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{{Short description|Historic estate in Devon, England}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=April 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{distinguish|text = the historic [[Bowden, Ashprington|Bowden estate]] in Ashprington parish, nor the [[Bowden, Stoke Fleming|hamlet Bowden]] in the parish of Stoke Fleming, both in Devon, England}}

'''Bowden''' is a historic estate in the parish of [[Yealmpton]] in [[Devon]], England. From the 15th century until 1748 the [[manor house]] was for eight generations<ref name=V226>Vivian, p.226</ref> the seat of a junior branch of the Copleston family of [[Copplestone]]. The manor house was largely rebuilt in the 19th century and, together with some of its outbuildings, now serves as a farmhouse.<ref>[[Bridget Cherry|Cherry, Bridget]] & [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner, Nikolaus]], ''The Buildings of England: Devon''. Yale University Press, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-300-09596-8}}, p.924</ref>

==History==
[[File:CoplestonArms.png|thumb|100px|Arms of Copleston]]
The earliest holder of the estate recorded by the Devonshire historian Sir [[William Pole (antiquary)|William Pole]] (d.1635), was John de Bowdon. It then passed via successive heiresses to the Lawtram and Stone families.<ref>[[William Pole (antiquary)|Pole, Sir William]] (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, [[Sir John de la Pole, 6th Baronet|Sir John-William de la Pole]] (ed.), London, 1791, p.322</ref> Elizabeth Stone, daughter and heiress of Thomas Stone, married Walter Copleston, and Bowden descended for many generations as a seat of their Copleston descendants.<ref>Vivian, pp.224-6, pedigree of Copleston</ref>
*Walter Copleston was the third son of John Copleston (died 1458) of [[Copplestone]] in the parish of [[Colebrooke, Devon|Colebrooke]], Devon.
*Thomas Copleston, son and heir, who married Catherine Vowell, a daughter of [[William Fowell]] (died 1507) (or Vowell) of [[Fowelscombe]] in the parish of Ugborough, Devon, a [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Totnes]] in Devon.<ref>Vivian, p.226; p.369, pedigree of Fowell </ref>
[[File:BrassInscription YealmptonChurch Devon IsabelFortescue Died1580 WifeOf JohnCopleston OfBowden.png|thumb|Monumental brass in Yealmpton Church to Isabella Fortescue (d.1580), wife of John Copleston]]
*John Copleston (born 1508<ref name=V226 />), son and heir, who married Isabella Fortescue (died 3 September 1580<ref>Date of death per verse on monumental brass in St Bartholomew's Church, Yealmpton</ref>), third daughter of Henry Fortescue of Preston, in the parish of [[Newton Ferrers]], by his wife Elisabeth St Maur, a daughter of William St Maur [[lord of the manor|lord]] of the [[manor of North Molton]].<ref>Vivian, pp.226, 357, pedigree of Fortescue</ref> A [[monumental brass]] survives in St Bartholomew's Church, Yealmpton.
*Henry Copleston, son and heir.
*Arthur Copleston, son and heir, who in 1598 married Margaret Crymes, who survived him and remarried in 1607 to Oliver Whiddon.<ref name=V226 />
*Henry Copleston, son and heir, admitted as a law student to the [[Inner Temple]] in 1614. He married Mary Were (died 1630). Her [[chest tomb]] monument survives in St Bartholomew's Church, Yealmpton,<ref>[https://1pnoe.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/yealmpton-church/ see image]</ref>
*Arthur Copleston (died 1681), brother, who in 1642 married Elizabeth Davie (born 1618), a daughter of [[Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet]] of [[Creedy, Sandford]], Devon.<ref>Vivian, pp.226, 270, pedigree of Davie</ref>
*John Copleston (born 1642/3), son and heir, who in 1670 married Mary Reynell (died 1720/1), eldest daughter of [[Thomas Reynell (MP, died 1698)|Thomas Reynell]] (1625-1697/8) of West Ogwell, Devon, a Member of Parliament and [[Sheriff of Devon]].<ref>Vivian, pp.226, 644, pedigree of Reynell</ref>
*[[Thomas Coplestone]] (1688–1748), son and heir, a Member of Parliament for [[Callington (UK Parliament constituency)|Callington]]. He was the last in the male line<ref>Risdon, p.389; Vivian, p.226</ref> of the Coplestons of Bowden.

In 1753, after the death of Thomas Coplestone in 1748, his executors sold Bowden to William Bastard<ref>Risdon, p.389</ref> (1727-1782) of nearby Kitley in the parish of [[Yealmpton]],<ref name=V51>Vivian, p.51, pedigree of Bastard</ref> who was gazetted as a [[baronet]] in 1779 but as he took no steps towards passing the [[letters patent|patent]] the title was not used by him or his descendants.<ref name=V51 />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*[[Tristram Risdon|Risdon, Tristram]] (died 1640), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=w_0GAAAAQAAJ Survey of Devon]''. With considerable additions. London, 1811.
*[[John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]], (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620''. Exeter, 1895.

==Further reading==
*[https://1pnoe.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/brixton-devon-1746/ Sales particulars of estates of Thomas Coplestone (died 1748)]

[[Category:Hamlets in Devon]]
[[Category:Villages in South Hams]]
[[Category:Historic estates in Devon]]

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