Arms of Drewe of Sharpham and of The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon: Ermine, a lion passant gules[1]
The Drewe family of Devon were for many generations owners and inhabitants of
The Grange, Broadhembury,
Devon, in the west of England, from the sixteenth- to the nineteenth-centuries. Prior to this members of the family were recorded at various locations in the county: Sharpham, "Kene", "St Lennards", Killerton, Wolborough and Exeter, and also elsewhere: Grays Inn in Middlesex, Hinde in Somerset. The main branch at The Grange descended from
Edward Drew who lived at
Sharpham in the 16th century.[1]
Early
William Drewe of Sharpham
He married Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir John Prideaux (fl. 1433) of Adeston or Orcharden.[2] His third son, William Drewe (d.1548), lived in
Kenn, Devon.[1]
John Drewe
Son of William of Kenn, he was a lawyer of
Grays Inn, who married Joane Cruwys a daughter of a member of the Cruwys family of
Cruwys Morchard, Devon.
John Drewe (d.1574) of St Leonard's, Devon
Son and heir and heir to his grandfather. He married twice, firstly to Anne Yorke, daughter of Watkyn Yorke of Devon, secondly to a lady of the Bridges family.
Thomas Drewe (b.1519)
Son, of
Sharpham, Ashprington in south Devon and
Killerton. He married Elinor Hackmore, daughter and co-heiress of William Hackmore.
The "Drewe Portrait" of Queen Elizabeth I, attributed to
George Gower (late 1580s)[3]
Edward was the eldest son of Thomas Drew. He became a
member of parliament,
Recorder of London and
Serjeant-at-Law to Queen Elizabeth I. He bought land in
Broadhembury and in
Awliscombe, and sold the family's Sharpham estate, probably late in his life, and lived at
Killerton.[4] At Broadhembury he built a mansion house which became
The Grange, the seat of the family for many generations.[5] A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, known as the "Drewe Portrait" and attributed to
George Gower, was acquired by Edward Drew and remained in the ownership of the Drewe family until 2005.[3]
Resident at The Grange
Sir Thomas Drew (d.1651), Edward's eldest son and heir, served as
Sheriff of Devon in 1612 under King James I, and was knighted at the coronation of King
Charles I.[6] He confirmed his father's contract for the sale of Killerton to
Sir Arthur Acland,[7] and moved his family's residence to Broadhembury, where he completed the construction of The Grange, started by his father.[5] He married Elizabeth More (d.1635), daughter of Sir
Edward More (MP) of
Odiham in
Hampshire.[6]
William Drew (1603-1654), eldest son and heir of Thomas, married five times but left no children,[6] and the estate passed to his younger brother.
Francis Drew (1604-1675), second son of Thomas. One of his daughters, Bridget Drew, in 1671 married Francis Fulford (1632-1675) of
Great Fulford, Devon.[8]
Thomas Drewe (1635-1707), eldest son and heir of Francis, matriculated at
Oriel College, Oxford in 1652 and entered
Lincoln's Inn in 1655. He was
Sheriff of Devon 1688–9 and Tory MP for Devon from 16 May 1699 to 1700.[9] He left no surviving male children, only two daughters.[6] The estates passed to his younger brother.
Francis Drew (d.1710), second son of Francis. He owned the Grange for only three years until his death in 1710 and left only female children.[6] Again, the estates passed to a younger brother.
Edward Drew (d.1714), third son of Francis, was a Canon of Exeter Cathedral, who owned The Grange for only 4 years until his death in 1714. He did however leave a son, by his wife Joan Sparrow who was a daughter of
Anthony Sparrow,
Bishop of Exeter.[6]
Francis Rose Drewe, silhouette c.1777 attributed to Francis Torond
Francis Drewe (c.1674-1734), son and heir of Edward. He matriculated at
Corpus Christi, Oxford on 2 August 1690, entered the
Middle Temple in 1691, was
called to the bar in 1697, and was appointed a bencher in 1723. In 1695 he married Mary Bidgood, and had two sons and three daughters. He was
Member of Parliament for
Exeter from 1713 until 1734.[10]
Francis Drewe (1712-1773) (son),
Sheriff of Devon in 1738. He married twice, firstly in 1737 to Mary Rose, daughter of Thomas Rose of Wooton FitzPaine of Dorset, by whom he had six children. His second marriage was in 1753 to Mary Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson of London, by whom he had five children.[11] Mary Johnson's portrait dated 1754 survives showing her dressed as a shepherdess, in a gold dress, with flowers in her hair, holding a crook in her left hand.[12].[11]
Francis Rose Drew (1738-1801), eldest son and heir by his father's first wife. He purchased the estate of Leyhill in the parish of
Payhembury, formerly the seat of the Willoughby family, also of
Molland Champson, Devon. There survives of him a portrait silhouette painted on laid card c.1777, probably by Francis Torond.[13] In June 1800 he was visited at The Grange by
John Swete, who made a watercolour painting of the house and recorded the event in his Travel Journal.[14] Drew died without children and the estates passed to his younger brother.
