William Fouhel, MP, of Fouhelscombe

William Fouhel, of Fouhelscombe

• Died  23 Mar 1507 
• Father: John Fowhill 
• Mother:  Joanne, of Harburtonford and Ashpreignton 
• Married: Elinor Reynall,   d. 9 Apr 1507  [1, 2]  Children 
• 1. Sir Richard Fowhell, Knt. of Fouhel's-Coome, m. 1st, Blanch, dau. and co-heir of— Hayes, of Devon; and 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Richard Edgcombe, Knt., sheriff of Devon in 1487;
• 2. John Fouhel,   bur. 9 May 1552, Ugborough, Devon, England
• 3. Katharine, m. to Thomas Coplestone, Esq. of Bowden;
• 4. Margaret, m. to John Holbeam, Esq.
• 5. Elizabeth, last Prioress of the Nunnery, Cannonsleigh, Devon

notes

• M P for Totnes 1455
• Residence Fowelscombe Manor England
• from A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies, John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke:

"This Anglo-Saxon family, traced on proofs for nine descents in the Visitation of 1620, is of very great antiquity, and is considered to have existed at Powellscombe, in the parish of Ugborough, Devon, previously to the Conquest. (See Buhkb's Commoners, vol. iv.)

John De Voohil, or De Fog Hill, son and heir of Roger, stated to have derived his descent from another John by the daughter and heiress of Coome, lived in the thirteenth century, and m. the daughter and heiress of Trevaze, of Trevaze, in Cornwall, which manor remained with their descendants until the division of the estates of the elder branch of the family, in 1712, between the sisters of the last baronet. Their great-great-grandson and heir (through daughters and heiresses of Wallrond, Hallvell, and , of Harburtonford, all in Devon), was William Fouhel

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• Information drawn from http://adupree.com/Gen800/getperson.php?personID=I399027&tree=adupree
• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Volume 4 (Google eBook) John Burke.  Henry Colburn, 1838 - Heraldry.  Page 447. "Eleanor [Reynell] m. William Fouhel.esq. of Fouhels-Coome, in the parish of Ughorough. in the county of Devon, M.P. for Totness, 33rd of King Henry VI. 1455, great grandson and heir of John De Fughill thereof, and his wife, the daughter and heiress of Trfaaze, of Trevaze, in the county of Cornwall, (see Fowhell, of Black Hall and Diptford). He d. 23rd March, and she, 9th April, 1507, and were both buried in the Fowell aisle of Ugborough Church, as appears by inscription on brass in the Fowell vaults."
• Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1 Page 437. "Fowell of Devonshire." "William Fouhel, of Fouhels-Coome, M.P. for Totness in the thirteenth parliament of Henry VI., 1455. He m. Eleanor, youngest dau. of Sir Walter Rcynell, Lord of Trumpington, by Margaret, his wife, eldest dau., and eventually sole heir (by Constance, his wife, dau. and coheir of Robert de Malston) of William Strighul, of Devon, and, dying 23 March, 1507, left (with three daus., Katharine, m. to Thomas Coplestone, Esq. of Bowden; Margaret, m. to John Holbeam, Esq. of 11 ol be am, and Elizabeth, last Prioress of the Nunnery, Cannonsleigh, Devon) two sons, of whom the elder, Sir Richard Fowhell, Knt. of FowheU's-Coome ..."