Hugh Pollard (sheriff)

Arms of Pollard of King's Nympton: Argent, a chevron sable between three escallops gules[1]

Sir Hugh Pollard (fl. 1536, 1545) lord of the manor of King's Nympton in Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1535/6[2] and in 1545 was appointed Recorder of Barnstaple in Devon.[3]

  1. ^ Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.597
  2. ^ Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII, ed. James Gairdner, vol. X, no. 416; Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, Appendix 8: The Sheriffs of Devon since the Conquest, p.12
  3. ^ Hawkyard, A.D.K., biography of George Rolle (d.1552), MP, published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1509–1558, Vol.3, London, 1982 [1]