Combe Martin Famous People

Combe Martin Famous People
…Martin from King Henry VIII in 1537, is a contentious figure because of his involvement in the Dissolution of the Monasteries> between 1536 and 1540. POLLARD, Richard (by 1…

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…Martin by King Henry VIII.  Pollard owned this manor in the 16th century, with responsibility for its administration including overseeing the local tenants and managing the…

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times

Combe Martin Hemp | Medieval Times
…as a greener and more sustainable textile. Compulsory Hemp Crops for England under the Tudors King Henry VIII (r. 1491-1537) required all farmers to cultivate one-quarter a…

West Challacombe Manor

West Challacombe Manor
…Combe Martin, with over 157 entries in Combe Martin St. Peter ad Vincula Church registers beginning in 1747. Parish registers were introduced on 5th Sept 1538 by Thomas Cromwell, advisor to He…

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin

Early Silver Mining in Combe Martin
…the Mines Royal (of England and Ireland). In 1528 Henry VIII commissioned Höchstetter to oversee the minerals of his realm. The Höchstetter family - international mercantil…

Early Histories

Early Histories
…of the roodloft. These screens and lofts - from where the clergy might conduct liturgical worship - were commonly made of oak. Unbroken communion with the Holy See of Rome lasted until King He…

Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…VIII (r. June 1491 – January 1547) Henry VIII reserved the Combe Martin gold and silver mines, when he sold the manor and borough of Combe Martin in 1537 to Si…

Combe Martin Church Rood

Combe Martin Church Rood
…the Catholic Church which was the only Church in western Europe at the time.  Unbroken communion with the Holy See of Rome lasted until King Henry VIII ended it in 1534.  D…

Churches

Churches
, the first wife of King Henry VIII. The idea was that she might feel closer to God beneath the trees of her homeland. The fifteenth-century roodscreen dado panels in Combe…

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…monarch, Pollard was awarded the manor of Combe Martin by King Henry VIII, in October 1537. As a royal surveyor, Sir Richard Pollard held a position of influence within the…

Combe Martin Industrial History

Combe Martin Industrial History
…to go as far back as the 1500s and the reign of King Henry VIII.  There is much more, and White's Devonshire Directory (1850) et al offer a wider picture: A Fine Cove on th…