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Arms of John Davie (d.1710) of Orleigh Court: A ship with two masts or the sails trussed up and twisted to the masts argent adorned with flags charged with the cross of England on a chief of the second three cinquefoils pierced gules; crest: A mount vert thereon a lamb passant argent in the mouth a sprig of cinquefoil gules slipped vert. Above the Davie mural monument in Buckland Brewer Church, North Devon[1]

John Davie (1640-1710) was a merchant based in Bideford, Devon, England.[2]

John Davie was the son of John Davie and Marie Sutton who were married in 1638. He in turn married Mary Luscombe. He was active in the tobacco trade.

In 1682 he was an alderman and took statements in the Bideford witch trial.[3] In 1684 he bought Orleigh Court, Buckland Brewer. His son, Joseph Davie inherited Orleigh Court.[4] His daughter Henrietta Maria married Walter Moyle on 6 May 1700. Another daughter Anne Davie married William Clevland, and was the mother of John Clevland.

References

  1. ^ Rogers, W.H. "Buckland Brewer" (1938), pp.53-4
  2. ^ Tobacco Trade Bideford Chamber of Commerce website accessed 15 January 2011
  3. ^ Sabine Baring-Gould (1908)
  4. ^ Orleigh Court, Buckland Brewer, British Listed Buildings website accessed 15 January 2011

Sources

  • Baring-Gould, Sabine (1908). Devonshire Characters and Strange Events. London: John Lane.

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