Although the study of English kinship groups recreating their English parishes in the New World has been touched upon, its depths have not been fully appreciated. Many English colonists and their near neighbours shared family associations that stretched back hundreds of years.

One of these kinship groups originated in Cornwall and Devon, and was composed of families with strong sea-faring history. They put their skills to use in the early colonisation of America, with many West Country shipbuilding families financing settlement, and providing transport for passengers and goods to and from America.

Some of the characters involved were larger than life, as in the case of William Harris of Hayne (Pirate Billy). He had two two wives, connected to both Nathaniel West and to Captain Thomas Paulet. William had not been left much of an inheritance, so he took to piracy. He owned ‘Jamaica Inn‘ on which the book and film are based, but the book gives a false account of the inn being used by shipwreckers. This was not so. William used the inn as a warehouse for pirated goods, gained by him and others, and he made a fortune by selling these goods on without the burden of paying tax on them. A self-made man.

It is not likely that the only representative of his family that settled in America was John Harris, a resident of Saint Stephen’s Parish, Northumberland County. Yet, this case is rarely considered, and the origins of associated families of West Country origin are left as unexplored shipwrecks on the ocean of genealogy. These notes give a brief glimpse of families associated in England and America; not one that does them justice, but, at least, might be used as a signpost to them. They are not deserving of being forgotten.

Many of those associated in land deeds of this time were associated through kinship.

1. John Harris, 1st at Radford, m. Alice le Abbetot.
1.1. John Harris, 2nd at Radford.
1.1.1. Sir John Harris, 3rd at Radford, ob. ante 1430, sp. Katherine Hanchford, also known as Hansford, the sister of Jane Hanchford, obit. Dec. 4, 1449, who m. Sir William Cary of Cockington; their son, also Sir William Cary, m. Elizabeth Paulet of Hinton St. George. Elizabeth Paulet’s sister, Alice Paulet, married John Paulet of Basing, Hampshire, their son being William Paulet, 1st M. Winchester. The Hanchford/Hankford family intermarried with the Southcotts of Bovey Tracey, Devon.
1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, 4th at Radford, ob. ante October 16, 1485; first cousin of Sir William Cary of Cockington in Devon, August 12, 1437 – May 6, 1471; and brother-in-law of John Arundel of Lanherne.
1.1.1.1.2. John Harris, half-brother of John Harris of Radford, m. ‘a daughter and heiress of Stone of Lifton,’ and had issue William, and four daus., m. to Piper, Jackman, Cole, Allen.
1.1.1.1.2.1. William Harris, of Stone, m. Thomasin, dau. and co-heir of Walter Hayne of Hayne, and had issue John, and Wilmot, m. to William Foster, of Hole, in Devon. Walter Hayne was very likely to have been enfeoffed in Hayne as a result of marrying into the family of Drew, lords of that place. He was the progenitor of the Haynie family of Northumberland Co., Virginia.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1. John Harris (the king’s sergeant-at-law in the time of Edward VI.) m. Elizabeth, d. o. Michael Kelly of Radcliffe and Southweek, esq., and had issue:
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. William Harris of Hayne, m. Mary Greville (d. o. Sir Fulk Greville, of Beauchamp-Court, Warwick); her niece m. Nathaniel West of Virginia. His siblings were: John Harris, Oliver Harris,* Anthony Harris, Arthur Harris, Alice Harris, who m. John Wise of Sydenham, esq., and Wilmot Harris, who m. John Trevelyan, of Nettlecomb, in Somerset, esq. John Trevelyan, the heir of John Trevelyan, and Wilmot Harris, m. Urith, in the year 1561; some Visitations say d. o. Sir John Chichester, of Ralegh, in Devon, Knt.

