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Prideaux Place

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Not to be confused with Prideaux Castle. Coordinates: 50°32′34″N 4°56′45″W  /  50.5427°N 04.9459°W  / 50.5427; -04.9459 Prideaux Place, south front, remodelled circa 1810–33 in Strawberry Hill Gothic style Prideaux Place, east front, detail of 1741 [1] drawing by Edmund Prideaux (1693–1745) of Prideaux Place Prideaux Place is a grade I listed [2] Elizabethan country house in the parish of Padstow, Cornwall, England. It has been the home of the Prideaux family for over 400 years. The house was built in 1592 by Sir Nicholas Prideaux (1550–1627), a distinguished lawyer, [3] and was enlarged and modified by successive generations, most notably by his great-great-grandson Edmund Prideaux (1693–1745) and by the latter's grandson Rev. Charles Prideaux-Brune (1760–1833). The present building, containing 81 rooms, [3] combines the traditional E-shape of Elizabethan architecture with the 18th-century exuberance of Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Gothic. The house con

Thorncombe

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Thorncombe St Mary's Church, Thorncombe Thorncombe Location within Dorset Population 687  [1] OS grid reference ST376033 District West Dorset Shire county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town CHARD Postcode district TA20 Dialling code 01460 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°49′33″N 2°53′07″W  /  50.8257°N 2.8853°W  / 50.8257; -2.8853 Coordinates: 50°49′33″N 2°53′07″W  /  50.8257°N 2.8853°W  / 50.8257; -2.8853 River Synderford Thorncombe / ˈ θ ɔːr n k əm / is a village and civil parish now in the English county of Dorset but historically until 1844 in Devon. It lies in the West Dorset administrative district, five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated clo

Forde Abbey

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Forde Abbey Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England, with a postal address in Chard, Somerset. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre (650 ha) estate is farmed to provide additional revenue. Forde Abbey is a Grade I listed building. Contents 1 History 2 House and gardens 3 Other burials at Forde Abbey 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links History Plan of the Abbey and its surroundings (1911) Between 1133-36, wealthy nobleman Richard de Brioniis built a priory on his land at Brightley (meaning "bright" or "clear" pasture) and invited Gilbert, Abbot of Waverley in Surrey, to send 12 monks to form a new Cistercian community there. One story is that the agricultural land surrounding the new priory was insufficiently fertile, forcing the monks to consider returning to the mother house in 1141. However, Adelicia de Brioniis, the sister of

Prideaux baronets

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Arms of Prideaux: Argent, a chevron sable in chief a label of three points gules [1] The Prideaux Baronetcy , of Netherton in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 17 July 1622 for Edmund Prideaux. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Liskeard and St Mawes. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Tregony. The title became extinct on the death of the ninth Baronet in 1875. [2] Two other members of the Prideaux family also gained distinction. Edmund Prideaux (died 1659), second son of the first Baronet, was a barrister and politician. John Prideaux, second son of the sixth Baronet, was a Brigadier-General in the British Army. Prideaux baronets, of Netherton (1622) Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet ( c.  1555 –1629) Sir Peter Prideaux, 2nd Baronet (1596–1682) Sir Peter Prideaux, 3rd Baronet (1626–1705) Sir Edmund Prideaux, 4th Baronet (1647–1720) Sir Edmund Prideaux, 5th Baronet (1675–1729) Sir John Prid

Soldon, Holsworthy

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Soldon in the parish of Holsworthy, Devon, is an historic estate, noted as a seat of the Prideaux family. The manor house is a grade II listed [1] building dating from the mid-16th century with later alterations. It was sold in 2014 as an eight bedroomed house with 1 1/2 acres of grounds for an asking price of £750,000. [2] Contents 1 Descent 1.1 de Soldon 1.2 Prideaux 1.2.1 Nicholas Prideaux (d.1560) 1.2.2 Roger Prideaux (c.1524-1582) 1.2.3 Sir Nicholas Prideaux (1550-1627) 1.2.4 Humphrey Prideaux 1.3 Pitt 2 Sources 3 References Descent de Soldon The earliest known holder of Soldon was the de Soldon family [3] which took its surname from the estate. Pole (d.1635) records one of these owners as Stephan de Soldon, but without date. [4] Prideaux Arms of Prideaux: Argent, a chevron sable in chief a label of three points gules [5] Soldon was purchased by a junior branch of the Prideaux family, which also purchased