Sampford Peverell

His great-grandson, Hugh Peverell (the name had changed spelling), is buried in the village church of St John the Baptist.

In 1810 it was reported that the house of a John Chave in the village was experiencing dramatic poltergeist activity.

The case was discussed in the national press of the time, and Chave's house gained such notoriety that in 1811 it was besieged by a mob of rowdy workmen known as navvies.

In the scenes that followed, Chave was forced to open fire on the crowd in self-defence, killing one person, a George Helps, buried in the churchyard.

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Inland water in front of trees, a house and a church
The Grand Western Canal and St John's church (the house in front of the church is one of the rectories built at the expense of the canal company)
Arms of Peverell of Sampford Peverell, Devon: Azure, three garbs argent a chief or [ 1 ]