I did find one interesting Feoffment in the Devon Archives:
Feoffment (partially illegible) (I) Walter Babacomb and Richard Wylle To Richard Burgyn, gent.; John Addyngton, gent.; William Susan; William Androwe; John Salterne; William Chynge; Thomas Leche; Thomas Yeo; William Colybeare, sen.; Aldred Stockeham; Richard Pynkeham; John Parson; Roger Salterne; John Lake, sen.; Thomas Mogar; William Porson [sic]; John Susan; John Androwe; William Davye; William Yeo; Henry Salterne; John Babacomb, jun.; Henry Rusten; Richard Johns; Anthony Horye and John Lake de Aggeven Property in Bideford; Barnstaple; Combe Martin; Roborough; Westleigh; Little Torrington; Alverdiscott; Northam; Abbotsham and elsewhere in Devon 14 Jan. 1566
Repository
North Devon Record Office
Reference number BBT/1/1
Date 14 Jan1566
Access status Open
Level File
Richard Pynkeham is an interesting person (is he the son of Philip Pynkeham known to have left his will in 1564 at Tawstock?). It is a summary of a large document likely and the list of places tend to be in the area that is of interest. Chart 10 produced by the earlier researchers, Galen Pinkham and Dr Richard Pinkham, has the following:
Phillipp Pyncombe (b 1563) married Wilmote Beare 10 Feb 1583 at Bideford. I already have a problem with these dates because a Philip Pynkeham's will was probated in 1564. However the spelling in the Bideford Registers is as shown so who is this Phillipp Pyncombe? This particular chart does not have contributors so is likely prepared by the two researchers. They are falling back on the history of the Richard Pinkham who came to Old Dover, New Hampshire( at least by the early 1640s likely) written by the Rev. Charles Nelson Sinnett. He was said to have two brothers who settled in other parts of New Hampshire. But the writer says he found nothing to support these thoughts. With the data at hand in the Bideford Parish Registers (the original scans are on Find My Past) there does appear to be a Pyncombe family at Bideford from the beginning of the Registers. But who are they? From whom do they descend?
Known to be at North Molton from 1486 or thereabouts on, John Pencombe who came with John Lord Zouch. By 1524 listed with John at North Molton a William Pencombe and a Thomas Pencombe (Thomas beside John in the listing and has Wages listed beside his name - so perhaps the youngest son) as William has a property value as does John. The elder son John was known to be at South Molton and he is there with his eldest son Christopher (younger son John is not listed on the Lay Subsidy of 1524-7). Other than a Philip Pynkeham listed at Tawstock there are no other names similar to Pincombe/Pinkham in the Lay Subsidy (Stoate does tend to be quite good with transcriptions). Missing from the 1524-7 Lay subsidy the parishes of: Exeter omitted on purpose (published by Mrs Rowe in Tudor Exeter), Partially missing: Talaton, S. Molton Borough, Northoe, Petrockstow, Frithelstock, Burrington, Nymet Tracey, Eggesford, Stoke Damarel, Bere Ferrers, Plympton St Mary, Revelstoke.
Tawstock is a large parish (145 names of whom 51 received Wages). Listed with the forename Philip in the 1524-7 Lay Subsidy: Philip Pyngham W 1. Interesting I could readily get Pynkeham out of that (the original would have to be consulted. So likely an apprentice. Will see if that brings up any records. Finding him on two Lay Subsidies at Tawstock is interesting.
I think my task at the moment is collection of all data from the 1400s and 1500s for all derivatives of Pencombe that I am able to locate. So that will be my task for the rest of this month anyway on the Pencombe days.
British History online proved interesting with records of Pynkeham in Devon in 1292. I shall read that one again tomorrow. Gradually I am starting to think that Pynkeham arose in Devon itself as a free standing surname. Some members of the Pincombe family did use the spelling Pinkham which has led to thoughts that this is one family. I am slowly becoming convinced that both families are free-standing with Pynkeham being the older family in Devon as Pencombe was know to arrive in 1486 with John Lord Zouch at North Molton. But I will continue to work on this on Friday.
But it does give me more incentive to write the Pencombe Family of Herefordshire and North Molton as an independent book because of the presence of Philip Pynkeham on the 1524-7 Lay Subsidy at Tawstock as a relatively young adult and he is simply not listed as a son of John Pencombe whose sons are all close by him in North Molton and South Molton.
Today is a Blake day and I will continue working on The Blake Pedigree Chart created in 1690 by the College of Arms for Daniel Blake.
Teatime and Latin all accomplished. Breakfast next.
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