John Adams of Venn (1474 - 1557)

Born 1474 in Somerset, England

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Died 2 Aug 1557 at about age 83 in Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England

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Biography

John Adams appears to be the John Adams of Stoke Gabriel, Devonshire, who left a will in 1557.^[1]

His only known child was Nicholas Adams, Esq. M.P., of Wotan (Stoke Gabriel) and Tunstall (Dartmouth), who named his eldest son John.^[2]

Chancery Proceedings, Adams v Waldrond. Plaintiffs: John ADAMS of Townstall and Katharine his wife, daughter and heir of John Stertyng (?). Defendants: Henry WALDROND, esquire, and Humphrey his son. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to the manor of Lydewynston, with appurtenances in Coleton, Hoo, Cosslond, and Inwell (all in Brixham), given to the abbey of Torre by William Fynamour of Nethway (in Kingswear), temp. Edw. II. Pedigree given. Devon Date: 1544-1551 Held by: The National Archives, Kew Reference: C 1/1190/6

Abstracts of English records, page 279 Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 151. No. 6. [A. D. 1558-79]. Dispute as to the Manor and Parsonage of Dittisham, co. Devon; John Rouse v. Richard Thimblebeye and Nicholas Adams. Nicholas Adams states that his father, John Adams, was seized of the same.

Abstracts of English records, pages 123-124 Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 6. No. 15. 4 February [A.D. 1570?]. Complaint by Nicholas Adams, of Waton, in the county of Devon, gentleman. William Holway, late of Waton, deceased, was in his lifetime lawfully seised of and in the manor of Waton, and land in Paynton. These were sold to Sir Thomas Pomeroy, knight, deceased, who granted the manor to John Adams, complainant’s father. The deeds, etc., relating to the property had come into the hands of James Churchard, who refuses to deliver them.

Abstracts of English records, page 282 Chancery Proceedings, Mitford. Bundle 1. No. 1. 5 February 21 Elizabeth [A.D. 1578/9] Complaint of Nicholas Adams of Watton, co. Devon, esquire, says that his grandfather, John Adams, possessed certain closes of land called Bacon’s Hayes alias Bacon’s Parke, near Dartmouth, which descended to his son and heir, John, father of the complainants. Dispute as to the possession.

Abstracts of English records, page 407 Stoke Gabriel parish register records a burial on 18 Sept. 1567/8 for John Adams, of Waton

Sources

1. ↑ Devon Wills Project
2. ↑ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982.

• Adams pedigree at stirnet.com
• Pedigree of John Adams of Fenne, per the 1564 Devon Visitation.

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