42-686: Viscount Exmouth , of Canonteign in the County of Devon , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The title was created in 1816 for the prominent naval officer Edward Pellew, 1st Baron Exmouth . He had already been created a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 18 March 1796 for rescuing the crew of the East Indiaman Dutton . After a succession of commands culminating as Commander of
84-542: A Counsellor at Law and a Justice of the Peace for Devon, whose daughter and sole heiress was Martha Davie who married Sir George Cary (1654–1685) lord of the manor of Clovelly , but who left no children. The de Via arms of Davie of Canonteign are shown on the mural monument in All Saints Church, Clovelly, to Dr. George Cary (1611–1680), lord of the manor of Clovelly , representing his daughter-in-law Martha Davie. Due to
126-720: A canon of the abbey, by Roger Capra, with consent of his wife Petronilla and son William, etc.) Testibus istis: ("with these witnesses:") Goslino de Pomeria cum filiis suis, Henrico, Rogerio, Philippo, Goslino; et Willelmo filio Pagani, cum filiis suis; et Hugone de Rosello, et Christino de Olleyo; Willelmo filio Ricardi; Waltero de Petra ficta; Willelmo de Rosello; Willelmo de Braio; Goslino de Braio; Roberto Buzone; Roberto de Curcell(is) . In 1267, Merton Priory swapped various lands in Normandy for St Mary du Val's lands in Devon and Cornwall, including Tregony , Buckerell and Canonteign. In 1298-9,
168-672: A cross flory argent between four mullets pierced or . An earlier member of this family was Richard Helyar (died 1446), Archdeacon of Cornwall in 1442 and Archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1445, who was buried in the North Choir aisle of Exeter Cathedral . William Helyar (1662–1742) of Coker Court in East Coker , Somerset, and of Canonteign, and owner of a plantation in Jamaica, was Sheriff of Somerset in 1701 and Member of Parliament for Ilchester , Somerset, 1688–90 and for Somerset 1714-22. He
210-433: A daughter and co-heiress of Sir Hugh Wyndham, 1st Baronet (died 1663) of Pilsden Court, Dorset. In 1690 William Helyar (1662–1742) married Joanna Hole (died 1714), a daughter and co-heiress of Robert Hole of Blackhall in the parish of South Tawton , Devon. William Helyar (1720–1783) (grandson), of Coker Court in East Coker , Somerset, and of Canonteign and of Blackhall, Devon. He was Sheriff of Somerset in 1764. He
252-592: A daughter and sole heiress Anne Davie (1617–1637), who married a member of the Trelawny family but died without issue, when her heir to Canonteign became her uncle John Davie of Christow. John Davie of Christow (uncle), second son of Robert Davie (1564-pre-1617). Robert Davie (fl.1633), younger brother, third son of Robert Davie (1564-pre-1617). He married a certain Rachell (fl.1633), and the couple emigrated to New England. He had two sons: William Davie, eldest son and heir,
294-464: A daughter of Sir Hugh Pollard, lord of the manor of King's Nympton , and was the father of Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet (1599–1676), ancestor of the Northcote Earls of Iddesleigh . Gilbert Davie (1583–1627), eldest son and heir, who in 1616 married Gertrude Pollard, a daughter of Sir Hugh Pollard, lord of the manor of King's Nympton , and a sister of Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st Baronet . He left
336-697: A lease granted by him of Combe Lancey dated 8 April 1614 (Devon Record Office Z1/10/202, Shelley Archive), which shows the Davie "Bardolph" arms supposedly granted in 1594 to his uncle John Davie of Exeter and Creedy. He married Anne Northcote (1564–1637), a daughter of John Northcote (died 1587) of Crediton by his wife Elizabeth Dowrish (died 1587) of Dowrish , near Crediton. Anne's brother was John Northcote (1570–1632), of Hayne, Newton St Cyres , near Crediton (whose splendid monument with standing effigy exists in Newton St Cyres Church) who married Susan Pollard,
378-490: A little lower down. The port of Teignmouth , just inside the mouth of the estuary, is visited by ships mostly handling clay, timber and grain. The lower reaches of the river are navigable up to Newton Abbot , although now only to shallow draft boats and those less than 2.9 metres high due to the Shaldon Bridge. The tidal Whitelake Channel of the river connects it to two disused short canals that were both built to serve
420-624: A possession of the Davies of Canonteign until the deaths in 1637 of Gilbert’s great-grand-daughter Anne Davie (the widow Parker, and wife of John Trelawny) and her heir and uncle John Davie of Christow, at which time it passed to a their cousin Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet of Creedy. Gilbert Davie married Mary Gere ( alias Geer ), daughter of John Gere of Hevitree near Exeter. By his wife he had 2 sons: Robert Davie (1564-pre-1617), eldest son and heir, baptised at Crediton in 1564. His seal survives on
