William HARRIS, Esq. b. 1524 Of Hayne, Stowford, Devon, England d. 23 Feb 1591 Hayne, Stowford, Devon, England: Family Collectives

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Name	William HARRIS
Suffix	Esq.
Born	1524	Of Hayne, Stowford, Devon, England
Gender	Male
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Died	23 Feb 1591	Hayne, Stowford, Devon, England
Person ID	I14838	YoungFamily
Last Modified	26 Jun 2019

Father	Sgt. John HARRIS, b. 1507, Of Stone, Devon, England , d. Abt 1551, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England (Age 44 years)
Mother	Elizabeth KELLEY, b. Of Ratcliffe, Devon, England
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Family ID	F4453	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary GREVILL, b. Abt 1540

Married Abt 1560

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Children

	1. Arthur HARRIS, Esq., b. 1561, Of Hayne, Devon and Kenegie, Cornwall, England , d. 16 May 1628, Kenegie, Cornwall, England (Age 67 years)
	2. Daughter One HARRIS
	3. Daughter Two HARRIS
	4. Daughter Three HARRIS
	5. Daughter Four HARRIS

Last Modified 15 May 2022

Family ID F4451 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

William Harris of Hayne in Com. Devon, Esq. son and heir, aged 24 at the taking of the Inquisitions on the death of his father, died 23 Feb, 1591, Inq pm. 33 Eliz., pt 1, No 38.

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CAPTAIN THOMAS HARRIS
This is a 'sketch' which shows that such as
Captain Thomas Harris

of Virginia,
Sergeant JohnHarris

of Virginia, and the
Harris family of Essex
, had strong connection to the
Harris family of Radford in Devonshire
, suggesting a common ancestry from the
Heriz family of Nottinghamshire
.This work is but a series of
rough notes
; without pretension of being either well written or arranged in any logical format; yet it is hoped it contain something of interest to those researchingHarris ancestry. Neither are definite answers given, attempting to suggest certainty when there isnone, rather, this work seeks to suggest
a trail to follow,
placing people within a context of their familial associations; for families of this period were defined by such associations, rarely marryingoutside of them; past associations underpinning present ones, and forming the basis of futureones;
a continuum of cousinship
.Although a fuller account of the people concerned is developed anon, I will commence byintroducing several genealogical tables, so as to offer an immediate glimpse into associations,and not bother the reader with too much tedious detail at the onset, for enough of that natureamply follows.It is often contended that Sergeant John Harris of West and Shirley Hundred married DorothyCaldecot, largely on the basis of their daughter, Dorothy Harris, receiving land in the will of "George Cawcott." I would rather suggest that Sergeant John Harris married Dorothy Paulet,daughter of Anne Chaldecott and "Thomas Pawlett of Melpasse" in com. Dorset, and that GeorgeCawcott, alias George Chaldecott, was Dorothy Paulet's cousin, a son of either Andrew or WilliamChaldecott, Anne Chaldecott's brothers.The connections between the Chaldecott and Paulet families were long established. Thefollowing table is partly based on the testimony of Francis Chaldecott, who is his family'ssignatory in the Visitations of the County of Dorset [1623].
TABLE I.
1. William Chaldecott, sp. Margaret; held in Purbeck; escheator for East and West Morden; in1371 a ship named the "Welfare" of Dartmouth was beached, and William was accused atSherborn Assizes of looting cargo.1.1. John Chaldecott, sp.
Alice Paulet, daughter of Sir Nicholas Paulet
& Alice de Parnham. 1.2.William Chaldecott, likewise escheator.1.2.1. Richard Chaldecott, escheator for Winchester, and M.P. for Wareham.1.2.1.1. Richard Chaldecott, escheator for Winchester [1454], and M.P. for Wareham, sp. heiressof the Quarels, bringing Quarleston to the Chaldecotts.1.2.1.1.1. Richard Chaldecott, inherited Quarelstone, his brother, William, inherited all of theKimmeridge and Wareham estates; William had a son named George who inherited the whole of his fathers estates, and he had an illegitimate son named William.1.2.1.1.1.1. Richard Chaldecott, noted as holding land in Hilton and Buckland Newton.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. George Chaldecott.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Chaldecott of Quarelstone, sp. Margaret Rogers of Brianstan, com.Dorset.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Anne Chaldecott, sp. Robert Bingham of Binghams Melcomb, com. Dorset.Anne married [2] Sir John Strode of Parnham, com. Dorset. He married [2] Anne Wyndham,
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daughter of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard* [P.C.C. 167, Essex]; their son being Sir John Strode,sp. Anne Browne, wife firstly of Lord John Paulet of Hinton, obit. 15/9/1565.
This seems most significant, as it directly connects this family of Chaldecott [Cawcot] with both the Woodlief and Harris families Devonshire
- see anon , "THE CONNECTIONS EXPLAINED" ....... "John Pauletwas the brother of: Joan Paulet, sp. Sir Robert Haydon, son of Sir Christopher Haydon & AnneDrury; whose cousin & namesake was married to Robert Woodlief of Aylesbury.
Aylesbury Manor was among the many properties belonging to Thomas Boleyn, the father of Mary Boleyn and Queen Ann Boleyn
. Robert Woodlief's wife was the sister of Drewe Drury, married to the Boleynssister's cousin. Aylesbury Manor was later to be claimed by the Carys: Henry (Carey) LordHunsdon, great-grandson of Margaret Boleyn [Chan. Proc. Ser. 2, bdle. 47, no. 52]. Other likelytenants of the Boleyns in Ayelsbury were the Harris family of Ottery St. Mary, as we see a Harrisof Ottery St. Mary being descibed as "of Aylesbury" in church records of 1605.[1.*Sir John Wyndham, sp. Margaret Howard, daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk andCatherine Moleyns. Lady Margaret's brother was Thomas Howard. 2nd Duke of Norfolk; two of his granddaughters, Catherine Howard, through his son, Edmund Howard, and Anne Boleyn,through his daughter, Elizabeth Howard, were two of the six wives of Henry VIII.
The Howard connection
will be more fully covered anon. 1.1. Sir Thomas Wyndham, sp. Eleanor Scrope.1.1.1. Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, sp. Elizabeth Sydenham; he acquired the estatenow called Orchard Wyndham in Somerset. Siblings: John Sydenham, sp. [a] Catherine Paulet[b] Ursula Bruges; Anne Sydenham, sp. Sir Thomas Bruges, Ursula's brother; Mary Sydenham,sp. Sir Christopher Harris of Radford. Florence Bruges, sister of Ursula and Thomas was marriedto Sir William Morgan of South Wales, whose famyly's arms impaled those of the Harris family of Cornworthy. *
The grandaughter of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham & ElizabethSydenham was Anne Wyndham, as above, whose brother, John, married Joan Portman, sister of Captain Thomas Paulet's wife
. As will be shown, the Sydenhams and the Carys were allianced bymarriage, and the Carys close relationship to the Paulets, and the Harris family of Radford,explains the above connections].1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Edith Chaldecott.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.
Walter Chaldecotte, of Barfield in com. Berks sp. [2], in 1548, the widow Bridget Fetiplace [formerly Skerne] of Sulhampstead Banister; fellow sergeant-at-arms to Henry VIII. withJohn Harris, military companion to the Ly
gons ..... father of William Harris of Hayne [and fiveother sons; see his will anon], who married Mary Greville [see anon], when he is was recorded tohave been part of the escort of Jane Seymour’s coffin, when her body was transported, fromHampton Court to Windsor. For his services to the king, Walter was given the tenancy of Frogmore, and, between 1546 & 1548, the rents of land at Windsor and Datchet, and the manor house of Elland. *Sergeants-at-Arms have been a part of British history since 1279 when EdwardI formed a bodyguard of 20 Sergeants-at-Arms. The gentlemen under this title, carried adecorated battle-mace as a weapon and as a badge of this particular office. Walter Chaldecottand John Harris would have been very well acquainted.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1. Francis Chaldecott, 1553-1636, sp. Edith Chaldecott, 1563-1638, as above.After the death of his mother in 1559, Francis was placed under the guardianship of his uncle,Thomas Noake of Semley, Wiltshire. He inherited estates of his father, and of his mother [Compton, in Berkshire; many prominent Dorset families were connected to Berkshire in that theywere court officials at Windsor. He was Sheriff of Dorset. His will bequeathed arms, armour andmunitions to his heirs, pointing to a military connection. Memorial Steeple Church, still extant: "Inthis chancel under a marble stone doe lye the bodies of Francis Chaldecott esq and Edith his wifehis younger daughter and coheir William Chaldecott of Quarleston in Dorset. esq who were liberalconstant house keepers, bountiful relievers of the poor, careful breeders of their children in pietyand virtue: diligent and devout comers to the church though it would be painful to them in their later times by means of age and other infirmities: 53 years and upward they lovingly lived achaste wedlock, and had issue of 15 children: whereof
3 sons and seven daughters
came to amature age and were most of them in the lifetime of their parents of their parents matched into

