Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet (c. 1563 – 10 April 1613) was member of Parliament for Devon, twice sheriff for Devon and an army colonel.Citation
author = Stewart Brown
title = Berry Pomeroy Castle
journal = Devon Archaeological Society
volume = 54
pages = 210-211
year =
date = 1996
issn = 0305-5795
]

Born at Berry Pomeroy Castle of a family greatly influential in the Western counties, he was the grandson of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in the senior line. At age 13 he married Elizabeth Champernowne of Dartington Hall, after being betrothed to her for some ten years. At age 20 he was appointed Deputy Vice-Admiral for the county of Devon and was later Sheriff. In 1586 he was Vice Admiral for Cornwall. In the late 16th century there was concern at the threat of a Spanish invasion and he received a commission as a colonel in 1595, in charge of 1600 men,cite book
title=Berry Pomeroy Castle
author=Deryck Seymour and Jack Hazzard
publisher=Deryck Seymour
location=Torquay
pages=69-71
year=1982
isbn=0 9505949 1 1
] and responsible for an area from Dartmouth to Plymouth. He was member of Parliament for Devon in 1593 and between 1601 and 1611. [Citation
author = J. J. Alexander
title = Devon Country Members of Parliament, Part IV, The Tudor Period (1485-1603)
journal = Rep. Trans. Devon. Ass. Advmt Sci.
volume = XLVII
pages = 369-370
date = 1915
] [Citation
author = J. J. Alexander
title = Devon Country Members of Parliament, Part V, The Stuart Period (1603-1688)
journal = Rep. Trans. Devon. Ass. Advmt Sci.
volume = XLVIII
pages = 330
date = 1916
]

He spent a large amount of money extending Berry Pomeroy Castle, [Over £20,000, according to John Prince in his "Worthies of Devon", 1697] particularly with the addition of the north range in about 1600. In 1604 he tried to claim part of the Duke of Somerset's estate, but was opposed by Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford and was unsuccessful.

From around 1611, as a result of the large expenditure on his home, the cost of supporting his eight children and legal expenses, he was apparently short of money. [He wrote to his son Walter, who was studying at Oxford, urging him to be economical because a "cross fortune in the law" had added £2,000 to his debts and the total was crushing.] Despite this, he was created a Baronet in 1611, which cost him £1,095. He died in 1613 and there is a well-preserved but "astonishingly naive" monument to him in Berry Pomeroy Church. [cite book
title=The Buildings of England — Devon
author=Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner
publisher=Penguin
location=Harmondsworth
pages=166
year=1989
isbn=0 14 071050 7
]

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