323:
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.
175:
22:
264:
376:
164:
322:
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
194:
Here lies the body of
Richard Hill of Priory Esq. (second son of Edward Hill of Priory the ninth son of Thomas Hill of Hills Court in Shropshire Esq.) whose many imenent virtues justly entitled him to the most lasting remembrance. This age affording few such examples for Piety, Temperance, Humility,
306:. 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
449:
Today a grade II* listed house occupies the probable site of the north, west and east ranges of the Priory. This house has a late 16th-century core with 17th- and 18th-century alterations and is rendered, probably over cob and stone, with a slate roof. The building includes a re-sited 12th-century
286:. He married Grace Hill, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of Richard Hill (1655–1737) of Kerswell Priory (who is mentioned on her father's mural monument in Broadhembury Church) (a junior branch of Hill of Hill's Court in Shropshire), by whom he had children 1 son and 3 daughters. He was ruined by the
441:, apparently a descendant of his first cousin Floyer Sydenham (1710–1787), and left an only daughter Catherine Sydenham (died 1794), who in 1781 married Lewis-Dimoke Grosvenor Tregonwell of Anderson in Dorset, by whom she had a son St Barbe Tregonwell of Anderson. Combe passed to a cousin.
391:
was the seat of St Barbe
Sydenham (died 1757), He was the only son of Humphrey Sydenham and was the possessor of Combe in 1791. He married his cousin Ellery Williams (1727–1794), eldest daughter of Sydenham Williams of Herringston House in the parish of
248:
195:
Justice, Humanity, Genoristy & Charity. He was a tender and diligent husband and Parent, a
Sincere Friend and Kind Master. He married Mary the only daughter of John Seaward of Clist St George in this County, elder brother of Sr
777:
753:
726:
400:
In Memory of Ellery, Wife of St Barb
Sydenham Esq of Coombe in the County of Somerset, eldest daughter of Sydenham Williams Esqr of Herringstone in the County of Dorset, who died March 26th 1794 aged 67.
1027:
969:
186:
In the early 17th century, when the estate was known as "Priory", it was acquired as his seat by Edward Hill, the ninth son of Thomas Hill of Hills Court (today "Court of Hill") in the parish of
706:
426:
Sydenham, with the rams shown incorrectly as goats. The arms are thus shown incorrectly, as
Sydenham should impale Williams. Sydenham Williams (1701–1757) was Governor of
211:, by whom he had one son Edward who died 17th July unmarried and four daughters. Mary who erected this monument to his memory, Grace the wife of Humphrey Sydenham of
310:
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.
676:
1042:
1032:
190:
in
Shropshire, as is recorded on the mural monument in Broadhembury Church of his second son and heir Richard Hill (1655–1737), inscribed as follows:
1022:
1037:
239:, Dulverton, MP for Exeter 1741–1754, mentioned on the Broadhembury monument, who married Grace Hill, one of the two co-heiresses of that family.
457:, which had been rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries from a late 15th- or early 16th-century building. Although now a roofless ruin, it is a
1047:
315:
174:
928:
881:
148:
434:
in 1740–1741 and was the son of John
Williams (1680–1703) by his wife Jane Sydenham, a daughter of Humphrey Sydenham of Combe, Dulverton
279:
208:
948:
655:
721:, Devon, according to the monument in Broadhembury Church to her father Richard Hill (1655–1737) of Kerswell Priory in the parish of
275:
450:
stone doorway and is important both for its 17th- and 18th-century features and because of the archaeological interest of the site.
21:
943:
650:
579:
551:
512:
857:
741:
291:
140:
871:
765:
278:(1694–1757), "The Learned", of Combe and Nutcombe, Devon, eldest son and heir of Humphrey Sydenham (1672–1710), was MP for
263:
96:
According to John Parker, the land was given to the church by Matilda Peverel, the daughter of Pagan (or Payne) Peverel of
1017:
375:
290:
of 1720, in which he lost £20,000. His financial situation was restored by a large inheritance from his great-great-uncle
112:
592:
227:
Above within the gap of the broken pediment is a castle, an element of the arms of Hill of Hill's Court, Shropshire:
896:
Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp. 2443-4
139:. In 1534 it was valued at 28l 16s 4d, when the prior was Thomas Chard. It was dissolved in 1538 or 1539 during the
127:
but was restored to the monks in 1312. In 1374 it was recorded that prior did not actually live at Kerswell Priory.