462-559: A sunken walled garden with swimming pool. News reports in January 2020 indicated that the owner had attempted in 2019 to obtain consent from the Dartmoor National Park Authority to turn the property into a holiday let for up to 17 guests on a short term basis for no more than 90 days per year. Residents in the area objected to the plan. The application was denied and was modified by the property owner. The revised application
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#1732876955981504-568: Is best known today for the Canonteign Falls waterfall. Canonteign today contains three significant houses: the original Grade I listed 16th-century manor house ("Canonteign Manor House"), the ancient barton house (home farm) ("Canonteign Barton") situated nearby behind a granite wall, and a new mansion house built by the Pellew family in the early 19th century nearby ("Canonteign House"), to which that family moved their residence thereby abandoning
546-629: Is crossed by a clapper bridge near Teigncombe. On its bank near the confluence with the Walla Brook is the Tolmen Stone that is perforated by a large circular hole. The second source rises near Grey Wethers and forms the shorter South Teign which flows through the Fernworthy Forest and a reservoir of the same name. The two rivers combine at Leigh Bridge near Chagford to form the Teign, which leaves
588-583: The English Channel at Teignmouth . The river-name 'Teign' is first attested in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 739, where it appears as Teng . The name is pre-Roman, related to the Welsh taen meaning 'sprinkling', or 'spread out' and means simply 'stream'. The river lends its name to several places, including Teigncombe, Drewsteignton , Canonteign , Teigngrace , Kingsteignton (at one time, one of England's largest villages), Bishopsteignton , Teignharvey , and
630-729: The Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, was taken prisoner, carried to London, and executed for treason. John Berry's role in the Rebellion is described as follows in a contemporary tract: The Western Rebellion (1913) states: The estate was then granted to William Gibbs, having presumably escheated to the crown. In the 17th century Canonteign was owned by the Gibbon family, and a monument survives in Christow Church to Elizabeth Gibbon (died 1660) and Thomas Gibbon (no date). An heiress of
672-651: The Tottiford, Kennick, and Trenchford Reservoirs . Passing Chudleigh and Chudleigh Knighton , the river flows through the Bovey Basin where ball clay is extracted, then between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbot , where, during its operation from 1898 to 1974, the Newton Abbot power station drew its cooling water from the river, discharging it back into the River Lemon , which joins the Teign downstream. Below Newton Abbot
714-649: The ball clay trade in the area. The Stover Canal heads to Teigngrace (with the River Teign also supplying the header pond); it was built to serve ball clay operations, but later it was the terminus of the Haytor Granite Tramway , carrying granite. The second connection was to the Hackney Canal , only 0.6 miles long, that connected the river to a ball clay quarry at Hackney Clay Cellars in Kingsteignton (now
756-534: The 97th of the 99 manors or other landholdings held by Geoffrey de Montbray (died 1093), Bishop of Coutances , and was occupied by his tenant Geoffrey de Trelly, lord of the manor of Trelly in Normandy , today in the département of Manche , France. Teign passed to the Feudal barony of Gloucester . It later came into the possession of the de la Pomeroy family, feudal barons of Berry Pomeroy in Devon. In about 1125 it
798-455: The Gibbon family is supposed to have brought it to the Davie family. The first member of the Davie family to have lived at the estate of Canonteign appears to have been Gilbert Davie (fl.16th c.), the second son of Robert Davie (d. circa 1570), a wealthy cloth merchant from Crediton , Devon. At sometime between 1559 and 1578 Gilbert Davie (or possibly his father) acquired the manor of Combe Lancey , near Ruxford and Creedy , which remained
840-589: The Mediterranean Fleet, he was created Baron Exmouth , of Canonteign in the County of Devon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1814. He was created a Viscount, with the same designation, for the successful bombardment of Algiers in 1816, which secured the release of the 1,000 Christian slaves in the city. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Viscount , who represented Launceston in Parliament. On
882-548: The Peace . In 1777 he married Elizabeth Hawker (died 1834), second daughter and co-heiress of William Hawker of Luppitt, Devon, by his wife Elizabeth Welman, daughter and heiress of Thomas Welman of Poundisford Lodge, Somerset, youngest son of Isaac Welman of Poundisford Park, Pitminster, near Taunton, Somerset. In 1812 he sold the manors of Canonteign and Christow to Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Baronet , later Viscount Exmouth "of Canonteign". The Helyar family continued to reside at Poundisford Lodge until after 1937. The old manor house