ancient families of worship most of them having fair issues: Thus having seen their children to thethird generation meekly died in the fear of God: he on Thursday the 19 may 1636 she onThursday 23 august 1638."1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Mary Chaldecott, sp. "Roger Newburie of Martlett, com. Somerset."[Roger Newborough ["Newburie"] mentions in his will, proved 10/12/1689, his son-in-law JohnProwse of Axbridge, whose family had strong links to the Harris family of Radford: 1. Sir JohnHarris, obit ante 1430, sp. Katherine Hansford. 1.1. John Harris obit. ante 16 Oct 1485. 1.1.1.Francis Harris, sp. Phillipa Grenville. 1.1.2. Elizabeth Harris, sp.
Thomas Mohun
. 1.1.1.1. WilliamHarris Esq., sp. Katherine Esse. 1.1.1.1.1. Sir Christopher Harris [1] Barbara Arscott [2]
Mary Sydenham
. 1.1.1.1.2. Jane Harris, sp. John Harris of Lanrest; his first spouse = KatherineTremayne = Phillipa Harris, sp. John Prouz Esq.; their son was Humphrey Prouz, sp. CatherineArscott; their son John Prowse, son-in-law of Roger Newborough, whose will also mentions hisbrother-in-law, Richard Morgan, of Hurst, Gloucestershire; a branch of the ancient family of Morgan of Tredegar, settled for some centuries at Hurst, whose arms impaled those of the Harrisfamily of Cornworthy. [Sir William Morgan, 1560-1653, of Tredegar; sheriff of Monmouthshire in1612, sp. [2] Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Winter of Lidney [spouse [a] Florence Bruges, asabove]; issue Thomas Morgan, obit 1664, of Machen; sp. [b] Elizabeth, daughter of
ThomasWyndham of Sandhills
]. In passing, it may be of interest to note that various members of theHarris family had connections to Morgans in Virginia: Captain Thomas Harris 620 acres for thetransportation of thirteen persons, including Thomas Morgan. William Harris - Ab. Childers(Childres) Deed of 29 February 1656 AT Curles [Neck] Of the James, Henrico - "Beginning at apine tree a little above the houses of the said Childers, and standing by the river (James) and onthe lower side of Morgan's Landing and soe running downe the (James) River to the Curles (1)swamp at the old gard (2), and from thence along the side of the (Curles) (3) swamp and meadowto an oak tree so one goes into the meadow close by the Curles (4) path, from thence on astraight line into the pasture to a parcel of oaks standing in the ridge, next above a place calledthe 18 lengths of boards, and from thence to the former line a straight line." Curls Neck beingwere Captain Thomas Harris planted. Roger Newborough's family were "cousins" of the family of Neweborrowe of Othe Frauncis, Dorset. The will of Richard Newborough of that place, dated3/12/1568, bequeaths to his "
sister Harryes a cloak
." Roger Newborough's father, GeorgeNewborough "the Highwayman", obit. 10/8/1603, was a most interesting character, but not moreso than his second wife, Mary Newborough, who was of no less infamy].1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Anne Chaldecott, sp. "Thomas Pawlett of Melpasse in com. Dorset."1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.3. Honor Chaldecott, sp. "John Champneys of Orchard-Leigh in com. Somerset."[Henry Champneys, of Frome Selwood, will dated 28/7/1505, married Jane, daughter of GabrielLivesedge, of Vallis House, near Frome. His son John, of Yarnscombe, in Somersetshire, marriedChristian, daughter of Humphrey Sydenham, of Combe Sydenham. Henry was succeeded by hisson. Henry Champneys, of Orchardleigh, Esq,; he married Elizabeth St. Maur,* only daughter andheiress of ---- St. Maur of Seymours Court, Somersetshire; her will was dated July 5, proved July26 1580, and she was buried at Frome. Succeeded by his eldest son, John Champneys Esq.married to Joan, daughter of
William Sydenham
, and heiress to her mother,
a Wyndham
. Estatesdevolved to his brother, John Champneys of Orchardleigh, Esq., who married, 1610, Honor,daughter of Sir Francis Caldecot, Knt.; she was buried in the church of Orchardleigh, June 24,1664, will dated 10/5/1654, proved 31/1/1664-5. *St. Maur was the original spelling of Seymour.These St. Maurs were seated at Beckington near Frome, co. Somerset, where the old manor house still bears the name of " Seymour's Court;" and in the church of that parish there are theeffigies in brass of John and Elizabeth Seynt Maur, bearing the date of 1485. A tomb at HighamFerrers belonged to Laurentius St. Maur of this branch. As in the example of her aunt'sconnections, we can see in Honor Chaldecott's marriage very intricate connections to twoDevoshire branches of the same Harris family].1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.4. Susan Chaldecott, sp. "Henry Chettle of St. Mary Blanford in com. Dorset."

1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.5. Elizabeth Chaldecott, sp. "
Maximilian Mohun
of Corton in com. Dorset." [Noticelink to Mohun family connected to the Harris family of Radford].1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.6. George Chaldecott, "sone and hey." He married Margerie Snegge, daughter of Sir George Snegge of Bristol. George Chaldecott died in 1619.
There is some contention that it was a half-brother who so married, and died in 1619
. Thus, it could also be the case that it wasthis half-brother who is to be found in Virginia.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.7. Andrew Chaldecott, mentioned as eldest living son of his mother in her will,proved 31/10/1638. 1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.8. William Chaldecott.Chaldecott or Caldecot etc., from the family of Vaucotte alias Caudecotte, Avesnes, cantond'Envermeu.
TABLE II.
1. Sir William Paulet, 1° M. Winchester, sp. Elizabeth Capel; sp. [2] heiress of Bruges. 1.1. Sir John Paulet, sp. Elizabeth Willoughby. 1.1.1. Sir William Paulet, sp. Anne Howard. 1.1.1.1.
Captain Thomas Paulet
, godfather to the son of Captain Thomas Harris. 1.2. Lord George Pauletof Cossington in the county of Somerset, sp. Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Moore, of Melpash, in Dorsetshire. 1.2.1. Thomas Paulet of Melpash, sp. Anne Chaldecott. 1.2.2. BarbaraPaulet, sp. Lodovick Stukeley.* 1.3. Giles Paulet, sp. Mary Trapps. 1.3.1. Anne Paulet, sp.Francis Harris.*The example of this marriage shows the extremely close links between the two branches of thePaulet family. The Stukely manor of Newnham passed to William Paulet third Marquess of Winchester, Captain Thomas Paulet's father, who was seised of three-quarters of the manor athis death in 1598 [Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cclxii, 125]. Captain Paulet's brother, William,administered the whole manor by fine in 1609 [Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 7 Jas. I.]. Thus, a very safeconjecture, given the closely integrated nature of families at this time, is that Captain ThomasPaulet would have known Lodovick Stukely, and, by implication, his wife's Chaldecott family.Francis Harris is of interest, in that he shared the same Paulet connections as
William Harris of Hayne
, who, as will be noted, was married to a second-cousin of
Captain Thomas Paulet
;suggesting Francis to be of the 'Hayne ilk' - possibly, on chronological grounds, being a son of thesaid William Harris of Hayne. However that may be, it seems likely that both Captain ThomasHarris

and Sergeant John Harris shared relationships with the families of Chaldecot and Paulet,the Paulet association being shared with the Harris family of Essex, see anon, and given thecustom of this period of marriages within closely-knit kinship networks, it would be surprising tofind these gentlemen more than 3rd. cousins removed. The above associations reflect a WestCountry kinship network, sread over the counties of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, and Dorset; andit will be shown herein that a family of Harris, descended, as noted, from the
Heriz of Nottinghamshire
, established themselves in Devon in the early thirteenth-century, and graduallyformed bonds with such as the Paulets and Lygons that gave shape to future alliances.
TABLE III.
1. Sir Richard de Beauchamp, 2nd. Baron Beauchamp of Powycke.1.1. Anne Beauchamp,* sp. Richard Lygon of Madresfield [contemporary of William Harryes of Madresfield, obit. 1428, son of John Harryes by his first wife, Johanna de Godolghan]; their son,Sir Richard Lygon, married Margaret Greville: [1. William Greville sp. Anne Franceys of theDerbyshire Formark branch, desc. Yorkshire Freschenes. 1.1. Ralph Greville. 1.1.1. Sir WilliamGreville. 1.1.1.1. Margaret Greville, sp.
Sir Richard Lygon, Sheriff of Gloucestershire
. 1.2. JohnGreville. 1.2.1. Sir Edward Greville. 1.2.1.1. Fulke Greville. 1.2.1.1.1. Mary Greville [2nd, cous.Capt. Paulet] sp. William Harris of Hayne. 1.2.1.1.2. Edward Greville. 1.2.1.1.2.1. FrancesGreville, sp. Nathaniel West, a daughter of his is
assumed
to have married a son of
Sergeant

John Harris
].1.2. Elizabeth Beauchamp,* sp. Robert, 2nd lord Willoughby de Broke. *They were very possiblycousins of Joan de Beauchamp, daughter of John de Beauchamp of Lillesdon, a
junior branch
of the barons Beauchamp [Debret]. Joan de Beauchamp married Theobald Gorges. By a first wife,Theobald was the father of Walter Gorges, who married a grandaughter of William de Willoughbyand Lucy le Strange.1.2.1. Elizabeth Willoughby, sp. Sir John Paulet, issue: Sir William Paulet; his issue: CaptainThomas Paulet, godfather to the son of Captain Thomas Harris.1.2.2. Edward Willoughby, sp. Elizabeth Neville.1.2.2.1. Elizabeth Willoughby, sp. Sir Fulke Greville.1.2.1.1.1. Mary Greville, sp. William Harris of Hayne
- "Gulielmi Harris de Hayne, Armigeri, 23 dieFeb. anno 1590 - sable, three crescents within a bordure Harris" - father of "Johannes Harris Armigeri" -
married 11/9/1553 in St. Dunstans, London. Her brother, Edward Greville, HaroldPark, Essex, married ----- de Grey, daughter of Lord John Grey & Mary Browne, dau. AnthonyBrowne [1st Viscount] and Alice Gage. Edward Greville and ----- de Grey were the parents of Frances Greville, who married Lt. Col. Nathaniel West, died 1623 in Shirley Hundred. Shemarried [2] Abraham Piersey and [3] Captain Samuel Matthews.
TABLE IV.
1. John Harris of Radford, obit. 16/10/1485.1.1. William Harris, married heiress of Hayne.1.1.1. John Harris, Seargeant-at-Arms, Recorder of Exeter, 1544.1.1.1.1. William Harris of Hayne, who married [1] Mary Greville, aunt of Nathaniel West's wife, [2]Honor Godolphin [in Breage Church on 15th December 1571. William succeeded William Milliton,Honor's first husband, as "Governor of the Mount"]. It may be of interest that "William Harry of Breage" named his son-in-law as John Flood in his will dated 25/9/1645; the Floods, as herein,being connected to Captain Thomas Paulet in the same way as a son of CaptainThomas Harris -he acted as godfather to both families.1. Sir William Godolphin.1.1. Honor Godolphin.1.2. Mary Godolphin, who married Sir Robert Dennys, Recorder of Exeter, 1576, son of Sir Thomas Dennys, Recorder of Exeter, 1514, his position on resignation going to William Harris of Hayne; both father and son buried at Holcombe Burnell.1.2.1. Sir Thomas Dennys, who married Anne Paulet, sister of Captain Thomas Paulet.1.2.2. Gertrude Dennys, who married Sir John Arundel of Trerice, son of Juliana Harris. GertrudeDennys was the daughter of Sir Robert Dennys of Holcombe Burnel and Mary Blount, widow of Edward Parker, Baron Morley, whose sister, Alice Parker, was the mother of ElizabethBarrington, first wife of Edward Harris, father of Thomas Harris of Essex. By a first wife, Sir Robert Dennys was father of Sir Thomas Dennys of Holcombe Burnel, who married Anne Paulet,sister of Captain Thomas Paulet.With acknowledgements to Bob Harris:"William Harris of Hayne received no significant inheretance, as he was a younger brother, but he

