Templeton is a hamlet,[1]parish and formermanor in Devon, England, situated 4 miles west ofTiverton. The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.[2]
According to the Devon historianSir William Pole (d.1635),[3] who was an owner of the manor, Templeton was a possession of theKnights Templar, and after the suppression of that order in 1312 passed to theKnights Hospitaller of St John. Following theDissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII (1509-1547) Templeton was taken into the ownership of the Crown, and was re-granted by that king[4] to George Loosemore, whose son Robert Loosemore sold it to SirWilliam Peryam (1534-1604) ofLittle Fulford, nearCrediton in Devon,Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. On the marriage of his eldest daughter Mary Peryam, toSir William Pole (d.1635), MP, ofShute, Devon, as part of her marriage settlement he conveyed the manor of Templeton to her husband.[5] It was still in the possession of Sir William Pole at the time of writing his great workCollections Towards a Description of the County of Devon. It remained in the Pole family for several generations until it was sold by Sir William's descendantSir John William de la Pole, 6th Baronet (1757–1799) ofNew Shute House, Devon.[6]
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