Benjamin Incledon

Benjamin Incledon
Benjamin Incledon (1730–1796). Portrait by studio of Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), collection of Barnstaple Town Council, displayed in Council Chamber, Barnstaple Guildhall
Personal details
Born1730 (1730)
Died7 August 1796 (aged 65–66)
Barnstaple, Devon, England
Spouse
Margaret Newton
​
(m. 1757)​
Children2
Parent
Arms of Incledon of Incledon and Buckland in the parish of Braunton, North Devon: Argent, a chevron engrailed between three tuns sable fire issuing from the bung hole proper.[1]Canting arms "incend-tun"
Pilton House, Pilton, near Barnstaple, Devon, home of Benjamin Incledon, built in 1746 by his father Robert Incledon[2] (1676–1758)

Benjamin Incledon (1730–1796) (pronounced "Ingledon") of Pilton House, Pilton, near Barnstaple in North Devon, was an English antiquarian and genealogist. He served as Recorder of Barnstaple (1758–1796).[3][4]

  1. ^ Per Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.497, pedigree of Incledon of Buckland. As visible (with gilded flames) on various mural monuments to the Incledon and Webber families in St Brannock's Church, Braunton and on the frieze of Queen Anne's Walk (Mercantile Exchange, circa 1708), Barnstaple, Devon.
  2. ^ Reed, Margaret A., Pilton: Its Past and Its People, Barnstaple, 1985, p.143; Listed building text [1]
  3. ^ "Benjamin Incledon, Recorder (1758–1796) | Art UK". Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ For duties and appointment of Recorder of Barnstaple, see Gribble, Joseph Besly, Memorials of Barnstaple, Barnstaple, 1830, pp. 407–8