Hoare Genealogy 02: The Family of Hore of Chagford, A Review

By David G Hoare

(Copyright © 2012, David G Hoare; part of the hoareorigins.co.uk website)

[as amended by Charles Hoare to give due credit to Henry Hoare]

 

                                                            Created: December 2012; last updated: 24 July 2017

 

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Sources of information.

3. Early Years, 1300‑1600.

4. The generation of 1620, children of William and Catherine Hore of Spreyton.

5. The family of John (2) Hore and Susan Whiddon of Rushford Manor.

6. The family of John (3) Hore and Susannah of Rushford Manor.

7. The family of John (4) Hore and Frances of Rushford Manor.

8. The family of Charles Hore and Lady Mary Buck of Rushford Manor.

9. Conclusions.

10. Conclusions from further research by William Acton.

References.

Appendix 1: Geneal03 - a genealogy descending from William and Catherine (Katheryn) Hore of Spreyton to include my preferred version on the basis of the evidence assembled in this review.

 

1. Introduction

 

            This article was originally written as a review of current information in December 2012 from readily accessible sources about the family of Hore of the manor of Rushford (or Risford) in the parish of Chagford in Devon. It is intended as a preliminary to a wider mapping of the Hore/Hoare/Hoar population of Devon with a view to tracing lines of descent which may enable Y‑chromosomal DNA‑analysis of links to other Hore/Hoare/Hoar populations in other parts of the country. It has been updated with more information as it has become available.

Of particular interest in this respect are the Hoare family of Factory Hill, Co. Cork in Ireland (H600 Project family branch K01) which is thought to have descended from the village of Greens Norton in Northamptonshire, and the Hoare family associated with C Hoare & Co of Fleet Street. London (the current Hoare’s Bank) which is thought to be descended from the village of Walton near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire (H600 Project family branch K02). These two villages are only about 25 kilometres apart along the line of Watling Street, and recent Y‑chromosomal DNA‑analysis initiated by Henry Hoare of the Fleet Street family has clearly demonstrated that these two families are descended from a single male ancestor and whose members are likely to be 14th or 15th generation cousins.

The information assembled in this paper does not support the view of Captain Edward Hoare (1883) that the two Hoare families mentioned in the previous paragraph were initiated by the migration of William Hore and Henry Hore from the parish of Spreyton near Chagford around 1620. However, the information does reveal a wealth of Hore families clustered in Devon around and before this time from which such a migration might have occurred.

The H600 Project lists the Hore family of Chagford/Risford as family branch K03 (Richard Hore, m.1330 in Chagford, Devon) but the Project has no active participants associated with this family branch.

Jose J Hoard (Hoard, 2000) has published a genealogy including members of the Hore family of Chagford/Risford (‘The Recorded Lineage of Hezekiah Hore’) showing more descendants that does Captain Edward Hoare’s version, and crucially showing Thomas Hore (1480-1538) as a younger son of Robert Hore of Rushford/Risford who moved to Axminster and founded the Hore of Axminster family (cf Hoare Genealogy 05; H600 Project family branch B01) from which Hezekiah Hoare emigrated to America. Unfortunately, the evidence for this interesting proposal is not cited.

Since the drafting of this review, William Acton of Hoare’s Bank (Acton, 2016) has researched further and has substantially consolidated and extended the Hore of Risford pedigree showing that the family migrated to and multiplied at Bow Brickhill in Buckinghamshire in the 1700s (see below), and this work is reported in Hoare (2016). His findings require an important amendment to the genealogy proposed in this paper, eliminating John (3) Hore and his generation (cf section 6 and Appendix 1 below) as well as a few other minor changes. His new genealogy is reported in his ‘Hore of Risford Pedigree’ (Acton, 2016) and his principal evidence and findings are in section 10 below.

 

2. Sources of information.

 

            Captain Edward Hoare published a genealogy of the family of Hore of Chagford from the early 1300s to the early 1600s based on the Heraldic Visitations to Devon of 1531, 1564, and 1620 (Hoare, 1883; see Geneal01 accompanying this document) and this provided the starting point for his genealogy of the ‘Families of Hore and Hoare’.  In his genealogy the generation of the Hore of Chagford family born in the early 1600s included the immediate ancestors of both of the Hore/Hoare families of Factory Hill and of the current Hoare’s Bank.

            Lieutenant-Colonel J L Vivian included a genealogy of ‘Hore of Chagford’ in his large volume of Devon genealogies, based on the Heraldic Visitations to Devon mentioned above but extended by his own work in some cases forward to the 1880s (Vivian, 1895). In his ‘Hore of Chagford’ genealogy, the generation born in the early 1600s is shown as containing the progenitors of further generations around Chagford until the early 1700s. The genealogies of other families in this volume refer to marriages with the Hore family of Chagford. Vivian’s ‘Hore of Chagford’ genealogy is reproduced in Geneal02 (accompanying this document) with a file of my notes cross‑referencing to other Devon families and including Vivian’s significant ‘addenda and corrigenda’ (Appendix 2 below).

I have assembled a genealogy descending from William and Catherine (Katheryn) Hore of Spreyton (Geneal03; Appendix 1 below) to include my preferred version on the basis of the evidence assembled in this review.

            Jane Hayter-Hames’ book ‘A History of Chagford’ (Hayter‑Hames, 1981) contains many references to the Hore/Hoare family of Chagford with references to their association with the manor of Rushford/Risford of which the Hayter‑Hames family are the current owners. Appendix 3 (below) contains extracts concerned with the Hore/Hoare family from this book.

            I have obtained records of baptisms and marriages from parish registers via the FamilySearch website and I personally transcribed Hore/Hoare etc burial records from a number of relevant parish records during visits to the Devon County Records Office in Exeter in 1999 and 2001. During these visits I also transcribed Hore/Hoare etc records from the Devon Lay Subsidy of 1332 and the Devon Subsidy Roll of 1524-1527 (in Appendix 4 and Appendix 5 below). I have also downloaded from the National Archives website and roughly transcribed the wills of John Hore of Chagford (1628) and of John Hore of Chagford (1684) (Appendix 6 and Appendix 7 below), to which Vivian (1895) refers.

 

3. Early Years, 1300‑1600.

 

            The early years of the genealogy of the Hore of Chagford family were documented by John Hore of Chagford in 1620 for the Heraldic Visitation of that year and are displayed in both Hoare’s (1883) and Vivian’s (1895) genealogies. Vivian helpfully highlights in italics John Hore’s text as documented in the records of the Heraldic Visitation to distinguish it from his own additions.  Unaccountably, Hoare (1883) shows ‘filia de Westcott’ married to Willelmus Hore (16 Henricus VIII, 1525) while Vivian (1895) shows her married to his father Willelmus Hore (20 Henricus VII, 1507).

            The Hore family of Chagford were owners of Rushford Manor, also known as Risford Manor and about one km north-north-east from Chagford, from the early 1300s until the early 1700s. However, Jane Hayter-Hames points out (1981, p.20.5, cf Appendix 3) that under the feudal system of land holding, the owner of a manor was not necessarily its occupant and that in theory the occupant of any manor held it ultimately from the king through a chain of allegiances.

            Captain Edward Hoare (1883) starts his genealogy two generations before the genealogy of the Heraldic Visitation with Robertus Hore, by tradition a handsome and ambitious young bachelor who arrived in Devon from Ireland and around 1330 married the ‘heiress of Fford’. Hayter-Hames (1981, p.20.5, cf Appendix 3) reports that the Manor of Rushford was at that time owned by the de Risford family but was recorded as being occupied in 1303 and 1346 by Robert de Ford who presumably held the manor from the de Risfords. The records of the Devon Lay Subsidy of 1332 (Appendix 4) shows a Robert Hore living at Doddiscombsleigh just 16 km east from Rushford who was sufficiently prosperous to qualify for the minimum level of tax (8 pence) but not nearly so well off as possible relatives Nicholas and John le Hore of Bideford who were each rated at 3 shillings. So perhaps this Robert Hore provides the historical basis for Captain Edward Hoare’s handsome young immigrant from Ireland. He may have married the daughter and heiress of Robert de Ford, the occupant of Rushford Manor, and in due course become the occupant of the Manor with his family.

