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Bableigh (pronounced ''Babe-leigh or bay-balee'') is an historic estate in the parish of
Parkham Parkham is a small village, civil parish and former manor situated 5 miles south-west of the town of Bideford in north Devon, England. The parish, which lies within the Kenwith ward in the Torridge district, is surrounded clockwise from the no ...
in North
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, England. It is separated from the village of Parkham by the Bableigh Brook. It was the earliest recorded seat of the Risdon family in Devonshire, from which was descended the Devon historian
Tristram Risdon Tristram Risdon (c. 1580 – 1640) was an English antiquarian and topographer, and the author of ''Survey of the County of Devon''. He was able to devote most of his life to writing this work. After he completed it in about 1632 it circulated ar ...
(died 1640).


Descent


de Oilgi

The holder of Bableigh during the reign of King
William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...
(1066–1087) was Robert de Oilgi.


Risdon

According to
Tristram Risdon Tristram Risdon (c. 1580 – 1640) was an English antiquarian and topographer, and the author of ''Survey of the County of Devon''. He was able to devote most of his life to writing this work. After he completed it in about 1632 it circulated ar ...
(died 1640) himself, in his work ''The Survey of Devon'', the Risdon family originated in Gloucestershire, where during the reign of King
Richard I Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overl ...
(1189–1199) they were
lords of the manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seigno ...
of Risdon.Risdon, p.243 The Risdon family is first recorded at Bableigh in 1274,Risdon, p.243,
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3 Edward I
and a member of this family, apparently Giles Risdon (1494–1583), built the north aisle of Parkham Church (in which are situated several monuments to the Risdon family, now very worn and illegible) and also ''Veybridge'' (alias ''Heybridge''Prince, p.702) over the
River Torridge The River Torridge is a river in Devon in England; it rises near Meddon. The river describes a long loop through Devon farming country where its tributaries the Lew and Okement join before meeting the Taw at Appledore and flowing into the Bristo ...
. The descent of Bableigh in the Risdon family was as follows:


