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469:"When John Wyndham came to the estate, disliking the situation of the house, because it was surrounded with wood, he pulled it down, and with the materials built a farm-house at a little distance, now called Woodhouse, and likewise an alms-house in the village of Ilton. There now remains no part of the ancient edifice, except an old wall on the east side. The seat was formerly moted round, and the buildings exhibited many striking indications of remote antiquity".
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which he had lately erected for the purpose, together with a close ground adjoining thereto, and an annuity of £42 chargeable on his estates in
Merifield, Braydon and Ilton. The deed of conveyance and the rules for the management of The Almshouses are interesting, and the building is still standing and serves its original purpose.”
311:(c. 1386 – 1444). From this marriage the Wadhams inherited land in Braydon, near Merryfield, which they made their principal seat. It is believed by Rogers (1888) that the small but finely sculpted surviving alabaster effigy of a lady in Ilton Church represents Elizabeth Popham, heiress of Merryfield.
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The
Wyndham almshouses within the village of Ilton should not be confused with the almshouses built by Nicholas Wadham before his death: ”In the year 1606 he founded an almshouse for ‘eight poor people’ in the parish of Ilton, close to his house at Merifield, conveying to twelve trustees the building
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of 1066. Such continuing holdings by Saxons after the
Conquest are very rare, and Ulf in 1086 is still described as one of "The King's Thanes", so clearly was serving the new Norman king satisfactorily. The Wadhams other Devon seat, in the South of the county, was
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and for the surviving mural monument to his wife in
Branscombe Church on which appears his effigy and armorials. He married Joan Tregarthin (. 1583), a daughter and co-heiress of John Tregarthin of Cornwall and widow of John Kelloway of
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15th century alabaster effigy thought to represent
Elizabeth Popham, heiress of Merryfield, Ilton Church. She was the wife of Sir John III Wadham and the collar of roses worn around her neck is said to represent the crest of Wadham,
164:
The house was demolished in 1618. The rectangular moat remains and an area which may have been an associated fishpond for the supply of food to the household, particularly according to religious usage during
278:. Sir Stephen Popham died without male issue and his five daughters became his co-heiresses. The manor of Braydon, near Merryfield, went to his daughter Elizabeth Popham the wife of Sir John III Wadham.
33:
Site of
Merryfield House, now a rectangular site surrounded by trees (centre), viewed from south. The width of the site on the south (entrance) side, as determined by the length of the moat, is about 50
771:
358:(d. 1542), son and heir, who married four times. By his first wife Joan Hill, daughter of Robert Hill of Halfway and Houndstone, he had issue Lawrence Wadham, who died without progeny, and
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826:, (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.721, pedigree of Stucley of Affeton
922:“Wadham College, Oxford, its Foundation, Architecture and History, with an Account of the Family of Wadham and their Seats In Somerset and Devon”, Oxford, 1893
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Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 1, 52,40
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The last of the
Pophams to hold the manor of Braydon, near Merryfield, apparently not, however, as a principal seat, was Sir
224:", inherited the estate of Merryfield and the "Wyndham Estate" is still today the largest employer in the village of Ilton.
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About 1 mile west-north-west of St Peter's Church, Ilton, the parish church of Ilton, situated on agricultural land south of
25:
View from causeway into south side of rectangular site of demolished
Merryfield House, Ilton, with moat to left and right
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Memorials of the West, Historical and
Descriptive, Collected on the Borderland of Somerset, Dorset and Devon, Exeter
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Merrifield, Murefeld, Merefeld, Muryfield, Merifield, Wadham's Castle, etc.) is a historic estate in the parish of
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Sir John IV Wadham, son and heir, who married
Elizabeth Stucley, a daughter of Sir Hugh Stucley (c. 1398–1457) of
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in 1610. Monuments to the Wadham family survive in St Peter's Church, Ilton and also on a grander scale in nearby
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in 1520, for him to make a park of 200 acres (81 ha) of woodland and 40 acres (16 ha) of woodland. The
85:, the last in the senior male line of the Wadham family. It bears no relation to the present large 19th-century
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in 1442, by his wife Margaret Chiselden, a daughter and co-heiress of John Chiselden of
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208:. The three sisters of Nicholas Wadham were (in their issue) his heirs, one of whom was
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in Devon. He married Elizabeth Popham, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir
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847:"The Tomb of Margaret Wadham at Carisbrooke Church, and Alexander Ross"
383:
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801:, Exeter & London: J. G. Commin; J. Slark, etc., pp. 156, 161
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so created was situated immediately to the east of the moated site.
61:. It was the principal seat of the Wadham family, and was called by
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aerodrome and between the disused railway line and the disused
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and others. For evidence she was the aunt not the sister see
398:(1531/2–1609), eldest son and heir, co-founder with his wife
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462:, who demolished Merryfield. According to Collinson (1791):
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James, Rev. Edward Boucher; James, Rachel Boucher (1896).
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445:Almshouses on Merryfield Lane, Ilton, built by Sir
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69:. The mansion house was demolished in 1618 by Sir
903:History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset
342:to Nicholas Wadham (1508–1508) infant son of Sir
65:(d. 1723) their "noble moated seat of Meryfeild"
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978:Demolished buildings and structures in Somerset
412:(d. 1596), sister, wife of Sir John Wyndham of
761:Per framed information sheet in Ilton Church.
196:(1531–1609), who posthumously with his widow
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291:Sir John III Wadham, eldest son and heir of
266:, Somerset, of which a prominent member was
113:of Merryfield (or Muryfield), which was the
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674:"Deerpark, Merryfield Park, Ilton"
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699:Bush, Robin (1994).
648:Bond, James (1998).
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254:(c. 1386 – 1444) of
177:to his courtier Sir
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287:Sir John III Wadham
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315:Sir John IV Wadham
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356:Nicholas I Wadham
344:Nicholas I Wadham
256:Popham, Hampshire
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659:0861834658
480:References
432:in Sussex.
384:Cullompton
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