made a fortune by selling smuggled goods brought in by the Governor of Sir Michael Mount inCornwall. The Jamaica Inn on Dartmoor was a base for this purpose. This Inn is the subject of aDaphne Du Mauriers novel.""Members of the Harris of Radford and Hayne branches were active as financial backers insetting up the company that led to the establishment of british colonies in America.""Descendants of the Harris family at Hayne migrated to America. The will of John Harris, aresident of Saint Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia America, dated 20September, 1718, mentions a legacy left by his uncle William Harris "of Hayne in parish of Stowford in County of Devon."John Harris, Esq. of Stone, a lawyer of high renown, was chosen, in 1535, as reader of Lincoln'sInn, and called, in 1540, to the degree of serjeant-at-law. He was subsequently recorder of of Exeter. "The eminency," says, Prince in te Worthies of Devon, "of this great lawyer we may infer from that considerable estate be acquired, and left to his family; for he added the hundred,manor, and advowson of Liston adjoining to Hayne, which he purchased from Lord Nevil, Earl of Westmoreland." Serjeant Harris married the dau. of Michael Kelly[grew], Esq. of Ratclifle, andhad issue. The eldest son, William Harris, Esq. of Hayne, m. Mary, dau. of Sir Fulke Grevill, Knt.of Beauchamp's Court, in Warwickshire, and had, with four daus.,* a son and successor, John,elected as MP. for Oxford in 1617. His brother, Arthur [father of John Harris, John Harris of Hayne, esq., and Thomas Harris of St Hilary],** and grandfather by the former of Arthur Harris of Hayne, created a baronet in 1678. Sir Arthur married a daughter of Sir — Turner, of London, butd. without issue, when the title became extinct, and the estates passed to his cousin, Christopher Harris, Esq. of Hayne; who m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Martin, Esq. of Lindridge. *Thedaughters being Elizabeth, Blanch, Ysod, and Katharine. **The St. Hilary holdings deriving fromthe second marriage of William Harris of Hayne.Assignment 1 Dec 1628(i) John Harris of Hayne in Devon, esq., executor of his father Arthur Harris. (ii) Thomas Harris of St Hilary, brother of (i)) Mansion etc. in Treveneth Marhasse [Trewarmeneth near Marazion] in StHilary.In 1649, a tract published in London states that Capt. Mathews married the daughter of Sir. Tho.Hinton; however, the "daughter of Sir Thomas Hinton" was not Samuel Mathews first wife. He hadpreviously been married to the widow of Cape Merchant, Abraham Peirsey, and he was her thirdhusband.Minnie G. Cook - (William & Mary College Qtly, Vol 15, Series 2, 1935 p. 299] discusses thepassenger lists of the "Supply." In the list compiled by John Smythe of Nibley there are marginalnotes about the passengers. It reports Frances Greville "married mr. de la war." [Mr. de la War =Nathaniel West]. Smythe's list shows a group of four single women: Frances Grevill, JoaneGreene, Elizabeth Webbe, Isabel Gifford. She had come toVirginia in 1620 in the Supply with William Tracy and his wife, a niece of Fulke Greville, when shewas less than 20 years old.
PIERSEY AND CARY
Amongst the lands Abraham held was Windmill Point, the site of the first windmill in the nowUnited States on land passed down for generations in the Cary line. Thomas Taylor, described asa "mariner" in patent, was probably a Bristol sea captain who later retired in Warwick County.Capt Taylor's daughter, Anne, married, in Virginia, to Miles Cary, an immigrant from Bristol, andThomas Taylor's plantation, Windmill Point, and land adjacent, known as Magpie Swamps weregiven to his son-in-law, Miles Cary."John Harris, brother of John Harris of Radford, married a daughter and heir of Stone of Lifton
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and had issue William, and four daughters, married to Piper, Jackman, Cole, Allen. WilliamHarris, of Stone, married Thomasin, daughter and co-heir of Walter Hayne of Hayne, and hadissue John, and Wilmot married to William Foster of Hole in Devon. John (the king's sergeant-at-law in the time of Edward VI.,) married Elizabeth, daughter to Michael Kelly of Radcliffe andSouthweek, esq., and had issue William, John, Oliver, Anthony, Arthur, Alice,
married to JohnWise of Sydenham
, esq., and Wilmot, married to John Trevelyan, of Nettlecomb in Somerset,esq. William Harris, of Hayne, esq., married Mary, daughter of Sir Fulk Grevill, of Beauchamp-Court, Warwick" [Pole].
TABLE V.
1. Thomas Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.1.1. Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.1.1.1. Thomas Howard; sp. Elizabeth younger daughter and co-heir of John, Lord Marney of layer Marney, Essex.1.1.1.1. Henry Howard, sp. Frances de Vere.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, sp. Elizabeth Stafford.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Howard, 4th. Duke of Norfolk , sp. [1] Mary FitzAlan, sp. [2] Margaret Audley,daughter of Thomas, first Baron Audley of Walden,
who also held Prittlewell
. Mary FitzAlan wasthe daughter of Henry FitzAlan and Catherine Grey. Henry FitzAlan was the son of WilliamFitzAlan and Anne Percy, sister of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. Henry FitzAlan married[2] Elizabeth Willoughby,* daughter of Robert Willoughby, 1st. baron Broke.* Henry FitzAlanmarried [3] Mary Arundel, who was the daughter of John Arundel II. & Philippa Grenville, whosesister, Katherine Grenville, was the wife of Francis Harris. Francis Harris was the son of JohnHarris of Radford, and brother of William Harris, who married the heiress of Hayne, and wasfather of John Harris, military companion to the Lygons, sergeant-at-law to King Henry VIII.Francis Harris was the father of William Harris of Radford, born 1504, who became the ward of Sir John Arundel on his father's death, 8/12/1509. According to his will, Francis Harris was alsothe father of a "bastard" son called John Harris. *His brother, Sir William Willoughby, of Turner'sPeddel, in the county of Dorset, was great-great-grandfather of John Willoughby of Gittisham, andSeton, the latter being in the hundred of Colyton, Devon, from where the family of Gatesoriginated; whose niece married William Taunton. The family of Taunton, who held in Colyton,were connected by marriage to family of Tanner of Collompton, Devon. William Lygon, oldest sonof Thomas Lygon and Mary Harris, daughter of Captain Thomas Harris, married Mary Tanner before 1680 in Henrico County. In the time of Henry VIII., the vicar of Seton was EdwardGurgany. **Elizabeth Willoughby had married, firstly, Lord John Dinham, by license 26/3/1488,this Lord Dinham being the uncle of the above John Arundel II.1.1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Howard, sp. Arthur Gorges.1.2. William Howard, sp. [1] Katherine Broughton.1.2.1. Anne Howard, sp. William Paulet.1.2.1.1. Captain Thomas Paulet.1.2. William Howard, sp. [2] Margaret Gamage [Gamaches].1.2.1. Charles Howard, sp.. Catherine Cary.1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Howard, sp. Sir Robert Southwell. His nephew, Sir Thomas Southwell, sp.Anne Harris, whose father, Thomas Harris, was mortgaged of Colquite by Arthur Gorges, arelative. The Colquite estate was administered by Richard Grenville:

"Sir Ric. Greynvile to Viscount Howard, of Bindon. He and other trustees have endeavoured toeffect a sale of the manor of Colquit in Cornwall, but failed, as the land was so strictly assured toMr. Thomas Howard and his wife. 1,500. only offered for it. January — March, 1580."
THE CONNECTION TO GORGES
John Gorges, of Wraxhall, who d. 2 Henry V. and was
s.
by his brother, Sir Theobald Gorges,knight banneret, who in the reign of Henry VI. was lieutenant of Normandy under Richard, Dukeof York, then Regent of France, and had a salary from the crown for his government andmaintenance. He
m.
first, Joane, daughter of — Hanchford, and by her had issue, Walter, whodied in the lifetime of his father, leaving a son, Edward, heir to his grandfather& Elizabeth,
m.
toThomas Grenville. Although it can not be determined if this daughter of Hanchford was a sister of those who married into the Cary and Harris families, or, indeed, was one of them, a very closerelationship between these families is established. The Grenville connection, as above, isexplained by these marriages.
TABLE VI.
1. Walter Harris, who also held land in Monmouthshire, Wales. He was recorded at Tavistock withmembers of the Hayne, Radford, and Lanrest branches of Harris.1.1. Edward Harris, by his first wife, "a d. of Vowel" [Fowell]:1.1.1. Sir Thomas Harris, sergeant-at-law, sp. Elizabeth Pommeroy.1.1.1.1. Anne Harris, sp. Sir Thomas Southwell. Anne Harris was the daughter of Sir ThomasHarris (1547-1610) and Elizabeth Pomeroy (obit. 1634). On June 24, 1594 she married ThomasSouthwell of Spixworth, Norfolk (c.1575-1626). Anne was a poet, writing from a staunchprotestant viewpoint. She often wrote about prominent people. Her second husband, CaptainHenry Sibthorpe (obit 1626+), was her mentor and editor. She founded a school for the poor inCornworthy, which is only seperated from the parish of Ashprington by the Harbourne river;Ashprington being the seat of Sir Edward Giles, whose grandsons, Edward Giles [son Matthew,1604-1667], Thomas Giles, and Matthew Giles, were American colonists, sailing out of Bristol. Itcan not be ascertained whether the Giles family of Ashprington gave rise to the Mary Giles whomarried a son of Captain Thomas Harris in Virginia.1.1.1.2. Sir Edward Harris, -21 Aug 1638, sp. Elizabeth Fowell.1.1.2. John Harris of Cornworthy. "Edward Harris evidently had also by his first wife, ........FOWELL, a son, John, who is named in 1638, with his three sons, Thomas, Edward, and John, inthe will of his half-brother, Arthur Harris" [Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research inEngland,"New England Historical and Genealogical Register 68, 1914].1.1.2.1. Thomas Harris [Probably synonomous with the Thomas Harris connected to the Coombefamily in early Virginian records, and, as such, also connected to the Thomas Harris who died1672].1.1.2.2. John Harris ["the Sergeant"?].1.1.2.3.. Edward Harris.1.1. Edward Harris, by his second wife, "Anne Huckmore* d. of Wm. Huckmore":1.1.1. Arthur Harris of Norton, parish Cherston, sp. Honor Wykes. The seat of the Harris family of Cornworthy was Cherston Ferrers, which had been the domain of the family of Bere Ferrers for centuries. The connection between this family and the 'early' Harris family of Devon will beoutlined anon. Ralph de Fougeres held Chursto at Domesday. Ralph was youngest son of MainII. de Fougeres, who was the powerful Baron Fougeres in Brittany. Ralph succeeded him in 1084.