            Captain Edward Hoare (1883) presents this Robert Hore as the grandfather of the Robert Hore who is at the head of the genealogy recorded in the Heraldic Visitation of 1620 and who became owner of the Manor of Rushford after he married Alice, the daughter and heiress of Roland and Grace de Risford (Vivian, 1895). However, Hayter-Hames records (1981, p.20.5, 50.6, cf Appendix 3) that although the Hore family continued to own Rushford Manor until the early 1700s, they soon handed the occupancy to others, principally the Monk family, and only reoccupied Rushford Manor in the Tudor period when they were probably the builders of a new manor house at Rushford, which was apparently a fine Tudor barton, standing slightly north of the original Norman manor house.

            The Devon Subsidy Roll (1524-1527; Appendix 5) shows Robert and William Hore at Chagford. They were notably wealthy compared to the other Hore entries in Devon and unusually the period of the Roll was divided between them with Robert Hore rated at £40 of ‘goods’ (1524-5) and William Hore at £80 of ‘goods’ (1526-7). Comparing this with the genealogies, it is possible that Robert Hore (1470) died in 1525 aged 55 years and was succeeded by his son William (1507) aged 18 years. Their assets appear to have been assessed as ‘goods’ rather than ‘land’ or ‘wage’ which might imply that they were not occupants of Rushford Manor at the time.

            John Hore, who married Margaret Whiddon and prepared the Hore genealogy for the Heraldic Visitation of 1620, described himself and his father John Hore (who married  Elizabeth Kelley) in the Hore genealogy as ‘de Risford in pochia de Chagford’ (‘of Risford in the parish of Chagford’; cf Vivian (1895)) while he refers to his uncle Barnaby simply as ‘de Chagford’ so it appears that John and Elizabeth Hore and their descendants were probably resident at Rushford during this period while others in the family such as Barnaby may have lived nearby at Chagford.

            The genealogy of this family is complicated by the absence of any baptismal register at Chagford before 1703, and the fact the John (1) Hore, who married to Margaret Whiddon, not only had a nephew John (2) Hore married to Susan Whiddon, but also both a great-nephew John (3) Hore who married to a wife Susannah, and a great-great-nephew named John (4) Hore married to Frances! I have numbered them henceforward as defined here for clarity.

            The genealogy shows the Hore family marrying daughters of the Westcott, Perriman, Kelley and Whyddon families. Hayter-Hames (1981) describes the Perrimans and the Whyddons as significant local families in the Chagford Area and Vivian (1895, cf Appendix 2) provides genealogies of the Kelley and Whyddon families which include the marriages to the Hore family.

            The Chagford parish register documents the marriage of John (1) Hore to Margaret Whiddon (31 August 1600) and Margaret’s burial (10 August 1672 as Mrs Margaret Hore). John’s death (29 June 1628) is documented by the probate if his will (Vivian 1895; Appendix 6 below). Captain Hoare (1883) records John as buried at Chagford in 1656 but I think that this record probably refers to John (3) Hore, the son of his nephew John Hore (see section 5 below). Vivian in his ‘addenda and corrigenda’ (Vivian, 1895, p.865; Appendix 2) suggests that Margaret may have married Robert Dodson of Hay after her husband John’s death, but I have not pursued this possibility.

            The parish register of Spreyton, a village 9 km north of Chagford, documents the marriage of William Hore to Catherine (Katheryn) Nott in 1598 and their burials in 1638 and 1631 respectively.

 

 

4. The generation of 1620, children of William and Catherine Hore of Spreyton.

 

            The genealogy from the Heraldic Visitation of 1620 concludes with the family of William Hore and his wife Catherine Nott of Spreyton including six young sons, William, John (2), Thomas, Robert, Henry and Ralph. The descendants of John (2) Hore (cf section 5 below) occupied Rushton Manor until around 1720.

Captain Edward Hoare (1883) presents the eldest son William as the ancestor of the Hoare family of Factory Hill, Co. Cork and the younger son Henry as the ancestor of the Hoare family associated with the current Hoare’s Bank, but these conclusions appear not to be consistent with entries in the parish registers of Chagford and Spreyton (see below).

Lt‑Colonel Vivian (1895) presents the second son John as the ancestor of a Hore family living at Rushford (but note that Vivian shows William as the ancestor of the Rushford family in his genealogical chart (Geneal02), but corrects this to John in his ‘addenda and corrigenda’ for ’11 generation’ (see Appendix 2 below)).

I have assembled a genealogy descending from William and Catherine (Katheryn) Hore of Spreyton (Geneal03; Appendix 1 below) to include my preferred version on the basis of the evidence discussed below.

The Spreyton and Chagford parish registers indicates that:

(1) the eldest son William (baptised 1601 at Spreyton) lived at Spreyton, married twice and had a child by each marriage, both of whom died young.

(2) the second son John (2) (baptised 1602 at Spreyton) married and that his family occupied Rushton Manor until the early 1700s (see section 5 below). John (2) is named in his Uncle John (1) Hore’s will (dated 1626).

(3) the third son Thomas (baptised 1603 at Spreyton) married and had two sons Thomas and William Hore and a grandson Thomas Hore but no further ‘Hore’ descendants. They lived at Spreyton or South Tawton nearby. Thomas is named in his Uncle John (1)’s will (dated 1626).

(4) the fourth son Robert was baptised in 1606 at Spreyton.

(5) the fifth son Henry (baptised 1609 at Spreyton) died and was buried at Spreyton in 1630 aged about 21.

(6) the sixth son Ralph was baptised in 1613 at Spreyton.

(7) the family also included two daughters, Elizabeth (baptised 1600 at Spreyton) and Katherin (baptised 1607 and buried 1613 at Spreyton).

 

5. The family of John (2) Hore and Susan Whiddon of Rushford Manor.

 

            John (2) Hore, the second son of William and Catherine Hore of Spreyton, married Susan Whiddon, the younger sister of John (2)’s aunt Margaret (née Whiddon) who was married to his uncle John (1) Hore. The descendants of their son, John (3) Hore (cf section 6 below) occupied Rushford Manor until around 1720.

            Vivian (1895) states that John (2) Hore married Susan Whiddon (see Appendix 2, p.781‑2 Whiddon of Chagford genealogy and p.865 ‘Addenda and corrigenda, 11 generation). He states also that the Hore family of Rushford is descended from John (2) and Susan (rather than from John’s brother William as shown in his genealogy).  The Chagford parish register records John (2) Hore marrying “Susan W.” on 18 April 1626 and his uncle John (1) Hore’s will (dated 1626) refers to his ‘sister-in-law Susan Hore’. Vivian records John (2) Hore’s burial as 21 March 1644‑45 (aged 41) and the Chagford burial register records the burial of John Hore (‘gent’) on 21 March 1643 and of Mrs Susannah Hore on 19 October 1686.

Vivian (1895, cf Geneal02) states that John (2) and Susan Hore had two sons, John (3) Hore who married ‘Susannah’ (see section 6 below) and Francis Hore, a ‘clerk in holy orders’. The burial of Francis (28 Nov 1671) is in the Chagford burial register, noting that Francis was the incumbent at North Bovey about seven km south east from Chagford.

 

6. The family of John (3) Hore and Susannah of Rushford Manor. (Note: this generation has been superseded by subsequent work by William Acton, cf Introduction and Section 10.)

 

            John (3) Hore and his wife Susannah of Rushford Manor had four children, John (4), William, Mary and Judith. The descendants of their son John (4) Hore and his wife Frances (cf section 7 below) occupied Rushton Manor until around 1720.

            Vivian (1895, cf Geneal02) states that John (3) Hore and Susannah of Rushford Manor had four children, John (4), William, Mary and Judith. The two other sisters Elizabeth and Susan also shown in Geneal02 belong a generation later as daughters of John (4) and Frances Hore (Vivian, Appendix 2, p.865 ‘Addenda and Corrigenda, 14 generation’).

The burial of Susannah (27 April 1685) is in the Chagford burial register which lists also the burial of John Hore “s of John, gent, of Rushford” on 16 June 1656 which probably refers to the burial of John (3) Hore. Captain Hoare (1883) records John’s (3) great-uncle John (1) Hore as also buried at Chagford in 1656 but I think this is an error (see section 3 above).

