Joan Tuckfield (1506–1573),[3] wife of John Tuckfield, Mayor of Exeter in 1549–1550. 1573 portrait, British (English) School. Collection of
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, transferred from the collection of Exeter Guildhall in 1971
He married a certain Joan (1506–1573), whose portrait survives in the collection of the
Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter as one of that museum's earliest paintings.[4] By her will dated 14 June 1568 she left substantial bequests for charitable purposes.[5]
She also "inclosed" Ringwell, Exeter, a place for the execution and burial of traitors and other criminals, as the following text inscribed on a stone tablet on the site was recorded in 1635:[6]
"5to Marcii 1557. This place was bless'd by the
Lord Bishop, given by Mr John Peter, then Mayor, inclos'd by the honest matron Joan Tuckfield, whose soule Lorde pardon". The inscription was transcribed slightly differently in 1828 by Oliver & Jones.[7]
Progeny
Tuckfield Monument in Crediton Church
Many have stated that his son and heir was John Tuckfield (1555–1630) of
Tedburn St Mary and
Little Fulford in the parish of
Shobrooke, near
Crediton, Devon. However the only evidence of progeny is the record of two daughters: Katherine, widow of Rykard and wife of William Waye; and apparently another daughter, also Katherine wife of John Robyns. John Tuckfield (1555–1630) of Tedburn St Mary, later of Little Fulford, was the son of John Tuckfield (c. 1530–1586/89) of Crediton, himself the son of William Tuckfield clothier of Crediton (d. c. 1565) and his wife Joan daughter of John Kene of Upton Hellions. John's sculpted bust survives on the left-hand side of the "Tuckfield Monument" erected by his son Thomas in the chancel of
Holy Cross Church, Crediton.[8] A black stone tablet below is inscribed:
To the memorie of John Tuckfeild of Teadbourne & Fullford, Esq., whose pietie towards God, fidelitie to his friends, bounty to his tenants, charitie to the poore, honestie & courtesie to all men made his lyfe venerable, his death peaceable. Aeta[9] LXXV Ao Do 1630".
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