Descent Pill, Bishop's Tawton
1 descent
1.1 de la pille
1.2 fulk/fowke
1.3 perrot
1.4 travers
1.5 chichester
descent
de la pille
the earliest recorded holder of estate according devon historian sir william pole (d.1635) de la pille family, took name estate. successive holders were:
john de la pille
benedict de la pille
michaell de la pille (fl. 1315), left daughter sole heiress, married robert fulk of halmeston (mod: halmpstone), bishop s tawton, family passed pill.
fulk/fowke
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.
perrot
arms of perrot of pill, according pole same arms fowke of pyll : ermine, on bend cotised gules 3 escallops argent
thomas perrot, acquired pill on marriage fulk co-heiress of pill.
john perrot.
thomas perrot (fl. 1435)
travers
the travers family hampshire succeeded perrot @ pill. travers of pill bore arms: argent, 3 bears passant in pale sable muzzled , chained or.
bryan travers of pill seemingly last in male line , daughter catherine travers (d.1613) married hugh chichester (1574-1644) of tavistock (sic, tawstock, directly across river taw bishop s tawton).
chichester
arms of chichester: chequy or , gules, chief vair
according oliver (1842) pill estate sold sir john chichester (1598-1669), of hall in parish of bishop s tawton, peter , john bulteel, on 27 may, 1634. uncle hugh chichester (1574-1644) of tavistock (sic, tawstock, directly across river taw bishop s tawton), married catherine travers (d.1613), daughter of bryan travers of pill. hugh chichester 8th son of john chichester (d.1596) of hall wife elizabeth marwood (d.1615), eldest daughter of john marwood of westcott, devon. pill descended, means unknown, chichesters of hall cousins chichesters of stowford, descended hugh chichester (1574-1644) , wife catherine travers:
arthur chichester (1612-1687) (son , heir of hugh chichester) of stowford, 5 miles south-east of pill, in parish of swimbridge within large manor of bishop s tawton. married anne garland, daughter of john garland of whitefield. predeceased eldest son arthur chichester (d.1682), mural monument survives in swimbridge church.
anne chichester (1721-1781), daughter of arthur chichester (1670-1737/8) of pill, later of hall, , wife of denys rolle (1725–1797) of stevenstone. portrait thomas hudson (1701-79); collection of great torrington almshouse, town lands , poors charities, formerly property of hon. mark rolle (d. 1907) of stevenstone , donated heir lord clinton
arthur chichester (1670-1738), grandson, of pill , eldest son of arthur chichester (d.1682) of stowford. younger brother henry chichester (1678-1730) resided @ stowford, , has surviving mural monument in swimbridge church, whilst himself resided @ pill. married firstly jane arundell (d.1717), daughter of john harris arundell of wortham, whom had 2 sons, , secondly dorothy rowe, whom had further 3 sons , 2 daughters, 1 of whom anne chichester (born 1721) wife of denys rolle (1725-1797) of stevenstone, near great torrington, largest landowner in devon, , mother of john rolle, 1st baron rolle (1750-1842). in 1698 inherited larger estate of hall on death without progeny of cousin francis chichester (1629-1698) of hall. thenceforth pill became secondary residence of chichester family of hall.
^ pole, p.414
^ risdon, p.322
^ pole, p.483
^ pole, p.414 regnal date 19 edward iii
^ pole, p.414
^ pole, p.414
^ oliver, george, rev., ecclesiastical antiquities in devon: being observations on several churches in devonshire, volume 3, exeter, 1842, p.16[1]
^ pole, pp.483,496
^ risdon, p.322
^ pole, p.414
^ pole, p.414
^ risdon, p.322
^ pole, p.505
^ vivian, p.176
^ oliver, p.16
^ vivian, pp.176-8
^ arthur chichester (1670-1738) described of pill , (vivian, p.177)
^ vivian, p.177
^ collection of great torrington almshouse, town lands , poors charities, rolle/clinton art collection
^ vivian, p.177
^ vivian, p.177
^ vivian, p.177
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