Cornworthy

Cornworthy

Hunters' Lodge, Cornworthy
Cornworthy
Cornworthy shown within Devon
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TOTNES
Postcode district TQ9
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England

Cornworthy is a village and civil parish in South Hams, Devon, England.

The hamlet of East Cornworthy lies due east of the village at grid reference SX847552.

Cornworthy Priory, originally established for nuns of the order of St. Austin, is now a Grade I listed building.

Cornworthy Church contains the tomb of the Harris family, who were Lords of the Manor from the mid sixteenth century onwards. It was erected by Lady Elizabeth Harris, widow of Sir Thomas Harris, in 1611, to the memory of her husband who died in 1610. Elizabeth herself is buried in the same tomb as are several other members of the family including Sir Edward Harris (died 1636), eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth. Edward spent much of his life in Ireland, where he became a substantial landowner and Chief Justice of Munster. He was the grandfather of the celebrated faith healer Valentine Greatrakes. Thomas and Elizabeth's family also included Anne who became a noted poet.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Jean Klene, ‘Southwell , Anne, Lady Southwell (bap. 1574, d. 1636)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 Oct 2017
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