Combe, Dulverton

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Not to be confused with Combe Sydenham another Somerset seat of the Sydenham family.
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Combe House, Dulverton, viewed from south-east
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Combe House, Dulverton, viewed from south
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Combe House, contrasting views 1906 and 2015, showing entrance porch before removal and re-erection on east wing in 1926-7 as part of extensive alterations and enlargements by Col E J Harrison[1]

Combe is a historic estate situated in Somerset, England, situated between the town of Dulverton and the village of Brushford.

Descent

Taunton Priory

The estate was one of the possessions of Taunton Priory, which also held the manor of Dulverton, which position continued until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII.

de Combe

The tenant of Taunton Priory was the de Combe family, which took its surname from the estate.

  • Alfred de Combe was the Bailiff of the manor of Dulverton for Taunton Priory in 1225.[2]
  • John de Combe was a free tenant of Taunton Priory in 1425/6[3]
  • Joan de Combe, heiress of Combe, married Edward Sydenham at some time before 1506,[4] whose Sydenham descendants continued in possession until 1874.[5]

Sydenham

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Arms of Sydenham: Argent, three rams passant guardant sable
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Map showing locations of historic seats of the Sydenham family of Somerset: Sydenham; Orchard Sydenham; Combe Sydenham; Brympton D'Evercy; Combe, Dulverton; Pixton

It was the seat of a junior branch of the de Sydenham (later Sydenham) family,[6][7] which took its surname from the manor of Sydenham, near Bridgwater in Somerset. The family split into many prominent branches, the senior branch seated at Sydenham and Kittisford died out in the male line in the 15th century when Sydenham passed via the heiress to the Cave family, then to the Percival family, later Earl of Egmont. The next senior line was seated in the early 15th century at Combe Sydenham in the parish of Stogumber, Somerset, of which family was Simon Sydenham (died 1438), Bishop of Chichester, and which later inherited the Somerset manors of Orchard Sydenham (later called Orchard Wyndham) and Brympton d'Evercy, which latter remained the seat of the Sydenham baronets, which title was created in 1641.[8] In 1871 Rev. Charles St. Barbe Sydenham (1823-1904), whose son was born at Combe in 1861, was declared bankrupt, which may have necessitated the sale of Combe. The descent of Combe in the Sydenham family was as follows:

Edward Sydenham (fl.1506)

Edward Sydenham, who at some time before 1506 married Joan de Combe, daughter and heiress of Walter de Combe of Combe.[9] He was descended from John de Sydenham (eldest son of Roger de Sydenham (fl.1331) of Sydenham and Kittisford) who married Mary de Pixton, daughter and heiress of John de Pixton (alias Peekstone) of Pixton in the parish of Dulverton, situated across the River Barle from Combe.[10] In 1506, together with John Doune of Exebridge, he obtained a lease of the manors of Brushford, Dulverton, Milverton, Halse and Stoke Pero and the advowson of Brushford with the next vacancy for £16 10s rent, from William Byrte, son and heir of William Byrte of Brushford.[11]

John I Sydenham (d.1561)

John I Sydenham (d.1561), son, who married Elizabeth Frank, daughter and co-heiress of John Frank of Aller Butler, Somerset. The Victoria County History (Somerset, Volume 3) states that in 1549 he purchased Pixton from Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk.[12]

John II Sydenham (d.1580)

John II Sydenham (d.1580),[13] son, who married twice, firstly to Elizabeth Pollard, daughter of Sir Hugh Pollard of King's Nympton in Devon, and secondly to Mary Ayshford, daughter of Nicholsd Ayshford of Ayshford in the parish of Burlescombe in Devon. In 1566 William Babington sold the manor of Dulverton, "with its appertenances, and divers lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in Dulverton and other places", to John Sydenham.[14]

Humphrey I Sydenham (d.1625)

Humphrey I Sydenham (d.1625)[15](son by his father's 2nd wife) of Combe, was assesses at £40 in the 1581 subsidy, the highest level of any person in the locality and twice as much as Robert Courtenay of Molland.[16] In 1582 he made a settlement:[17]

"To make provision for his brother, sisters and any future wife, involving the manors of Dulverton, Brushford Sydenham, Chubworthie, Bathealton and Polleshill, all in Somerset, and of Heale, Nycolashayne and a moiety of East Anstey, all in Devon, and properties in Dulverton, Brushford, Brompton Regis, Bathealton, Milverton, Thorne St Margaret, Stawley, Raddington, Chipstable, Huish Champflower, Kittisford and Langford, all in Somerset, and Culmstock, East Anstey and Exeter, all in Devon".

