 miles north-east of the town o ...

*Varley in the parish of Marwood *Poulston in the parish of Halwell *

Bradninch Bradninch is a small town, civil parish and Manorialism, manor in Devon, England, lying about south of Cullompton. Much of the surrounding farmland belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall. There is an Wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingd ...

, now a parish *Parracombe in the parish of Shirwell *Churchill in the parish of East Down *Beare, of uncertain location *Flete *Twitchen in the parish of

Arlington Arlington most often refers to: *Arlington, Virginia **Arlington National Cemetery, a United States military cemetery *Arlington, Texas Arlington may also refer to: Places Australia *Arlington light rail station, on the Inner West Light Rail in S ...

*Staplehill in the parish of

Ilsington Ilsington is a village and civil parish situated on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is one of the largest parishes in the county, and includes the villages of Ilsington, Haytor Vale, Liverton and South Knighton. The parish is s ...

de Aumale

The manor of ''Teweberie'' was held in 1086 by Robert de Aumale (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1086) ( Latinised to ''de Albemarle''), one of the

Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the we ...

of King

William the Conqueror William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was D ...

(1066-1087). His tenant was a certain ''Franco''. Robert's lands, comprising 17 entries in the

of 1086, later formed part of the very large

Feudal barony of Plympton The feudal barony of Plympton (or Honour of Plympton) was a large feudal barony in the county of Devon, England, whose '' caput'' was Plympton Castle and manor, Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during th ...

, whose later barons were the

Courtenay family The House of Courtenay is a medieval noble house of French origins, with branches in France, England and the Holy Land. One branch of the Capetian dynasty bore the name of Courtenay through mariage to a Courtenay heiress and became a royal h ...

Earls of Devon Earl of Devon is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. It was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the Redvers family (''alias'' de Reviers, Revieres, etc.), and later by the Courtenay family. ...

. Robert was

lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the Peerage o ...

Aumale Aumale (), formerly known as Albemarle," is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. It lies on the River Bresle. History The town's Latin name was ''Alba Marla''. It was raised by William ...

Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

, now in the

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Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inf� ...

, France. As recorded in the 12th/13th century

Book of Fees The ''Book of Fees'' is the colloquial title of a modern edition, transcript, rearrangement and enhancement of the medieval (Latin: 'Book of Fiefs') which is a listing of feudal landholdings or fief (Middle English ), compiled in about 1302, bu ...

, a later tenant of the estate of ''Thefebergh'', but holding it from the feudal barony of Plympton, was a certain Ralph ''de Alba Mara'', whose relationship to Robert de Aumale is unrecorded. Ralph also held the estate of Kismeldon in

West Putford West Putford is a small settlement and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England. The parish, which lies about north of the town of Holsworthy, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of East Putf ...

de Esse/Ashe

The de Esse or de Ashe/Aysshe family took its surname from one of the many ancient estates in Devon named Esse/Ash. A branch of the family survived seated at the manor of Sowton (''alias'' Clist Fomeson/Somson) until the 18th century. The arms of this family were: ''Argent, two chevrons sable'', and "were quartered by several worthy families" according to the Devon historian

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 ...

(d.1640), who recorded the following descent of the manor of ''Therborough'': *Sir Ralph de Esse, ''tempore'' King Henry III (1216-1272) *Sir Alan de Esse, ''tempore'' King Richard II (1377-1399), who left two daughters and co-heiresses: **Ingaret de Esse, eldest daughter, heiress of Thuborough, wife firstly of Andrew Giffard and secondly wife of Richard Halse of Kennedon **Elizabeth de Esse, wife of John Giffard of Helland, Cornwall.

Giffard

The descent of Thuborough in the Giffard family was as follows: *Andrew Giffard, second son of John II Giffard of Halsbury in the parish of

Parkham Parkham is a small village, civil parish and former manor situated 5 miles south-west of the town of Bideford in north Devon, England. The parish, which lies within the Kenwith ward in the Torridge district, is surrounded clockwise from the n ...

, Devon, by his wife Jone Deuclive, daughter and heiress of Richard Deuclive. *John Giffard *(son) of Thuborough, who married Alice Ugworthy, a daughter and co-heiress of John Ugworthy. *Stephen Giffard (

1438) (son) of Thuborough who married firstly to Joan Spencer, daughter and heiressRisdon, p.249 of John Spencer of

Spencer Combe Spencer Combe in the parish of Crediton, Devon, is an historic estate. The grade II listed farmhouse known today as "Spence Combe", the remnant of a former mansion house, is situated 3 miles north-west of the town of Crediton. The arms given ...

, Tedburn St Mary, near

Crediton Crediton is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 road, A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton, north w ...

Sources

* Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 618–620, pedigree of Prideaux of Adeston and Thuborough

References

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