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Notts on tiir iFainflff of UtaiKe "'That which would have clouded any victory, and made the loss of others less spoken of, was the death of Sir Bevil Greenvil ; who was indeed an excellent person, whose activity, interest and reputation was the foundation of what had been done in Cornwall ; and his temper and affection so public that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any- thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage and a gentler disposition were never married together to make the most cheerful and innocent conversation.' " ° Sir Bernard Drake's last exploit was that, England being at war with Spain, he took a Portugal ship and brought her into the harbor of Dart- mouth. He died in his house at Ashe in 1586. He is believed to have "nobly expended . . . for the honor and safety of his country, in the discovery of foreign regions, and such other vertuous achievements as purchase glory and renown"—so as "greatly to have exhausted his estate." He was buried in the parish-church of Musbury, co. Devon, where is a large stone monument to his memory, divided by pillars into three com- partments, each of which contains two figures (male and female) kneehng to altar-desks in prayer, the centre division containing the effigies of Sir Bernard and his wife, underneath which is the following inscription : " Heer is the Monvment of S'' Barnard Drake K', who had to Wife Dame Garthrud the daughter of Bartholomew Fortescue of Filly, Esq'., by whom hee had three sonnes and three daughters, whereof whear five living at his death, viz. John, Hugh, Marie, Margaret and Helen. He died the x"' of April 1586, and Dame Garthrude his VVief was here buried the xii'^'' of Februarie 1601. Unto the Memorie of whome John Drake Esq', his sonne hath set this Monument. Anno 161 1." There is also a monument of Sir Bernard in the present Filleigh church, built after the demolition of an older edifice. By his wife Gertrude Fortescue, of the great old Norman house of Fortescue, a descendant in the fifth generation from Sir John Fortescue, Chief Justice of the King's Bench under Henry VI., and Lord Chancellor, ' Prince's Worthies of Devon, ut supra, pp. 445-47 ; and Wars in England. ... By Edward Earl of Clarendon. . the History of the Rebellion and Civil . . Oxford, 1827, iii. 1229, 1430.
Kotes on tijt iFamflu of Wvakt daughter of Bartholomew Fortescue Esq. of Filleigh near South Molton 41 in Devonshire, Sir Bernard had a son John ;^ who, by Dorothy daughter 42 of WilHam Button of Alton, co. Wilts, had Sir John^ of Ashe, and 43 "William^ Drake of Yardbiry, in the parish of Culliton near adjoyning." S. G. Drake in his "Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Family of Drake in America"'" speaks of "Robert of Wiscomb, the ancestor of 'a generous tribe of Drakes,' inheriting there in Prince's time." Robert (39) Drake of Wiscombe married Elizabeth daughter of Humphry Prideaux of Theuborough, co. Devon. They had, with other 44, 45 children, " Robert^^i and Henry, i^^^ both distinguished military men ; the elder a Colonel, the younger a Captain, who fell in the defence of Ostend."" 46 William^ Drake of Wiscombe, son of Robert and EHzabeth (Prideaux) Drake, married Philip (or Phillippa) daughter of " Sir Robert Dennis of Holcombe, Knt." Their son John (2) emigrated to Nev^^ England. Here we may notice that John Drake's grandfather Robert of Wiscombe stood in the relation of first cousin to Sir Walter Raleigh ; 47 for a sister of his father, named Joane,^ was the first wife of Walter Raleigh of Fardell, co. Devon, father of Sir Walter, though she was not Sir Walter's mother.'" John Drake himself was second cousin to the grandfather of the great Duke of Marlborough, thus : his second 48 cousin Sir John (42) of Ashe had a daughter Elizabeth,^" who married Sir Winston Churchill of Standish, co. Gloucester, and was the mother of 49 John^i Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, whose birth was in the 50 mansion of Ashe. Sir Bernard's great grandson Sir John^^ Drake of Ashe was created a Baronet by King Charles II. in 1660. The Baronetcy 51 became extinct on the death of Sir William ^^ Drake, the sixth Baronet, who died s. p. in 1733. '»p. 18. " A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. . By John Burke Esq. . . . London, 1836, i. 581. " Nichols's Herald and Genealogist, ut supra, p. 313. 223 . .
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Notts on tiir iFainflff <strong>of</strong> UtaiKe<br />
"'That which would have clouded any victory, <strong>and</strong> made the loss <strong>of</strong> others less<br />
spoken <strong>of</strong>, was the death <strong>of</strong> Sir Bevil Greenvil ; who<br />
was indeed an excellent person,<br />
whose activity, interest <strong>and</strong> reputation was the foundation <strong>of</strong> what had been done in<br />
Cornwall ;<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
his temper <strong>and</strong> affection so public that no accident which happened<br />
could make any impressions in him ;<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
his example kept others from taking any-<br />
thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage <strong>and</strong> a gentler<br />
disposition were never married together to make the most cheerful <strong>and</strong> innocent<br />
conversation.'<br />
" °<br />
Sir Bernard Drake's last exploit was that, Engl<strong>and</strong> being at war with<br />
Spain, he took a Portugal ship <strong>and</strong> brought her into the harbor <strong>of</strong> Dart-<br />
mouth. He died in his house at Ashe in 1586. He is believed to have<br />
"nobly expended .<br />
. . for the honor <strong>and</strong> safety <strong>of</strong> his country, in the<br />
discovery <strong>of</strong> foreign regions, <strong>and</strong> such other vertuous achievements as<br />
purchase glory <strong>and</strong> renown"—so as "greatly to have exhausted his estate."<br />
He was buried in the parish-church <strong>of</strong> Musbury, co. Devon, where is a<br />
large stone monument to his memory, divided by pillars into three com-<br />
partments, each <strong>of</strong> which contains two figures (male <strong>and</strong> female) kneehng<br />
to altar-desks in prayer, the centre division <strong>containing</strong> the effigies <strong>of</strong><br />
Sir Bernard <strong>and</strong> his wife, underneath which is the following inscription :<br />
" Heer is the Monvment <strong>of</strong> S'' Barnard Drake K', who had to Wife Dame Garthrud<br />
the daughter <strong>of</strong> Bartholomew Fortescue <strong>of</strong> Filly, Esq'., by whom hee had three sonnes<br />
<strong>and</strong> three daughters, where<strong>of</strong> whear five living at his death, viz. John, Hugh, Marie,<br />
Margaret <strong>and</strong> Helen. He died the x"' <strong>of</strong> April 1586, <strong>and</strong> Dame Garthrude his VVief<br />
was here buried the xii'^'' <strong>of</strong> Februarie 1601. Unto the Memorie <strong>of</strong> whome John<br />
Drake Esq', his sonne hath set this Monument. Anno 161 1."<br />
There is also a monument <strong>of</strong> Sir Bernard in the present Filleigh<br />
church, built after the demolition <strong>of</strong> an older edifice.<br />
By his wife Gertrude Fortescue, <strong>of</strong> the great old Norman house <strong>of</strong><br />
Fortescue, a descendant in the fifth generation from Sir John Fortescue,<br />
Chief Justice <strong>of</strong> the King's Bench under Henry VI., <strong>and</strong> Lord Chancellor,<br />
' Prince's Worthies <strong>of</strong> Devon, ut supra, pp. 445-47 ; <strong>and</strong><br />
Wars in Engl<strong>and</strong>. ... By Edward Earl <strong>of</strong> Clarendon. .<br />
the History <strong>of</strong> the Rebellion <strong>and</strong> Civil<br />
. . Oxford,<br />
1827, iii. 1229, 1430.