Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe

In 1812 Lord Clinton purchased the manor and mansion of nearby Huish, renamed it Heanton Satchville, and made it his seat.

The south side of the house had a "most noble terrace" of 130 paces in width, with a bowling green and adjacent walks.

[5] The manor of "Hantone" is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the 35th of the 176 Devonshire holdings of Baldwin the Sheriff,[6] feudal baron of Okehampton.

[15] The Book of Fees lists Yauntone as held by John de Sicca Villa (the Latinized form of the name) from the feudal barony of Okehampton,[14] whose lord was the Courtenay family, later Earls of Devon.

[26] On the north wall of Petrockstowe parish church are affixed two monumental brasses of Henry Rolle (left, westernmost) and his wife Margaret Yeo (died 1591), (right, easternmost) the heiress of Heanton Satchville.

Inscribed in Roman capitals below is the following text: "Here lyeth the body of Henry Rolle Esquieer fourth sonne of George Rolle of Stevenston who maryed Margaret Yeo daughter and sole heire unto Robert Yeo Esquir decesed and had issue by hir sonnes & doughters nyneteene".

On a speech scroll issuing from Henry Rolle's mouth the words MORS MIHI LUCRUM, from St Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, 1:21 (Mihi enim vivere Christus est et mori lucrum, translated in the King James Bible as: "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain").

Affixed in modern times immediately to the right of the brass of Henry Rolle is that of his wife Margaret Yeo, heiress of Petrockstowe manor.

Inscribed below is the following Gothic text: "Here lyeth the bodye of Margaret the wife of Henry Rolle Esquier, daughter and hayre of Robert Yeo Esquire who deceased the Vth day of January and in ye yeare of Our Lorde God 1591".

From her mouth issues a speech scroll inscribed: "My children feare the lorde", referring to Psalms 34:11: "Come ye children hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord" [28] A human skull is shown directly in front of her face, symbolising death, and perhaps her contemplation of that event.

[43] Samuel Lysons wrote in 1822: "Heanton Sachville, which was some time a seat of the Rolles, and afterwards of the Earls of Orford, was burnt down several years ago.

[16] The only remnant of the original mansion is the stable block, now the site of a modern farmhouse called Heanton Barton.

Heanton Satchville depicted in 1739, then the home of Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton ; detail from Vitruvius Britannicus
Heanton Hall and Park, an engraving by William Henry Toms, 1739
The facade in 1716, drawn by Edmund Prideaux (1693-1745) of Prideaux Place , Cornwall
The left wing in 1716, drawn by Edmund Prideaux (1693-1745) of Prideaux Place , Cornwall
Arms of Yeo: Argent, a chevron sable between three ducks azure . [ a ] The Yeos quartered the arms of Sachville, Esse, Pyne, Jewe and Brightley. [ 20 ]
Arms of Rolle: Or, on a fesse dancetté between three billets azure each charged with a lion rampant of the first three bezants
Drawing of Monumental brass of Henry Rolle, north wall of nave, Petrockstowe Church. His ten sons kneel in prayer behind
19th-century drawing of monumental brass of Margaret Yeo (died 1591), wife of Henry Rolle and heiress of Petrockstowe manor. North wall of nave, Petrockstowe Church. Her eight daughters kneel behind
Arms of Walpole: Or, on a fesse between two chevrons sable three crosses crosslet of the field [ 36 ]
Arms of Trefusis: Argent, a chevron between three spindles sable
Stone pillar in cow barn at Heanton Barton