Thuborough

The Anglo-Saxon holder of the estate of Teweberie (in the hundred of Black Torrington) immediately prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066 was Bristvold, as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086,Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Part 1, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, Chapter 28, paragraph 4 the standardised spelling of which name is Brictwold. A man named Brictwold, spelled variously as Bristvold, Brictvold, Bristvoldus, Bristoald, Brictwold, etc., held 11 other estates in Devon as listed in the Domesday Book, namely:Thorn & Thorn, part 2 (notes), index of names

• Stoodleigh in the parish of West Buckland
• Plaistow in the parish of Shirwell
• Varley in the parish of Marwood
• Poulston in the parish of Halwell
• Bradninch, now a parish
• Parracombe in the parish of Shirwell
• Churchill in the parish of East Down
• Beare, of uncertain location
• Flete
• Twitchen in the parish of Arlington
• Staplehill in the parish of Ilsington

The manor of Teweberie was held in 1086 by Robert de Aumale (fl. 1086) (Latinised to de Albemarle), one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror (1066-1087). His tenant was a certain Franco. Robert's lands, comprising 17 entries in the Domesday Book of 1086, later formed part of the very large Feudal barony of Plympton,Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2, Chapter 28 whose later barons were the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon. Robert was lord of Aumale in Normandy, now in the département of Seine-Maritime, France.Thorne & Thorne, part 2 (notes), chapter 28 As recorded in the 12th/13th century Book of Fees, a later tenant of the estate of Thefebergh, but holding it from the feudal barony of Plympton, was a certain Ralph de Alba Mara, whose relationship to Robert de Aumale is unrecorded. Ralph also held the estate of Kismeldon in West Putford.Thorne & Thorne, part 2 (notes), chapter 28, para 4

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The de Esse or de Ashe/Aysshe family took its surname from one of the many ancient estates in Devon named Esse/Ash. A branch of the family survived seated at the manor of Sowton (alias Clist Fomeson/SomsonPole, p.232;Risdon, p.61) until the 18th century.Vivian, 1895, pp.25-6, pedigree of Ashe or Aysshe of Sowton The arms of this family were: Argent, two chevrons sable,Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.481; Vivian, p.25 and "were quartered by several worthy families" according to the Devon historian Tristram Risdon (d.1640),Risdon, p.62 who recorded the following descent of the manor of Therborough:Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp.248-9

• Sir Ralph de Esse, tempore King Henry III (1216-1272)
• Sir Alan de Esse, tempore King Richard II (1377-1399), who left two daughters and co-heiresses:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.397, pedigree of Giffard
• Ingaret de Esse, eldest daughter, heiress of Thuborough, wife firstly of Andrew Giffard and secondly wife of Richard Halse of Kennedon
• Elizabeth de Esse, wife of John Giffard of Helland, Cornwall.

The descent of Thuborough in the Giffard family was as follows:

• Andrew Giffard, second son of John II Giffard of Halsbury in the parish of Parkham, Devon, by his wife Jone Deuclive, daughter and heiress of Richard Deuclive.Pole, p.374-5; and expanded by Vivian (1895), pp.396 et seq
• John Giffard *(son) of Thuborough, who married Alice Ugworthy, a daughter and co-heiress of John Ugworthy.
• Stephen Giffard (fl. 1438) (son) of Thuborough who married firstly to Joan Spencer, daughter and heiressRisdon, p.249 of John Spencer of Spencer Combe, Tedburn St Mary, near Crediton.

• Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 618–620, pedigree of Prideaux of Adeston and Thuborough

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