Agnes Pollard

• Agnes Hext
• Last Edited 5 Sep 2005
• F, #72327, b. circa 1494
• Father Thomas Hext b. c 1439
• Mother Joan Fortescue b. c 1441
• ' Agnes Hext was born circa 1494 at of Kingston, Devonshire, England. She married Lewis Pollard, son of Robert Pollard and (Miss) Lewknor, circa 1518.
• 'Family Lewis Pollard b. c 1492
• Child
  • Phillipa Pollard+ b. c 1520

From: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2407.htm...
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• 'Agnes Hext1
• 'F, #208106, b. 1488, d. 1561
• Last Edited=14 Oct 2006
• ' Agnes Hext was born in 1488.1 She died in 1561.1
• 'Child of Agnes Hext and Sir Lewis Pollard
  • 1.Phillipa Pollard+1
• Citations
• 1.[S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family."
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p20811.htm#i208106

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Agnes Hext Pollard
Birth 1475
Staverton, South Hams District, Devon, England
Death unknown
St Giles in the Wood, Torridge District, Devon, England
Burial St. James the Apostle Churchyard
Kings Nympton, North Devon District, Devon, England
Plot Pollard Chapel
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 119499793
Born 1475 in Staverton, Devon, England.
Father: Thomas Hext II; of Kingston. Lawyer. Hext/Exte
Mother: Joan (Fortescue) Hext; of Modbury, South Hams District, Devon, England
Death: Unknown in Kingston, Devon, England?
Marriage Sir Lewis Pollard 1495 in Grilstone, Devon, England. (Said as having 22 children)
A window in the Pollard aisle [of Bishop's Nympton church] formerly portrayed the judge with eleven sons kneeling behind him, and his wife with eleven daughters. About this Prince relates a pleasant tale: That his lady, glassing this window in her husband's absence at the Term in London, caused one child more than she then had to be set there; presuming, having had one and twenty already, and usually conceiving at her husband's coming home, that she should have another. Which, inserted in expectation, came to pass in reality." (Prince, Worthies of Devon, 641.)
By Sir Lewis she had eleven sons and eleven daughters, including: The Heralds' Visitations of Devon lists the following:
KNOWN CHILDREN:
++Sons
The Heralds' Visitations of Devon lists the following sons:
1. Sir Hugh Pollard, eldest son and heir, great-grandfather of Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st Baronet of King's Nympton. He was Recorder of Barnstaple in 1545
2. Sir Richard Pollard (1505-1542), 2nd son, MP for Taunton (1536) and Devon (1539, 1542), of Putney, Surrey. King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer and a law reporter He was an assistant of Thomas Cromwell in administering the surrender of religious houses following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and was employed particularly as a surveyor who visited the premises and made a detailed valuation of the house's assets and income. In 1537 he was granted by King Henry VIII the manor of Combe Martin in Devon and in 1540 Forde Abbey.
3. John Pollard, 3rd son, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, Archdeacon of Cornwall, Archdeacon of Barnstaple (1544-1554), Archdeacon of Totnes and Canon of Exeter Cathedral. His full biography is included in Hooker's Synopsis.
4. Robert Pollard (d.1576), 4th son, purchased from the crown the manor of Knowstone, where he was buried on 26 September 1576. He married Anne (or Agnes) Chichester (d.1541), daughter of Richard Chichester of Hall, Bishop's Tawton by his wife Thomasine de Hall (d.1502), heiress of Hall.
5. Anthony Pollard, 5th son.
6. Sir George Pollard, 6th son, knighted at Boulogne for his role in the defense of that English outpost.
++Daughters
The Heralds' Visitations of Devon names five daughters:
1. Anne Pollard, wife of Humphrey Moore (d.1537) of Moorehays in the parish of Burlescombe, in the church of which exists his monument.
2. Jane Pollard, wife of Sir Hugh Stukley (d.1559) of Affeton Castle and mother of the mercenary Thomas Stukley.
3. Philippa Pollard, wife of Sir Hugh Paulet of Sampford Peverell
4. Thomasina Pollard, wife of Admiral Sir George Carew (d.1545)
5. Elizabeth, wife firstly (as his second wife) of John Crocker of Lineham, by whom she had issue, and secondly of Sir Hugh Trevanion
6. Unamed daughter, wife of "Hugh" Courtenay of Powderham, whose identity is uncertain.
Family Members
Parents
Thomas Hext II
1434–1497