The Chagford burial register confirms the burials of John (3) and Susannah’s children William (‘s of John, gent, of Rushford’) on 24 February 1656, Mary (‘Miss, d of John Hore, Esq’) on 17 January 1667 and of Judith (‘d. of John Hore, Esq’) on 12 September 1674.

John (4) Hore in his will (dated 6 July 1683) describes an ‘indenture’ dated 9 August 1653 by which he, with his mother Susan Hore (who appears from his will still to be living in 1683) and Francis Whiddon (Clerk, deceased) disposed of a substantial amount of family property to John ??? Esq of Chagford and Thomas Southcoff Esq of Buckland Tout Saints, subject to John (4) being able to reassign this property to his own heirs should he and his wife Frances later have children. It is striking that John (4)’s father, John (3) Hore was not involved with this ‘indenture’ since he did not die until 1656 but perhaps he was incapacitated in some way.

 

7. The family of John (4) Hore and Frances of Rushford Manor.

 

            John (4) Hore and his wife Frances of Rushford Manor had four children, Charles, Tothill, Elizabeth and Susan. Their eldest son, Charles Hore, and his family (cf section 8 below) were the last of their line to occupy Rushton Manor.

            Vivian (1895, cf Geneal02) states that John (4) Hore and Frances of Rushford Manor had four children, Charles, Tothill, Elizabeth and Susan. Vivian shows Elizabeth and Susan in the preceding generation as children of John (3) Hore in Geneal02 but later corrects this (Vivian, Appendix 2, p.865 ‘Addenda and Corrigenda, 14 generation’). The Chagford burial register confirms the burial of John (4) Hore (“of Rushford, Esq”) on 30 July 1683 and of Mrs Frances Hore on 10 February 1711. John (4) Hore left a will dated 6 July 1683 (Appendix 7).

            Vivian (1895, cf Geneal02) states that:

(1) Charles Hore married (and his family is described in the next section 8). He is referred to as ‘sonne and heire’ in the will of his father, John (4) Hore.

(1) Tothill Hore married Anna Reide and had a daughter Frances; he is named in his father’s will.

 (3) Elizabeth Hore married Samuel Cudmore; she is named (‘Elizabeth Cudmore’) in her father’s will.

(4) Susan Hore was buried on 16 October 1686 at Chagford – but I think that this is mistaken and that this entry (“Mrs Susannah Hore”) refers to Susan (née Whiddon) the wife of John (2) Hore (see section 5) who might then have been aged around 75 years. Susan is named in her father’s will.

 

8. The family of Charles Hore and Lady Mary Buck of Rushford Manor.

 

Charles Hore married twice. He had a daughter Elizabeth by his first marriage. His second marriage was to Lady Mary Buck in 1697 and they and their large family were the last of their line to occupy Rushford Manor. Charles’ wife Mary died in 1712, probably following childbirth, leaving him with perhaps nine or ten children ranging in age from new born to about nine years old. Charles’ mother Frances had died the year before, 1711.  Charles died in 1720, probably aged around 50, leaving his children aged around eight to eighteen, and it not clear what provision was made for them until five years later when letters of administration (‘admon.’ 30/04/1725) were granted to Richard Hawkes ‘during the minority of the children’ (Vivian, cf Geneal02).  A number of legal documents survive related to Charles Hore’s finances and property and are summarised in Appendix 8.

     Charles Hore’s first marriage and his daughter Elizabeth are referred to in two private Acts of Parliament (1698 and 7/03/1700, cf Appendix 8) which make provision for his family following his marriage to Mary Buck in 1697.

     Charles Hore married again on 3 June1697 in St Olave’s Church, Hart Street, London to Lady Mary Buck, the daughter of Sir Charles Buck, Baronet, of Lincoln. His marriage was associated with numerous legal documents involving Charles Hore and Sir William Buck involving transfer of cash and property which seem to be concerned with settlements around the marriage making provision for Charles’ wife and children and including two private Acts of Parliament authorising sale of part of Charles Hore’s estate to ‘settle his debts’ and make provision for his wife and family. (Appendix 8, 1696 to 1700).

Vivian (cf Geneal02) lists Charles Hore’s family as comprising ten children. He apparently bases this upon the letter of administration granted to Richard Hawkes in 1725 but refers also to several dates of baptisms in the Chagford Parish Register. My own data from the Chagford Parish Register via the FamilySearch website are not entirely consistent with Vivian’s either in the dates or the names or numbers of children. The Chagford Parish Register does not list baptisms before 1703.The following list attempts to set out the available information on the family.

(1) Charles Hore: born around 1699 and died young and buried at Chagford on 3 December 1699 (FamilySearch) – Vivian does not refer to this Charles Hore.

(2) John Hore: I have assumed that he was born before 1703 since neither Vivian nor FamilySearch provide a baptism date for him. He is referred to as living abroad in the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian).

(3) William Hore: I have assumed that he was born before 1703 since neither Vivian nor FamilySearch provide a baptism date for him. He is referred to as living in the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian).

(4) Courtenay Hore: baptised at Chagford on 17 April 1703 but had died before the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian). FamilySearch finds no reference to Courtenay Hore. (Note that Acton (2016) has shown that Courtenay Hore almost certainly did not exist and that this entry arose from misreading by Vivian of the baptismal entry for Charles Hore).

(5) Charles Hore: baptised at Chagford on 27 April 1703 (FamilySearch) but Vivian makes no reference to him. Given the near coincidence of baptismal dates with Courtenay Hore (above), perhaps they both refer to one son ‘Charles Courtenay Hore’.

(6) Margaret Hore: baptised at Chagford on 7 May 1704 but died before the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian) – but FamilySearch finds no reference to Margaret Hore.

(7) Daniel Hore: baptised at Chagford on 7 May 1704 (FamilySearch). He is referred to as living abroad in the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian). The coincidence of his baptismal date with Margaret Hore (above) is surprising – twins or mistaken identity?

(8) Frances Hore: baptised at Chagford on 15 February 1705 and buried on 18 August 1714 (FamilySearch & Vivian).

(9) James Hore: baptised on 16 February 1708 (FamilySearch & Vivian). He is referred to as living in the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian).

(10) Unnamed infant daughter Hore: baptised at Chagford on 14 September 1710 (FamilySearch), but note that Vivian gives this baptismal date for Mary Hore (below).

(11) Mary Hore: baptised at Chagford on 9 May 1712 (FamilySearch) or 14 September 1710 (Vivian – see above). She is referred to as living in the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian).

(12) Alice Hore: baptised at Chagford on 9 May 1712 (Vivian). FamilySearch finds no reference to Alice Hore. She is referred to as living in the letter of administration in 1725 (Vivian). There is a possible coincidence of baptismal date for Mary and Alice Hore – were they twins? Their mother Mary Hore was buried on 2 May 1712, only a week before the baptismal date of 9 May, suggesting that she may have died in childbirth.

It is not clear how Charles Hore managed after the death of his wife Mary in 1712, probably following childbirth, and the death of his mother Frances Hore the year before in 1711, leaving him with perhaps nine or ten children ranging in age from new born to about nine years old.

     The surviving legal papers (Appendix 8, 1688 to 1697) show that Charles Hore engaged in business involving property with local families including Thomas Hore of Spreyton and South Tawton (presumably his relative, see section 4 and Geneal03), the Cudmores into which family his sister Elizabeth had married (see section 7 and Genal03) and the Whiddons with whom his family had intermarried in earlier generations (see sections 3 & 5). Hayter-Hames (1981, p.35.7, 90.6) reports that Charles Hore demolished the ruinous chapel at Rushton Manor because it ‘obscured his view’, and used the stones around the estate including his orchard wall).

When  Charles Hore died in 1720, probably aged around 50, he left the children aged around eight to eighteen, and it not clear what provision was made for them until five years later when letters of administration (‘admon.’ 30/04/1725) were granted to Richard Hawkes ‘during the minority of the children’ (Vivian, cf Geneal02). By this stage the family seems to have comprised John (aged perhaps 22/23 and living abroad), William (aged perhaps 22/23), Daniel (aged 21 and living abroad), James (aged 17), Mary (aged 13 or 15) and Alice (aged 13).

