01371 Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical

Register 68[1914].

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In the Visitation of Devon in 1620 Arthur HARRYS entered a HARRYS pedigree, which is reproduced
below. The original drafts made by the heralds for that visitation are preserved in Harleian MSS. 1163 and 1164 in
the British Museum, and were printed in 1872 in vol. 6 of the Publications of the Harleian Society, the HARRYS
pedigree appearing on p. 139 of that volume.

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Administration on the estate of HENRY POMEROYE. On 5 of July [1575] a commission was issued to
Richard POMEROYE, natural and legitimate son of Henry POMEROYE, late of Totnes in the county of Devon,
having [goods] etc., being sworn to administer well the goods, rights, and credits of the said deceased, there being
revoked letters of administration on the goods of the said deceased, elsewhere granted to a certain Richard
POMEROYE now or formerly of the aforesaid Totnes, which were surreptitiously secured by him by suppression of
truth and by false statement in the month of June 1559, for the full requirement of justice, as appears from the acts
of the court on this day concluded. (P.C.C., Administration Act Book, 1572-1580, fo. 80 dorso. Translated from
the Latin.)

The Will of AGNES HARRIS of Cornworthie, co. Devon, widow, 1 December 1601. My body to be
buried in the parish church of Corneworthie. To the reparation of the church of Corneworthie 6s. 8d. To the poor
of Corneworthie 20s. "Itm I give and bequeath vnto my sonne Richerd POMERIE all my landes in Tottnes or els
wheresoever for terme of his liefe, and after his decease to the heyres of his bodye lawfullie begotten and for
defaulte of such issue vnto Thomas POMERIE my sonne for terme of his liefe and after his decease to the heyres of
his body lawfullie begotten and for defaulte of such Issue vnto Giles HARRIS my sonne and his heyres for ever.
Itm ffarther I give and bequeath vnto my sonne Richarde POMERIE my best Saultseller of silver guilt and sixe
silver spoones and twentie pounds of Lawfull mony of Englande, to be paide within one yeere after my decease by
myne exequitor and also two fetherbeds p=fourmed. Itm I give vnto Thomas POMERIE my sonne tenne pounds
in mony and vnto Henerie POMERIE the sonne of the saide Thomas POMERIE vjli vjs viijd in money both to be
paide by myne exequitor within one yeere after my decease." To my son Giles HARRIS after my decease for the
term of four score years, if the said Giles so long live, all these my houses, courts, barns, stables, shippins,
orchards, gardens, and all those other parcels of land late the houses of one Samuell WEYMOTH, which I have of
the demise and grant of one Thomas HARRIS, Sergeant of Lawe, and one Edward HARRIS Esquier his son, for
divers years yet to come determinable upon the lives of the said Giles HARRIS, Arthur FORTESCUE, and Bridgett
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FORTESCUE, as in my said deed doth more at large appear. If the said Giles HARRIES die before the expiration
of the said term of four score years, then the remainder of the term shall come to my daughter Suzanne
FORTESCUE, and if she die before the expiration of the said term, then the remainder of said term shall come to
Arthure FORTESCUE and Bridget FORTESCUE their executors and assigns. If my son Giles HARRIES marry,
all my term of years shall remain wholly for his better preferment and advancement, he paying within two years
after his marriage to his sister Suzan FORTESCUE ,30. My deed to remain in the custody of my executor until
this be performed by the said Giles HARRIS. To my son Giles HARRIS two feather beds performed. To my
daughter Suzan FORTESCUE two featherbeds performed, my three silk gowns, my best kirtles, my two fore kirtles
of silk, and all the goods in the chamber within the chamber that I now lie in called my study, except that coffer
wherein my writings are and one spruce coffer with all that is in them and except certain other things which I give
by my will by especial names. To my daughter Susanne FORTESCUE ,100, on condition that Henrie
FORTESCUE her husband give security to my executor that the said Susanne shall have the said ,100 with the
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and gain thereof to her use during her life. If said Henrie do not give such security, then my executor shall keep
the ,100 and pay my daughter Suzanne ,10 a year during her life, and at her death the said ,100 to be equally
divided between her children Arthure FORTESCUE, Agnes FORTESCUE, and Bridgett FORTESCUE. I give to
the said Arthure FORTESCUE, Agnes FORTESCUE, and Bridget FORTESCUE ,6. 6s. 8d. apiece. To Susan
SUGAR, a child that is with my son Arthur HARRIS, ,6. 6s. 8d. To Margaret FRAUNCES, my servant, ,6. 6s. 8d.
To Agnes GORDAN ,3. 3s. 4d. To Elizabeth HOPER, my servant, 20s. To Grace PEROTT, my servant, 10s. To
Edith my servant, 20s. To Richard FRAUNCIS, my servant, 20s. To John MUNGEY, my servant, 20s. To
Christopher SAUNDER, my servant, ,3. To Phillip HAMLYN, my servant, 10s. To William DESTEYNE, my
servant, 20s. To Agnes COKE 5s. If any of these servants depart before my death, the legacy of such to be void.
"Itm. I give vnto Alice POMERIE my son Richard POMERIE his wife my blacke Cloth gowne garded wth velvet,
one stammed Petticott wth one gard of velvet, sixe smockes, Two bordclothes, and one dozen of Napkins." To
Arthure HARRIS my son the bed which I do lie on. All the rest of my goods and chattels not given or bequeathed I
give to my son Arthure HARRIS, whom I make my whole and sole Executor. Proved at Exeter, 11 August 1603, by
the executor in the person of Edward MARSH, notary public. Inventory, ,496. 12s. (Principal Registry of the
Bishop of Exeter, vol. for 1579-1603, fo. 343.)

