Templeton, Devon
| Templeton | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 By Templeton Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS887140 |
| Location: | 50°54’54"N, 3°35’4"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | EX16 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid Devon |
Templeton is a hamlet in the midst of Devon, sitting four miles west of Tiverton.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.[1]
History
According to the Devon historian Sir William Pole (d.1635),[2] who was an owner of the manor, Templeton was a possession of the Knights Templar, and after the suppression of that order in 1312 passed to the Knights Hospitaller of St John. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries and of the Hospitallers by King Henry VIII (1509-1547) Templeton was taken into the ownership of the Crown, and was re-granted by that king[3] to George Loosemore (whose son Robert Loosemore sold it). In time it came to Mary Peryam, who married William Pole the antiquary. It was still in the possession of Sir William Pole at the time of writing his great work Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon and it remained in the Pole family for several generations until it was sold by Sir William's descendant Sir John William de la Pole, 6th Baronet (1757–1799) of New Shute House, Devon.[4]
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References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8page 801
- ↑ Pole, Sir William (d.1635): Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon (1791 edition, p.441)
- ↑ Risdon, Tristram: 'A Survey of Devon' (1632), 1810 edition, p 75
- ↑ Risdon, Tristram: 'A Survey of Devon' (1632), 1810 edition, p 371