The Acts of Parliament and other settlements around the time of Charles Hore’s marriage to Lady Mary Buck referred to ‘settling his debts’ and suggest that Charles may not have been an effective manager of his estate and that Sir William Buck was concerned to ensure that a regular income was secured for his daughter Mary (Charles’ wife) and his potential grandchildren. There may therefore have been little of the Hore estate left by the time of the letter of administration of 1725 when the Manor of Rushford passed to the Northmore family (Hayter-Hames, 1981, p.87.4, 88.1).

It seems likely that the remaining children of Charles Hore dispersed after 1725. Vivian (1895, Geneal02) comments that the name of Hore does not appear in the Chagford Parish Registers after 1725 and he did not extend the genealogy further forward even though he devoted much energy in his book to extending the genealogies of other local families up to the 1880s. Hayter‑Hames (1981, p.87.4) states that this branch of the Hore family ‘died out’.

Subsequent research by Acton (2016), reported by Hoare (2016), has revealed that William Hore was appointed in 1722 as Rector of Bow Brickhill near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, and that his younger brother James settled as a farmer in Bow Brickhill and by 1732 had started what proved to be a large family. Charles Hoare became an attorney in London and Walter Hore had a successful career as an admiral in the Royal Navy.

 

9. Conclusions.

 

            The information assembled in this paper provides some context for the early years of the family of Hore of Chagford and Rushford as documented in the Heraldic Visitation of 1620 and recorded by Captain Edward Hoare (1883) and Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian (1895). The Devon Lay Subsidy of 1332 and the Devon Subsidy Rolls of 1524 to 1527 (Appendices 4 & 5) show that the Hore family of Chagford and Rushford was embedded as far back as the 1300s among a significant number of other Hore families in Devon. Hayter-Hames (1981) provides useful and corroborative information about the Hore family and the Manor of Rushford in this period and reports that for much of this period the Hore family were not actually resident at Rushford Manor. All of this raises questions relevant to the use of Y‑chromosomal DNA‑analysis about the inter-relationships between these various Hore families in Devon. Were they all descended from a common Hore ancestor and did the Hore family of Chagford and Rushford generate other branches in the area?

            Vivian (1895, cf Geneal02) provides a convincing account of how the Hore family continued as residents at Rushford Manor from the 1620s to the 1720s and this is generally corroborated by Hayter-Hames (1981) and by information retrieved from the Chagford and Spreyton Parish Registers via the FamilySearch website.

The Hore entries in the Spreyton Parish Register make a very plausible case that William Hore and Henry Hore of the generation of 1620 (cf section 4) lived and died in the parish and did not migrate to London and to Walton in Buckinghamshire to found other branches of the Hore/Hoare family as Captain Edward Hoare (1883) suggested. However, this conclusion does not rule out the possibility that such cross-fertilisation may have occurred from other Hore families in Devon and the investigation of such inter-relationships is a primary aim of this project and the H600 Project.

 

10. Conclusions from further research by William Acton.

            William Acton refers to his new ‘Hore of Risford Pedigree’ (Acton, 2016) and is principally concerned with the reconstruction of the four John Hores in this paper. He notes that this follows Vivian (1895)’s reconstruction of the family. John (2) Hore and his wife Susan Whiddon are shown as the parents of John (3) Hore who was buried at Chagford on 16 June 1656 and who married a woman called Susan (buried at Chagford 27 April 1685). Acton’s view is that there is no evidence for the existence of this couple. The burial record given in this paper for John (3) was in fact the burial record of the eldest son of John and Frances Hore (see Acton’s ‘Hore of Risford Pedigree’). There were two Susan Hores buried at Chagford on 27 April 1685 and 5 November 1686. These must be the burial records of Susan (nee Whiddon) and her granddaughter Susan. The existence of the granddaughter is confirmed by John Hore (husband of Frances) who mentions a daughter of that name in his will of 1683.

Acton argues that the parish records tell us that John (2) married Susan Whiddon at Chagford in 1626. It is also certain that John (3) had married Frances by 1653, as you can see from his will, where he speaks of an indenture “bearing date the Ninth day of Augst In the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty three” which “declared that in case I the said John Hore should have issues males or issue males and females on the body of the said Frances my wife…”. Therefore there is no space for an additional generation and it follows that the John Hore who was buried at Chagford in 1656 (“son of John Hore, gentleman of Rushford”) was the infant son of the newly married John (3) Hore and Frances. There was no other John Hore alive at that time and we know that John (3) Hore, husband of Frances, refers to his mother Susan in his will of 1683, and that Susan (nee Whiddon) was buried in either 1685 or 1686. Furthermore, when John (3) Hore was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1646/7, his father was deceased:

Middle Temple Records, VOL II, 1603-1649, p. 947

“25 Feb [1646]. Mr. John, son and heir of John Hore of Chagford, Devon, gent., deceased, specially; bound with –; fine, 5l.”

Aston concludes that all of this evidence is consistent with John (d. 1683), husband of Frances, being the son of John (d. 1643/4) and Susan Whiddon. Vivian is the culprit in all of this; his pedigrees of other families have previously been shown to be inaccurate.

 

References.

Acton (2016); ‘Hore of Risford Pedigree’ by William Acton, in ‘Research and Information’ section of this website Hoareorigins.co.uk.

Hayter‑Hames (1981) “A History of Chagford” Jane Hayter-Hames (Phillimore & Co Ltd, London & Chichester, 1981)

Hoard (2000) “The Recorded Lineage of Hezekiah Hore” Jose J Hoard.

         http://web.archive.org/web/20010814055958/http://pages.prodigy.net/hoard/HezekiahHoar.htm

Hoare (1883) “The Early History and Genealogy of the Families of Hore and Hoare.” Captain E Hoare. (Alfred Russell Smith, 36 Soho Square, London 1883)

Hoare (2016) “Hoare Genealogy 08: The Genealogy of the Hore/Hoar/Hoare families of the Buckinghamshire Cluster.” D G Hoare, in this website.

Vivian (1895) “The Visitations of the County of Devon comprising the Herald’s Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620 with additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J L Vivian” (Henry S Eland, Exeter, 1895).

 

Appendix 1: Geneal03 - a genealogy descending from William and Catherine (Katheryn) Hore of Spreyton to include my preferred version on the basis of the evidence assembled in this review.

 

William HORE (c.1570-bur.1638 in Spreyton, Devon)                        

m. 1598 in Spreyton, Devon to Catherine NOTT (-bur.1631 in Spreyton,     

Devon) dau. of Johannes NOTT and had 8 children:                                                              

  ├1. Elizabeth HORE (bapt.1600 in Spreyton, Devon)                      

  ├2. William HORE (bapt.1601 in Spreyton, Devon)                        

  │m. (1 of 2) 1633 in Spreyton, Devon to Mary PRISTON (c.1615-bur.1635  

  │in Spreyton, Devon) and had one child:                               

  │  └1. Johan HORE (bapt.1634 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1635 in Spreyton,  

  │   Devon)                                                             

  │m. (2 of 2) 1635 in Spreyton, Devon to Julian MANN (c.1610) and had  

  │one child:                                                             

  │  └1. Elizabeth HORE (bapt.1636 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1640 in        

  │   Spreyton, Devon)                                                   

  ├3. John(2)HORE (bapt.1602 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.21Mar1643 in Chagford, 

  │Devon 'gent')                                                          

  │m. 18Apr1626 in Chagford, Devon to Susan WHIDDON (c.1595-bur.19Oct1686

  │in Chagford, Devon)                                                   

  │dau. of Francis WHIDDON & Margaret CAREW and had 2 children:          

  │  ├1. John(3) HORE (c.1625-bur.16Jun1656 in Chagford, Devon 's of John,  

  │  │gent of Rushford')                                                 

  │  │m. to Susanna (-bur.27Apr1685 in Chagford, Devon)  and had 4       

  │  │children:                                                          

  │  │  ├1. John(4) HORE (c.1650-bur.30Jul1683 in Chagford, Devon)          

  │  │  │m. to Frances (-bur.10Feb1711 in Chagford, Devon)  and had 4    

  │  │  │children:                                                       

  │  │  │  ├1. Charles HORE (c.1675-bur.08Jun1720 in Chagford, Devon)    

