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IV. Robert, who married Joane, eldest dau. of William Perry, esq. of Upwater, in Membury, in the county of Devon, by Jane, his wife, daughter of Roger Holcombe, esq. of Hole, in that shire, and from whom issued, it is considered, the branch resident at different periods, in the counties of Norfolk and Chester, and in London, Surrey, Middlesex, Essex, and Kent; from which branch it is presumed descended Joseph Fowell, esq. of Middlesex, who had issue a son,

THOMAS FOWELL, esq. of Colemanstreet, London, who, as the first successful Russia merchant, acquired a large fortune, and enjoyed the friendship of the then Czar of Russia, by whom he was presented with plate which has descended to his heir Mr. Fowell Buxton. He d. in August, 1768, leaving issue by his wife Sarah, who d. in August, 1776, an only child, and heiress, SARAH FOWELL, who m. Isaac Buxton, esq. son of Charles Buxton, esq. of St. Braxted, by whom, who d. in October, 1782, she left at her decease, at Weymouth, in February, 1814, a son,

v. Richard.

THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, esq. who m. Anna dau. of the late Osgood Hanbury, esq. of the Grange, near Coggeshall, and was father of,

THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, esq. M.P. for Weymouth, in several Parliaments, the philanthrophic advocate of slave emancipation. Mr. Fowell Buxton, m. Hannah, fifth dau. of the late John Gurney, esq. of Earlham, in the county of Norfolk, and has issue.

Thomas Fouhell, died in 1544, was buried in Ugborough church, 18th December, and s. by his son,

RICHARD FOUHEL, esq. of Fouhelscoome, who m. 27th January, 1541, Grace, second daughter of John Somaster, esq. of Paynsford, by Jane, his wife, daughter of Nicholas Dillon, esq. of Chimwell, both in Devon, and had issue,

1. ARTHUR VOWEL or FFOWEL, of Vow-

ellscombe, b. in 1542, who m. 13th, Sept. 1574, Maria, only daughter of Richard Reynell, esq. of East Ogwell, M.P. for Ashburton, and sheriff of Devon in 1585, and dying in 1604, was father of,

SIR EDMUND FOWELL, of Fowellscombe, M.P. for Ashburton in the Long Parliament, and for Devonshire in 1556, created a BARONET in 1661. He m. Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir Anthony Paulett, knight, of Hinton St. George, in Somersetshire, captain of the guard to Queen ELIZABETH, sister of John, first Lord Paulett, of Hinton, ancestor of the present Earl Paulett: and dying in October 1674, was s. by his eldest son. (For other issue, see BURKE'S Extinct Baronetage.

SIR JOHN FOWELL, second baronet,

of Fowellscombe, b. there in 1643, who, after the surrender of Dartmouth, gave in his adherence to the Parliament, as then did most of the leading gentry of Devon, and was made by General Fairfax, colonel of a regiment of foot, and governor of Totness. He was M. P. for Ashburton in 1658. He m. about 1660, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Chichester, baronet of Raleigh, and left at his decease, in 1676, with two daughters, a son and successor,

SIR JOHN FOWELL, third baronet, of Fowellscombe, b. in 1665, M.P. for Totness, from 1688, to his death, and one of the 151 members ofthe celebrated Convention, who voted against the elective principle of making the Prince of Orange King, but for declaring the Princess Mary Queen. He died in November, 1692, aged twenty-seven, unmarried, and with him the Baronetcy expired. By his will, dated 4th November 1691, he bequeathed, in conformity with the dying injunction of his grandfather Sir Edmond, and the will of his father Sir John, Fowellscombe Park, and the estates thereto annexed, to the heir male of the family, his kinsman, WILLIAM FOWELL, esq. of Black Hall: but owing to an informality in the instrument, the omission of one of the attesting signatures, occasioned, according to family tradition, by the person who drew up the will,

and superintended its execution, the testator's intentions were defeated, and the will set aside in favour of the last baronet's sisters, Elizabeth, m. to GEORGE PARKER, esq. of Boringdon, and Margaret, m. to ARTHUR CHAMPERNOWNE, esq. of Dartington. See BURKE'S Extinct Baronetage, for account of Fowellscombe House and estates to the present day.