Joan Fortescue Hext
1444–1525

Spouse
Sir Lewis Pollard
1465–1526

Siblings
Elizabeth Hext Akeland
1469–1563

Children
Anne Pollard Moore
1496 – unknown

Sir Hugh Pollard I
1498–1545

Joan Pollard Stukeley
1500 – unknown

Elizabeth Pollard Crocker Trevanion
1503–1531

Lady Philippa Pollard Poulet
1504–1560

Sir Richard Pollard
1505–1542

Thomasina Pollard Carew
1510–1539

Sir Robert Pollard
1512–1576

Sir George Pollard
unknown–1544
From: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119499793/agnes-pollard
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• 'Full text of "A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/aviewdevonshire00westgoog/aviewdevons...
• 'A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry (1845)
• http://www.archive.org/stream/aviewdevonshire00westgoog#page/n6/mod...
• http://www.archive.org/stream/aviewdevonshire00westgoog#page/n571/m...
• POLLARD, of Knowston-Beauple, gent. — Arms. — Argent, a chevron sable, between three escalops gules.
• Robert Pollard, second son of John, son of Walter, son of John of Way and Horewood, esq., married Agnes, daughter of Lewknor, of Sussex, esq., and had issue 'Lewis ; who married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Hext, of Kingston in Staverton, and had issue' Hugh, Richard, John, Robert, Anthony, George, Elizabeth, Jane, Agnes, Thomasin, and Philippa.

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• Joan FORTESCUE
• Born: ABT 1444, Wymston, Minston, Devon, England
• Father: John FORTESCUE of Wymston
• Mother: Jane PRESTON
• Married: John HEXT (b. ABT 1434 - d. 1497) (son of Thomas Hext)
• Children:
  • 1. Thomas HEXT of Pickwell (Esq.) (b. ABT 1474 - d. 1555) (m. Wilmot Poyntz)
  • '2. Agnes HEXT (b. 1468) (m. Lewis Pollard)
  • 3. Elizabeth HEXT (m. John Ackeland)
  • 4. Anne HEXT
  • 5. John HEXT
  • 6. Jane HEXT
  • 7. Catherine HEXT
  • 8. William HEXT
  • 9. Henry HEXT
  • 10. Eleanor HEXT
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FORTESCUE3.htm#Joan FORTESCUE1

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• Hugh PAULET (Sir Knight)
• Born: 1500, Hinton, St. George, Somerset, England
• Died: Dec 1572
• Notes: See his Biography.
• Father: Amyas PAULET (Knight)
• Mother: Lora KELLAWAY
• Married 1: Phillipa POLLARD (dau. of 'Lewis Pollard and Agnes Hext') 1528, Hinton St. George, Somersetshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Nicholas PAULET
  • 2. George PAULET
  • 3. Jane PAULET
  • 4. Amyas PAULET (Sir)
• Married 2: Elizabeth BLOUNT ABT 1559 / 12 Nov 1560
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PAULET.htm#Hugh PAULET1

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The history of the Pollard family of America
by Pollard, Maurice J., b. 1892
https://archive.org/details/historyofpollard00poll/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/historyofpollard00poll/page/n38/mode/1up
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Anne
etc. Upon her marriage to William Pollard, however, about 1640, etc.
https://archive.org/details/historyofpollard00poll/page/n39/mode/1up
Pg xxviii
etc.
William Pollard died in 1686. etc.
announced her death in 1726: "On Monday last died her Mrs. Ann Pollard, in the 105th years of her age, and on Thursday last was decently interr'd."
etc.
She had 11 children*, etc.

• *Mr. Corbett make an error in the number of her children; there were 13.

etc.
https://archive.org/details/historyofpollard00poll/page/37/mode/1up
Pg 37
William Pollard of Coventry married about 1650, Mary, daughter of John and Isabell (Barbage) Farmer, of Ansley and Great Packington, Warwickshire, respectively; died before 1669. **
The children of William and Mary (Farmer) Pollard were: etc.

South of England Pollards
The progeniitor of the Devonshire Pollards was John Pollard, 1423. Robert Pollard of Roborough, Devonshire, was the father of Sir Lewis Pollard (1465 - 1540), Judge, who married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Hext,
etc. Footnotes
https://archive.org/details/historyofpollard00poll/page/38/mode/1up
Pg 38
Kingston, Dev., and had eleven sons and eleven daughters. Four of the sons were knighted, namely: Sir Hugh, Sir Richard (father of Sir John, 1528 - 1575), Sir John and Sir George, knighted for defense of Boulogne, 1548-9.
Sir Hugh3 Pollard, above, was the father of Sir Lewis4 Pollard, recorder at Exeter and Sergeant-at-law, who was grandfather to Sir Lewis6 Pollard, bart. (created a baronet 1627), was was the father of Sir Hugh7 Pollard, a royalist who met with some interesting adventures while in the King's service. Hugh married Bridget, daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and widow of Francis Norris, Earl of Berkshire. He died 1666, and the baronecy later became extinct.
Richard Pollard of Way, Devon, had a daughter Avice, who married Walter Pollard, of Plymouth, and had a son Sir John Pollard (d. 1557), Speaker of the House of Commons.
etc.

