Sir Nicholas Wadham, MP

WADHAM, Sir Nicholas (by 1472-1542), of Merrifield, nr. Ilton, Som.

Family and Education

b. by 1472, 1st s. of Sir John Wadham of Merrifield by Elizabeth, da. of Hugh Stukeley. m. (1) Joan, da. of Robert Hill of Halsway, Som. and Bridport, Dorset; (2) Margaret, da. of John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wilts.; (3) by June 1517, Isabel, da. of Thomas Baynham of Clearwell, Glos., wid. of Sir Giles Brydges (d.1511) of Coberley, Glos., (4) Joan, da. of Richard Lyte, wid. of William Walton; 5s. 2da. suc. fa. 20 Apr. 1502. Kntd. 18 Feb. 1504. d. 5 Mar. 1542.1
Offices Held
Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1498-9, 1534-5, Devon 1501-2, 1514-15, Wilts. 1516-17; esquire of the body by 1503; j.p. Som. 1503-d., Hants 1515, Dorset 1521, western counties 1540; capt. I. o. W. May 1509-20; commr. array, Hants 1511, musters Southampton 1512, Portsmouth 1514, subsidy, Hants, Som. 1512, Som. 1514, 1515, 1524; v.-adm. 1522.2

Biography

Sir Nicholas Wadham’s life was divided between the court and the west country, with an interlude in the Isle of Wight. Pricked sheriff before succeeding to the headship of his family and put on the bench not long after he was active in island administration before being appointed governor there by Henry VIII. Although he is not known to have fought in the French and Scottish campaigns of 1512 and 1513 he helped to muster troops at Southampton and Portsmouth. In 1520, the year that he surrendered his governorship, he went with the King to the meetings with Francis I and Charles V. Four years later he received an honorary admission to the Middle Temple.3
Elected to the Parliament of 1529, he came to stand well with Cromwell and, no doubt, was a good servant to the King. Presumably he was re-elected in 1536 in compliance with the general request for the return of the previous Members, when his presence as one of Queen Jane Seymour’s alliance would have further commended him to the regime. After an interval of 35 years he again became sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, although he seems to have left all the duties to the under sheriff. In October 1535 he asked Cromwell if he could be pricked again, so as not to lose many of the potential profits of the office, but the request was refused. During the next five years he corresponded intermittently with Cromwell (who had taken his son into his household), asking for his long and faithful service to be mentioned to the King, and hoping for some reward. He seems to have got little but further duties: in 1540 he was placed on several judicial commissions in the west. He died in the middle of this flurry of activity on 5 Mar. 1542.4
Wadham had made his will on 25 Nov. 1539. To his fourth wife he left the plate, apparel and goods that she had brought to their marriage, together with much of his own jewellery and plate, livestock and corn. To each of his three younger sons then living he bequeathed a horse and a sum of £100. Most of the remainder of his goods he ordered to be sold to pay his debts and legacies. He named (Sir) Hugh Paulet and William Portman among the executors and Sir William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton, and Richard Pollard supervisors. None of his property outside Somerset is mentioned in this testament, which was proved 31 Jan. 1543.5
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From: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/w...
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Sir Nicholas Wadham (before 1472 – 5 March 1542) was an English landowner, courtier, politician, and civil and military administrator from Somerset.[2][3] His inherited landholdings over three counties included Merryfield in Ilton in Somerset,[2] Catherston Leweston in Dorset,[4] and Edge in Branscombe in Devon.
Origins
Born by 1472, he was the first son of Sir John Wadham (died 1481), of Merryfield, and his wife Elizabeth Stucley, daughter of Hugh Stucley (died 1457)[2][3] and his wife Catherine Affeton (died 1467). His paternal grandparents were Sir John Wadham (died 1440), grandson of the judge Sir John Wadham (died 1412), and his wife Elizabeth Popham (died 1476).[3]
Career
His first public appointment was as Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1498, followed by a term as Sheriff of Devon in 1501.[2] By 1503 he was attached to the royal court as an esquire of the body and, on 18 February 1504, he was knighted.[2]
From 1509 to 1520 he was Captain of the Isle of Wight, responsible for the island's defence, and although he is not known to have fought in the French and Scottish campaigns of 1512 and 1513, as a commissioner of array for Hampshire from 1511 he held musters on the mainland at Southampton in 1512 and Portsmouth in 1514. As well as military preparations, he was involved in financial preparations as a commissioner for subsidy in both Hampshire and Somerset in 1512 and for Somerset alone in 1514, 1515, and 1524.[2]
A second term as Sheriff of Devon followed in 1514, with appointment as a justice of the peace for Hampshire in 1515 and a year as Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1516.[2] In 1520 he accompanied King Henry VIII to his meetings with King Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold and with the Emperor Charles V. Made a JP for Dorset in 1521,[2] both Sir Nicholas and his uncle, Sir Edward Wadham, were jurors in Bristol at the indictment for treason in May 1521 of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham.[5] in 1522 he was appointed Vice-Admiral to the High Admiral and in 1524, not having gained a legal qualification, received an honorary admission to the Middle Temple.[2] In that year he was granted a patent "to make a park at Merifield of 200 acres of pasture and 40 acres of woodland".[6]
After 30 years of public service, being in good standing with the chief minister Thomas Cromwell and, no doubt, with the king as well, he was chosen to stand as MP for Somerset in 1529.[2]
In 1530, he was appointed one of the commissioners for making inquisitions into the estates of Cardinal Wolsey.[7] After serving again as Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1534, in October 1535 he asked Cromwell if he could be continue for another year, in order not to lose the revenues of the post, but his request was turned down.[2] However, he was probably re-elected as MP for Somerset in 1536, when his link with Queen Jane Seymour, who was his niece by marriage, would have been relevant, and in 1540 was named JP for all the western counties.[2]
He died on 5 March 1542. In his will made on 25 November 1539 and proved on 31 January 1543, which mentioned only assets in Somerset, he asked to be buried at Ilminster. He left to his fourth wife the silver, clothing and goods that she had brought to their marriage, together with much of his own jewellery and silver, livestock and grain. Leaving to each of his three younger sons, then living, 100 pounds and a horse; most of the rest of his goods were to be sold to meet debts and legacies. Among his executors were Sir Hugh Paulet and William Portman, while his supervisors were William Stourton and Sir Richard Pollard.[2][8]
Family
First married to Joan Hill, daughter of the MP Robert Hill,[3] of Bridport,[2] and his wife Alice Stourton, their known children were:

• John Wadham, who married Joan Tregarthen, daughter of John Tregarthen and his wife Jane Tretherf,[3] and widow of John Kelloway, of Cullompton
• Giles Wadham, who married Agnes Clausey and had two children[3]
• Andrew Wadham, who married Anne Saunders, daughter of Laurence Saunders, but left no children.[3] He was "one of the Gentleman Ushers of the Queen's grace" to Queen Catherine Parr.[9]
• Lawrence Wadham, who married Margaret Hody, daughter of Sir William Hody, and had a son Nicholas[3]
• Mary Wadham, who married Sir Richard Chudleigh, of Ashton[3]
• Elizabeth Wadham, who married first Sir Edward Bampfylde, of Poltimore, and secondly John Warre, of Chipley[3]

His second wife was Margaret Seymour (died by June 1517),[3] daughter of John Seymour (died 1491), of Wolf Hall,[2] and his first wife Elizabeth Darrell. With her, his known children were:

• Nicolas Wadham[3]
• Jane Wadham, whose husband was named Forster and lived at Baddesley,[3] but later became a nun at Romsey Abbey[10]
• Catherine Wadham, not mentioned in the Visitations but also a nun at Romsey Abbey

Thirdly, by June 1517, he married Isabel Baynham, the widow of Giles Brydges, of Coberley, and the daughter of Thomas Baynham, of Clearwell, and his wife Alice Walwyn. They had no known children.[2]
His fourth wife was Joan Lyte, widow of William Walton, of Barton St David, and daughter of Richard Lyte, of Lytes Cary, with whom he had no known children.[2]
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From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Wadham_(1472%E2%80%931542)
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Sir Nicholas Wadham, Sheriff of Somerset, Dorset, Devonshire, & Wiltshire1,2
Last Edited 29 Mar 2020
M, #87648, b. circa 1475
Father Sir John Wadham b. c 1435, d. 20 Apr 1502
Mother Elizabeth Stukeley b. c 1438
Sir Nicholas Wadham, Sheriff of Somerset, Dorset, Devonshire, & Wiltshire was born circa 1475 at of Merrifield, Devonshire, England.1 He married Jane Hill, daughter of Robert Hill, Esq. and Alice Stourton, circa 1497.2,3
Family
Jane Hill b. c 1475
Children

• Elizabeth Wadham+4 b. c 1498, d. 20 May 1528
• Mary Wadham+1 b. c 1500

Citations
1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
2.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 283.
3.[S11774] William Phillimore Watts, The Visitation of Worcestershire, 1569, p. 46.
4.[S11597] Ancestry.com, Information submitted by lpalwickgoebel.
From: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2918.htm...
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Sir Nicholas Wadham
Birth 1472
Devon, England
Death 5 Mar 1542 (aged 69–70)
Burial Blessed Virgin Mary Churchyard
Ilminster, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 103747147
Family Members
Spouse
Lady Joan Hill Wadham
1476–1557