Administration on the goods of GYLES HARRYS late of Cornworthy, gent., who died intestate, was
granted 23 March 1608/9 to Arthur HARRIS of Vgborrough, co. Devon, armiger, his brother, the said Arthur and
John MONIOY of the same, yeoman, being bound in ,60. Inventory, taken 20 May 1608 by Humphrie
ENGLISHE, Robert TOOKERMAN, and Josephe WHITE, amounts to ,35. 2s. 0d., and includes a chattle lease of a
mill with appurtenances worth ,20. It was exhibited in court 23 March 1608/9. (Archdeaconry of Totnes, Deanery
of Totnes, 1608, original administration.)

The Will of RICHARD POMROY in the parish of Cornworthie, co. Devon, gent., 11 May 1621. To the
poor of Cornworthie 5s. To Frances TOCKERMAN, Violete TOCKERMAN, and Susan TOCKERMAN, children
of Robert TOCKERMAN,* a days lamb each. To all my servants 12d. each. All residue of my goods and chattels,
moveable and immoveable, to my wife, whom I make my sole executrix. Overseers: John CREWSE and John
DOURTES. Witness: Phillo HORSWILL. Proved 3 August 1621. (Archdeaconry of Totnes, Deanery of Totnes,
1621, filed will.)

Inventory of RICHARD POM=OYE of cornworthy, co. Devon, gentleman, deceased, taken 29 June 1621.
2 oxen 1 cow 3 steers 1 heifer , 10- 0- 0
1 horse 2- 0- 0
38 sheep 10- 0- 0
10 lambs 1- 0- 0
6 swine hogs 1-10- 0
corn in the ground 30- 0- 0
corn in store 1- 0- 0

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* This Robert TUCKERMAN married at Cornworthy, 2 Dec. 1615, Agnes FORTESCUE, a niece of the testator,
and a daughter of Henry FORTESCUE by his wife Susanna HARRIS, who was a half-sister of the testator.

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4 beds with their apparel 6- 0- 0

his apparel 6-13- 8
1 chest 2 coffers & other old stuff 1- 0- 0
A table board a side board a form 2 chairs & 3 stools 2- 0- 0
4 brass pans & 2 kettles 2- 0- 0
3 brass pots 1- 0- 0
9 platers 4 podengers 3 saucers 3 candle sticks & other
stuff 0-16- 0
a spit a pr of andirons & other stuff belonging to the
kitchen. 0- 5- 0
Three kenes 1 pipe 1 hogshead & other timber vessells 0-16- 0
1 chettle 1- 0- 0
The plough stuff 1 harx [harness?] & other small
Implements 0-15- 0
3 pair of ropes 2 saddles & other things unknown 1- 0- 0
One chattle lease 10- 0- 0
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,87- 5- 8 [sic]
[The total amount is actually ,88-15-8.]
Exhibited 3 August 1621 by Alice POMERY, the executrix. (Archdeaconry of Totnes, Deanery of Totnes,
1621, original inventory.)