  │  │  │  │m.(1 of 2)  and had one child:                                 

  │  │  │  │  └1. Elizabeth HORE (c.1695)                                

  │  │  │  │m. (2 of 2) 03Jun1697 in St Olave, Hart Street, London to    

  │  │  │  │Mary BUCK (-bur.02May1712 in Chagford, Devon)                

  │  │  │  │dau. of Sir Charles BUCK Bart  and had 12 children:           

  │  │  │  │  ├1. Charles HORE (1699-bur.03Dec1699 in Chagford, Devon)   

  │  │  │  │  ├2. John HORE (c.1700)                                     

  │  │  │  │  ├3. William HORE (c.1701)                                  

  │  │  │  │  ├4. Courtenay HORE (bapt.17Apr1703 in Chagford, Devon-     

  │  │  │  │  │bef.1725)                                                 

  │  │  │  │  ├5. Charles HORE (bapt.27Apr1703 in Chagford, Devon)       

  │  │  │  │  ├6. Margaret HORE (bapt.07May1704 in Chagford, Devon-      

  │  │  │  │  │bef.1725)                                                 

  │  │  │  │  ├7. Daniel HORE (bapt.07May1704 in Chagford, Devon)        

  │  │  │  │  ├8. Frances HORE (bapt.15Feb1705 in Chagford, Devon-       

  │  │  │  │  │bur.18Aug1714 in Chagford, Devon)                         

  │  │  │  │  ├9. James HORE (bapt.16Feb1708 in Chagford, Devon)         

  │  │  │  │  ├10. infant girl HORE (bapt.14Sep1710 in Chagford, Devon)  

  │  │  │  │  ├11. Mary HORE (bapt.09May1712 in Chagford, Devon after the

  │  │  │  │  │death of her mother)                                      

  │  │  │  │  └12. Alice HORE (bapt.09May1712 in Chagford, Devon after   

  │  │  │  │   the death of her mother)                                    

  │  │  │  ├2. Tothill HORE Captain in the Army                          

  │  │  │  │m. 12May1692 to Anne READE (-bur.07Apr1706 in Chagford, Devon)

  │  │  │  │  and had one child:                                         

  │  │  │  │  └1. Frances HORE (bapt.09Feb1705 in Chagford, Devon)       

  │  │  │  ├3. Elizabeth HORE                                            

  │  │  │  │m. 03May1683 in Chagford, Devon to Samuel CUDMORE  no        

  │  │  │  │children                                                     

  │  │  │  └4. Susan HORE (-bur.19Oct1686 in Chagford, Devon)            

  │  │  ├2. William HORE (-bur.24Feb1656 in Chagford, Devon 's of John,  

  │  │  │gent of Rushford')                                               

  │  │  ├3. Mary HORE (-bur.17Jan1667 in Chagford, Devon)                

  │  │  └4. Judith HORE (-bur.12Sep1674 in Chagford, Devon)              

  │  └2. Francis HORE Clerk in Holy Orders (-bur.28Nov1671 in Chagford,  

  │   Devon)                                                             

  ├4. Thomas HORE (1604-bur.1654 in Spreyton, Devon)                     

  │m. 1641 in Spreyton, Devon to Jane ROGERS (c.1610-bur.1673 in Spreyton,

  │ Devon) and had 3 children:                                          

  │  ├1. Thomas HORE (bapt.1645 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1714 in Spreyton, 

  │  │Devon as Mr Thomas HORE sen of South Tawton)                       

  │  │m. 1673 in Spreyton, Devon to Barbara OXENHOLME (c.1650-bur.1726 in

  │  │Spreyton, Devon as Mrs Barbara HORE of South Tawton)  and had 6    

  │  │children:                                                          

  │  │  ├1. Barbara HORE (bapt.1673 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1673 in       

  │  │  │Spreyton, Devon)                                                

  │  │  ├2. Jane HORE (bapt.1673 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1673 in Spreyton,

  │  │  │Devon)                                                          

  │  │  ├3. Jane HORE (bapt.1676 in Spreyton, Devon)                     

  │  │  ├4. Barbara HORE (bapt.1678 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.05May1681 in  

  │  │  │Spreyton, Devon)                                                

  │  │  ├5. Thomas HORE (bapt.1681 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1746 in         

  │  │  │Spreyton, Devon as Mr Thomas HORE of South Tawton)              

  │  │  │m. 18Nov1707 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon to Agnes PIDSLEY      

  │  │  │(c.1865-bur.1763 in Spreyton, Devon as Mrs Agnes HORE)  and had 

  │  │  │3 children:                                                      

  │  │  │  ├1. Agnes HORE (bapt.1708 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1711 in      

  │  │  │  │Spreyton, Devon d. of Thomas HORE jun of South Tawton)       

  │  │  │  ├2. Jane HORE (bapt.1711 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1721 in       

  │  │  │  │Spreyton, Devon d. of Mr Thomas and Agnes HORE)              

  │  │  │  └3. Agnes HORE (bapt.1712 in Spreyton, Devon)                 

  │  │  └6. Mary HORE (bapt.1683 in Spreyton, Devon)                     

  │  ├2. Elizabeth HORE (bapt.1647 in Spreyton, Devon)                   

  │  └3. William HORE (bapt.1653 in Spreyton, Devon)                     

  ├5. Robert HORE (1606)                                                  

  ├6. Katherin HORE (bapt.1607 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1613 in Spreyton,  

  │Devon)                                                                

  ├7. Henry HORE (bapt.1609 in Spreyton, Devon-bur.1630 in Spreyton,     

  │Devon)                                                                

  └8. Ralph HORE (bapt.1613 in Spreyton, Devon)                          

 

 

Appendix 2: Notes from Vivian (1895) “The Visitations of the County of Devon comprising the Herald’s Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620 with additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J L Vivian” (Henry S Eland, Exeter, 1895).

 

1. The ‘Hore of Chagford’ genealogy was downloaded from “The Visitations of the County of Devon comprising The Heralds’ Visitations of 1531, 1564 and 1620 with additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian” published in 1895 and held in the “TheGenealogist” website. The original entries from the visitations are displayed in italics but Lt-Coln. Vivian has extended the genealogies forward up to the 1890s in some cases, but not beyond 1725 in the case of “Hore of Chagford”.

2. The principal genealogy of “Hore of Chagford” is on page 480. Other references to Hore are as follows:

2a. p.52-54. from “Battishill of South Tawton, Drewsteighnton and Spreyton”. “the estate, although strictly entailed …, is now in the possession of the family of Hore”.

          p.56. Barbara, da. of … Hore mar. 13 Jan 1699-1700 at Spreyton to Andrew Battishill (Spreyton Register).

          p.56. Jane [Battishill], named in the will of her Uncle William, mar. John Hore.

2b. p.63-64. from Beaumont of Gittisham. Dorothy, da. of … and widow of David Hore of Exeter, mar. 23 Aug 1627 at St Thomas, Exeter to Glidd Beaumont. Extrix. Of her husband’s will. Remarried …

2c. p.418-423. From Gould. Susanna [Gould] mar. 5 Sept 1622 at Buckfastleigh to Nicholas Hore.

2d.    p.468. From Helman of Furland. Dewnes filia Bartholomew Hore de Rushford, ux 2, mar. Johannes Helman of East Teignmouth. (ca. 1595).

2e. p.490. From Hody of Brixham. Florence, d. of … Hore of Hennock mar. 1666 in Exeter Arthur Hody of Brixham.

2f. p.511-512. From Kelley of Kelley. Elizabeth, 2nd daughter of Oliver Kelley and Margaret (daughter of Henry Dennys of Hall) mar John Hore of Chagford (c.1540).

2g. p.518. From Knapman. William Knapman, son of William Knapman of Throwleigh in Com. Devon and Elianor fil … Arscott, married Alicia fil. Willmi Hore of Rushford in parochial de Chagford in Com. Devon.

2h. p.546. From Mallock of Cockington Court. Mary Mallock, d. of William Mallock of Axmouth and Joane, d. of William Sherman of Awtrie St Marye, mar. John Hore of Axminster.

