Ford Abbey Devon. The seat of - Gwynne Esq. ... (1831)
Thomas Higham
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC2945 |
| Devon | PLY | I/S |
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SC2945
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CD 45 DVD 7
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Lysons, Daniel and Samuel. Magna Britannia: being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain: Vol. VI., Devonshire. pp. 501-2. London: T. Cadell, 1822.The estates of this monastery were valued at 381l. 10s. 6¾d., clear yearly income, at the time of its suppression, when King Henry VIII. granted the manor of Thorncombe to John Earl of Oxford, and the site of the abbey, with other lands, to Richard Pollard, Esq. Sir John, son of Sir Richard, sold it to Sir Amias Paulet, by whom it was conveyed to William Rowsewell, Esq. Sir Henry Rowsewell, son of William, sold Ford Abbey to Sir Edmund Prideaux, whose son married the heiress of Franceis [sic], of Combe flory, and took the name of that family. Margaret, his daughter and heir, in 1690, married Francis Gwynn, Esq., the present proprietor. Mr Gwynn occasionally resides at Ford Abbey, which exhibits considerable remains of the buildings erected by Thomas Chard, the last abbot. [Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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Copper l.engr
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99x155mm
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Dates
1831