The Will of EALSE POM=YE of Cornworthie, co. Devon, widow, 21 April 1623. To the poor of
Cornworthie 5s. To John FOSTERD and Christian FOSTERD two sheep each. To William BERRYE of
Corneworthie two bedsteads, two double beds, a pair of blankets, and a coverlet. To Joan BERRYE, daughter of
the said William, two sheep, a chest, a new gown and a petticoat, three platters, a feather bed, a blanket, a coverlet,
a bolster, a pillow, and a pot, these things to remain in the hands of William BERRYE for six years. To Ealse
HORSWILL, my goddaughter, 10s., and to Redegon HORSWILL my serge gown. To Ealse BERRYE, wife of
William, a gown. All the residue of my goods and chattels to John HORSWILL, whom I make sole executor.
Witnesses: John CREWSE, Phillo HORSWILL, and John FOSTER. Proved 20 June 1623. (Archdeaconry of
Totnes, Deanery of Totnes, 1623, filed will.)

Inventory of the goods of Mrs EALSE POM=YE, prised by John CREWSE and Phillipp HORSWILL.
21 sheep ,5 10 0
1 horse 2 10 0
3 swine hogs 1 0 0
Corn in the ground 1 6 8
Beans in the ground 0 5 0
2 feather beds performed 5 0 0
2 double beds 1 0 0
Apparel 3 gowns 3 petticoats 3 waistcoats 5 aprons }
with other linen 2 hats 2 cloaks one [ ] } 8 0 0
& a hood }
A suit of mans apparel 1 10 0
A chest 2 coffers 1 bedstead 1 5 0
3 bedsteds 5 0
3 brass pans & a brass kettle 1 13 4
2 brass crocks a posnet 1 skillett 1 0 0
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1 table board 1 side board 1 form 3 chairs & 3 stools 1 0 0

9 platters, 2 perringers, 3 candlesticks with other }
stuff & 2 scissors } 0 16 0
1 spit, 1 pr andirones & other kitchen stuff 0 6 8
one pipe one beefe 4 bucketts with other timber vessell 0 8 0
1 hackney saddle one pillion with covering 0 16 0
1 iron loom 2 says with other small things 0 6 8
For other things forgotten 0 1 8
her money in store 1 10 0
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,35 10 0
Exhibited 20 June 1623 by John HORSWILL, the executor. (Archdeaconry of totnes, Deanery of Totnes,
1623, original inventory.)

The Will of ARTHURE HARRIS of Norton [in the parish of Chruston], co. Devon, 20 April 1638. To the
poor of Churston ,10. To the poor of Cornworthie ,10. To the poor of Blackawton ,5. To the poor of Kingesbridge
,5. To the poor of Dodbr[ook] ,5, to remain as a stock tot he use of the poor forever. The overseers and
churchwardens of said parishes to cause the tenour of this my bequest to be fairly written in parchment and put into
a frame and hung up in the several parish churches aforesaid that others may be encouraged and men=s charities
not spent, misemployed, and diverted, contrary to their intent and meaning, as too often in such cases is done. To
my nephew* Sir Thomas HARRIS lands in Cornworthie which I purchased for one thousand years, he paying ,100
to my nephew* Edmond HARRIS, his brother, and confirming any such grants of estates as I have heretofore
entered in the name and on behalf of Sir Edward HARRIS, his father. To Bartholemew FORTESCUE, son of
Arthure FORTESCUE, all my estate called Pynwelles, he paying to his brother John FORTESCUE ,6 a year. To
Arthur FORTESCUE and Edward FORTESCUE, my sister=s sons, the remainder of my estate after my wife=s
decease, in lands called Norton and in woods called Lords wood, which I hold for their lives, and to them ,10 a
year until my wife=s decease. To Susan FORTESCUE and Gartrude FORTESCUE, daughters of said Arthur
FORTESCUE, ,70. To my sister FORTESCUE ,20, and to her daughter Agnes WAYMOUTH ,20, and to the said
Agnes seven children ,15 each. To Bridgett FRANCIS, my sister FORTESCUE=s daughter, ,20, and to her son
John FRANCIS ,50. To my cousin Thomas HARRIS, son of my brother John HARRIS, ,40, and to his brother
Edward HARRIS ,20, and to his brother john HARRIS ,60. "I give vnto Henry POMEROY, Sonne [of T]homas
POMEROY my brother, three score pounds, and vnto Tho[mas] POMEROY, sonne of the sd Henrey, fortie
poundes, all to be payed within a yeere after my decease." To Frances RYDER, my goddaughter, ,10. To Jane
FOXWORTHIE ,7 due to me from her husband. To Susan ROOPE 40s., and 20s. each to the children of said
Susan. To each godchild 10s. To John MORTARY, my servant, all my estate in Butt Meadow purchased of George
SAPP deceased. To goddaughter Jane BEARE, daughter of Thomas BEARE, gent., ,10, and to my cousin Thomas
BEARE a gold ring with this poesie, "spare speake and spare speede." To every servant ,40.

