John Tuckfield

[4] Based on her will, dated 14 June 1568, it was discovered that she had left substantial bequests for charitable purposes.

[5] She also "inclosed" Ringwell, Exeter, a place for the execution and burial of traitors and other criminals, as the following text inscribed on a stone tablet on the site was recorded in 1635:[6] Many have stated that his son and heir was John Tuckfield (1555–1630) of Tedburn St Mary and Little Fulford in the parish of Shobrooke, near Crediton, Devon.

However the only evidence of progeny is the record of two daughters: Katherine, widow of Rykard and wife of William Waye; and apparently another daughter, also Katherine wife of John Robyns.

John's sculpted bust survives on the left-hand side of the "Tuckfield Monument" erected by his son Thomas in the chancel of Holy Cross Church, Crediton.

[8] A black stone tablet below is inscribed: He purchased the estate of Little Fulford from the daughters and co-heiresses of Sir William Peryam (1534-1604), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and in 1630 purchased the advowson of Morchard Bishop for his younger son Walter Tuckfield (d.1639), whom he appointed as rector.

Arms of Tuckfield: Argent, three lozenges in fess sable . Detail from 19th century heraldic stained-glass window in Holy Cross Church, Crediton
Joan Tuckfield (1506–1573), [ 3 ] wife of John Tuckfield, Mayor of Exeter in 1549–1550. 1573 portrait, British (English) School. Collection of Royal Albert Memorial Museum , Exeter, transferred from the collection of Exeter Guildhall in 1971
Tuckfield Monument in Crediton Church