Thomas Rose Drew and his wife Betty Incledon, pastels by
Lewis Vaslet
Thomas Rose Drew (1740-1815) of Wooton FitzPaine, second son of Francis (d.1773). In 1782 he married Betty Incledon, daughter of the
antiquarianBenjamin Incledon[15] of
Pilton House, Pilton, Devon. Individual oval portraits of Thomas and his wife painted by
Lewis Vaslet (1742-1808) survive in the collection of
Dunster Castle in Somerset.[16] He also died without children and the estates again passed to a younger brother.
William Drewe (1745–?), fourth son of Francis (d.1773) was a lawyer of
New Inn, London, who died unmarried.
John Rose Drewe (1747–1830), fifth son of Francis (d.1773), married Dorothy Bidgood (d.1834), daughter of Charles Bidgood of Rockbeare, but left no surviving male children. The estate passed to his half-nephew.
Edward Simcoe Drewe (1805–1879) was the only son of Edward Drewe (1756–1810) who had been the seventh son of Francis (d.1773), by his second wife. Edward Simcoe was a
Justice of the Peace and
Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and in 1845 served as
High Sheriff of Devon. He married Jane Susan Adele Prevost, daughter and heiress of Jean Gaspard Prevost, Conseiler d'Etat of the Canton of
Geneva.[11]
Francis Edward Drewe (1830–1891), of The Grange and Leyhill, was the eldest son and heir of Edward Simcoe Drewe. He was a Major-General in the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, a
Justice of the Peace for Devon and a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He married twice: firstly to Louisa Anne Vincent, eldest daughter of
Sir Frederick Vincent, 11th Baronet; and secondly in 1885 to Katherine Shelley.[11] On his death in 1891 without children his heir was his sister.[17]
Adèle Caroline Locke (d.1895), sister of Francis Edward Drewe, was the widow of John Arthur Locke (d.1888) of
Northmoor, near
Dulverton in Somerset,[17] a partner in the lead manufacturing firm of Locke and Blackett of Newcastle upon Tyne.[citation needed]
Later
In the 1930 Kelly's Directory, Cedric Drewe, living at Broadhembury house, and a Mrs. Gundry, Lady of the manor were recorded as the principal landowners.[18]
^British School (18) Title: Portrait of Mrs. Drewe, of Grange, near Honiton, as a shepherdess, in a gold dress, with flowers in her hair, holding a crook in her left hand, 1754–1754. Medium: Oil on Canvas. Size: 126.5 cm × 96.5 cm (49.8 in × 38.0 in)
[1]
^Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend
John Swete, 1789-1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, vol.4, pp.184-6
Arms of Drewe of Sharpham and of The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon: Ermine, a lion passant gules[1]
The Drewe family of Devon were for many generations owners and inhabitants of
The Grange, Broadhembury,
Devon, in the west of England, from the sixteenth- to the nineteenth-centuries. Prior to this members of the family were recorded at various locations in the county: Sharpham, "Kene", "St Lennards", Killerton, Wolborough and Exeter, and also elsewhere: Grays Inn in Middlesex, Hinde in Somerset. The main branch at The Grange descended from
Edward Drew who lived at
Sharpham in the 16th century.[1]
Early
William Drewe of Sharpham
He married Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir John Prideaux (fl. 1433) of Adeston or Orcharden.[2] His third son, William Drewe (d.1548), lived in
Kenn, Devon.[1]
John Drewe
Son of William of Kenn, he was a lawyer of
Grays Inn, who married Joane Cruwys a daughter of a member of the Cruwys family of
Cruwys Morchard, Devon.
John Drewe (d.1574) of St Leonard's, Devon
Son and heir and heir to his grandfather. He married twice, firstly to Anne Yorke, daughter of Watkyn Yorke of Devon, secondly to a lady of the Bridges family.
Thomas Drewe (b.1519)
Son, of
Sharpham, Ashprington in south Devon and
Killerton. He married Elinor Hackmore, daughter and co-heiress of William Hackmore.
The "Drewe Portrait" of Queen Elizabeth I, attributed to
George Gower (late 1580s)[3]
Edward was the eldest son of Thomas Drew. He became a
member of parliament,
Recorder of London and
Serjeant-at-Law to Queen Elizabeth I. He bought land in
Broadhembury and in
Awliscombe, and sold the family's Sharpham estate, probably late in his life, and lived at
Killerton.[4] At Broadhembury he built a mansion house which became
The Grange, the seat of the family for many generations.[5] A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, known as the "Drewe Portrait" and attributed to
George Gower, was acquired by Edward Drew and remained in the ownership of the Drewe family until 2005.[3]
Resident at The Grange
Sir Thomas Drew (d.1651), Edward's eldest son and heir, served as
Sheriff of Devon in 1612 under King James I, and was knighted at the coronation of King
Charles I.[6] He confirmed his father's contract for the sale of Killerton to
Sir Arthur Acland,[7] and moved his family's residence to Broadhembury, where he completed the construction of The Grange, started by his father.[5] He married Elizabeth More (d.1635), daughter of Sir
Edward More (MP) of
Odiham in
Hampshire.[6]
William Drew (1603-1654), eldest son and heir of Thomas, married five times but left no children,[6] and the estate passed to his younger brother.
