229:) to have been in the person of "Lethbroke, a noble Dane", who having lost his hawk whilst out hunting by the sea-shore, got into a small boat to follow it and was blown onto the coast of Norfolk at Rodham. He was received by King Edmund, whose entertainment of him aroused jealousy in Beric, the royal falconer. Beric murdered Lethbroke, but the buried body was found by his spaniel dog, and he was convicted of the crime. His punishment was to be put in Lethbroke's own boat and set adrift. By chance he drifted not only back to Denmark, but to the very spot where Lethbroke had embarked. He was captured by the local Danes, who recognised Lethbroke's boat, and whom he informed falsely that Lethbroke had been killed by King Edmund. On hearing the story the King of Denmark dispatched an invasionary force to England, commanded by Lethbroke's two sons Hunga and Hubba. The sisters of the latter made a banner to be carried by their brothers, embroidered with a black raven, or eagle. Thus an
513:"Christopher Lethbridge of ye City of Exon, Merch, by his last will dated ye 17th of Nov 1669 gave unto ye poor of ye parish of Bow al(ia)s Nymet Tracy in ye county of Devon, one annuity or yearly rent of five pounds and ten shillings, payable quarterly forever to be issuing out of the mannor of Broad Nymet in ye said county of Devon & bestowed in a middle sort of bread & given to four and twenty poor people of Bow al(ia)s Nymet Tracy afor by the churchwardens of ye said parish by equal portions every Lord's day. But to be given to none but such as shall attend ye church & stay there every Lord's day during ye time of divine service & sermon, if any be, unless such as cannot come thither by reason of some infermity
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388:"To the pious memory of Christopher Lethbridge, Esquire, recently Mayor of this city, and also to Mary his wife, who after having effected various offices of piety and charity with the highest fidelity, (both) calmly went to sleep in the Lord: he on 15 of May in the year of Our Lord 1659; she on 28 of July in the year of Our Lord 1670".
529:, North Devon, whose "big and sumptuous" mural monument survives in Pilton Church, also bequeathed an annuity to the same cause, in the sum of 26 shillings, to be contributed as 12 pence of bread weekly between All Saints and 3 May or Rudemas-day. This is also recorded on the charity board in the church.
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to 24 "poore of the parish of Bowe al(ia)s Nymett
Traceye (who) go to the church and stay there every Lord's Day during the time of divine service and sermon (if any be)". The stipulations of the bequest are recorded as follows on a large 19th-century notice board which survives within the bell-tower
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in North Devon. "Like young rooks drove from their nests, they took that bird for their cognizance, which being embroidered by their vestal sisters in a banner, consecrated after the horrid rites of their paganish superstition (which rendered it, as the vulgar believed impossible to be taken) they
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near
Plymouth, Devon. Only remnants of the Trevill mansion of Budockshed survive, a few granite arches and outer walls. The Trevills were wealthy merchants from Plymouth who had purchased the manor of St Budeaux from Sir Arthur Gorges. By her husband she had children including a son Lethbridge
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Sir
Winston Churchill of Devon stated the true origins as follows: Reigner, King of Norway was driven out of his kingdom by Harold, King of Denmark, and turned to piracy. During one of his many raids on the north-east coast of England, he was shipwrecked off Norfolk, and captured by the local
332:"Also Here Lyeth The Body of William Trevill of Butshead, Esq., Father of Lethbridge Trevill, who departed this Life the 18th Day of May, 1680. Also Here Lyeth the Body of Lethbridge Trevill, Son of William Trevill of Butshead, Esq., who departed this Life 27th of February, 1699"
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Piae memoriae
Christophori Lethbridge, Armigeri, huius civitatis nuper Praetoris, simul ac Mariae uxoris eius qui post varia pietatis et charitatis officia summa fidelitate peracta placide in Domino obdormiverunt: haec 15 Maii Anno Do(mi)ni 1659; ille 28 Julii Annoq(ue) Domini
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Such notice boards are common and were erected to establish public accountability and make more difficult the embezzlement of funds by trustees, where existence of such annuities and trusts had fallen out of public
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Trevill (died 1699) and two daughters. The
Trevill family is memorialised by a street name in Plymouth. In St Budeaux Church, below an elaborate monument to earlier members of the Trevill family, is a
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No date given for the marriage, but Alice's sister
Elizabeth Knapman is recorded as having obtained a marriage licence in 1621 and their brother's widow Elizabeth Newcombe, remarried in 1610
259:". The Raven standard inspired the invaders with "more than humane courage", but was insufficient to defeat the English at the battle which is supposed to have taken place at
287:, in the exercise of which he thrived so very well, by God's blessing upon his industry, that he 'rose as to considerable wealth and riches". In 1660 he was appointed
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for six poor persons within the south gate of the City of Exeter, in the parish of The Holy
Trinity. It provided them with the annual sum of £15 12 shillings.
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in Devon. The parish of
Clannaborough adjoined on the south-west to the parishes of Bow, alias Nymet Tracy, and of Broad Nymet, of which latter he was
250:, who as younger sons in accordance with Norse custom had been banished from their own country to make a living abroad, and who invaded England near
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77:, a bridge of five arches embattled gules and over the centre arch a turret in chief an eagle displayed sable charged on the breast with a
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Lethbroke, etc), a Norse king and saga-character of dubious historicity, possibly an amalgam of several historical ninth-century figures.
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He died in 1670, having left a last will and testament dated 17 November 1669 in which he described himself as "merchant, of Exeter".
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The origin of the
Lethbridge family is ascribed by legend (due to the "fancies of mellancholly monks", according to the historian Sir
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as: "architectural, with painted grey marbling and other original colours revealed by recent cleaning". It displays on top the arms
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Westaway, in the parish of Pilton, the seat of
Christopher Lethbridge (died 1713), the Mayor's nephew. His descendants were created
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of Devon that Robert Lethbridge of Nimet Tracy married Alice Knapman, a daughter of Alexander Knapman of Throwley, Devon, probably
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Pevsner, p.194, the tiny church of St Martin's, Broad Nymet is today a ruin, standing next to the barton, asubstantial farmhouse
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Johanna filia et heres unica superstes uxor Gulielmi Trevill de Butshead, Ar(migeri) in maerore(?) posiut, quae obiit 5 (i.e.
291:, "the highest seat of magistracy in that ancient and loyal city". "God was pleased to bless him with a considerable estate".
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His mural monument erected by his daughter Joan survives on the North wall of St Mary Arches Church in Exeter. Described by
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867:, 1810 edition, London, pp. 564–5, biography of "Lethbridge, Christopher"
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696:(died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon,
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Prince, p.565 "Lethbridge Trevill, Esq., lately deceased"
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205:The Lethbridge family is supposedly descended from
279:In the words of Prince: "He was brought up in the
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504:were to purchase "a middle sort of bread" every
25:of Lethbridge, as visible on mural monuments in
397:Reader if thou more than the name wouldst hear,
133:He was born at Walson, an estate listed in the
671:Surname "Jurdaine" per Cresswell, Beatrix F.,
121:, (1643–1723). His mural monument survives in
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447:Give God the praise and doe likewise".
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441:Do him for thine example take.
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422:Secondly for Christopher:
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783:, London, 1908, pp.147-8"
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359:Argent, over water
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