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20: 32: 279: 116:. John Dynham (d.1641) died without children whereupon his heir (also heir to his younger brother Arthur Dynham) was his niece Mary Hex, a daughter of his sister Margaret Dynham by her husband John Hex of Alternon in Cornwall, who married John Harris of Lifton (a relative of Dynham's wife, Margaret), consequently Wortham passed to the Harris family. 88:, with an inscribed tablet beneath. John Dynham (d.1641) was the last in the male line and married Margaret Harris (d.1650), a daughter of Arthur Harris (1561-1628) of Hayne in the parish of 80:. A mural monument survives in Lifton Church to John Dynham (d.1641) of Wortham, consisting of an escutcheon showing the arms of Dynham of Wortham impaling Harris of Hayne ( 154:
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.316;
180: 283: 159: 301: 138:& Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, pp. 921–2, "Wortham, Lifton" 19: 76:. It was long the seat of the Dynham family, a junior branch descended from the Anglo-Norman magnate 155: 113: 104:, Cornwall. Arthur Harris's grandfather John Harris (d.1551) of Hayne, a Serjeant-at-Law and 101: 43: 125: 8: 129: 97: 105: 93: 132:
of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 316, pedigree of "Dynham of Wortham"
135: 239:(d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.226 236: 73: 96:
of Lifton, both in Devon, and of Kenegie in the parish of Gulval in Cornwall,
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Vivian, pp.316; 451 "John Harris of Wortham"; Risdon, 1810 Additions, p.411
77: 40: 109: 69: 57: 24: 158:(d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, 89: 128:, (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the 278: 61: 16:
Historic manor within the parish of Lifton in Devon, England
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An arm couped or hand azure holding a lock of hair sable
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Sable, three crescents argent a bordure of the last)
293: 68:in Devon, England. The early sixteenth century 218:Vivian, p.449, pedigree of "Harris of Hayne" 209:Vivian, p.449, pedigree of "Harris of Hayne" 37:Gules, four fusils in fess a bordure ermine 30: 18: 294: 72:survives, today the property of the 13: 112:of Lifton from the Nevile family, 84:) with the crest of Dynham above: 14: 313: 272: 277: 260: 251: 242: 230: 221: 212: 203: 194: 185: 174: 165: 148: 1: 142: 7: 160:Sir John-William de la Pole 35:Arms of Dynham of Wortham: 10: 318: 162:(ed.), London, 1791, p.480 119: 39:. These are the arms of 114:Earls of Northumberland 100:in 1603 and Captain of 302:Former manors in Devon 50: 28: 286:at Wikimedia Commons 34: 22: 130:Heralds' Visitations 126:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L. 108:, had purchased the 98:Sheriff of Cornwall 106:Recorder of Exeter 102:St Michael's Mount 51: 29: 282:Media related to 156:Pole, Sir William 136:Pevsner, Nikolaus 94:lord of the manor 309: 281: 267: 264: 258: 255: 249: 246: 240: 237:Risdon, Tristram 234: 228: 225: 219: 216: 210: 207: 201: 198: 192: 189: 183: 178: 172: 169: 163: 152: 27:, viewed in 2006 317: 316: 312: 311: 310: 308: 307: 306: 292: 291: 289: 284:Wortham, Lifton 275: 270: 265: 261: 256: 252: 247: 243: 235: 231: 226: 222: 217: 213: 208: 204: 199: 195: 190: 186: 179: 175: 170: 166: 153: 149: 145: 122: 56:is an historic 17: 12: 11: 5: 315: 305: 304: 274: 273:External links 271: 269: 268: 259: 250: 241: 229: 220: 211: 202: 193: 191:Pevsner, p.536 184: 173: 171:Pevsner, p.921 164: 146: 144: 141: 140: 139: 133: 121: 118: 74:Landmark Trust 48:bordure ermine 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 314: 303: 300: 299: 297: 290: 287: 285: 280: 263: 257:Vivian, p.316 254: 248:Vivian, p.316 245: 238: 233: 227:Vivian, p.449 224: 215: 206: 200:Vivian, p.316 197: 188: 182: 177: 168: 161: 157: 151: 147: 137: 134: 131: 127: 124: 123: 117: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 49: 45: 42: 38: 33: 26: 21: 288: 276: 262: 253: 244: 232: 223: 214: 205: 196: 187: 176: 167: 150: 85: 81: 78:Baron Dynham 53: 52: 47: 41:Baron Dynham 36: 70:manor house 60:within the 44:differenced 25:manor house 143:References 181:See image 296:Category 90:Stowford 23:Wortham 120:Sources 54:Wortham 66:Lifton 62:parish 110:manor 58:manor 46:by a 92:and 64:of 298::

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manor house

Baron Dynham
differenced
manor
parish
Lifton
manor house
Landmark Trust
Baron Dynham
Stowford
lord of the manor
Sheriff of Cornwall
St Michael's Mount
Recorder of Exeter
manor
Earls of Northumberland
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.
Heralds' Visitations
Pevsner, Nikolaus
Pole, Sir William
Sir John-William de la Pole
See image
Risdon, Tristram

Wortham, Lifton
Category
Former manors in Devon

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