2i. p.781-782. From Whiddon of Chagford. Margaret Whiddon, d. of Francis Whiddon and Margaret, d. of Thomas Carew of Haccombe, mar. to John Hore, 31 August 1600.

          p.782. Susan Whiddon, d. of Francis Whiddon and Margaret, d. of Thomas Carew of Haccombe, mar. to John Hore.

2j. p.865. Addenda and Corrigenda. Hore ped. p.480. 10 generation, Elizabeth, wife of John, as da. of Oliver Kelly. 11 generation, under Margaret wife of John, dele “bur.10 Aug, 1672” and after words “Excr. of his will” read “remarried Robert Dodson of Hay, will 5 Feb. 1637, pro 20 May 1629 P.C.C. 11 generation, dele the line of descent from William and draw it from John, 2 son; he mar. Susan, da. of Francis Whiddon of Chagford, they are both named with their son John in the will of her sister Margaret Dodson. 14 generation, the two daughters, Elizabeth and Susan, must be carried down as daughters of John and Frances.

 

Appendix 3: Some extracts relating to the family of Hore/Hoare from “A History of Chagford” by Jane Hayter-Hames (1981)

 

Chapter 3. Medieval Chagford.

p.20.5. Rushford Manor was in the hands of the de Risfords until the reign of Richard II, when the heiress of the family married a man named Hoare, into whose family it then passed. They were then the owners of the property until the 18th century.

The principal difficulty with the feudal system is that land was held, as it were, through a chain of command, whose author was the king, but which may have many connected links. For example, the Manor of Rushford is recorded on the one hand as having belonged directly to the de Risfords, followed by the Hoares, but on the other hand it is also recorded as having been held by the following people: in 1285 by Nicholas Crespyn; in 1303 by Robert de Forde; in 1346 by Robert de Forde, afterwards by Jolin Berkedon; and in 1428 by William Monk of Potheridge and four other freeholders.

If a family gave up holding a manor, they might retain some of the rights belonging to it; alternatively, if they held several manors, they might choose to settle a freeholder, or knight, on one or more of them, in which case the actual tenant would hold that manor of the original family, who might hold it from a baron, who might hold it from the king. This is probably what happened to Rushford.

 

Chapter 4. Chagford Church.

p.35.7. Rushford's chapel was taken down by Major Hore in the 18th century, because it obscured the prospect of his house. He used the stones to rebuild his garden and orchard walls, and many of these stones can be recognised in the orchard wall today.

 

Chapter 6. Tudor Chagford.

p.50.6. Rushford was held by the Monke family in the Middle Ages, but came to the family of Hore in the Tudor period. The Hores had moved into the area in the time of Richard II and married an heiress of Risford. They were probably responsible for building the Tudor barton of Rushford, which was apparently a fine Tudor barton, standing slightly north of the original Norman manor house. Monk's Withecombe, originally a part of the Rushford manor may get its name from the family of Monk.

p.51.4. Frenchbeare was owned by one William Caseley, who sold it to William Newcombe. By the beginning of the 17th century it had become the property of John Hore.

 

Chapter 11. The Quiet Years

p.87.4. Rushford was still the home of the Hore family until the death of Charles Hore in 1726 when that branch of the family died out.

p.88.1. The manor of Rushford went from the Hores to the Northmores, and in 1822 was in the possession of John Hooper of South Teign.

p.90.6. Major Hore was responsible for removing the chapel at Rushford, because 'it obscured his view'. The stones were rebuilt into the orchard wall, where a few can be discerned today. In defence of Major Hore it should be said that Westcote, in 1630, said that the chapel at Rushford was 'long since decayed, in whose ruins grew an oak which always bore white leaves'.

 

Chapter 12. Chagford Families.

p.92.3  THE NAME CHAGFORD denotes a place, but its life is the life of its people. The connection between land and people was so strong and so enduring in medieval times that families were usually known by the name of the manor or freehold that they inhabited. Hence we read of the family of de Chagford, who owned that manor in the early medieval period, the de Risfords at Rushford, William de Yeo, Robert ate Thorn and the family of Teigncombe. The Endacotts were originally at Yondecott in South Tawton.

Many of the family names well-known in Chagford today date back to medieval times. Devon is notoriously slow to change, and its people reluctant to move. Although the rapid communications of the 20th century have seen a greater immigration from the county, many of Chagford's inhabitants have remained rooted in the ancient parish. In moving, Devonians have seldom moved far, often to a neighbouring parish or to another part of the county.

Some of Chagford's families have gone into the female line once, perhaps many times, but the connections with the parish remain unbroken. A few families, once well-known, have disappeared from the area only to surface again in the United States, Canada, or Australia. With a touching patriotism for their roots, members of these families return to visit the parish to re-establish their connections.

Of the families whose names are also those of farms and manors, none now remain on their original holdings. The de Chagfords went into the female line in the 14th century. The de Risford's heiress married into the family of Hore, and the manor passed into that line in the time of Richard II.

p.93.9  Due to the increase of documentation, in particular the beginning of the church-warden's accounts, from 1480 onwards a world of familiar and now less familiar names open up. Apart from the Prouz family at Waye, the Whyddons at Easton, and the Hores at Rushford, we can at least list the names of many families and in some cases place them in their respective homes.

 

Appendix 4:

Devonshire Lay Subsidy of 1332 (ed Audrey M Erskine): Hore, etc entries

Seventeen lay subsidies were raised 1290-1334; the money seems to be the amount to be paid;

1/10 of assessment in towns, 1/15 of assessment in country; poor people <8d to pay were exempt.

Name

Charge

Place

Hore

William le

12d

Galmpton

Hore

Henry

12d

Rattery

Hore

Ralph

10d

Yealmpton & Noss

Hore

Adam

8d

Men of the Prior (tenants of Prior of Plympton)

Hora

John

8d

Tawstock

Hore

Thomas

8d

Pickwell

Hore

Laurance

8d

Ayshford

Hore

William

9d

Colyton

Hore

Ralph

8d

Combeinteignhead

Hore

Richard

8d

Ringmore

Hore

Nicholas

8d

Rocombe

Hore

Robert

8d

Doddiscombsleigh

Hore

John

14d

Harberton

Hore

Henry

12d

Totnes, Coleridge Hundred

Hore

John le

3s

Bideford

Hore

Nicholas

3s

Bideford

 

 

Appendix 5:

Devon Subsidy Roll 1524-1527 (Hore, etc entries)

Name

Asset

£

Parish

Hore

Philip

Goods

2.00

Sydmouth

Hore

Thomas

Goods

8.00

Axmynster

Hore

Philip

Goods

8.00

Columpton (Cullompton)

Hore

John

Wage

1.33

Calwoodley (Calverleigh)

Hore

John (jun)

Goods

2.00

Calwoodley (Calverleigh)

Hore

Robert

Goods

40.00

Chagford (1524-5)

Hore

William

Goods

80.00

Chagford (1526-7)

Hore

John

Wage

1.00

Tettburn (Tedburn St Mary)

Hore

Robert

Goods

8.00

Dunsford

Hoer

William

Wage

1.00

Dunsford

Hore

William

Goods

2.00

Brydford (Bridford)

Hore

John

Wage

1.00

Hevytre (Heavitree)

Hore

Thomasin

Land

1.80

Northham (Northam)

Hoor

Roger

Wage

1.00

Lepford (Lapford)

Hore

John

Goods

2.00

Kylbery Tithing (Kilbury in Buckfastleigh)

Hore

William

Goods

20.00

Ugborough

Hore

John

Goods

2.00

Ugborough

Hore

William (jun)

Goods

2.00

Herberton (Harberton)

Hore

James

Goods

1.00

Cornwurthy (Cornworthy)

Hore

James

Wage

1.00

Cornwurthy (Cornworthy)

Hore

John

Goods

3.00

Stokynham (Stokenham)

Hore

Gervys

Goods

6.00

Carsewyll Abbott (Abbotskerswell)

Hore

James

Goods

10.00

Chudlegh (Chudleigh)

Hore

John

Wage

1.00

Ayston (Ashton)

Hore

John (Richard)

Goods

3.00

Bovytracy (Bovey Tracey)

Hore

William

Goods

3.00

Bovytracy (Bovey Tracey)

Hore

Thomas

Wage

1.00

Bovytracy (1526-7) (BoveyTracey)

Hore

Richard

Wage

1.00

Heghwyke (Highweek)

