Joan ORCHARD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Dau. of John Orchard, d. 1480, "custos rotularum; for Devon under Edward IV

Joan married John PROWSE about 1467. John (son of Richard PROWSE and Margaret NORTON) was born about 1436; died in 1526. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
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.

Family/Spouse: ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]