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* He was a grandnephew of the testator.

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All residue to Phillipp HARRIS, my wife, executrix. Witnesses: Thomas BEARE, Marie BEARE, Richard
BAKER, Edward WHITE, and Thomas EDWARDES. Proved 13 October 1640 by Phillipa HARRIs, relict and
executrix. The widow took oath to the will 6 October 1640. Inventory, taken by Arthur RYDER, John BBRTES,
and Edward WHITE, and exhibited 13 October 1640, ,928. 16s. 8d. (Principal Registry of the Bishop of Exeter,
1640, original will and inventory.)

POMEROY, HARRIS, AND FORTESCUE ENTRIES IN THE PARISH

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 REGISTERS OF CORNWORTHY, CO. DEVON, 1562-1634*

Baptisms
1565 Zuzanna daughter of Edwarde and Annies HARRIS 20 January [1565/6].
1574 Annys daughter of Mr. Thomas HARRYS Esquire 22 August.
1575 Edwardus son of Mr. Thomas HARREYS gentleman 13 December.
1578 Honor daughter of Mr. Thomas HARRIES 6 October.
1588 Agnes daughter of Mr. Henrie FORTESCUE 14 July.
1592 Bridget daughter of Mr. Henrie FORTESCUE 21 January [1592/3].
1595 Arthur son of Mr. Henrie FORTESCUE 28 February [1595/6].
1602 Edward son of Mr. Henrie FORTESCUE 26 September.
1604 Elyzabethe daughter of the Worshipful Master Edwarde HARRIS and Elizabeth his wife 15 April.
1611 Elizabeth HARRYES daughter of Walter HARRIES 27 November.
Marriages
1573 Rychard SCHARPHAM and Marie POMERAYE 26 July.
1586 Mr. Henrie FORTESCUE of Wood in the parish of Wodeley esquire, son of John FORTESCUE
Esquire of Preston, and Mris. Susanne HARRYS, daughter of Mr. Edward HARRYS esquire, 5
June.
1610 Walter HARRYES and Thamsinge his wife 26 December.
1615 Robert TUCKERMAN and Agnes FORTESCUE 2 December.
BurialsH
1562 Marie POMERYE 28 May.
1592 Mr. Edwarde HARRYS Esquier 10 April.
1592 John FORTESCUE 4 June.
1594 William HARRYS gentleman, son of Edwarde HARRYS Esquier, buried at Beere Ferrys 29 [sic]
February [1594/5].
1599 Phillip FORTESCUE 22 June.
1601 Mrs. Onner HARRIES wife of Mr. Arthur HARRIE 25 October.
1602 "Mrs Agnes HARRYES widdowe was buryed xxvj of November."
1607 Gilles HARRYES gt. 15 January [1607/8].
1610 "Thomas HARRYES Knyghtt" 25 May.
1621 [Henry] FORTESCUE gentleman 20 March [1621/2].
1630 Mr. Arthur HARRIS son of Sir Edward HARRIS 28 August.
1634 "Lady Elizabeth HARRIS was buried the eighteenth day of Aprill."
* The registers of Cornworthy are in a deplorable condition, and many leaves are missing. The first
baptismal entry now extant is of the year 1565, but Vivian in his printed Visitations of the County of Devon gives
the baptism of William HARRIS, 1 Apr. 1562. The FORTESCUE entries are taken from Vivian=s Visitations, p.
357.
H There is a gap from 1622 to 1630 in the records of burials.

