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| Name |
Christopher HARRIS |
| Suffix |
Gent. |
| Christened |
1 Apr 1633 |
Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1687 |
| Person ID |
I14804 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Family |
Elizabeth TROTT, b. Langridge, Essex, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth HARRIS, c. 20 Aug 1652, Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England |
| | 2. William HARRIS, c. 6 Jan 1654, Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England , d. 1709 (Age ~ 54 years) |
| | 3. Margaret HARRIS, c. 17 Feb 1656, Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England |
| | 4. Christopher HARRIS, c. 19 Jun 1659, Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England |
| | 5. Phillipa HARRIS, c. 13 Jan 1662, Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England |
| | 6. Arthur HARRIS, c. 28 Aug 1663, Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England |
| | 7. Joseph HARRIS, c. 12 Feb 1665, Gulvall (aka Lanisley), Cornwall, England |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F4433 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Christopher Harris (died 1687) of Hayne,[3] first cousin, son of William Harris (younger brother of John Harris (c. 1586 – 1657) of Hayne) by his wife Philippa Noye, daughter and heiress of John Noye of Burian.[5] His monument is in Stowford Church. He married Elizabeth Trott, a daughter of Martin Trott of Langridge in Essex.
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http://www.alasdaircamerondesign.com/projects/completed/devon-estate/
Details horticultural work carried out at Hayne Manor with photos of before and after. Note pale yellow rhododendron.
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Online library Books search New books
John Burke. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (Volume 1) online. (page 86 of 112)
HARRIS, OF HAYNE.
HARRIS, CHRISTOPHER-ARTHUR, esq. of Hayne, in the county of Devon,
b. 14th January, 1801, m. 15th February, 1825, Louisa-
Eleonora, third daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Wat-
kins, of Pennoyre, in Brecknockshire, and grandaughter
of Richard Vaughan, esq. of Golden Grove, Carmarthen-
shire, by whom he has issue,
Arthur-Vaughan-Donnithorne, b. 17th December,
1825.
Elizabeth-Caroline.
Louisa-Penelope.
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HARRIS, OF HAYNE.
Urncaqt.
John Harris, a younger son of the Har-
rises of Radford, was father (by his wife,
the heiress of Stone, of Stone) of
William Harris, who weddedThomasine,
daughter, and heiress of Walter, Hayne,
of Hayne, and was s. by his son,
John Harris, esq. of Stone, a lawyer of
high reputation, who was chosen in 1535,
autumnal reader of Lincoln's Inn, and called
in 1540, to the degree of serjeant-at-law.
He was subsequently a King's serjeant and
recorder of the city of Exeter. " The eme-
nency," says Prince, in his Worthies of
Leevon, " of this great lawyer in his pro-
fession, we may infer from that considerable
estate he acquired, and left to his family.
For to his own fair inheritance he added,
the hundred manor, and advowson of Lifton,
near adjoining to Hayne, which he pur-
chased from the Lord Nevil, Earl of West-
moreland." Serjeant Harris, m. the daugh-
ter of Michael Kelly, esq. of Ratcliffe, in
Devonshire, and had issue,
William, his heir.
John.
Oliver.
Anthony.
Arthur.
Alice, mi. to John Wise, esq. of Syd-
enham.
Wilmoty, m. to John Trevillian, esq.
of Nettlecombe.
The eldest son,
William Harris, esq. of Hayne, m.
Mary, daughter of Sir Fulk Grevill, knt. of
Beauchamp's Court, in Warwickshire, and
had, with four daughters, a son and suc-
cessor,
Arthur Harris, esq. of Hayne, and of
Kenegie, of which latter estate he became
possessed before the year 1600. This gen-
tleman espoused Margaret, daughter and
heiress of John Davils, esq. of Totely, in
Devon, and, had issue,
I. John, his successor.
ii. Arthur, father of
Christopher, who inherited the
estates at the decease of his
cousin, Sir Arthur Harris, bt.