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#1732876955981924-536: The brief period he held it, nor did he claim his seat in the House of Lords. Only six months after succeeding to his titles, the sixth Viscount died. He was succeeded by his son, the seventh Viscount , a naturalised U.S. citizen and professor of chemistry. Having succeeded to the peerage, the seventh Viscount returned to England in 1923 and again became a British subject, taking his seat in the House of Lords in 1931. Upon his death without any surviving issue in 1945, this line of
966-493: The death in 1922 of the second Viscount's great-grandson, the fifth Viscount , this line of the family failed. He was succeeded by his 94-year-old first cousin twice removed, the sixth Viscount . He was the son of the Very Reverend and Hon. George Pellew , Dean of Norwich , third son of the first Viscount. Partly due to having become a U.S. citizen, and partly due to his advanced age, the sixth Viscount did not use his title for
1008-593: The family also failed. The title then passed to the seventh Viscount's second cousin, the eighth Viscount. He was the grandson of the Reverend and Hon. Edward Pellew, fourth son of the first Viscount. His son, the ninth Viscount, married María Luisa de Urquijo y Losada, Marquesa de Olías [ es ] , a title of Spanish nobility that was created by King Philip IV in 1652. They were succeeded in their respective titles by their son, Paul Pellew , as 10th Viscount Exmouth and 9th Marquess of Olías . The family seat
1050-454: The foreclosure of a mortgage, Canonteign passed to the Helyar family, which lived for some time there. The Helyar family of Canonteign traces its ancestry back to Rev. William Helyar (1559–1645) Doctor of Divinity , Archdeacon of Barnstaple , Devon, and a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I , who purchased the manor of Coker and obtained a grant of arms from the herald William Camden in 1607: Azure,
1092-462: The hand of Richard (1107–1133) Bishop of Bayeux , to the church of St. Mary du Val ( que dicitur “Valle” ) to the canons there serving God, according to the rule of St. Augustine, in cloistered community, with all that follows: 60 acres in the parish of St. Omer, etc. … and half his swine and those of his heirs, when killed ( occisionem porcorum ) in Normandy, and the tithe of his mares in Normandy and England and 40 shillings sterling (de Esterlins) from
1134-530: The moor on its eastern side, flowing beneath Castle Drogo in a steep-sided valley. Near Dunsford there is a nature reserve on the east bank. It then flows southwards at the east edge of the moor through a steep-sided valley along which ran the Teign Valley Line providing rail service to the villages in the vicinity until its closure in 1967. Near Trusham the Beadon Brook joins, bringing overspill from
1176-661: The old manor house. Its name serves to distinguish it from several other ancient manors or estates situated in the valley of the River Teign such as Teigncombe, Drewsteignton (held by the Drewe family), Teigngrace (held by the Grace family), Kingsteignton (a royal manor), Bishopsteignton (held by the Bishop of Exeter ) and Teignharvey . In the Domesday Book of 1086 'Teigne' is listed as
1218-617: The priory was in litigation with Henry Pomeroy over this and other lands, but they settled their disputes and Merton retained its Devon lands. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries Canonteign was granted by the crown to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (c.1485-1554/5), Lord Lieutenant of Devon , amongst the huge grants he received in Devon (most notably Tavistock Abbey ) and elsewhere from King Henry VIII. Russell sold it to John Berry ( alias Bury), who having been engaged in
1260-465: The remains of the previous constructions. Mr. P. T. Taylor, who investigated the matter at the time, gave as his opinion that: the last or upper work was done in the sixteenth century, and that the red bridge had been built on the salt marsh in the thirteenth century; since which time there has been an accumulation of soil to the depth of ten feet. He supposes the wooden bridge to be old as the Conquest, and
1302-552: The rents ( gablo ) of Berry-Pomeroy ( Bercium ) every year on August 1, and the church and tithe of Berry, etc. and in England (sic) the tithe of his swine and of his mills of Berry etc. … and in England a manor called (Canon) Teign ( Tigneam ), and his chaplainry in England, namely, the tithe of wool, and cheese, and porkers, and lambs at Ottery ( Otrevum ), and all belonging to his chaplainry ( capellarie ) in England etc. … (Other gifts in Normandy by William son of Payn and Richard his son,
