Located in NE Somerset a few miles from the Wiltshire border, the Tudor house is long gone.
Probable performance venue. Although relevant family papers do not survive, entertainers patronized by the FitzJames family appeared elsewhere in the SW in the 16th c.
Demolished.
late 14th c. Estate acquired by James FitzJames via marriage.
by 1538 Residence owned by Sir John FitzJames, including a great chamber over a parlour (Weaver, Somerset Medieval Wills 49).
1617 Sold to Sir Robert Gorges of Bristol.
1672 Estate bought by Sir Stephen Fox.
ca. 1708 New freestone house built on an adjoining site.
early 19th c. House partly abandoned.
1851 Again in use as a farmhouse.
1901 18th c. service block converted as a principal residence by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
1912 Giles Stephen Holland Foxe-Strangways, Earl of Ilchester, sold the estate to Cavendish Land Co. Ltd., subsequently passing to Harman Bros.
1913--ca. 1971 Former house and grounds owned by various individuals.
1914 Converted residence damaged by fire and subsequently demolished.
ca. 1971--ca. 1982 Occupied by a school.
ca. 1982 House and stable block converted to apartments known as Redlynch Park and the Clockhouse.
REED Devon 127, 130--3, 135, 155, 244, 281; Somers 11, 50
| Name | Dates | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Fitzjames, James | 1520-1579 | Knight |
| Fitzjames, John | 1470-1539 | Knight |
