John & William Haydon - St Mary - Ottery St Mary, Devon
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Tomb of John (d.1587) and William (d.1722) Haydon, with coat of arms, St Mary's church, Ottery St Mary.
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Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/25/2022
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Tomb of John (d.1587) and William (d.1722) Haydon, with coat of arms, St Mary's church, Ottery St Mary.
John Haydon, died in 1587, and is the first Haydon buried in Ottery St Mary Church.
William Haydon listed appears to be also buried with him in 1722. The old engraving above John’s tomb appears to have been chiseled out and now bears the newer 1722 dedication to William while the old date of John’s 1587 still appears on the bottom.
The newer engraving reads -
Here Lyeth
The Body of William
Haydon Gent Son of Gideon
Haydon, Esq. of Cadhay who departed
this Life in ye 80th year of his age 1722"[John] married Johanna/Joan Grenville in 1527, and she was heiress of lands of Cadhay, daughter of Robt./Hugh Grenville, Gent, and they came into possession of the lands of Cadhay at that time, where “
John #1, now builded the Cadhay Manor home, (started construction about 1545), and made it a very fair and gentile dwelling, and enlarged the demises thereof.” with many alterations. This John was a highly successful and wealthy lawyer. He was Steward to Bishop Veysey and legal adviser to the Exeter City Council. John Haydon, second son of Richard (Jr.) Haydon, died in 1587, and is the first Haydon buried in Ottery St Mary Church."
"William Haydon, (son of Gideon II), Gent of Cadhay, born in 1642, who died April 7, 1722, in the 80th year of his age, and is buried in the church in Ottery, where the inscription on his monument is still plain. His wife was Dorothy Lee, the widow of -?- Lee, marriage license June 25, 1680, Exeter."
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