*Oliver Harris was a ‘Privateer’ – the captain of the  Mary Holloway – that is, he had license to plunder ships of other nations. One of his crew was his cousin, William Gawdie, of Harleston in Norfolk. A branch of that family settled at Gidea (Gawdie Hall) in Essex; where a family of Cooke later came to reside. (A family of Cooke were buried within Harleston Church, as the Gawdies, pointing to a possible connection). This family intermarried with the Killigrews, descendants of Thomas Killigrew and his wife, Jane Harris, sister or half-sister of the above mentioned John Harris, brother of John Harris of Radford. Thomas Killigrew and his wife leased land in Dunmow, Essex, to ‘John Harryes’. It may not be insignificant that William Harris of Southminster (whose father was a John Harris, par Professor Bindoff) received interest from the Dunmow estate. William Harris was paid 32 shillings by the Royal Commissioners from monies owed to him by the estates tenants, which they had recovered. (E. Oxley, The Reformation of Essex, 1965, p. 112).

Thomas Killigrew (ob. ante September 20, 1513) and his wife Jane Harris (ob. post 1513) were mortgagors of John Harris and —– Cavendish of land in Dunmowe and Ollyfe. The deed stating this does not stipulate any familial relationship between these parties. Jane was the d. o. John Harris, 4th at Radford, obit. October 16, 1485, thus sister of (1) Francis Harris (ob. ante 1509), who m. Phillipa Grenville (ob. June 8, 1524), (2) Elizabeth Harris, who m. Thomas Gawdie. Elizabeth remarried at some point after 1538, becoming the second of the three wives of Thomas Gawdy (ob. ante 1557). Her dau., Honor, later m. his son, Thomas; (3) William Harris, who m. the heiress of Hayne; (4) Walter Harris (of Cornworthy?).

1. William Harris (‘Captain Billy’, about whom ‘Jamaica Inn’ was written), ob. 12 Jan. 1546, m. Thomasine Hayne, of Hayne, ob. ante Jan. 1546.

(Quit Claim: 1. Thomas, son of John Beaumont to John Waylock and Margery his wife. Lands: tenement and garden in Pilton, between land of Walter Hayne of S. and land of John (Elf)? on the N, and Podyngdon meadow on E and the road on the S. Wits: Walter Hayne (probably m. a heiress of Drew, lords of Hayne), John Chive, John Colt, Hugh Geffrey, Thomas Colson. 9 Nov. 1442. Hayne v Hayne. Plaintiffs: Edward Hayne. Defendants: Robert Hayne, feoffee to complainant’s use. Subject: Messuage, etc in Farley belonging to complainant. Devon. 1465-1471, or perhaps 1480-1483. Hayne v Hayne. Plaintiffs: Edward, son of William Hayne. Defendants: Walter Hayne, brother of complainant. Subject: Portion of corn and other goods due to complainant according to the custom of the hundred of Lyfton Frankelyn, by which the residue of a deceased man’s goods, after debts and legacies paid, were divided equally between executors for the health of his soul, his widow and his children, or, the wife not surviving, between executors and children. Devon. 1493-1500. Hayne v Beare. Plaintiffs: John Hayne and Joan Hayne his wife. Defendants: Richard Beare and Philippa Beare his wife. Subject: parcel of manor of Sydenham, Devon. 1558-1579. Hayne v Hayne. Plaintiffs: John Hayne junior. Defendants: John Hayne. Subject: To protect plaintiff’s title under a demise. A copyhold tenement and land held of Thomas Southcott esq. of his manor of Ide, Devon. Between 1558 and 1603. Dodson to Hayne, feoffment of Haye in Callyland. 1598. Thomas Hayne v James Yeo: money matters, Devon. 1648. Lease: 1. William Hayne, 2. Christopher Clobery and Johane, his wife, 3. Alice Martyn and Elizabeth her daughter. Property illegible. Rent: 3 6s 3d pa. 1670. Hayne v Martyn. Plaintiffs: Samuel Hayne. Defendants: William Martyn. Subject: money matters, Devon. 1673. Haynes v Dynham. Plaintiffs: Henry Hayne. Defendants: Arthur Dynham. Place or subject: money, Devon. 1682. Copy Fine: 1. George Beare, M.D. William Hayne. 2. Arnold Beare, gent, and Elizabeth his wife. Elizabeth Harris, widow of Exbourne. Premises. 1683. Hayne v Ball. Plaintiffs: John Hayne. Defendants: Richard Ball and others. Place or subject: property in Ide, Devon. 1696).