Children
John Wadham
unknown–1578
From: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103747147/nicholas-wadham
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Wadhams genealogy, proceded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England.. ([c1913])
http://www.archive.org/details/wadhamsgenealogy00stev
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Sir John, the second, left two sons, William and Thomas, the later of Redworthy in Ashreigny. Sir William Sheriff of Devon, married Margaret, daughter of William Cheselden. His heir was John, who became Sir John, third, who married Elizabeth, one of the four daughters of Stephen Popham, the representative of an ancient Hampshire family as well as of Merefield, in Ilton near Ilminster. This John left two sons, John and Edward, also a daughter, Alice, who married Nicholas Stukeley, of Affeton, North Devon. This latter John also became Sir John, the fourth of the name and title, and he married Elizabeth, who was daughter of another Stukeley, Hugh, of Affeton. The heir of this fourth Sir John was Nicholas, and another son was William. Nicholas, like his ancestors, was knighted. He married first, Joan, daughter of Robert Hill, of Halsway, and his heir was another John. Nicholas and Joan had also other children: Andrew; Giles, who married Agnes, daughter of Clauson of Barton; Mary, who married Sir Richard Chudleigh of Ashdon; and Elizabeth, who married first, Sir Edward Bampfield, and second Richard Warr.
Nicholas, four times married, took for his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Seymour, who was aunt of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII and sister also to the Protector, Edward, Duke of Samoerset. The children of Nicholas and Margaret Seymour were Nicholas and a daughter, Jane. Nicholas was knighted in 1494 "at ye creacion of Prince Henry," then two years old, to be Duke of York. In 1498 ....
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• CHART - PEDIGREE OF WADHAM.

1. Sir John, of Merifield. mar. Elizabeth, d. and co-h. of Stephen Popham. ch: John Wadham, Knt.; Edward, of Pole Anthony, Tiverton.; Alice mar. Nicholas, son of Hugh Stukeley.

5. John Wadham, Knt. mar1. da. of Cheyney, of Pine. mar2. Elizabeth, da. of Hugh Stukeley. ch: Sir Nicholas, of Merifield, Captain of the Isle of Wright, &c. Will proved Jan. 30, 1542.; William.
6. Sir Nicholas, of Merifield, Captain of the Isle of Wright, &c. Will proved Jan. 30, 1542. mar1. Joan, da. of Robt. Hill, of Halfway, by Alice, da. of John Stourton, of Preston, Somerset, and relict of William Daubeny. ch: 1. Laurence, o.s.p.; 2. John, of Merifield and Edge. Will proved mar. 15, 1577/8; buried at Ilminster.; 3. Giles, of Barton, co. Somerset.; Andrew, o.s.p.; Mary mar. Richard Chudleigh, of Ashdon.; Elizabeth mar1. Edw. Bampfield, mar2. John Warr.; Sir Nicholas mar2. Margaret, sister of Sir John Seymour, Knt., and aunt of Queen Jane; buried in Carisbrooke. ch: Nicholas, o.s.p.; buried at Ilton, 1508.; Jane mar. Forster, of Badesley, Hants.; Sir Nicholas mar3. Isabell, d. of T. Baynam, of Gloucestershire and relict of Sir Giles Bridges. Sir Nicholas mar4. Joan, da. of Richard Lyte, widow of William Walton of Barton. Will proved 1557; buried at Ilton.
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The history, topography, and antiquities of the isle of Wight By William Henry Davenport Adams
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_Topography_and_Ant...
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Sir Nicholas Wadham was next appointed to the Captaincy or Governorship of the Island. The Wadhams were an ancient Devonshire family; one of whom, Sir John Wadham, marrying a daughter of Stephen Popham, Esq., inherited the manors of Avington, Shide and Northwood, -estates which he transmitted to his grandson, Sir Nicholas. The latter worthy knight married twice: first, the daughter of Robert Hill, Esq., and, on her death, Margaret, daughter of John Seymour, Esq., of Wolf-hall, Wilts, sister of the Jane Seymour who afterwards enchained the fickle fancy of Henry VIII., became Queen of England, and probably on escaped the scaffold by a premature death. Lady Margaret Wadham died before her husband; who erected to her memory a handsome monument in Carisbrooke Church. She is represented Kneeling, with hands folded as if she prayed. In the background are six niches, each containing a rude sculpture of a cripple,-pointing to her charitable sympathy with the deformed and miserable. A stone canopy, in Gothic crowns the design, and bears, in the centre, an angel
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upholding an escocheon, on which are inscribed in antique characters, the initials, I.H.S.
The grandson of Sir Nicholas (for by his wife he had issue,) was the celebrated founder of Wadham College, Oxford.
Sir Nicholas Wadham held the Governorship of the Island about 14 years. He died in 1517, the third year of the reign of Henry VIII.
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The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591.
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CHART Hill Of Houndston in Odcombe (and of Spaxton. Collinson, III. 196.)
Sir John Hill of Hounston, Som., d. 1408. = 1. Dionysia, d. Sr. John Durborough. ch: Joan., Robert. = 2. Matilda, d. Sir G. Daubeney of Barrington.

