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233:(died 1647) deserted Acland and moved his residence to Columb John. Killerton was first used as a residence for Sir Arthur's widow Eleanor Mallet (daughter and heiress of Robert Mallet of Woolleigh, whose wife was Elizabeth Rolle who remarried to Sir John Acland (died 1620)). Killerton became the family's chief seat after 1672, when the 1st baronet's fourth son
279:, shortly before his death, at a cost of about £800 of the total £1,000 building cost. Two scholarships were also founded by him at the college. He gave money to buy bread for the poor in each of the 27 parishes in which he held land and an inscription to Sir John was erected in Pilton Church, near Acland, which is transcribed in
102:(c. 1697) to have been the favourite son of his mother, who thus made him heir to her lands in and about London. His elder brother was Hugh Acland (died 1622), who inherited the paternal estate of Acland, which he modernised in 1591 as attested by a surviving date stone, where he remained throughout his life.
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Sir John Acland's monument in
Broadclyst Church was described by Pevsner as "one of the most sumptuous Jacobean monuments in Devon and the most splendid of a related group". It was commissioned by Sir John during his lifetime and bears the dates 1613 and 1614. He lies recumbent, in full armour,
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church, where a monument he had commissioned himself, dated 1613, survives in
Broadclyst Church, showing the sculpted figures of himself and his wives. Since he died childless, his heir was his 70-year-old elder brother Hugh Acland (died 1622) of Acland.
218:, about 32 miles south-east of Acland, where he re-built the old manor house and its domestic chapel, which he endowed with the annual sum of £25 in eternity "for the encouragement of a chaplain, to preach and read prayers in it every Lord's day".
174:. On his monument in Broadclyst Church a kneeling effigy representing Elizabeth Rolle kneels by his head, below a heraldic escutcheon displaying the arms of Rolle. By Elizabeth he had only one child, a daughter named Dorothy who died an infant.
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the rectorial endowments of two parishes in the South Hams, so that the annual proceeds might be distributed among the poor in Exeter and in other parts of the county. He largely financed a new hall, with cellars underneath, at
170:, near Great Torrington in the same county. During Elizabeth's lifetime the couple lived at Woolleigh. It was probably due to Elizabeth's wealth that Acland was able to purchase the manor of Columb John in the parish of
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614:(died 1640), Survey of Devon, 1810 edition, London, 1810, p. 59, purchased from Sir Thomas Drewe; Vivian, p. 307, pedigree of Drewe, states "Sir Thomas Drewe...sold Killerton to Sir Arthur Acland, Bart. (sic)"
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in 1584. The marriage was childless. On Acland's monument in
Broadclyst Church a kneeling effigy representing Margaret Portman kneels by his feet below a heraldic escutcheon displaying the arms of Portman.
346:(All victory comes from God). A rectangular space above his effigy which should have contained a marble tablet inscribed with his epitaph remains blank, as it was in 1697 when described by John Prince.
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propped up on his right elbow, with his two widows kneeling at prayer at his head and feet. It was probably constructed by John
Deymond, an Exeter mason. The Renaissance style comprises columns,
237:(died 1713) altered and enlarged the house in 1680 and abandoned Columb John, of which all that survives today is the Elizabethan gateway. His descendants later built the surviving Georgian
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Argent, above a bend wavy sable a man's hand couped at the wrist in a glove lying fessways thereon a falcon perched, all or
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Acland married twice, but left no surviving children. His first wife was
Elizabeth Rolle, a daughter of the wealthy
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Dictionary of
National Biography, London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900, "Acland, John (died 1613)"
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The
Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620
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After
Elizabeth died, Acland married Margaret Portman, another "vastly rich" widow, a daughter of
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a man's hand couped at the wrist in a glove lying fessways thereon a falcon perched, all proper
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798:, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, pp. 1–6 biography of Sir John Acland
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Dunning, Robert (1983). A History of
Somerset. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. pp. 109–117.
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Prince, p. 2 "Woolley", today's "Woolleigh Barton", about 3 miles SE of Great
Torrington
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Will proved 16 Mar 1603/1604 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury,: 47 Harte, quoted in
63:, Devon, was an English knight, landowner, philanthropist, Member of Parliament and
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Venning, Tim & Paul Hunneyball's biography of Sir John Acland, published in:
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Detail from Acland's recumbent effigy on his monument in Broadclyst Church, Devon
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His charitable gifts were numerous. He settled on the mayor and city council of
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94:, Devon, by his wife Mary Redcliff, daughter and co-heiress of Hugh Redcliff of
665:, A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p. 352.
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Dining Hall, Exeter College, Oxford, built in 1618, largely financed by Acland
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474:& Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p. 125.
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Prince, p. 4 mentions these effigies, "one at the head and one at the feet"
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603, 1981
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Reproduced in Acland, Anne, p. 5 & footnote 2 to chap. 2.
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Effigy of Acland's wife Elizabeth Rolle, in Broadclyst Church
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for 1608–09. He was elected Member of Parliament firstly for
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Buried in Landkey Church, where his large monument survives.
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Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Devon
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629
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He purchased the manor of Columb John in the parish of
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of Sir John Acland (died 1620), showing an escutcheon
249:Acland died on 14 February 1620, and was buried in
189:and the widow of Sir Gabriel Hawley (died 1604) of
330:(Death is the gateway to life) and the well-known
293:A crown for him in Heaven's laid up and treasured
814:, Exeter, 1895, pp. 3–8, pedigree of Acland.
322:It displays the following Latin inscriptions:
110:Acland was appointed to the county bench as a
806:, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010.
162:in Devon, and the widow of Robert Mallet, of
8:
674:Vivian, p. 4; "1620" per Acland, Anne, p. 5.
506:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
764:St Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, 1:21.
287:Here Sr John Acland to the poor's a friend,
780:. London and Chichester: Phillimore, 1981
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354:At the top of the monument is a heraldic
291:Sixpence a week by him to us is measured,
289:In giving bread noe times to have an end,
778:A Devon Family: The Story of the Aclands
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318:, cartouches, obelisks, fruit and
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229:(died 1610) of Acland, whose son
843:17th-century English landowners
385:Argent, two bendlets wavy sable
791:, biography of Sir John Acland
500:Mary, Wolffe. "Acland, John".
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873:English justices of the peace
396:Argent a bend engrailed sable
342:(May my flesh rest in hope);
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810:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.)
520:UK public library membership
235:Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet
231:Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet
98:near London. He is said by
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340:Caro mea requiescit in spe
281:Dean Milles' Questionnaire
398:(Radcliffe), as borne by
336:Post tenebras spero lucem
334:(Death to me is reward);
82:He was the second son of
584:biog. of Sir John Acland
203:High Sheriff of Somerset
126:on 15 March 1604 in the
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709:Acland, Anne., pp.4–5.
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344:A Deo omnis victoria
221:The nearby manor of
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112:Justice of the Peace
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114:in 1583 and was
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156:Stevenstone
84:John Acland
57:Columb John
55:– 1620) of
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522:required.)
428:References
368:difference
216:Broadclyst
172:Broadclyst
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424:(Acland)
360:quarterly
350:Armorials
316:strapwork
223:Killerton
164:Woolleigh
138:Marriages
416:(Rolle).
298:Monument
187:Somerset
771:Sources
413:bezants
199:Dursley
168:Beaford
124:James I
120:Saltash
96:Stepney
92:Landkey
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