Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet, of Netherton in the parish of Farway, Devon, was a Councillor at Law and Double Reader of the Inner Temple and was created a baronet on 17 July 1622. He purchased the
Detail from Prideaux's effigy in St Michael's Church, Farway
Netherton Farway Devon By Rev John Swete
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Prideaux Place is a grade I listed Elizabethan country house in the parish of Padstow, Cornwall, England. It has been the home of the Prideaux family for over 400 years. The house was built in 1592 by
Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet of Netherton
…Holbeton; Thuborough, Sutcombe; Solden, Holsworthy; Netherton, Farway; Ashburton; Nutwell, Woodbury and Ford Abbey, Thorncombe. Another branch built Prideaux Place in Cornwall in 1592, where it survives today. It was one of the most widespread and successful of all the gentry families of Devon, and as remarked…
South front, remodelled c. 1810–33 in Strawberry Hill Gothic style
Prideaux Place, east front, detail of 1741 drawing by Edmund Prideaux
Edmund Prideaux, 1730 portrait by William Aikman. Prideaux Place is shown in the background