Hore

Geoffrey

Land

1.00

Hennocke (Hennock)

Hore

Geoffrey

Goods

2.00

Hennocke (Hennock)

Hore

Edward

Goods

12.00

Kyngstaynton (Kingsteignton)

Hore

Nicholas

Goods

2.00

Kyngstaynton (Kingsteignton)

 

 

Appendix 6: The Last Will and Testament of John Hore of Chagford, 1626 (catalogue reference prob/11/154)

A transcript of the manuscript image by DGH (uncertain words in italics)

 

In the name of God Amen the thirtieth day of October in the year of our Lord God .1626. I John Hore of Chagford in the Countie of Devon gentleman, being of perfect health and memorie, thanks be unto God, Doe make this my last will and testament in manner following First I comende my soule unto Almighty God my maker and Redeemer and my bodie to decent burial in hope of a joyful resurrection to eternal life Item I give to the por of the parish of Chagford the some of tenne pounds to be kept in xxx to xxx the poore on xxx or other xxx to be imployed that they may have the benefit thereof, as shall seem best to the wardens and xxxx of the poor that for the time beinge To the poor of the parish of Morton Hampstead fortie shillings. To the poor of the parish of xxxx and Throwley to each twentie shillings to be xxx distributed by the xxx of the wardens and xxx of the same xxxx parishes Item I give and bequeath to my brother and sisters to each of them twentie shillings and, to each of their children twentie shillings Item I give to my brother four pounds a year to be paid quarterlie xxxx of the tenement in Way which I have granted unto him xxxxx  in possession Item I give onto him one xxx of apparel and cloak xxx shall xxxx to my xxx   Item I give to my sister Tapper, the house she dwells in for the term of xxxxxxxxx if she, her husband, and Margarett their daughter, or one of them for xxx Item I give xxxx fort pounds. Item I give to my sister in law Anne Whiddon five pounds Item I give and bequeath to each of my servants xxx shall serve me at the time of my death tenne shillings Item I give for each of my godchildren two shillings six pence And my will is that all their xxx be paid within one year of my death. Item I give to my Nephew John Crout all my lattine book of xxx and five pounds of money. Item I give to my nephew John Hore my brother’s sonne all my goods in my chamber (3) Studdie at London, and my best suite of apparell, and the xxxxx Item I give to my sister in law Susan Hore the bed and bedstead whereon she lieth with all the furniture thereof. Item I give and bequeath to Thomas Hore my brother’s sonne all the estate and interest which I have in a tenement called Ellam in the parish of Chagford aforesaid xxx in the xxx of John Camter The residue of my goods and chattels I give and bequeath to unto Margarrett my wife whom I doe ordain and make my sole executrix. And in witness whereof I have written this with my own hand subscribed my name and put to my seale, the date and year first about written John Hore ………..

 

Appendix 7: The Last Will and Testament of John Hore of Chagford, 1684 (catalogue reference prob/11/376)

A transcript of the manuscript image by DGH (uncertain words in italics)

In the Name of God Amen I John Hore of Chagford in the county of Devon Esquire being sick of body but of a sound and disposeing mind and memorie praised bee God Doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and form following And first I recommend my precious and immortall soule into the hands of my most gratious Creator Redeemer and Sanctifier and my body to Christian burial Item I give to the poor of Chagford aforesaid forty shillings It I give unto my beloved wife Frances Hore tenn pounds and any xxx of my horses nags and mares that she shall please to choose and my best bed xxxx And whereas Francis Whiddon Clerke deceased Susan Hore my mother and I the said John Hore by our indenture bearing date the Ninth day of Augst in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty three for the consideration therein mentioned Did grant enfeoffe…………. unto John xxx of Chagford Esq and Thomas Southcoff of Buckland Tout Saints Esq their heirs and assignes for ever all those our xxx of Rushford Shapley Throwley and Southtawton xxx and Fursham with all and singular their and every of their rights members and appurtenantes and all our messuages lands tenements and hereditaments with xxxxx in the several parishes of Chagford Throwley Gidley North Bovey Moreton Hampstead xxxx xxxx Southtawton Drewstaynton and Colbrook in the said county of Devon and all of our messuages lands and tenements  xxx th’appurtenances in the parish of St Paull in the citty of Exeter and the moiety of all our messuages lands tenements and hereditaments with th’appurtenances in Chagford aforesaid comomly called Christon and Ford. To and for the uses intents and purposes in the said xxx Indenture specified and declared by and under this proviso therein also expressed and declared that in case I the said John Hore should have issues males or issue males and females on the body of the said Frances my wife that then it should and might bee lawful for me to grant and devise what estate or estates I should please and order what rents I shall think fit in or upon any part of the said premises (except those parts thereof by the said Indenture limitted unto the said Susan Hore and Frances my now wife) to begin after the present estates in being and upon those parts thereof limitted unto the said Susan Hore and Frances my wife to begin after their deathes and not before to any person or persons whatsoever for and towards the raising of fifteen hundred pounds and not more for and towards portions to bee by mee bestowed on my younger children on the body of my said wife Frances as by the said revised Indenture (xxx)  being there unto had it doth and many more plainly and in larger appear  I the said John Hore in pursuance of the said power doe now by xxx give and bequeath unto my younger children Totthill Hore Elizabeth Cudmore and Susan Hore all and singular the said Mannors Messuages lands tenements hereditaments and premises with their and every of their appurtenances (except the said messuages lands tenements in the said parish of St Paul) To have and to hold the same except before xxx unto my said son Tothill Hore and to my said daughters Elizabeth Cudmore and Susan Hore their executors administrator and assignes for and during the term of  xxx and ……. during this term aforesaid provided always that if Charles Hore my sonne and heire apparent shall and will within one month next after my death and his attaining his full age of twenty one years give securities by xxx  to his said brother and sisters for the payment  of the summe of five hundred pounds sterling to each of them within one yeare then next ensuing that then and there upon this present devise and bequest to my said younger children shall cease determine and  be utterly void and of none effect in the law Item I doe give unto my said sonne Charles Hore his heires and

 assignes for ever all my messuages lands and tenements with th’appurtenances situate xxx and being within the parish of North Tawton or elsewhere in the county of Devon upon trust to pay the said fifteen hundred pounds to his said brother and sisters as aforesaid all the rest of my goods and chattels I do give and bequeath unto my said sonne Charles Hore whom I doe make and ordain the whole and sole Executor of this my last will and testament Witness my hand and seale this sixth day of July Anno Domini one thousand six hundred eighty three John Hore Signed sealed and published in the presence of <names>

 

Appendix 8:

A listing and summary of legal documents relating to Charles Hore’s finances and property.

(from the National Archives and TheGenealogist websites)

 

1688: [no title]  2779 M/7/6  1688

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:
Lease for 99 years or 2 lives
1. Charles Hore of Rushford, Esq.
2. William Hore of Colebrooke, yeoman
Premises: messuage called Leweses Tenement, late in the possession of Dorothy Lewes, widow, decd., now in the possession of Katherine Lewes
Lives: 2., and Thomas Hore, son of Thomas Hore, brother of 2., to begin on death of Katherine Lewes
Consideration: £20
Rent: 2s.

