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Pode of Slade (Cornwood)

The Podes of Slade held 798 acres in Cornwood and Harford. Slade came to the family through a great-uncle, John Spurrell, and passed in 1837 to Captain William Pode, the owner named in the 1840 tithe lists. He died without children and the estate went to his nephew.

In 1840 the tithe lists them as William Pode. 798 acres on the Dartmoor-parish tithe maps: Cornwood 704, Harford 94.

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Family tree

Click a name to see everything the sources say about that person, with the exact words quoted, below the chart. Yellow marks the 1840 tithe owner.

John Pode of Woodland

John Pode of Woodland, in the parish of St Budeaux, born 1731. Married Rebecca, daughter of John Julian of the Friary, Plymouth. Died 1772. S1

Children shown: John Spurrell Pode of Slade, William Pode of Westcot

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

John Spurrell Pode of Slade

John Spurrell Pode of Slade, born 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794. Died without issue 14 July 1837; had inherited Slade from his father's uncle, John Spurrell. Succeeded by his nephew William. S1

Child of John Pode of Woodland

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

William Pode of Westcot

William Pode of Westcot, in the parish of St Dominick, Cornwall, born 1767. Married 4 March 1791 Jenny, daughter of Tubal Lewis of Plymouth. Died 1850. S1

Child of John Pode of Woodland. Children shown: William Pode of Slade, Thomas Julian Pode of Plympton Erle, Stephen Henry Pode of Plympton Erle

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

William Pode of Slade

William Pode of Slade, J.P., Captain in the 33rd regiment, born 22 November 1791. Married 11 October 1838 Thomasine, daughter of Samuel Benny of Callington. Died 23 November 1864 without issue. The 1840 tithe owner; succeeded by his nephew John Duke. S1

Child of William Pode of Westcot

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

Thomas Julian Pode of Plympton Erle

Thomas Julian Pode of Plympton Erle, born 27 September 1798. Married 1st, 15 December 1830, Anne Duke, youngest daughter of the Rev. Duke Yonge, vicar of Otterton and later of Cornwood. Died 9 February 1857. S1

Child of William Pode of Westcot. Children shown: John Duke Pode, Anne Catharine Pode

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

John Duke Pode

John Duke Pode, born 6 November 1832, M.A., barrister, J.P. for Devon. Of Slade in Cornwood by 1879. Married 30 August 1860 Augusta Boevey Crawley. S1

Child of Thomas Julian Pode of Plympton Erle

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

Anne Catharine Pode

Anne Catharine Pode, married William John Woollcombe of Plympton Erle, son of Rear-Admiral Woollcombe of Hemerdon (see Woolcombe of Ashbury). S1

Child of Thomas Julian Pode of Plympton Erle

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

Stephen Henry Pode of Plympton Erle

Stephen Henry Pode of Plympton Erle, born 1 July 1807. Married 10 April 1843 Mary Anne Arscott. S1

Child of William Pode of Westcot

Where this comes from

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

Stories from the record

Each story is backed by at least two independent sources, at least one of them a printed or official record. The sources are listed under it.

The Slade pack that became the Dartmoor Hounds

John Spurrell Pode of Slade kept a pack of hounds, with John Roberts as his huntsman. The Dartmoor Hunt's own history says Roberts hunted them for Pode until 1827, after which John Crocker Bulteel of Lyneham bought the hounds and was Master until 1843. A printed Cornwood parish history of 1918 says Pode's hounds passed to Bulteel and grew into the famous Dartmoor Hounds. The same history says the Squires of Slade and Blachford won silver cups at races on Henlake Down in 1794 and 1795.

Sources: Cornwood Notes (1918), transcribed on GENUKI; Dartmoor Hunt, About (hunt history)

Where the sources differ

The Slade pack that became the Dartmoor Hounds. The 1918 Cornwood history places Pode's pack 'towards the end of the eighteenth century', while the hunt's own history has John Roberts hunting for Pode until 1827. They agree on the chain Pode, Roberts, Bulteel.

Notes

The scanned Landed Gentry text has some damaged dates; only the dates that read cleanly are given.

Sources

S1 Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry (1879), entry Pode of Slade

John Sporrell, of Slade, b. 1765, High Sheriff of Devon 1794, who d. s. p. 14 July, 1837, and was s. in the property, which he inherited from his father's uncle, John Spurrell, Esq. of Slade, by his nephew, William.

Tithe polygons: Devon Tithe Mapping Polygonisation Project (Adnams 2023), © Devon County Council and Devon Heritage Centre, CC BY 4.0. Transcriptions: Devon County Council.