Kat Ashley, maiden name Katherine Champernowne, governess and friend of Elizabeth I
They then proceeded to Modbury Castle, a seat of the Champernowne family, fired the house, broke in and took prisoner Fortescue himself, his brother Peter, Sir Edward Seymour and his eldest son, M.P. for Devonshire, Arthur Basset, ‘a notable malignant,’ and a number of other gentlemen.
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Champernowne was the second son of Sir Philip Champernowne of Modbury, Devon, whose family had lived in Devon since arriving from Cambernon in Normandy in the eleventh century as part of the Norman Conquest.
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Champernowne personally delivered 64 boxes of treasure weighing some 8 tonnes safely to the tower of London, worth some 2 million Royales.
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Sir Arthur Champernowne (1524 – 29 March 1578) was a politician and Vice-Admiral of the West who lived at Dartington Hall in Devon, England.
Madbury was once the farm of Sir Francis Champernowne of Greenland, and named after his ancient family's mansion at Modbury in Devon, England.
At age 13 on 19 September 1576 he married Elizabeth Champernowne, daughter of Sir Arthur Champernowne (d.1578), Vice-Admiral of the West under Queen Elizabeth I, of Dartington Hall, Devon, having been betrothed to her for about ten years.