Manors of Newton Abbot
Posted: May 30, 2012 Filed under: Abbots, Devon, Early, England, Highweek, History, Newton Bushel, River Lemon, Schirebourne Newton, Teignwick, Torre Abbey | Tags: Abbots, Charter, Markets, Newton Abbot, Newton Bushell, River Lemon, Royal Charter, Schirebourne Newton, Teignwick, Wolborough, Wool, Wool Trade, Woolen Industry Leave a comment
View over central Newton Abbot, Devon, UK – taken from Wolborough Hill, July 2005. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Originally two Manors of Wolborough and Teignwick developed off the River Lemon, and later Schirebourne Newton became absorbed into Newton Bushell. On the other side of the River Newton Abbot prospered under the control of the Abbots and the manors all benefited from the two markets held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays that had been granted under Charters, added to the importance of the wool trade in the area.
Newton Abbot
Wolborough And The Birth Of Newton Abbot
Posted: May 28, 2012 Filed under: Churches, Devon, Domesday Survey, Early, England, History, Newton Abbot, Parish, Ralph de Bruere, River Lemon, St. Paul's Church, Torre, Torre Abbey, Wolborough, Wolborough, Wolborough | Tags: Abbots of Torre, Austrian Church, Barton, Church, Domesday Book, Duke of Austria, England, Justiciar, King Richard I, Leopold, Lord Of The Manor, Manor House, Manor of Torre, Newton Abbot, Ralph de Bruere, ransom, Richard I, River Lemon, St. Paul's Church, Torre Abbey, William Brewer, Wolborough, Wolborough Barton, Wolborough Church, Wolborough Manor Leave a commentOn the South side of the River Lemon further development took place in Wolborough, which had existed before the Domesday record and it is thought the Manor House was located on the site of Wolborough Barton, on the hill beside Wolborough Church.
Wolborough records go back to the reign of King Richard I, who was imprisoned by Leopold, Duke of Austria who demanded a ransom.
William Brewer inherited Wolborough Manor from his father Ralph de Bruere.
William Brewer was the Lord of the Manor of Torre and Justiciar and had the responsibility to raise the money for the King’s ransom. William was only able to raise 70,000 Marks, so the Duke of Austria demanded 67 hostages from the nobility of England to guarantee the remainder of the ransom of 150,000 Marks. William Brewer’s son was one of the hostages.
The Duke of Austria was fatally wounded; fortunately the Austrian Church had previously persuaded the Duke to release the captives, even though the full ransom had not been paid. Consequently, the Austrian Church sent representatives to Torbay in 1196 and they were allowed to construct Torre Abbey on land owned by William Brewer to be occupied by the Austrian Abbots of Torre, with financial support from William Brewer.
From then on the Manor of Wolborough became known as the new town of Abbot, hence Newton Abbot.
St. Paul’s Church, Wolborough, Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot, Devon 
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