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 | | When Agnes Prowse married John Trowbridge, the marriage was preceded by a settlement made by Thomas Trowbridge (Sr.) which granted Agnes an annuity of L30 for life issuing from all his lands at Rowbarton, occupied by his mother-in-law, Alice Hutchings, for her life. |
 | | John married, June 1, 1567, Elizabeth, heir to her father Robert Colwick, merchant taylor and clothier, lord of the manor of West Mere, Tiverton, whose wife and mother of Elizabeth, his heir, was Richarda Gover, a widow, whose first husband and parentage has not been established. |
 | | John Prowse, clothier, son and heir, inherited copyhold land in the manor of Chevythorn, Tiverton, from his father, which he granted to his brother, Robert, of age in 1524 when he was taxed on L2 worth of goods; by 1546, he paid tax in Tiverton on over L40. |
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