Kentisbeare
| Kentisbeare | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 Kentisbeare parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST069082 |
| Location: | 50°51’54"N, 3°19’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 950 (est. 2010) |
| Post town: | Cullompton |
| Postcode: | EX15 |
| Dialling code: | 01884 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid Devon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Tiverton and Honiton |
Kentisbeare is a village in eastern Devon. Its nearest town is Cullompton.
History
In the 17th century the manor of Kentisbeare was owned by Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645) of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset.[1] In 1810 it was owned by his descendant Hon. Percy Charles Wyndham (1757-1833), MP, 2nd son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, who also owned the manor of Blackborough[2] where in 1838 George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont (d.1845) built a palatial villa, known as Blackborough House.[3] The 4th Earl built Kentisbeare House in 1841, to the designs of J. T. Knowles, for his relative the rector of Kentisbeare.[4]
The estate of Wood was held by the Whiting family between the reigns of King Edward III (1327-1377) and King Henry VIII (1509-1547). The last in the male line was John Whitinge (d.1529), a member of the Merchant Venturers, whose elaborately panelled chest tomb survives in Kentisbeare Church, in the chapel at the east end of the south aisle, which he built.
In 1810 Wood belonged to Samuel Southwood, Esq.
Betty Limpany
In 1799, Betty Limpany was executed in Exeter for burning down the house of her master, William Leech of Kentisbeare.[5]
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References
- ↑ Risdon, p.89
- ↑ Risdon, p.372
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8page 187
- ↑ Pevsner, p.515
- ↑ Cornforth, David: 'Exeter's Executed' ('Exeter Memories')
- Chalk, E S. The town, village, manors, and church of Kentisbeare. Transactions of the Devon Association, vol. 42 (1910) pp. 278-345
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 768–770, pedigree of Walrond
- Risdon, Tristram: 'A Survey of Devon' (1632), 1810 edition, p 89