He also held in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Buckingham. He was ancestor of the Bohuns, and manyother noble families. Manors:

Adworthy, Afton Ipplepen, Galmpton [Cherston Ferrers].*Anne or Agnes Huckmore had married firstly Sir Henry Pomeroy; their daughter marrying thesaid Sir Thomas Harris.1.1.2. Susan Harris, sp.
Henry Fortescue
.1.1.3. William Harris.The Will of ARTHURE HARRIS of Norton [in the parish of Chruston], co. Devon, 20 April 1638.To the poor of Churston ,10. To the poor of Cornworthie ,10. To the poor of Blackawton ,5. To thepoor of Kingesbridge ,5. To the poor of Dodbr[ook] ,5, to remain as a stock tot he use of the poor forever. The overseers and churchwardens of said parishes to cause the tenour of this mybequest to be fairly written in parchment and put into a frame and hung up in the several parishchurches aforesaid that others may be encouraged and men's charities not spent, misemployed,and diverted, contrary to their intent and meaning, as too often in such cases is done. To mynephew Sir Thomas HARRIS lands in Cornworthie which I purchased for one thousand years, hepaying £100 to my nephew Edmond HARRIS, his brother, and confirming any such grants of estates as I have heretofore entered in the name and on behalf of Sir Edward HARRIS, his father.To Bartholemew FORTESCUE, son of Arthure FORTESCUE, all my estate called Pynwelles, hepaying to his brother John FORTESCUE £6 a year. To Arthur FORTESCUE and EdwardFORTESCUE, my sister's sons, the remainder of my estate after my wife's decease, in landscalled Norton and in woods called Lords wood, which I hold for their lives, and to them £10 a year until my wife's decease. To Susan FORTESCUE and Gartrude FORTESCUE, daughters of saidArthur FORTESCUE £70. To my sister FORTESCUE £20, and to her daughter AgnesWAYMOUTH £20, and to the said Agnes seven children £15 each. To Bridgett FRANCIS, mysister FORTESCUE'S daughter £20, and to her son John FRANCIS £50. To my cousin ThomasHARRIS, son of my brother John HARRIS £40, and to his brother Edward HARRIS £20, and tohis brother john HARRIS £60. "I give vnto Henry POMEROY, Sonne of Thomas POMEROY mybrother, three score pounds, and unto Tho[mas] POMEROY, sonne of the sd Henrey, fortiepoundes, all to be payed within a yeere after my decease." To Frances RYDER, my goddaughter £10. To Jane FOXWORTHIE £7 due to me from her husband. To Susan ROOPE 40s, and 20s.each to the children of said Susan. To each godchild 10s. To John MORTARY, my servant, all myestate in Butt Meadow purchased of George SAPP deceased. To goddaughter Jane BEARE,daughter of Thomas BEARE, gent. £10, and to my cousin Thomas BEARE a gold ring with thispoesie, "spare speake and spare speede." To every servant 40s. All residue to Phillipp HARRIS,my wife, executrix. Witnesses: Thomas BEARE, Marie BEARE, Richard BAKER, Edward WHITE,and Thomas EDWARDES. Proved 13 October 1640 by Phillipa HARRIS, relict and executrix. Thewidow took oath to the will 6 October 1640. Inventory, taken by Arthur RYDER, John BURTES,and Edward WHITE, and exhibited 13 October 1640, 928. 16s. 8d. [Principal Registry of theBishop of Exeter, 1640, original will and inventory].
ARMORIALS OF HARRIS OF CHERSTON FERRERS MANOR
Arms. 1. Sable, an antelope salient argent, maned and armed or. [Harris] 2. pale gules and azurea lion rampant argent, holding in three paws a fir-tree vert. 3. Argent, out of a dragon's head erased vert an hand proper. 4. Sable, a chevron between three spear-heads argent. [Whiddon?] 5. Gules, three towers triple-towered argent [Morgan?] 6. Vert, a chevron between three does' heads couped or. 7. Azure, a lion rampant argent [Monthalt] 8. Gules, on a chevron betweenthree eagles displayed or a rose gules.
A CONNECTION TO SOUTHWELLTABLE VII.
1.

John Jernegan of Somerleytoun, who married, in 1459, Isabel, daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton

of Clifton and Hodsock and Isabella Franceys of Foremark; origins in the Franceys family of Selby, Yorkshire.1.1.

Sir Richard Jernegan.1.2
.
Mary Jernegan
,
who married

Sir Thomas Stanhope of Rampton
- ancestors of the Stanhopeearls of Chesterfield, the Earls Stanhope. The
Visitation of Suffolk
mentions three other unnameddaughters whose married names were Palmer, Scott, and Haslake.1.3.

Sir Edward Jernegan of Somerleytoun, who married firstly, Margaret, daughter of Sir EdmundBedingfield of Oxborough and his first wife Alice Shelton. Sir Edmund Bedingfield's mother wasAnne Waldegrave, daughter of Sir William Waldegrave & Joan de Durward.1.3.1
.
John Jernegan
,
first cousin of

Sir Michael Stanhope
. John Jernegan married Bridget Drury,daughter of his sister's fourth husband, Sir Robert Drury of Hawstead, Speaker of the House of Commons.1.3.1.1.

Anne Jernegan [first cousin of Sir William Waldegrave,

who married Julian Raynsford;their daughter, Dorothy Waldegrave, married
Sir
Arthur Harris of Woodham Mortimer]. The aboveAnne Waldegrave was the great-aunt of Sir William Waldegrave's father, George Waldegrave,whose sisters included Margaret Waldegrave, married to Sir John St John of Bletsoe,Bedfordshire, and Bridget Waldegrave, married to Sir John Marney as his second wife. CaptainThomas Paulet's mother, Anne Howard, was the cousin of Lord Thomas Howard, who marriedElizabeth, younger daughter and co-heir of Sir John Marney by his first wife. Anne Jernegan wasalso first cousin of

Ann Drury
, wife of Sir Christopher Heydon, whose son, Sir Robert Haydon,married Joan Paulet, whose brother's relict, Anne Browne, married the son of Sir John Strode,who was the second husband of Anne Caldecot. The Haydon family lived at Cadhay Manor, near Ottery St. Mary, which was formerly owned by the Hone family "Thomas Bodley was descendedfrom an antient family, of that name at Dunscombe near Crediton in Devonshire [also calledDuncombe, from whence the family connected to the Woodliefs], and was son of John Bodley of the city of Exeter, by Joan, daughter and heiress of Robert Hone, of Ottery St. Mary, about ninemiles from that city" [Life of Sir Thomas Bodley, Oxon. vol. 1. col. 383]. Thomas Bodley'sdaughter was the great-grandmother of
Edward Harris
, son of

Sir William Harris of Southminster
.A sister of Joan Paulet, Margaret Paulet, married Sir Edmund Fowel, whose sister, Elizabeth,married
Sir Edward Harris of Cornworthy
. Jane Seymour, born circa 1540, may well have beenthe wife of William Harris II. of Essex, who is described as marrying "Jane Semer of Brawghinge"- this commonly taken to be synonomous with Bocking, Essex.
It is far more likely
to refer toBraughing or Brawghing in Hertfordshire, to where Jane Seymour's cousin, Sir Edward Seymour,Earl Hertford, held interest;
who was landlord of the Harris family of Cornworthy
.
Jane Seymour married secondly, by the above account, after 1560, John Rodney, their daughter, Elizabeth,marrying Henry Norwood of West Camell, Somerset, whose mother was Elizabeth Lygon,daughter of William Lygon & Eleanor Dennys. Thus, as well as many other connections, WilliamHarris III., may well have been a "cousin" of the Paulets; second-cousin of Sir Edward Seymour,as above. Anne Jernegan was also the niece of Elizabeth Drury, who married John Botteler, sonof Philip Botteler, son of John Botteler of Woodhall and Dorothy Tyrrell of Gipping, daughter of Sir William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy; daughter of Sir Robert Darcy of Maldon. These families figuredirectly in the pedigree of the above

Edward Harris of Essex
. Anne Jernegan married Sir ThomasCornwallis of Brome, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.1.3.1.1.1.

Alice Cornwallis, who married Richard Southwell of Spixworth, a manor just outsideNorwich [son of Richard Southwell of Horsham St. Faiths and Woodrising, who married firstly,Bridget, daughter of Sir Roger Copely of Roughway and Elizabeth Shelley. She had beengoverness of the young Princess Elizabeth. Richard Southwell of Horsham being the son of Sir Richard Southwell of Woodrising and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt, Sheriff of Essex, and his wife Margaret Sulyard.1.3.1.1.1.1.

Sir Thomas Southwell.

