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Hugh Yeo was born about 1477, the youngest of four sons of John Yeo and Johane Asshe of Braunton Gorges. He married Alice Pyke and died in 1548; his will was proved at Exeter the following year. Hugh and Alice had five children, including:
– William Yeo (see below).
Hugh Yeo held land at Braunton and East Down. In 1529–1532 he was involved, with his wife Alice and Thomas and Alice Deane, in a dispute with John Ford over land in Braunton (part of the manor of Buckland Chaylow) formerly held by his wife’s grandfather John Asshe. He also held land at Northam, assigned to him by his brother Lewis in 1523, and brought a legal case against Lewis over land in the manor of Braunton Gorges.
Hugh Yeo was MP for Barnstaple in 1529, a Justice of the Peace in 1535 and held the post of steward of Sir John Basset.
William Yeo of Fairlinch (c1518–1562, son of Hugh Yeo and Alice Pyke) [note 1] married Audry Stuckley [note 2] at the parish church in Braunton in 1545. The details below are based on research by Sheila, with corrections kindly submitted by Mervyn Body.
William and Audry baptised twelve children at Braunton:
– Hugh Yeo (baptised 1545)
– Elizabeth Yeo (baptised 1547)
– Anne Yeo (baptised 1550)
– Philip Yeo (1551–1609, nine children with his wife Eliza)
– Urith Yeo (1553–1610) [note 3]
– Thomas Yeo (1554–1557)
– William Yeo
– Grace Yeo (baptised 1556)
– John Yeo (1557–1559)
– Meldrid Yeo (1557–1563)
– Johan Yeo (baptised 1560)
– Edward Yeo (1561–1563).
William died in 1562 and was buried at Braunton. Later that year, Audry married Roger Gifford and had two children with him before her death in 1572. She too was buried at Braunton.
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Notes
1. A pedigree published on p.835 of the 1895 Visitations of Devon records William’s father as John Yeo, son of Leonard Yeo and Gertrude Stapleton. This information appears to be incorrect.
2. Also recorded as Andria Stuckley.
3. Urith baptised an illegitimate daughter Elizabeth Yeo at Braunton in 1589.