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298:, Devon. He made his fortune in the Law and purchased the estate of Sandwell. As he died without children he made his great-nephew Thomas Risdon (died 1667) his heir, the son of Francis Risdon (1601–1639) of Bableigh by his 3rd wife Dorothy Bluett. A monument survives in Harberton Church in memory of Dorothy Bluett erected by her son Thomas Risdon (died 1667) of Sandwell.
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of Risdon. The Risdon family is first recorded at
Bableigh in 1274, and a member of this family, apparently Giles Risdon (1494–1583), built the north aisle of Parkham Church (in which are situated several monuments to the Risdon family, now very worn and illegible) and also
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Thirdly to Anne
Darrell, daughter of Thomas darrell of Trewornan, Cornwall, who survived him and remarried to John Carveth. By Anne Darrell he had three daughters and a son and heir Giles Risdon (1689–1748).
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Per the 17th-century Risdon monument and (newly restored) Chafe monument in St Giles in the Wood Church, and as given by Thomas Robson in The
British Herald. However, the published edition of Risdon's own
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Giles Risdon (1494–1583) (son and heir), whose monument survives in
Parkham Church, with inscription worn away. He built the north aisle of Parkham Church, in which is situated his monument, and also
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Giles Risdon (1689–1748) (son and heir by father's third marriage), who in 1729 married Anne Bruton (died 1752), and had a daughter
Elizabeth Risdon and a son and heir Giles Risdon (born 1732).
48:, England. It is separated from the village of Parkham by the Bableigh Brook. It was the earliest recorded seat of the Risdon family in Devonshire, from which was descended the Devon historian
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Giles Risdon (1565–1632) (eldest son and heir), who married
Elizabeth Viell, a daughter and co-heiress of William Viell (died 1598) of Trevorder in Cornwall, and of Vielston in the parish of
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Firstly to
Elizabeth Bremelcombe (died 1549), daughter and heiress of Thomas Bremelcombe of Honichurch, Devon. By his first wife he had children two daughters and seven sons including:
482:, (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp. 648–50, pedigree of Risdon of Bableigh
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Church, Devon. By
Dorothy Bluett Risdon had two children including a son Thomas Risdon (died 1667) of Harberton, whose monument survives at
615:
Jenkins, Alexander, Civil and
Ecclesiastical History of the City of Exeter and its Environs, 2nd edition, Exeter, 1841, p. 125
272:(1608–1670). He had five daughters and two sons, the younger of whom was Thomas Risdon (died 1641), of Sandwell, in the parish of
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428:(died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.499)
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Giles Risdon (1632–1679) (son and heir by father's 2nd wife), who married Grace Hill (died 1677), whose monument survives at
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325:, Devon, and widow of Giles Poyntz, a relative of her step-father Philip Poyntz (died 1645). Her monument survives at
689:
Rogers, W. H. (1938) Buckland Brewer, reprinted 2000, Snetzler, M.F. (Ed.), Barcott, Buckland Brewer, p.14, quoting
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Secondly in 1649/50 he married
Phillipa, of unrecorded family, widow of Mountjoy, by whom he had further children.
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Firstly in 1677 to Katherine Coffin (1654–1682), third daughter of Richard Coffin (died 1700) of nearby
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Ambrose Risdon (died 1604) (2nd son), who founded his own branch of the Risdon family in the parish of
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by his wife Thomazine Coplestone, a daughter of John Copleston (1475–1550) "The Great Copleston" of
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The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620
260:. He married Willmot Giffard (died 1617), a daughter of his neighbour Thomas Giffard (died 1550) of
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252:. He died along with several other Justices of the Peace and members of the Devon Gentry at the
659:& Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.469; Image from Flickr
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in France, established in about 1561 for Catholic exiles from Protestant England.
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Giles Risdon (died 1697) (eldest son and heir). He married three times:
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Richard Risdon (son) who married Matilda Braye, daughter of John Braye.
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755:, Exeter, 1895, pp. 648–50, pedigree of Risdon of Bableigh
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Vivian, p.649; For transcript of inscription, see Prince, p.703
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in Cornwall, by whom he had a daughter Jane Risdon (born 1685).
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in 1683, of a very ancient Devon family. Without children.
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539:, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, p.235
403:, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.243
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314:Secondly in 1630 to Frances Greene (died 1631) of
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248:for Devon, a lawyer who was double Reader of the
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635:Vivian, p.569, pedigree of Monk of Potheridge
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25:The present Bableigh Farm, in the parish of
234:John Risdon (1544–1628), rector of Parkham.
311:Firstly to Frances Hill, without children;
180:William Risdon (died 1622), of Winscott,
81:Arms of Risdon of Bableigh and Winscott:
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