Branscombe Devon
Memorial with coat of arms on the north nave wall:
"Sacred to the memory of John Stuckey of Weston, esq , the only surviving issue of Robert Stuckey esq and Mary www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/TYr5kiS123 his excellent wife, the sole daughter and heiress of William Bartlett of Hole in this parish, gent , His superior talents, elegant accomplishments, and many estimable qualities, amply listed him for the most refined society; and his knowledge in the laws of this Country, highly qualified him for the very important duties of a magistrate, which he discharged with the greatest independence and integrity, and with consummate ability And though advanced years and their infirmities occasioned his retirement from the world, yet he preserved to the last, those active powers of mind and memory for which he had been so eminently conspicuous through life.
He died unmarried on the 26th day of January 1810 aged 91 years This monument was erected by Barnaby John Stuckey Bartlett, his relation and sole executor, in testimony of the most grateful and affectionate regard for his memory"
Arms. — Quarterly Stuckey and Bartlett.
Next on the wall is his funeral hatchment : www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Gaiq293k3j
Despite the good words on his monument, the parish register says: "He died possessed of vast worldly property which, after he had long possessed without enjoying and without using, he was at length constrained to leave to others. Buried 3 February".
Possibly written at the behest of the vicar Rev Puddicombe with whom he did not get along, describing him in 1801 to his cousin Thomas Langdon as "Our Methodist raving, ranting preacher, Puddicombe, is become the most intolerable scoundrel that ever a parish was cursed with”
John lived at Weston House which he built - it was burnt to the ground during the tenure of Stuckey Bartlett, Esq., & was never been rebuilt jsbookreader.blogspot.com/2014/08/weston-house-ruined-dev... -
A map, entitled ‘Manor of Branscombe’, was drawn up by Messrs Bradley and Summers of Taunton in 1810, for Barnaby John Stuckey Bartlett and Vincent Stuckey who were the co-heirs of John Stuckey of Weston, Branscombe, who died that year aged 91, unmarried. Barnaby J. Bartlett (who then took the name & arms of Stuckey) was John Stuckey’s cousin. Vincent Stuckey was a partner in Stuckey’s Bank at Langport in Somerset, and probably his banker (if related, it was only distantly).
The map showed the leasehold and copyhold properties which John Stuckey had held from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral, the Lords of the Manor. He also owned freehold property in Branscombe, which is marked as such but not mapped in detail because it was not, legally speaking, part of the manor.
By the time he died, John Stuckey was the chief landowner in Branscombe, and since he (with others) also held the lease of the lordship of the manor, he was in effect squire of the village.
He has left the bulk of his fortune, above 6000l. per annual, to his relative, B. Bartlett, esq. of the General Post-office, nephew to Mr. Palmer, of Bath. Mr. Stuckey has likewise left 3000l. per annum to Vincent Stuckey, esq. of the Treasury … Mr. Latouch and Mr. Stuckey, of Weston house, near Sidmouth, who died on the same day, are said to have possessed property to the amount of nearly a million sterling.
The farms and other holdings descended to the Langdons of Chard and to Vincent Stuckey’s sons, and (by purchase) to the Fords of Lower House, Branscombe, and others.
The map and apportionments eventually came into the possession of the Ford family, possibly with the deeds of farms rented from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter by John Ford, and possibly when John Ford’s grandson Henry bought the manor outright from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1868. They were presented to the Devon Record Office by the Fords’ descendant Perry Tucker of Branscombe in 2011. www.branscombeproject.org.uk/page38.html )
- Church of St Winifred, Branscombe Devon
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Branscombe Devon
Memorial with coat of arms on the north nave wall:
"Sacred to the memory of John Stuckey of Weston, esq , the only surviving issue of Robert Stuckey esq and Mary www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/TYr5kiS123 his excellent wife, the sole daughter and heiress of William Bartlett of Hole in this parish, gent , His superior talents, elegant accomplishments, and many estimable qualities, amply listed him for the most refined society; and his knowledge in the laws of this Country, highly qualified him for the very important duties of a magistrate, which he discharged with the greatest independence and integrity, and with consummate ability And though advanced years and their infirmities occasioned his retirement from the world, yet he preserved to the last, those active powers of mind and memory for which he had been so eminently conspicuous through life.
He died unmarried on the 26th day of January 1810 aged 91 years This monument was erected by Barnaby John Stuckey Bartlett, his relation and sole executor, in testimony of the most grateful and affectionate regard for his memory"
Arms. — Quarterly Stuckey and Bartlett.
Next on the wall is his funeral hatchment : www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Gaiq293k3j
Despite the good words on his monument, the parish register says: "He died possessed of vast worldly property which, after he had long possessed without enjoying and without using, he was at length constrained to leave to others. Buried 3 February".
Possibly written at the behest of the vicar Rev Puddicombe with whom he did not get along, describing him in 1801 to his cousin Thomas Langdon as "Our Methodist raving, ranting preacher, Puddicombe, is become the most intolerable scoundrel that ever a parish was cursed with”
John lived at Weston House which he built - it was burnt to the ground during the tenure of Stuckey Bartlett, Esq., & was never been rebuilt jsbookreader.blogspot.com/2014/08/weston-house-ruined-dev... -
A map, entitled ‘Manor of Branscombe’, was drawn up by Messrs Bradley and Summers of Taunton in 1810, for Barnaby John Stuckey Bartlett and Vincent Stuckey who were the co-heirs of John Stuckey of Weston, Branscombe, who died that year aged 91, unmarried. Barnaby J. Bartlett (who then took the name & arms of Stuckey) was John Stuckey’s cousin. Vincent Stuckey was a partner in Stuckey’s Bank at Langport in Somerset, and probably his banker (if related, it was only distantly).
The map showed the leasehold and copyhold properties which John Stuckey had held from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral, the Lords of the Manor. He also owned freehold property in Branscombe, which is marked as such but not mapped in detail because it was not, legally speaking, part of the manor.
By the time he died, John Stuckey was the chief landowner in Branscombe, and since he (with others) also held the lease of the lordship of the manor, he was in effect squire of the village.
He has left the bulk of his fortune, above 6000l. per annual, to his relative, B. Bartlett, esq. of the General Post-office, nephew to Mr. Palmer, of Bath. Mr. Stuckey has likewise left 3000l. per annum to Vincent Stuckey, esq. of the Treasury … Mr. Latouch and Mr. Stuckey, of Weston house, near Sidmouth, who died on the same day, are said to have possessed property to the amount of nearly a million sterling.
The farms and other holdings descended to the Langdons of Chard and to Vincent Stuckey’s sons, and (by purchase) to the Fords of Lower House, Branscombe, and others.
The map and apportionments eventually came into the possession of the Ford family, possibly with the deeds of farms rented from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter by John Ford, and possibly when John Ford’s grandson Henry bought the manor outright from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1868. They were presented to the Devon Record Office by the Fords’ descendant Perry Tucker of Branscombe in 2011. www.branscombeproject.org.uk/page38.html )
- Church of St Winifred, Branscombe Devon
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