• Joan Hill. = John, s. and h. Sir B. Malet.
• Robert Hill, d. 1423. = Iabel, d. Sir Fichett (Col. I. 244) of Perry Fichett [in Wembden] Som. ch: John.
  • John Hill, d. 1434. = Cicely, d Joh. Sturton of Preston Plucknett. ch: John.
    • John, b. 1424. = 1. Margt., d. Sir Wal. Rodney of Rodney Stoke, Som. (A. p. 33) ch: d., [Genofeffe.] Jenoffekke. = 2. Maud, d. Sir G. Daubney, Kt. of Barrington, Som. ch: Raulfe.
      • d. Hill = Walgrave.
      • [Genofeffe.] Jenoffekke1 Hill = Sir W. Say of Herts [of Hartsnest, 1573.]
      • Raulfe Hill. = d. . . . of Glos. ch: Robert, Elianor, Eliz.
        • Eliz. Hill
        • Elianor Hill
        • Robert Hill. = Alice, d. Jo. Sturton of Preston, Som. ch: Giles, Margt., Jane.
          • Margt. Hill = Sir Hugh Luttrell of Dunster. ch: Sir Andrew, John
          • Jane Hill = Sir N. Wadham of Meryfield. ch: John, Giles, Andrew
          • Giles HIll = Alice [or Agnes], d. R. Brent of Cossington (Col. III 434). ch: Robert, Maud, Hugh, John, Baldwin, Bryse (Brex), Andrew, Anne, Jane, Dorothy.
            • Maud Hill = John, s & h. of Jo. Trevylian of Nettlecombe. ch: Andrew
            • Robert Hill = Margt., h. of her mother Jane, h. of Thos. Flamock2 of Conwall. ch: Gyles, Peter, John, Agnes, Dorothy.

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Manor of Poltimore
The Manor of Poltimore is a former manor in Devon, England. The manor house known as Poltimore House survives in its 18th-century remodelled form, but has been dilapidated for several decades. A charity named the "Poltimore House Trust" has been established for the purpose of its restoration. The manor was situated within the historic Wonford Hundred and was largely coterminous with the parish of Poltimore and contained the village of Poltimore, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of the historic centre of the City of Exeter. It should not be confused with the eponymous Devon estate of Poltimore in the parish of Farway, 16 miles (26 km) east of Exeter. Poltimore was the principal seat of the Bampfylde family from c. 1300 to 1920.
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Sir Edward Bampfield (died 1528)
Sir Edward Bampfield (died 1528), eldest son and heir by his father's first wife Margaret St Maur. He married Elizabeth Wadham, daughter of Sir Nicholas Wadham (1472-1542) of Merryfield, Ilton in Somerset and of Edge, Branscombe in Devon (a widow at the time of her second marriage, she later married John Warre of Chipleigh. One of their four daughters, Elizabeth Bampfield,[26] was the wife of George Perceval (1561–1601) of Sydenham, near Bridgwater, Somerset, and mother of Richard Percival (1550–1620) an administrator and politician, who wrote a Spanish grammar for English readers and was the ancestor of the Earl of Egmont.

Richard Bampfield (1526–1594)
Richard Bampfield (1526–1594) of Poltimore and Bampfylde House in Exeter, was Sheriff of Devon in 1576, and in 1550 began construction of the Tudor era, Poltimore House. He was the son and heir of Sir Edward Bampfield and Elizabeth Wadham.
His father died when Richard was an infant aged two, and he entered wardship, concerning which John Prince, (died 1723) relates a story "of undoubted credit":[27]

• It was thus, his father dying, the young gentleman fell a ward to some great person in the east-country, who seized upon him while he was very young, carryed him away to his own home. He being now possessed of his person and estate, some years after gave it out he was gone to travel (or the like pretence); insomuch, his relations and friends believing it to be true, looked no farther after him. So that concealing from him his quality and condition and preventing what he could any discovery thereof, his guardian bred him up as his servant and at last made him his huntsman. It happened that one of Mr Bampfeild's (sic) tenants, understanding something of this mistery, made it his business first to find him out and next to discourse with him about it, which in a little time he had an opportunity to do, when acquainting him with his birth and fortunes, it was agreed on between them that he should come at such a time and privately fetch him away. This he did accordingly and so retrieved the right heir of the family".

