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Prideaux (surname)
Prideaux is both a given name and surname of Cornish origin, derived from the place called Prideaux in the parish of Luxulyan. The place-name had the form Pridias in the 12th and 13th centuries; by folk etymology both the place-name and the surname have been altered to a form based on the French or (near waters or meadow of waters). Notable people with the name include: Surname * Brandon Prideaux (born 1976), American soccer defender * Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet of Netherton (1554–1628), English lawyer * Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet of Ford Abbey (died 1659), English lawyer and MP for Lyme Regis (1640–1659), solicitor-general and attorney-general * Sir Edmund Prideaux, 2nd Baronet of Ford Abbey (1632–1702), member of Parliament for Taunton (1680–1681), participant in Monmouth's Rebellion * Edmund Prideaux (artist) (1693–1745), English architectural artist * Humphrey Prideaux (1648–1724), Doctor of Divinity and scholar * James Prideaux (1927–2015), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Prideaux
Sarah Prideaux (1853 – 1933) was a bookbinder, teacher, historian and author of books on binding and illustration. She, along with Katharine Adams and Sybil Pye, was one of the noted women bookbinders of the period. Biography Prideaux was born in London, England, one of five children born to Elizabeth Williams and Walter Prideaux. In 1888, at the age of 35, she started lessons in bookbinding under Joseph Zaehnsdorf's son, Joseph W., and continued in Paris under Antoine Joly. For several years she experimented, wrote articles, produced bound books inspired by Art Nouveau designs, and showed in various exhibits. But in 1894, the quality of the bindings signed by Prideaux were notably produced at a professional level. It has since been discovered that although she designed the bindings, selected the leather and marbled endpapers to a very detailed specification, the actual bookbinding was carried out by a French tradesman, Lucien Broca, and possibly others under her name. Over 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherton, Farway
Netherton in the parish of Farway in Devon is an historic estate situated about 3 1/2 miles south-east of Honiton. The present mansion house known as Netherton Hall was built in 1607 in the Jacobean style, restored and rebuilt 1836-44, and is a Grade II listed building. Descent Canonsleigh Abbey The estate of Netherton was a possession of Canonsleigh Abbey, Devon.Risdon, p.35 Drake Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was sold by the crown to Sir Bernard Drake (c. 1537 – 1586) of Ash, Musbury, in Devon, who granted the grange to Mr Loman. Prideaux The Prideaux family is believed to be of Norman origin and to have first settled in England at some time after the Norman Conquest of 1066 at Prideaux Castle, near Fowey, in Cornwall. It abandoned that seat and moved to Devon, where it spread out in various branches, most notably at Orcharton, Modbury; Adeston, Holbeton; Thuborough, Sutcombe; Solden, Holsworthy; Netherton, Farway; Ashburton; Nutwell, Woodbury a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldon, Holsworthy
Soldon in the parish of Holsworthy Hamlets, Devon, England, is a historic estate, a seat of the Prideaux family. The manor house is a grade II listed building dating from the mid-16th century with later alterations. It was sold in 2014 as an eight bedroomed house with an acre and a half of grounds for an asking price of £750,000. Descent de Soldon The earliest known holder of Soldon was the ''de Soldon'' family which took its surname from the estate. Pole (d.1635) records one of these owners as Stephan de Soldon, but without date. Prideaux Soldon was purchased by a junior branch of the Prideaux family, which also purchased the lordship of the manor of Holsworthy from the crown. The Prideaux family is believed to be of Norman origin and to have first settled in England at some time after the Norman Conquest of 1066 at Prideaux Castle, near Fowey, in Cornwall. It abandoned that seat and moved to Devon, where it spread out in various branches, most notably at Orcharton, Modbury; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuborough, Sutcombe
Thuborough (alias ''Therborough, Theoburgh'', etc.) in the parish of Sutcombe, Devon, England, is an historic estate, formerly a seat of a branch of the Prideaux family, also seated at Orcharton, Modbury; Adeston, Holbeton; Soldon, Holsworthy; Netherton, Farway; Ashburton; Nutwell, Woodbury; Ford Abbey, Thorncombe, all in Devon and at Prideaux Place, Padstow and Prideaux Castle, Luxulyan, in Cornwall. The present mansion house, comprising "Thuborough House" and "Thuborough Barton", the north-east block, is a grade II listed building. Descent Brictwold The Anglo-Saxon holder of the estate of ''Teweberie'' (in the hundred of Black Torrington) immediately prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066 was ''Bristvold'', as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, the standardised spelling of which name is ''Brictwold''. A man named Brictwold, spelled variously as ''Bristvold, Brictvold, Bristvoldus, Bristoald, Brictwold'', etc., held 11 other estates in Devon as listed in the Domesday B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holbeton
Holbeton is a civil parish and village located 9 miles south east of Plymouth in the South Hams district of Devon, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 579, down from 850 in 1901. By 2011 it had increased to 619. The southern boundary of the parish lies on the coast (at Bigbury Bay), and it is surrounded clockwise from the west by the parishes of Newton and Noss, Yealmpton, Ermington, Modbury, and on the opposite bank of the ria of the River Erme, Kingston. The village, set back from the wooded shores of the river, is accessed by minor roads south of the A379 road, between the villages of Modbury and Yealmpton. Within the parish, north of the village, is the hamlet of Ford. History To the east of the village is an Iron Age enclosure or hill fort known as Holbury. Historically the parish formed part of Ermington Hundred and it contains several historic estates. Flete House is situated in a large park and was formerly the seat of Baron Mildmay of Flete. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orcheton, Modbury
Orcheton (anciently ''Orcharton'', etc.) is an historic estate in the parish of Modbury in Devon. The present house, known as ''Great Orcheton Farm'' is situated miles south-west of Modbury Church. Descent de Vautort The Domesday Book of 1086 lists ''ORCARTONE'' as the 65th of the 79 Devonshire holdings of Robert, Count of Mortain, uterine half-brother of King William the Conqueror. Robert's tenant was Reginald de Vautort (died post 1121), 1st feudal barony of Trematon in Cornwall, one of his major followers, who held from Robert numerous manors in Devon and Cornwall, including the manor of Modbury. Reginald de Vautort's principal seat was Trematon Castle in Cornwall, also held from Robert, Count of Mortain, which became the caput of the feudal barony of Trematon. Orcheton and Modbury thus descended as possessions of the Honour of Trematon. de Orcharton The de Orcharton family took its surname from its seat, as was usual. The last holder was John de Orcharton, whose dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
