Ch. IV. 



DE VON SHIRE. 



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rington and St. Stephens near Launceston, 

 and has increased great store of game in 

 his other lands in the parishes of Buckland- 

 inonachorum,Yarcombe, Sempford Spiney, 

 and Brixton, co. Devon ; ill affected per- 

 sons are encouraged to attempt bold prac- 

 tices for killing deer and game, in regard 

 that petitioner has not a grant thereof; 

 prays for a grant to keep the said inclosed 

 grounds a park for deer, and that his other 

 lands may be free-warren unto them.' 

 [Order for the Attorney- General to pre- 

 pare a Bill as prayed, Whitehall, Feb. 28, 

 1631.]' Werrington at present contains 

 368 acres, and a herd of about 630 fallow- 

 deer. 



2. Castle-hill. — The Earl Fortescue's. 

 This is a park of 153 acres, with a herd of 

 about 300 fallow-deer. This is said to be 

 an old park, though not mentioned in the 

 ancient surveys. 



3. Mount-Edgecumbe. — The Earl of 

 Mount-Edgecumbe's, on the sea, close to 

 the borders of Cornwall. 



4. Heanton. — Lord Clinton's, in the 

 parish of Petrockstow, about seven miles 

 from Torrington. 



5. Ugbrook. — Lord Clifford of Chud- 

 leigh's. A park of great natural beauties. 



6. Bicton. — Sir Robert Dennis, who 

 lived in the reign of Elizabeth, rebuilt the 

 old mansion here, and enclosed a deer 

 park. It contains 100 acres, and a small 

 herd of fallow-deer. 



7. Eggesford. — Marked by Saxton. 

 Hon. Newton Fellowe's. Disparked of late 

 years. 



8. Killerton, .belonging to Sir Thomas 

 Ackland, Bart., in the parish of Broad 

 Clist. 



9. Poltimore. — This park, near Exeter, 



' S. P. O. Domestic. Cal. p. 489. 



is mentioned in Saxton's map. Now Lord 

 Poltimore's. 



10. Creedy. — SirJohnDavie,Bart. Now 

 disparked. 



11. Youlston, in the north of Devon- 

 shire, appears in Saxton. The ancient 

 seat of the Chichester family, in the parish 

 of Sherwill ; now disparked. 



12. Clovelly. — Sir James Hamlyn Wil- 

 liams, Bart. 



13. Great Fulford. — The very ancient 

 seat of the venerable family of Fulford. 

 The park is mentioned in the second year 

 of Edward IV., when the king granted to 

 John Staplehill in fee, both Fulford and 

 the park of Fulford, which lately belonged 

 to Sir Baldewin Fulford, Knight, attainted.^ 

 The park is given by Saxton ; it was dis- 

 parked and divided into farms about the 

 year i860. 



14. Little Fulford Park, now called 

 Shobrooke Park. Mr. Hippesley's, con- 

 taining an area of 230 acres, and a herd 

 of 150 fallow-deer, supposed to have been 

 a park for two centuries. 



15. Newenham. — Mr. Strode's, in the 

 parish of Plympton St. Mary. 



16. Ogwell. — Mr. Taylor's; of late years 

 disparked. 



17. Whyddon. — Mr. Bayley's; a park 

 which, according to Lysons, abounds with 

 beautiful scenery; it is in the parish of 

 Moreton Hamstead. 



18. Powderham Castle. — The Earl of 

 Devon's ; stands in the middle of a fine 

 park, surrounded with walls, shaded with 

 lofty elms, and washed by the river 

 Ex. 



Besides these lists of disused and exist- 

 ing Devonshire parks, there are a few 

 others not included in the preceding which 



' Cal. Pat. Rolls, p. 305. 



