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12-600: Roger Wyck (died c.1467) ( alias Wykes, Wycke, Wick, Wicks, Weeke , etc.) of Bindon in the parish of Axmouth in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency) in 1413. He was a younger son of William Wyke of North Wyke in the parish of South Tawton in Devon, by his wife Katherine Burnell, daughter and heires of John Burnell of Cocktree in the parish of South Tawton. He inherited much of his mother's property and "no doubt for this reason" he adopted his maternal canting arms of Burnell Argent,

24-721: A chevron ermines between three burnells proper (where burnells are a type of bird, probably Barnacle geese ) in lieu of his paternal arms of Wyck, which continued to be borne by his elder brothers. North Wyke was long a possession of the Wykes family. Worthy (1896) suggested this family, Latinized to de Wigornia ("from Worcester "), was descended from a certain William de Wigornia, a younger son of Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan (c.1142-1204) and de jure Earl of Worcester , by his marriage with Maud FitzRoy, daughter of Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall . The manor of South Tawton

36-667: A slate roof. 50°42′33″N 3°02′04″W  /  50.7092°N 3.0344°W  / 50.7092; -3.0344 Edmund Lacey Edmund Lacey (or Lacy ; died 1455) was a medieval Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Exeter in England . Lacey was educated at University College, Oxford , where he was a mature commoner , then Fellow , and subsequently Master of the College from 1398 until around 1401. The College prospered and developed under him, as well as under John Appleton and John Castell who followed him. In 1401, Lacey

48-1030: The Court of Chancery to try Bonville for assault, claiming he had broken into his property at Axmouth and had stolen goods worth £20. In May 1451 he was summoned to appear in the Court of Chancery and in 1454 he provided securities in Chancery that Thomas de Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon (1414–1458) would appear before the King's Council, "undertaking on the same occasion that Courtenay would curb his hostile behaviour towards Lord Bonville". At some time before 1422 he married Joan Bingham (d.1462/3), widow of Thomas Cayleway ( alias Kelloway), daughter and heiress of ..... Bingham, of Sutton Bingham in Somerset, and eventual heiress of her grandfather Sir Walter Romsey. Wykes inherited several former Bingham estates from his wife's paternal lands, including

60-622: The Parish of Axmouth," as is stated in the Episcopal register. Roger's great-grandson Richard Wyke died without male progeny, leaving four daughters and co-heiresses. The youngest of these was Mary Wyke who married Walter Erle (died 1581) of Colcombe in the parish of Colyton in Devon, an officer of the Privy Chamber to two wives of King Henry VIII, to his son King Edward VI and the latter's sisters Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. Erle purchased

72-421: The former Member of Parliament for the constituencies of Hornchurch (1970-1974) and Upminster (1974-1983). He died in 2007, but the estate remains in the ownership of his family. The manor house dates from the 11th century , but was extensively rebuilt in the 16th century and has a mid- 20th century extension. It has two stories plus attics and is constructed in stone rubble with freestone dressings and

84-595: The manor of Axmouth following the Dissolution of Syon Monastery of which it had been a possession. Thus Bindon passed to the Erle family, with other former Wyke lands including Charborough in Dorset. After four further generations in the Erle family eventually it passed by a series of heiresses to the Drax family which sold it. In 1962, the estate was purchased by Sir John Loveridge ,

96-591: The manor of Bindon in Axmouth, from Nicholas Bach, which he made his seat. It later became a seat of his descendants the Erle family "with fayre demesnes thereunto belonginge". Much of Wyke's original mansion house survives, including the chapel for which he was licensed by the Bishop of Exeter in 1425. Wyck probably died before September 1467, and is last mentioned in surviving records in June 1467. Bindon, Axmouth Bindon

108-572: The manor of Sutton Bingham and the advowson of its church, to which he made presentations eight times between 1422 and 1467. He inherited even more property due to her inheritance from her grandfather Sir Walter Romsey, including estates in Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. Rockbourne in Hampshire appears to have been the most important of these estates, which involved Wyke in several lawsuits brought by claimants from other Romsey descendants. By his wife he had one son and heir: In 1406 he purchased

120-409: Was acquired from Nicholas Bach by Roger Wyke (died c. 1467) ( alias Wykes, Wycke, Wick, Wicks, Weeke, etc.) a Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency) in 1413, a younger son of William Wyke of North Wyke in the parish of South Tawton in Devon. On 16 July 1425 he was licensed by Edmund Lacey , Bishop of Exeter to "have a chapel within his Manor House of Bindon, in

132-679: Was anciently a possession of the Beaumont family. He was close to the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon and feudal barons of Plympton , and it is likely he was elected as an MP for Plympton due to their influence over that pocket borough . It is possible that Wycke himself was the catalyst for the Bonville–Courtenay feud which erupted in Devon and which ended in the Battle of Clyst Heath (1455) . He certainly had some involvement as in 1427 he petitioned

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144-516: Was appointed Canon of the ninth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle , a position he held until 1417. Around 1414, Lacey was appointed Dean of the Chapel Royal , accompanying King Henry V to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He was elected to the see of Hereford between 21 January and 17 February 1417 and consecrated on 18 April 1417. He was then translated to the see of Exeter on 15 July 1420. While bishop at Exeter, Lacey promoted

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