He married firstly Jane Champneys, eldest daughter of John Champneys (1518-1569) of Uffculme, Devon, and widow of Martin Sandford of Harberton, Devon, whom she had married in 1569. Her brother William Champneys (1554-1629) of Yarnscombe, Devon, married as his first wife Margaret Sydenham, Humphry Sydenham's sister.[18] He had at least three sons by his first wife: John Sydenham, his eldest son and heir, Roger Sydenham and Rev. Humphry Sydenham, "Silver-Tongue Sydenham", Rector of Puckington and Oldcombe, Somerset, heir to his elder brother John.

John III Sydenham

John III Sydenham (born 1590),[19] eldest son and heir, who married Margery Poulet, daughter of Sir Anthony Poulett (1562–1600) (alias Paulet), of Hinton St George, Somerset, Governor of Jersey, and Captain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth. Her brother was John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett (1585-1649). In 1627 he paid feudal relief to George Luttrell (died 1629), feudal baron of Dunster for the manor of Bathealton held from the Barony of Dunster for a sixth of a knight's fee.[20] In 1638 John Sydenham of Combe raised £2,000 for his son and daughters by way of mortgage on his manors including Combe and nearby Brushford and East Anstey.[21] He died without male progeny, leaving only four daughters, whilst Combe passed to his younger brother Humphry, apparently under tail-male.

Rev. Humphrey II Sydenham (1591-1650)

Rev. Humphry II Sydenham (1591-1650), "Silver-Tongue Sydenham", Rector of Puckington and Oldcombe, Somerset, heir to his elder brother John Sydenham, who died without male progeny. In 1613 he became a Fellow of the newly founded Wadham College, Oxford, founded posthumously by his fellow Somerset resident Nicholas II Wadham (1531–1609) and his wife. He was the first to graduate as Master of Arts from that foundation on 3 December 1613.[22] Five of his sermons were published in 1626 as Five Sermons upon Severall Occasions Preach'd at Pauls Crosse and Saint Maries, in Oxford.[23] He married Mary Cox, daughter of William Cox of Crookhern, Somerset.

A famous story[24] exists concerning a certain Major George Sydenham of Dulverton (who seems to have been a contemporary and relative of Rev. Humphrey II Sydenham (1591-1650) of Combe) and his neighbour Captain William Dyke of Pixton. The Puritan cleric and philosopher John Flavel (c.1627–1691) related in his Treaty of the Soul of Man as follows concerning a "Famous and well attested story of the apparition of Major George Sydenham, to Captain William Dyke, both of Somersetshire, attested by the worthy and learned Dr. Thomas Dyke, a near kinsman of the captain's and by Mr. Douch,[25] to whom the major and captain were intimately known" as follows:[26]

"The major and captain had many disputes about the being of a God, and the immortality of the soul, in which points they could never be resolved, though they much sought for, and desired it: and therefore it was at last fully agreed betwixt them, that he that died first, should, the third night after his funeral, come betwixt the hours of twelve and one, to the little house in the garden adjoining to major Sydenham's house, at Dulverton, in Somersetshire. The major died first, and the captain happened to lie that very night which was appointed, in the same chamber and bed with Dr. Dyke; he acquainted the doctor with the appointment, and his resolution to attend the place, and hour that night, for which purpose he had got the key of that garden. The doctor could by no means divert his purpose, but, when the hour came, he was upon the place, where he waited two hours and a half, neither seeing nor hearing any thing more than usual. About six weeks after, the captain and doctor went to Eaton, and lay both in the same inn, but not both in the same chamber, as they had done before at Dulverton. The morning before they went thence, the captain stayed longer than was usual in his chamber, and at length came into the doctor's chamber, but in visage and form much different from himself, with his hair and eyes staring, and his whole body shaking and trembling: Whereat the doctor wondering, demanded: 'What is the matter, cousin captain?'. The captain replied, I have seen my major. At which the doctor seeming to smile, the captain said: 'If ever I saw him in my life, I saw him but now', adding as follows: 'This morning' (said he) 'after it was light, some one came to my bed-side, and suddenly drawing back the curtains, calls Cap. Cap.' (which was the term of familiarity that the major used to call the captain by) 'to whom I replied: 'What, my major? To which he returns, I could not come at the time appointed, but I am now come to tell you that there is a God, and a very just and terrible one; and if you do not turn over a new leaf, you will find it so'. This stuck so close to him, little meat would go down with him at dinner, though a handsome treat was provided. These words were sounding in his ears frequently, during the remainder of his life; he was never shy or scrupulous to relate it to any that asked him concerning it, or ever mentioned it, but with horror and trepidation. They were both men of a brisk humour and jolly conversation, of very quick and keen parts, having been both University and Inns-of-court gentlemen".

