2. Daniel, m. Madelaine, only dau. of Major de la Cherois, by whom he had three sons, Nicholas, d. unmarried; Daniel, d. unm. and De la Cherois, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Piers, esq. and had a daughter, Mary-Angelica, who m. the Rev. Dr. Francis Hutcheson, and was mother of, Elizabeth, m. to George Leslie, esq. brother of James Leslie, esq. of Leslie Hill, in the county of Antrim.

3. James, who m. Mademoiselle Gilliotte, and d. leaving no issue. 4. John, who m. Mademoiselle de Biaquiere, and had issue, Isaac, who married in Holland.

II. Alexander, who m. Mademoiselle Lavalade,* and had a son, Charles,

The French families settled in the north of Ireland for many years, intermarried with each other, in the vain hope of being one day enabled to return to their own country.

who d. unm. and a daughter, Magdeline, m. to the Rev. Archdeacon Hutcheson, by whom he had, Samuel; Frances, m. to D. Browne, esq. and Matilda, m. to R. Smythe, of Drumcree, in the county of Westmeath.

IV. William, m. Miss Butler, of the Ormond family, and had a son, Louis, d. uum. and a daughter, Magyanne. v. Magdeline, m. Paul Mangen, esq. VI. MARY M. MAJOR DE LA CHEROIS.

joining parish of Modbury; from which marriage descended Sir John Fortescue, lord chief justice of England in 1442, and lord chancellor in 1461, author of the celebrated treatise, "De Laudibus Legum Angliæ." His son and heir,

Martin Fortescue, of Filleigh, had two sons,

JOHN, ancestor of Earl Fortescue.

WILLIAM, progenitor of the Irish Viscounts Clermont. RICHARD FOWHILL, of Fowhill-Coome, the son and heir, m. Maria, daughter of William Wallronde, of Bradfield, in Devon, and was succeeded by his son,

Halwell,

WILLIAM FOWHILL, of Fowhill-Coome, who m. the daughter and heir of or Halvell, of Devon, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

Sybilla, m. to William Le Rouse, of Edmerstone, in the parish of Modbury, son and heir, by Isabel, dau. of Henry Drew, of Modbury, of John Le Rouse, of Edmerstone, and had issue,

Roger Rouse, of Edmerstone, continuator of the family, whose grandson was Sir Anthony Rouse, knt. of Edmerstone, and of Halton, in Cornwall," a man of great parts and virtues, who was twice high sheriff of Cornwall, in the 19th and 42nd of Queen ELIZABETH, M. P. for East Looe, in the 27th of that reign, and for the shire of Cornwall in 1 King JAMES I." By his first wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Southcote, esq. co-heir of her mother, Grace Barnhouse, this Sir Anthony Rouse had issue five sons and one dau. of whom were,

1. Ambrose Rouse, esq. M.P.

for Launceston in the first parliament of King JAMES I. who d. v. p. leaving by his wife, Magdalen, dau. of John Osborne, esq. of Chicksands, in the county of Bedford, a son and heir,

William Rouse, esq. of Halton, M.P. for Truro in the first parliament of CHARLES I. who by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of Richard, Lord Robartes, of Truro, and sister to John, Earl of Radnor, had four sons and two daughters, of whom,

Richard Rouse, the

Thomas Bates Rouse, esq. of Courtyrala, in the county of Glamorgan, representative of this ancient line. (See vol. i. p. 118.)

11. Robert Rouse, who, by Jane, daughter of Alexander Pym, esq. and niece of the patriot, had a son and heir, Anthony Rouse, esq. M.P. for Cornwall in 1653 and 1656, whom. Mary, daughter of William Bradshaw, esq. of the county of Lancaster, by whom he had a son and heir, the before named Francis Rouse, esq.

of Wootton - Underidge, who m. his cousin, Elizabeth, heiress of the elder branch.