867:
811:
927:
Burke, John, Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1863, p.1535
235:
of pretence on the monument in Dulverton Church, Somerset, to Humphrey V Sydenham (1694–1757), "The Learned", of
64:
267:
Mural monument in Dulverton Church to Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757). The arms of Hill of Priory are shown on an
893:
575:
508:
298:
in Hampshire. In the chancel of Ashington Church, Somerset, is a monument of grey and white marble, inscribed:
79:
393:
163:
136:
147:(d.1686). According to Pole, it was later purchased, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), by
800:
437:
St Barbe Sydenham died without male progeny, when Combe appears to have passed to his Sydenham cousin and
187:
788:
737:
423:
282:
1741–1754. His mural monument survives in All Saints' Church, Dulverton. He was a lawyer trained at the
108:
204:
461:
building, mainly due its archaeological interest as part of the Priory complex. Originally it had a
196:
413:
119:(property which is now in the Parish of Holcombe Rogus). During the 14th and 15th centuries as an
379:
Mural monument in Broadhembury Church to Ellery Williams (1727–1794), wife of St. Barbe Sydenham
529:
431:
364:
287:
116:
97:
86:
596:
939:
836:
646:
547:
504:
384:
236:
212:
71:
458:
427:
144:
396:
in Dorset, whose mural monument survives in Broadhembury Church, inscribed as follows:
356:
152:
717:
His wife's sister, Hannah Hill, married Richard Nutcombe of Nutcombe in the parish of
1011:
352:
101:
722:
344:
283:
268:
232:
179:
120:
83:
44:
155:(son of William Rosewell, 1561–1593), who owned it at the time of Pole's writing.
743:
SYDENHAM, Humphrey (1694–1757), of Combe, nr. Dulverton, Som. and Nutcombe, Devon
151:(c. 1520–1566), the queen's Solicitor-General, and descended to his grandson Sir
484:
Moved from its original position when the church was rebuilt in the 19th century
90:
223:
Esq. and Katherine who died an infant. He died 19th November 1737 Aged 82 Years
718:
630:
465:
307:
295:
220:
985:
971:
507:& Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.517;
454:
438:
216:
124:
247:
462:
407:
75:
944:"Ruins of the Refectory South of the House at Kerswell Priory (1281144)"
135:
By the 16th century only two monks remained at the Priory, according to
67:(d.1861), the priory was founded between 1119 and 1129 as a cell of the
870:, History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Vol.3, Bath, 1791
778:
File:RichardHill OfKerswellPriory BroadhemburyChurch Devon Died1737.PNG
754:
File:RichardHill OfKerswellPriory BroadhemburyChurch Devon Died1737.PNG
727:
File:RichardHill OfKerswellPriory BroadhemburyChurch Devon Died1737.PNG
303:
68:
52:
37:
854:
Reports of Cases Upon Appeals and Writs of Error in the House of Lords
318:. His own mural monument in Dulverton church is inscribed as follows:
219:
Esq. Hannah the wife of Richard Nutcombe of Nutcombe in the Parish of
417:
410:
360:
200:
40:
578:(d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon,
511:(d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon,
143:
and was granted by King Henry VIII to John Etherydge, according to
374:
327:
Underneath are displayed on an escutcheon quarterly of four: 1st:
262:
246:
173:
162:
48:
20:
764:"Hill's Court" is the present "Court of Hill" in the parish of
404:
Below are shown in a circular escutcheon the following arms:
651:"Kerswell Priory Including Walls of Walled Garden (1098042)"
416:
a bordure engrailed gules charged with crosses patée or and
707:
File:HumphrySydenham Died1757 DulvertonChurch Somerset.PNG
349:
Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle with three towers argent
776:
Per inscription on mural monument in Broadhembury Church
526:
Historic Collections Relating to the Monasteries in Devon
696:
Per another of the Hill monuments in Broadhembury Church
229:
Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent
169:
Ermine, on a fesse sable a castle triple towered argent
591:
Parker, John, Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society
468:
roof which was removed in 1984 and placed in storage.
