Hugh's younger brother was the more prominent Sir Richard Pollard (1505–1542), MP for Taunton (1536) and for Devon (1539, 1542), of Putney, Surrey, King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer and a law reporter,[7] who was an assistant of Thomas Cromwell in administering the surrender of religious houses following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[8] In 1537 Thomas was granted by King Henry VIII the manor of Combe Martin in Devon[9] and in 1540 Forde Abbey.
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He was Recorder of Barnstaple in 1545, to which honorary officer the Borough of Barnstaple entrusted the nominations of its two Member of Parliament.[10] One of the MP's he nominated was George Rolle (d.1552), a London lawyer, who in 1523 had been appointed by a private Act of Parliament as life tenant of the office of "Keeper of the Writs and Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas", due to his "long good and perfect knowledge and experience" of the functioning of that Court. Rolle was thus an associate of Sir Hugh's father, Sir Lewis Pollard, one of the Judges of the Common Pleas. It was in the small Devonshire parish of St Giles in the Wood, the ancestral home of the Pollards, where Rolle purchased his seat of Stevenstone, which eventually at the start of the 20th century became the caput of "the largest estate Devon had ever seen",[11] today managed by the Clinton Devon Estates company.
Through the influence of his younger brother Sir Richard Pollard he obtained the wardship of Richard Bury (1516–1543), son and heir of John Bury (d.1533) lord of the manor of Colleton in the parish of Chulmleigh, Devon, whom he married to his daughter Elizabeth Pollard. Richard Pollard obtained as his own wife John Bury's daughter Jacquetta, as promised him in her father's will.[12]
Elizabeth Pollard, married firstly Richard Bury (1516–1543) lord of the manor of Colleton, Chulmleigh,[15] whose wardship and marriage had been purchased by her father, with the helpful influence of his brother Richard Pollard, the government official. Richard Pollard managed at the same time to persuade Richard Bury's father John IV Bury (1481–1533) to give him for his own wife his daughter Jacquetta Bury.[16] Secondly Elizabeth Pollard married Henry Dillon (d.1579) of Chimwell, Bratton Fleming, lord of the manor of Bratton Fleming, whose sister Dorothy Dillon was the wife of Elizabeth's cousin Hugh Pollard of Knowstone.
Secondly he married Dorothy Carew, daughter of Sir Edmund Carew (1465–1513) of Mohuns Ottery in the parish of Luppitt, Devon, (killed in 1513 at the Siege of Thérouanne, in Artois, part of the Battle of the Spurs or Battle of Guinegate) and widow of John Stowell, by whom he had a further daughter Dorothy Pollard (d.1559/60), the first of three wives of Robert Courtenay (d. 1583), lord of the manor of Molland in Devon.[17]
Referencesedit
^Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.597
^Byrne, Muriel St. Clare, (ed.) The Lisle Letters, 6 vols, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1981, vol.1, p.604; Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.123, pedigree of Bury of Colliton
^Youings, Joyce, Devon Monastic Lands: Calendar of Particulars for Grants 1536–1558, Devon & Cornwall Record Society, New Series, Vol.1, Torquay, 1955, pp.25–7, grant no.33
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Sir Hugh Pollard fl 1536 1545 lord of the manor of King s Nympton in Devon was Sheriff of Devon in 1535 6 2 and in 1545 was appointed Recorder of Barnstaple in Devon 3 Arms of Pollard of King s Nympton Argent a chevron sable between three escallops gules 1 Contents 1 Origins 1 1 Brother 2 Career 3 Marriage and children 4 ReferencesOrigins editHe was the eldest son and heir of Sir Lewis Pollard c 1465 1526 of King s Nympton a Justice of the Common Pleas from 1514 to 1526 4 and Member of Parliament for Totnes in 1491 Hugh s mother was Agnes Hext daughter of Thomas Hext a prominent lawyer 5 of Kingston in the parish of Staverton near Totnes by his wife Florence Bonville Westcote stated her to be the heiress of Dunisford or Donesford 6 The Pollard family were first established in Devon before the 13th century at the manor of Way in the parish of St Giles in the Wood near Great Torrington Brother edit Hugh s younger brother was the more prominent Sir Richard Pollard 1505 1542 MP for Taunton 1536 and for Devon 1539 1542 of Putney Surrey King s Remembrancer of the Exchequer and a law reporter 7 who was an assistant of Thomas Cromwell in administering the surrender of religious houses following the Dissolution of the Monasteries 8 In 1537 Thomas was granted by King Henry VIII the manor of Combe Martin in Devon 9 and in 1540 