Mr. Harris, who is mentioned by Carew as
one of the resident magistrates of Devon-
shire in his time, and commanding a pro-
vincial regiment belonging to Mounts Bay,
died in 1628, and was interred in the south
aisle of Gurval Church, where a fine monu-
ment was erected to his memory. He was
s. by his son,
John Harris, esq. of Hayne and Kenegie,
who wedded, first, Florence, daughter of
Sir John Windham, but by her had no issue.
He espoused, secondly, Cordelia, eldest
daughter of Sir John Mohun, of Boconuoc,
created in 1628, Lord Mohun, of Oak-
hampton (see Burke's Extinct and Dormant
Peerage), by whom he had an only son
and successor,
Arthur Harris, esq. of Hayne and Ke-
negie, who was created a baronet in 1673.
Sir Arthur m. — , daughter of Sir — Turner,
of London, but died without issue, when the
title became extinct, and the estates passed
to his cousin,
Christopher Harris, esq. of Hayne and
Kenegie, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of
William Martin, esq. of Linderidge, and
was s. by his son,
William Harris, esq. of Hayne, M.P.
for St. Ives, in the 2nd of William and
Mary, and for Oakhampton, in the three
successive parliaments in the same reign,
and in the 7th of Anne. He served the office
of sheriff' for Devon in 1703, and dying
in 1709, left issue,
i. Christopher, his successor.
ii. John, successor to his brother,
in. William, father of
Christopher, who inherited the
estates from his uncle.
IV. Jane, m. to William Arundel, esq.
of Trengwainton and Menedarva,
both in the county of Cornwall, and
had a son,
William Arundel, of Treng-
wainton and Menedarva, who
inherited the entailed estates of
the family at the decease of his
cousin, Christopher Harris, with-
out male issue, and assumed the
additional surname of Harris.
He m. Wilmot Daniel, of Crane,
and was s. by his son,
William Arundel - Harris,
who espoused Mary, daugh-
ter of John Beard, esq. of
Hallwhyddon, and dying in
1798 was s. by his son, the
present William-Arundel
Harris - Arundel, esq.
(see Arundel of Trerice,
paye 512.)
The eldest son and heir,
Christopher Harris, esq. of Hayne,
M.P. for Oakhampton, m. Mary, daughter
of John Buller, esq. of Keveral, but dying
without surviving issue in 1718, he was suc-
ceeded by his brother,
John Harris, esq. master of the house-
hold to their majesties, George II. and
George III. who thus became " of Hayne."
He wedded, first, Margaret, daughter of
ORDE, OF NUNNYKIRK.
561
Roger Tuckfield, esq. of Raddon, and relict
of Samuel Rolle, esq. of Heanton ; and se-
condly, Anne, daughter of Francis Seymour,
Lord Conway, but had no i
in 1767, and was s. by his nephew,
Christopher Harris, esq. of Hayne.
This gentleman wedded Penelope, daughter
of the Rev. Isaac Donnithome, of St. Agnes,
in Cornwall, and had two daughters, namely,
I. Penelope.
ii. Elizabeth, who m. her cousin,
Isaac Donnithorne, esq. who as-
sumed the surname of Harris, and
had issue,
Christopher- Arthur, the present
Mr. Harris, of Hayne.
John-James.
Cordelia-Elizabeth, d. in 1809.
On the decease of this Christopher Harris
with only these daughters, the entailed
estates of the family passed to his cousin,
William Arundel, esq. of Trengwainton
and Menedarva; while Hayne descended
to those ladies, Miss Harris and Mrs.
(Donnithorne) Harris, as co-heirs.
Arms — Sa. three crescents within a bor-
dure, arg.
Crest— An eagle rising ermine, beaked
and spurred or.
Motto— Kur, deu, res, pub, tra (Old Cor-
nish) ; English, For God and the Common-
wealth.
Estates — Hayne, parish of Stowford,
Devon, first possessed at the time of the
Conquest, being granted .by King William
to one of his followers, whose descendants
regularly inherited until the year 1557,
when it passed to Harris of Stone with the
daughter and only child of Walter Hayne.
