Culm Davy

[2] The estate of Cumbe is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as one of 27 Devonshire holdings of Theobald FitzBerner,[3] an Anglo-Norman warrior and magnate, one of the tenants-in-chief in Devon of King William the Conqueror.

Research carried out on 10 November 2021 by the Rouge Dragon Pursuivant states the following: "several college pedigrees were found to mention Nicholas Bourman who married Elizabeth Russell and with her had two sons named William and John.

It must be borne in mind that visitation pedigrees are not perfect and there is always the possibility that other documentary evidence could contradict them; but on the basis of the College records alone, there is no obvious relationship between Bowreman of Hemyock and Bourman of Broke.

[10] Part of the mediaeval manor house of the Bowerman family survives within the structure of the present Culm Davy farmhouse, including the roof timbers.

[1] It contains an unusual mural monument "of the utmost primitiveness" for such a late date, to Anne Garvis (d.1705) of Ash Culm, comprising a classical entablature below an effigy lying on its side.