Humphrey III Sydenham

Humphrey III Sydenham (son), of Combe, who married Jane Pole, 2nd daughter and eventual co-heiress of Sir William Pole, Knight (1614-1649), eldest son and heir apparent of Sir John Pole, 1st Baronet (d.1658) of Shute, Devon, by his second wife Katherine St Barbe, only daughter of Henry St Barbe of Broadlands, Hampshire.[27] His sister-in-law Mary Pole married William Floyer of Berne, Dorset, descended from the ancient family of Floyer of Floyer Hayes near Exeter,[28] whose daughter Katherine Floyer (fl.1695) married her first cousin Humphry Sydenham of Combe. He had three sons:

    • William Sydenham, eldest son and heir apparent, who predeceased his father and was unmarried.
    • Humphrey IV Sydenham (1672-1710), of Combe, eldest surviving son and heir.
    • John Sydenham "of Dulverton", younger son, who appears to have been the father of Rev. John Sydenham (1720-1788), who matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1743 and later became vicar of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, in which office he died in 1788.[29] Rev. John Sydenham (1720-1788) married Anne Pudsey, daughter and heiress of William Pudsey (d. 1729) of Hampden, Kidlington, Oxfordshire and lived at Hampden House. His son Rev. John Pudsey Sydenham (1748-1810) matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1766 and was vicar of Kidlington in 1788 and later rector of Ratley, Warwickshire,[30] and was succeeded by his son John Pudsey Welchman Sydenham who was succeeded in 1854 by his sister Amy Sydenham, wife of Richard Burgoyne.[31] Several Sydenhams of Hampden are buried in the Sydenham aisle of Kidlington Church.[32]

Humphrey IV Sydenham (1672-1710)

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Monumental brass to Humphry Sydenham (1672-1710) of Combe, north wall of All Saints' Church, Dulverton

Humphrey IV Sydenham (1672-1710) of Combe,[33] son, married firstly Eliza Peppin, daughter of George Peppin of Old Shute,[34] Dulverton, (which family after 1858 developed the Peppin Merino breed of sheep in Australia[35]), by whom he had an eldest son and heir Humphrey Sydenham (1694-1757) of Combe. He married secondly his first cousin Katherine Floyer, daughter of William Floyer of Berne in Dorset, by whom he had a third son Floyer Sydenham (1710-1787), the noted scholar of Ancient Greek,[36] whose descendants appear to have been inherited Combe on the failure of male progeny in the senior line. His monumental brass survives on the north wall of All saints' Church, Dulverton (repositioned after the 19th century rebuilding), inscribed in Latin as follows:

Humphrydus Sydenham de Comba in comit(atu) Som(er)set, Armiger, mortuus est vicesscimo et sexto die Junii Anno Dom(ini) 1710 magno amicorum detrimento aeta(tus) suae 38. ("Humphry Sydenham of Combe in the county of Somerset, Esquire, died on the twenty-sixth day of June in the year of our Lord 1710, to the great detriment of his friends, of his age 38")

Above are shown the arms of Sydenham: Argent, three rams passant sable with crest above: A ram's head erased.