 

1692: [no title]  2779 M/7/7  1692

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:
Lease and Release
1. Charles Hore of Rushford, Chagford, Esq.
2. Thomas Hore of South Tawton, yeoman
Premises: messuage called Wood, and 2 cottages taken out of Wood, now in the possession of Katherine Lewes and James Lee
Consideration: £140

 

1692: [no title]  2779 M/19/1  1692

These documents are held at Devon Record Office

Contents:
Bond in £300 to observe terms of indenture of same date
1. Charles Hore of Rushford, Chagford, Esq.,
2. Thomas Hore of South Tawton, yeoman

 

1696: Chancery Proceedings, Bridges Division. Vol II D-H 1613-1714

Devon, 1696. Charles Hore (Plaintiff) and Prudence Cudmore, widow (defendant) re money, Bundle 166 #121

Devon, 1696. Charles Hore (Plaintiff) and Prudence Cudmore, widow (defendant)  re money (answer, etc)  Bundle 121 #30

 

 

23/09/1696: Agreement  MS 145/EN 1/3/38  1696 September 23

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Seal: missing

Contents:
Charles HORE of Chagford, co. Devon and Mary (his wife) to Sir William BUCK (her father). Annuity of £100 to be paid by Charles Hore to his wife during their joint lives
Signed: Charles Hore

 

 

2/06/1697: Counterpart mortgage for 200 years  MS 145/EN 1/2/193  1697 June 2

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Seal: missing

Contents:
Sir William BUCK of Hanby Grange to Charles HORE of Chagford, co. Devon. The manor of Hanby Grange and other land in Lenton as security for the payment of £2,000 to Charles HORE on his marriage to Mary Buck, eldest daughter of Sir William Buck
Signed: Charles Hore

 

24/08/1697: Lease for one year  MS 145/EN 1/2/91  1697 August 24

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Sealed

Contents:
Charles HORE of Chagford to Rowland WHIDDON of Chagford and Daniel CUDMORE of Loosebeare. The manor of North Tawton. Consideration five shillings
Signed: Charles Hore

 

25/08/1697: Marriage settlement  MS 145/EN 1/2/92  1697 August 25

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Sealed

Contents:
Charles HORE of Chagford and Mary (his wife, daughter of Sir William BUCK of Hanby Grange, co. Lincoln); Sir William BUCK of Hanby Grange, co. Lincoln and John BASIRE of London; John BUCK of Flotmanby, co. York and Henry BUCK, linen draper, of London; and Rowland WHIDDON of Chagford and Daniel CUDMORE of Loosbeare. Lands in North Tawton, Morton, Hampstead, Widdecombe, North Bovey and Exeter, conveyed after the marriage of Charles Hore and Mary Buck.
Signed: Charles Hore; William Bucke; E. (sic) Basire; Henry Buck

 

23/09/1697: Bond  MS 145/EN 1/3/37  1697 September 23

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Contents:
Sir William BUCK of Hanby Grange, co. Lincoln to Charles HORE of Chagford, co. Devon. For £1,000
Copy: no signature or seal

 

12/09/1698: Power of attorney  MS 145/EN 1/2/93  1698 September 12

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Sealed

Contents:
Charles HORE of Chagford to Sir William BUCK of Hanby Grange, co. Lincoln. For the sale of properties in Exeter
Signed: Charles Hore

 

6/10/1698: Bond  MS 145/EN 1/2/94  1698 October 6

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Sealed

Language:  English and Latin

Contents:
Charles HORE of Chagford to Sir William BUCK of Hanby Grange, co. Lincoln. For payment of £10,000. The manors of Morton, Throwley, South Tawton, Fursham, and Shapeley were conveyed to Sir William Buck by Charles Hore upon his marriage to Mary (eldest daughter of Sir William Buck) in consideration of £3,000. The bond is to be void if Charles Hore conveys to Sir William Buck the manors of North Tawton and Rushford in lieu of the above manors
Signed: Charles Hore

 

1698: Private Act, 11 William III, c. 25  HL/PO/PB/1/1698/11W3n49  1698

These documents are held at Parliamentary Archives

Contents:
An Act for Sale of Part of the Estate of Charles Hore Esquire, for Payment of his Debts, for settling other Part in Trust, for raising a Portion and Maintenance for Elizabeth his only Daughter by his former Wife, and for making a Jointure for Mary his now Wife, and for a Provision for the Children by the said Mary.

 

7/03/1700: Hore's Estate Act  HL/PO/JO/10/6/6/1529  7 March 1700

These documents are held at Parliamentary Archives

Contents:
Amended Draft of an Act for sale of part of the estate of Charles Hore, for payment of his debts and for settling other part in trust for raising a portion and maintenance for Elizabeth, his only daughter by his former wife, and for making a jointure for Mary, his now wife, and for a provision for the children by the said Mary.
Annexed:
a) 28 Feb -- Petition of Charles Hore, and Mary, his now wife.
b) 21 March -- Letter from Mr. William Reade, addressed to Jonathan, Lord Bishop of Exeter.
c) 21 March -- Petition of Frances Hore, widow, relict of John Hore, deceased, and Tothill Hore, Gent.
d) 22 March -- Paper of amendments made in Select Committee this day. Com. Book.
e) 22 March -- Draft of saving clause for Frances Hore, widow, and Tothill Hore, Gent. Marked to be added to the Bill this day. Com. Book 21, 22 March.

7/03/1700?: Letter from Charles HORE to [Charles?] BAWDES  MS 145/EN 1/1/2  [c. 1700] March 7

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Contents:
Acknowledges receipt of a letter in which Bawdes says that he is surprised that Hore should tell Sir Will[iam Buck?] that Bawdes never saw the Solicitor General; Bawdes might write to Sir William if Hore advised it, Bawdes having seen and read the Bill twice, to explain how he could be of the opinion that Hore's estate was chargeable with 150 [pounds] yearly during his lifetime "when it is nothing like that sum"; it is worth 40 pounds per annum, but 1,000 pounds of it is in the hands of Lord Herbert who is responsible for the payment on that portion; Bawdes advises the sale of part of the estate reserved for Hore, his wife and children to discharge the 3,000 pounds which is chargeable on that part and let Lord Herbert pay on the "contingencies"; is this is Bawdes' opinion, Hore differs from it; the estate may be sold for the payment of 3,000 pounds when it becomes due, which will not be until his own death and not then if his daughter is not aged eighteen or married; besides it will mean selling an estate and lending money to Lord Herbert, under the proviso that in case his daughter should die before him or before she has reached the age of eighteen or has married, Lord Herbert is to repay him the money; it would be safer to pay the money when payable than lodge so much money in any lord's hands in the kingdom, for it may be more difficult to get the money with the interest from him than it may be to raise the money if it should ever [illegible]; besides there is only forty pounds to be paid to his daughter during his life; how must the [illegible] of 3,000 pounds be applied?; if to Hore's use, how should Bawdes advise him to recover it?; on the whole that method is of no advantage; Hore hopes that when Bawdes seriously considers it without partiality, he and "all other people else" who have seen the Bill must confess that it is the only thing [which] can be of any advantage to his wife
[P.S.] Sir William need not question Mr. Marshall while the Bill is [illegible] or bother him on any account, his attendance being required in Parliament; "so I can go about my concerns without any danger"
Note. The letter is addressed "To Councellour Bawdes att Summerby near Grantham Lincolnshire"

 

3/08/1705: Deed of trust  MS 145/EN 1/2/137  1705 August 3

These documents are held at Museum of English Rural Life

Sealed

Contents:
Sir William BUCK of the Grove, Watford; James VERNON of Westminster, co. Middlesex; Mary HORE (wife of Charles Hore), Elizabeth BUCK, Frances BUCK, Alice BUCK (daughters of Sir William Buck) and Frances BUCK (wife of Sir William Buck). The manor of the Grove and other land in Watford, Ridge, Shenley, Chipping Barnet and Aldenham, conveyed by Sir William Buck to James Vernon in trust for his wife and daughters. Consideration five shillings
Signed: William Buck

 

 

11/09/1712/13: Mortgage for 1000 years. Attested Copy  DE/HCC/27523  11th September 1712/3

These documents are held at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

Contents:
1 Sir William Buck of the Grove, Watford, Herts, Bart.
2 James Vernon the younger of St Margarets, Westminster, Esq.
3 Charles Hore, of Chagford, Devon, Esq.
Elizabeth, Frances, & Alice Buck (daughters of said Sir William Buck)
Manor of the Grove with capital messuage, barns, stables, etc.
The Grove watercorn mills with appurtenances, also farm, meadow & woodland in Ridge & Shenley, Hares Farm with lands etc in Ridge, Shenley & Chipping Barnet, in possession of John Williams.
Also messuage & farm in Shenley in occupation of James Patton. Also Hightree Farm in Shenley, Ridge & Aldenham; also closes of arable land, etc in Ridge late in possession of John Nicholl of Ridge; Berton's Farm in Shenley & Ridge, with all messuages and appurtenances in Herts, and all estate, etc of Sir William Buck in said property. For 1000 yrs.
Rent 1 pepper corn. But if £1,000 paid to Charles Hore at end of 6 months said property and appurtenances to revert to heirs of Sir William Buck.
Witnesses - John Edlin,
John Austin,
H Sharburton