Colcombe - Castle. To Sir John de la Pole Bart. this plate is inscribed by his obliged ... (1790)
Thomas Bonnor
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SC0402
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CD 7 DVD 1
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Polwhele, Revd. Richard. The history of Devonshire. London: Cadell, Dilly & Murray, 1793-1806. Vol. II. p. 311.The Earls of Devon, in the time of Edward the 1st, built a mansion-house at Colcombe. William, Earl of Devon, had made frequent alterations in this house, and intended to rebuild it, in a style of magnificence. But his death and the attainder of Henry his son in 1538, left the crumbling edifice to the ruins of time. Sir William Pole informs us, that Colcombe had been long the dwelling of the lords of those manors, and that a goodly building was intended by the last earls, but altogether unfinished. "And now the whole being reduced from all the coheirs into my possession, I have new built the house, and made it the place of my residing. There was a little chantery builded by the Lords of Colcomb, purchased by Walter Earl, grandfather unto Sir Walter Earl, who hath sold the land unto John Sampson of Colyton." At this moment Colcombe-castle (for such is it styled by its possessor Sir John W. de la Pole) exhibits a strong pile of ruin.[Text may be taken from a different edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Copper l.engr
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202x303mm
Series
S024. POLWHELE, Revd Richard: THE HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE.
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Ruins
Counties
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Dates
1790