123:
it was seized by the crown during a period of wars in
1028:
Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
351:(Hill). These are the arms of the Hill family (later
677:
Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, 1849 edition, p.171
905:Burke's Landed Gentry 1937, p.2444, omitting the
816:History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset
363:, Shropshire, since its purchase in 1556 by Sir
852:Familial relationships stated in Dow, Patrick,
593:The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
182:Church to Richard Hill (1655–1737) "of Priory"
892:See pedigree of "Williams of Herringston" in
740:: Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys
314:In 1736 Humphrey Sydenham sold Broadlands to
8:
856:, Vol.3, Tregonwell v. Sydenham, pp.194–218
341:Gules, a bend between six cross crosslets or
167:Arms of Hill of Hill's Court and of Priory:
78:. However, according to the Devon historian
542:
540:
538:
536:
453:South of the house are the remains of the
63:According to the Ecclesiastical historian
641:
639:
616:
614:
612:
329:Argent, three rams passant guardant sable
253:Argent, three rams passant guardant sable
107:The priory was valued at £2 1s 8d in the
82:(d.1635), it was a cell belonging to the
497:
477:
843:, 3 Vols., Vol.3, London, 1793, p.260
629:"the first year of the reign of King
556:Research records (formerly PastScape)
316:Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston
100:in Devon, a knight who fought in the
7:
383:In the time of the Devon historian
1043:Grade II* listed churches in Devon
949:National Heritage List for England
918:Burke's Landed Gentry 1937, p.2444
801:http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk
656:National Heritage List for England
14:
1033:1538 disestablishments in England
818:, Vol.3, Bath, 1791, Vol.3, p.213
353:Hill baronets, and Viscount Hill
115:land in Kerswell, Monk Culm and
1023:1120s establishments in England
907:greyhound courant in fess sable
231:. These arms are visible as an
16:Former priory in Devon, England
1038:Cluniac monasteries in England
827:Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.577
371:St. Barbe Sydenham (died 1799)
333:Argent, a bend of fusils sable
302:Here lies Sir John St. Barbe,
292:Sir John St Barbe, 1st Baronet
141:Dissolution of the Monasteries
1:
259:Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757)
1048:Grade II* listed monasteries
580:Sir John-William de la Pole
552:"KERSWELL PRIORY (188040)"
513:Sir John-William de la Pole
1064:
582:(ed.), London, 1791, p.182
515:(ed.), London, 1791, p.182
394:Winterborne Herringston
337:Chequy argent and sable
986:50.849253°N 3.316734°W
766:Nash, South Shropshire
402:
380:
325:
312:
272:
255:
225:
183:
171:
36:Carswell) was a small
26:
841:History of Devonshire
789:History of Parliament
738:History of Parliament
595:, Vol.19, 1865, p.72
398:
378:
320:
300:
266:
250:
192:
177:
166:
111:of 1291–1292 when it
109:Taxatio Ecclesiastica
24:
1018:Monasteries in Devon
991:50.849253; -3.316734
882:Listed building text
868:Collinson, Rev. John
812:Collinson, Rev. John
606:Gentleman's Magazine
294:(died 1723), MP, of
205:Member of Parliament
981: /
909:between the choughs
343:(?). Overall is an
335:(Kittisford); 3rd:
381:
273:
256:
251:Arms of Sydenham:
184:
178:Mural monument in
172:
27:
837:Polwhele, Richard
576:Pole, Sir William
509:Pole, Sir William
505:Pevsner, Nikolaus
432:Sheriff of Dorset
359:in the parish of
339:(St Barbe); 4th:
331:(Sydenham); 2nd:
276:Humphrey Sydenham
271:of pretence below
215:in the Parish of
117:Sampford Peverell
98:Sampford Peverell
89:in the parish of
87:Canonsleigh Abbey
43:in the parish of
1055:
1005:
1004:
1002:
1001:
1000:
998:
993:
992:
987:
982:
979:
978:
977:
974:
961:
960:
958:
956:
940:Historic England
936:
930:
925:
919:
916:
910:
903:
897:
890:
884:
879:
873:
865:
859:
850:
844:
834:
828:
825:
819:
809:
803:
798:
792:
786:
780:
774:
768:
762:
756:
750:
744:
735:
729:
715:
709:
703:
697:
694:
688:
685:
679:
674:
668:
667:
665:
663:
647:Historic England
643:
634:
627:
621:
618:
607:
604:
598:
589:
583:
573:
567:
566:
564:
562:
548:Historic England
544:
531:
524:Oliver, George,
522:
516:
502:
485:
482:
288:South Sea Bubble