Wotton (died 1766), later relates the story similarly, with extra details which identify the subject as Richard Bampfield:[28]

• "...but one of his tenants (being his nurse's husband) discovering where he was detained, made him acquainted with his fortune; the truth of which he convinced him of, by a remarkable mole which he had in his back, and brought him away privately to Brimpton, the seat of John Sydenham, Esq., who assiled him in his return to Poltimore, and soon after gave him his daughter in marriage. In confirmation of which, he lies at length, with a hound at his feet, under a monument in Poltimore church. Having received no account from the family, concerning this particular, I do not presume to give it as authentic."

He married Elizabeth Sydenham (died 1599), daughter of Sir John Sydenham of Brympton d'Evercy, Somerset.[29] The couple's monument, dated 1604, survives in Poltimore Church,[30] showing the sculpted stone effigies of Richard and his wife, with the "hound at his feet" mentioned by Worthy. He had nine daughters and three sons, the eldest of whom, Giles Bampfield, died without children during his father's lifetime on a voyage to Ireland.[26]

Sir Amyas Bampfylde (1564–1626)
Sir Amyas Bampfylde (1564–1626), second and eldest surviving son and heir, of Poltimore and North Molton. He was Member of Parliament for Devon in 1597, Sheriff of Devon from 1603 to 1604 and a Deputy Lieutenant in 1616.[31] In 1576 he married Elizabeth Clifton, daughter of Sir John Clifton of Barrington Court, Somerset. By his wife he had six sons and four daughters.

John Bampfylde (c. 1586 – c. 1657)
John Bampfylde (c. 1586 – c. 1657), eldest son and heir, of Poltimore and North Molton, was MP for Tiverton (1621) and Devon (1628–9). In 1602 his father Sir Amyas Bampfylde and Thomas Drake, brother and heir of Admiral Sir Francis Drake, made a double marriage settlement for Bampfylde's eldest son John Bampfylde, then aged 14, and his daughter Jane Bampfield, then aged 16, who were to marry Drake’s daughter and son, with each parent settling £660 on the other’s daughter.[31] He therefore married Elizabeth Drake, daughter of Thomas Drake of Buckland and niece of Admiral Sir Francis Drake, by whom he had children including:

• Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet (1590–1650), 3rd and eldest surviving son and heir.[32][33]
• Francis Bampfield (died 1663/4), 6th son,[32] a Nonconformist minister who died in Newgate Prison
• Thomas Bampfield (died 1693), 8th son,[32] MP, briefly Speaker of the House of Commons.

Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet (1590–1650)
Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet (1590–1650), 3rd and eldest surviving son and heir, MP. He married Gertrude Coplestone (died 1658), a daughter of Amias Coplestone (1582–1621) of Copleston in the parish of Colebrooke and of Warleigh House in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, both in Devon. She was a co-heiress to her brother John Coplestone (1609–1632), and inherited amongst other properties the manor of Tamerton Foliot, which thus passed into the Bampfylde family.[32] His inscribed ledger stone survives, set into the floor of the nave of Poltimore Church.

Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet (c. 1633 – 1692)
Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet (c. 1633 – 1692) (eldest son), was one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince (died 1723).[34] His father died when he was still a minor. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he became a Member, "in the quality of a Nobleman".[35] "How well he answered that title appeared from his very splendid way of living there, and that large and noble plate he left to his College when he went thence, which remained a long while after a monument of his munificence, until at length, with fome other pieces, it was solen away".[35] He returned to Devon during the Commonwealth government of Oliver Cromwell, "But, having a vigorous soul, actuated, even then, with principles of loyalty to his sovereign, though in exile, and of duty to the church, then under a cloud, he became very industrious, with several other persns of honour and quality in these parts, for the happy restoration of both".[35] His arrest was ordered by Cromwell's government, but he hid himself away successfully at Trill, a residence of his friend, Sir John Drake, Baronet. "Notwithstanding any theatening danger that might happen, his generous mind could not be affrighted from following his duty and honour", he joined in the signing of a Remonstrance drawn up at the quarter-sessions in Exeter which demanded a free Parliament, which was supported by much of that city's population. The Remonstrance was presented to Parliament by his uncle Thomas Bampfylde, Recorder of Exeter, and encouraged other towns and cities in England to do likewise. the like, "Whereby the army in and about London, consisting of fourteen thousand odd foot foldiers, were disperfed throughout the kingdom (of which fifteen hundred were sent to Exeter) to prevent the like insurrection as had happened there, elfewhere. Which disperfion, how much it facilitated General Monk's march into London but with seven thousand odd soldiers, and consequently, how greatly this bold and brisk address of our Country Gentlemen, promoted the happy Restoration of Church and State, which soon happened hereupon, is very obvious to observe, if not so easy for envy to acknowledge".[35] It was "this great patriot"[35] Sir Copleston Bampfield who later presented on behalf of the County of Devon a Petition of Right to General Monck, a fellow Devonian, who had landed in Devon with an army "to restore the nation to its right senses". For this he was imprisoned in the Tower of London by the Rump Parliament, but was soon released on the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660. He was the first Sheriff of Devon appointed by King Charles II in 1661, "Which office Sir Coplestone executed with great splendor, in an extraordinary number of liveries and attendants"[36] He served as MP for Devon. He was colonel of the Devon Militia until the time of Monmouth's invasion, when he retired due to ill health to be succeeded in the colonelcy by his son. He was at first a supporter of King William of Orange, but later opposed his rule, considering that "matters were carried beyond all imaginations, fearing a change would be made in the fundamental conftitution of the Government" and refused to pay the newly declared rates and taxes, which were therefore enforced on him by a levy of distress upon his goods. He died of gout aged 55 in 1691 at Warleigh and was buried in Poltimore Church. Before his death he charged his family strictly always to continue faithful to the religion of the established Church of England and to pay allegiance to the right heirs of the Crown. He married twice:

• Firstly on 16 November 1655 to Margaret Bulkeley, daughter of Francis Bulkeley of Burgate, Hampshire,[32] by whom he had two sons and a daughter:[37]
  • Col. Hugh Bampfield (died 1690), eldest son and heir apparent, who predeceased his father having died in a fall from his horse.[32] He married Mary Clifford, daughter of James Clifford of Ware, by whom he had 2 sons:
    • Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689 – 1727), eldest son, of Poltimore.
    • John Bampfylde (1691–1750) of Hestercombe, Somerset, 2nd son, MP for Exeter (1715–1722) and for Devon (1736–1741).
  • John Coplestone Bulkeley Bampfield, 2nd son, who died without issue.
  • Margaret Bampfield, died an infant.
• Secondly at Houghton, Devon, on 21 October 1674[37] to Jane Pole, daughter of Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Baronet of Shute, Devon; without children.[37]

Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689 – 1727)
Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689 – 1727) (grandson). He was a High Tory Member of Parliament for Exeter (1710–1713) and for Devon (1713–1727). As well as having inherited his grandfather's extensive Devonshire estates, including Poltimore and North Molton, he also inherited the estates of his distant cousin Warwick Bampfylde (1623–1695) of Hardington, Somerset (5th in descent from Peter Bampfylde of Hardington, younger brother of Sir William Bampfylde (died 1474) of Poltimore[38]), to whom he acted as executor.[32] He married Gertrude Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet (died 1692) of Antony, Cornwall.

Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet (1722–1767)
Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baronet (1722–1767), only son and heir, MP for Exeter (1743–1747) and for Devonshire (1747–1776). He married Jane Codrington (died 1789), daughter and heiress of Colonel John Codrington of Wraxall, Somerset. In 1741 he sold the former Copleston manor and seat of Tamerton Foliot, with its manor house of Warleigh, to Walter Radcliffe, son of Walter Radcliffe of Frankland, Sheriff of Devon in 1696.[39] In 1741 his seats were Copleston and Poltimore in Devon and Hardington in Somerset.[40]

Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (1753–1823)
Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baronet (1753–1823), 2nd and eldest surviving son and heir, who served twice as Member of Parliament for Exeter, in 1774–1790 and 1796–1812.[41] He married Catharine Moore, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet.

George Bampfylde, 1st Baron Poltimore (1786–1858)
Sir George Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Baronet (1786–1858) (created Baron Poltimore in 1831). In 1844 he sold the manor of Weston Bampfylde in Somerset, which his family had held since the 13th century.[42]

Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore (1837–1908)
Augustus Frederick George Warwick Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore (1837–1908); only son of the 1st Baron

Coplestone Richard George Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baron Poltimore (1859–1918)
Coplestone Richard George Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baron Poltimore (1859–1918); eldest son of the 2nd Baron