III. Francis, Lord Rouse, so created by the Protector Cromwell, provost of Eton College, M.P. for Truro 1 CHARLES I. for Tregony in the 3rd, again for Truro in the 15th and 16th of that reign, and after the death of the king, knight of the shire for Devon, and speaker of the short parliament. He enjoyed in an especial degree the favour of the Protector, who by letter under privy seal,* 26th October, 1657,

* A copy of this curious document entire is among the extensive MS. collections made by Captain Sprye, for a history of the parliamentary families of his native county, Devon, through the important period of the civil war and commonwealth.

granted to him a pension of £1000 a year, as "unto our right trusty and right wellbeloved counsellor, Ffrancis Rouse, esq. for and in consideration of his continuall paines and attendance in and about our weighty affaires and councills.' At his decease, he was honoured with public obsequies. He bequeathed very largely to Eton College, and in this and other respects his will does not bear out the unfavourable account given of him by Clarendon, Wood, and other royalist historians. The son and successor,

JOHN FOWHILL, of Fowhill-Coome, m. Joane, daughter and co-heir of, of Harburtonford and Ashpreignton, near Totness, and is supposed to have thus acquired the manor of Harburtonford, with the mansion and estate of Higher Washbourne, in that parish. By her he had,

WILLIAM, his heir.

1. JOHN WOOD, esq. of Hareston, who, by his wife, Jane, daughter of William Fortescue, esq. of Wood, in Devon, had issue, Richard Wood, esq. of Hareston, father, by Philippa, dau. of John Hillersden, esq. of Membland, in Devon, of John Wood, esq. of Hareston, temp. visitation, 1620, whom. Thomazin, dau. of George Southcotte, esq. of Calverley, in that county, and had Richard, his eldest son, b. in 1587, father, by his wife, Alice, daughter and co-heir of Estcott, of four sons and three daughters, all living in 1620, of whom John, the eldest son, was then nine years of age.*

II. Thomas Wood, a priest.
1. Elizabeth Wood, m. Francis
Coplestone, esq. of Bowden, in
Devon.

11. Alice, m. to
III. - m. to
Yeo, in Devon.

Burley. Cotterell, esq. of

WILLIAM FOUHEL, of Fouhels-Coome,

teenth parliament of HENRY VI. m. Eleanor, youngest daughter of Sir Walter Reynell, Lord of Trumpington, by Margaret, his wife, daughter, and eventually sole heir, of William Strighul, of Malston, in Devon, and had issue,

RICHARD (Sir), his heir.

John, buried in the church of Ugbo-
rough, 9th May, 1552.
Katharine, m. to Thomas Coplestone,

esq. of Bowden, in Devon, son and
heir of Walter Coplestone, esq. by
Elizabeth, his wife, dau. and sole heir
of Thomas Stone, esq. of Bowden, and
had issue,

John Coplestone, of Bowden, continuator of that branch of Cople

stone.

Thomas Coplestone, d. s. p. Elizabeth Coplestone, m. to John Prideaux, esq. of Orcharton. Anne Coplestone, m. to Richard Spenser, esq. of London. Margaret, m. to John Holbeam, esq. of Holbeam, in Devon, son and heir of John Holbeam, esq. of Holbeam, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir John Pesmershe, knt. of Staffordshire, and had issue,

John Holbeam, d. s. p.

John Holbeam, who succeeded his brother, John, at Holbeam, and continued the family.

Elizabeth Holbeam, m. first, to John Marwood, esq. of Westcott, in Devon; and secondly, to Robert Pollard, esq. of Honiton, in the same county. Elizabeth, who was the last prioress of the nunnery Cannonsleigh, in Devon, and to whom, at the dissolution of the community, temp. HENRY VIII.

a pension of £40 a year was granted. William Fouhel, of Fouhels-Coome, is mentioned, together with his wife, and his father and mother, "Johannis Fowhill et Joane uxoris ejus," in a deed executed in the 4th EDWARD IV. whereby certain lands in the parish of Modbury were given by Henry Drew to trustees, to pay a chaplain to perform divine service in a chapel there, to pray for his parents' souls, as well as for the souls of many relatives and friends deceased; which deed was signed by William Fouhell, he and his heirs being of the trust. He died 23rd March, 1507, and his widow on the 9th April following, both being interred in the Fowell aisle, in the north of the church of Ugborough. Their son and

successor,

combe, knt. sheriff of Devon in 1487; the

latter died without issue; but by the former he had,

1. THOMAS, his heir.

1. Jane, m. to John Reynell, esq. of Oggwell, in Devon, only son, by his wife, Thomazine, daughter of Hatch, of Robert Reynell, esq. who d. v. p. eldest son of Walter Reynell, esq. of Malston and East Ogwell, which Walter was the eldest brother of the above Elinor Reynell, wife of William Fouhel.

