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Wooleigh, Beaford, Devon, England


 


Location : Latitude: 50.932631331070766, Longitude: -4.0889739990234375


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Wooleigh (or 'Ullegh' as it was known in old documents) near Beaford, was the former home of the Wooleigh Mallets who were close cousins of the Mallets of Ash. Both branches were descended from the Mallets of Enmore.



Wooleigh was originally known as Wolves' Wood, written "uullegh" in early Saxon times. The early Saxons had no letter w, but of course that's what their double u eventually became. This double u construction (which was originally pronounced "oo-ugh", naturally mutating to "wugh" if said rapidly) was often dropped in later spellings (i.e.Ullegh), probably because later peoples had forgotten the etymology.



The family held the barton until the early 17th century until it passed to the Acland family through John Mallet's grand-daughter Eleanor when she married Arthur Acland. Her cousins became the second St Audries branch of Somerset, with landholdings in east Devon (Honiton area), Dorset (Poyntington) and Wiltshire (Newton Toney).



The farmhouse as we see it today retains most of its features from the days of Mallet ownership (16th century) and is Grade II* listed.



[With special thanks to Mr. Pengelly]



A very good history of Wooleigh is available in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolleigh,_Beaford






Birth

Matches 1 to 11 of 11

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID   Tree 
1 HACHE, Anne  Est 1481I7390 Southwest 
2 MALET, Dorothy  Est 1554I7461 Southwest 
3 MALET, Eleanor  Est 1566I7449 Southwest 
4 MALET, Elizabeth  Est 1546I7457 Southwest 
5 MALET, Francis  Est 1540I7454 Southwest 
6 MALET, John  Abt 13 Jun 1569I7448 Southwest 
7 MALET, Malachi  Est 1552I7455 Southwest 
8 MALET, Mary  Est 1550I7460 Southwest 
9 MALET, Michael  Est 1556I7456 Southwest 
10 MALET, Robert  Abt 1545I7445 Southwest 
11 MALET, Zenobia  Est 1548I7458 Southwest 

Death

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Death    Person ID   Tree 
1 MALET, John  25 Oct 1570I7442 Southwest 

Residence

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID   Tree 
1 MALET, John  Aft 1537I7442 Southwest 
2 MONKE, Margaret  Aft 1537I7443 Southwest 

Will

Matches 1 to 9 of 9

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Will    Person ID   Tree 
1 MALET, Dorothy  23 Oct 1570I7461 Southwest 
2 MALET, Elizabeth  23 Oct 1570I7457 Southwest 
3 MALET, John  23 Oct 1570I7442 Southwest 
4 MALET, Malachi  23 Oct 1570I7455 Southwest 
5 MALET, Mary  23 Oct 1570I7460 Southwest 
6 MALET, Michael  23 Oct 1570I7456 Southwest 
7 MALET, Robert  31 Mar 1577I7445 Southwest 
8 MALET, Zenobia  23 Oct 1570I7458 Southwest 
9 ROLLE, Elizabeth  31 Mar 1577I7446 Southwest