Bindon, Axmouth
Bindonis a historicmanor,house and estate in the parish ofAxmouthin Devon, England. The house is agrade II* listed building.[1]
History
[edit]Bindon was acquired from Nicholas Bach byRoger Wyke(died c. 1467) (aliasWykes, Wycke, Wick, Wicks, Weeke, etc.) aMember of ParliamentforPlympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)in 1413, a younger son of William Wyke ofNorth Wykein the parish ofSouth Tawtonin Devon. On 16 July 1425 he was licensed byEdmund Lacey,Bishop of Exeterto "have a chapel within his Manor House of Bindon, in the Parish of Axmouth," as is stated in the Episcopal register.[2]Roger's great-grandson Richard Wyke died without male progeny, leaving four daughters and co-heiresses. The youngest of these was Mary Wyke who marriedWalter Erle(died 1581) ofColcombein the parish ofColytonin Devon, an officer of thePrivy Chamberto two wives of King Henry VIII,[3]to his son King Edward VI and the latter's sisters Queen Mary I[4]and Queen Elizabeth I.[5][6]Erle purchased the manor of Axmouth following theDissolutionofSyon Monasteryof which it had been a possession.[7]Thus Bindon passed to the Erle family, with other former Wyke lands includingCharboroughin Dorset. After four further generations in the Erle family eventually it passed by a series of heiresses to the Drax family which sold it.[8]
In 1962, the estate was purchased bySir John Loveridge,the formerMember of Parliamentfor the constituencies ofHornchurch(1970-1974) andUpminster(1974-1983). He died in 2007, but the estate remains in the ownership of his family.[9][10]
Manor House
[edit]The manor house dates from the15th century,but was extensively rebuilt in the16th centuryand has a mid-20th centuryextension. It has two stories plus attics and is constructed in stone rubble with freestone dressings and a slate roof.[1]
Sources
[edit]- Hamilton Rogers, William Henry,Memorials of the West, Historical and Descriptive, Collected on the Borderland of Somerset, Dorset and Devon,Exeter, 1888, pp. 375–82,Axmouth and Bindon[4]
- Pole, Sir William(died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon,Sir John-William de la Pole(ed.), London, 1791, p. 124,Bindon
- Risdon, Tristram(died 1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p. 26
- Pevsner, Nikolaus& Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p. 181
References
[edit]- ^ab"Bindon Manor House".National Heritage List for England.Historic England.Retrieved14 August2024.
- ^Hamilton-Rogers, p.376
- ^Sandon
- ^Pole, Sir William(died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon,Sir John-William de la Pole(ed.), London, 1791, p.123
- ^History of Parliamentbiography of Walter Erle (1586–1665)[1]
- ^"The Henrician Partbooks belonging to Peterhouse, Cambridge (Cambridge University Library, Peterthouse Manuscripts 471-474): A Study, with Restorations of the Incomplete Compositions Contained in them". Submitted by Nicholas John Sandon to the University of Exeter as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Music in the Faculty of Arts February 1983. Revised summer 2009 for inclusion in DIAMM (Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music) Source:Chapters I-II[2]Archived2013-05-13 at theWayback Machine;Chapter III, Volume I: "The Composers in Ph", pp.81-114, including Walter Erle (died 1581), pp.86-96[3]Archived2013-05-14 at theWayback Machine
- ^Risdon, pp.25-6
- ^Hamilton Rogers, p.382
- ^"Sir John Loveridge".The Daily Telegraph.28 November 2007.
- ^"Sir John Loveridge".The Independent.20 November 2007.Retrieved14 August2024.