Seat— Hayne.
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Historic England
HAYNE MANOR
This garden or other land is registered under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 within the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by English Heritage for its special historic interest.
Name: HAYNE MANOR
List entry Number: 1000693
Location
The garden or other land may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Devon
District: West Devon
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Stowford
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first registered: 12-Aug-1987
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: Parks and Gardens
UID: 1684
Details
Remains of a mid C18 landscape including a grotto together with early C19 gardens and parkland.
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
The Hayne estate was acquired by the Harris family in the early C16, and continued in their ownership until the mid C19. The site is marked as a house on both Saxton's Map of Devon (1575), and Speed's Map of Devon (1610), and a series of terraces marked on the hillside south-west of the house on the OS 1st edition map of 1883 may have been connected with gardens associated with this earlier house (Cherry and Pevsner 1989). In the early C18 successive generations of the Harris family served as members of Parliament, while John Harris of Hayne was Master of the Household to George II and George III (Hoskins 1954). The remodelling of the grounds and the construction of the grotto appear to date from the mid C18 and were perhaps influenced by John Harris' Court connections. A house, but no park, was noted on Donn's Map of the County of Devon (1765). Wollocombe (1908) suggests that the grounds formerly contained a 'Chinese pagoda' and a further temple, but no trace of these structures survives. The house was rebuilt in a Gothic Revival style in the early C19, and was extended in 1865, the year after its purchase by the Blackburn family. The grounds and parkland are shown in essentially their present form on the OS 1" map (1809), the Tithe map of c 1840, and the late C19 OS maps. By the 1980s the house had become derelict and the estate divided. Following its sale in 1987 a thorough restoration of the building was undertaken, while the estate has been substantially reassembled into a single ownership. The property remains (1999) in private occupation and extensive planting has been undertaken in the park in the 1990s. New gardens have also been created around the house.
DESCRIPTION
LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING Hayne is situated c 1km west-south-west of the village of Stowford, to the south of the A30 Exeter to Launceston road. The c 20ha site comprises c 8ha of gardens and pleasure grounds, and c 12ha of parkland and woodland. It is bounded to the south by hedges and fences adjoining a minor road leading east to Stowford, while to the west it is enclosed by walls and fences fronting a minor lane leading south from Broadwoodwidger to Portgate. To the north-east and north the site is fenced and adjoins agricultural land, and to the north-west the boundary is formed by the River Thrushel. The site occupies the north- and north-west-facing slopes and the floor of a valley through which the River Thrushel flows in a westerly direction. There are views south-west from the house down the valley within the park, and north-east up the river valley. Bridge Plantation immediately north-west of the site is significant for its setting, and formed part of the C18 pleasure grounds. The former kitchen garden also lies outside the site, immediately adjacent to its north-east boundary.
ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES The site is approached from the minor road leading to Stowford which forms its southern boundary, at a point c 700m east-north-east of Hayne Farm. A gravel drive descends north-west from a simple timber gate passing between post and rail fences for c 300m. Reaching a further timber gate the drive enters an area of lawns before turning south-west to enter a late C20 elliptical carriage turn to the north-east of the house. The carriage turn is flanked by symmetrically placed urns on pedestals c 50m north-east of the house, while the drive encloses an area of lawn. A service drive extends north-west beyond the carriage turn to the stables (listed grade II) which stand immediately north-west of the house. A further drive, shown as the principal approach on the Tithe map and OS (1883), enters the site c 500m south-west of the house adjacent to Hayne Lodge (listed grade II), a mid C19 Tudor-gothic, stone, two-storey lodge. Mid C19 square-section stone gate piers with granite pinnacles and ball finials support a simple segmental wrought-iron overthrow and a timber gate with open lattice-work decoration (all listed grade II). The drive descends gently north-east for c 100m before turning north and north-east across the park, entering the pleasure grounds c 130m south-west of the house. From this point it sweeps north-east and east to approach the carriage turn north-east of the house from the west.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING Hayne Manor (listed grade II*) stands on a level terrace on the north-west-facing slope of the Thrushel valley. The present house was built c 1810 in a picturesque gothic style with battlemented parapets, buttresses, gabled pinnacles with gothic finials, and stone and timber traceried windows. These details recall John Nash's work at Luscombe Castle, Devon (qv). No architect has been identified for Hayne Manor, but the design was previously attributed to Jeffry Wyatville (Pevsner 1952). The rubble-stone, two-storey house is of roughly square plan and is arranged around a central, top-lit staircase hall. A staircase turret with a pyramidal lead roof breaks above the roof line. The service quarters to the north of the main block are said to incorporate the core of the pre-1810 house (ibid). The house was extensively restored in the late 1980s after a period of decline in the mid C20.
GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS Lying principally to the north, south and west of the house, the gardens and pleasure grounds comprise formal terraces and informal woodland gardens. The terraces and gardens around the house have been extensively remodelled in the late C20. To the south of the house a narrow terrace is linked by stone steps to a late C20 square formal garden laid out with specimen trees and shrubs. Sweeping lawns are separated from the park to the south and south-west by a stone-faced ha-ha, with a higher stone retaining wall c 30m south-west of the house. South-west of the house and at a lower level, an area of lawn is separated from further formal gardens and a late C20 lean-to conservatory on the south-facing wall of the stable block by a young (1990s) yew hedge. The lawn is separated from the park to the south by mature trees and yews which survive from planting shown on the 1883 OS map. Some 50m north-east of the house late C20 gardens have been developed around an existing pond with specimen trees and shrubs, and contemporary sculptures.
The informal pleasure grounds, known as The Wilderness, lie c 100m west of the house. A network of serpentine walks pass through mature trees and specimen C19 conifers and shrubbery, to reach the grotto (listed grade II) c 320m west-north-west of the house. The single-storey late C18 rubble structure recalls the style of similar mid C18 structures designed by Thomas Wright, and may be based on one of his published designs. There is structural evidence that the roof may have been thatched, but is now tiled (1999). The front or south wall rises as an irregular stone screen, while simple round-headed entrances to each side allow access to the shell-encrusted interior. The internal roof is groin vaulted, and there are niches in the walls. To the south the grotto faces an elliptical lawn surrounded by trees and shrubs, while to the north it faces a mill leat fed from the River Thrushel. Some 80m west of the grotto the leat feeds a mill pond adjacent to Hayne Mill which lies within the pleasure grounds. In the C19 the ornamental circuit walk extended north of the mill into Bridge Plantation, and was carried across the river on a footbridge.
PARK Lying to the east, south and south-west of the house, the park remains pasture with scattered mature trees, with extensive late C20 replanting particularly adjacent to the southern boundary. The replanting will recreate the pattern of tree cover in the park shown on the early C19 Tithe map, with an area of concentrated planting on the north- and north-west-facing slope c 100m south of the house. To the east and south of the house the park has been divided into a series of grazing enclosures by late C20 post and rail fences.
KITCHEN GARDEN Lying c 100m north-east of the house, the former walled kitchen garden lies outside but immediately adjoining the registered site. The garden is (1999) no longer cultivated and is laid to grass; only the footings of the north-west wall and a short section of north wall remain standing.
REFERENCES
W White, History, Gazeteer and Directory of Devonshire (1850) J B Wollocombe, From Morn till Eve Reminiscences (1908), pp 258, 264-71 W G Hoskins, Devon (1954), pp 482-3 N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: North Devon (1st edn 1952) B Cherry and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Devon (2nd edn 1989), pp 465-6 T Gray, The Garden History of Devon An Illustrated Guide to Sources (1995), p 121
Maps B Donn, A Map of the County of Devon, 1765 Tithe map for Stowford parish, nd (c 1840), (Devon Record Office)
OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1882-3, published 1890 OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1883, published 1884 2nd edition revised 1905, published 1906
Archival items Harris family papers including estate papers and accounts (2527M), (Devon Record Office) Sale particulars, 1991 (3372M/130), (Devon Record Office)
Description written: April 1999 Amended: July 1999 Register Inspector: JML Edited: July 2000
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National Grid Reference: SX 42088 86609
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Stowford, a small village, in the valley of the river Thrushel a tributary of the river Lyd, seven miles East North East of Launceston, and covers approximately 2066 acres of land, including Sprytown hamlet, and many scattered houses. It lies in the district of West Devon in the county of Devon. Milford and Spry town, now farmhouses, were Domesday manors.
