Bowden, Yealmpton

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Bowden is a historic estate in the parish of Yealmpton in Devon, England. From the 15th century until 1748 the manor house was for eight generations [1] the seat of a junior branch of the Copleston family of Copplestone. The manor house was largely rebuilt in the 19th century and, together with some of its outbuildings, now serves as a farmhouse. [2]

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History

Arms of Copleston CoplestonArms.png
Arms of Copleston

The earliest holder of the estate recorded by the Devonshire historian Sir William Pole (d.1635), was John de Bowdon. It then passed via successive heiresses to the Lawtram and Stone families. [3] Elizabeth Stone, daughter and heiress of Thomas Stone, married Walter Copleston, and Bowden descended for many generations as a seat of their Copleston descendants. [4]

Monumental brass in Yealmpton Church to Isabella Fortescue (d.1580), wife of John Copleston BrassInscription YealmptonChurch Devon IsabelFortescue Died1580 WifeOf JohnCopleston OfBowden.png
Monumental brass in Yealmpton Church to Isabella Fortescue (d.1580), wife of John Copleston

In 1753, after the death of Thomas Coplestone in 1748, his executors sold Bowden to William Bastard [12] (1727-1782) of nearby Kitley in the parish of Yealmpton, [13] who was gazetted as a baronet in 1779 but as he took no steps towards passing the patent the title was not used by him or his descendants. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vivian, p.226
  2. Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England: Devon. Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN   978-0-300-09596-8, p.924
  3. Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.322
  4. Vivian, pp.224-6, pedigree of Copleston
  5. Vivian, p.226; p.369, pedigree of Fowell
  6. Date of death per verse on monumental brass in St Bartholomew's Church, Yealmpton
  7. Vivian, pp.226, 357, pedigree of Fortescue
  8. see image
  9. Vivian, pp.226, 270, pedigree of Davie
  10. Vivian, pp.226, 644, pedigree of Reynell
  11. Risdon, p.389; Vivian, p.226
  12. Risdon, p.389
  13. 1 2 Vivian, p.51, pedigree of Bastard

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