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    The manor of Wadham in the parish of Knowstone in north Devon and the nearby manors of Chenudestane and Chenuestan (more anciently known as Cnudstone...
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    Shapcott, the original home of the Shapcott family; Wadham, Knowstone the original home of the Wadhams, who took their name from the manor, later of Edge...
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    in the counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset, including: Manor of Wadham, Knowstone, Devon: original seat of the family, from which they took their name...
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    British Library. The church contains a memorial of the Wadham family originally of Wadham, Knowstone, in north Devon and later seated at Merryfield, Ilton...
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    Gilbert Wadham (c.1320–1383) of Wadham, who in 1383 quitclaimed to him a rent in the manor of Wadham (or Wadeham) in the parish of Knowstone, between...
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    name from the manor of Wadham in the parish of Knowstone, between South Molton and Exmoor, north Devon. His father, Sir John Wadham, was a Justice of the...
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    was the seat of the ancient Wadham family. The Wadham family originated at the manor of Wadham in the parish of Knowstone, in North Devon. Wadeham was...
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    Margery Wadham, a daughter of Sir John Wadham (c. 1344 – 1412) of Edge, Branscombe, Devon, of Merryfield, Ilton, Somerset, and of Wadham, Knowstone near...
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  • the estate of Edge was acquired by the de Wadham family who took their name from the manor of Wadham, Knowstone in north Devon and held Edge for eight generations...
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    parish of Knowstone, Devon. Elsewhere the arms are shown with a chevron or (Barnstaple Church on Tucker monument), or without chevron (in Knowstone Church...
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    present Baron Leconfield and Egremont. Wadham in the parish of Knowstone in Devon, the earliest seat of the Wadham family. Sir John Wyndham married Joan...
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    Newton, Whitstone, Knowstone, George Nympton, Honiton, North Aller, Hacche, Radworthy, Pulham, Satterleigh, Chittlehampton, Wadham and Swimbridge. "In...
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    Robert Pollard (d.1576), 4th son, purchased from the crown the manor of Knowstone, where he was buried on 26 September 1576. He married Anne (or Agnes)...
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  • Lapford Sir William Champernowne (c.1240–1304) of Ilfracombe 1300 (Mar) Sir Robert Beaple of Knowstone Sir Reginald Ferrers of Bere and Newton Ferrers...
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