Humphrey V Sydenham (1694-1757)

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Mural monument in Dulverton Church to Humphrey V Sydenham (1694-1757)

Humphrey V Sydenham (1694-1757), "The Learned", of Combe and Nutcombe, Devon, eldest son and heir of Humphrey Sydenham (1672-1710), was MP for Exeter 1741-1754.[37] His mural monument survives in All Saints' Church, Dulverton.[38] He was a lawyer trained at the Inner Temple. He married Grace Hill, daughter and heiress of Richard Hill of the Priory, near Exeter, by whom he had progeny 1 son and 3 daughters.[39] He was ruined by the South Sea Bubble of 1720, in which he lost £20,000.[40] His financial situation was restored by a large inheritance from his great-great-uncle Sir John St Barbe, 1st Baronet (d.1723), MP, of Broadlands in Hampshire. In the chancel of Ashington Church, Somerset, is a monument of grey and white marble, inscribed:[41]

"Here lies Sir John St. Barbe, Bart. possessed of those amiable qualities, which birth, education, travel, greatness of spirit, and goodness of heart, produce. Interred in the fame vault lies his second wife Alice Fiennes, aunt to the prefent Lord Say and Sele. His first was Honour, daughter of Colonel Norton. He died at his seat of Broadlands in Hampshire Sept. 7, 1723, leaving for his only heir and executor Humphrey Sydenham, esq., of Combe in Somersetshire, who ordered this marble to his memory."

In 1736 Humphrey Sydenham sold Broadlands to Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston. His own mural monument in Dulverton church is inscribed as follows:

"Near this lies interred Humphry Sydenham Esqr., whose least honour was his descent from an ancient & worthy family, whose true glory was his uniform character in publick & private life. He was the most obedient son of the Church of England, the disinterested lover of his country, the lover of Mankind; of integrity unshaken, in devotion constant, in good works abundant; the stict observer of himself, the candid judge of others. Just, humane, beneficent in all relations, the steady patriot, the faithful husband, the affectionate father, the kind master, the generous friend; zealous without faction, pious without moroseness, chearful with innocence, possessed of the esteem of good men who knew him, and careless of the applause or censure of bad ones. The rest of his history will be displayed in the presence of God and angels and men. He gently fell asleep after having served his generation sixty-three years, at his seat at Combe in Somersetshire, Aug. 12 1757. This monument was raised by his widow in testemony of his & her own conjugal affection".

Underneath are displayed on an escutcheon quarterly of four: 1st: Argent, three rams passant guardant sable (Sydenham); 2nd: Argent, a bend of fusils sable (Kittisford); 3rd: Chequy argent and sable (St Barbe); 4th: Gules, a bend between six cross crosslets or (?). Overall is an inescutcheon of pretence: Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle with three towers argent (Hill). These are the arms of the Hill family (later Hill baronets, and Viscount Hill)[42] seated at Hawkstone Hall in the parish of Hodnet, Shropshire, since its purchase in 1556 by Sir Rowland Hill, MP.

St. Barbe Sydenham (d.1799)

St. Barbe Sydenham (d.1799), the only son of Humphrey Sydenham (d.1757),[43] was the possessor of Combe in 1791.[44] He married Ellery Williams, daughter of Sydenham Williams of Herrinston, Dorset. He died without male progeny, when Combe appears to have passed to his Sydenham cousin and heir male, apparently a descendant of his first cousin Floyer Sydenham (1710-1787), and left an only daughter Catherine Sydenham (d.1794), who in 1781 married Lewis-Dimoke Grosvenor Tregonwell of Anderson in Dorset, by whom she had a son St Barbe Tregonwell of Anderson.[45] Combe passed to a cousin:

John IV Sydenham (1759-1834)

John IV Sydenham (1759-1834), "of Combe House", as is recorded on his mural monument in Dulverton Church. He married a certain Catherine (1756-1822).

Rev. John V Sydenham (1795-1858)

Rev. John V Sydenham (1795-1858), of Combe House,[46] only son.[47] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1814, and gained BA in 1817.[48] He was appointed by his family as Rector of Brushford in 1835[49] and was prominent in establishing Brushford school in 1836. The Sydenham family of Combe had been patrons of Brushford Church from the 16th century. A dispute arose between the Sydenham and Tregonwell families as is evidenced by the lawsuit of "St Barbe Tregonwell v. John Sydenham the Elder and John Sydenham the Younger" heard on appeal by the House of Lords in 1814/15, concerning the disputed will of Humphrey V Sydenham (d.1757). He had two sons:

    • Rev. John William Sydenham (1822-1859), eldest son, who matriculated ay Balliol College, Oxford in 1839 and gained BA in 1844. he died at Combe on 18 January 1859.[50]
    • Charles St Barbe Sydenham (1823-1904), 2nd son, who matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1841 and gained BA in 1845. He was appointed by his family curate of Brushford (1847–58) and rector of Brushford in 1858.[51]

Rev. Charles St. Barbe Sydenham (1823-1904)

Rev. Charles St. Barbe Sydenham (1823-1904) (son of Rev. John Sydenham (1795-1858)), who succeeded his father as Rector of Brushford,[52] lived at Brushford Rectory and was buried at Brushford Church 10 March 1904 aged 81.[53] He presented three ancient illuminated manuscripts to the Libray of Wells Cathedral.[54] On 8 November 1871 he was declared bankrupt.[55] In December 1885 he petitioned the County Court in Exeter, Devon, in connection with his bankruptcy.[56] This had presumably necessitated the sale of Combe. He married Emily Lane, daughter of Major Henry Bowyer Lane, Royal Artillery.[57] The 4th son of Rev. Charles St. Barbe Sydenham (d.1904) was Dr George Francis Sydenham (1861-1924), born at Combe as his monument in Dulverton Church states, who spent most of his life working as a surgeon and family doctor in Dulverton, living at Battleton House,[58] formerly part of the Combe estate. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, gained a diploma LSA in 1884 and MRCS.Eng. in 1885. Between 1885 and 1887 he worked as assistant to Dr Samuel Evans at Harwich. In 1887 he returned to Dulverton to start his career as a family doctor. He was the local secretary of the Somerset Archaeological Society, and served as a Justice of the Peace for Somerset,[59] and was a churchwarden of All Saints' Church, Dulverton, in which survises his mural monument. In 1907 he married Rose Hempson, 2nd daughter of Amis Hempson of Ramsey, Harwich. He was a keen fisherman, cricketer, archaeologist and local historian, and was the author of the "massive family history"[60] The History of the Sydenham Family, published privately in 1928 after his death.

In the north aisle of All Saints Church in Dulverton are five memorials to the Sydenham family of Combe.[61] The Sydenham family of Combe commenced the building of the hamlet of Battleton, situated between Combe House and the River Barle, and members of the family lived at Battleton House.[62]

Marriott-Dodington

In 1872 Combe was purchased from the Sydenham family by Thomas I Marriott-Dodington[63] (1839-1890) of Horsington House near Templecombe in Somerset, a barrister, High Sheriff of Somerset in 1887 and Lt.-Col. of the Somerset Light Infantry. The "ancient and distinguished" family of Dodington originated at the Somerset manor of Dodington.[64] He married Lucy Elizabeth Downe, daughter of Rev. G.E. Downe of Rushden, Northhamptonshire. He appears to have continued to reside at Horsington (later sold by his son Roger in 1923)[65] and to have let Combe to a series of tenants, including:

Couper

In 1895 Combe was the residence of General James Kempt Couper[66] (1827-1901), Indian Staff Corps,[67] second son of Sir George Couper, 1st Baronet (1788–1861), KH, CB, and whose youngest daughter Mary Emiline Bertha Couper in 1895 married her father's landlord Roger Marriott-Dodington (1866-1925) of Orchard Portman House and Horsington House, Somerset,[68] High Sheriff of Somerset in 1922. Roger Marriott-Dodington was the owner of Combe, being the eldest son and heir of Thomas I Marriott-Dodington (d.1890) who had purchased the estate in 1872. A photograph c. 1856-57 of "James Kempt Couper 2nd Native Indian Regiment", by Ahmad Ali exists in the records of the India Office, National Archives.[69] The Marriott-Dodington family succeeded the Wills family (Baron Dulverton) at nearby Northmoor House, Dulverton, and in 1926 were themselves succeeded by the Clayton family.[70] Thomas II Marriott-Dodington (1895-1916), the eldest son of Roger Marriott-Dodington (d.1925), was killed in action in World War I and his younger brother James Marriott-Dodington in 1937 was resident at "Northmoor Estate", Kyambu, Kenya.[71]