• Ireland

Pollard is not a common Anglo-Irish name. etc.
https://archive.org/details/historyofpollard00poll/page/39/mode/1up
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Nicholas Pollard, supposed to haave been a son of Sir Lewis Pollard, the Judge (q. v.), accompanied the Earl of Essex, 1562, and founded Castle Pollard. etc.
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'Pollard01'
Families covered: Pollard of Horwood, Pollard of Langley, Pollard of Way
Walter Pollard of Way, Devon (a 1242)

• 1. Walter Pollard of Way (a 1295)
  • A. Joel Pollard of Way (a 1334)
  • In his work on Cornwall, Vivian shows the connections between the above and to the following John with wavy lines, indicating uncertainty, but his later work on Devon shows them with solid lines.
    • i. John Pollard of Waye alias Horwood (a 1390) the first mentioned by Visitation (Oxfordshire)
    • m. Emma Doddiscombe (dau of Sir John Doddiscombe)
      • a. Walter Pollard of Way
      • m. Elizabeth Cornowe (dau/coheir of William Cornowe or Cornew or Carmino)
        • (1) John Pollard of Way
        • m. Ellenor Coppleston (d 21.09.1430, dau of John Coppleston of Coplestone)
          • (A) Walter Pollard of Way
          • m. Joane Baron (dau/heir of Roger Baron of Ravenshyll or Barneshill)
            • (i) Richard Pollard of Way
            • m. Margaret Cockworthy (dau of John Cockworthy)
              • (a) Anthony Pollard of Waye 'of Horwood'
              • m. Petronell Chudleigh (dau of James Chudleigh or Chidleigh of Ashton)
                • ((1)) Sir Richard Pollard of Waye 'of Horwood'
                • m. Joane Bamfield (dau of Edward Bamfield of Devon)
                  • ((A)) Anthony Pollard of Waye & Horwood (d 16.06.1589)
                  • m. Johane Stucley (d 27.02.1599, dau of Lewis Stucley of Affeton)
                    • ((i)) Anthony Pollard 'of Horwood'
                    • m. Joan Fortescue (dau of Hugh Fortescue of Wear)
                      • ((a)) Arthur Pollard of Horwood (bur 10.10.1633)
                      • m. Joan (bur 03.06.1622)
                        • (((1))) Anthony Pollard of Horwood (d 16.06.1687)
                        • (((2))) Elizabeth Pollard
                        • m. (c11.1624) Henry Futz of Horwood
                      • ((b)) Hugh Pollard
                      • m. (c09.1620) Margery Colthurst of Redruth
                    • ((ii)) Anne Pollard
                    • m. William Holland of Wear
                    • ((iii)) Mary Pollard possibly of this generation
                    • m. John Ayre of Wotton
                    • ((iv))+ other issue - Richard, Francis, Anthony
                  • ((B)) John Pollard (4th son)
                  • m. Elizabeth Paulet (dau of Gyles, Lord Pawlett)
                    • ((i)) Lewis Pollard of Newenham Courtney
                    • m. Elizabeth Goddard (dau of Richard Goddard of Harn)
                      • ((a)) Anne Pollard
                      • m. William Brobin
                      • ((b))+ other issue (a 1634) - John (b c1608), Lewis, Anthony, Charles, Elizabeth, Philadephia, Mary
                    • ((ii))+ other issue including Anthony (4th son), Elizabeth
                  • ((C)) Anne Pollard
                  • m. Hugh Bury of Colliton
                  • ((D)) Elizabeth Pollard
                  • m. Peter Trevellyan of Basil
                  • ((E))+ other issue - William, Henry, John, Alexander, Petronell, Ursula, Francisca
                • ((2)) Alexander Pollard
                • ((3)) Mary Pollard
                • m. John Eyre
                • ((4)) Joane Pollard
                • m. Nicholas Ashe
                • ((5)) Grace Pollard
                • m. John Burnby
                • ((6)) Ann Pollard
                • m. Alexander Wollacomb
                • ((7)) Alice Pollard
                • m. Thomas Gaye of Goldsworthy
                • ((8)) Thomasine Pollard
                • m1. William Cockshead
                • m2. Walter Babington
              • (b) John Pollard
              • m. Elizabeth Beville (dau/heir of John Beville of Trewarveneth)
                • ((1)) Alexander Pollard of Trenwith, Cornwall (a 1593)
                • m. Jane Trenwith (dau of James Trenwith)
                  • ((A))+ issue - Thomas (a 1593), Henry, Jane, ELizabeth, Mary
                • ((2))+ other issue - Thomas, James
              • (c) Margaret Pollard