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[Of the places mentioned in the foregoing records, Berry-Pomeroy, the seat of the POMEROY family from
the time of William the Conqueror, is in the southern part of Devonshire, Totnes is only two miles west from Berry-
Pomeroy, and Cornworthy is about four miles south from Totnes. Churston, or Churston-Ferrers, is about six miles
southeast from Berry-Pomeroy.
From the foregoing material and from other sources referred to below the following POMEROY pedigree
has been compiled, the earlier generations given in the photograph of Harleian MS. 1091 being omitted:

1. THOMAS POMEROY (third son of Henry) married* AGNES CALWAYE, or KELLOWAY, daughter
of Thomas of Sherborne, co. Dorset.
Children:
i. ANNIS, m. THOMAS TRESOYL of co. Cornwall.
ii. THOMAS, b. abt. 1481; named as son and heir of his father and as aged twelve years at the
death of the latter, 29 Dec. 1493 (Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, vol. 9,
no. 61, 9 Henry VII); not mentioned in the Visitation pedigree of 1564.
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 iii. MARGARET.
iv. THOMASINE.
2. v. RICHARD, b. within a few years of 1487.
vi. ELIZABETH.
vii. ANNA, m. TRISTRAM HENGSCOT of Exeter; had issue.

2. RICHARD POMEROY (Thomas), born within a few years of 1487 and named in the Visitation of 1564,
married, probably about 1520, ELEANOR COKER, daughter of John of co. Dorset.
Children:
3. i. HENRY, b. probably abt. 1520.
ii. JOHN, named in the Visitation of 1564.
3. HENRY POMEROY (Richard, Thomas), born probably about 1520 and named in the Visitation of 1564, was of
Totnes, co. Devon, and died before June 1559, when administration on his estate was surreptitiously
obtained by a Richard POMEROY, as is learned from a later administration granted 5 July 1575 to
Richard POMEROY, the son of Henry, doubtless when this son came of age. (Vide supra, p. 48.)
Henry POMEROY married, about 1550, AGNES or ANNE HUCKMORE, daughter and heiress
of William; she married secondly,H about 1561, as his second wife, Edward HARRIS of Cornworthy, co.
Devon, who was buried there 10 Apr. 1592; she was buried there 26 Nov. 1602, being the testatrix of 1
Dec. 1601, whose will has been given above.
Children of Henry and Agnes (HUCKMORE) POMEROY, of Totnes, co. Devon:
i. ELIZABETH (perhaps), b. abt. 1552; bur. at Cornworthy 18 Apr. 1634; m. abt. 1572 SIR
THOMAS HARRIS, KNT., of Cornworthy, sergeant-at-law, probably her stepbrother, b.
abt. 1547, eldest s. of Edward of Cornworthy by his first wife, BBB VOWELL.I Sir
Thomas
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* Probably about 20 Sept. 1478, when land was conveyed by deed to Thomas POMEROY and his wife
from the latter=s father. (Vivian=s Visitations of the County of Devon, p. 607.)
H Vivian, in his Visitations of the County of Devon, p. 607, erroneously states that she married first
Edward HARRIS and secondly Henry POMEROY. For her children by her second husband, Edward HARRIS,
vide infra, p. 54.
I Edward HARRIS evidently had also by his first wife, CC VOWELL, a son, John, who is named in 1638,
with his three sons, Thomas, Edward, and John, in the will of his half-brother, Arthur HARRIS.

