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Richard Beaple (1564-1643) of Barnstaple, Devon, was a wealthy merchant, ship owner and member of the Spanish Company and was thrice Mayor of Barnstaple,[1] in 1607, 1621 and 1635.[2] His elaborate mural monument survives in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple. OriginsHe was one of the four sons of James Beaple (d.1616) of Barnstaple (son of Walter Beaple of Barnstaple), Mayor of Barnstaple in 1593 and 1604, by his first wife Elizabeth Goldsmith, daughter and heiress of a certain Mr Goldsmith of Devon.[3] His uncle was Roger Beaple (1540-1604), a tanner[4] who was twice Mayor of Barnstaple, in 1590 and 1599.[5] His two sisters Anne and Joane married into the prominent Barnstaple mercantile families of Delbridge and Horwood respectively.[6] The first recorded member of the Beaple family to have occupied the position of mayor was John Beaple, Mayor in 1559.[7] Beauple of Landkey{{double image|right|BeaupleArms.PNG|150|BeapleArms.PNG|150|Left: arms of the mediaeval Anglo-Norman family Beauple of Landkey and Knowstone, North Devon: Gules, a bend vairy cottised or; right: arms of Beaple of Barnstaple: Gules, a bend vairy between six escallops argent}}Although Vivian (1895) traces Richard's ancestry back only two generations to Walter Beaple of Barnstaple, the family appears to be descended from the Anglo-Norman family of Beauple, lords of the manors of Landkey and Knowstone, 2 1/2 miles and 19 miles south-east of the centre of Barnstaple respectively. The family also held the manor of "Hoggs Fee" in Barnstaple, consisting of 26 houses. The jury of an Inquisition Quod Damnum of 1344 were reported to have decided:[8] "Also they say that Robert Baupel, chiveler, hath in the said suburbs a certain fee which is called Hogge's Fee, and by which is holden there twenty and six tenements, and he hath his court there from three weeks to three weeks". The mediaeval family of Beauple is first recorded in the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189) and died out in the senior male line seven generations later on the death of Ralph Beauple, when his heiress was his daughter Margaret Beauple, wife of Sir Neil Loring (c.1320-1386), KG, a founding member of the Order of the Garter.[9] The armorials given by Pole (d.1635) for Beauple of Knowstone: Gules, a bend vairy cottised or are very similar to the arms of Beaple of Barnstaple, as displayed on Richard Beaple's monument in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple: Gules, a bend vairy between six escallops argent.[10] The manor of Hogg's Fee however was never held by the Beaple family of Barnstaple. The descent of Hogg's Fee, similar to that of the manor of Barnstaple, is given by Gribble (1830) as follows:[11] "It came into the hands of the crown, in the second year of the reign of Queen Mary, by virtue of the attainder of Henry Duke of Suffolk, and so remained until the eighth of James the First, in which year the Manor was granted, by letters patent, to George Whitemore, and Thomas Whitemore, Esquires; from whom it passed, through Richard and William Bennett, to John Pincombe, of South Molton, gentleman. Richard Pincombe, son and heir of the last named, left it to his three sisters Mary, Elizabeth, and Gertrude. Mary married John Tuckfield, Esq. whose daughter and heiress devised her portion of the property to John Crew, Esquire, who sold it to the Mayor and Corporation of Barnstaple. Elizabeth Pincombe, dying without issue, her share of the Manor fell to Gertrude who devised the two-thirds to Roger Tuckfield and John Creyk; they made sale to ... Selter, and others, by whom it was sold to the Mayor and Corporation of Barum, who thus became possessed of the undivided property". Gribble wrote further:[12] "The original extent of the estate of "Hogg's Fee" cannot now be correctly ascertained; a bond-stone, projecting from the front of a house on the East side of Boutport (about half way betwixt Back Lane and Silver Street), and the White Horse Inn, in the same street, are supposed to mark its extent N. and S. The houses, &c. from which the rental is derived, not being in a continuous line, but scattered over different parts of the town, furnish no clue by which to fix the bounds of the Manor". CareerMercantile careerLittle if anything is known of his mercantile career, although his merchant mark appears to be shown on the chaplet surrounding his arms on his monument in St Peter's Church, interwoven with the initials "RB". Three ships, presumably belonging to him and used in trade with Spain, for which he was licensed by his membership of the Spanish Company, are depicted on his monument in St Peter's Church. Mayor of BarnstapleRichard Beaple was thrice Mayor of Barnstaple,[13] in 1607, 1621 and 1635.[14] His career in the government of the Borough of Barnstaple appears to have started in August 1598, when he was elected a Common Councilman in place of Roger Cade, who was "put out for that he dwell'd out of this Towne above one year".