John Avent, II, of Plympton & Brixton

Notes

Roborough Estate, Devonshire, England Title: Roborough Estate Records Repository: Name: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Page: ref. 70/205 Text: Deeds of Minor Properties Plympton 1 John Avent of Plympton 2 Nicholas Slanning, the elder, of Plympton, yeoman All John Avent's lands in Longhuysshe, Plympton
Page: ref. 723/320 Text: Grant in Frankalmoign, Plympton, Devonshire, England John Avent, warden of Brixton church, Nicholas Forteson., esq., Thomas Maynard, Walter Stert, the elder, Walter Frends, the elder, John Avent, the elder, Thomas Ford, William Towsen, Walter Maynard, the elder, Robert Stert, Philip Ford, William Stevyn, Nicholas Ryder, Harry Canterell, Lawrence Worlte, Philip Waryne, and Martyne Avent, parishioners of Brixton

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john%5Fd%5Fnewpor...
• From http://www.aventfamily.org/aveorig.htm “"It has been established through a detailed study of the sources that the Avants/Avents were mainly established from at least 1541 in Plympton, St. Mary, Devon, on which date John Avent was a witness at the Inquisition Post Mortem of Robert Brett. At later dates the Avents are found in Wembury, Brixton, Modbury, and other Devon parishes and in Cornwall. ...”