Langley, Yarnscombe

Langley Barton
Arms of Pollard of Langley (being the ancient arms of Pollard of Way in the parish of St Giles in the Wood): Argent, a chevron sable between three escallops gules[1]
Left: 17th century sculpted stone panel with escutcheon showing quartered arms of Pollard of Langley. Above front door of Langley Barton. With initials "R" and "P", possibly for Richard II Pollard of Langley (d. 1660), or possibly of his father Richard I Pollard (d. 1626). Right: The same quarterings on a fragment of ancient stained glass in Alwington Church, Devon:
  • 1&4: Argent, a chevron sable between three escallops gules (a crescent for difference) (Pollard of Way in the parish of St Giles in the Wood, Devon)
  • 2: Gules, a crescent between three mullets argent (Hansford)
  • 3: Argent, on a fess azure a lion passant or (Passbury)

Langley was a historic estate in the parish of Yarnscombe, Devon, situated one mile north-east of the village of Yarnscombe. It was long the seat of a junior branch of the Pollard family of Way in the parish of St Giles in the Wood, Devon, 3 miles to the south.

  1. ^ Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, 1895, p. 597.