Introduction to Combe Martin

Introduction to Combe Martin
…were sold to William Hancock (d. 1587), father of Edward Hancock (1560-1603) of Combe Martin and Exeter. At some point during the sixteenth-century, the ancien…

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). There are portions of carved oak benches in the chapel. On the south side there is a well-preserved monumental brass inscribed in Latin to William Hancock esq. (gentry) d…

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…reflected broader societal shifts in the sixteenth-century, as feudal structures and noble powers began to diminish in England. The demesne lands were sold to his servant, William