1.1. John Harris of Hayne, ob. 1551, Ottery St. Mary, m. Elizabeth Kelly, fl. 1551.
1.1.1. William Harris of Hayne, ob. Feb. 23, 1590, m. (1) 11 Sep. 1553, St. Dunstan in the West, London, Mary Greville, of Beauchamp Court, Warwick; m. (2) Honor Godolphin, relict of William Milliton in Breage Church on 15th December 1571. He succeeded William Milliton as Governor of St. Michael’s Mount. Honor Godolphin (Godalghan) was the d. o. Sir William Godolphin and Margaret Glynn.
1.1.1.1. Arthur Harris, ob. ante May 16, 1628, m. Margaret Davilles, parents of John Harris, ‘armiger’, M.P. for West Looe, 1614, seat of the Throckmortons), and Thomas Harris of St Hilary, and grandfather by the former of Arthur Harris of Hayne, created a baronet in 1678. Sir Arthur m. a d. o. Sir — Turner, of London, but d. without issue, when the title became extinct, and the estates passed to his cousin, Christopher Harris, Esq. of Hayne; who m. Elizabeth, d. o. William Martin, Esq. of Lindridge. ‘Arthuri Harris dom. Haine, ‘Armigeri, Et Montis Sancti Michaelis Præfecti; 16 die Mail, aetis 71’ (Gulval Memoriae Sacrum). Will summary: Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Wills, Barrington, 67, Arthur Harris, Esquire, dp. July 12, 1628. Written September 30, 1627. Names wife Margaret, daus. Margaret Denham, Alice Harris and —- Newcorte; eldest son John, 2nd son William, 3rd son Thomas, 4th son Tobie, 5th son Phillip; grandchildren Mary, Arthur and John Harris (ss/o Thomas), and John, Elizabeth and Jane Newcorte; sister Katherine Martin and her children; servants George Parson, William Chigwine and Thomas Harvye; also Phillipp White, Oliver Collin, Thomas Hill, John Slade, James Treneare and William White (relationship not stated); son-in-law John Dinham; brother-in-law John Norley; cousin William Kellie of Kellie and uncle, Michael Mallett, Esquire. Mentions lands and/or property at Kenegie, the Mount, Marketjew and Hayne, and mentions ‘the leases which I have by Sir Thomas Browne’s will; the Barton of Browne’. 1.1.1.2. Katherine Harris, m. Thomas Martin ‘of Miniver’. 1.1.1.3. Blanch Harris, ob. ante 1628, sp. Thomas Kelly, ob. ante 29 May 1605. 1.1.1.4. Margaret Harris, bur. Apr. 19, 1614, Buckland Monachoram, sp. William Crimes, gent., bur. Sept. 9, 1621, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, son of Ellis Crimes, ‘gent’, bur. Mar. 16, 1584, Buckland Monachoram, and Agnes Prideaux, of Ashburnton, Devon, ob. ante Oct. 2, 1594. A sister of William Crimes appears by Vivian’s Visitations to have m. Henry Edwards, son of Thomas and Jane (Roscruge) Edwards. (See J.L. Vivian, The Visitations of Cornwall, Comprising the Herald’s Visitations of 1530, 1573 and 1620). 1.1.1.4.1. Mary Crimes, chr. July 22, 1596. In the 1620 Visitation of Harris of Hayne and Kenegie, Mary’s uncle, Arthur Harris, gives the name of his brother-in-law as William Crimes, of Buckland Monachorum.

