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KENTISBEARE

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"KENTISBEARE, or Kentisbeer, three miles E. by N. of Collumpton, is a considerable village, sheltered on the west by lofty hills. Its parish contains 1184 souls and about 4000 acres of land, including Sainthill hamlet and many scattered farm houses, &c. . . . It has a fair on Whit Monday; an Agricultural Association; and an Assembly Room. The Trustees of the late Earl Of Egremont are patrons of the rectory and lords of the manor, formerly held by the Punchardson, Furneaux, Bonville, and other families. They own a great part of the soil, and the rest belongs to various freeholders. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £27. 18s. 11½d., and in 1831 at £585, is in the incumbency of the Rev. R.A. Roberts, M.A., who has 61A. of glebe and a good residence, built in 1840. The tithes were commuted in 1841, for £400 per annum. The Church (St. Mary,) is a fine ancient structure, with a beautiful screen, and several monumental memorials of the Eveleigh and other families. . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

Biography

Rugg, Derrick V. Across cobble-stones, Padstow, Tabb House (1983) [5],64p : ill, plates. [ISBN: 090701819x] [Personal reminiscences]

Cemeteries

Chalk, E.S. Devonshire Association Parochial Histories of Devonshire Nos. 3-4: Kentisbeare and Blackborough. (1934) [Westcountry Studies Library - msB/KEN/0001/CHA] [Church MIs pp. 64-70]

Church History

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

Gowers, Ian. The Sermon of Richard Saunders of Kentisbeare, 1651. In Devon Documents (ed. T. Gray). Tiverton: Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Special Issue (1996) [ISBN 0925836203] pp.82-86.

Church Records

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1839, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):

• Baptist Chapel - Sainthill Meeting: Registers for 1806-36 (Z) in PRO RG 4/337
• Wesleyan Chapel: Registers for c1812-37 - see Tiverton (PRO RG 4/342)

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Sainthill Particular Baptist Chapel Christenings 1806-1844.

An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Bradninch, Broadhembury, Buckerell, Butterleigh, Clyst Hydon, Clyst St. Lawrence, Cullompton, Feniton, Kentisbeare, Payhembury, Plymtree, Rewe, Silverton and Talaton. With photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850 and Kelly's Directory of Devonshire 1902. CD-ROM, Exeter, Devon FHS (2009). [Bradninch Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Broadhembury Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1838; Buckerell Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1841; Butterleigh Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Clyst Hydon Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1790-1837; Clyst St. Lawrence Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1814-1851; Cullompton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Feniton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1755-1837, Bur: 1790-1837; Kentisbeare Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1839, Bur: 1813-1837; Payhembury Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1838, Bur: 1800-1837; Plymtree Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1541-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Rewe Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1836, Bur: 1780-1837; Silverton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Talaton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1755-1836, Bur: 1800-1837].

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

James, J. Cleeve Memorial, Kentisbeare Church, Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 36 (1), 1987, pp. 37-9.

Reichel, Oswald J. Who was John, son of Mauger?. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 6:6, (1911) pp.175-176. [Killigrew Family - refers to vol.6, p.155, par.145.]

Whiting, Richard. Whiting of Wood, a mediaeval landed family (Lords of the Manors of Wood, Payhambury, Pridhamsleigh, etc.) In Family History Tracts, vol. 91. [Typescript.] [SoG Library]

History

Sue Davey's Kentisbeare pages provide historical information, and parish register extracts.

Barrett, Helen. Our heritage: a history of Kentisbeare and Blackborough. [Kentisbeare]: The Author (1977) 132p: ill, maps, plans. [Westcountry Studies Library - B/KEN 3/0001/BAR]

Chalk, E.S. The town, village, manors and church of Kentisbeare. (1910) 2 vol. [Westcountry Studies Library - msxB/KEN/0001/CHA] [Raymond: Includes list of vicars, MIs and pedigrees of Wyndham and Whiting families.]

Chalk, E S. The town, village, manors, and church of Kentisbeare. Trans. Dev. Assoc. 42 (1910).

Chalk, Edwin S. Histories of the parishes of Kentisbeare and Blackborough. Typescript [1930?] [Westcountry Studies Library - Formerly Ms.19]

Chalk, E.S. Devonshire Association Parochial Histories of Devonshire Nos. 3-4: Kentisbeare and Blackborough. (1934) [Westcountry Studies Library - msB/KEN/0001/CHA]

Names, Personal

Kentisbeare contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Transcript of a 1632 list of benefactors, from a wooden panel in the parish church, provided by Wesley Butson.

Cullompton Register of Bastardy Applications 1850-1859, Exeter, Devon FHS (2004). [Includes parishes of Burlescombe, Churchstanton, Cullompton, Halberton, Kentisbeare, Silverton, Thorverton and Uffculme.] [Foreword] [Names included in the overall index published as "Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief" (CD 023).

Probate Records

Transcription of the will of William Potter (1839) by Sandra Pidduck.

Last updated: 12 Dec 2011 - Brian Randell

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