Leonard Loveys

Leonard Loveys

Male 1528 - 1576  (48 years)


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  • Name Leonard Loveys  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 1528  Launcells, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID L5FM-JH7 
    Burial Apr 1576  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 14 Apr 1576  Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I931  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father Humphrey Loveis,   b. Abt 1490, Black Torrington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Joan Hatch,   b. Abt 1497, Aller in South Moulton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F995  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ibott Speccot,   b. Abt 1548, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1605, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    FSID 9 Jul 1568  Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 9 Jul 1568  Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1569  Ugber,,Cornwall,England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Leonard was ~ 41 years - Ibott was ~ 21 years. 
    Married 1569  Ugber, , Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Loveys,   b. 1572, North Tamerton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1651, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F1020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Parents: Humphrey & Jane (Hatch) Loves S
      Parents: Humphrey & Jane (Hatch) Loves SP: 06 Dec 1990 OGDEN

      An excerpt from "Old Cornwall" The Autumn Edition of 1973 published by The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies reads.... "Ogbeare Hall may be approached from the road at Hornacott Chapel. This way winds through woodland, and the first glimpse of the Hall, set a little below the ridge of the hill, makes it appear somewhat incongrous, as if a Victorian villa from a prosperous suburb had been placed in this somewhat remote Cornish district. The house was indeed rebuilt in Victorian times and subsequently modernised, but it still has at its heart, the Great Hall, with its granite fireplace, of stone mullioned windows and fine wooden roof, reminds one irresistably of Cotehele or Trecarrol. Under the passage and accessible by stone stairs is a fine well. Outside, built into the wals or lying beside them are stones from the earlier Hall in which lived Leonard Lovis. There is a Brass to his memory in North Tamerton Church [St Denys]. Now fixed to the South Wall, it was formerly on a low tomb at the east end of the south aisle:
      "Here lyeth Leonard Loves of Ogbeare Esquyer who Dyed the Fortynth daye of Apryll Anno domini 1576 Generall receaver to ye Queenes Maiestie of all her revenewes in the countyes of Devon and Cornwall."
      Then, on an ajoining stone, there was an inscription to Ebotte Lovis, widow of Leonard, who died on 2nd December 1606. This slate is now on the floor below the brass, and is recognisable only by the beds of three of her brasses, one of which had evidently been a figure, and another had borne the arns of Lovis - or a chevron gules between three seapies proper - impaled with those of Upcott.
      Leonard Loves was possible decended from Richard Lovyes (Lovice, Loveis), one of the Members of Parliament for Launceston in 1392, and he was the son of Humprey who lived at Ogbeare. Leonard had married, first, Jane the daughter and heiress of Richard Upcott, by whom he had Thomas of Ogbeare who died intestate on 30th August 1593, and William of Ogbeare, who died in April 1620( married Mary Ameredith, daughter of Edward Ameredith d 13/6/1606 and Elizabeth Fortisque); Richard of Beardon in Boyton, who married Frances Rolle of Heanton, and another son, Humphrey, and five daughters, of whom one, Frances, paid Rates of Continuance for the reparation of the Parish Church, on Hornacott Moor in 1628. By his second wife, Ebbotte Specotte of Thornbury, he had one daughter, Elizabeth (b 1571 d 3/5/1651), who married at Alvington on June 10th 1589, Richard Coffin (b 1569) of Portledge, Devon. Issue John, Wilmot, Julian and Elizabeth