Clarke

In 1913 the British colonial administrator and Army officer George Sydenham Clarke (1848-1933), former Governor of the Presidency of Bombay from 1907 to 1913, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sydenham of Combe of Dulverton in the County of Devon.[72] His connection with Combe is unclear. He was born at Swinderby in Lincolnshire, the eldest son of Rev. Walter John Clarke by his wife Maria Frances Mayor.[73] He was a grandson of Major-General Tredway Clarke (d.1858) by his wife Sarah (or Sally) Sydenham, a daughter of Humphrey Sydenham (1753-1807), a jeweller in Bond Street, Mayfair, London, apparently a member of the Sydenham family of Skilgate, Barnstaple and Collumpton in Devon.[74]

Harrison

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Col. Eustace James Harrison (1876-1962), TD, Hon. Colonel 6th (Rifle) Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool), of Combe
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Gravestones in Hawkridge churchyard of Col. Eustace Harrison (d.1962) (foreground) "buried at the feet of" the legendary huntsman Ernest Bawden (d.1943) (background)

In 1924 Combe House and its estate of 260 acres[75] was purchased by Col. Eustace James Harrison (1876-1962), TD, Hon. Colonel 6th (Rifle) Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool), lord of the manor of Hawkridge in Somerset, who served in World War I. His ancestors were from Lancashire. He was the 3rd son of Edward Hodgson Harrison (1825-1907) of Plymyard, Eastham, Cheshire, by his wife Elizabeth Whitehead Harpin (d.1909), daughter of John Harpin of Birks House, Holmfirth, Yorkshire.[76] His uncles were Thomas Harrison (1815-1888) and James Harrison (1821-1891) (sons of James Harrison (1781-1862) of Cockerham, Lancashire), who in 1853 founded T&J Harrison Shipping of Liverpool, which started by importing French brandy from Charente and became one of the largest UK shipping companies, operational until 2002. In 1884 Col Harrison's father Edward Hodgson Harrison owned 12 1/2% of the share capital of the newly incorporated holding company Charente Steam-Ship Company.[77] One of the company's most famous ships was the Politician, wrecked in 1941 on the coast of Scotland carrying a cargo of whiskey, which was the subject of the 1949 comedy film Whiskey Galore.[78] Col Harrison purchased the adjoining manor of Hawkridge from the Earl of Carnarvon, of Pixton Park, directly eastwards across the River Barle from Combe. The Hawkridge estate comprised about six farms, and woods down to Castle Bridge and up towards Withypool. He built the village hall of Hawkridge in about 1941.[79] In June 1842 Averill Mary Hill, the 11-year-old daughter of Col. Harrison's butler, was killed in a road accident when a lorry descending St Andrew's Hill, at the entrance to Combe Lane, got out of control and crashed through a fence.[80] Col. Harrison was a keen follower of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds and was buried in Hawkridge churchyard, north-east of the church, "at the feet of" the legendary huntsman Ernest Bawden (1878-1943), huntsman from 1917-1937 and his tenant at one of his farms at Hawkridge. He died unmarried and without progeny and bequeathed his estates, including the Hawkridge farms of Tarr Steps, Cloggs, Parsonage, Zeal, and Shircombe, to his nephews, one of whom was Michael Harrison, author of The Story of Tarr Steps.

Wilson

The next owner of Combe was the Wilson family. Col. Harrison died unmarried and without progeny and bequeathed his estates to his nephews, one of whom (Douglas Edward) George Wilson (1906-1980) (son of Elizabeth Harpin Harrison by her husband G.D. Wilson (d.1916)[81]) inherited Combe and together with his wife Barbara Reid Nicholl (1907-2002) is buried in Hawkridge churchyard.[82] A small brass tablet affixed to the gatepost of Brushford churchyard is inscribed: "In memory of Barbara Wilson of Combe 1907-2002".

Mackelden

In 2015 Combe is owned by John Mackelden and his wife Julie (née Kelvie[83]). Mackelden was rated one of the top game-bird shots in England by "The Field" magazine in 2013.[84] He retired to Combe but in 2013 was still attending shoots regularly, mainly as a dogman picking-up shot birds, at least four days a week. On 4 July 2010 he hosted at Combe a Puppy and Novice working test for the North Devon Working Gundog Club[85] and on 30 August 2015 an AV Novice Spaniel Working Test (incorporating novice handler).[86]

