April 1157 A.D. Hartland Abbey, Hartland, Devon, UK—Founded by Gytha, Wife of Earl Godwin; Augustinian Canons, 1161, with Numerous Endowments Approved by King Henry II and Exeter’s Bishop
April 1157 A.D. Hartland
Abbey, Hartland, Devon, UK—Founded by Gytha, Wife of Earl Godwin; Augustinian
Canons, 1161, with Numerous Endowments Approved by King Henry II and Exeter’s
Bishop; Dissolved 21 Feb 1539; Granted to William Abbot 1545; Incorporated into House Named “Hartland
Abbey;” 233 Miles West of London, About
0700 as the Crow Flies
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Hartland Abbey
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Hartland Abbey in 2010
Hartland
Abbey is a former abbey and current family home to the Stucley family. It
is located in Hartland, Devon. The current owner is Sir Hugh George Copplestone Bampfylde Stucley,
6th Baronet.
Contents
History
Hartland Abbey was built in
1157 and consecrated by Bartholomew
Iscanus in 1160[1] (Bartholomew was appointed Bishop of Exeter the following year). The Botreaux family of Boscastle, Cornwall, were among the most generous donors
to the Abbey. (Male heirs were apparently all named William, until the death
in 1462 of the last of the line William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux.) In 1187 a William de Botreaux gave the advowsons of the churches in his manors of Molland[2] and Knowstone in Devon, and of the church of Forrabury in his Cornish manor of Boscastle, to the Abbey.
The grants were confirmed by a charter temp. from King Richard I (1189-1199) and the property was converted into an Augustinian Abbey in 1189.
Dissolution
In 1539 it was the last
monastery to be dissolved by Henry VIII. The King
gave the building to William Abbot, his Sergeant of the Wine Cellar at Hampton Court.[1] William Abbot converted what had been the Abbot's
Lodging into a mansion. In September 1544 the following lands of
"Hartland Priory" were granted, with other lands, by Henry VIII to
Thomas Godwyne in fee, for a consideration of £1,122 2s 6d: "the
messuage, etc., called Abbottes in the parish of Molland alias Batters Moland (i.e. "Molland
Bottreaux"), Devon, in tenure of Anthony Deye and a messuage, etc., in Moore alias Moore Town, in Bedyford
(i.e. Bideford)parish, Devon, in tenure of Richard
Penhorewod" [3] In March 1547 a royal licence was obtained by
James Gunter and Henry Wescott, who presumably had been granted them on
dissolution, to alienate the "rectory and advowson of the vicarage of
Knoweston and Molland, Devon" to Hugh Culme.[4]
Present building
The present house
incorporates a few components from Tudor times, including some fine wainscoting. The
addition of two wings in 1705 are attributed to John Meadows, who also
worked on Eggesford House and Arlington, on which commission he died. A fine
interior exists and has examples from the 'Gothik' work of Batty Langley. The main ranges of the house were taken down to
the level of the cloisters and rebuilt in the Strawberry Hill Gothic style, made popular by Lord Walpole. Further alterations were commissioned by Sir George Stucley in the mid-1800s. He engaged George Gilbert Scott
and the building was remodelled to give a formal entrance through a new porch
on the north end. Two bay windows were installed on the east frontage.
Internally the drawing room and dining rooms were presented in a style
similar to that found in the Palace of Westminster, each having fine wall panelling (Elizabethan in the dining room &
entrance, linenfold in the drawing room). both rooms have a series of painted
murals by Alfred Beer of Exeter around the walls. These depict events in English
and Irish history in which Sir George Stucley felt his ancestors were
engaged. Alfred Beer was also commissioned to make the fine painted glass
wedding window on the staircase. Sir George had the main passage decorated in
a style and colours to represent the Alhambra Palace style which he had
recently visited. Gilbert Scott engaged Richard Coad as his supervising architect on these
improvements and the contractor was Pulsman of Barnstaple.[5]
(the north-west corner being
the work of 'Mr Mathews', according to the author of the Beauties of England and Wales). Further alterations were made in about 1860.[6] The gardens were laid out by Gertrude Jekyll.
Filming Site
The house featured as Mrs
Dashwood's home in the 2008 BBC miniseries Sense and Sensibility[7] and was the location for a 2012 edition of BBC1's Antiques
Roadshow.[8]
Further reading
References
3. Jump up^ From: 'Henry VIII: September 1544, 26-30', Letters and
Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 19 Part 2: August–December
1544 (1905), pp. 158-197 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=80337&strquery=molland
4. Jump up^ From: 'Henry VIII: March 1546, 26-31', Letters and
Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 1: January–August
1546 (1908), pp. 216-251 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=80843
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