Stowford House is the former manor of Harford

Harford

-Places:United States:* Harford, New York, a town in Cortland County* Harford County, MarylandUnited Kingdom:* Harford, Carmarthenshire* Harford, Devon-People:* James Harford, British diplomat* John Scandrett Harford, banker, benefactor and abolitionist...

 in the hundred of Ermington

Ermington

Ermington can refer to:* Ermington House - The residence of Edmund Lockyer in Ermington, AustraliaThere are several places named Ermington:* Ermington, New South Wales - A suburb of Sydney, Australia...

 and deanery of Plympton

Plympton

Plympton, or Plympton Maurice or Plympton St Maurice or Plympton St Mary or Plympton Erle, in south-western Devon, England is an ancient stannary town: an important trading centre in the past for locally mined tin, and a former seaport...

. Part of East Harford manor is located in Ivybridge

Ivybridge

Ivybridge is a small town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 "Devon Expressway" road...

. The Ivybridge housing estate closest to the manor includes many street names reflecting the past occupants of the property and their families. Stowford itself was a nominal manor as East Harford.

Owners of the Property

Not in order
The manor belonged to the

• Peverells who were Lords of the Hundred in the reign of Edward III.
• Matthew de Ivybridge
• Adam Williams (Father to Thomas Williams)
• Thomas Williams
  Thomas Williams
  Thomas Williams may refer to:* Thomas Williams * Williams, Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 11 November 1613* Thomas Williams , signatory of the Mayflower Compact...
  
  
• John Williams (Grandson)
• Dr John Prideaux
  John Prideaux
  John Prideaux D.D. was an English academic and Bishop of Worcester.-Early life:The fourth son of John and Agnes Prideaux, he was born at Stowford House in the parish of Harford, near Ivybridge, Devon, England, on 17 September 1578...
  
  
• Saverys (Reign of Charles I)
• Dunstervilles
• Mr Rivers (Ivybridge Inn Keeper)

Birthplace

Birthplace of Thomas Williams (speaker)

Thomas Williams

Thomas Williams may refer to:* Thomas Williams * Williams, Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 11 November 1613* Thomas Williams , signatory of the Mayflower Compact...

 (d 1566) Speaker of the House of Commons in 1563, and John Prideaux Rector of Exeter College

Exeter College

Exeter College may refer to:* Exeter College, Oxford a college of Oxford University* Exeter College, Exeter a college in Exeter, Devon...

, Oxford and Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester

The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...

(1578–1650).