Fulk.2FFowke Pill, Bishop's Tawton
arms of fowke of pyll : ermine, on bend cotised gules 3 escallops argent
the descent of fulk family of pill included:
robert fulk of halmeston (mod: halmpstone) in parish of bishop s tawton inherited pill on marriage de la pille heiress of pill. resident @ pill in 1345.
john fulk, resident @ pill in 1376.
william fulk, resident @ pill in 1393.
the borough of newport lies between pill , barnstaple, , received royal charter perhaps in 1294, when king edward granted market on mondays, , fair 3 days @ midsummer. surviving names of mayors of newport discovered devon historian george oliver (1842), in ancient deeds were: michael de la pille, 1334; robert fouke, 1334; william fouke, 1396. on 6 april 1400 edmund stafford (1344-1419), bishop of exeter, licensed chapel in pill barton fouke family.
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