Robert Incledon

Robert Incledon
Robert Incledon (1676-1758) of Pilton House. Portrait by Studio of Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), collection of Barnstaple Town Council, displayed in Barnstaple Guildhall
Mayor of Barnstaple
In office
1712
1721
Personal details
Born1676 (1676)
Died9 December 1758 (aged 81–82)
Spouse(s)Mary Lethbridge (d. 1709)
Penelope Sandford
Children4, including Benjamin
Arms of Incledon of Incledon and Buckland in the parish of Braunton, and of Pilton House, North Devon: Argent, a chevron engrailed between three tuns sable fire issuing from the bung hole proper[1] Quasi-canting arms "incend-tun"
Pilton House, Pilton, near Barnstaple, Devon, built in 1746 by Robert Incledon[2] (1676-1758)
Mural monument in Pilton Church to Christopher Lethbridge (d.1713) of Westaway House, Pilton. Above the inscription are the arms of Robert Incledon (1676-1758) of Pilton House, impaling the arms of his first wife Mary Lethbridge (d.1709), a daughter of Christopher Lethbridge (Argent, over water proper a bridge of five arches embattled gules and over the centre arch a turret in chief an eagle displayed sable charged on the breast with a bezant[3])

Robert Incledon (1676–1758) of Pilton House, Pilton, near Barnstaple in North Devon, was a lawyer of New Inn, London, a Clerk of the Peace for Devon, Deputy Recorder of Barnstaple[4] and was twice Mayor of Barnstaple, in 1712 and 1721.[5] In 1713 as mayor he supervised the building of the Mercantile Exchange (now known as Queen Anne's Walk, a grade I listed building ) on Barnstaple Quay, as recorded on the building by a contemporary brass plaque and sculpture of his armorials. He built Pilton House in 1746.[2]

  1. ^ Per Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.497, pedigree of Incledon of Buckland. As visible (with gilded flames) on various mural monuments to the Incledon and Webber families in St Brannock's Church, Braunton and on the frieze of Queen Anne's Walk (Mercantile Exchange, circa 1708), Barnstaple, Devon
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Reed_1985_p143 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ (Debrett's Peerage, 1967, Lethbridge Baronets, p.497)
  4. ^ Vivian, 1895, p.498
  5. ^ Lamplugh, Lois, Barnstaple: Town on the Taw, South Molton, 2002, p.15