[15] Roger Cade was the father of his second wife Catherine Cade. Member of the Spanish CompanyRichard Beaple was a member of the Spanish Company, the members of which had been granted by royal charter in 1605 exclusive rights to trade with Spain. His membership is evidenced by his use of the Company's arms, supporters and crest on his monument in St Peter's Church. Barnstaple was one of the "privileged ports" of the Spanish Company,[16] whose armorials are visible also on the mural monument in St Peter's Church to Richard Ferris (Mayor in 1632), who together with Alexander Horwood, received a payment from the Corporation of Barnstaple in 1630 for "riding to Exeter about the Spanish Company",[17] on the decorated plaster ceiling of the former "Golden Lion Inn",[18] 62 Boutport Street (now a restaurant next to the Royal and Fortescue Hotel) and on the 1630 plaster strapwork overmantel of Higher Rookabear House, Fremington, the country house of the Paige family, merchants of Barnstaple.[19] The royal charter of 1605 which re-established the Spanish Company names several hundred founding members from named English ports, the 12 Barnstaple members being: William Gay, John Salisbury, John Darracott, John Mewles, George Gay, Richard Dodderidge, James Beaple, Nicholas Downe, James Downe, Robert Dodderidge, Richard Beaple and Pentecost Dodderidge, "merchants of Barnstaple". Richard Dodderidge and James Beaple were named as amongst the "first and present assistants and chief councillors of the fellowship".[20] Builds Penrose's AlmhousesBetween 1624 and 1627[21] he and his four co-executors of the will of his son-in-law John Penrose (d.1624), Mayor of Barnstaple in 1620, built the large structure in Litchdon Street, Barnstaple, known today as Penrose's Almshouses. It consists of a cobbled courtyard around which are twenty almshouses, for forty poor residents, with chapel and board room, with vegetable gardens behind. His achievement in carrying out the terms of the bequest is recalled to the viewer by the depiction of the almshouses on the monument of Richard Beaple. Executor of Westlake's GiftRichard Beaple was appointed in 1636 one of the executors of the will of Katherine Westlake, with instructions to put into effect her charitable bequest, described by Gribble as follows:[22]
Marriages & progenyRichard Beaple married thrice:[23]
DeathRichard Beaple died on 30 December 1643, aged 79, as is recorded on his surviving monument in St Peter's Church. LegacyHe was a generous benefactor of "Penrose's Almshouses", the almshouses in Lichadon Street in Barnstaple, which still stand, founded in 1627 by the will of John Penrose (d.1624), of Fremington, Mayor of Barnstaple in 1620. His generosity is recorded as part of the verse inscribed on his monument (see below): As for this senator, his nobler minde Within one age did scorne to bee confin'd For which to future ages he convay'd So rich a portion duly to bee pay'd That thenceforth tears being banish't it might bring To the orphans joy and make poor widowes sing A small coloured relief-sculpted depiction of these almshouses with a group of four poor inmates (with a woman, perhaps a wife, behind), within a roundel survives on the right side of Richard Beaple's monument, to match one on the left side depicting a merchant pointing to a treasure chest with three sailing ships on the sea behind. Beaple's GiftGribble described "Beaple's Gift" as follows:[41] "Richard Beaple, by his will, bearing date 13th April, 1641, gave to his executors £420, to the intent that they should therewith purchase so much land of inheritance as should be of the yearly value of £20 the yearly profits thereof to be bestowed upon four poor people of the new almshouse erected by Mr. John Penrose, deceased, such of them as he should nominate in his life-time, and in default thereof, such as should be nominated by his executors, by £5 a-piece, to be paid quarterly ; and the same annuity of £20 to continue for ever to four poor people of the said almshouse, to be nominated, after the death of all his executors, by the mayor, aldermen, and common council of Barnstaple, or the major part of them. And he directed that until the said lands should be purchased, the said £420 should be put forth at interest at six per cent the profits thereof to be bestowed upon the said four poor people. It is supposed that the tenement called Darracott, in the parish of Georgeham, now belonging to this charity, (No. 6 in the rental,) was purchased with the money thus given by Richard Beaple; but we have not been able to find the purchase-deeds of that tenement. In the returns made to Parliament in 1786, it is stated, that the said Richard Beaple gave a third part of the residue of his effects to this almshouse with which a house was purchased, let, at the time of making those returns, at the rent of £8 8s. per annum. As there is a house in High-Street, Barnstaple now in possession of the charity, let at £8 8s. per annum (No. 7 in the rental,) it is probably the house alluded to in the returns; but upon an inspection of this donor's will, which was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, it is not found to contain any such bequest of a part of the residue of his effects to this almshouse". MonumentHis surviving monument in St Peter's Church is now located in the south aisle of the chancel. Before the Victorian restoration it was located in the Mayor's Aisle in the north aisle, as was recorded in 1780 by Benjamin Incledon (1730-1796) who described it as a "Neat monument wherein is the figure of a man. In the Mayor's Isle ag(ain)st nth. east wall".