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English:
Mural monument in Pilton Church, Devon (south wall of nave), to Col. Henry II Beavis (1736-1813), North Devon Regiment of Local Militia, of Yeotown in the parish of Goodleigh, North Devon, about 1 1/2 miles north-east of the historic centre of Barnstaple. He was the son of Henry I Beavis, Mayor of Barnstaple in 1738 and 1751, whose portrait survives in Barnstaple Guildhall. The senior line of the family of Beavis had been from the 16th century lords of the manor of Clyst Satchville, Devon. In 1822 Clist House was the seat of Lord Graves, whose father Lord Graves had purchased it from the executors of "Miss Beavis" (d.1801). On 5 July 1803 Col. Henry II Beavis was appointed by the King as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant (of 441 men) of the Barnstaple Volunteer Infantry (one of several regiments then being raised nationwide to defend against a possible French invasion by Napoleon) and was trustee of the Barnstaple charity established by the will of John Phillips (d.1734), whose executor had been the Colonel's father Henry I Beavis. In 1810 he was the owner of the large estate of Kentisbury Barton. Col. Beavis had no children of his own and thus adopted a daughter Elizabeth Beavis, who became his sole heiress and the wife of Robert Newton Incledon (1761-1846) of Pilton House in the parish of Pilton. (Source:
Wikipedia:Yeotown, Goodleigh
). Inscription:
Sacred to the memory of Josiah Crane Esq., Captain and Adjutant of the North Devon Regiment of Local Militia. Colonel Henry Beavis, Commandant, who departed this life 7th December 1813 aged 77 years. This monument is erected by his brother officers as a small token of their respect and esteem . |
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Author | Lobsterthermidor ( talk ) 11:32, 28 July 2017 (UTC) |
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