. s. Thatby his great-grandmother Courtney, he was lineally descended from him. This thefore-mentioned author will not allow, (tho he grants that another family of the namedid so proceed) I mean Sir W. Pole. We arc farther told, that Smalridge in the parishof Axminster was the most antient seat of this family in this county. So Mr. alias Vowel acquaints us,^ That Ralegh possessed Smalridge before the NormanConquest; and that one of the family being taken prisoner by the Gauls, at his returnhome, in gratitude for his d
. s. Thatby his great-grandmother Courtney, he was lineally descended from him. This thefore-mentioned author will not allow, (tho he grants that another family of the namedid so proceed) I mean Sir W. Pole. We arc farther told, that Smalridge in the parishof Axminster was the most antient seat of this family in this county. So Mr. alias Vowel acquaints us,^ That Ralegh possessed Smalridge before the NormanConquest; and that one of the family being taken prisoner by the Gauls, at his returnhome, in gratitude for his deliverance, built there the chappel of St. Leonards (beingdelivered upon St. Leonards day) and in the same hung up his target. The records of• vvliosc foundation are said to have been given by a priest of Axminster to the late Sir t^- AValter Ralegh. , ., r , This Smalridge lieth on the west side of the pleasant river Ax, about a mile irom thechurch, so called, from its being advanced on the ridge of a small hill: A sweet and delis;littul ]^ -^^ 3JI1R WALTER MALF, I(G;H. BLi,ii .trulp nM,sl,e,l De^f-illry. /,, Km; iuuriu flvauuM. RALEGH, SIR WALTER. (56? delightful seat it was, but now there remains not so much as any ruins, to testify thebeing of either chappel, or any eminent house in that place; altho this estate remainedin the name of Ralegh unto K. Hen, VIHs days; when Wimond, the grandfather ofSir Walter Ralegh, sold this land unto John Gilbert, the father of Sir John Gilbert ofCompton in this shire. This family was so considerable, as to leave its name to two parishes in thiscounty, unto which it adheres this day, viz. unto Colaton-Ralegh and Withecomb- Ralegh. Sir Walter was possessed of the former, and sold it to Martin of Exeter; and his elder brother, Sir Carew Ralegh, of the latter, who sold it unto George Ralegh^natural son unto both their eldest brother, George Ralegh of Fardel. From all which,it plainly appears, that Sir Walter Ralegli descen
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