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'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 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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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