II. Edmond, who died young, and was buried in Ugborough church, 26th April, 1588.

III. WILLIAM, of whom presently. IV. John, barrister-at-law, and town clerk of Plymouth, b. in 1557, m. Anne, fourth daughter, by his wife, Agnes, one of the three daughters and co-heirs of John Servington, esq. of Tavistock, of John Crocker, esq. of Lyneham, in the parish of Yealmpton, Devon, and had three sons, and two daughters, viz.

1. Edmond, of Plymouth, b. in 1596, member of the House of Commons, through the period of the civil war and commonwealth, and at the Restoration, viz. for Tavistock, in 1640, and 1658—9, and for Plymouth, in 1660. He was a frequent speaker as will be seen on reference to the journals, and to Burton's diary of the debates in the Protector's parliaments. He m. twice, first, Alice eldest daughter and coheir (by Elizabeth, daughter of William Crymes, esq. of Buckland Monachorem) of Sir Francis Glanville, knight, of Killworthy, in Devon, eldest son and heir, by his wife Alice, relict of Sir Francis Godolphin, knight, of Cornwall, of Sir John Glanville, knight, of Killworthy, justice of the Common Pleas, temp. Queen ELIZABETH: and secondly, Jane, daughter of Sir Anthony Barker, knight, of Sunning, in Berkshire, M.P .for that

* Henry Fowell, esq. of Abbots-Anne, in Devon, had his property confiscated by the Parliamentary Commissioners for that county, for his attachment to the royal cause.

+ This Edmond Fowell was M.P. for Plymouth in 1672.

There is every reason to believe, that male descendants of this branch have continued to the present day: John Fowell, of Stoke Damarell, near Plymouth, d. in 1763, Samuel Fowell, of that place, d. in 1766, another Samuel, d. there in 1799, and a Francis Fowell, in 1811. Early in the pre

shire. By the latter, who d. 23rd of May, 1640, and was buried in Plymouth Church, he had issue, Henry, William, Edmond,+ John, Anne, and Grace. The descendant, and heir of one of the sons, if not the fourth son himself, was

John Fowell, esq. living at Harewood House, in the parish of Calstock, Cornwall, temp. CHARLES II., and at Plymouth, in 1702. He was father of

Edmond Fowell, esq. of
Letchley, in, or near,
the parish of Calstock:
living there in the be-
ginning of the reign of
GEORGE I., the last
Imale of this branch re-
corded in the Fowells-
combe, and Blackhall
pedigrees.‡

2. Richard, b. in 1591.
3. Thomas, b. in 1602.§
1. Anne, m. circa, 1620, Abraham
Roe, esq. of Plymouth, mer-
chant.

2. Prothisa, b. in 1602.

v. Elizabeth, m. to Edward Harris, esq. of Cornworthy Priory in Devon, and had issue, of whom was

Sir Thomas Harris, knight, of Cornworthy Priory, serjeant-at-law, M.P. for Callington, for Bossiney, and for Truro, through the reign of ELIZABETH, who m. Elizabeth daughter of Henry Pomeroye, esq. of Devon, and had issue,

1. Sir Edward Harris, knight, of Cornworthy Priory, chief justice of Munster, of whom, and his father, PRINCE gives account in his Worthies. He was buried with his father, in Cornworthy Church, where is a handsome monument to their memories, and had issue,

sent year, 1837, died William Fowell, esq. of Stonhouse, near Plymouth, a retired commander in the Royal Navy, who though not of the Blackhall branch, understood himself to be distantly related to it. He left issue, of whom, a son Samuel Fowell, with a nephew of the same name, were at that time mid-shipmen in the navy.

§ It is not certain that this Thomas Fowell may not have settled in London, and been the ancestor of Thomas Fowell, the Russia merchant, whose daughter and heiress, Sarah, was mother of Mr. Fowell Buxton.

