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Stooke of Waddon and Clifford of Chudleigh
Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 9:2, (1916) pp. 58-60.
by
Edward Windeatt
Prepared by Michael Steer
The author provides the backdrop to the story of John Stooke of Waddon near Chudleigh, and the charity he established for the church and the poor of nearby Bovey Tracey. The story, first recorded in 1709, is that in 1646 an officer in the Royalist army was gambling at Bovey when he was cornered by Roundheads. He threw his bag of winnings to a servant, who threw them over a hedge, where they were found by Stooke, then a humble farmer's boy. Stooke's fortune was founded on his lucky find. Bovey's altar fund still receives a small annual sum from the charity. It is suggested that the servant who lost the money might have been an employee of Thomas Clifford of Chudleigh. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. The copy of this rare book is held in the Library of Arthur William Bryant Messenger, and is available from the Internet Archive.
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Chudleigh, Sir George | 59 |
Chudleigh, Mary | 59 |
Clifford, Anne | 59 |
Clifford, Anne (2) | 59 |
Clifford, Anthony | 59 |
Clifford, Hugh | 59 |
Clifford, Mary | 59 |
Clifford, Mr | 59 |
Clifford, Thomas (called Doctor) | 59 |
Clifford, Lord Thomas | 59 |
Courtenay, Anne | 59 |
Courtenay, Sir Peter | 59 |
Crockford, John | 59 |
Cromwell, Oliver | 58 |
Fairfax, Sir Thomas | 58 |
Staplehill, Anne | 59 |
Staplehill, Hugh | 59 |
Stooke, Mr A T | 59 |
Stooke, Edward | 59 |
Stooke, George | 59 |
Stooke, John | 59 |
Stooke, John jnr | 59-60 |
Stooke, Thomas | 59 |
Stooke, William | 59 |