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From: "Arthur French" <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] Re: Francis Drake
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 19:21:40 +0100
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See http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Musbury/

Arthur

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From: "Diana Trenchard" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 6:13 PM
Subject: [DEV] Re: Francis Drake


> In a reply to Carolyn about Drake ancestry, Ken wrote:
>
> " There is no Devon parish of Ashe. . . "
>
> I agree that there is no
> parish of Ashe, but almost certainly the reference is to Ashe House
nr
> Axminster, which was the home of a Drake family for several
centuries.
> I'm not sure in which parish Ashe House was situated, most likely
> Musbury, but that may be wrong. It is certainly on the east side of
the
> River Axe between Axminster and Axmouth.
>
> Sir Winston CHURCHILL (1620-1688) of Minterne and Wootton Glanville,
> both in Dorset, married Elizabeth DRAKE one of the twelve children
of
> John & Eleanor DRAKE of Ashe House near Axminster. They went on to
have
> at least three children including:
> John Churchill (b 1650 at Ashe House) who became the first Duke of
> Marlborough and ancestor of Sir Winston Churchill of the 20C.
> Arabella Churchill who became a mistress of King James II
> Charles Churchill, also in the army.
>
> The first Sir Winston CHURCHILL (his parents were John Churchill and
> Sarah WINSTON) was a strong Royalist in the Civil War. (I'm writing
> most of the rest from memory so may have some facts wrong) His
Dorset
> homes were in danger from the Roundheads. He, his wife and
?children
> fled to her parents' home at Ashe but that house in turn was burned
on
> 18 Jan 1644 by Poulet. For his loyalty to the King Sir Winston was
> knighted at the Restoration in 1660.
>
> I have a note that after Ashe House was burned down, the Drake &
> Churchill families fled to nearby Trill, another of the Drake
> properties. Another Sir John Drake succeeded in 1669 and set to
work to
> build a new Ashe House. I don't know whether the one who died c1669
was
> the father or brother of Elizabeth DRAKE. The Drakes of Ashe
femaled
> out about 50 years after the second Ashe House was built, having
been
> there for over three centuries.
>
> Having written all the above about the Drakes of Ashe house, there
is
> absolutely no information as to whether they are any connection with
the
> American Francis Drake quoted by Carolyn. This would have to be
checked
> and documented, but at least it gives one line to investigate.
>
> Diana

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