A Visitation of the Seats And Arms of the Noblemen And Gentlemen of Great Britai
A Visitation of the Seats And Arms of the Noblemen And Gentlemen of Great Britai
Bernard Burke
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It stands embosomed in groves and gardens, the broad moors of Plenmellor stretching aw^ay towards the south, wdiile between it and the river T}me is a tract of corn-fields and green meadows. In 1763, Avhen John Tweddell, Esq. , of tliis place, was huntmg on the rocky moor of Ramshaw, one of the party, in search- ing for a lost hare, found m a cavity of the rocks a large quantity of silver coin ; " this, " says Hodgson, the county historian, 'Svas probably left there by some soldier in tlie purs...uit of the Scotch army from Stanhope Park in 1327. " COMBE ROYAL, in the county of Devon, the seat of John Luscombe, Esq. The name dates at least from the reign of Edv. 'ard the Third, and it may have existed long anterior to that time, the word evidently 246 SEATS OF GREAT lilUTAlN. being of Saxon origin. Before it passed into tlie hands of the Luscorabes by purchase, it belonged to a younger branch of the family of Gilbert. The mansion erected by John Luscombe, Esq. , Pligh Sheriff of Devon 1740, is a plain irregular buildmg of grey stone, standing at the head of a valley, Avhicli is scattered over with trees, singly and in clusters.
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