13th century

*Robert Risdon, held Bableigh in 1274


15th century and subsequent

*Thomas Risdon (15th century), the first member of the family recorded in the
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of Devon.Vivian, p.648 *Gefferie Risdon (son and heir) *Richard Risdon (son) who married Matilda Braye, daughter of John Braye. *John Risdon (died 1518) (son) *Giles Risdon (1494–1583) (son and heir), whose monument survives in Parkham Church, with inscription worn away. He built the north aisle of Parkham Church, in which is situated his monument, and also ''Veybridge'' (alias ''Heybridge'') over the
River Torridge The River Torridge is a river in Devon in England; it rises near Meddon. The river describes a long loop through Devon farming country where its tributaries the Lew and Okement join before meeting the Taw at Appledore and flowing into the Bristo ...
. He married twice: **Firstly to Elizabeth Bremelcombe (died 1549), daughter and heiress of Thomas Bremelcombe of Honichurch, Devon. By his first wife he had children two daughters and seven sons including: ***Thomas Risdon (died 1586), his eldest son and heir to Bableigh, ***Ambrose Risdon (died 1604) (2nd son), who founded his own branch of the Risdon family in the parish of
Buckland Brewer Buckland Brewer is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, 4.7 miles south of Bideford. Historically the parish formed part of Shebbear Hundred. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 777, increasin ...
, adjacent to Parkham. ***William Risdon (died 1622), of Winscott,
St Giles in the Wood St Giles in the Wood is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The village lies about 2.5 miles east of the town of Great Torrington, and the parish, which had a population of 566 in 2001 compared with 623 in 1901 ...
, father of the Devon historian
Tristram Risdon Tristram Risdon (c. 1580 – 1640) was an English antiquarian and topographer, and the author of ''Survey of the County of Devon''. He was able to devote most of his life to writing this work. After he completed it in about 1632 it circulated ar ...
(died 1640). William married Joanna Pollard a daughter of George Pollard of
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by his wife Thomazine Coplestone, a daughter of John Copleston (1475–1550) "The Great Copleston" of Copleston, Devon. Joanna's younger brother Pollard, or another close relation, of unknown first name, was
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to Queen
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(1558–1603) and to her successor King
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(1603–1625) and married a sister of
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(c. 1527 – 1608) ("Bess of Hardwick").Risdon, p.314 Pollard's daughters by this marriage were
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to Queen Elizabeth I. ***Edward Risdon (born 1541) who was a
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priest, a Fellow of
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and one of the founders of the College of DouaiVivian, p.649 in France, established in about 1561 for Catholic exiles from Protestant England. ***John Risdon (1544–1628), rector of Parkham. **Secondly in 1649/50 he married Phillipa, of unrecorded family, widow of Mountjoy, by whom he had further children. *Thomas Risdon (died 1586) (eldest son and heir), a
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for Devon, a lawyer who was double Reader of the
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. He died along with several other Justices of the Peace and members of the Devon Gentry at the
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, having contracted
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. He married Willmot Giffard (died 1617), a daughter of his neighbour Thomas Giffard (died 1550) of
Halsbury Halsbury (pron. "Haulsbury") is a historic manor in the parish of Parkham in North Devon, England. It is situated 2 miles north-east of the village of Parkham and 4 miles south-west of the town of Bideford. Halsbury was long a seat of the anc ...
, in the parish of Parkham, by his wife Margaret Monck, a daughter of Anthony Monck (died 1545) of
Potheridge Potheridge (''alias'' Great Potheridge, Poderigge, Poderidge or Powdrich) is a former Domesday Book estate in the parish of Merton, in the historic hundred of Shebbear, 3 miles south-east of Great Torrington, Devon, England. It is the site ...
in Devon, great-great-grandfather of
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(1608–1670). He had five daughters and two sons, the younger of whom was Thomas Risdon (died 1641), of Sandwell, in the parish of
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, near
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, Devon, Reader of the
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, one of the ''
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'' of John Prince (1643–1723). His monument survives at Harberton Church, Devon. He made his fortune in the Law and purchased the estate of Sandwell. As he died without children he made his great-nephew Thomas Risdon (died 1667) his heir, the son of Francis Risdon (1601–1639) of Bableigh by his 3rd wife Dorothy Bluett. A monument survives in Harberton Church in memory of Dorothy Bluett erected by her son Thomas Risdon (died 1667) of Sandwell. *Giles Risdon (1565–1632) (eldest son and heir), who married Elizabeth Viell, a daughter and co-heiress of William Viell (died 1598) of Trevorder in Cornwall, and of Vielston in the parish of
Buckland Brewer Buckland Brewer is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, 4.7 miles south of Bideford. Historically the parish formed part of Shebbear Hundred. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 777, increasin ...
, adjacent to Parkham, in Devon. He had three daughters and three sons. *Francis Risdon (1601–1639) (eldest son and heir), who married three times: **Firstly to Frances Hill, without children; **Secondly in 1630 to Frances Greene (died 1631) of
Harberton Harberton is a village, civil parish and former manor 3 miles south west of Totnes, in the South Hams District of Devon, England. The parish includes the village of Harbertonford situated on the main A381 road. In the 2001 census the parish h ...
, Devon, by whom he had a son and heir Giles Risdon (1632–1679). **Thirdly to Dorothy Bluett (1612–1654), youngest daughter of Arthur Bluett (1573–1612) of
Holcombe Rogus Holcombe Rogus is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. In 2001 the population of the parish was 503. The northern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with Somerset and clockwise from the east it is bord ...
, Devon, and widow of Giles Poyntz, a relative of her step-father Philip Poyntz (died 1645). Her monument survives at
Harberton Harberton is a village, civil parish and former manor 3 miles south west of Totnes, in the South Hams District of Devon, England. The parish includes the village of Harbertonford situated on the main A381 road. In the 2001 census the parish h ...
Church, Devon. By Dorothy Bluett Risdon had two children including a son Thomas Risdon (died 1667) of Harberton, whose monument survives at
Harberton Harberton is a village, civil parish and former manor 3 miles south west of Totnes, in the South Hams District of Devon, England. The parish includes the village of Harbertonford situated on the main A381 road. In the 2001 census the parish h ...
Church, Devon. *Giles Risdon (1632–1679) (son and heir by father's 2nd wife), who married Grace Hill (died 1677), whose monument survives at
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Church, by whom he had five daughters and seven sons. *Giles Risdon (died 1697) (eldest son and heir). He married three times: **Firstly in 1677 to Katherine Coffin (1654–1682), third daughter of Richard Coffin (died 1700) of nearby
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, in the parish of
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,
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in 1683,Vivian, p.210, pedigree of Coffin of a very ancient Devon family. Without children. **Secondly in 1684 to Jane Carter (died 1685), a daughter and co-heiress of John Carter of
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in Cornwall, by whom he had a daughter Jane Risdon (born 1685). **Thirdly to Anne Darrell, daughter of Thomas darrell of Trewornan, Cornwall, who survived him and remarried to John Carveth. By Anne Darrell he had three daughters and a son and heir Giles Risdon (1689–1748). *Giles Risdon (1689–1748) (son and heir by father's third marriage), who in 1729 married Anne Bruton (died 1752), and had a daughter Elizabeth Risdon and a son and heir Giles Risdon (born 1732). *Giles Risdon (born 1732) (son and heir), who married a certain Frances, who survived him.


References

{{reflist, 30em ;Sources * Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620'', Exeter, 1895, pp. 648–50, pedigree of Risdon of Bableigh * Prince, John, (1643–1723) ''The Worthies of Devon'', 1810 edition, pp. 702–5, biography of "Risdon, Thomas, Bencher of the Inner Temple". Historic estates in Devon