Meavy
Meavy is a small village,
In 2010, Meavy was one of the filming locations for the Steven Spielberg film War Horse.
Buildings
- Parish church
The
- Royal Oak Inn
The Royal Oak Inn dates to the late 15th century, and is owned by the civil parish of Burrator, with the profits being used by the parish council to fund projects within the parish. Some of the seating consists of pews formerly located in the nearby church.
Manor
The manor of Meavy (alias Meavy Church, Mewy, etc.) was held in 1086 at the time of Domesday Book by Robert le Bastard.[5] Later it was held by the de Meavy family from the reign of Kings Henry III to Richard II. Their feudal overlord was the de Pomeray family, feudal barons of Berry Pomeroy.[6] It was later held by the Milliton family, whose armorials were: Gules, a chevron argent between three millets hauriant or,[7] where "millets" are mullet fish.[8] Richard IV Strode (d.1552) of Newnham, about 6 miles south, married Agnes Milliton, daughter of John Milliton of Meavy.[9] Meavy was later one of the residences of Sir William IV Strode (1562–1637),[10] and later became the seat of the latter's 2nd son William Strode (1594-1645), MP.[11] A junior branch of the Crymes family of Crapstone,[12] Buckland Monachorum, was resident in the parish of Meavy.[13] Risdon: "The manor of Buckland was bought by one Grimes, of London, who built a house upon the same, which descends to his posterity, and is now inherited by that name".[14] Meavy was purchased by Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet (1642–1718), of Buckland Abbey in the parish of Buckland Monachorum, who sometimes resided at the manor house west of St Peter's Church, in which survives the "Drake Aisle" or manorial chapel. The external stonework is inscribed with the date "1705" and the "Drake star" from his coat of arms.[15] His mother was Susan Crimes, a daughter of William Crimes (or Grimes), of Buckland Crimes and a sister of Elizeus Crimes.[16]
References
- ^ "Burrator Parish Council". Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ "Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 2473". HMSO. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1952) South Devon. Penguin Books
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.493
- ^ Pole, p.337
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.337
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.493
- Mugil cephalus(see image File:Mugil cephalus.jpg
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.718
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, ("Meavy Church") p.195; Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, ("Mewy") p.337
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.719
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, pp.233-4
- ^ Vivian, p.258
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.211
- ^ "A Brief History of St. Peter's, Meavy".
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.301, pedigree of Drake
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