He married

Anne Harris of Cornworthy
, daughter of Sir

Thomas Harris, and grandaughter of
Sir Edward Harris of Cornworthy.
Lady Anne southwell's memory is embalmed in the following tribute of her son, Valentine:
"My Mother was the Daughter of Sir Edward Harris, Knight, one of his late Majesty's Justices of the King's Bench in the Kingdom of Ireland, who had the reputation of a learned and a just Judge;and this I dare say оf her (who died some few years past, for I do but justice to her memory), shewas a virtuous and discreet Woman, an excellent Neighbour, and a most indulgent and provident Parent; she took care of my Education (my Father dying when I was tender in years."
The pedigree of the Harris family of Essex as recorded in the "Visitations" seems by anyunbiased account to be unreliable. There would have been a semblance of truth in it, aroundwhich the myths were spun, for it would have invited scorn from contemporaries if total fabricationhad been used. The Jernegan family were central to the mythology, yet it would be dangerous todismiss all direct links to them without pause for thought. Such genealogists as Pole and Risdononly recorded a few of the sons of major landowners, usually the main heirs, and were even lessforthcoming about female issue. So, when it is recorded that the Mary Jernegan who married Sir Thomas Stanhope had three unnamed sisters [whose married names were Palmer, Scott, andHaslake], it can not be totally discounted that one of them subsequently married a Harris. MaryJernegan's brother, Sir Edward Jernegan, was the great-grandfather of Alice Jernegan, who wasthe mother of Sir Thomas Southwell, husband of Anne Harris of Cornworthy, alias the poetessLady Anne Southwell. This leads to a major point: The two branches of the Harris family thatshared the most common connections were those of Cornworthy and Essex. In the exampleabove, Sir Thomas Southwell's grandmother was first cousin of Sir William Waldegrave, whosedaughter married Sir Arthur Harris of Woodham Mortimer.The Harris family in general are easy to describe: In becoming "cousins of the Carys" they werebrought into the Paulet orbit, Paulet matriarchs being the foundation of both the Cary and Limberyfamilies relevant to
this
Harris history. Other "satelites" of the Cary/Paulet world included theDrurys, and these associations gave rise to "connected" families living in close proximity inEssex. The Cary/Paulet association was carried over to Virginia, and is evident in both the caseof "the Sergeant" and "the Captain." - the former's connections having a decided Welsh element.William Harris of Hayne ["Pirate Billy"] had a foot in both camps, for his two wives had directconnections to both Nathaniel West and to Captain Thomas Paulet. William had not been leftmuch of an inheritance, so he took to piracy. He owned "Jamaica Inn" on which the book and filmare based, but the book gives a false account of he inn being used by shipwreckers. This was notso. William used the inn as a warehouse for pirated goods, gained by him and others, and hemade a fortune by selling these goods on without the burden of paying tax on them. A self-mademan. I imagine not many people have read the book or seen the film, though. Lady AnneSouthwell is also given an unfair press. She was a highly educated woman of a family of notedintellects. She would have spoken French and Latin fluently, and would have known some Greek.She would have been versed in maths and logic, and would also have been brought up to run alarge household. She knew the poet and courtier, Sir Arthur Gorges, to whom she was possiblyrelated, and she married a man of great intellectual renown. So, when people say her verse isextemely toadying toward the rich and powerful - to King James I, "Darest thou my Muse presentthy Battlike winge / before the eyes of Britannes mighty kinge?" - they miss the point; she wasshowing those she praised to be her inferiors by them accepting such 'drivel' as a complement.As a woman, she was not given the opportunities of her male counterparts, and this was one wayof venting her frustration. I think it's things like this that bring genealogy to life, for these peoplewere not just numbers, or just names on genealogical tables; they were as real to some as our own grandparents are to us.
A CONNECTION TO WALES
This family of Harris was firmly connected to Wales: "1580 Ricd. Hanbery v. John Lecke,
Edwd.Harry, Walter Harry
, Thos. Jerothe, and others: Ironworks in Tynterne, and wood cut in Glascoydfor fuel for same, and works at Monkeswood, Treveythyn: Monmouth 22 Eliz." This Edward Harris
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on chronological grounds is likely to be John's cousin. The complete arms of the Harris family of Devon and Monmouth show
impalings of Morgan
and Monthalto, among others. The firstMonthalto on record was one of the barons of
Hugh Earl
of
Chester.

Ralph,
his brother, had a son
Robert,
who was steward, and one of the barons of the Earl of
Chester,
and grandfather of
Roger,
who married
Cecily,
sister and coheir of
Hugh
Earl of
Arundel
[FitzAlan = later Percyconnection]. They took their name from a hill, Monte Alto, in
Flintshire,
in
Wales,
where theyanciently resided, and had a castle [Hawarden]. The Harris family of Cornworthy wereshareholders in the "Society of the Miners Royal" and the "Society of the Minerals and BatteryWorks" which had grant to explore for, and work mines of gold, silver, copper and quicksilver, andall other minerals and metals that might be discovered in England, Wales and the English pale inIreland." Works were established ....... for the manufacture of wire at Tintern where an iron workshad previously existed, and ironworks (a furnace and two forges) at Monkswood to supply theTintern works with the "osmond" iron necessary for producing wire. The major shareholder was,as above, Richard Hanbury, whose eldest son was John. The eldest son of this John Hanbury,likewise John, had died in 1634. Richard, the second son, in 1650 married Dame Mary Morgan,widow of Sir Ed. Morgan of Llantarnam Abbey. In 1655,
John Fortescue
and Dame Mary leasedto Capel Hanbury, fourth son of John and his first wife, Anne Capel, "a parcel of waste groundcalled Pontypool, together with the forge thereupon built and standing for the term of one andtwenty years if Dame Mary should live so long." You see many connections here, cetainlt theMorgan one, but also a Essex Paulet one in relation to Capel. It would not seem improbable thatRobert Harris of Wales "the immigrant" of "The Forks" near Weyanoke on James River was amember of this Harris family family, who seem to have established themselves at Llangwm yssa,co. Monmouth.A common prejudice of the ill informed is to denigrate Welsh connections, though such prejudicegives no credence to the fabulous and most interesting pedigrees of those concerned. The Harrisfamily of Cornworthy had such connections, as did the branch of the Carys they were related to,and such connections brought great wealth, as the lands gained in marriage were the source of valuable iron ore deposits.
TABLE VIII.
1.1.1. Sir Ieuan Morgan, Lord of St. Clere & Tredegar,
Knight of the Holy Sepulchre
, sp. ElsbethVerch Thomas, b. 1404, dau. of Thomas Ap Llewellyn and Margaret Verch Phillip.1.1. Sir John Morgan of Tredegyr, Dyffryn, Monmouthshire, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, sp.Jonet Mathew, dau. of John Mathew and Catherine Kemeys.1.1.1 Thomas Morgan, Esq., sp. Elizabeth Vaughn, b. 1486, dau. of Sir Roger Vaughan and JaneWhitney.1.1.1.1. Sir Rowland Morgan of Machen, Gwynllwg, Monmouthshire, sp. Blanche Jones, dau. of William Jones and Elizabeth Herbert, dau. of Sir Walter Herbert of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, sonof William Herbert, 1st. Earl of Pembroke and Anne Devereux, Countess of Pembroke. Sir Walter Herbert's sister, Maud Herbert, was the wife of Henry Percy, 4th. Earl of Northumberland. Fromthis can be seen that Blanche Jones was the second cousin of the 5th. and 6th. Earls of Northumberland. It is most likely that Walter Harris of Cornworthy married a sister of Sir RowlandMorgan, thus gaining lands in Monmouthshire, and the impaling of the Harris arms with that of Morgan. Thus, Sir Edward Harris of Cornworthy would have been the first cousin of:1.1.1.1.1. Henry Morgan, b. 1536, of Llaurhymny, Monmouthshire, sp. Eleanor Morgan, dau. of John Morgan and Elizabeth Stradling, dau. of Sir Thomas Stradling of St. Donat's and CatherineGamage, dau of Sir Thomas Gamage of Coity. Sir Thomas Stradling was the son of Sir EdwardStradling and Elizabeth Arundel, dau. of Sir Thomas Arundel. Sir Thomas Arundel was the father of Sir John Arundel II., who was married to Katherine Grenville. Her sister, Philippa Grenville wasmarried to Francis Harris, son of Sir John Harris of Radford, who married Katherine Hansford,daughter of William Hansford. The Hansford connection made Francis Harris first cousin to the

Carys. The highly likely brother of Francis Harris, and likewise cousin of the Carys, was Walter Harris of Cornworthy, whose family were strongly associated with the Grenvilles, and whowitnessed deeds with the Radford family.* The sister of Catherine Gamage, Margaret Gamage,married William Howard [brother of the 2nd, Duke of Norfolk], and was the mother of CharlesHoward, who espoused Catherine Cary. They were the parents of Elizabeth Howard, aunt of Sir Thomas Southwell, who espoused Anne Harris [Lady Anne Southwell], daughter of Sir ThomasHarris of Cornworthy, son of Sir Edward Harris of Cornworthy by his first wife. Henry Morgan'ssister, Mary, married into the Thomas family. *
The arms of Sir Thomas Southwell, as above, wereimpaled with the three crescents of Radford
.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Edmund Morgan, a famous soldier of high connection, of Penllwyn,Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire, espoused, secondly, Margaret Francis [Fraunceys], dau. of JohnFrancis of Combe Flory. Margaret was the widow of William Fortescue of Preston, who was thebrother of Henry Fortescue, husband of Susan Harris, daughter of Sir Edward Harris of Cornworthy by his second wife, and aunt of John Harris of Cornworthy, most probably "theSergeant."
TABLE IX.
1. Sir William Stradling, sp. Isabel St. Barbe; her grandmother was Maud De Raleigh, daughter of Joanne le Boteler.1.1. Sir Edward Stradling, sp. Joan Beaufort.1.1.1. Sir Henry Stradling, sp. Elizabeth verch Williams.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Stradling, sp. Janet Matthew.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Edward Stradling, sp. Elizabeth Arundel, whose family were familially connected tothe Harris of Radford.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Stradling; his daughter, Elizabeth Stradling, was the wife of John Morgan,their daughter, Eleanor, being the wife of Henry Morgan, likely first cousin of Walter Harris of Cornworthy.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Katherine Stradling, sp. Thomas Palmer.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Palmer, sp. Elizabeth Verney.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Katherine Palmer, sp. Thomas Hinton.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Frances Hinton.1.2. Sir William Stradling, sp. Anne verch John.1.2.1 "Gwen" Stradling, sp. Sir Anthony Woodville, 2nd. Earl Rivers, brother of ElizabethWoodville, wife of King Edward IV.1.2.1.1. Margaret Woodville, sp. Sir Robert Poyntz.1.2.1.1.1. Katherine Poyntz, Sir Owen Perrot.1.2.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Perrot, sp. Mary Berkely.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Sir John Perrot, lord Deputy of Ireland, Admiral of the Fleet, sp. Anne Cheyney.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Perrot, sp. Dorothy Devereux, widow of Henry Percy, 9th. EarlNorthumberland, daughter of Sir Walter Devereux and Lettice Knollys, daughter of Katherine