1. Roger Carmynow.
1.1. Sir Oliver Carminow, m. Elizabeth Pomeroy.
1.1.1. Elizabeth Carminow, m. Sir John Arundel.
1.2. Sir John Carminow, ob. 1331, m. the dau. and heiress of Sir John Glynn, in Cardinham.
1.2.1. Sir Walter Carminow, m. Alice, d. o. Sir Stephen Tynten (Blois).
1.2.1.1. William Carminhow, m. Margaret Kelly, d. o. Nicholas Kelly of Ladock, an M.P. for Cornwall in 1407.
1.2.1.1.1. John Carminow, m. Alice, d. o. Sir John Dinham.
1.2.1.1.2. Walter Carminhow.
1.2.1.1.2.1. John Carminow m. (1492) Philippa, dau. and co-heiress of John Trenowth of Fentongollan; another co-heiress m. John Godolphin, s. o. John Godolphin and Elizabeth Killigrew; her br. Thomas Killigrew and his wife Jane Harris were mortgagors of John Harris and —– Cavendish of land in Dunmowe and Ollyfe.

1. Nicholas Kelly, of Ladock. (Held by Walter Fitz-Ivo in 1258; a Carminowe manor).
1.1. Margaret Kelly, m. William Carminhow.
1.2. John Kelly, m. Joan Austell.
1.2.1 William Kelly.
1.2.1. Edith Kelly, m. Humphrey Calwoodleigh. His second wife being Jane Carminow, great-aunt of Oliver Carminow (see anon), to whom the Woodleighs of Buckland in Devon were tenants in Cornwall.
1.2.1.1. Joan Calwoodleigh, m. John Kelly.
1.2.1.1.1. William Kelly.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Alice Kelly, m. Michael Kelly; she m. (2) Robert Coryton.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Kelly, m. John Harris of Stone.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. William Harris, ob. 12 Jan. 1546, m. Thomasine Hayne, of Hayne, ob. ante Jan. 1546.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris of Hayne, ob. 1551, Ottery St. Mary, m. Elizabeth Kelley, fl. 1551.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Harris of Hayne, ob. 23 Feb. 1590/1, m. (1) Sep. 11, 1553, St. Dunstan in the West, London, Mary Greville, of Beauchamp Court, Warwick; m. (2) Honor Godolphin, relict of William Milliton in Breage Church on December 15, 1571).
1.2.1.1.1. John Carminow, m Alice, dau. of Sir John Dinham.
1.2.1.1.2. Walter Carminhow.
1.2.1.1.2.1. John Carminow m. (1492) Philippa, dau. and co-heiress of John Trenowth of Fentongollan; another co-heiress m. John Godolphin, s. o. John Godolphin and Elizabeth Killigrew. As stated, her br. Thomas Killigrew and his wife Jane Harris were mortgagors of John Harris and —– Cavendish of land in Dunmowe and Ollyfe.
1.2.1.1.2.1.1. Jane Carminow, m. Humphrey Calwoodly of Helland Hall, an Arundel manor. (See Vivian’s Visitation of Cornwall 1620, 1874 edition; Carminow, pp. 33-35; pp. 296-300).

