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Sir Edmund Fowell, 1st Baronet

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19: 163:(d.1677) of Brook Hall, in the parish of Buckfastleigh, Devon, known to posterity as "Dirty Dick", and believed to be the inspiration for the wicked Hugo Baskerville, "the first of his family to be hounded to death when he hunted an innocent maiden over the moor by night", one of the central characters in 486: 153:
Edmond Fowell (1637-1632) of Penquit, 3 miles east of Fowelscombe, 3rd son, who married Bridget Browne, a daughter of Thomas Browne of East Allington, but died leaving no sons.
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He was the 3rd son and eventual heir of Arthur Fowell (born 1552) of Fowelscombe, by his wife Maria Reynell, a daughter of Richard Reynell (d.1585) of East Ogwell in Devon,
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He inherited the paternal estates on the death of his elder brother Arthur Fowell (1582-1612), who drowned in an accident at Ford. He was knighted at
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Argent, a chevron sable on a chief gules three mullets pierced of the first
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A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
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Fowell died in 1674 at the age of 81 and was buried in Ugborough Church.
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after 1648. He was a member of the parliamentary committee and was a
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles - Hunting the Dartmoor Legend
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Anthony Fowell (1636-1636), second son, died in infancy.
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Thomas Fowell (1638-1639), 4th son, died in infancy.
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on 3 November 1619. In November 1640 he was elected
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Index


Fowelscombe
parish
Ugborough
Devon
Member of Parliament
Ashburton
Sheriff of Devon
Greenwich Palace
Member of Parliament
Ashburton
Long Parliament
Rump Parliament
Deputy Lieutenant
Civil War
Committee for Sequestration
baronet
Anthony Poulett
Governor of Jersey
Queen Elizabeth I
John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett
Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet
Richard Cabell
Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh


Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.

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