", property of Trustees of
Antony House, Cornwall In 1576 Bampfylde married Elizabeth Clifton, a daughter of Sir John Clifton (died 1593) of
Barrington Court, Somerset, by his wife Anne Stanley, daughter of
Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle (1507–1560). Sir John Clifton's father was a London merchant, Sir William Clifton (died 1564), who had purchased the manor of Barrington from
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Elizabeth Clifton's brother was
Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton (c. 1570 – 1618). Her portrait
circa 1640, in the style of
Anthony van Dyck, survives in the collection of
Antony House, Cornwall and her stone-sculpted effigy sits in mourning next to the recumbent one of her husband in North Molton Church, on which monument are depicted the arms of Bampfylde
impaling Clifton:
Argent semée of cinquefoils pierced gules, a lion rampant of the last. By his wife he had six sons and four daughters as follows:
Sons •
John Bampfylde (c. 1586 – c. 1657), eldest son and heir, of Poltimore and North Molton, MP for
Tiverton (1621) and
Devon (1628–9). In 1602 Sir Amyas Bampfylde and Thomas Drake, brother and heir of Admiral Sir
Francis Drake, made a double
marriage settlement for Bampfylde's eldest son John Bampfylde, then aged 14, and his daughter Jane Bampfield, then aged 16, who were to marry Drake's daughter and son, with each parent settling £660 on the other's daughter. • Richard Bampfield, second son, died without children. • William Bampfield, third son. • Amyas Bampfield, fourth son, of Weston Bampfield. • Edward Bampfield, fifth son, of Stoke Canon. • James Bampfield (died 1664), sixth son, Rector of
Black Torrington.
Daughters • Dorothy Bampfield (died 1614), wife successively of Edward Hancock (died 1603), MP,
lord of the
manor of Combe Martin, Devon, and later wife of Sir
John Doddridge (1555–1628), of
Bremridge, near North Molton, Justice of the King's Bench. • Jane Bampfield, wife of Francis Drake, son of Francis Drake of Buckland. In 1602 Sir Amyas Bampfylde and Thomas Drake, brother and heir of Admiral Sir
Francis Drake, made a double
marriage settlement for Bampfylde's eldest son John Bampfylde, then aged 14, and a daughter, then aged 16, who were to marry Drake's daughter and son, with each parent settling £660 on the other's daughter. • Anne Bampfield, died without children. • Elizabeth Bampfield, died without children.
Monument to daughter of
Exeter Cathedral A monument survives in the
Lady Chapel of
Exeter Cathedral to his daughter Dorothy Bampfield (died 1614), wife successively of Edward Hancock (died 1603), MP,
lord of the
manor of Combe Martin, Devon, and later wife of Sir
John Doddridge (1555–1628), of
Bremridge, near North Molton, Justice of the King's Bench, whose effigy is situated adjacent. The Latin inscription on a tablet within a
strapwork surround is as follows: :
"Hic jacet d(omi)na Dorothea uxor Johannis Dioderidge militis unius justiciarioru(m) d(omi)ni regis as placita coram rege tenenda assignati et filia Amisii Bampfield militis quae obiit primo Martii Anno Dom(ini) 1614" ("Here lies Dorothy the wife of John Doderidge, knight, one of the Justices of the Lord King assigned at the Pleas held before the King, and daughter of Amisus
(Latinised form) Bampfield, knight, who died on the first of March in the Year of Our Lord 1614"). ==Death and burial==