General Notes

The castle was erected over the ruins of an earlier castle. The remains of Gidley Castle still exist in the privately owned lot next to the church. William  was initially buried in Holbeton, but in keeping with the
terms of his will, was taken up and re-buried at the Church of St. John the Baptise in Lustleigh, Devonshire, England, under Bishop Grandisson's mandate of 19 October 1329. An effigy of William as an crusader is preserved in the wall of the nave.

Source: Frederick Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th edition, 1992, p 55-56
Sir William Le Prouz, s. and h. by (1) [i.e. 1st wife of his father], b. ca. 1245 (ae.25 in 1270), d. shortly bef. 26 Apr. 1316 when Inq.p.m. writ, bur. first at Holbeton, co. Devon, but under Bishop Grandisson's mandate of 19 Oct. 1329, his bones rebur. at Lustleigh, co. Devon, in accordance with his will, held manors of Aveton Gifford, Gidleigh, Holbeton and Lustleigh, co. Devon, Conservator of Peace, co. Devon, 1308, Commissioner re Statute of Winchester, 1310; m. by 1275 Alice de Reigny, lviving 1318, dau. and eventual coh. of John de Reigny, adult by 1222, d. 1246, lord of Aisholt, Aley and Doniford, Somerset, Brixton Reigney in Brixton, co. Devon, and Newton Reigny, Cumberland.  With her three sisters, Alice [his wife] was coh. in 1275 to her nephew Sir William de Reigny."
Source: Devon, by S. Baring Gould, 7th Edition, 1924 Widworthy: Over the West doorway of the tower is a carving in a panel, but too much corroded to distinguish what was its purport.  In the church is the monumental effigy of Sir Hugh Prouz, in Edward III's reign [1327-77]. Widworthy passed from the Prouz family to Chichester, and then to Marwood.
Source: Visitations of Devon of 1531, 1564 and 1620, p. 172 [by Lr. Col. J. L. Vivian].  1. William le Prouse, Lord of Orton.  2. Alice Prouse -- Daughter and heir.  She m. Roger Moels.  3. Johanna Moels -- Daughter and heir.  She m. John Wotton of Widworthy, Devon.  4. John Wotton -- He m. Engaret, daughter and heir of Walter Dymock.  5. Alice Wotton -- Daughter and co-heir. She m. Sir John Chichester.