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HACCOMBE

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"HACCOMBE, 3 miles E. by S. of Newton Abbot, is a small parish, or extra-parochial liberty, in the detached part of Wonford Hundred, south of the estuary of the Teign. It contains only 14 inhabitants, 290 acres of land, and two houses. It is the seat and property of Sir Walter-Palk Carew, Bart., and has been held for many generations by his family, one of whom was created a baronet, in 1661. The present mansion, called Haccombe House, was built on the site of the ancient hall, about 45 years ago. It is a large plain building, standing in a well wooded lawn, at the bottom of a gradual descent, near the church, on the door of which two horse shoes were fastened, "in memory of one of the Carews, who won a wager of a manor of land, by swimming his horse a vast way into the sea, and back again." At Domesday Survey, the manor was held by Stephen de Haccombe, under Baldwin the Sheriff. It passed successively to the Archdeacons and Courtenays. In the 13th century, it passed with the heiress of the latter to Nicholas Lord Carew, one of whose descendants, George Carew, was created Baron Carew and Earl of Totnes in 1625, but, dying without issue, in 1629, his titles became extinct. Another member of the family was created Lord Carew of Ireland, in 1834, and of the United Kingdom in 1838. Haccombe Church (St. Blaize,) is a small ivy clad structure, with a bell turret, and contains some ancient monuments of the Haccombe and Carew families." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

• General historical and descriptive information, area map from 1765, details about administrative boundaries, etc., about Haccombe with Coombe from the Devon Library's Local Studies Service.

Church History

Haccombe - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).

Church History

Brushfield, T.N. John Sixtinus, Archpriest of Haccombe, Sixteenth Century, Reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association (1903) 14 pp.

Crabbe, William R. An Account of Haccombe Church. Exeter Diocesan Architectural and Archaeological Society Trans. 2nd series, vol. 1 (1867) pp. 61-73. [Includes monumental inscriptions.]

Searley, A.W. Haccombe. Part 4 the Archpresbytery. Trans Dev Assoc, vol. 53 (1921) pp180-200.

Searley, A.W. Early archpriests at Haccombe. Trans Dev Assoc, vol. 58 (1926) pp289-298.

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1859 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1812 - for details see their book list.

Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).

The old register of Haccombe church. [Contents: births 1687-1757; baptisms 1779-1821; marriages 1773-1801]. Transcription (1984) [Westcountry Studies Library - x929.3/HAC/1687]

Directories

Copy provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

Crabbe, William Richard. Notes & extracts relating to Haccombe Chapel & the Carew family. Manuscript (1865). [Westcountry Studies Library msx929.2/CAR]

Lega-Weekes, Ethel. The Mohun chronicle at Haccombe. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries (1906) 6p.

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir. Carew quarterings, pedigree of Carewe of Carewe Castle, Co. Pembroke, and Mohuns Ottery, Co, Devon, and the branches of Haccombe, Antony, Bury, and Crowcombe. Middle Hill: the author, 1830.

Searley, A.W. Haccombe, Trans. Devon. Assoc. 50, 1918, pp. 323-52. [Raymond: Includes Haccombe pedigree, 11-14th c.]

Searley, A.W. Haccombe, part II & III (1330-1440), Trans. Devon. Assoc. 51, 1919, pp. 181-210, & 52, 1920, pp. 310-26. [Raymond: Archdeacon family - Includes pedigree.]

Searley, A.W. Haccombe, pts. V-VI: the Courtenay period (c.1400-1426), Trans. Devon. Assoc. 54, 1922, pp. 271-82; 55, 1923, pp. 242-51.

Searley, A.W. Haccombe, part VIII: early Carew period, Trans. Devon. Assoc. 56, 1924, pp. 309-26.

History

The horse race story is told in for example: The King's England: Devon, by A. Mee (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965, pp. 143-4) and in A history of Devonshire, by R.N. Worth (London: Elliot Stock, 1895, pp. 309-10).

Boyd, Martin H.A. and Patricia R.Whiteaway. Haccombe with Combeinteignhead parish history. [1986] [Westcountry Studies Library - pB/HAC/0001/BOY]

Carew, P. Combat and Carnival, Constable (1954) 255 pp. [Country House Life at Haccombe, 1790-1860. Includes extensive information about the Carew and Taylor families]

Searley, A.W. The manor and church of Haccombe in Devon. Collection of articles from Trans. Devon. Assoc. (1926) xxxiii,331p: ill,maps. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/HAC/0001/SEA]

Searley, A.W. Haccombe. Part 1 (1086-1330). Trans Dev Assoc, vol. 50 (1918) pp323-352.

Searley, A.W. Haccombe. Part 2 (1330-1440). Trans Dev Assoc, vol. 52 (1920) pp310-326.

Watkin, Hugh R. Haccombe. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 12:8, (1923) pp.366-384. [Additional to A.W. Searley's contributions in T.D.A. 1918-22.]

Last updated: 21 Jan 2008 - Brian Randell

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