Robert PROWSE

Abt 1475 - Bef 1529  (54 years)

• Name	Robert PROWSE  [1]
  	Robert Prowse, founder of the Tiverton, Devon, branch was named as yngr. son of John & Joan in Pole's "Description." His Prowse shield of arms, with 4th son's martiet for difference, hung in St. Peter's Church, Tiverton, where he and his unnamed wife are buried, according to will of his yngr. son Robert. Henry VIII's general pardon, at his accession, named Robert Sr. as of Chevythron Manor. The lord of this until 1545 was Philip Champernoun, whose dau. mothered Sir Raleigh Gilbert and Sir Humphrey Gilbert. The overlord was the Earl of Westmorland. Robert was feoffee of a Tiverton charitable trust, which revealed his death ante 1529. he paid tax on "goods" totally L70 in Chagford, Tiverton, and Kenton 1524. Robert's granddaughter was Richarda Prowse Gifford, Lady of Tiverton Castle. A Deed to a Chevythron parcel of land, 1589, revealed that her grandfather was "Robert, son of John Prowse of Chagford." Richardas bro. George Prowse of Wellington, Somerset, signed the Visitation pedigree with Prowse quarterings down to Orchard, inclusive. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1475  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 6 Aug 1529  [1]
  Person ID	I82212	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	John PROWSE,   b. Abt 1436   d. 1526 (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joan ORCHARD
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1467  [1]
  Family ID	F33482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	? UNKNOWN
  Children	+ 1. John PROWSE   d. 3 Sep 1585  [Birth]
  Family ID	F33483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.