page_title: Manor of Combe Martin
section_title: Pollard
hierarchical_section_title: Manor of Combe Martin / Descent of the manor / Pollard
caption_attribution_description: Arms of Pollard of King's Nympton: Argent, a chevron sable between three escallops gules (Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.597)
context_page_description: The Manor of Combe Martin was a medieval manor estate in Combe Martin, Devon, England.
context_section_description: Following the death in 1391 without progeny of Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley (c.1328-1391) the barony of Barnstaple escheated to the crown. On 25 October 1537 the manor of Combe Martin was granted by King Henry VIII to Sir Richard Pollard, (1505–1542), as the entry in the "Letters & Papers of King Henry VIII" records under the heading "grants October 1537": "Ric. Pollard. Grant of the manor and borough of Combmeston, Devon, with reservation of gold and silver mines, &c. Hampton Court, 20 Oct. 29 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 25 Oct. 1537—P.S."  Pollard was an assistant of Thomas Cromwell in administering the surrender of religious houses following the Dissolution of the monasteries, and was employed particularly as a surveyor who visited the premises and made a detailed valuation of the house's assets and income. He was MP for Taunton (1536) and Devon (1539, 1542). He resided chiefly at Putney, Surrey, thus near the Royal Court. In 1540 he was granted the newly dissolved Forde Abbey. He was the  2nd son of Sir Lewis Pollard (c.1465-1526) of King's Nympton,  Justice of the Common Pleas from 1514 to 1526 and MP for Totnes in 1491. Sir Richard's son Sir John Pollard sold the manor of Combe Martin to his tenants and the demesne lands to his servant William Hancocke.
caption: Arms of Pollard of King's Nympton: Argent, a chevron sable between three escallops gules[5]
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