Cary and Sir Francis Knollys, from whom Nathaniel West [de la Warre] had descent.The Stradling family were kinsmen of the Savoyard Soldier, Sir Otto de Grandison. They obtainedSt. Donat Castle through a marriage to a Hawey heiress who was then living at Compton Hawey,Dorset, now Compton, Nether and Over, near Sherborne, which had close Limbery links.A cadet of the Perrot family of Pembrokeshire lived in the
Parish of Cornworthy
from at least theearly 1500's, according to early tax rolls. "Robert Perot and others, inhabitants and parishionersof the parish of Cornworthy

v. Stephen Cruse. (Eliz. 6.) Bill to appoint new trustees for a charity. Atenement called the church-house in the parish of Cornworthy, conveyed by Sir PearceEdgecombe, knight, or some of his ancestors, to feoffees in trust for the benefit of the parish of Cornworthy ["Reports of Cases" v. ii. pp. 156-160, 1845]. A John and Alice Perrot are recorded asof this parish in their wills, dated respectively 1583 and 1586, as is their son, Robert, in his will of 1625. Sir James Perrot, illigitimate brother of Sir Thomas Perrot, as above, by Sybil Jones of Radnorshire, was one of the original investors of the Virginia Company.
A CONNECTION TO THE FAMILY OF STONE
There were various Devonshire manors with which the family of Harris were associated with in avery direct way. They held the manor of Stone in Chumleigh and Stowford through marrying itsheiress; they had several holdings in "Stone in Lifton parish", and came to hold Stone inUgborough. These were not just the names of manors, for in each case the manor represented afamily of Stone, who were of ancient [de la Stane] and noble stock, but who came to be removedfrom the peerage by 1620. After the main family of Stone ended in the heiress who marriedHarris, the junior branch were represented in Ugborough; "A younger branch of this family, whichhad been of Stone in Ugborough, was in existence in Sir William Pole's time, in a reducedcondition, and the name is still to be found among the yeomanry in the south-west part of thecounty" ['General history: Families removed or extinct by 1620', Magna Britannia: volume 6:Devonshire (1822), pp. CLXI-CLXXII.].The families of Combe and Harris of Cornworthy had very close associations in Devon from theearliest of times. The 1332 Devonshire Lay Subsidy Rolls show "Walter de Comb' 20d, Ottery St.Mary" [the site of early Harris settlement, including links to Cornworthy]; "John de Combe 12dGittisham" [parish in the Eastern Division, Hundred of Budleigh, less than two miles northeast of Ottery-St. Mary, 2-3 miles west southwest of Honiton and less than 4 miles southwest of Combe-Raleigh,
once the manor of the Beaumont family
, to whom remain many fine monuments;"Alexander de Cumbe 12d" [Torbryan and Denbury Torbryan and Denbury Parishes are both inthe Southern Division, Hundred of Haytor, only 1-1/4 miles apart and only 2-3 miles north of BerryPomeroy, of the family of which the Harris of Cornworthy were linked by marriage; thesePemeroys being the overlords of many Combe families, as examples - "Walter atte Combe 8dGreat Fairwood [At Domesday Survey, Tedbourne (Teteborne) was held by Ralph de Pomerai];"Nicholas atte Combe 8d Melhuish Barton" [also held by Ralph de Pomerai]; "Henry Come 12dEast Allington and Hauleston" [from whence Fallapit manor was anciently the seat of a family of its own name whose heiress married Sir Henry Fortescue, Lord Chief Justice of the CommonPleas in Ireland, of the family linked by marriage to the Harris of Cornworthy.The earliest known ancestor of the family of Combe was William de Cumba, born early twelth-century. His son, Richard de Cumba, received land at Farwood in Colyton in 1199. His grandson,Richard de Cumba, was mayor of Exeter, and witnessed important charters. His eldest son wasWilliam de le Stone, whose descendants remained in the Bridestowe area, while a presumedyounger son lived in the Exeter area. There seems a possibility that the family's earliest knownancestor may have been Count Gilbert de Brionne, a benefactor to the Abbey of Bec. His son"Baldwin the Sheriff" was lord of Okehampton castle, and ancestor of the Redevers andCourtney's, Earls of Devon. The youngest son of Baldwin was Richard, Sheriff of Devon, and ithas been suggested that William de Cumba, as above, might have been Richard's grandson. Thefacts which have suggested the possibility of a descent from Count Gilbert are as follows: [1]Henry le Riche, brother of Richard de Cumba, the mayor, was enfeoffed of the land of le Stone

and Waterlete by lady Muriel de Bollay of Bridestowe in 1228; and it is thought the ownership of this land is traceable to "Baldwin the sheriff." [2] "Richard de Cumbe" received a transfer of landat Farwood in Colyton in 1190 from Walter, Abbot of Quarrier- an off shoot of the Abbey of Bec, of which Count Gilbert of Brionne, Baldwin the Sheriff, and the latters three sons were benefactors.[3] "Baldwin the Sheriff" held Bradstone under
William the Conquerer
, and the de Combes alsoheld land there at a very early date. Thus, by this possibility, the family of Stone and that of Ivo deHeriz II. of Notts. shared common ancestors, as Ivo's wife was of Redvers descent; Ivo'sgrandaughter married a Redvers; and Ivo's great-grandson, John Harryes, established his familyin Devon under the patronage of this Redvers, whose family married into the Courtneys. Colytonwas a focal point of Harris settlement.
The last heiress of this family of Stone married adecendant of John Harryes
.
The family of Combe and that of the Harris of Cornworthy were connected by marriage. In 1580,John Harris married Sybil Marwood in St. Lawrence, Exeter. The Marwood family were situatednear Totnes, some four miles from Cornworthy, and were intermarried to the Pomeroys, and theylikewise to the Harris of Cornworthy ........ Philip Combe & Elizabeth Harris were married 8/3/1640in St. Lawrence, Exeter. An example of other Combe/Harris marriages within Totness parish,connections that may have been repeated in Virginia:"Ther was now divers and sundry shares presented to be passed approued by the Auditors onebill of Adventure of 10 shares from my Lord of Dorsett, to Henry Manneringe six shares to sixseuerall psons by Capt Iohn Bargaue, one to Sr Iohn Thornburough, one to John Collett gent: oneto Tho. Collet gent, one to Thomas Masterson gent, one to Captaine Lawrence Masterson, andone to Augustine Lynsell, Tho. Mellinge, Iohn Cuffe, George Piersey.

4 shares to ........ Martin,and lastly
Tho. Harris to Tho. Combe
, which the Court ratefied and confirmed" [Records of theVirginia Company Volume I, 1619-1622, p.344].I have written herein about the Thomas Harris of 1672 and his proposed associations with theHobbs/Meador/Greene families of Rappa, and associations of the Thomas Harris of 1688 tofamilies of Jermyn and Bridgeman ............ The earliest Combe (including var. sp.) located thusfar in Old Rappa is that of Abraham Combe in 1662:"These present Witnesseth that I Sarah Meador, widdow of Thomas Meador the Younger latelydeceasedd in the County of Rappa ....... do bind & oblige myself my Exrs. or Admrs. to confirmunto my Son John Meador ....... my eldest daughter Susanna Meador ....... my youngest daughter Mary Meador ....... in presence of Abraham Combe [Old Rappahannock Co, Va. D.B. Part II,1656-1664, pp. 187- 188]."Nich. Copeland of Rappahannock to John Tarkington of same 450 acres part of greater quantityconveyed in a patt: betwen me the sd. Nich. Copeland & Wm. West 25th Sep 17th year of thereign of Lord Charles .......... Copeland ....... ransportation of 32 pers: Will. Ball, his son, HannahBall, Mary Jones, George Comes, Yarrett Williams, Joshua Greene, Tho. Harris, George Martin,Jno. Bridgeman" [Old Rap. Co., Va. D.B. 3, pp. 258-262]."Know all Men by these pntes that I Archdale Combe of Rappa Plantr. have for a valuable consid.by me in hand receivedd have bargained & sold from me and my heirs for ever the two thirds of land mentioned with Bill of Sale on the other pt. Of the Leafe that I bought of James Coghill untoFrancis Triplett his heires for Ever …As Witnesse my hand this 9th day of April, 1668, ArchdallCombe" [Old Rappa D. B. 1668-1672, pp. 29-31].There may be reasonable grounds to consider that the John Harris of 1580 had some connectionto the above.
UGBOROUGH
Like most of the Harris holdings, was situated in the Deanery of Plymton, and was once theholding of William de Briwere II., much connected to the family of Heriz in Nottingham. It became

the home of the family of de Voghill, of Voghill, in the south of Devon; a John of which familymarried the heiress of Roger Boulter of Bolterscombe, acquiring the adjoining estates of Fenton,Stone [Stane] and Wydescombe. This family became known as Fowell, and were situated in their Ugborough estate of Fowelscombe. The Fowell and Harris family of Cornworthy were to be linkedby marriage. The Fowells also married into the family of Fortescue, also attached by marriagealliance with the said Harris family, and into the family of Courtenay, much acquainted withThomas Lymbery. It was through a marriage of a Courtenay heiress that the Strode family alsoheld interest here.
A CONNECTION TO THE FAMILY OF HOARE
The family of Hoare were more closely associated with Devon over a longer time than is generallyappreciated. About 1330, Robert Hoare married the heiress of Sir Hugh Chagford of Chagford inDevonshire. His grandson is mentioned of that place in a Harleian MS. His son, Robert, isrecorded in 1397, followed by his son, William Hoare of Salis., Mercer, 1405-75, and his son,Robert Hoare, of Rushford in Chagford, Devon, Mayor of Salisbury in 1433. Chagford is about 15miles from Exeter.There were several manors in Chagford, Rushford was not abandoned by the Hoares, theyrented it out, returning in Elizabeth's time, building the Tudor barton of Rushford. Chagford Manor itself was successively held by the Wilbery and Whyddon families, for many generations, and thelatter were long seated at Whyddon Park