Further reading

  • Burke, John, A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, 1838, p. 517, pedigree of Sydenham of Combe.[14]
  • Gray, H.St.G., Combe, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society, Volume 93, 1947, pp. 9–12
  • Sydenham, Dr George Francis, History of the Sydenham Family, Collected From Family Documents, Pedigrees, Deeds, and Copious Memoranda by the Late Dr. G. F. Sydenham, of Dulverton, Allan Thomas Cameron (ed.), privately printed by Dwelly, E., East Molesey, Surrey, 1928, in an edition of 300 copies.[87] The author was born at Combe, Dulverton.
  • Milner-Brown, Bruin, Col. Harrison's last Journey, Exmoor Review, Vol.37, pp. 29–32
  • Somerset Record Office: A\DKL, AccNo M/3973: Records of the Sydenham Family of Dulverton, including deeds for various Dulverton properties, for the manor and parsonage of East Anstey, papers in the case of Sydenham vs. Tregonwell and 1781 survey of Dulverton. Dates:17th cent.-18th cent.[15]

Sources

  • Binding, Hilary & Bonham-Carter, Victor, Old Dulverton and Around, Exmoor Press, Williton, 1986, pp. 11–13

References

  1. ↑ Listed building text
  2. ↑ http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/sites/.../Combe_estate.doc
  3. ↑ http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/sites/.../Combe_estate.doc
  4. ↑ http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/sites/.../Combe_estate.doc
  5. ↑ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-429170-combe-dulverton-somerset#.Vd-NJJcQ8qc
  6. ↑ Collinson, 1791, Vol.3, p.86
  7. ↑ Collinson, Rev. John, History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Vol.3, Bath, 1791, p.547 [1]
  8. ↑ Burke, John & Burke, John Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd edition, London, 1841, pp.514-5 [2]
  9. ↑ http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/sites/.../Combe_estate.doc
  10. ↑ Collinson, vol.3, p.521
  11. ↑ Somerset record Office DD\SF/2/67/14
  12. ↑ Victoria County History, Somerset, Volume 3, p.232
  13. ↑ "Humphrey I Sydenham (d.1580)", per http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/sites/.../Combe_estate.doc
  14. ↑ Collinson, vol.3, p.521
  15. ↑ inquisition post mortem in Somerset Record Office, DD\L/P7/24,AccNo.C/800: "Inquisition post mortem of Humphrey Sydenham concerning the manors of Bathealton held of Dunster, Poleshill, Houndsmoor and Dulverton. He died 26 March 1625 and his son and heir John was 35. (Prynne ref. Box 7 no. 24) Date:23 Aug 1625"
  16. ↑ http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/encyclopedia_detail.php?ENCid=321
  17. ↑ Somerset Heritage Centre, A\AHT/1/1-10, "A bundle of Sydenham family settlements"[3]
  18. ↑ Vivian, p.166, pedigree of Champneys of Yarnscombe; Margaret Sydenham "daughter of John Sydenham of Dulverton"
  19. ↑ inquisition post mortem in Somerset Record Office, DD\L/P7/24,AccNo.C/800: "Inquisition post mortem of Humphrey Sydenham concerning the manors of Bathealton held of Dunster, Poleshill, Houndsmoor and Dulverton. He died 26 March 1625 and his son and heir John was 35. (Prynne ref. Box 7 no. 24) Date:23 Aug 1625"
  20. ↑ Somerset Heritage Centre, ref:DD\L/P7/29, AccNo.C/800, "Dunster barony deed". Description:1. John Sydenham of Dulverton. 2. George Luttrell of Dunster. Receipt for relief paid by John for the manor of Bathealton held from the Barony of Dunster for a sixth of a knight's fee.[Prynne ref. Box 7 no. 29]Date:29 Jun 1627 [4]
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  22. ↑ Seccombe, Thomas, biography of Sydenham, Humphrey, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 55s:Sydenham, Humphrey (DNB00)
  23. ↑ http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=3570281
  24. ↑ Summarised without source or context in Bonham-Carter, Victor
  25. ↑ Apparently Rev. John Douch (1622/3-1675) Rector of Stalbridge, Dorset, alumnus of Trinity College, Oxford, ejected from his living in 1649 during the Civil War by Parliamentarian troops, restored in 1660, author of England's Jubilee: or, Her Happy Return from Captivity, a Sermon Preached at St. Botolph's Aldersgate, London, since presented to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, King Charles II
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  29. ↑ Alumni Oxon.
  30. ↑ Alumni Oxon.