Forde Abbey Career editHe was Recorder of Barnstaple in 1545 to which honorary officer the Borough of Barnstaple entrusted the nominations of its two Member of Parliament 10 One of the MP s he nominated was George Rolle d 1552 a London lawyer who in 1523 had been appointed by a private Act of Parliament as life tenant of the office of Keeper of the Writs and Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas due to his long good and perfect knowledge and experience of the functioning of that Court Rolle was thus an associate of Sir Hugh s father Sir Lewis Pollard one of the Judges of the Common Pleas It was in the small Devonshire parish of St Giles in the Wood the ancestral home of the Pollards where Rolle purchased his seat of Stevenstone which eventually at the start of the 20th century became the caput of the largest estate Devon had ever seen 11 today managed by the Clinton Devon Estates company Through the influence of his younger brother Sir Richard Pollard he obtained the wardship of Richard Bury 1516 1543 son and heir of John Bury d 1533 lord of the manor of Colleton in the parish of Chulmleigh Devon whom he married to his daughter Elizabeth Pollard Richard Pollard obtained as his own wife John Bury s daughter Jacquetta as promised him in her father s will 12 In 1539 Hugh Pollard acquired a 21 year lease of the site and demesne of Torre Abbey at the Dissolution of the Monasteries and in 1543 acquired the freehold from John St Leger d 1596 of Annery 13 Marriage and children editHe married twice 14 Firstly to Elizabeth Valletort daughter and heiress of John Valletort of Clyst St Lawrence by whom he had three sons and one daughter Sir Lewis Pollard eldest son and heir whose grandson was Sir Lewis Pollard 1st Baronet c 1578 c 1645 Richard Pollard John Pollard Elizabeth Pollard married firstly Richard Bury 1516 1543 lord of the manor of Colleton Chulmleigh 15 whose wardship and marriage had been purchased by her father with the helpful influence of his brother Richard Pollard the government official Richard Pollard managed at the same time to persuade Richard Bury s father John IV Bury 1481 1533 to give him for his own wife his daughter Jacquetta Bury 16 Secondly Elizabeth Pollard married Henry Dillon d 1579 of Chimwell Bratton Fleming lord of the manor of Bratton Fleming whose sister Dorothy Dillon was the wife of Elizabeth s cousin Hugh Pollard of Knowstone Secondly he married Dorothy Carew daughter of Sir Edmund Carew 1465 1513 of Mohuns Ottery in the parish of Luppitt Devon killed in 1513 at the Siege of Therouanne in Artois part of the Battle of the Spurs or Battle of Guinegate and widow of John Stowell by whom he had a further daughter Dorothy Pollard d 1559 60 the first of three wives of Robert Courtenay d 1583 lord of the manor of Molland in Devon 17 References edit Vivian Heraldic Visitations of Devon 1895 p 597 Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII ed James Gairdner vol X no 416 Risdon Tristram d 1640 Survey of Devon 1811 edition London 1811 with 1810 Additions Appendix 8 The Sheriffs of Devon since the Conquest p 12 Hawkyard A D K biography of George Rolle d 1552 MP published in History of Parliament House of Commons 1509 1558 Vol 3 London 1982 1 Hoskins W G A New Survey of England Devon London 1959 first published 1954 p 337 Biography in History of Parliament Westcote Thomas A View of Devonshire in 1630 p 47 History of Parliament biography Frequent references to his activities are recorded in Letters amp Papers of Henry VIII 1537 Risdon Survey of Devon 1810 edition p 348 History of Parliament biog of his contemporary George Rolle d 1552 of Stevenstone MP 2 When held by the eventual heir of the two main branches of the Rolle family Charles John Robert Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis 21st Baron Clinton 1863 1957 per Lauder Rosemary Devon Families Tiverton 2002 p 73 Byrne Muriel St Clare ed The Lisle Letters 6 vols University of Chicago Press Chicago amp London 1981 vol 1 p 604 Vivian Lt Col J L Ed The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531 1564 amp 1620 Exeter 1895 p 123 pedigree of Bury of Colliton Youings Joyce Devon Monastic Lands Calendar of Particulars for Grants 1536 1558 Devon amp Cornwall Record Society New Series Vol 1 Torquay 1955 pp 25 7 grant no 33 Vivian Lt Col J L Ed The Visitations of the County of Devon Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531 1564 amp 1620 Exeter 1895 p 598 Risdon 1810 ed p 426 Vivian p 123 pedigree of Bury of Colleton Byrne Muriel St Clare ed The Lisle Letters 6 vols University of Chicago Press Chicago amp London 1981 vol 1 p 604 Vivian pp 251 598 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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