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After the death of Thomas in 1812, the manor was inherited by his younger brother the Rev. Edward
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Morebath, Huntsham was purchased firstly by the Lucas family, and then by the Troyte family, of which William Troyte was the owner in 1801, and Thomas Troyte in 1810.
519:. On his death in 1857 the manor passed to his eldest son Charles Arthur Williams Troyte (1842â1896) who, following his marriage in 1864, demolished the old manor house and built the present country house,
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where his half-brother, Richard Bere (1659â1724), established his own family in about 1688. On the extinction of the descendants of Thomas, Richard's branch soon became the senior line of the Bere family.
523:, to Ferrey's design. After Charles's death the manor passed to his second son Hugh Leonard Acland-Troyte (1870â1918), who was killed in the First World War, then to Charles's third son,
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Bampton Down to the north west, where it reaches a maximum height of 914 feet (279 m). In 2001 the population of the parish was 138, down from 222 in 1901.
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manor house and the adjacent parish church were both in a poor state of repair. By his will he bequeathed his estates to Arthur Henry Dyke Acland (1811â1857), second son of
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Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp.2290â1, pedigree of Acland-Troyte of Huntsham Court
527:(1876â1964) who dying childless left the estate to his nephew John Acland-Troyte (1914â1988) who died without heir and thus ended the families connection to Huntsham.
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Pole further stated that in 1309 Robert Beare was the owner, from whom the descent of the manor has been traced through that family, to
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555:"Map of Devon Parishes"
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