1. William Harris of Hayne, m. Mary Greville, d. o. Sir Fulk Greville of Beauchamp’s Court.
1.1. Arthur Harris of Hayne & Kenegie (d 1628) m. Margaret Davils, d. o. John Davils of Totely.
1.1.1. John Harris of Hayne & Kenegie m. 1. (sp) Florence Windham, d. o. Sir John Windham; m 2. Cordelia Mohun , d. o. Sir John Mohun of Boconnoc, 1st Lord of Oakhampton.
1.1.1.1. Sir Arthur Harris of Hayne & Kenegie, Bart (dsp c. 1686) m. (1673) Theophila Turner, d. o. John Turner. Lease for 2 lives. 1607: 1. Arthur Harris of Heyne, esq, William Roe of Stowford, yeoman, John Turner of Eggloskerrye, Cornwall.2. William Marten, junior, and Priscilla his wife. Premises, ie. messuage and appurts, 10 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture, 10 acres of wood, 40 acres of furze and heath at Over Spry, Stowford’.
1.1.2. Arthur Harris.
1.1.2.1. Christopher Harris of Hayne & Kenegie, m. Elizabeth Martin, d. o. William Martin of Linderidge.
1.1.2.1.1. William Harris of Hayne, Sheriff of Devon (d. 1709, MP). Lease in reversion for 99 years or 2 lives, and counterpart. 1694. 1. William Harris of Hayne, esq, William Burne of Stowford, John Turner of St Giles-in-the-Heath, Phillip Caddy, Peter Drown, William Bole, all of Stowford, yeoman 2. William Martyn of Stowford, yeoman. Premises: as in 891/597, held by 2. for term of his life.
1.1.2.1.2. Joseph Harris.
1.1.2.1.2.1. Major John Harris, of Saint Stephen’s Parish, Northumberland County, will proved 1713.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1. Sarah Harris, sp. Anthony Haynie, will proved 1709.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1. John Haynie, sp. Hannah Neale b. 12 JUL 1684 in Northumberland Co., VA, d. o. Elizabeth Holland and Daniel Neale; Elizabeth the d. o. Daniel Holland (Holland, Daniel, Northumberland Co., Va., 31st Mch., 1672; 17th Apr., 1672. To dau. Eliza:, 20 A. in Newman’s Neck. Wife Joyce, execx. and residuary legatee. Test: Edward Elliott, Jeremy Robins, n.b. Francis Cussan, Paul Winbery. 1. 564).
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2. Grace Haynie, sp. Capt. George Ball, will proved 1746.
1.1.3. Thomas Harris of St. Hilary, sp. Joan Harte. HW/15. 1 Dec 1628. Assignment (i) John Harris of Hayne in Devon, esq (executor of his father Arthur Harris. (ii) n.b. Thomas Harris of St Hilary (brother of i); Mansion etc. in Treveneth Marhasse (Trewarmeneth near Marazion) in St Hilary.

The Will of John Harris, a resident of Saint Stephen’s Parish, Northumberland County, dated September 20, 1718, mentions a legacy left by his uncle William Harris ‘of Hayne in parish of Stowford in County of Devon’. ‘The Harrises were described as an old and prominent Devonshire family, mentioned in Burk’s Extinct Baronetage and Commoners’ (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, July 20, 1912). Harris, Jno. of St S par. Will. d. 20 Sept 1718: ‘Legacy left me by my Uncle William Harris Esq’r of Haynie in the parish of Stowford in the County of Devon. [L. 300 Sterl.] in the hands of Christopher Harris Esqr in the Parrish of Padstow and County of Devon’. ‘Unto my Dear Father Joseph Harris’. Bros Christopher and Willm Harris. To sisters Margritt Pengelty and Jane Kitt. Wife Hannah, she extr’x. Wit: Tho Hobson, Jarvass Ellistone. Tho Cralle and Hannah Cralle.

His daughter, Sarah, m. a member of their Devonshire ‘Haynie’ kinship group. Anthony Haynie, husband of Sarah, appeared in court, Northumberland County, on January 31, 1709 and stated about Sarah: “she is the daughter of my father in Law John Harris” (Northumberland County, B. 17, p. 107). Anthony Haynie – ‘I give unto my loving wife Sarah Haynie, the daughter of my father-in-law John Harris, the hundred acres of land the sd. Harris gave unto me by deed of sale &c., to her and the heirs of her body &c. … Unto my wife Sarah Haynie and my daughter Grace Ball and their heirs &c. all the land or lands belonging unto me Except one Moyety of or half of the land I have Joyning on the land of Coll. Peter Hack, the which excepted Moyety I give unto my brother John Haynie &c. Provided my brother John pay an equall part of the charge with my wife and daughter from the Date of the Deed of the sd. land to me and of what charge they shall be att untill they are possessed of it … if brother John refuse, sd. land to wife and daughter to be equally divided between them … my wife and daughter Grace Ball Exors. Wit: Richard Ball, Hancock Nicholls, Fransisin Frizele, John Harris’.