149:William Rosewell
72:Montacute Priory
1063:
1062:
1058:
1057:
1056:
1054:
1053:
1052:
1008:
1007:
997:Kerswell Priory
996:
994:
990:
988:
984:
983:
980:
975:
972:
970:
968:
967:
965:
964:
954:
952:
938:
937:
933:
926:
922:
917:
913:
904:
900:
891:
887:
880:
876:
866:
862:
851:
847:
835:
831:
826:
822:
810:
806:
799:
795:
787:
783:
775:
771:
763:
759:
751:
747:
736:
732:
716:
712:
704:
700:
695:
691:
686:
682:
675:
671:
661:
659:
645:
644:
637:
628:
624:
619:
610:
605:
601:
590:
586:
574:
570:
560:
558:
546:
545:
534:
528:, Exeter, 1820
523:
519:
503:
499:
494:
489:
488:
483:
479:
474:
459:grade II listed
447:
428:Portland Castle
373:
261:
245:
161:
133:
61:
30:Kerswell Priory
25:Kerswell Priory
17:
12:
11:
5:
1061:
1059:
1051:
1050:
1045:
1040:
1035:
1030:
1025:
1020:
1010:
1009:
963:
962:
931:
920:
911:
898:
885:
874:
860:
845:
829:
820:
804:
793:
781:
769:
757:
745:
730:
710:
698:
689:
680:
669:
635:
622:
608:
599:
584:
568:
532:
517:
496:
495:
493:
490:
487:
486:
476:
475:
473:
470:
446:
445:The site today
443:
406:Argent, three
372:
369:
357:Hawkstone Hall
260:
257:
244:
241:
197:Edward Seaward
160:
159:Hill of Priory
157:
153:Henry Rosewell
132:
129:
60:
57:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1060:
1049:
1046:
1044:
1041:
1039:
1036:
1034:
1031:
1029:
1026:
1024:
1021:
1019:
1016:
1015:
1013:
1006:
1003:
951:
950:
945:
941:
935:
932:
929:
924:
921:
915:
912:
908:
902:
899:
895:
889:
886:
883:
878:
875:
872:
869:
864:
861:
858:
855:
849:
846:
842:
838:
833:
830:
824:
821:
817:
813:
808:
805:
802:
797:
794:
790:
785:
782:
779:
773:
770:
767:
761:
758:
755:
749:
746:
742:
739:
734:
731:
728:
724:
720:
714:
711:
708:
702:
699:
693:
690:
684:
681:
678:
673:
670:
658:
657:
652:
648:
642:
640:
636:
632:
626:
623:
617:
615:
613:
609:
603:
600:
597:
594:
588:
585:
581:
577:
572:
569:
557:
553:
549:
543:
541:
539:
537:
533:
530:
527:
521:
518:
514:
510:
506:
501:
498:
491:
481:
478:
471:
469:
467:
464:
460:
456:
451:
444:
442:
440:
435:
433:
429:
425:
421:
419:
415:
412:
409:
401:
397:
395:
390:
387:(1760–1838),
386:
377:
370:
368:
366:
362:
358:
354:
350:
347:of pretence:
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
324:
319:
317:
311:
309:
305:
299:
297:
293:
289:
285:
281:
277:
270:
265:
258:
254:
249:
242:
240:
238:
234:
230:
224:
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
191:
189:
181:
176:
170:
165:
158:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
130:
128:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
105:
103:
102:First Crusade
99:
94:
92:
88:
85:
81:
77:
73:
70:
66:
65:George Oliver
58:
56:
54:
50:
46:
42:
39:
35:
31:
23:
19:
966:
953:. Retrieved
947:
934:
923:
914:
906:
901:
888:
877:
863:
853:
848:
840:
832:
823:
815:
807:
796:
784:
772:
760:
748:
733:
725:, see image
723:Broadhembury
713:
701:
692:
683:
672:
660:. Retrieved
654:
625:
602:
587:
571:
559:. Retrieved
555:
525:
520:
500:
480:
452:
448:
436:
405:
403:
399:
388:
382:
365:Rowland Hill
355:) seated at
348:
345:inescutcheon
340:
336:
332:
328:
326:
321:
313:
301:
284:Inner Temple
274:
269:inescutcheon
252:
233:inescutcheon
228:
226:
193:
185:
180:Broadhembury
168:
134:
121:alien priory
106:
95:
62:
45:Broadhembury
33:
29:
28:
18:
989: /
687:Pole, p.182
633:" (Dugdale)
466:wind-braced
422:(Williams)
420:alternately
131:Dissolution
91:Burlescombe
84:Augustinian
1012:Categories
995: (
973:50°50′57″N
955:23 October
752:See image
719:Clayhanger
705:See image
662:23 October
631:Edward III
492:References
308:Broadlands
296:Broadlands
976:3°19′00″W
791:biography
455:refectory
439:heir male
221:Clehanger
217:Dulverton
209:that City
125:Aquitaine
93:, Devon.
561:10 March
463:medieval
430:and was
424:impaling
385:Polwhele
243:Sydenham
76:Somerset
894:Burke's
620:Dugdale
418:bezants
411:choughs
408:Cornish
145:Dugdale
69:Cluniac
59:History
53:England
38:Cluniac
414:proper
389:Priory
367:, MP.
361:Hodnet
280:Exeter
137:Leland
41:priory
472:Notes
237:Combe
213:Combe
203:Kt a
49:Devon
34:alias
957:2016
664:2016
563:2019
304:Bart
207:for
201:Exon
188:Nash
113:held
80:Pole
199:of
74:in
47:in
1014::
946:.
942:.
839:,
814:,
653:.
649:.
638:^
611:^
554:.
550:.
535:^
104:.
55:.
51:,
999:)
959:.
666:.
565:.
32:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
