Floyer Hayes
City of Exeter in the 6th volume of Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun
(1541-1622)City of Exeter in the 6th volume of Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun
(1541-1622). St Thomas's Church at left (west)
Floyer Hayes was an historic
City of Exeter in Devon, England, from which city it is separated by the River Exe.[2] It took its name from the ancient family of Floyer which held it until the early 17th century, when it was sold to the Gould family. In the 19th century the estate was divided up and the manor house demolished. The parish church of St Thomas, situated a short distance to the west of the house, was burned down in 1645 during the Civil War, and was rebuilt before 1657.[3]
Thus no monuments survive there of early lords of the manor, namely the Floyer family.
Location
No remains of the
Hay", such as Shill Hay, Southern Hay, Northern Hay, Fryers Hay and Bon Hay. The manor house is shown on a 1573 map of Exeter[5] as a building of large size, surrounded by a stone wall and entered beneath a large arched gateway.[4]
According to Worthy (1892): "It stood nearly in a line with "Snayle Tower", and on the west side of the river, and must have been very near the ancient priory of Cowick, but a little to the south-west of it".
Feudal tenure
Floyer Hayes is referred to in a Latin note to the
grand sergeanty described as:[6]
- "Whenever the Earl may come to Exe Island to fish, or otherwise enjoy himself, then the lord, or proprietor, of this manor, in decent habit or apparel, should attend him with a mantle upon his shoulders and a silver cup filled with wine in his hands, and should offer the same to the said Earl to drink".
Descent
Floyer
According to the
Latinised to "Floherus" (in French probably Flohère) held the manor of Sotrebroc in Wonford hundred, which later became known as Floyer Hayes.[8] The text is as follows:[9]
- Floherus habet i mansionem quae vocatur Sotrebroc quam tenuit Alviet ea die qua rex Eduuardus fuit vivus et mortuus et reddidit gildum pro dimidia virga. quam possunt arare iiii boves et valet per annum ii solidos (which may be translated as: "Flohere has 1 estate which is called ‘Shutbrook’, which Ælfgeat held on the day that King Edward was alive and dead, and it paid geld for half a virgate. 4 oxen can plough this and it is worth 2 shillings a year.")
The scribe preparing the main (Exchequer) Domesday Book appears to have overlooked this entry when transcribing from Exon Domesday, thus it was omitted.[10] This early name of the estate may have come from the Schute Broke, a stream, whose name was recorded by the now lost "Shutbrook Street" in this vicinity.[10] It was later held from the feudal barony of Okehampton.[10] Flohere was also the mesne tenant of the manor of Sutton in the parish of Halberton, Devon, which he held from a certain Aiulf, one of the minor Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror.[11] Flohere's mesne-tenancy of Sutton is mentioned only in the Exon Domesday Book. It is unclear whether Flohere was connected to Fulchere a Devon Domesday Book tenant-in-chief, called in the Exon Domesday "Fulchere the Bowman", as the arms adopted by the Floyer family at the start of the age of heraldry (c.1200-1215) featured arrows.
The pedigree of "Floyer of Floyer Hayes" as submitted in the 1564
Martin family, feudal barons of Barnstaple in Devon. Nicholas Martin married Margaret Wadham, one of the three wealthy sisters and co-heiresses of Nicholas Wadham (died 1609), co-founder with his wife Dorothy Petre of Wadham College, Oxford
.
The Tudor manor house of the Martins survives at
Member of Parliament for Dorset
1846–57.
Gould
The Gould family was descended from a certain John Gold, a crusader present at the siege of Damietta in 1217 who for his valour was granted in 1220 by Ralph de Vallibus an estate at Seaborough in Somerset.[17] The descent of Floyer Hayes in the Gould family was as follows:
- Henry Gould (died 1636), 3rd son of Edward Gould of Combe in the parish of Lew Trenchard in Devon,[19] which became the principal seat of his descendants. He was the ancestor of the author Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) of Lew Trenchard.[20] He appears to have bequeathed or sold Floyer Hayes to his eldest brother William Gould (died 1635) "of Hayes in Com(itatu) Devon juxta Exon" (Latin: "in the County of Devon next to Exeter"), who was buried at St Thomas's, Exeter.[19]
- William Gould (died 1635), elder brother, "of Hayes in Com(itatu) Devon juxta Exon" (Latin: "in the County of Devon next to Exeter"), buried at St Thomas's, Exeter.
