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Catalogue description WOOLLCOMBE OF HEMERDON
This record is held by Plymouth Archives, The Box
| Reference: | 710 |
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| Title: | WOOLLCOMBE OF HEMERDON |
| Description: |
A collection of documents relating to the Woolcombe family of Hemerdon. A large section relates specifically to Henry Woollcombe II. Title Deeds Major properties Trowlesworthy Warren Challonsleigh Hemerdon and Bickfordtown Bickfordtown Hemerdon Lesser properties Manorial Estate Family William I Robert I Baldwin John I Agnes William II William III Honor I William IV Honor II William V Thomas I John III John IV and Mary I Ann I George I Henry I Thomas II Ann II Elizabeth William John Mary II Thomas III Ann III Ann IV George II Maria John V William VI Anne Elford Henry II William VII George III Jane Bedford Caroline Priscilla Mary Jane George Ley Henry Bedford Robert II Edward Cooper Willam John II George Arthur Ley Charles Louis Humphrey Mrs H. Woollcombe Miscellaneous Title Deeds Manorial Estate Probate Accounts Correspondence Parish Maps and Plans Stannary papers The Plympton Election of 1803/4 Newspapers Miscellaneous |
| Date: | mid 13th Cent - 20th Cent |
| Arrangement: |
The title deeds, manorial, and estate records have been placed at the beginning of the catalogue but the majority of the records have been listed according to the individual to whom they relate. |
| Held by: | Plymouth Archives, The Box, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 1331 files |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Woollcombe family are known to have been settled in Plympton St Mary from the time of Henry VII. They were then resident at Holland, a farm to the east of Chaddlewood from whence they moved to Challonsleigh in 1584 when John Woollcombe I purchased it from Hannibal Vivian. Thomas Woollcombe II purchased the manor of Bickford Town with the moiety of Hemerdon from the Avents in 1790, and George Woollcombe II purchased the other moiety in 1803. Over the centuries the family has been prominent in public life. William Woollcombe IV was an attorney and town clerk of Plympton St. Maurice in the early eighteenth-century and many individuals have held parish offices. The family has also been involved in municipal life in Plymouth notably Henry Woollcombe II who was Mayor in 1813 and Recorder from 1833 to 1837. The collection reflects the wealth of his papers and is similarly enriched by the records of the military and naval careers pursued by members of the family during the nineteenth-century. |
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