[Magna Britannia: volume 6: Devonshire (1822), pp. 92-102]. It can be mentioned that intervening holders were the family of Gorges, "The family of Wibbery possessed this manor for seven generations; after which it passed, by successivefemale heirs, to Gorges ......" [ibid.]. In the parish church are the monuments of Sir JohnWhyddon, who died in 1575, and John Prouz, Esq., the last of that family, who died in 1664.The arms of the Harris family of Churston Ferrers in Cornworthy are impaled with those of thisWhyddon family [I can confirm]; the "cousins" of this Harris family, the Harris's of Haynepossessed nearby Cheriton-Fitzpaine, which lies about nine miles from Exeter. The manor belonged, in the reign of Henry III., to the family of Stanton, from which it passed, by successivefemale heirs, to those of Fitzpain, Kelly[grew] ......... and was purchased by the Harris family of Hayne; the wife of Wiliam of which was second-cousin of Captain Thomas Paulet, another second-cousin of the Captain being married to Anne Chaldecott, of anon.Other manors within Chagford included Way Barton; long the residence of "the ancient family of Prous, or Prouz." The 1509 marriage settlement of Mary Prouz shows an inheritance from theHarris family of Radford, and this relationship is repeated through further marrages between thetwo families. From the Harris's of Radford stemmed those of Hayne and Cornworthy. The Dorsetfamily of Chaldecott alias Caldecot [of orig. Avesnes, canton d'Envermou] also had repeatedmarriage links to the Devon families of Prouz and Harris, as detailed herein.
THE POMEROYS
[With acknowledgements to Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England,"New EnglandHistorical and Genealogical Register 68 [1914].In the following pedigree, the earlier generations given in the photograph of Harleian MS. 1091are omitted:1. THOMAS (third son of
Henry
) married AGNES CALWAYE, or KELLOWAY, daughter of Thomas of Sherborne, co. Dorset. Children: i. ANNIS, m. THOMAS TRESOYL of co. Cornwall. ii.THOMAS, b. abt. 1481; named as son and heir of his father and as aged twelve years at thedeath of the latter, 29 Dec. 1493 (Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, vol. 9, no. 61, 9Henry VII); not mentioned in the Visitation pedigree of 1564. iii. MARGARET. iv. THOMASINE. v.RICHARD, b. within a few years of 1487. vi. ELIZABETH. vii. ANNA, m. TRISTRAM HENGSCOTof Exeter; had issue.
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2. RICHARD POMEROY, born within a few years of 1487 and named in the Visitation of 1564,married, probably about 1520, ELEANOR COKER, daughter of John of co. Dorset. Children: i.HENRY, b. probably abt. 1520. ii. JOHN, named in the Visitation of 1564.3. HENRY POMEROY (
Richard, Thomas
), born probably about 1520 and named in the Visitationof 1564, was of Totnes, co. Devon, and died before June 1559, when administration on his estatewas surreptitiously obtained by a Richard POMEROY, as is learned from a later administrationgranted 5 July 1575 to Richard POMEROY, the son of Henry, doubtless when this son came of age. (
Vide supra
, p. 48.)Henry POMEROY married, about 1550, AGNES or ANNE HUCKMORE, daughter and heiress of William; she married secondly, about 1561, as his second wife, Edward HARRIS of Cornworthy,co. Devon, who was buried there 10 Apr. 1592; she was buried there 26 Nov. 1602, being thetestatrix of 1 Dec. 1601.Children of Henry and Agnes (HUCKMORE) POMEROY, of Totnes, co. Devon: i. ELIZABETH(perhaps), b. abt. 1552; bur. at Cornworthy 18 Apr. 1634; m. abt. 1572 SIR THOMAS HARRIS,KNT., of Cornworthy, sergeant-at-law, probably her stepbrother, b. abt. 1547, eldest s. of Edwardof Cornworthy by his first wife, ........ FOWELL. Vivian, in his Visitations of the County of Devon, p.607, erroneously states that she married
first
Edward HARRIS and
secondly
Henry POMEROY.For her children by her second husband, Edward HARRIS,
vide infra
, p. 54.[Administration on the estate of HENRY POMEROYE. On 5 of July [1575] a commission wasissued to Richard POMEROYE, natural and legitimate son of Henry POMEROYE, late of Totnesin the county of Devon, having [goods] etc., being sworn to administer well the goods, rights, andcredits of the said deceased, there being revoked letters of administration on the goods of thesaid deceased, elsewhere granted to a certain Richard POMEROYE now or formerly of theaforesaid Totnes, which were surreptitiously secured by him by suppression of truth and by falsestatement in the month of June 1559, for the full requirement of justice, as appears from the actsof the court on this day concluded. (P.C.C., Administration Act Book, 1572-1580, fo. 80
dorso
.Translated from the Latin].Edward HARRIS evidently had also by his first wife, ........ FOWELL, a son, John, who is namedin 1638, with his three sons, Thomas, Edward, and John, in the wi

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[S156] Biography, Various, (Various), The Worthies of Devon, p. 468, 1810.
The Worthies of Devon, p. 468

Harris, John, Serjeant at Law.
Harris, John, Serjeant at Law to King Henry 8, was a native of this county: born either at Stone, or at Hayne, neighbour dwellings, and both his fathers, standing in the parish of Stowford, near Lifton, on the edge of Cornwall, north-west from Exeter about thirty miles. His father was William Harris, of Stone, aforesaid, by Thomasin his wife, daughter and heir of Walter Hayne, of Hayne. His grandfather was John Harris, a younger brother of John Harris, of Radford, in the parish of Plimstock, near Plymouth, Esq; (Note 1.) the practise heretofore being more common to call two sons after the same christian name, than in these latter days. His grandmother was the daughter and heir of Stone, of Stone; at which last place this family resided until Serjeant Harris, having fairly rebuilded his house at Hayne, made that a gentile and commodious dwelling for himself and his posterity; which hath flourished there ever since in worshipful degree.

Serjeant Harris (to carry on the pedigree of this family in this place) by [left blank] his wife, daughter of Michael Kelley, of Ratcliffe and Southwyke in Devon, had issue five sons, William, John, Oliver, Anthony, and Arthur; and two daughters, Alice married to John Wise, of Sydenham in Devon, Esq; and Wilmot, married unto John Trevillian, of Nettlecombe in Somerset, Esq. William Harris, Esq; married Mary, daughter to Sir Fulk Grevil, of Beachamps-Court in the county of Warwick, Kt. by whom he had issue Arthur, and four daughters. Arthur Harris, of Hayne, Esq; married Margaret, sole daughter and heir of John Davils, of Toteley, in the parish of Black Torrington in this county, by whom he had issue John, Arthur, and others. John Harris, of Hayne, Esq; married first [left blank] daughter of Sir John Windham, of Orchard-Windham, in the county of Somerset, Kt. sans issue; secondly, the Lady Cordelia, daughter of the Lord Mohun, of Boconock in Cornwall, by whom he had issue the late Sir Arthur Harris, of Hayne, Baronet; who married [left blank] daughter of Sir [left blank] Turner, of London, Kt. but dying without issue, hayne and the other estate fell to a gentleman of this name and family, then flourishing in Cornwall: who removing hither, hath taken up his habitation in this place. (Note 2.) But to return unto the Serjeant.

He applied his younger years to the study of the laws, which became the practise of his elder, in the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn, London; where having continued many years, and gotten great reputation for his skill and learning, he was chosen autumnal reader of his house (c), in the 27th year of King Henry 8th, 1535. Four years after he was double-reader, and one of the antients or governours of that famous society. Five years after this, sc. 1540, was John Harris, together with Thomas Rushdon, and Robert Townsend, called to the degree of serjeant at law. (d) And seven years after that again was Serjeant Harris made the King's serjeant at law, in the last year of King Henry 8th's reign, A. D. 1547, as appears from the patent (e).

Joh. Harris Serviens ad Legem, constitutus unus Serv. Regis ad Legem. T. R. apud Westm. 13 Maii, A. R. R. 38.

Now they who by the King's writ are called to be of his council at law, is he pleased to allow each one (f) wadage, feodage, vesturage, and regardage (which what they import, I must leave to the gentlemen of this roab to explain). They have also the priviledge to sit within the bar in all courts at Westminster, except in the Court of Common Pleas, where all sit without the bar. What I find farther remarkable of this eminent serjeant, is, that he was chosen recorder of the city of Exeter, in his own country, in the 36th year of the reign of King Henry 8th, 1544. He succeeded Sir Thomas Dennis, Kt. and after four years continuance, he was succeeded in this honourable office by Lewis Pollard, of this county, serjeant at law.

The eminency of this great lawyer in his profession, we may infer from that considerable estate he acquired, and left to his family. For to his own fair inheritance he added the mannor, hundred, and advowsan of Lifton, near adjoyning to Hayne, which he purchased (h) from the Lord Nevil, Earl of Westmoreland; and is still in his name and family. What other things he acquired, or what his benefactions were, or any thing else of him, I no where find; only, we may suppose, he died near about the time that he quitted his recordership of Exeter, which was A. D. 1548, and that he lieth interred in the church of Lifton aforesaid, where he hath a very handsome monument erected to him.

There was another very worthy person of this name and family, Sir Thomas Harris, Kt. (i) who was also serjeant at law. He was born most likely at West Cornworthy, on the west side of the river Dart, near the midway between the two towns of Totnes and Dartmouth, in this county. This was sometime a priory, founded by the antient family of Edgecombe (k), of the yearly value of 63L. 2, 10d. which, at the dissolution of monasteries in England, in the reign of King Henry 8, was purchased by William, the father of Sir Thomas Harris aforesaid; and became the habitation of himself and family. After three generations in this name, it came to be divided between the daughters and heirs of Sir Edward Harris, Kt. and the house is now almost utterly demolished.

This gentleman having by nature excellent parts, had them well cultivated by a very good education. After some years abode at the university, where he well improved his time, he removed to the inns of court, and settled himself in the Middle Temple. There was another gentleman, of both his names, at the same time reader of Lincoln's Inn, afterward, serjeant at law, and a baronet; (l) but he was not of the Devonshire family so called, what county soever he was of, as may appear from his different coat of arms, barry ermin and azure 3 annulets or 2, 1 (m). That this Sir Thomas Harris was so, may appear from his coat armour, which is the same with that belonging to the antient family of Harris of Radford, near Plymouth. Having applied himself to the study of the law, he made an excellent progress in the skill and knowledge thereof; for which he became as eminent as any of his time and quality. In the 30th of Queen Elizabeth 1588, he was chosen Lent reader of his house (n); the year after, he was called to the degree of serjeant at law (o), the highest degree in that university. When King James I, came to the crown of England, such was his eminency, he was pleased, at his coronation, to confer upon him the honour of knighthood (p). Where he spent most of his days and what the more remarkable accidents of his life were, I no where find; but this I have, which is a noble character, and no doubt well deserved (q), 'That for his learning, and pregnancy of wit, he was eminent even to admiration.' And indeed where they both meet, if sanctified by grace, and governed by prudence, they must render that person illustrious, as they did him. His learned decision of the case of tyth-wood above twenty years growth, may be seen herafter in the life of Mr. Thomas Summaster, archdeacon of Cornwall.

Sir Thomas was very happy in his issue, especially in his eldest son Sir Edward Harris of the same profession with himself, and of no less reputation. He went into Ireland, and following there the profession of the law, he was made lord chief justice of Munster. Either he returned before, or else after his death his remains were brought over into England, as I take it, and interred in the sepulchre of his father, in the chancel of the parish church of Cornworthy; where a large and beautiful monument is erected to both their memories; the effigies of one of them, cut in stone, in his scarlet robes, and well painted, is there yet to be seen; in a table over which is this inscription:

Here lieth the right worshipful Sir Thomas Harris, Kt. serjeant at law; and the Lady Elizabeth his wife, with their four children: their eldest son Edward, chief-justice of Munster in Ireland; their youngest son Christopher slain in the wars at Ostend in Flanders; their eldest daughter Anne, married to Sir Thomas Southwel, a knight of Suffolk; and their youngest daughter, Honor married to Sir Hugh Harris, a knight of Scotland.

Whereby we see how this gentleman's seed was scattered over England, Scotland, and Ireland. He departed this mortal life May 17th, A. D. 1610. (Note 3.)

