'Chudleigh1'
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Families covered: Chudleigh of Ashton, Chudleigh of Chalmington

Descended from John Chudleigh (a 1320), who married Thomasine Prous, heiress of Ashton (dau of Richard Prous, son of Sir Richard), was ...

Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton, Devon

m. Jane (dau of Sir John De (Dee or Do?))
1. James Chudleigh of Ashton
  m. (mcrt 1476) Margaret Stourton (dau of William, Lord Stourton)
  A. William Chudleigh of Ashton
  m. John Hody (dau of Sir William Hody of Dorset)
i. Sir Richard Chudleigh of Ashton
  m. Mary Wadham (dau of Sir Nicholas Wadham of Merifeld)
  a. Christopher Chudleigh of Ashton the first mentioned by Visitation
  m. Christiana Stretchley (dau of William Stretchley of Stretchley)
  (1) Stretchley Chudleigh (dsp(vp?))
(2) John Chudleigh of Ashton
  m. Elizabeth Speke (dau of Sir George Speke of Whtlackington)
  (A) Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Bart of Ashton (d 1657)
  m. Mary Strode (dau of Sir William Strode or Stroud of Newnham)
(i) Sir George Chudleigh, 2nd Bart of Ashton (d 1691, 2nd son)
  m. Elizabeth Fortescue (dau of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh)
  (a) John Chudleigh (d unm)
  (b) Sir George Chudleigh, 3rd Bart of Ashton (d 1710)
  m. Mary Lee (d 1710, dau of Richard Lee of Winslade)
  ((1)) Sir George Chudleigh 'of Haldon', 4th Bart of Ashton (d 10.10.1738)
  m. Frances Davie (dau of Sir William Davie, Bart of Creedy)
  ((A)) Mary Chudleigh
  m. (1747-8) Humphrey Prideaux of Place
((B)) Frances Chudleigh
  m. Sir John Chichester, Bart
  ((C)) Margaret Chudleigh
  m. (1755) Sir Henry Oxenden, Bart
((2)) Thomas Chudleigh (Colonel)
  m. Harriet
  ((A)) Sir Thomas Chudleigh, 5th Bart (d unm 06.1741)
  ((B)) Elizabeth Chudleigh (d 16.08.1788)
  m1. (05.08.1744, div 1769) Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol (b 19.05.1724, dspl 22.12.1779)
  p/m2. Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-Upon-Hull (b 1711, dsp 23.09.1773)
  (c) Hugh Chudleigh of Westminster
  m. Susan Strode (dau of Sir Richard Strode of Newenham, sister/heir of John of Chalmington)
  ((1)) George Chudleigh of Chalmington (d 1730)
  m. Isabella Garniere of Westminster
  ((A)) Sir John Chudleigh of Chalmington, 6th Bart (d unm 01.08.1745)
  ((B)) Susannah Chudleigh
  m. Rev. Nathan Haines
  ((i)) Hugh Chudleigh Haines
  ((C)) Anne George Chudleigh
  m. Rev. Samuel Strong
  (d) Elizabeth Chudleigh
  m. _ Hunt of Chudleigh
  (e) Grace Chudleigh
  m. Thomas Gibbon of Exeter
(f) Jane Chudleigh
  m. Roger Strode of Devon
  (g) Dorothy Chudleigh
  m. Charles Ford of Exeter
  (ii) Thomas Chudleigh not mentioned by Visitation, shown by BEB1841 as older than Sir James
  m. _ Vaughan
  (a) Thomas Chudleigh
  m. Elizabeth Cole of Oxfordshire
  (iii) Mary Chudleigh
  m1. (Hugh) Clifford of Ugbrooke (b c1603, d 1639)
  m2. _ Cole of Oxfordshire
  (iv)+ other issue - John (b c1606, a 1620, dvp), William (b c1616), Sir James (b c1617, d unm, Colonel), Christopher (b c1617, a 08.1620), Richard (b c1619), Elizabeth, Dorothy, Anne
Visitation ends with naming the children of this generation and ageing them as in 1620. BEB1841 reports the marriages of 3 daughters but does not name them. Mary (above) was identified through the cross-reference in this database. Other of the daughters married as follows:
 
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daughter
  m. _ Rolle of Devonshire
 
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daughter
  m. _ Ashford of Ashford
(B) Sir John Chudleigh (b c1584, a 09.1625)
  (C) Alice Chudleigh mentioned by BEB1841 only
  m. (1659) Sir William Langham of Cottesbrooke (d 1663-4)
  (D) Bridget Chudleigh mentioned by both BEB1841 & Visitation
  m. Sir Richard Carew, Bart of East Anthony
  (E) Dorothy Chudleigh mentioned by Visitation only
  m. Sir Reginald Mohun of Cornwall
  (2) Elizabeth Chudleigh probably of this generation
  m. Peter Carew of Bickley (a 1620)

Main source(s): BEB1841 (Chudleigh of Ashton) with some support from Visitation (Devon, 1620, Chudleigh)
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