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him by King Henry II., whose grandchild Eva was mother 

 unto the Lady Millicent de Montacute, of whom Gilbert 

 Knovill, Knight, held this land. Near about the same 

 time, Adam de Hatch was Lord of Hatch, which formerly 

 belonged to the Arundells of Sampford, in Somersetshire. 

 About the time of King Henry IV., the family of Karswill 

 came to be Lords of this land." 



Sir William Pole says, "Hach Arondell belonged unto 

 the famyly of Arondell, of Sandford Arondell, in Somerset- 

 shire; and in Kinge Edw. I. tyme, Adam de Hach held 

 the same, and John de Hach, anno 19 of Kinge Edw. III.; 

 afterward, in Kinge Henry IV. tyme, Walter Carswell had 

 the same." * * * 



From Prince's "Worthies," we extract the following: — 

 "Sir William Karswill, Knight, was a native of Devon, 

 and the second son of Walter Karswill, of Hach, Esq., 

 in the parish of Loddiswell. A descendant of an ancient 

 and worshipful family of great estate and honour heretofore 

 in these parts, as most others in its time. Their most 

 ancient habitation was also Carswell, in the parish of Hol- 

 berton, near the town of Modbury, from whence they took 

 their name. In process of time they removed to Hach, 

 called Hach Arrondel, as belonging to a noble tribe so sur- 

 named. More anciently this place had owners denominated 

 from their seat, as Adam de Hach in King Edward I. 

 time, and John de Hach in the nineteenth year of King 

 Edward III." Elsewhere it is recorded that "in 1463, 

 Thomas Gyll had license to castellate his house of Hach 

 Arundell, and enclose a park ; " but the place has long 

 been reduced to a farm-house. 



In this parish is situated Hazelwood, the residence of 

 the late Richard Peek, Esq., the "Devonshire magistrate," 