George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baron Poltimore (1882–1965)
George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baron Poltimore (1882–1965); eldest son of the 3rd Baron. In 1920 he sold the Poltimore estate but the house and grounds failed to find a buyer. The house was let to Poltimore College, a girls' school which closed in 1939. In 1940 the boys from Dover College were evacuated to Poltimore House, which became a private hospital in 1945 which was taken over by the National Health Service when it came into existence in 1948. It closed as a hospital in 1974. Soon after the accidental death in 1936 of his only son and heir apparent, he also sold most of the North Molton estate and moved to Rhodesia in Africa. In 1968 his widow's residence was Benwell, Bindura, Rhodesia.[43] The remnant of the North Molton estate, including Court House, the manor house, he gave to his daughter (by his first wife) Hon. Sheila Margaret Warwick Bampfylde, the wife of Sir Dennis Stucley, 5th Baronet of Affeton Castle and Hartland Abbey in Devon. The 4th Baron married twice:

• Firstly in 1910 Cynthia Rachel Lascelles (died 1961), daughter of Hon. Gerald William Lascelles, a younger son of the Earl of Harewood, by whom he had children:
  • Hon. Coplestone John de Grey Warwick Bampfylde (1914–1936), only son and heir apparent, an officer in the Royal Horseguards,[44] who predeceased his father, having died aged 23 in a horse-racing accident.
  • Hon. Sheila Margaret Warwick Bampfylde (born 1912), the wife of Sir Dennis Stucley, 5th Baronet (1907–1983) of Affeton Castle and Hartland Abbey in Devon, by whom she had a son and heir Sir Hugh George Copplestone Bampfylde Stucley, 6th Baronet (born 1945).
• Secondly in 1962 to Barbara Pitcairn Nicol, daughter of Peter Nicol of Kirkintilloch, Scotland.

Arthur Blackett Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baron Poltimore (1883–1967)
Arthur Blackett Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Baron Poltimore (1883–1967); younger brother, 2nd son of 3rd Baron

Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Baron Poltimore (1888–1978)
Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Baron Poltimore (1888–1978); younger brother, 3rd and youngest son of 3rd Baron. In 1968 his residence was The Ancient House, Peasenhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk.[45]

Mark Coplestone Bampfylde, 7th Baron Poltimore (born 1957)
Mark Coplestone Bampfylde, 7th Baron Poltimore (born 1957); eldest grandson of the 6th Baron.
etc.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_of_Poltimore
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'Bampfylde1'
Families covered: Bampfield of Hardington, Bampfield (Bamfield or Bampfylde) of Poltimore
(1) Westcote spells the family name as "Bampfield" whilst Vivian uses 'Bamfield" or "Bamfeild" then "Bampfield" with "Bampfylde" being used for the first time with the 1st Lord. Wotton mostly uses "Baumfilde" then "Bampfylde". We use Bampfylde for the page title as that is what is used in BP1934 (Poltimore).
(2) BP1934 reports that the manor of Poltimore has been possessed by this family since the reign of Edward I (who r. 1272-1307) but, other than mentioning John (m. Eleanor Beauchamp), starts its pedigree with the Amias shown at the top of Bampfylde2.
(3) There has been some confusion with & between the early generations of this family. We show what is reported by Vivian but report also what is shown by the other Main Sources.
John Baunfeld or Baumfilde (a temp John who r. 1199-1216) mentioned by Vivian (named) & Wotton (unnamed)
m. Joan Hastings (dau of John Hastings)
Wotton inserts 2 extra generations here: an unnamed Baumfilde who married the de Hockisham heiress (presumably the Hoxham/Huxham heiress shown by Vivian/Westcote as some generations later) then John Baumfilde of Poltimore (temp Edward I) who m. Isabel, dau of John Faber (presumably the Faber connection shown by Vivian/Westcote as some generations later).

