Feudal Barony of Berry Pomeroy


The Feudal Barony of Berry Pomeroy was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the mediaeval era, and had its caput at the manor of Berry Pomeroy, 20 miles south of the City of Exeter and 2 miles east of the town of Totnes, where was situated Totnes Castle, the caput of the feudal barony of Totnes. The exact location of the 11th-century baron's residence is unclear, perhaps it was next to the parish church on the site of the present former rectory known as Berry House, as it is now believed that the present surviving nearby ruined Berry Pomeroy Castle was not built until the 15th century.
The manor and barony was owned by the Pomeroy family from before 1086 until 1547 when it was purchased by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in whose family it has since remained and today the manor and much of the former estate belongs to his descendant the Duke of Somerset, seated at Maiden Bradley House in Wiltshire.

Descent

Pomeroy

The descent of the barony in the de la Pomeroy family is as follows:
;Ralph de la Pomeroy,
;William de la Pomeroy
;Joscelin de la Pomeroy
;Henry de la Pomeroy, Constable of Normandy.
;Henry de la Pomeroy
;Henry de la Pomeroy
;Henry de la Pomeroy
;Henry de la Pomeroy
;Sir Henry de la Pomeroy
;Sir Henry de la Pomeroy
;Sir Henry de la Pomeroy
;Sir John de la Pomeroy
;Sir Thomas Pomeroy
;Edward de Pomeroy
;Henry de Pomeroy
;Sir Richard de Pomeroy
;Sir Edward de Pomeroy
;Sir Thomas Pomeroy

Seymour

The descent of Berry Pomeroy in the Seymour family is as follows:
;Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
;Lord Edward Seymour
;Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet
;Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet
;Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet
;Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
;Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, MP.
;Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset