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Sir William Pole speaks of " Slapton, thauncient inheri- 

 tance of Guy de Bryan, from Kinge Henry II. tyme unto 

 Kinge Henry IV. tyme : " and Leland says " Slaptoun, a 

 praty college toward the shore, is almost in middle way 

 betwixt Dertmouth and Saultcombe Haven. Guy Brien was 

 founder of this college." 



"What is this tower hard by, which man has dismantled, 

 but which the compassionate ivy has mantled round ? This 

 old tower is the only part remaining of the famous chantry 

 built by Sir Guy de Brian, one of the first Knights of 

 the Garter. He was standard bearer to King Edward III. 

 at the battle of Calais, in the year 1349, and was rewarded 

 for his intrepidity by a yearly pension of two hundred 

 marks from the Exchequer. He built this chantry, that 

 when his worn-out frame had sunk to rest, the priests 

 might sing masses for his soul." 



The parish church at Slapton (St. James') is rather a 

 peculiar looking one, with a low spire. 



John Flavel, an eminent Nonconformist minister, retired 

 from Dartmouth, after the passing of the Five Mile Act, 

 to the parish of Slapton. He found an asylum at Hudscott, 

 then a seat of the Rolles (and still the property of that 

 family), where he preached in the great hall at midnight. 



There is a farm near Slapton called Poole, belonging to 

 Mr. Bastard. "Here," we are told, "once lived Admiral 

 Hawkins, who sailed round the world;" and moreover, 

 " there was a Lady Edith Hawkins, of whom village tra- 

 dition still reports that she walked on a velvet carpet 

 from Poole to the church door." 



Probably this was the "Pole" which Sir William Pole 

 describes as " a priory founded by the Lady Joane Pole, 

 wief of Guy de Bryan in Kinge Henry III. tyme. After 



