Newnham (Old)

The mural monument of William II Strode (d.1637) and his family shows him kneeling with his two wives on either side and ten children below.

The kneeling effigy mural monument to his daughter Ursula Strode, the wife of Sir John III Chichester of Hall, North Devon, survives in Bishop's Tawton Church.

1426), Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, who had married as his first wife Jane Bozun, daughter of Edmond Bozun of Wood in the parish of Woodleigh,[16] Devon, and Wood became the residence of his son and heir John Fortescue, and passed to his male descendants for three generations[17] and then to Fortescue cousins.

The canopied effigy of William Courtenay of Loughtor survives, in a mutilated state, in St Mary's Church, Plympton.

Sir William IV Strode (1562–1637) (son), whose mural monument survives in St Mary's Church, Plympton.

His 2nd son was William Strode (1594–1645), MP, one of the Five Members whose impeachment and attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons in 1642 sparked the Civil War.

Sir Richard VI Strode (1584–1669) (eldest son), also resident at Chalmington in Dorset, who served as MP for Bere Alston in 1604, Bridport in 1626 and for Plympton Erle in 1640.

"Reluctantly therefore quitting a scenery so very picturesque I returned by the mill to the public road on which I had rode but a short way when from a rising of a hill I had a prospect of an old mansion in a bottom on the left, its appearance was exceedingly antique, of the architecture which subsisted two or three centuries past.

In a guess that I made as to this edifice being Old Newnham, I found from the information gained from a labourer, that I was right...This mansion, the remains of which even now were respectable...The pile of buildings was large and apparently constructed at different periods.

Having from within a gate of the courtyard taken hastily the foregoing sketch, I proceeded toward Cornwood..."In 2014 Old Newnham House, having been converted into two residences, is in multiple ownership.

Old Newnham in 2014, looking northward
Old Newnham, west wing, looking north-eastward
"Nuneham Mills", one of three 1797 watercolours by Rev. John Swete (d.1821) of the mill attached to the manor of Newnham. Devon Record Office 564M/F13/65
Arms of de Newnham: Argent, three eagles displayed gules crowned or [ 4 ]
Arms of Strode: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable . Detail from mural monument to Sir William IV Strode (1562–1637) in St Mary's Church, Plympton
Effigy of Richard II Strode (d.1464) of Newnham, detail from his canopied monument in St Mary's Church, Plympton
Monument to Richard II Strode (d.1464) of Newnham. St Mary's Church, Plympton
Canting arms of Militon: Gules, a chevron or between three millets hauriant argent [ 20 ]
Mural monument to Sir William IV Strode (d.1637), his 2 wives and 10 children, St Mary's Church, Plympton
Relief sculpted panel depicting the progeny of Sir William IV Strode (d.1637) of Newnham, detail from the latter's mural monument in St Mary's Church, Plympton. The eldest son ( right ) is Sir Richard VI Strode (1584–1669) and the 2nd son ( middle ) is William Strode (1594–1645), MP, one of the Five Members , who erected the monument [ 30 ]