Descent of the manor Boringdon Hall

1 descent of manor

1.1 plympton priory
1.2 wriothesley
1.3 mayhew
1.4 parker
1.5 national trust
1.6 chapman
1.7 nettleton

descent of manor
plympton priory

in 956 saxon king edgar (959–75) granted royal manors of boringdon , wembury plympton priory of st peter.

wriothesley

following dissolution of monasteries king henry viii granted boringdon thomas wriothesley, 1st earl of southampton.

mayhew

arms of mayhew of boringdon: gules, chevron vair between 3 ducal crowns or.

in 1549 wriothesley sold manor richard mayhew (or mayhowe etc.), gentleman, of tavistock, devon. mayhew had acquired manor before 22 may 1549 following quitclaim testifies:

quitclaim 1) thomas wriothesley, knight of order of garter, lord wriothesley, duke of southampton 2) richard mayhowe of tavistock, gent.

manor of boringdon, formerly belonging dissolved priory of plympton

richard mayhew s granddaughter frances mayhew, daughter , heiress of jeronemy mayhew, became in 1582 wife of john parker (1563–1610) of north molton in north devon. marriage settlement dated 4 october 1582 summarised follows in catalogue of west devon record office:

marriage settlement 1) edmund parker of burley, st thomas near exeter, esquire 2) fraunces mayhowe, sole daughter , heir apparent of jerome mayhowe. annuity of £66 13s 4d arising out of 1) s lands in plympton st mary

consideration: marriage of john parker , fraunces mayhowe.
parker

escutcheon on heraldic oak screen dated 1609 in north molton church, formerly in court house, parker family residence, showing parker impaling mayhew

boringdon remained in ownership of parker family, later barons boringdon , earls of morley, until 20th century. john parker , wife mayhew heiress completed re-modelling of house in 1587. family expanded nearby village of colebrooke house estate workers. during civil war parkers remained loyal king, , cromwell s soldiers demolished whole part of house east of entrance porch , screens passage, rebuilt in 20th century. possible house in charles himself stayed on november 11, 1642, when recorded being @ colebrook . in 1712 parkers acquired nearby manor of saltram on built saltram house, described pevsner impressive house in devon , became principal residence. boringdon began period of decline, , serving farm-house in 1920s, although still owned parker family.

national trust

in 1951 parkers incurred heavy liability death duties following death of edmund robert parker, 4th earl of morley (1877–1951) , in 1957 gifted saltram contents , 291 acres, apparently boringdon, national trust in lieu of tax. younger brother , heir montagu brownlow parker, 5th earl of morley (1878–1962) retained lease of whole of saltram house during lifetime. national trust administers saltram today, helped income visitors , annual grants english heritage.

chapman

the national trust did not retain boringdon long , sold paul chapman converted hotel. suffered major fire in march 1989.

nettleton

in january 2011 property offered sale £3 million. consisted of 41 bedroom hotel, 4 banqueting suites , 7 acres of land. bought nettleton collection of hotels. in 2016 leading hotel in area spa - gaia spa due completion in july 2016.