Spencer Combe

"Spence Combe" House, near Crediton, Devon
Setting of "Spence Combe"
Arms of Spencer of Spencer Combe, Devon: Argent, on a bend sable two pairs of keys (adorsed, handles entwined) or, blazon by Sir William Pole (d.1635).[1] As visible sculpted on monument to Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet (died 1628), of Netherton in the parish of Farway, Devon, in St Michael and All Angels' parish church, Farway
Quartered arms of Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet (died 1628), of Netherton on his monument in Farway Church, quarterly of 9: Prideaux, de Adeston (2&3), Spencer of Spencer Combe, Hody of Spencer Combe, Giffard, Esse of Thuborough, unknown (lion rampant), Poyntz
Arms of de Esse of Thuborough, Sutcombe (whose eventual heir was Prideaux), impaling Spencer of Spencer Combe ("key arms"), Thuborough Chapel of Sutcombe Church

Spencer Combe in the parish of Crediton, Devon, is an historic estate. The grade II listed farmhouse known today as "Spence Combe",[2] the remnant of a former mansion house, is situated 3 miles north-west of the town of Crediton.

The arms given by Pole for Spencer of Spencer Combe, are: Argent, on a bend sable two pairs of keys or,[3] and are shown quartered by Prideaux on the monument in Farway Church, Devon, to Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet (died 1628) of Netherton Hall, and are shown in stained glass impaled by de Esse of Thuborough in the Thuborough Chapel of Sutcombe Church.

Spencer Combe is given erroneously in several traditional historical sources as the seat of Sir Robert Spencer (d.pre-1510) who married Eleanor Beaufort (1431–1501), the daughter and eventual heiress of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406–1455).

  1. ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.502
  2. ^ Listed building text
  3. ^ Pole, p.502