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, p. 252 – ‘Harris, John, of an ancient Devonshire family, settled at an early date in St. Stephen’s parish, Northumberland county, Virginia. His father was Joseph Harris, and his uncle, William Harris, of Hayne, member of parliament for St. Ives and Oakhampton in several parliaments in the reign of William and Mary. He was burgess for Northumberland in 1703-1704, and his Will, dated Sept. 20, 1718, was proved May 20, 1719. He m. Hannah Kenner, d. o. Captain Richard Kenner, of Northumberland county’.

1. John Haynie – John is first mentioned in Virginia Land records in 1632 as follows: ‘William Hampton, Planter, 50 A. at Buck Roe within the precincts of Elizabeth Citty, March 12, 1632, p. 136. Abutting on a Cr. parting same from land of James Bonal, Frenchman, Sly. towards the land of John Hayney, Planter, and Ely. upon Cr. parting same from Point Comfort Island. Which sd. 50 A. was leased by Francis West, 10 Dec 1627′ (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800; Nell Marion Nugnet, 1934, p. 18). 1.1. Anthony Haynie, born c. 1651 in Northumberland County, Virginia, and died bet. Jan. 31, 1709, and Jun. 21, 1710. He is identified as the brother of John Haynie in a court record on 31 January 1709 (Northumberland County, Virginia, Record Book 17, 1706-1720, p. 107), and he appears quite frequently in the court records of Northumberland County between about 1702 and 1710.

Anthony Haynie: ‘300 acs. adj. Mr. John Chandler dec’d, Col. John Russell & Geraurd Dodson both dec’d, Richard Russell dec’d, John Haynie, Sr., John Hughlett, Sr., Chickacoane River. 7 June 1695′ ( B. 2, p. 170). Capt. Wm. Jones of Northumberland County, Sept. 30, 1703: 2000 acs. in sd. County granted Gervas Dodson Apr. 27, 1658 did Escheat.    Anthony Hayney of Northumberland Co. possesses 75 acs. conveyed to John Haynie, his father who gave same to Anthony. Sept. 17, 1707: Grant to Anthony Hayney adj. where James Nipper formerly lived (B. 3, p. 160).

DODSON/DOTSON:

West Devon Record Office. Strode family deeds: Enfeoffment: 1 Richard Fowell of Fowlescombe, esquire, 2 John Dodson of St Cleer, Cornwall, gentleman. Woodlands near Netherton, manor of Trevage (location and boundaries given, partly in English and partly in Latin). 1558. Enfeoffment: 1 John Hendy of Michaelstowe, Cornwall, gentleman, 2 Thomas Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire. Tregonger tenement in St Clether. 1596. Marriage settlement of Thomas Dodson, including lands in Hare, Tremeer, Northcott, Tamemyll, Ven Parks, Trevivian, Holwell, Botereaux Castle, Tregoner, Ven Pequites, Millbrook, Penlaigell, Trevagwood and 1/3 of the Manor of Deviock in St Germans. 1601. Cannock to Dodson, general quitclaim and release. 1609. Marriage settlement: 1 Robert Dotson or Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire, 2a Sir Richard Buller of Shillingham, Cornwall, knight, 2b William Coryton of West Newton, Cornwall, esquire, 3a Francis Buller of Tregarrick, Cornwall, esquire, 3b Nicholas Glyn of Glynford, Cornwall, esquire, 3c Sampson Manington of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, esquire. 1611. Lease for several terms of years: 1 Robert Dodson of St Ive, Cornwall, esquire, 2 Elizabeth Dodson his mother, widow. Hill or Athill and Cutkerrow or Cutkeare tenements, Menheniot (3000 years); Trefulgan tenement, St Germans (60 years or three lives); Tregonger tenement, St Clether (60 years or two lives). 1612. Quitclaim: 1 Sampson Dodson of St Ive, Cornwall, gentleman, 2 John Harris of Lanrest, Cornwall, esquire. Bequest of £300 under will of Thomas Dodson. 1613. Marriage settlement: 1 Robert Dodson of St Ive, Cornwall, esquire, 2a Francis Whiddon, parson of Moretonhampstead, 2b John Hore of Chagford, gentleman, 2c James Knapman of Drewsteignton, gentleman. Tamill or Treford, Venparks and Tregonger tenements, St Clether. 1632. Enfeoffment: 1a John Dawe and Grace his wife, daughter of George Beare (deceased), 1b Nicholas Harry and Jane his wife, daughter of George Beare, 2 Robert Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire. Over Penquite or Carpenter tenement, St Cleer. 1635. Letter: Richard Pears to Robert Dodson esquire of Hay, Cornwall. Concerning the deeds transferring Over Penquite or Carpenter tenement to George Beare. Enfeoffment: 1 Emmanuel Langeford of Tremabe, Cornwall, esquire, 2a Robert Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire, 2b Thomas Dodson his son. Cutkeyve Wood, St Cleer. 1617. 1635. Marriage settlement: 1 Robert Dodson of St Ive, Cornwall, esquire, 2a Francis Whiddon, parson of Moretonhampstead, 2b John Hore of Chagford, gentleman, 2c James Knapman of Drewsteignton, gentleman. Tamill or Treford, Venparks and Tregonger tenements, St Clether. 1632. Enfeoffment: 1a John Dawe and Grace his wife, daughter of George Beare (deceased), 1b Nicholas Harry and Jane his wife, daughter of George Beare, 2 Robert Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire. Over Penquite or Carpenter tenement, St Cleer. 1635. Final concords: 1 Robert Dodson, esquire, 2a John Dawe and Grace his wife, 2b Nicholas Harry and Jane his wife. Over Penquite or Carpenter tenement, St Cleer. 1636. Grant of annuity in £80 per annum: 1 Thomas Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, gentleman, 2 Robert Dodson his father. Barton and demesne lands called Hay and Cutkeeve Woods; lands and tenements called Tremeere, Tregonger, Tame Mill and Ven parks. 1641. Marriage settlement: 1 Robert Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire, 2 Thomas Dodson his son and heir apparent. Barton and demesne lands called Hay; lands and tenements called Tremeere, Tame mill, Ven parks, Trevivian, Holwell, Botreaux Castle, Tregonger, Ven, Penquite, Lower Millbrook, Penbugell and Trevagwood; one third share in the manor of Deviock; lands in St Ives, St Clether, Dewstowe, Minster, Maker, Eglish, Merther, Lawhinnick; woods called Cutkeeve in St Cleer. Marriage portion of £1000. 1641. Settlement of freehold lands: 1 Joan Wyvell of St Ive, Cornwall, widow, 2a Frauncis Buller the younger of Shillingham, Cornwall, esq, 2b John Buller of London, esquire. Messuages in Landrake, Botus Fleming, St Ive and the Borough of Saltash, Cornwall. To the use of 1) for her natural life, then to the use of Thomas Dodson and his heirs, then on default of issue to: a) Gideon Cossens – the lands in Landrake; b) Jonathan Cossens – the lands in Botus Fleming and St Ive; c) David Cossens – the lands in Saltash. Endorsement: Confirmation of transfer of lands in Menheniot and St Cleer to David Cozens. 1660. Marriage settlement: 1 Thomas Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire, 2a John Buller of Morvall, Cornwall, esquire, 2b Matthew Hals of Efford, esquire, 3 Mary Buller daughter of 2a). Barton and demesne lands called Hay, St Ive; barton called Tremeere, St Ive; wood called Cutkeive or Cutkeere or Cutcrue, St Cleer; tenements called Tregonger, Middlehill, Penquite in St Ive; one third part share of the manor of Deviock; other lands in Cornwall as described jointure of £150 per annum for (3). 1684. Release: 1a Allan Penney of Great Torrington, gentleman, 1b Jane his wife, 2 Thomas Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire. One third part share in four tenements in Trewetha, Menheniot. 1687. Dodson to Snell, lease of Fursdon in St Cleer. 1688. Final concord: 1 Thomas Dodson, esquire, querent, 2 Allan Penney, gentleman and Jane his wife, deforciants. One third part of four messuages in Trewetha, Menheniot. 1689. Bond and obligation in £60: 1 Thomas Dodson of St Ive, Cornwall, esquire, 2 William Pearse of St Mellion, Cornwall, gentleman. 1693. Lease and release: 1 John Meager of St Stephens in Branwell, Cornwall, yeoman, 2 Thomas Dodson of Hay, Cornwall, esquire. Lands called Wallinghouse in St Cleer. 1693. Dodson to Harris, lease of land in Botus Fleming. 1693. Counterpart lease for 99 years or three lives: 1 Thomas Dodson of St Ive, Cornwall, esquire, 2 Hugh Snell of St Cleer, Cornwall, moorstone mason. One third part of a tenement in St Cleer and Menheniot. 1694.

