'Edgcumbe1'
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Families covered: Edgcombe of Devon, Edgcumbe (Edgecumbe) of Mount Edgcumbe

BP1934 reported that this family "derives its surname from Eggecomb, near Milton Abbot" in Devon.
William de Eggecomb (d 1380)
m. Hillaria de Cotenele (dau/heir of William de Cotenele of Cotenele)
1. William Edgcomb (a 1418)
  m. _ Denset
  A. Peter Edgecomb
  m. Elizabeth Holland (dau/heir of Richard Holland)
  i. Sir Richard Edgecomb of Totness Castle & Cornworthy, Sheriff of Devon (d 1499, comptroller of the Household of Henry VII)
  m. Joan Tremayne (dau of Thomas Tremayne of Colacomb)
  a. Sir Piers Edgcombe, Sheriff of Devon (a 1513)
  m. Jane Durnford (dau/heir of Stephen Durnford of East Stonehouse)
(1) Sir Richard Edgecomb of Mount Edgecomb (formerly West Stonehouse), Sheriff of Devon (a 1553)
  Visitation shows only Sir Richard's marriage to _ Tregian (shown as mother of Peter) but BP1934 mentions only his 2nd wife Winfred Essex and notes that it was she who was mother of Peter.
  m1. _ Tregian of Cornwall
  m2. Winfred Essex (dau of William Essex of Wiltshire)
(A) Peter Edgcumbe of Mount Edgecumb, Sheriff of Devon (d 1607)
  m. Margaret Luttrell (dau of Sir Andrew Luttrell of Dunster Castle)
  (i) Sir Richard Edgecumb of Mount Edgecumb
  m1. Anne Cary (dsp 01.1625, dau of George Cary of Cokington)
  m2. Mary Cottle (dau/heir of Sir Thomas Cottle or Coteel or Cotules of London)
(a) Piers Edgecumbe of Mount Edgecumbe (b c1609, d 1660) - continued below
  m. Mary Glanvil (dau of Sir John Glanvil of Broad Hinton)
  (b) Richard Edgecumbe (b c1612)
  (C) Catherine Edgcumbe probably of this generation
  m. Henry Champernowne of Modbury
  (ii) Margaret Edgcumbe
  m. Sir Edward Denny
(iii) Katherine Edgcumbe
  m. Edmond Predeaux of Netherton (b 1554, d 23.03.1628)
  (iv) Elizabeth Edgcumbe
  m. Sir John Speccot
  (v) Anne Edgcumbe
  m1. Richard Trefusis
  m2. Ambrose Mannington of South Petherwin
  (vi)+ other issue - Peter (Peirse), Edward of Bodryan, John (dsp), Andrew in London
  (B) Catherine Edgcumbe probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Carew of Antony (a 1563)
  b. Margaret Edgcombe
  m. Sir William Courtenay of Powderham (d 24.11.1535)
  c. Agnes Edgcombe
  m. William Trevanion of Cornwall
  d. Elizabeth Edgcombe
  m. Weymond Raleigh of Raleigh

 

 

Piers Edgecumbe of Mount Edgecumbe (b c1609, d 1660) - continued above
m. Mary Glanvil (dau of Sir John Glanvil of Broad Hinton)
1. Sir Richard Edgecumbe of Mount Edgecumbe (d 1688)
  m. Anne Montagu (d 14.03.1729, dau of Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich)
  A. Richard Edgecumbe, 1st Lord of Mount Edgecumbe (bpt 23.04.1680, d 22.11.1758, Major General, 3rd son)
  m. (12.03.1715) Matilda Furnese (b 1698-9, d 09.03.1721, dau of Sir Henry Furnese, 1st Bart of Waldershare, by Matilda, dau of Sir Thomas Vernon)
  i. Richard Edgecumbe, 2nd Lord of Mount Edgecumbe (b 02.08.1716, d unm 1761)
  ii. George Edgecumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgecumbe (b 03.03.1720, d 04.02.1795, Admiral)
m. (06.08.1761) Emma Gilbert (b 28.07.1729, d 26.12.1807, dau/heir of John Gilbert, Archbishop of York, by Margaret Sherard, sister of Philip, 2nd Earl of Harborough)
  a. Richard Edgecumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgecumbe (b 13.09.1764, d 26.09.1839)
  m. (21.02.1789) Sophia Hobart (b 05.04.1768, d 17.08.1806, dau of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire)
  (1) William Richard Edgecumbe, 'Viscount Valletort' (b 19.11.1794, dvp unm 29.10.1818)
  (2) Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgecumbe (b 23.03.1797, d 03.09.1861) had issue
m. (03-6.12.1831) Caroline Augusta Feilding (b 22.01.1808, d 02.11.1881, dau of Rear Admiral Charles Feilding by Elizabeth Theresa, dau of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester)
  (3) George Edgecumbe (b 23.06.1800, d 18.02.1882) had issue
  m. (19.05.1834) Fanny Lucy Shelley (d 11.05.1899, dau of Sir John Shelley, 6th Bart)
  (4) Emma Sophia Edgecumbe (d 28.01.1872)
  m. (24.07.1828) John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow (d 15.09.1853)
  (5) Caroline Edgecumbe (d 10.04.1824)
  m. (13.02.1812) Reginald George Macdonald, chief of Clanronald (d 11.03.1873)
  B.+ 2 sons (dvp)
2. Winifred Edgecumbe (d 11.06.1694)
  m. Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry (d 15.07.1699)
3. Katherine Edgecumbe probably of this generation
  m. Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Bart of Tortworth

Main source(s): BP1934 (Mount Edgcumbe) with some support/input for the upper section from Visitation (Devon, 1620, Edgcombe)
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