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| Keywords: SirHenryRolle (1545-1625) 1602Arms AbbotsLodge CathedralClose Exeter.jpg townhouse was the Abbot's Lodge destroyed in 1942 during World War II bombing in Cathedral Close within the precincts of Exeter Cathedral He made alterations to that house and added decorative heraldic plaster escutcheons dated 1602 one of which showed showed Rolle impaling Watts of six quarters the other Rolle impaling Fortescue alone For details of heraldry and photographs see Devon Notes Queries Vol 9 1916-17 pp 97-9 Armorial Bearings at the Abbot's Lodge The Close Exeter The house had been the townhouse of the Abbot of Buckfast Abbey which Abbey and much of its lands including the Abbot's Lodge had been acquired in 1545 by the patriarch George Rolle d 1552 following the Dissolution of the Monasteries <ref>http //demolition-exeter blogspot co uk/2010/09/town-house-of-abbots-of-buckfast html</ref> It had been used by George Rolle as his townhouse by the name of Buckfast Place and was the place of his death in 1552 Arms Rolle Or on a fesse dancetté between three billets azure each charged with a lion rampant of the first three bezants impaling quarterly of 6 1 6 Argent on a fesse vert between three eagle's heads erased sable as many crosses sarcelly of the first Watts 2 As sculpted Azure on a fesse or between six arrows bendwise barbs uppermost argent three blackamoor's heads in profile proper Watts see Richard Symonds's Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army By Richard Symonds Ian Roy C E Long Royal Historical Society Great Britain entry for 1644 p 99https //books google co uk/books id INAefNZ1ifcC pg RA1-PA99 lpg RA1-PA99 dq on+a+fess+between+six+arrows+bendwise+three source bl ots 4ZK73iqxDb sig CdFfdAz1sqRxaeFk4DkmzPFWTbo hl en sa X ved 0ahUKEwjJqOm15MLJAhXGbRQKHUxaBOMQ6AEIIDAA v onepage q on 20a 20fess 20between 20six 20arrows 20bendwise 20three f false The arms of Watts of Cotlington Somerset are given in the 1623 Heraldic Visitation of Somerset as Azure three broad arrows or feathered argent on a chief of the second as many men's heads side faced proper crined sable Watts of Cotlington Somersethttps //archive org/stream/visitationofcoun00stge page/116/mode/2up 3 A chevron between three mermaids Wybbery 4 A lion rampant 5 Argent on a bend gules between three pallets three swans Clarke Dugdale Sir William Antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated Volume 2 Clarke of Halberton Devon per Grace Thomas Grace Thomas Armorial Bearings at the Abbot's Lodge The Close Exeter Devon Notes Queries Vol 9 1916-17 pp 97-9https //archive org/stream/devoncornwallnot09amer page/n11/mode/2up Two images reproduced in http //demolition-exeter blogspot co uk/2010/09/town-house-of-abbots-of-buckfast html unknown photographer before 1916 Rolle arms Strapwork PD-old-70-1923 | ||||
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