Francis Drew (1604-1675), second son of Thomas. One of his daughters, Bridget Drew, in 1671 married Francis Fulford (1632-1675) of
Great Fulford, Devon.[8]
Thomas Drewe (1635-1707), eldest son and heir of Francis, matriculated at
Oriel College, Oxford in 1652 and entered
Lincoln's Inn in 1655. He was
Sheriff of Devon 1688–9 and Tory MP for Devon from 16 May 1699 to 1700.[9] He left no surviving male children, only two daughters.[6] The estates passed to his younger brother.
Francis Drew (d.1710), second son of Francis. He owned the Grange for only three years until his death in 1710 and left only female children.[6] Again, the estates passed to a younger brother.
Edward Drew (d.1714), third son of Francis, was a Canon of Exeter Cathedral, who owned The Grange for only 4 years until his death in 1714. He did however leave a son, by his wife Joan Sparrow who was a daughter of
Anthony Sparrow,
Bishop of Exeter.[6]
Francis Rose Drewe, silhouette c.1777 attributed to Francis Torond
Francis Drewe (c.1674-1734), son and heir of Edward. He matriculated at
Corpus Christi, Oxford on 2 August 1690, entered the
Middle Temple in 1691, was
called to the bar in 1697, and was appointed a bencher in 1723. In 1695 he married Mary Bidgood, and had two sons and three daughters. He was
Member of Parliament for
Exeter from 1713 until 1734.[10]
Francis Drewe (1712-1773) (son),
Sheriff of Devon in 1738. He married twice, firstly in 1737 to Mary Rose, daughter of Thomas Rose of Wooton FitzPaine of Dorset, by whom he had six children. His second marriage was in 1753 to Mary Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson of London, by whom he had five children.[11] Mary Johnson's portrait dated 1754 survives showing her dressed as a shepherdess, in a gold dress, with flowers in her hair, holding a crook in her left hand.[12].[11]
Francis Rose Drew (1738-1801), eldest son and heir by his father's first wife. He purchased the estate of Leyhill in the parish of
Payhembury, formerly the seat of the Willoughby family, also of
Molland Champson, Devon. There survives of him a portrait silhouette painted on laid card c.1777, probably by Francis Torond.[13] In June 1800 he was visited at The Grange by
John Swete, who made a watercolour painting of the house and recorded the event in his Travel Journal.[14] Drew died without children and the estates passed to his younger brother.
Thomas Rose Drew and his wife Betty Incledon, pastels by
Lewis Vaslet
Thomas Rose Drew (1740-1815) of Wooton FitzPaine, second son of Francis (d.1773). In 1782 he married Betty Incledon, daughter of the
antiquarianBenjamin Incledon[15] of
Pilton House, Pilton, Devon. Individual oval portraits of Thomas and his wife painted by
Lewis Vaslet (1742-1808) survive in the collection of
Dunster Castle in Somerset.[16] He also died without children and the estates again passed to a younger brother.
William Drewe (1745–?), fourth son of Francis (d.1773) was a lawyer of
New Inn, London, who died unmarried.
John Rose Drewe (1747–1830), fifth son of Francis (d.1773), married Dorothy Bidgood (d.1834), daughter of Charles Bidgood of Rockbeare, but left no surviving male children. The estate passed to his half-nephew.
Edward Simcoe Drewe (1805–1879) was the only son of Edward Drewe (1756–1810) who had been the seventh son of Francis (d.1773), by his second wife. Edward Simcoe was a
Justice of the Peace and
Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and in 1845 served as
High Sheriff of Devon. He married Jane Susan Adele Prevost, daughter and heiress of Jean Gaspard Prevost, Conseiler d'Etat of the Canton of
Geneva.[11]
Francis Edward Drewe (1830–1891), of The Grange and Leyhill, was the eldest son and heir of Edward Simcoe Drewe. He was a Major-General in the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, a
Justice of the Peace for Devon and a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He married twice: firstly to Louisa Anne Vincent, eldest daughter of
Sir Frederick Vincent, 11th Baronet; and secondly in 1885 to Katherine Shelley.[11] On his death in 1891 without children his heir was his sister.[17]
Adèle Caroline Locke (d.1895), sister of Francis Edward Drewe, was the widow of John Arthur Locke (d.1888) of
Northmoor, near
Dulverton in Somerset,[17] a partner in the lead manufacturing firm of Locke and Blackett of Newcastle upon Tyne.[citation needed]
Later
In the 1930 Kelly's Directory, Cedric Drewe, living at Broadhembury house, and a Mrs. Gundry, Lady of the manor were recorded as the principal landowners.[18]
^British School (18) Title: Portrait of Mrs. Drewe, of Grange, near Honiton, as a shepherdess, in a gold dress, with flowers in her hair, holding a crook in her left hand, 1754–1754. Medium: Oil on Canvas. Size: 126.5 cm × 96.5 cm (49.8 in × 38.0 in)
[1]
^Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend
John Swete, 1789-1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, vol.4, pp.184-6