[42] It contains two slate tablets inscribed as follows, top tablet: "To the memorie of the Wor(shipful) Richard beaple, merchant, thrice may(or) of this towne who departed this life Decemb(er) 30th A(nn)o aetat(is)[43] 79 1643". The lower tablet is inscribed in verse thus: Were't not more wisely done if wth consent, Wee join'd to batter downe this monument, Lest when the sorrowing poor lift up their eyes, they drown the voyce o' th'sermon wth their cryes. Let that bee others doome, such as can give, With liberall spirit, but onely whiles they live. As for this senator, his nobler minde, Within one age did scorne to bee confin'd, For which to future ages he convay'd, So rich a portion duly to bee pay'd, That thenceforth tears being banish't it might bring, To the orphans joy and make poor widowes sing. Let those who'de have their monuments to stand, Take fayr example from this bounteous hand. Sources
References1. ^Per inscription on his mural monument in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaple, Richard}}2. ^Lamplugh, List of Mayors, p.156 3. ^Vivian, p.81 4. ^Vivian, p.81 5. ^Lamplugh, List of Mayors, p.156 6. ^Vivian, p.81 7. ^Lamplugh, List of Mayors, p.155 8. ^Gribble, Joseph Besly, Memorials of Barnstaple: Being an Attempt to Supply the Want of A History of that Ancient Borough, Barnstaple, 1830, Chapter 1, p.344 9. ^Vivian, p.101, pedigree of Beauple (part of pedigree of Bonville of Shute) 10. ^Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp.459, 469 11. ^Gribble, Joseph Besly, Memorials of Barnstaple: Being an Attempt to Supply the Want of A History of that Ancient Borough, Barnstaple, 1830, pp.34-5 12. ^Gribble, Joseph Besly, Memorials of Barnstaple: Being an Attempt to Supply the Want of A History of that Ancient Borough, Barnstaple, 1830, p.35 13. ^Per inscription on his mural monument in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple 14. ^Lamplugh, List of Mayors, p.156 15. ^Gribble, p.282 16. ^Croft, Pauline, The Spanish Company, London Record Society, Volume 9, London, 1973 17. ^Lamplugh, p.165, note 2 to chapter 12, quoting "Borough Records Vol II, p.150" 18. ^Lamplugh, p.165, note 2 to chapter 12 19. ^Reed, Margaret A., A Brief History of Higher Rookabear (Collection of North Devon Athaneum, Barnstaple) 20. ^Croft, Pauline, The Spanish Company, London Record Society, Volume 9, London, 1973 21. ^Building completed in 1627, per date-stone above main entrance 22. ^Gribble, pp.131-2 23. ^Vivian, p.81 24. ^Lamplugh, List of Mayors, p.156 25. ^Lamplugh, List of Mayors, p.155 26. ^Vivian, pp.81 & 393-4 27. ^Vivian, p.392, footnote 12 28. ^Gribble, Joseph Besly, Memorials of Barnstaple: Being an Attempt to Supply the Want of A History of that Ancient Borough, Barnstaple, 1830, p.89 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5AsNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP17&lpg=PP17&dq=mary+paige+barnstaple&source=bl&ots=DyfnrHA2xK&sig=K1dTU65AH12r6zKD0v2o1LajONY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pbtcVOqdKcm57gbs4YGADA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=mary%20paige%20barnstaple&f=false] 29. ^Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.126, pedigree of "Cade of Fremington" 30. ^Lamplugh, p.156 31. ^Vivian, p.126, pedigree of Cade of Fremington 32. ^Reed, Margaret A., A Brief History of Higher Rookabear (Collection of North Devon Athaneum, Barnstaple) 33. ^{{cite web|title=Index to Mayors of Barnstaple 1303-1929|url=http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Barnstaple/BarnstapleMayors.html|accessdate=14 November 2015}} 34. ^"Will of Gilbert Paige, Merchant of Barnstaple, Devon", dated 2 January 1642, proved 20 May 1647, lines 56-8, National Archives, PROB 11/200/411 35. ^Vivian, p.81 36. ^Lamplugh, p. 71 37. ^Lamplugh, p. 71 38. ^Gray, Todd, Devon Household Accounts, 1627–59, Part II, Henry, Fifth Earl of Bath and Rachel, Countess of Bath, 1637–1655, Devon and Cornwall Record Society,Exeter, 1996, p.xlix 39. ^Gray, 1996, p.xlix 40. ^Lamplugh, p. 71 41. ^Gribble, pp.92-3 42. ^Incledon, Benjamin, Recorder of Barnstaple, Transcripts of Devon Monumental Inscriptions (3 Volumes), Volume I, p.27, 1780 43. ^Latin anno aetatis, "in the year of his age" 4 : Mayors of Barnstaple|Members of the Spanish Company|People from Barnstaple|Merchants from Devon |
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