Arthur Harris, who was buried at Cornworthy, 28th August 1630, when that seat and property fell to his sisters, by whom it was divided. 2. Christopher Harris, slain in the Wars at Ostend, in Flanders.

1. Anne Harris, m. Sir Thomas Southwell, knight, of the County of Suffolk.

4. Honor Harris, m. Sir Hugh Harris, knight, of Scotland. Richard Fowhel, of Fowhelscoome, died in 1593, and was buried in Ugborough Church, 10th of March, that year. His wife, who predeceased him, being buried there in March, 1590.

The third son,

WILLIAM VOWEL or FFOWEL, esq. of BlackHall, and Diptford-Down, in the adjoining parishes of North Huish, and Diptford, b. at Vowels-combe, in 1556, and baptized in the church of Ugborough, 22nd of April in that year, m. first 25th July 1579, Honora, daughter of Fforde, esq. of Ffordmore, in Devon, which lady, d. s. p. 7th July, 1595, and was buried in Diptford Church, where is an inscription on brass to her memory. And secondly, Agnes, daughter of William Achym, esq. of Plenynth, in Cornwall, by Anne, his wife, daughter of John Bligh, esq. of Bodmin, in that county, and had issue,

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* This was a very ancient Devonshire family, of whom so many as fifteen descents are recorded in the herald's visitation of 1620,-shewing matches with the Servingtons, Champernownes, Huyshes, Bears of Huntsham now of Morebath, St. Legers, Coplestones of Coplestone, Wyndhams of Somersetshire, and Coplestones of Eggesford; with arms quarterly of six coats, Wood, Champernowne, Valetorts, Huysh, Cressey, and St. Leger.

+ Sir Francis Glanville, of Killworthy, had five daughters, who became his co-heirs on the death of his son, s. p.

1. Alice, b. in 1605; m. as before stated, Edmond Fowell, esq. of Plymouth, M.P. for Tavistock, 1640, s. p.

11. Elizabeth, b. in 1606; m. as above, Wil liam Fowell, esq. of Black Hall and Dipt

1599, m. in 1627, Elizabeth, second daughter and co-heir† of the before-named Sir Francis Glanville, knt. of Kilworthy, in Devon, brother of Sir John Glanville, knt. serjeant at law, M.P. for Oxford, and speaker of the House of Commons in 1640, and eldest son and heir of Sir John Glanville, of Kilworthy, knt. chief justice of the King's Bench, temp. Queen ELIZABETH, 1598, and had issue, two sons,

I. RICHARD, b. at Black-Hall in 1628, m. at Holbeton, ‡ in October, 1655, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Hele, bart. of Fleet Damarell, in the parishes of Holbeton and Ermington, in Devon, M.P. and sheriff of Devon, 1636, and sister and co-heir of Sir Samuel and Sir Henry Hele, barts. of Fleet. (See BURKE'S Extinct Baronetage.) By this lady, the descendants of this Richard Fowell derive their descent:-through the noble houses of DE BOHUN, Earls of HEREFORD and ESSEX, lord high constables of England; COURTENAY, Earls of DEVON and Barons of OAKHAMPTON; and CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury Court; from the royal line of Plantagenet. She d. in November, 1690, and was buried in Diptford church, 13th of that month; and he, who d. vita patris, in September, 1669, ætat. 40, was buried there the 18th of that month, leaving issue, one son and two daughters,

WILLIAM, successor to his grandfather.

Elizabeth, b. at Blackhall, 15th

June, 1658.

Honora, b. at Blackhall, 7th November, 1661.

II. Francis, who d. in 1706, and was buried in Diptford church, 7th November, that year.

William Fowell d. in September, 1674, ætat. 75, was buried in Diptford church on

ford, and had issue, who became the representatives of this, the eldest branch of the Glanville family.

III. Dyonisia, b. in 1608; m. —

Doidge,

esq. of Hurlesditch, in Devon, and had issue.

Iv. Jane, b. in 1610; m. Oliver Sawle, esq. of Penrice, in Cornwall, ancestor, by her, of the present Sir Joseph Sawle Graves Sawle, bart. of Penrice. (See BURKE's Peerage.) v. Margaret, d. s. p.