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HARRIS was bur. at Cornworthy 25 May 1610. On the HARRIS tomb in Cornworthy
church is an inscription to Sir Thomas HARRIS and Lady Elizabeth his wife and to
their children, in which the date of Sir Thomas=s death is given as 17 May 1610; and
on an escutcheon appear the HARRIS arms quartering those of POMEROY with
KELLOWAY, thus indicating the line of descent of Lady Elizabeth. Children, bapt. at
Cornworthy: 1. Anne, bapt. 22 Aug. 1574; m. Sir Thomas SOUTHWELL, Knt., of
Suffolk.* 2. SirEdward, justice of Munster, Ire., bapt. 13 Dec. 1575; m. Elizabeth
VOWELL, and had issue: Thomas, bapt. 18 June 1598, named in 1638 in the will of his
great-uncle, Arthur HARRIS; Arthur, bur. 28 Aug. 1630; Elizabeth, bapt. 15 Apr. 1604;
Edmund, named in 1638 in the will of Arthur HARRIS. 3. Honor, bapt. 6 Oct. 1578; m.
Sir Hugh HARRIS, a knight of Scotland.H 4. Christopher, slain in the wars in
Flanders.I
ii. RICHARD POMEROY, of Cornworthy, b. abt. 1554; bur. at Cornworthy 15 June 1621; m.
ALICE CC, who survived him. On coming of age he obtained administration on his
father=s estate, 5 July 1575, as stated above. He and his wife Alice are named in 1601
in the will of his mother, Agnes (HUCKMORE) (POMEROY) HARRIS of Cornworthy,
who gave to him her lands in Totnes. In his own will, dated 11 May 1621, he neither
names nor refers to any children; but he gives to three children of Robert
TUCKERMAN (husband of Agnes FORTESCUE, a niece of the testator) a lamb each,
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 and leaves all the residue of his estate to his wife. The will of his widow, Alice, dated 21
Apr. 1623, neither names nor refers to any children. It is, therefore, perfectly evident
that this Richard POMEROY left no issue.
iii. THOMAS POMEROY, b. abt. 1557, is named in 1601 in the will of his mother and also in
1638 in the will of his half-brother, Arthur HARRIS. The name of his wife is unknown.
Child: 1. Henry, b. probably abt. 1580; named in the wills of his grandmother, Agnes
(HUCKMORE) (POMEROY) HARRIS, in 1601 and of his half-uncle, Arthur HARRIS,
in 1638; had at least one child, Thomas, who also is named in the will of Arthur
HARRIS in 1638.

EDWARD HARRIS of Cornworthy had by his second wife, AGNES (HUCKMORE) POMEROY, widow of Henry,
the following children:
i. WILLIAM, bapt. 1 Apr. 1562; bur. 29 [sic] Feb. 1594/5.
ii. GILES, named in his mother=s will in 1601; d. unm.; bur. 15 Jan. 1607/8. Administration
on his estate was granted 23 Mar. 1608/9 to his brother, Arthur HARRIS.
iii. SUSAN, bapt. 20 Jan. 1565/6; m. 5 June 1586 HENRY FORTESCUE. Children: 1. Agnes,
bapt. 14 July 1588; m. (1) 2 Dec. 1615 Robert TUCKERMAN of Cornworthy; m. (2)
CC WEYMOUTH, being called Agnes WEYMOUTH in 1638 in the will of her uncle,
Arthur HARRIS; children by first husband: Frances, Violet, and Susan, all named in
1621 in the will of their great-uncle, Richard POMEROY. 2. John, bur. 4 June 1592. 3.
Bridget, bapt. 21 Jan. 1592/3; m. CC FRANCIS, being called Bridget FRANCIS in
1638 in the will of her uncle, Arthur HARRIS. 4. Arthur, bapt. 28 Feb. 1595/6; named,
with issue, in 1638 in the will of his uncle, Arthur HARRIS. 5. Philip, bur. 22 June
1599. 6. Edward, bapt. 26 Sept. 1602; named in 1638 in the will of his uncle, Arthur
HARRIS.
iv. ARTHUR, of Churston, co. Devon, the testator of 1638, b. abt. 1568; m. twice; d.s.p. He
entered the HARRIS pedigree in the Visitation of Devon in 1620. His will seems to
indicate that he intended
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* The words "of Suffolk" are obtained from the inscription on the HARRIS tomb at Cornworthy.
H This marriage record is taken from the inscription on the HARRIS tomb at Cornworthy.
I This record is taken from the HARRIS tomb at Cornworthy, where Christopher is called the youngest
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to leave legacies to all of his near kindred, including grand-nephews and grand-nieces;
and therefore the fact that no descendants of his half-brother, Richard POMEROY, are
mentioned in this will affords further evidence that there were no such descendants.

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