              • m. William Crewos of Morchard
                • ((1)) Emlin Crewes or Crues (coheir) probably of this generation
                • m. Thomas Williams of Stoford (b 1513-4, d 01.07.1566, Speaker of the House of Commons)
                • ((2)) Alice Crewes or Crues (d 02.04.1613, coheir) probably of this generation
                • m. Gregory Hockmore of Buckland Baron (d 15.10.1571)
              • (d) Avice Pollard
              • m. Walter Pollard of Plymouth
                • ((1)) Anthony Pollard of Newenham Courtney (b 1525-6, d 17.07.1577) who married ...
                • m. Phillippe Sheldon (b c1532, d 23.12.1606, dau of William Sheldon of Bolye)
                  • ((A))+ issue (dsp) - William, John
                • ((2)) Alice Pollard
                • m. Thomas Tonke
                  • ((A)) Amy Tonkes
                  • m. William Alcocks
                • ((3)) Joane Pollard
                • m. Robert Charleton
                • ((4)) Margaret Pollard
                • m. ?? Scudamore
                • ((5))+ other issue (dsp) - Sir John of Oxfordshire (judge), William
            • (ii)+ other issue - Lewis (dsp), Anthony
          • (B) Robert Pollard
          • m. _ Lewkenor of Sussex
            • (i) Sir Lewis Pollard of Girleston & King's Nympton (b 1465, judge)
            • m1. Agnes Hext (dau of Thomas Hext or Exte of Kingston)
            • m2. _ Donesford
            • (ii) Thomas Pollard
          • (C) Sir John Pollard
          • (D) Anne Pollard
          • m. John Wood of North Tawton
        • (2) Elizabeth Pollard
        • m. William Wilford
      • b. Richard Pollard
      • m. Thomazin Cruse (dau/coheir of William Cruse)
        • (1) Elizabeth Pollard
        • m. Humphry Pointz
      • c. Roger Pollard
      • m. Eline Hansford (dau/coheir of _ Hansford of Passburye)
        • (1) William Pollard
        • m. Elizabeth Hatch (dau of John Hatch of Wooleigh, widow of John Burye of Colliton)
          • (A) Patrick Pollard of Langley
          • m. Margerye Burye (dau of William Burye of Colliton)
            • (i) George Pollard of Langley (2nd son)
            • m. Thomazine Coplestone (dau of John Coplestone)
              • (a) Richard Pollard of Langley (d before 08.05.1626)
              • m. Mary Molford (dau of Roger Molford or Molsford of Cadbury)
                • ((1)) Richard Pollard (a 1620, d before 27.07.1660)
                • m. Joane Phillip (dau of John Phillip of Plymouth)
                  • ((A)) John Pollard (a 1620, dsp before 14.02.1667-8, 2nd son)
                  • m. Sarah
                  • ((B)) Thomas Pollard (a 1620, 1667, 6th son)
                  • m. Ursula (a 1659)
                    • ((i)) Richard Pollard (a 1659, 1667)
                  • ((C)) Mary Pollard (a 1620, 1667)
                  • m. John Furse
                  • ((D)) Jane Pollard (a 1620, a 1667)
                  • m. John Addington
                  • ((E)) Cicilie Pollard (a 1620, 1659)
                  • m. _ Belleyne
                  • ((F))+ other issue (a 1620) - George (b c1606, d before 1659), Richard (a 1620, 1667), Ezekias (a 1620, 1667), Tristram (a 1620), Susan (a 1620), Elizabeth (a 1659, 1667), Honor (a 1657)
                • ((2)) Izat Pollard
                • m. Richard Gerveys of Cornwall
                • ((3)) Mary Pollard (a 1624)
                • m. Hugh Hanford
                • m2. John Hartley (a 1624)
                • ((4)) Thomasin Pollard (a 1624)
                • m. John Slowley
                • ((5))+ other issue (dsp) - Dorothy, Agnes
              • (b) Joanna Pollard (bur 17.05.1610/9)
              • m1. Michael Barry of Winscott
              • m2. William Risdon of Bableigh (later of Winscott) (d 1622)
              • (c) Mary Pollard (bur 27.11.1610) probably of this generation
              • m. Simon Slowley of Fremington
            • (ii)+ other issue - John, Nicholas
        • (2) Walter Pollard
        • (3) Cicilie Pollard
        • m. Richard Spencer
      • d. Elizabeth Pollard
      • m. Thomas Berry of Berry Narbor

Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Pollard of Way), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, Pollard of St. Hillary), Visitation (Oxfordshire, 1566+1574+1634, Pollard of Nuneham Courtney)
https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/pp/pollard01.php
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