This marriage is registered in the registers of the three parish churches of Holbeton, Ermington, and North Huish; and in the first, in which church the ceremony was performed, he is styled "son and heir-apparent of Sir William Fowell, of North Huish."

the 13th of that month, and succeeded by his grandson,

WILLIAM FOWELL, esq. of Black-Hall and Diptford, a magistrate for the county, b. at Black Hall in 1659. He became HEIR MALE of the family on the death, in 1692, of his kinsman, Sir John Fowell, third baronet, of Fowellscombe, (see BURKE'S Extinct Baronetage); who bequeathed to him, as before stated, in obedience to the wishes and will of his father and grandfather, Fowellscombe Park, and certain manors and estates around it; adding thereto all his lands and possessions, and making him his sole executor, with the only charge that "by all the bonds of amity and friendship between them, he should see his debts paid as quickly as possible:" but the bequest was set aside, and this property lost to him and his descendants, in consequence, it is said, of the omission, as we have already shewn, of one of the three attesting signatures. He was also HEIR AT LAW of the Heles of Fleet, barts., which property, one of the most beautiful and rich in the county, passed from him by the will of his uncle, Sir Samuel Hele, to a distant branch of that family, that it might be preserved in the male line; on the death of the last of which, James Modyford Hele, of Fleet, who d. a minor in London, in August, 1716, it became, by the will of his father, Richard Hele, esq. of Fleet, who d. in December, 1709, the property of James Bulteel, esq. of Membland, in Devon, a stranger in blood, whose descendant and heir is the present John Crocker Bulteel, esq. of Fleet, formerly M. P. for south Devon. He m. before 1683, Susannah, daughter of Richard Smyth, esq. of Tavistock, in Devon, and by her, who d. in 1716, and was buried in Diptford Church, 1st April of that year, had issue,

I. JOHN, his heir.

11. William, of North Huish, b. at Black hall, in 1684, d. unm. in December, 1769, ætat 81, and buried in Diptford Church, 1st January, 1790. III. Richard, M.A. fellow of Exeter

College, Oxford, rector of Hilperton, and vicar of Corsham, Wilts, b. at Black Hall, in October, 1695; m. at Devizes in Wilts, in November, 1723, Anne, daughter and eventual sole heiress, by his wife Mary, (who surviving him, re-married James Lock, esq. of Devizes, ancestor by her of the late Wadham Lock, esq. M.P. for

There were also James Harris's, of the Close, Salisbury, of the younger branch of the family, who were ancestors of the Earls of MALMESBURY, son and grandson of Thomas Harris, esq. of that place, by his second wife, JoAN, daughter of SIR WADHAM WINDHAM, knt. of Norrington, county Wilts, whose descendants are entitled to the benefit

Devizes,) of James Harris, esq. of the Close, Salisbury, of the senior *branch of the family of Harris, of Orcheston St. George, in Wilts, ancestors of the Earls of MALMESBURY; and dying at Corsham, 25th May, 1750, was buried in that church, where is a monument to his, his wife's, and his children's memories, on the 29th, leaving issue by her, who d. there, 8th July, 1768, and was there buried, 14th,

1. John, D.D., fellow of Exeter
College, Oxford, rector of Hin-
ton, of Chartham, of Eynesford,
and of Bishopsbourne in Kent,
and co-chaplain with Bishop Por-
teus to Secker, Archbishop of
Canterbury; b. 16th April, 1725;
m. first, Petronell, second daugh-
ter and co-heir of William Chol-
wich, esq. of Oldstone, county of
Devon; which lady, dying s. p.
11th November, 1760, was buried
in the church of Bishopsbourne
on the 19th. He wedded, se-
condly, Susannah, daughter of
Thomas Alkin, esq. of Canter-
bury, by whom, who was b. in
1755, d. 2nd April, 1784, and
was buried in Bishopsbourne
Church on the 13th, ætat 28, he
who d. at Chichester, 30th Octo-
ber, 1803, and was buried in the
church of Bishopsbourne, where
is an inscription to his, his wives',
and his children's memories,
had issue, one son and two
daughters,

