Located near the S coast road from Dartmouth to Plymouth at the head of the River Yealm estuary.
An early 18th c. country house with landscaped gardens now remains on or near the site of the Crockers' medieval manor house. Some earlier material has been incorporated in the basement (the original ground floor of the 16th c. house).
A probable performance venue. Although relevant family records do not survive, entertainer(s) under the patronage of John Crocker appeared elsewhere in Devon in the late 15th c.
Long demolished.
later 14th c. Manor acquired by John Crocker of Crocker's Hele (near Hatherleigh, Devon) via marriage to Agnes, daughter of Giles Churchill. Their son John took up residence at Lyneham in 1403.
1699--1703 House rebuilt on the same site for Courtenay Crocker.
1740 Inherited by Courtenay's daughter Mary, who married James Bulteel. The Bulteel family owned the property for many generations.
Later purchased by the Bastard family of Kitley, Devon.
By early 19th c. Converted for use as a farmhouse.
REED Devon 35
Name | Dates | Titles |
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Crocker, John | 1445-1509 | Knight |