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He presented to St Mary's Church, Brixham, a 44 ounce silver flagon dated 1704 with a Dublin hallmark.<ref>"St Mary's Church", guidebook, 1948 (Quoted by Sothcott, Jill, in www.fones.org/EnglishFones.html)</ref> In the ''Nethway Chapel'' at the east end of the south aisle of St Mary's Church, Brixham, are buried Thomas Fownes, Vicar 1755-1809, and others of the Fownes family, and several mural monuments to the Fownes and Luttrell families.<ref>http://www.stmarysbrixham.org.uk/index.php?PageID=aboutus</ref> |
He presented to St Mary's Church, Brixham, a 44 ounce silver flagon dated 1704 with a Dublin hallmark.<ref>"St Mary's Church", guidebook, 1948 (Quoted by Sothcott, Jill, in www.fones.org/EnglishFones.html)</ref> In the ''Nethway Chapel'' at the east end of the south aisle of St Mary's Church, Brixham, are buried Thomas Fownes, Vicar 1755-1809, and others of the Fownes family, and several mural monuments to the Fownes and Luttrell families.<ref>http://www.stmarysbrixham.org.uk/index.php?PageID=aboutus</ref> |
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He acquired the fire damaged Nethway House (and estate) in Kingswear, near Dartmouth from the Hody family and carried out the necessary restoration. <ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.bythedart.co.uk/living-in-dartmouth/property/nethway-house-kingswear/|title=Dartmouth's Notable Houses - Nethway House|publisher= By the Dart|accessdate= 30 September 2018}} </ref> |
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Revision as of 18:50, 30 September 2018
John Fownes (1661-1731) of Kittery Court in the parish of Kingswear and of Nethway in the parish of Brixham, both in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth, Devon, in 1713-14.[2]
Origins
He was the eldest son and heir of John Fownes (1640-1670) of Whitleigh (anciently Whitley) in the parish of St Budeaux, near Plymouth, Devon, by his wife Mary Northleigh (1641-1669), a daughter of Henry Northleigh (1612-1675)[3] of Peamore, Exminster, in Devon[4] and sister of Henry Northleigh (1643-1694)[5] of Peamore, thrice MP for Okehampton, Devon. His great grandfather was Thomas Fones (died 1638) of Plymouth in Devon, Mayor of Plymouth in 1619, of Worcestershire origins and the first of his family to have settled in Devon.[6]
Career
He presented to St Mary's Church, Brixham, a 44 ounce silver flagon dated 1704 with a Dublin hallmark.[7] In the Nethway Chapel at the east end of the south aisle of St Mary's Church, Brixham, are buried Thomas Fownes, Vicar 1755-1809, and others of the Fownes family, and several mural monuments to the Fownes and Luttrell families.[8]
He acquired the fire damaged Nethway House (and estate) in Kingswear, near Dartmouth from the Hody family and carried out the necessary restoration. [9]
Marriage & progeny
In 1681 he married Anne Yard,[10] a daughter of Edward Yarde (1638-1703)[11] of Churston Court, Churston Ferrers, Devon, MP for Ashburton in 1685, and sister of Edward Yarde (1668/9-1735) of Churston Court, MP for Totnes in 1695.[12] He had progeny including:
- John Fownes (died 1733) of Kittery Court, a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth in 1715,[13] who married Anne Maddock, a daughter of Samuel Maddock of Tamerton Foliot.[14] His son was Henry Fownes Luttrell (c.1722-1780), of Dunster Castle, Somerset, High Sheriff of Somerset from 1754 to 1755, and a Member of Parliament for Minehead from 1768 to 1774, who married Margaret Luttrell, the heiress of Dunster Castle and added his wife's name to his own to comply with her father's will.
Death & burial
He died on 4 October 1731 and was buried at Brixham.[15]
Further reading
- Cruickshanks, Eveline, biography of Fownes, John (c.1661-1731), of Kittery Court, Devon, published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002[1]
References
- ^ Vivian, p.372
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.373, Pedigree of "Fownes of Plymouth"
- ^ Dates per his ledger stone in Alphington Church
- ^ Vivian, p.373
- ^ Vivian, p.584, pedigree of Northleigh
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.374, pedigree of "Fownes of Plymouth"
- ^ "St Mary's Church", guidebook, 1948 (Quoted by Sothcott, Jill, in www.fones.org/EnglishFones.html)
- ^ http://www.stmarysbrixham.org.uk/index.php?PageID=aboutus
- ^ "Dartmouth's Notable Houses - Nethway House". By the Dart. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Cruickshanks
- ^ Vivian, p.831, pedigree of Yard
- ^ Vivian, p.831, pedigree of Yard
- ^ Cruickshanks
- ^ Vivian, p.373
- ^ Vivian, p.373