      Ogbeare Hall went from the representatives of the Lovis family to the Michells, and then to the Welches of Launceston. From them it passed to G W Owen of Tiverton who sold it to Sir William Pratt Call, the owner in 1820. It was then described as 'certainly a building of great antiquity. Large mullioned windows, loaded with iron bars, give it an air of gloomy dignity. It is now inhabited by a farmer.
      The lands, well tilled, abound with cultivated hills: the vallys are filled with wood and pasturage.'. Kelly's directory of 1889 records that Ogbeare Hall had been restored and enlarged. It was then the residence of Major Holt, one of the principal landowners in the area, holding Mr J H Hockin the gift of the living. A later entry, in 1906, mentions the fine banquetting and entrance halls with their elaborately carved celings. Older people recall the days when Squire Alexander lived there, and gave schoold treats to the children, with Xmas trees and presents. The beaters went to the Hall each year for a pheasant dinner. He provided the land and the larger part of the money for the building of the parish hall in 1924.
      Since then Ogbeare has changed hands, and early in 1971, it was sold again. The lake was restored in 1968; with its islands, it extends over 2 1/2 acres, being fed by a stream running from the Forestry Commission woodlands."
      Other facts I have gathered....
      Leonard Loves (b 1533 d 1576) married Jane Thorne (b 1535 in Upcott) in 1543. Issue Thomas (d 1593), William (d 1620), Richard of Beardon, Humphrey, and 5 more daughters. Leonard then married Ebbotte (Ibbott) Speccott (d 1606). Issue Elizabeth who married Richard Coffin 10.6.1589 Ebbott was the daughter of Edmund Speccott and Jane (Grenville).
      I know they're not Loveys, but this is interesting anyway, so bear with me! Jane Grenville was the 2nd child of Sir Thomas Grenville (b 1451 d 18/3/1513) who married Elizabeth Gilbert in 1573 (d 1456). Their other children were, Richard(b 1541) then Jane, Roger, Mary, Agnes, Honor and Phillipa. The Grenville family are a very famous name in this neck of the woods, Sir Richard, for fighting the spanish, and then his grandson, Sir Bevil, for fighting with the King in the civil war, with his notorious army, unrivalled until Cromwell's New Model Army. Sir Bevil fought "invinciblyagainst overwhelming odds. They captured Launceston from the Parliament men, although they marched to battle 'so destitue of provisions that the best officers had but a biscuit a day', and there was only a handful of powder for the whole force. They stormed Stratton Hill and captured nearly 2000 men [this baatle is re-enacted every year]. There, as at Braddock Down four months before, Grenville led them, after solemn prayer for each division. They cleared Cornwall of the Parliamentary forces, overran Somserset, and compelled Essex to despatch a picked force under Sir William Waller to stay them. He arrived in Bath to find Somerset already lost, but he made battle on Lansdown Hill. It was his last battle; he fell as he was leading a charge up on the height." Taken from The King's England, Cornwall by Arthur Mees.
      Back to the Loveys....Leonard and Jane's son, Richard appears to have been built his own estate by Leonard, just down the road, about 3 miles away, called Beardon. Its still there, because the lady from English Heritage mentioned it and I went back and checked my notes. Hence the 'Richard of Beardon'. He and Frances had a daughter, Amye (Emma) Loves (b 1605 d Aug 1649 Newton Ferrers, Devon) who married William Upton. They had a son John (b 1625 d 1699) who married Eleanor Stuart (b 1630). There's a bit more on this lineage, but I'll stop there!There's a note of a Richard Loveys of Beardon and unknown spouse who had a daughter, Elizabeth.
      I also have a note of a Richard Lovel (b 1283 Castle Cary, Somerset), whose father was Hugh Lovel, mother Alianore Lovel. Richard married Muriel Douglas in 1305, and had a daughter Joan.
      Parents: Humphrey & Jane (Hatch) Loves S
      Parents: Humphrey & Jane (Hatch) Loves SP: 06 Dec 1990 OGDEN