ADDITIONAL NOTES.
( I
) THE laniily of Harris lias resided without intenuption at Radford during a space of nearly four hundred
years, from the reign of Henrv the fifth to the present time. This work affords many instances, and more
might be adduced, of families whose residence in the county has been of longer duration ; but they will be found
to have occupied various places, often relinquishing their original seats, to establish themselves in others derived
from intermarriage with heiresses of other houses. Among those whose residence has been equally stationary,
jnay be mentioned the Courtenays at Powderham, the Bamlyldes at Poltimore, the Edgcombes at Edgcombe, the
Fulfords at Fulford, the Kellys at Kelly, the Slrodes at Newnham, and the Worths at Worth. To this list,
doubtless, some others, but not certainly many, migiit be added.
Before we proceed to continue the descents of the Hayne branch of the Harris family, we shall trace the
progress of the elder line. To John Harris, the first of his name, who (in the reign of Henry the fifth) resided
at Radford in the parish of Plymstock, which estate had, during some preceding generations, been the seat of
a family of its own name, succeeded John his son, and John his grandson, the latter of whom had two sons named
John. From the youngest of these ilcbccnded the family at Hayne. John, the eldest son, had issue Francis,
who, by Philippa, the daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville, of Stow, had issue William, who married Katharine,
daughter and coheir of Henry Esse, or Trecarrell, of Trecarrell, by whom he had issue Christopher and Jane.
Christopher appears to have dwelt in Cornwall, during the lifetime of his father, being mentioned by Carew,
among the resident justices of that county, and as one of the deputy lieutenants, an office at that time confined
to a few persons. Of him also the same author speaks in the following passage. " In Lezant parish, master
Christopher Harris owneth a third part of Trecarrell, as coheir to the last gentleman of that name, but adraitteih
no partner in the sweetly tempered mixture of bounty and thrift, gravity and pleasantness, kindness and
stoutness, which grace all his actions." He represented Plymouth in parliament in the 26th year of Elizabeth.
On the 7th of Jiuie, 1607, he was knighted at Whitehall, at which time he is stiled of Radford. He was thrice
married; to a daughter of Arscott ; of Sidenham ; and of Southcote : but left no issue, his only son by the first
marriage liaving died in early youth. Sir Christopher dying in January, 1624, left his estate to the heirs of liis
.sister,Who had married a gentleman of her own name, and if the similarity or identity of their armorial ensigns
be any pioof, of her own family also, John Harris of Lanrest, in the parish of Liskeard, son ofjohn Harris of the
same place. Whether this family of Lamest derived itself originally from Radford, or hadgivenorigintothe latter,
does not certainly appear; although from their armoiial bearings the former may rather be presumed.* It had certainly
been seated tiiere for some generations, and by this intermarriage the branches of the family were united and
continued. John Harrisof Lanrest, who married the sister of Sir Ciiristopher, died in 1579, leaving a son, John,
who is mentioned by Carew, as a magistrate, and as provost marshal, in 1599. " Lanrest," he adds, " is the
iniieritance of Mr. John Harris, a gentleman employing his sound judgment and other praiseworthyparts to thescrvice
of his prince and country, and the good of his friends and liimseif." He died injtine, 1623, leaving issue by Jane,
coheir of Robert Hart, of Plimston, in Stoke Climsland, Christopher, John, and several other childreu. Christopher
represented West Looe, in the 1 Sth year of James the first, and died a few months after his father, without
issue, having married Gertrude, the only sister of the famous Sir Bevil Grenville. John, his brother, succeeded to
the Lanrest'estate, and shortly after to Radford also, upon the death of his great uncle, sir Christopher Harris.
He representsd Liskeard in the parliaments of the 3rd, 15th, and 16th ol Charles the first. In the last of
those parliaments, so distinguished in history, he continued imtil the secession from Westminster to Oxford. His
subscription ai)pears to the solemn league and covenant, and to the first act of the seceding members at Oxford,
the letter addressed to ihe Earl of Essex with propositions of peace. This last act necessarily included his
name in the list of members, who, on the 22d of January, 16-13, were, by the parliament at Westminster,
" disabled for deserting the service of the house, being in the King's quarters and adhering to that party." From
Oxford he seems to have repaired to his own county, w^hicli had early become the seat of civil contention. The
siege of Plymouth had been for some time occupying the royal army, and the capture of Mount Stamford, an outpost, situated at very little distance from Mr. Harris's seat, is deemed of sufficient importance to be recorded
among the military events of the war. Mr. Harris's zeal and attacliment to the royal cause, and his local influence,
are evinced by his military situation. In 1643 he commanded tiie infantry in the neighbouriiood of
Plymouth, with the rank of major-general. At that period the proceedings of the royal army in liie west, were
paralysed by tlie dissensions among its leaders; and major-general Harris k mentioned by Lord Clarendon, a^
refusing to obey the orders of Sir Riciiard Grenville, asserting himself to be under the command of General
Digby. Tiie extraordinary conduct of Sir Richard Grenville at this period, which compelled Prince Charles
to suspend his military functions, and to commit his person to conlinement, may justify or excuse the refasal of
General Harris. He lived not to see the restoration of the monarchy. His son, of the same name, represented
Liskeard in the first parliament after that event, and died in 1077, having married, first, the d.iughter of
Champernon, and secondly, Mary, the daughter of John Itashleigii, ofMenabilly, Esq. by whom he had issue,
John, who married Amy, daughter of Joseph Sawie, of Penrice in Cornwall, by whom he had issue, John,
and Christopher, who died young. John married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Lampen, of Hohvcll in
Stoke Climsland, and had issue, John, Lampen, Christopher, and Elizabeth, married to Henry Hoskins,
whose only daughter is married to William Hare, Esq. John died witliout issue. Lampen married Elizabeth
the daughter of Joseph Spry, and dying in 1765, left issue John, heir to his uncle, as hereafter mentioned,
and Elizabeth, married to John Mauley, Esq. now vice-admiral of the blue. Christopher married Susanna,
daughter of Francis Freke, and left two daugliiers his coheirs, Susanna, married to Thomas Mills, of Great
Saxam in Suffolk, Esq. and Anne, married to Thomas Hillersdon Bulteei, Esq. whose residence is at Bellevue,
near Radford, which was built by Mr. Christopher Harris. The elder brother dying in 1778, the continuation
of his name, and the maintenance of the ancient hospitalities of his house, devolved upon his nephew, John,
the present possessor of Radford, who married Catharine, the daughter of John Bulttel, of Fleet, Esq. and
has issue, now living, six sons and five daughters, of whom Catharine, the eldest, is married to James Pitman,
of Dunchideock, Esq.
(2j Sir Arthur Harris, of Hayne, was created a baronet, December 1, 1C73, but dying without issue,
the title became extinct. He represented Oakhamplon in parliament, as had his father. The gentleman of
his name in Cornwall, who is stated to have succeeded to his estate, was his first cousin, Christopher Harris of
Kenegie, in thiU county, the son of William Harris of that place, who was the second son of that Arthur
Harris who married the daughter of Davailes. Whether William Harris inherited Kenegie immediately from
his father, or derived it from a collateral relation, or througli any other channel, does not api>ear. Tlie former
is however probable, since his father is in the visitation books, stiled captain of the Mount, in Cornwall, near
which place Kenegie is situated, and is doubtless the Arthur Harris wliom Carew mentions as a resident
magistrate in his time, and as commanding a provincial regiment, denominated from the MjurU. We lind,
also, that in the 18th of King James the first, Launceston was represented by "John Harris, Esq. of St.
Michael's in the Mount," who was apparently the son of Arthur Harris of Hayne, " captain of the Mount,"
and who afterwards represented Beeralston, in the reign of Charles the first, and Oakhampton after the
restoration. But to return to Christopher Harris of Kenegie, who succeeded to Sir Arthur: he died in IG87,
leaving issue by Elizabeth, daughter of Martin , of Laugridge, Esq. William, who represented
St. Ives, in the '2d year of Wdliani and Mary, and OnHi:im|irnn, in the lOtli, l'2th, and 13lh of William,
and in the 7th of Queen Anne. He was sheritfof Devon in 17u3, and died at the age of 57, in 1709, leaving
issue, three sons, Christopher, John, and William. Christopher succeeded his father in the representation of
Oakhampton ; he married Mary, daughter of John Buller of Keverell, by whom he had a son and dauTliter,
who both died in infancy. He died in 1718, and was succeeded by John his brother, who was master of the
household to King George the second, and to his present iM ijesty. He married, first, Mary, the daughter of
Roger Tuckfield, of Raddon, Esq. and relict of Samuel Rolle, of Heanlon, Esq. and, secondly"^ Anne,
daughter of Francis Lord Conway, but dying without issue in 1767, was succeeded by his nephew Christopher,
.jon of his brother William. Christopher Harris married Penelope, daughter of the Reverend Isaac Donnithorne,
of St. Agnes, in Cornwall, and had issueMwo daughters. Upon his death in 1775, without male issue, part of
his property passed into the family of Arundel, which took the name of Hairis, and is now possessed by William
Arundel Harris, of Kenegie, Esq. Hayne descended to his daughters Penelope and Elizabeth, the latter of,
whom married Isaac Donnithorne, Esq. grandson of the abovemenlioned Isaac Donnithorne, who has taken •
the name of Harris, and now resides at Hayne. He has one son, named Arthur.
(3) This Sir Thomas Harris represented Callington in parliament, in the '27th year of Elizabeth, Bossiney
in the 35th and 39th, and Truro in the 43d of the same reign. From the tenor of his speeches in the latter
parliament, he appears to have courted the favour of his royal mistress l)y an extravagant support of her prerogative.
In a debate on a bill for restraining the cleigy from pluralities, he is reported to have spoken as
follows. " We seem to defend the privileges and customs of the house, but if we jiroceed to determine of tliis
bill, Mr. Speaker, we shall not only infringe a custom which we have ever observed, namely, to meddle with
no matter that toucheth her Majesty's prerogative, hut also procure her great displeasure. Admit we should
determine of this matter, yet her Majesty may grant toleration with a non obstante. And, Mr. Speaker, the
last parliament may be a warning to us, when the like bill was by us preferred, and the same not only rejected,
but also her Majesty commanded the Lord-keeper to tell us, thatshe hoped we would not hereafter lueddle in cases
of this nature, so nearly touching her prerogative royal."

Footnotes:
•! Tl-.e arms of Harris, of Radford, are, and always have been, sable, three crescents argent; those of
Hayne, the same, within a bordure argent. The latter coat was also borne by Harris of Lanrest, previously to
the uni'on of this family with that of Radford, but after that event was disused, and the former was adopted.
As the bordure seems to have been assumed by the Hayne branch, as a mark of cadency, so it probably was
by the Lanrest family, and this circumstance wo\dd render the descent of the latter family from the house of
U;idford as probable, as the descent of the Hayne faiiiily from it is certain.

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William HARRIS, Esq.[1]

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