  31. ↑ A P Baggs, W J Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn and S C Townley, 'Kidlington: Manors and other estates', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12, Wootton Hundred (South) Including Woodstock, ed. Alan Crossley and C R Elrington (London, 1990), pp. 188-194 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp188-194
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  33. ↑ http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/explore/items/combe-and-sydenham-family
  34. ↑ The Book of Dulverton, Chapter: Houses, Estates and Families, Dulverton & District Civil Society, Tiverton, 2002
  35. ↑ The Book of Dulverton
  36. ↑ http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/26861
  37. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/sydenham-humphrey-1694-1757
  38. ↑ Moved from its original position when the church was rebuilt in the 19th century
  39. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/sydenham-humphrey-1694-1757
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  41. ↑ Collinson, Rev. John, History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Vol.3, Bath, 1791, Vol.3, p.213
  42. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.577
  43. ↑ Familial relationships stated in Dow, Patrick, Reports of Cases Upon Appeals and Writs of Error in the House of Lords, Volume 3, Tregonwell v. Sydenham, pp.194-218 [6]
  44. ↑ Collinson, vol.3, p.521
  45. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 Parts, London, 1863, Part 2, p.1535, tregonwell [7]
  46. ↑ "SYDENHAM","JOHN","18 Nov 1858","63","rector, COMB Ho, DULVERn","Brushford" (Burial Register for the Parish of Brushford, Somerset, 1813 - 1905 [8]
  47. ↑ As mentioned on mural monument of John Sydenham (1759-1834) in Dulverton Church
  48. ↑ Alumni Oxon.
  49. ↑ Alumni Oxon.
  50. ↑ Alumni Oxon.
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  52. ↑ http://www.brushfordparish.com/Brushford_History.html
  53. ↑ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Brushford/Burials1813-1905.txt
  54. ↑ Newspaper report: http://www.connectedhistories.org/Search_results.aspx?pc=Brushford&sr=bu&dtf=1850-01-01&dtt=1874-12-31
  55. ↑ Devon Bankrupts 1843-1900, listing compiled from articles in the Exeter Flying Post, provided by Lindsey Withers [9]
  56. ↑ London Gazette, 22 December, 1885, p.6219
  57. ↑ Newspaper report http://www.connectedhistories.org/Search_results.aspx?pc=Brushford&ct=n&st=100
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  59. ↑ Biography from his obituary, British Medical Journal, 29 March 1924, p.610 [10]
  60. ↑ Binding & Bonham-Carter, 1986, p.13
  61. ↑ http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/encyclopedia_detail.php?ENCid=321
  62. ↑ "Sydenham, Emily Margaret St Barbe, of Battleton House", died aged 19 and was buried at Brushford Church 28 May 1889 [11]
  63. ↑ The Book of Dulverton, Tiverton, 2002, chapter 2
  64. ↑ Burke's, 1937, p.626
  65. ↑ Burke's, 1937, p.627
  66. ↑ Burke's, 1937, pedigree of Marriott-Dodington late of Horsington, p.626
  67. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p27814.htm#i278136
  68. ↑ Marriage settlement 1895, Somerset Record Office, DD\LR/9
  69. ↑ National Archives, shelfmark Photo 269/2(31)
  70. ↑ A history of Northmoor House (nr Dulverton) and the Residents 1859-2006, published in: The Devon Family Historian, Vol.120, Dec 2006; Bonham-Carter, p.22, who omits mention of Marriott-Dodington of Northmoor
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  72. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28721. p. 3668. 23 May 1913.
  73. ↑ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clarke-sir-george-sydenham-5669
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  75. ↑ Sold via agents John D. Wood & Co., as reported in The Times newspaper, 7 August 1924
  76. ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp.1060-1, Harrison of Combe
  77. ↑ He owned 64 of the 512 shares issued
  78. ↑ http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/sheet/69
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  80. ↑ Western Morning News, Devon, 8 Jun 1942
  81. ↑ Burke's, 1937, p.1061
  82. ↑ Gravestone to north-west of church inscribed: "In loving memory of Douglas Edward George Wilson (1906-1980) & his wife Barbara Reid Wilson (1907-2002) both of Combe"
  83. ↑ http://www.exmoorgundogclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Puppy-NDNH-and-Novice-Schedule.pdf
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