      An excerpt from "Old Cornwall" The Autumn Edition of 1973 published by The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies reads.... "Ogbeare Hall may be approached from the road at Hornacott Chapel. This way winds through woodland, and the first glimpse o f the Hall, set a little below the ridge of the hill, makes it appear somewhat incongrous, as if a Victorian villa from a prosperous suburb had been placed in this somewhat remote Cornish district. The house was indeed rebuilt in Victorian times a nd subsequently modernised, but it still has at its heart, the Great Hall, with its granite fireplace, of stone mullioned windows and fine wooden roof, reminds one irresistably of Cotehele or Trecarrol. Under the passage and accessible by stone st airs is a fine well. Outside, built into the wals or lying beside them are stones from the earlier Hall in which lived Leonard Lovis. There is a Brass to his memory in North Tamerton Church [St Denys]. Now fixed to the South Wall, it was formerl y on a low tomb at the east end of the south aisle:
      "Here lyeth Leonard Loves of Ogbeare Esquyer who Dyed the Fortynth daye of Apryll Anno domini 1576 Generall receaver to ye Queenes Maiestie of all her revenewes in the countyes of Devon and Cornwall."
      Then, on an ajoining stone, there was an inscription to Ebotte Lovis, widow of Leonard, who died on 2nd December 1606. This slate is now on the floor below the brass, and is recognisable only by the beds of three of her brasses, one of which had e vidently been a figure, and another had borne the arns of Lovis - or a chevron gules between three seapies proper - impaled with those of Upcott.
      Leonard Loves was possible decended from Richard Lovyes (Lovice, Loveis), one of the Members of Parliament for Launceston in 1392, and he was the son of Humprey who lived at Ogbeare. Leonard had married, first, Jane the daughter and heiress of Ric hard Upcott, by whom he had Thomas of Ogbeare who died intestate on 30th August 1593, and William of Ogbeare, who died in April 1620( married Mary Ameredith, daughter of Edward Ameredith d 13/6/1606 and Elizabeth Fortisque); Richard of Beardon i n Boyton, who married Frances Rolle of Heanton, and another son, Humphrey, and five daughters, of whom one, Frances, paid Rates of Continuance for the reparation of the Parish Church, on Hornacott Moor in 1628. By his second wife, Ebbotte Specott e of Thornbury, he had one daughter, Elizabeth (b 1571 d 3/5/1651), who married at Alvington on June 10th 1589, Richard Coffin (b 1569) of Portledge, Devon. Issue John, Wilmot, Julian and Elizabeth
      Ogbeare Hall went from the representatives of the Lovis family to the Michells, and then to the Welches of Launceston. From them it passed to G W Owen of Tiverton who sold it to Sir William Pratt Call, the owner in 1820. It was then described as ' certainly a building of great antiquity. Large mullioned windows, loaded with iron bars, give it an air of gloomy dignity. It is now inhabited by a farmer.
      The lands, well tilled, abound with cultivated hills: the vallys are filled with wood and pasturage.'. Kelly's directory of 1889 records that Ogbeare Hall had been restored and enlarged. It was then the residence of Major Holt, one of the principa l landowners in the area, holding Mr J H Hockin the gift of the living. A later entry, in 1906, mentions the fine banquetting and entrance halls with their elaborately carved celings. Older people recall the days when Squire Alexander lived there , and gave schoold treats to the children, with Xmas trees and presents. The beaters went to the Hall each year for a pheasant dinner. He provided the land and the larger part of the money for the building of the parish hall in 1924.
      Since then Ogbeare has changed hands, and early in 1971, it was sold again. The lake was restored in 1968; with its islands, it extends over 2 1/2 acres, being fed by a stream running from the Forestry Commission woodlands."
      Other facts I have gathered....
      Leonard Loves (b 1533 d 1576) married Jane Thorne (b 1535 in Upcott) in 1543. Issue Thomas (d 1593), William (d 1620), Richard of Beardon, Humphrey, and 5 more daughters. Leonard then married Ebbotte (Ibbott) Speccott (d 1606). Issue Elizabeth wh o married Richard Coffin 10.6.1589 Ebbott was the daughter of Edmund Speccott and Jane (Grenville).
      I know they're not Loveys, but this is interesting anyway, so bear with me! Jane Grenville was the 2nd child of Sir Thomas Grenville (b 1451 d 18/3/1513) who married Elizabeth Gilbert in 1573 (d 1456). Their other children were, Richard(b 1541) th en Jane, Roger, Mary, Agnes, Honor and Phillipa. The Grenville family are a very famous name in this neck of the woods, Sir Richard, for fighting the spanish, and then his grandson, Sir Bevil, for fighting with the King in the civil war, with hi s notorious army, unrivalled until Cromwell's New Model Army. Sir Bevil fought "invinciblyagainst overwhelming odds. They captured Launceston from the Parliament men, although they marched to battle 'so destitue of provisions that the best officer s had but a biscuit a day', and there was only a handful of powder for the whole force. They stormed Stratton Hill and captured nearly 2000 men [this baatle is re-enacted every year]. There, as at Braddock Down four months before, Grenville led th em, after solemn prayer for each division. They cleared Cornwall of the Parliamentary forces, overran Somserset, and compelled Essex to despatch a picked force under Sir William Waller to stay them. He arrived in Bath to find Somerset already lost , but he made battle on Lansdown Hill. It was his last battle; he fell as he was leading a charge up on the height." Taken from The King's England, Cornwall by Arthur Mees.
      Back to the Loveys....Leonard and Jane's son, Richard appears to have been built his own estate by Leonard, just down the road, about 3 miles away, called Beardon. Its still there, because the lady from English Heritage mentioned it and I went bac k and checked my notes. Hence the 'Richard of Beardon'. He and Frances had a daughter, Amye (Emma) Loves (b 1605 d Aug 1649 Newton Ferrers, Devon) who married William Upton. They had a son John (b 1625 d 1699) who married Eleanor Stuart (b 1630) . There's a bit more on this lineage, but I'll stop there!There's a note of a Richard Loveys of Beardon and unknown spouse who had a daughter, Elizabeth.
      I also have a note of a Richard Lovel (b 1283 Castle Cary, Somerset), whose father was Hugh Lovel, mother Alianore Lovel. Richard married Muriel Douglas in 1305, and had a daughter Joan.

  • Sources 
    1. [S41] England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:J36V-WNB : 4 February 2023), Leonard Lovys in entry for Richard Lovys, 1556.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J36V-WNB

    2. [S41] England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:NBSR-C35 : 4 February 2023), Leonard Lovys in entry for Grace Lovys, 1555.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBSR-C35

    3. [S41] England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:NB7D-TVZ : 4 February 2023), Leonard Loveis in entry for Phillippe Loveis, 1561.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB7D-TVZ