11. Joan, m. twice; first, to Sir Philip Courtenay, knt. of Loughtor, second son, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Hingeston, of Wonville, of Sir Philip Courtenay, knt. of Molland, all in Devon, (see vol. ii. p. 162,) which Sir Philip was grandson, through Isabell, daughter of Sir Richard Champernowne, knt. of Beer Ferrers, and Elizabeth, daughter of Walter, Lord Hungerford, of Sir Philip Courtenay, knt. of Powderham Castle (ancestor of the present Earl of Devon), sixth son of Hugh Courtenay, second Earl of Devon, of his family, by Margaret, daughter of Humphry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, lord high constable of England, and his wife, the Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of King EDWARD I. By him* Joan Fowhell had an only daughter,

Elizabeth Courtenay, who carried
Loughtor in marriage to Sir
William Strode, knt. of New-

This Sir Philip Courtenay, husband of Joan Fouhil, had two sisters;

ELIZABETH COURTENAY, m. to her kinsman, Ed-
ward, Earl of Devon, father, by her, of Wil-
liam, Earl of Devon, who m. the Princess
Katharine, daughter of King EDWARD IV.
and had an only child, Henry, created Mar-
quis of Exeter, and nominated by King
HENRY VIII. on his embarking at Dover
for France, in October, 1532, HIS HEIR AP-
PARENT TO THE CROWN. He was father of
Edward Countenay, the last male of this
branch, created 1st March, 1553, Earl of
Devon, "to him and his heirs male for ever,"
from which creation the present Earl derives
his title. And
MARGARET COURTENAY, m. to Sir John Cham-
pernowne, kn't. of Modbury Castle, or
Court, in Devon, ancestor, by her, of
Bridget Champernowne, who, by her hus-
band, Thomas Hele, esq. of Fleet Damarell,
high sheriff of Devon 44 Queen ELIZABETH,
1601, was mother of Sir Thomas Hele, of
Fleet, knt. and bart, and M. P. whose eldest
dau. Elizabeth, co-heir of her brothers, Sir
Samuel and Sir Henry Hele, baronets, mar-
ried, as will hereafter appear, William Fow-
ell, esq. of Blackhall, ancestor, by her, of
the present John Digby Fowell, esq.

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enham Park, in Devon, by whom she had a numerous issue, from which descended Sir William Strode, knt. of Newenham, whose life is recorded in PRINCE'S Worthies, a person of great honor, worth, and esteeme, in his country, who dyed a little before the civil wars began,” leaving issue, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Southcott, esq. of Bovey Tracy, in Devon, with seven daughters, "all very worshipfully married," + three sons, 1. Sir Richard Strode, knt. of Newenham and of Chalmington, in Dorset, M. P. for Plympton in the parliament of 1640, and ancestor of the Strodes of Newenham Park.

II. William Strode, esq. of Meevey, in Devon, "Burgess for Beeralston, in the parliament third year of King CHARLES I. and then by the said king was comitted to the Tower of London, with John Eliot and other members, where they continued to the parliament 1640, when the said William Strode sate as a member for Beeralston, and was in that parliament impeached by the king as one of the five members." He d. unm.

III. John Strode, esq. of Tavistock, in Devon, "a great favourite of the nobility and gentry, who spent much of his time about London, and was counted the best bowler in all England." He m. and had issue.

Joan Fowhell m. secondly, Humphry Prideaux, esq.of Adeston and Thoughborough, in Devon, son and heir, by Catherine, or Joan, daughter of Sir Humphry Poyntz, of Langley, in Devon, of Fulk Prideaux, esq. of Adeston and Thoughborough, and had issue,

1. Richard Prideaux, of Thoughborough, who, by his wife, Katherine, daughter of Sir John

+From these daughters descended the DRAKES of Ash, baronets; CHUDLEIGHS of Ashton, baronets; CLIFFORDS of Ugbrook, barons; CHICHESTERS of Raleigh, baronets; DAVIES of Creedy, baronets; DRAKES of Buckland, baronets; YOUNGS of Colliton, baronets; and numerous other principal western families. (See these titles in BURKE'S Peerage, Extinct Peerage, and Extinct Buronetage.)