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1344-531: The river turns abruptly to the east and becomes tidal, widening to form the Teign Estuary, a large ria that reaches the English Channel at Teignmouth. Fingle Bridge is a Grade II* listed structure that crosses the river near Drewsteignton on Dartmoor. Until 1827 the most downstream bridge was Teign Bridge at Teigngrace. When it was being rebuilt in 1815 it became apparent that at least four successive bridges had been erected at various times with or over
1386-459: The second largest settlement along its course, Teignmouth . However, the villages of Combeinteignhead and Stokeinteignhead , on the other side of the estuary from Bishopsteignton, are not named after the river. The River Teign rises on Dartmoor , as do many other major Devonian rivers. It has two separate sources: one rises at Teign Head, forming the North Teign which flows northeast where it
1428-501: The site of a retail park), through what is now Newton Abbot Racecourse . The river has been kayaked at least from Leigh Bridge (the confluence of the North and South Teign) at SX68358765 to Steps Bridge at SX80438835 , rated as grade 2 to 3. There is also a single high-grade, very technical drop. The Teign estuary is known for flounder fishing; a British record specimen was caught here in 1994. Other species include grey mullet in
1470-476: The white stone bridge to have been Roman work. In 1976 a viaduct was built across the top of the estuary just below Newton Abbot to carry the newly diverted A380 road . The viaduct is about 550 m (0.34 mi) long and has eleven spans. Since 1827 the lowest road crossing has been Shaldon Bridge that now carries the A379 near the mouth of the estuary. A passenger ferry between Teignmouth and Shaldon operates
1512-729: Was Canonteign House , near Exeter in Devon . The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Edward Francis Pellew (born 1978). Canonteign Canonteign (originally "Canons' Teign") is an historic tything in the parish of Christow , near Chudleigh , in South Devon , England and situated in the valley of the River Teign . The 'canon' in the name refers to the Augustinian canons regular , either of St Mary du Val in Normandy or of Merton Priory , which owned it for several centuries. It
1554-604: Was granted by Jocelyn de la Pomeray to the Canons of the Augustinian Abbey of St Mary du Val, Bayeux, Normandy, as is evidenced by the following charter of the Augustinian Abbey of St Mary du Val, Bayeux, published in 1899 by J. Horace Round in his Calendar of Documents Preserved in France: 918-1206 (No.1455) Charter of Goslin de Pomeria, giving, with consent of Emma his wife, and Henry, Roger, Philip, Goslin, and Ralph his sons, by
1596-526: Was restored in the 1970s and in November 2015 the Grade I listed 16th century "Canonteign Manor House" with 10 acres (4 ha) of garden and parkland was sold to a Chinese investor Liqun Peng for £2 million by estate agents Savills, Exeter branch. In 2015, the manor had been listed as featuring four reception rooms, a long gallery (serving as a gym), 7 bedroom suites, a 2nd floor office & staff flat and
1638-477: Was stated as one of the amenities. Other sources indicated that the manor had received "extensive and sympathetic renovation". It was listed as a 10-bedroom home over three floors, with a great hall, library, a huge gym and a self-contained flat. River Teign The River Teign / ˈ t iː n / is a river in the county of Devon , England. It is 31 mi (50 km) long and rises on Dartmoor , becomes an estuary just below Newton Abbot and reaches
1680-414: Was tentatively approved on 16 June 2020 on the basis that the property would not be used as a holiday let until the outdoor swimming pool was "decommissioned and fenced from the application site". A Country Life (magazine) article on 20 June 2020 indicated that the property was on the market through estate agents Fine & Country South Devon with a guide price of £3.5 million; the "heated swimming pool"
1722-473: Was the only son of William Helyar (1693–1723) (eldest son and heir apparent of William Helyar (1662–1742), whom he predeceased) by his wife Mary Goddard, daughter of John Goddard of Gillingham, Dorset. In 1743 he married Betty Weston (died 1786), a daughter and co-heiress of William Weston of Callew Weston in Dorset. William Helyar (1745–1820), eldest son and heir, of Coker Court and Sedghill, Wiltshire, Justice of
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1764-534: Was the son and heir of Colonel William Helyar (1621/2-1697) of Coker, Sheriff of Somerset in 1661, who as a Royalist during the Civil War had raised a troop of horse for King Charles I and was a colonel in the king's army. In 1643 he had surrendered to Fairfax and was in the City of Exeter at its surrender in 1646. His estates were sequestered and he compounded for £1,522. Col. Helyar married Rachel Wyndham (died 1678),
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