Sir William Davie, 4th Baronet (1662–1707) of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, near

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in Devon, inherited the Davie baronetcy and the Davie estates from his elder brother

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(1660–1692), MP for

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1679–85 and

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in 1688, who died unmarried at the age of 32.

Origins

He was the younger son of William Davie (1614-1663) of Dar.(?),

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(second son of

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(-1654) of Creedy) by his wife Margaret Clarke (d.1702), daughter of Sir Francis Clarke (1622/3-c.1690), a merchant of the City of London and member of the

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Marriages and children

He married twice, but left no male children, as follows: *Firstly to Mary Steadman (d.1690/1), daughter and heiress of ..... Steadman of Downside,

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, Somerset, by whom he had one daughter: **Mary Davie (1688-1762), who married Nicholas III Hooper (son of Sir Nicholas II Hooper (1654-1731) of Fullabrook,

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and

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in Devon, a lawyer who served as Tory

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for

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1695–1715), who rebuilt Raleigh House on an adjacent site slightly higher up the hill, which building survives today. Without children. Mary Davie (Mrs Hooper) was the heiress of her mother's estate at Downside, which she settled on John Hippisley-Coxe (1715-1769), the builder of Ston Easton House in Somerset, the husband of her half-niece Mary Northleigh (daughter and heiress of

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(c.1692-?1731) of

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, MP for

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(1713-1722), by his wife Margaret Davie, half-sister of Mary Davie (Mrs Hooper)). John Hippisley-Coxe erected the surviving mural monument to Mary Davie in Sandford Church, inscribed as follows: :::"Near this place lye interred the remains of M^rs. Mary Hooper, relict of Nicholas Hooper of Rawleigh Esq^r. and daughter of S^r. William Davie of Creedy in this county, Baronet. She died the 16th of May in the year of our Lord 1762 (in the year) of her age 74. In testimony of his great esteem and to perpetuate the memory of so valuable a friend & so worthy a relation, John Hippisley Coxe of Ston-Easton in the county of Somerset Esq^r. caused this monument to be erected in the year of our Lord 1764" *Secondly he married Abigail Pollexfen (d.1725), daughter of John Pollexfen, by whom he had a further four daughters: **Margaret Davie (born 1694), wife of

(c.1692-?1731) of

, MP for

(1713-1722). **Frances Davie (1697-1748), wife of

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(d.1738), who built

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near

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in Devon. **Elizabeth Davie (1700/1-1700/1), died an infant **Tryphena Davie (1699-1733)

Death and succession

He died leaving no sons and was buried on 24 March 1707 at Sandford. His heir to the baronetcy and to the Davie estates was his first cousin Sir John Davie, 5th Baronet (died 1727), son of Humphry Davie (born 1625), a merchant in the

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(a younger son of the 1st Baronet), by his wife Mary White.Vivian, p.270

References

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