BALL:
Lease for 21 years: 1. Roberte Lapthorne, Robert Michell, Roberte Hyngeston, William Beard, William Boyes, Thos. Lyston, Thos. Harwarde, Andrewe Harvye, Jn. Lapthorne, Richd. Lapthorne, Jn. Boyes, Jn. Boyes the younger, Richd. Ball, Edwarde Hill, Jn. Lange, Jn. Michell, all of South Milton, 2. Wm. Roupe, South Milton. Premises: Parisshen House and garden next church-house. Rent: 6s. 8d. p.a. 1562. Inquisition post mortem taken at Chidleighe on 17 June 4. Jas. I. 1606, before John Ratenbury, Gent. Escheator, to inquire after the death of John Tapper, decd, by oath of Humphrey Ball, Gent, Augustus Hore, Gent. William Batting, Silvester Whitwaye, George Harte, Gent. Hugh Smaredon, Mark Wollacot, Robert Cullacot, William Comminge, Humphrey Colridge, Nicholas Sexon, and George Hart, who say that said John Tapper on day of his death was seized of a messuage and 80 acres of land in Cleve in Parish of North Bovey and of two tenements and 60a. of land in North Bovey called Heywood and of 30a. of pasture in North Bovey called Millwalls als. Mylland. The messuage, and c, in Cleve is held of Thomas Wise, Knight, as of his Manor of Chaplehillings in free socage. 1606. Bargain and sale: 1 Sir Christopher Darcy of Grayes Inn in Middlesex, knight, Thomas Ball of London, haberdasher, Ury Babington of London, esq and William Babington of London, gent. 2 John Pearse of Sidmouth and Roger Slade of Axminster, in Devon, yeomen. Land in Sidmouth Knighton, a tenement called Knighton Hayes, a close of land called Peastlinche, parcels of land called Longhinch-mead, Bidberry, Larkparke, Grindelapitt, Hocklands, meadows called Panyers Lane and Hillmead, a close called Foweland, a tenement called Ropers and the Brewhouse, all in Sidmouth, Devon. 1645. Lease for 21 years: 1. Charles Orchard the elder, gentleman, Charles Orchard the younger, George Snelling the elder, gentleman, George Snelling the younger, Thomas Ball the elder, yeoman, Thomas Ball the younger, Robert Pinsent, yeoman, John Harris the elder, yeoman, and John Harris his son, all of Hennock. 2. Daniell Voysey, yeoman, of Hennock. Premises: Knowle Park Meadow, Knowle, Hennock. Rent: £2.16 0 per annum. 1692.
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