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Devonshire
Spreyton,
in the hundred of Wonford and in the deanery of Dunsford, lies
The manor belonged, in the reign of Henry II., to the Talbots,
whose heiress, This estate was sold by the descendant of the last-mentioned family to John Cann, esq., of Fuidge, and Mr. William Battishull of Barton. The manor is now the property of George Lambert, Esq. The lords of Spreyton had formerly the power of inflicting capital punishment.* An inscription, purporting that the Talbot family contributed to the expense Of the structure, proves that the building of the parish-church was as old As the reign of Henry VI. In this church are memorials of Thomas Hone, Esq., of Nympton 1746: and John Cann, Gent , 1767. The church of Spreyton belonged to the abbot and Convent of Tavistock. The impropriation and advowson were granted to the Russell family with the other possessions of the abbey. The great tithes Were sold by the late Duke of Bedford to the land-owners, and the advowson to the rev. R. Holland, who is the present patron. This
parish also is called in ancient ecclesiastical surveys.
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