1. John, b. at Bishopsbourne,
18th August, 1780, d. there
19th September following,
and buried in that church.
1. Susannah, b. and d. there,
also an infant, 15th May,
1775, and there buried, 17th.
11. Uliana-Margaret, sole heir-
ess, b. there 27th Jauuary,
1778; m. at Mary-le-bone,
Lond. 23d April, 1796, John-
Charles Tufnell, esq.of Bath,
lieutenant-colonel of the
Middlesex militia, and a ma-
gistrate for the county of
Somerset, second son by his
wife, Mary, daughter of John
Farhill, esq. of Chichester,
of George Foster Tufnell,

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esq. of that place, colonel of the East Middlesex militia, and has had issue, seven sons and five daughters.*

2. James, of Blackwell Hall, London, merchant, and of Corsham, b. there 4th August, 1728, d. there 24th June, 1768, aged forty, unmarried, buried in Corsham Church.

3. Richard Brigden, of Bath, b. at

Corsham, 1st October, 1730, m. at Devizes, in the county of Wilts, Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Solomon Hughes, esq. of that town, and had issue, three sons and six daughters,

1. Richard,

2. Richard, who all d.infants. 3. John,

1. Elizabeth, eldest daughter, and co-heir, d. at Bath, January, 1826, unmarried, aged seventy, and there buried. 2. Ann, d. an infant. 3. Frances, second surviving daughter, and co-heir, m. to the Rev. William Truman, of Jesus College, Oxford, and of Merthyr Tydvill, in the county of Carmarthen, by whom, who d. at Hinbury, county of Gloucester, in November, 1832, she, who d. there, 30th August, 1833, had issue, an only child.

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2. George-Edmond Tufnell, d. at Bishopsbourne, 13th April, 1799, an infant; buried in that church.

3. William Tufnell, esq. of the audit office of army accounts, London, b. 29th March, 1802; d. in London, 12th November, 1833, aged 33, unm.; buried in Islington church. 4. Arthur Bonham Tufnell, esq. of Bath, banker, b. 31st March, 1812; d. 12th May, 1836, unm., aged 24.

5. Edward-Wyndham Tufnell, scholar of Wadham College, Oxford, b. at Bath, 3rd October, 1814.

6. Thomas-Joliffe Tufnell, b. 23rd May, 1819. 7. Thomas-Robert Tufnell, b. 2nd October,

1822.

4. Anne, third surviving daugh ter, and co-heir, m. at Walcott, Bath, George Watts, esq. of Sion Place, in that city, banker, eldest son and heir of George Watts, esq. of Frampton on Severn, in the county of Gloucester, by whom, who d. at Bath, 26th March, 1819, and was buried in the abbey there, where is a monument to his memory, she had issue, five sons, and four daughters,

1. George-Fowell Watts. 2. Thomas-Marsh-Hughes

Watts.

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1. Mary-Jane Tufnell, m. at Laycock, Wilts, 1829, Edward Jennings, esq. of Falmouth, a lieutenant, R.N., and has had issue, six children,

George-Bryan Jennings.
Edward-Fox Jennings.
Bonham-Tufnell Jennings.
Robert-Shaw Jennings, d. an infant.
Charlotte-Ivaniona-Mary Jennings.
Mary-Jane Jennings.

2. Francis Tufnell, m. at Laycock, 17th May,
1823, Robert Young Keays, of Brazenose
College, Oxford, and of Penhill House,
Wilts, in holy orders, a chaplain in India,
Bombay Presidency, and has had issue,
Robert-Henry Keays.
Charles-Frederick Keays.
Fanny-Bate Keays.

3. Henrietta-Susannah Tufnell, m. at Box,
county Wilts, 16th November, 1830, Tho-
mas Dewell, esq. of Dauntsey House in
that county, and has had issue, two sons,
Charles-Goddard Dewell.
Dewell.

4. Anne-Catherine Tufnell, d. at Brighton, 25th March, 1824, unm.

5. Charlotte Bonetta Tufnell, d. at Lackham, 10th February, 1818, an infant.

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