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- Listed as a carpenter in parish registers.
There are indentures which record Peter's lease of dwelling houses from his father Richard, who in turn was leasing them from lords of manors. In 1778 he leased the upper half of a cottage dwelling house and part of a garden in Buckland Brewer from his father. The lease was a "copyhold for lives", meaning that the property could be held by the Pasmore family until the deaths of all three of Richard's wife Jane and of his sons William, John and Peter. Such leases required an up-front sum of money, called a heriot, a yearly rental sum, payable quarterly, and various unspecified duties and produce due to the landlord when asked for.
In 1787 there was a similar lease of a house in Buckland Brewer in the Manor of Bartin to Peter Pasmore from a John Clevland and his wife. The lease is 2239 B-8/71 held in the North Devon Record Office.The other copyhold of lives names in the lease are Richard's wife Jane, his son William and Peter's 3 year old son Peter. The yearly fee is 4 shillings and two fat capons. The lease also obliges Peter to grind his corn at the Tythacott Mill in the parish of Buckland Brewer.
In September 1797 there was another lease for house and land, including outbuildings, orchards, pastures and commons ("Messuage") in Broad Parkham in the Parish of Parkham, but excepting timber and mineral rights, and giving the landlord hunting rights. In this case the lease is from a Mr. Samuel Kekewich, and no copyhold of lives names are mentioned. The indenture indicated that Peter and his family were to act as caretakers and property managers of the estate. [Written transcripts of these indentures were originally made by Lola (Passmore) Falconer.]
Peter's son, Peter, had the following marble memorial shield mounted on the wall of the Church of St. Mary and St. Benedict in Buckland Brewer:
"Sacred to the memory of Peter Passmore
of this parish who died 8th December 1808 aged 57 years
also of
Mary his wife
who died 29th September 1817, aged 70 years.
He was pious and prudent
She discreet and virtuous.
As an affectionate tribute of filial duty
their only son
erects this monument."
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1751 - 1808 (57 years)
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