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Wootton Fitzpaine Manor |
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John Rose came for St. Burlado in Jersey and was elected mayor of Lyme Regis in 1611.He shortly after married Faith, daughter of Ralph Ellesdon, Esq. Richard his son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Henley, Esq., of Leigh, and represented Lyme in parliament from the year 1639 to 1655.He occurs the first possessor of Wootton Fitzpaine about that time. Thomas Rose, esq., sheriff from the county in the reign of George l left an only daughter, who married Francis Drew of Grange, Devon. | ||
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PORTRAIT OF THOMAS ROSE OF WOOTTON FITZPAINE, DORSET(1679-1747)Half length, wearing a grey coat and long wig, oil on canvas 74.5 x 62cm. The Roses were originally merchants at Lyme Regis.Thomas Rose (1679-1747) was sherrif of Dorset in 1714. He left an only daughter. Mary, who married Francis Drewe, Esq. This estate afterwards came to Thomas Rose Drewe. second son of Francis Drewe, who resided in Wootton Fitzpaine until his death in 1815. | ||
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1782 Land Tax for Wootton Fitzpaine showing Thomas Rose Drewe as the major land owner. |
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Thomas Rose Drew (1740–1815) and his wife Betty Incledon, pastels by Lewis Vaslet (1742–1808), collection of Dunster Castle. (His half-sister Mary Drewe (died 1830) was the wife of John Fownes Luttrell (1752–1816), feudal baron of Dunster) | ||
Francis Drewe (1712–1773) (son), Sheriff of Devon in 1738, who married twice: |
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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.[21] He died without children. In June 1800 he was visited at The Grange by the landowner and landscaping connoisseur Rev. John Swete (died 1821) of Oxton House near Exeter, who made a watercolour painting of the house and recorded the event in his Travel Journal.[22] | ||
Thomas Rose Drew (1740–1815), younger brother, of Wooton FitzPaine, who inherited The Grange on the death of his elder brother. In 1782 he married Betty Incledon (1738-), daughter of the antiquarian Benjamin Incledon (1730–1796)[23] 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.[24] He died without children. | ||
William Drewe (1745–), younger brother, a lawyer of New Inn, London, who died unmarried. | ||
John Rose Drewe (1747–1830), younger brother, who married Dorothy Bidgood (died 1834), daughter of Charles Bidgood of Rockbeare. He left no surviving male children. | ||
The comparative peaceful time of the 1700s heralded a century of agricultural progress and wealth for the landed gentry. Wootton was to see a redesign of its entire estate after the death of Thomas Rose and the marriage of his daughter Mary to Francis Drewe on the 8th September 1737. Francis Drewe was the grandson of Edward Drewe, Sergeant-at-Law to Queen Elizabeth I. Edward had built the great house called the Grange near Broadhembury, Devon after buying the village and surrounding land. The Grange remained the seat of the Drewe family for nearly three hundred years. Francis and many of his family are buried in the family vault in Broadhembury church. Wootton Manor was extensively rebuilt in 1765, giving it the general appearance as we see it today. Although as yet there is no proof, it would seem the manor farmhouse and other farm cottages were either built or extensively remodelled during this period. |
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Sacred to the memory of Thomas Rose Drew of Wootton House, Esq. The second son of Francis Drewe Esq. Of Grange in the County of Devon. Succeeded in early life to his maternal estates. He spent his days at this place. In the faithful and unwearied discharge Of all the duties of his Station, And died on the first of June, 1814 Aged 76 years. Beloved Lamented His afflicted widow Erected this monument As a lasting tribute of her affection Also To the memory of Betty Rose Drewe, The widow and relict of the above named Thomas Rose Drewe esq. She died on the 2nd day of May 1846 Aged 88 years. |
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Marriage Certificate between Emma Louisa Drewe and Francis Luttrell in 1824. |
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Francis Fownes Luttrell (1792-1862) Will |
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John Fownes Luttrell (1752–1816), eldest son and heir, of Dunster Castle. In 1770 he matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford. He was MP for Minehead (1776–1816). In 1782 he married Mary Drewe (died 1830), daughter (by his 2nd wife) of Francis Drewe (1712–1773) of The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon, High Sheriff of Devon in 1738,[69] by whom he had 5 sons and 4 daughters. | ||
George Fownes Luttrell (1826–1910), nephew, JP, DL, Sheriff of Somerset in 1874. He was the eldest son of Lt-Col Francis Fownes Luttrell (1792–1862) of Kilve Court and Wootton House, Somerset (3rd son of John Fownes Luttrell (1752–1816) of Dunster Castle), Lt-Col of the Grenadier Guards who fought and was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and was Lt-Col of the Somerset Militia in 1839. Francis's portrait in the library shows him in military uniform with his right eye missing, a battle wound. George's mother was Emma Louisa Drew, daughter of Samuel Drewe of Kensington, his father's cousin. George Luttrell was Master of the West Somerset Foxhounds. | ||
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1841 Tithe Map of Wootton Fitzpaine. Click here or on map for larger version |
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Wootton Manor House c.1870 |
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Towards the end of Alfred Cappers life he sought to become a country gentleman and endeavoured to create an estate based on Wootton Fitzpaine Manor (shown here). In 1895 he purchases this house with 1776 acres at auction. He later buys land in Fishponds, Hawkchurch, Monkton Wylde and Abbots Wootton He adds parts of Charmouth and a number of other properties until on his death the Estate totals nearly 5000 acres. | ||
The farming had previously been in a sorry state and he endeavoured to turn into his new bought farms into a sporting and hunting estate employing many people from the villages. But sadly he does not live long enough to enjoy it and dies on October 4th 1905, aged 68. | ||
His son Alfred Douglas Pass inherited a thriving metal refining and solder works. He followed in his father's footsteps by enlarging the buildings and finding new markets for its products. He was to appoint a University friend, Paul Gueterbock as the Managing Director who proved to be outstanding. He also received his fathers extensive Estate and over £60,000 in stocks when he reached 21 the following year. In 1912 he married Katherine Heycock and they were to have five daughters. During the First World War, Alfred was listed missing believed dead, for some months after the Gallipoli campaign. He turned out to be a prisoner in distant Anatolia. He is seen here on the extreme right with his father in the doorway of Wootton Fitzpaine Manor. |
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The staff for the Pass family pose for Samuel Hansford`s camera outside the Manor in 1908. |
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A shipment for the Manor from Narobi in Kenya. |
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Children are in front of the Manor for the Coronation of King George V in 1911. |
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During the Second World War, Colonel Pass became army welfare officer for the area. At the same time he continued to run the family tin smelting works in Bristol. Douglas Pass had long been on the Dorset County Council and a Bridport magistrate. He was also a scout commissioner. He loved Wootton and for many years it was run at a loss as he regarded it as a special place to be cared for jointly with his tenant farmers. |