- Col. William Gould (1615–1644), "of Hayes" and Dunscombe,Governor of Plymouth, from which tenure "Mount Gold" in Plymouth was named.[25] He arrived at Plymouth by sea in 1643 to take command of the Parliamentary forces, but was wounded at Stamford Fort. He became Governor of Plymouth in January 1644, but died that year. In 1645 new defences were built and named "Mount Gould" in his honour.[26] In 1637 he married Anne Browne (died 1641/2), daughter of John Browne of Frampton, Dorset, MP for Bridport in 1621.[19] In 1639 he purchased the manor of Cowick, near Floyer Hayes, from Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (1593–1641).[27] He was buried in 1644 at St Andrew's Church, Plymouth.[23]
- William Gould (1640–1671), of Hayes and Dunscombe,[23] 2nd but eldest surviving son and heir. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1656 and was admitted as a law student at the Inner Temple in 1657. He served as MP for Dartmouth in 1671. He married Agnes Powell, daughter of Edmund Powell of Sandford, Oxfordshire. He died on 24 October 1671 and was buried at St Thomas's, Exeter.[23]
- Moses Gould (1668–1703), "of Hayes",[23] eldest son and heir. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1684. In 1692 he purchased the manor of Downes, near Crediton, Devon.[28] Moses married twice, firstly in 1690 to Anne Prust (died 1691), daughter and heiress of Mr Prust of Rawley. Without issue.[23] Secondly to Susanna Kelland, daughter and co-heiress of John Kelland (c.1635-92) of Painsford, MP for Totnes.
- William Gould (1697–1726), of Downes, eldest son and heir, who married Elizabeth Quicke, daughter of Andrew Quicke of Newton St Cyres. He left no sons, only two daughters as co-heiresses (a third daughter Frances Gould (1720–1720) having died an infant):
- Elizabeth Gould (1718–1742), who married James Buller (1717–1765), of Morval, Cornwall, and of Shillingham,[29] MP for East Looe in Cornwall in 1741 and for Cornwall1748–1765.
- Frances Gould (b.1722), who married in 1741 John Tuckfield (1719–1767) of Little Fulford, MP for Exeter 1747-1767[23] The marriage was without issue,[30] leaving the Buller family sole heirs of the Gould estates, who made Downes their principal seat. Amongst the Buller inheritance from the Goulds was the manor of Cowick.[27] The nearby manor of Marsh Barton was owned by James Buller
- Elizabeth Gould (1718–1742), who married
Templar
The Goulds sold this property to the Templar family which "divided it, and destroyed the ancient house".[31] In 1811 Floyer Hayes was the property of Thomas Templar, Esq.[2]
References
- ^ Risdon, p.116
- ^ a b Risdon, 1811 Additions, p.374
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004
- ^ a b Floyer, Rev. J. Kestell, 1898
- ^ Apparently reproduced in Lysons' Magna Britannia, Vol. 6, p. 178 (per Worthy, p.161). Not visible here [1]
- ^ Worthy, p.161
- ^ Vivian, p.344
- ^ Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, Part 2 (Notes), Chapter 22
- ^ "Exeter 3500: Texts | Exon Domesday".
- ^ a b c Thorn & Thorn, Part 2 (Notes), Chapter 22
- ^ Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, Part 2 (Notes), Chapter 41:1
- ^ Vivian, pp.344-5, quoting Harley MS 1080, f.370 (1564, see note p.32)
- ^ Vivian, p.345
- ^ Pole, p.239
- ^ Risdon, p.117
- ^ Vivian, p.553, pedigree of Martyn of Oxton
- ^ a b Vivian, p.418
- ^ Vivian, pp.345, 421
- ^ a b c d e Vivian, p.421
- ^ Vivian, p.426, pedigree of Gould
- ^ Worthy, pp.160-3
- ^ "UPTON, John (1639-87), of Lupton, Devon." History of Parliament Online. Retrieved on 11 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Vivian, p.422
- ^ "Sheriff of Devon" per Vivian, p.421, but not listed in Risdon, pp.13-14
- ^ Poulton-Smith, Anthony, South Devon Place Names
- ^ "Explained: How Gould stayed Gould"[permanent dead link]. Plymouth Herald 22 November 2014. Retrieved on 11 January 2017.
- ^ a b Worthy, p.160
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.339
- ^ Burke's, p.277
- ^ "TUCKFIELD, John (c.1719-67), of Little Fulford, Devon" History of Parliament Online. Retrieved on 11 January 2017.
- ^ Worthy, p.163
- Sources
- Floyer, Rev. J. Kestell (Minor Canon of Worcester Cathedral), Annals of the Family of Floyer, published in: Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1898, pp. 505–524 [2] Archived 16 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Pole, Sir William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791.
- Risdon, Tristram (died 1640), Survey of Devon. With considerable additions. London, 1811.
- Sandberg, Tim (son of Cynthia Edith Floyer (1923–1998)), The Family of Floyer, rootsweb.ancestry.com [3] Archived 16 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895.
- Worthy, Charles, The History of the Suburbs of Exeter[permanent dead link], Exeter, 1892.