PENSFORD, Painsford or Pynesford, and anciently “Pantisfort,” is 1 mile west from the church. There were anciently chapels here dedicated to St. David, St. James and St. John the Baptist, one of which was rebuilt in 1687 by John Kelland, of Painsford, and dedicated Aug. 4 in that year to St. Mary, and divine service continued to be held in it till about the middle of the last century. Painsford House, an ancient mansion on the west bank of the river Harboume, now used as a farm-house, is the property of Philip Michelmore esq. and occupied by Mr. Henry Peeke. The manor of Painsford was anciently held by the Piperell and Halwell families, and was purchased by the Somasters in the reign of Henry VII.; the Kellands, of Totnes, acquired the manor by the marriage in the 17th century of John Kelland with Susanna, daughter and heir of John Somaster; but on the death of John Kelland in 1712 without issue the property passed to the Courtenays, and afterwards to the Poyntz and Boyle families, by whom it was sold to the Michelmores.