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b. c. 1589,Al. Ox.; C142/502/65. 1st s. of Robert Rolle of Heanton Satchville and Joan, da. of Thomas Hele of Flete, Devon; bro. of Henry† and John*.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 654. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1605; I. Temple 1 Feb. 1609.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. (1) Mary (d. 23 Jan. 1614), da. and coh. of Edmund Stradling of Easton-in-Gordano, Som. s.p.;J. Polsue, Complete Parochial. Hist. of Cornw. (4 vols. Truro, 1867-72), iv. 173. (2) settlement 20 Sept. 1618 (with £2,500), Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Wise† of Sydenham, Devon, 1s. 2da.; (3) 20 Mar. 1631, Mary (d. by 1646), da. of Richard Carew* of Antony, Cornw. 4s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).C142/502/65; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 142, 654-5; PROB11/164/491; PROB11/204/39. Kntd. 28 June 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 172. suc. fa. 1633. bur. 7 Dec. 1647 7 Dec. 1647.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 654.
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Local: j.p. Cornw. 1619 – 25; Devon 1619 – 15 July 1642, by Mar. 1647–d.C231/4, f. 189; C231/5, p. 530; C66/2310; Devon RO, QS 28/3–4. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641;C212/22/20, 21, 23; SR. piracy, 1624 – aft.Mar. 1639; Cornw. 1624–6;C181/3, ff. 113, 130; C181/5, ff. 84, 132v. billeting, Devon and Cornw. 1625; martial law, 1625;APC 1625–6, p. 55; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 180. Forced Loan, Devon 1627;C193/12/2, f. 10v. sewers, 1627, 1634;C181/3, f. 217v; C181/4, f. 163v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 5 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642.C181/5, ff. 189v, 221. Col. militia, Devon by 1642-at least 1646.HMC Portland, i. 54; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 416. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647; Cornw., Som. 23 June 1647.SR; A and O. Dep. lt. Devon 1642–?d.FSL, X.d.483 (5). Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.SR; A. and O.

Civic: freeman, W. Looe, Cornw. by 1641.A.L. Browne, Corporation Chronicles of E. and W. Looe (Plymouth, 1904), p. 190.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 28 Jan., 24 Feb. 1642;PJ i. 208; CJ ii. 452b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O.

: of Insworke, Cornw., Maker and Devon., Heanton Satchville.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ROLLE, Sir Samuel (c.1589-1647), of Insworke, Maker, Cornw. and Heanton Satchville, Petrockstow, Devon.

Will
2 Mar. 1647, pr. 10 Apr. 1648.PROB11/204/39.
Estates
in 1626 bought Wookey manor, Som. with others; in 1636, with others, bought fractional parts of Shebbear, Langtree and Frithelstock manors, Devon.Coventry Docquets, 550, 698. At d. held manors of Merton, Alfardisworthy, Welcombe.PROB11/204/39.
Oxford 1644
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