page_title: John Rolle (died 1706)
section_title: Mural monument to wife
hierarchical_section_title: John Rolle (died 1706) / Mural monument to wife
caption_attribution_description: Mural monument to Florence Rolle, Lady Rolle (d.1705), wife of Sir John Rolle (d.1706). Tawstock Church, Devon. By Thomas Jewell of Barnstaple (Pevsner, Nikolaus &amp; Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.790). Mural monument to Florence Rolle (d.1705), daughter and sole heiress of Denys Rolle (1614-1638) of Stevenstone, Devon, and wife of Sir John Rolle (d.1706) of Marhayes, Cornwall. Tawstock Church, Devon. The arms are Rolle of Marhayes with inescutcheon of pretence of Rolle of Stevenstone.
context_page_description: Sir John Rolle, KB, of Stevenstone, Devon, was an English landowner, Sheriff of Devon in 1682 and MP for Barnstaple and for Devon. The Travel Journal of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany states of him: "This gentleman is one of the richest in the country, having an estate of six thousand pounds sterling per annum, besides a considerable property in ready money".
context_section_description: A mural monument exists in St Peter's Church, Tawstock (by Thomas Jewell of Barnstaple) to Florence Rolle (d.1705), daughter and sole heiress of Denys Rolle (1614–1638) of Stevenstone and wife of Sir John Rolle (d. 1706) of Marhayes. It was erected by her daughter Margaret Rolle, a spinster who had apparently moved to Tawstock Court, the home of her sister Florence Rolle (Lady Wrey), the widow of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (d. 1696). The inscription is as follows:
  "In memory of The Lady Rolle wife of Sr. John Rolle, Knight of ye Bath, ye purity of whose mind, w(hi)ch appeared in all ye dutys of a virtuous life, made her ye best of wives, mothers & friends. Her love was like her piety, constant & unfeigned to her last moment. She dyed Aug(u)st ye 10th 1705.
  Rest pious dust thy God has heard thy prayers,
  Calm'd all thy sorrows & wip'd off thy tears,
  Thy soul doth now behold his face divine,
  And with ye heavenly host in confort joyn,
  Pitys ye senseless folly of mankind,
  While she enjoys an endless peace of mind.
  This monument was erected by her daught(e)r M(ist)r(es)s Margaret Rolle".
  On top of the monument is an heraldic cartouche showing the arms of Sir John Rolle, namely Rolle of Marhayes with an inescutcheon of pretence of Rolle of Stevenstone, indicating that Sir John's wife was an heraldic heiress. Above that is the crest of Rolle: A cubit arm erect vested or charged with a fess indented double cotised azure in the hand a parchment roll . At the base is a monogram of undeciphered lettering, apparently a doubled and interlaced "R".
caption: Mural monument to Florence Rolle (d. 1705), daughter and sole heiress of Denys Rolle (1614–1638) of Stevenstone and wife of Sir John Rolle (d. 1706) of Marhayes. Tawstock Church, Devon. The arms are Rolle of Marhayes with inescutcheon of pretence of Rolle of Stevenstone
exif: {"Image Software": "Irodio Photo & Video Studio", "Image ImageDescription": "Exif_JPEG_PICTURE", "Image Make": "RICOH", "Image Model": "RICOH R10", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2012:04:02 20:38:57", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "294", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/2", "EXIF FNumber": "47/10", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2012:04:02 20:38:57", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2012:04:02 20:38:57", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "8/5", "EXIF ApertureValue": "9/2", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "-9/10", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "33/10", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "83/5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1862", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3403"}