The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is around 14th-15th century in date. The church was restored and the north aisle rebuilt by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1874.
This what W.G. Hoskin said of the Church in 1954:
‘STOWFORD church (St. John) has a most attractive interior, although restored by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1874. When the N. aisle was added. The woodwork was all done at this time, but, being copied from older work by local craftsmen, is excellent. The roofs of the S. aisle, S. chancel aisle, and S. porch are the original, and are notably carved. There are several good 18th century monuments to the Harrises of Hayne, especially one to Christopher Harris, 1718. John Harris of Hayne was Master of the Household to George II and George III. In the S. chancel aisle are the tabard, helmet, and gauntlet of Harris. An Ogham stone-an early Christian monument to one Gunglei-stands at the churchyard gate. Hayne itself was rebuilt by Wyatville in 1810 in what Baring-Gould dismisses forthwith as “cockney Gothic,” but it is good of its kind. It was the seat of the Harrises from Henry VIII’s reign until 1864. Milford and Spry town, now farmhouses, were Domesday manors. Shepherds is a good 16th century farmhouse.’
An ancient stone stands at the entrance to the churchyard. It stands 170 cm out of the ground, and contains an inscription dated to the 8th-11th century. The inscription reads “GUNGLEI” or “GUG.LES” and is thought to be a personal name.
The Harris Baronetcy, of Stowford, near Launceston, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 December 1673 for Arthur Harris, Member of Parliament for Okehampton between 1671 and 1681. The Harris residence was at Hayne House (below left), Stowford. The title became extinct on his death in 1686.
In a Haines ancestry compilation by Richard and George Haines, it states that John Haines, of Totness, Devonshire, England believed the family was well established in England before William the Conqueror. His account is: “William, upon his arrival in England, found the family settled in ‘Hayne,’ in the Parish of Stowford, near the Tamar, on the borders of Cornwall. They existed as a clan, and were possessed of immense tracts of land in Devonshire and Cornwall. There was a castle on their lands called ‘Hayne Castle,’ which name the modern mansion still retains, from the ancient ruins near it. There is also a river called ‘Hayne’ running into the Tavy, and a tower on Dartmoor called ‘Hayne Tower.’ So it appears even at that time the family was one of importance in the country. William took one-half of their lands, which he gave to his followers, the other half was entered in Doomsday Book as the property of the ‘Clan Haineses.’ Since that time the family continued of importance, as many of their chiefs filled the office of High Sheriff of the county — an office at that time of great importance, as the incumbent was the representative of the King, led the yeomen of the country to battle, and was the head of the county. This continued until 1600, when the estate devolved on an only daughter, Tameson Haines, who married a man by the name of Harris, of Cornwall, who was likewise upon his marriage made High Sheriff of the county. From that time until 1870, the property remained in the Harris family, who were known by the name of Harris of Hayne ; when it was sold to pay debts incurred by that family. It also appears that at the time of the marriage of Tameson Haines, a disruption of the family took place ; they feeling that their head was gone and a stranger seated in the halls of their fathers ; and this was also undoubtedly assisted by religious differences, which at that time began to creep into families.” (This last extract with thanks to J. T. Bullock)
Hayne itself was rebuilt by Wyatville in 1810 in what Baring-Gould dismisses forthwith as “cockney Gothic,” but it is good of its kind. By the 1980s the house had become derelict and the estate divided. It has since been restored.
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