• 1. John Bampfield of Poltimore the first mentioned by Westcote
• m. Eleanor Beauchamp (dau of Sir Humfrey Beauchamp of Ryme)
  • A. John Bampfield of Poltimore
  • m. Joan Martin (dau of Sir Richard Martin (or Merton or Moreton), m2. Sir James Chudleigh, m3. Sir John de la Pomeroy)
  • Wotton inserts 2 extra generations here: John (m. Isabella, dau of John de Cobham) and John (m1. Joanna, dau of Geoffrey Gilbert of Compton (mother also of John who dsp); m2. (sp?) Joanna Hastings). Vivian shows the next generation as ...
    • i. Thomas Bampfield of Poltimore this generation shown by Vivian & Wotton but not by Westcote
    • m. Agnes Copleston (dau of Adam Copleston)
      • a. John Bampfield of Poltimore this generation shown earlier by Wotton
      • m. Joane Hoxham (dau/heir of John Hoxham or Huxham)
        • (1) Thomas Bampfield of Poltimore this generation shown earlier by Wotton
          • m. Agnes Faber (dau/coheir of John Faber)
            • (A) John Bampfield of Poltimore this generation shown by Vivian & Westcote but not by Wotton
            • m. Joane
              • (i) John Bampfield of Poltimore
              • Wotton just identifies John's wife as Agnes, dau of John de Pederton. Except that Westcote shows Agnes's mother's family name as Turvey rather than Turney, Vivian & Wescote identify her as ...
              • m. Agnes Pederton (dau/heir of John Pederton by Cecily, dau/heir of John Turney son/heir of Simon son/heir of Sir Simon Turney)
                • (a) Sir William Bampfield of Poltimore, Sheriff of Devon (d by 1475)
                • This generation is shown by Vivian & Wotton but not by Westcote. Wotton shows his son Walter as father rather than elder brother of the William who m1. Margaret St. Maur m2. Margaret Kirkham. We are following Vivian.
                • m. Margaret Pauncefoote (dau of Walter Pauncefoote of Compton)
                  • ((1)) Walter Bampfield of Poltimore (b c1447, d 01.09.1478) not mentioned by Westcote
                  • m1. (sp) Constance Langsford (dau of Edward Langsford)
                  • m2. Grace Pudsey (dau of Sir Ralph Pudsey, m2. Sir Roger Tetcote)
                    • ((A)) Andrew Bamfield (dsp (young?))
                  • ((2)) William Bampfield of Poltimore
                  • m1. Margaret St. Maur (dau of John St. Maur (Seymour))
                    • ((A)) Sir Edward Bampfield of Poltimore (d 20.05.1528)
                    • Westcote identifies Edward's wife as Elizabeth, dau of Sir Richard Wadham of Merryfield and relict of _ Warr of Somerset. BE1883 (St. Maur) identifies her as dau of Sir Michael Wadham. It seems that there was no Sir Richard or Sir Michael Wadhams of Merryfield around this time so we follow Vivian & Wotton (supported by the Warre records) in identifying her as ...
                    • m. Elizabeth Wadham (dau of Sir Nicholas Wadham, widow of John Warre)
                      • ((i)) Richard Bampfield of Politmore, Sheriff of Devon (b c1526, d 25.05.1594)
                      • m. Elizabeth Sydenham (d 04.05.1599, dau of John Sydenham (Sidnam) of Brimpton)
                        • ((a)) Sir Amias Bampfield or Bampfylde of Poltimore (b c1564, d 09.02.1625-6, 2nd son)
                        • m. Elizabeth Clifton (dau of Sir John Clifton of Barrington)
                        • ((b)) Elizabeth Bampfield
                        • m. George Cary of Clovelly
                        • ((c)) Johanna/Joan Bampfield see ## below
                        • ((d)) Ursula Bampfield
                        • m. Thomas Fulford of Fulford (b c1553, d 31.07.1610)
                        • ((e)) Susan Bampfield
                        • Wotton shows Susan m. John Hicks of Witheridge. Vivian & Westcote report that she married ...
                        • m1. John Hays of Myll
                        • m2. _ Simcock
                        • ((f)) Mary Bampfield
                        • m1. Humphrey Moor of Moorhays
                        • m2. Richard Bowden (parson of Okehampton)
                        • ((g)) Gertrude Bampfield
                        • m. John Harding of Longbrady
                        • ((h)) Ann Bampfield
                        • m1. Christopher Morgan of Maperton
                        • m2. _ Luttrell (Lutterel)
                        • ((i)) Margaret Bampfield
                        • m. William Lacy of Hartrow
                        • ((j))+ other issue - Giles (dvpsp), Richard, Katharine (d unm)
                      • ((ii)) etc.

Main source(s): "A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a Pedigree of most of its Gentry" by Thomas Westcote (as edited by Rev. George Oliver & Pitman Jones, 1845), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Bamfield of Poltimore'), Wotton (vol 1, Kimber & Johnson edition 1771, 'Bampfylde of Poltimore', p374+)
From: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/bampfylde1.php#top
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The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's ..., Volumes 1-7
edited by John Lambrick Vivian
https://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&lpg=PA39&ots=wjPyL1_...
Page 38-41
BAMFIELD OF POLTIMORE.
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Merryfield is a historic estate in the parish of Ilton, near Ilminster in Somerset, England. It was the principal seat of the Wadham family, and was called by Prince (died 1723) their "noble moated seat of Meryfeild" (sic).[1] The mansion house was demolished in 1618 by Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645), of Orchard Wyndham, a nephew and co-heir of Nicholas II Wadham (1531–1609), co-founder of Wadham College, Oxford, the last in the direct male line of the Wadham family.
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