page_title: Colebrooke, Devon
section_title: Horwell
hierarchical_section_title: Colebrooke, Devon / Historic estates / Horwell
caption_attribution_description: Arms of Prye family of Horwell in the parish of Colebrooke, Devon:Ermine, a chevron sable a chief azure fretty or (per Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.498). Alternatively: Ermine, a chevron gules a chief azure fretty or (per Vivian, (Ed.) The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 &amp; 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.631, pedigree of Prye of Horwell). These arms are visible on the monument to John Wrey (d.1597) in Tawstock Church, Devon. John Wrey's son Edmond Wrey married Katherine Prye, daughter of Roger Prye of Horwell (Vivian, p.631)
context_page_description: Colebrooke is a village and parish in Devon, England about 8 km west of Crediton. The main point of interest is the church and the connection to Henry Kingsley's novel The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn. Also Uncle Tom Cobley, of the folk song, signed his will at Pascoe House, but is buried 4 miles west at Spreyton. The champion Devon wrestler, Abraham Cann was born and buried here. He won the all comers wrestling crown in London.
  Colebrooke is also the site SS7700 of a Roman fort or marching camp, the site of which is just outside the village to the East. Disputed - see below.
  Colebrooke gave its name to Colebrook, Connecticut, United States.
context_section_description: Horwell was the residence from the 16th century of the Prye (or Pryce) family, one of the old armigerous gentry families of Devon which made a return in the 1620 Heraldic Visitations of Devon. Their armorials were: Ermine, a chevron gules (or sable according to Pole) a chief azure fretty or. According to Risdon (d.1640): "In this family one thing is remarkable that although they have continued many generations yet was it never known to have brought forth a younger brother until this our age, insomuch as the name is nowhere to be heard of but in only this place". The present house known as Horwell Barton has an early 19th-century facade.
caption: Arms of Prye family of Horwell in the parish of Colebrooke, Devon: Ermine, a chevron sable a chief azure fretty or[9]
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