Ashbury, Devon
[2] According to Risdon (d.1640), the ancient name of the manor was Esseberry, meaning in Latin sedes inter fraxinos ("a seat amongst ash-trees").[5] During the reign of King Henry III (1216-1272) the manor of Ashbury was held by William le Pouer as 2 parts of a knight's fee.Subsequently it was the seat of the Walter family from Warwickshire,[6] whose pedigree is included in the Heraldic Visitation of Devon of 1620.Although the marriage was without progeny, Ashbury descended to Henry's nephew John Woollcombe (d. 1713) of Pitton, a Member of Parliament for Plymouth (1702-5)[10] and Sheriff of Devon in 1712.He also died without progeny when Ashbury descended to his younger brother William Woollcombe (d.1718) who also died without progeny, when it descended to his nephew John Woollcombe (1720-1788) of Ashbury, Sheriff of Devon in 1751, who married Mary Morth, daughter and heiress of Jeffery Morth of Talland.
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