'Bampfylde1'
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Families covered: Bampfylde (Bampfield or Bamfield) of Poltimore

BP1934 reports that the manor of Poltimore has been possessed by this family since the reign of Edward I. However, the only person mentioned from a pre-15th century generation was the following John. BP1934 reports that the John (son of Amias by Elizabeth Clifton) who married Elizabeth Drake was "11th in regular descent from the above-mentioned John Bampfylde and Eleanor Beauchamp". The Visitation record, which gives Bamfield as the family name, adds only one more intervening generation.
John Bampfylde of Weston Bampfylde (a 1199)
m. Eleanor Beauchamp (dau of Humphrey Beauchamp)
1. ?? Bampfylde
  A. ?? Bampfylde
  i. ?? Bampfylde
  a. ?? Bampfylde
  According to Commoners (vol I, Pauncefort-Duncombe of Great Brickhill), a Sir William of around this time married Margaret Pauncefort (dau of Walter by Thomasine, dau of John Baumfilde of Poltimore) "and had one son and two daughters."
  (1) ?? Bampfylde
The next 2 generations come from BE1883 (St. Maur).
  (A) William Bampfylde
  m. Margaret Seymour (dau of John Seymour of Rode)
  (i) Sir Edward Bampfylde of Poltimore
  m. Elizabeth Wadham (dau of Sir Michael Wadham)
Sir Edward Bamfylde was Elizabeth's father (by Elizabeth Wadham) and, considering the dates, probably grandfather (rather than father) of Richard.
  (a) ?? Bampfylde
  ((1)) Richard Bampfylde or Bampfield of Poltimore
  m. Elizabeth Sydenham (dau of Sir John Sydenham)
  ((A)) Amias Bampfylde of Poltimore (2nd son) - continued below
  m. Elizabeth Clifton (dau of Sir John Clifton of Barrington)
  ((B)) Ursula Bampfylde
  m. Sir Thomas Fulford of Great Fulford (b c1553, d 31.07.1610)
  ((C))+ other issue - Giles (dvpsp), Elizabeth, Richard, Johanna, Susanna, Maria, Gertrude, Anna, Katherine, Margaret
  (b) Elizabeth Bamfylde possibly of this generation
  m. George Perceval, lord of Tykenham, etc (d c1599)
  (c) Catharine Bamfylde possibly of this generation
  m. Erasmus Pym of Brymmore

 

 

 

Amias Bampfylde of Poltimore - continued above
m. Elizabeth Clifton (dau of Sir John Clifton of Barrington)
1. John Bampfylde of Poltimore (a 1628, 2nd son)
  m. Elizabeth Drake (dau of Thomas Drake of Buckland)
  A. Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Bart of Poltimore (a 1641, 3rd son)
  m. Gertrude Coplestone (dau of Amias Coplestone 'of Warleigh')
i. Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Bart of Poltimore (d 1691)
  m1. Margaret Bulkeley (dau of F. Bulkeley of Burgate)
  a. Hugh Bampfylde (dvp)
  m. Mary Clifford (dau of Hugh Clifford of Boscombe and King's Teignton)
  (1) Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Bart of Poltimore (d 1727)
  m. Gertrude Carew (dau of Sir John Carew, 3rd Bart of Anthony)
(A) Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Bart of Poltimore (d 15.08.1776)
  m. (01.08.1742) Jane Codrington (d 15.02.1789, dau of John Codrington of Wraxhall)
  (i) Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, 5th Bart of Poltimore (b 23.01.1753, d 19.04.1823)
  m. (1776) Catherine Moore (dau of Admiral Sir John Moore, Bart)
  (a)

George Warwick Bampfylde, 1st Lord Poltimore (b 23.03.1786, d 19.12.1858) had issue

  m1. (02.05.1807) Emma Penelope Sneyd (d 24.12.1835, dau of Rev. Ralph Sneyd, cousin)
  m2. (16.03.1836) Caroline Buller (d 29.05.1863, dau of Lt. Gen. Frederick Buller of Pelynt and Lanreath)
  (ii) Gertrude Bampfylde (d 1769)
  m. (1768) Oldfield Bowles of North Aston
(iii) Elizabeth Bampfylde
  m. (07.01.1780) Col. _ Gordon
  (iv) Charlotte Bampfylde
  m. Abel Moysey (MP)
  (v) Harriet Bampfylde
  m. (25.09.1778) George Daniell of Exeter (Dr)
  (vi)+

other issue - John Codrington Warwick (d unm), Amias Warwick (b 24.11.1757, d 22.01.1834), Richard Warwick (b 05.02.1759, d 15.09.1834, rector), Jenny, Mary Frances (d unm), Georgina Sophia (d unm 085.1814)

  (B) Mary Bampfylde
  m1. (01.07.1738) Sir Coventry Carew, 6th Bart of Antony (dsp 21.03.1748)
  m2. Francis (not William) Buller (MP)
(2) John Bampfylde (b 08.04.1690, d 17.09.1750, MP)
  m1. (sp) Elizabeth Basset (dau of ?? Basset of Heanton Court)
  m2. Margaret Warre (dau of Sir Francis Warre, Bart of Hestercombe)
  (A) Coplestone Warre Bampfylde of Hestercombe (dsp 29.08.1791)
  m. Mary Knight (dau of Edward Knight of Woolverley)
  (B) Elizabeth Bampfylde (d unm)
  (C) Margaretta Bampfylde (d 12.1792)
  m. (31.12.1753) George Tyndale of Bathford (b 29.01.1704, d 24.02.1771)
  m2. Jane Pole (dau of Sir Courtenay Pole, Bart of Shute)
  ii. Elizabeth Bampfylde ("eld. daughter") probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Moore of Spargrove
  a. Gertrude Bampfylde (co-heir)
  m. Anthony Methuen of Bradford, Wiltshire (d 1717)
  iii. Dorothy Bampfylde
  m. (by 08.1673) Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Bart of Buckland Monachorum (d 1714)
  iv. Gertrude Bampfylde apparently of this generation
  m. Sir William Morice, 1st Bart of Werrington (d c1690)
  v.+ 3 sons and 5 daughters
  B.+ other issue - Amias, Arthur, Richard, Lewis, Francis, Alexander, daughters
2. Jane Bampfylde
  m. (c1602) Sir Francis Drake, 1st Bart of Buckland Monachorum (d 11.03.1637)
3.+ other issue - Richard (dsp), Elizabeth, Dorothy

Main source(s): BP1934 (Poltimore), Visitation (Devonshire, 1620, Bamfield)
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