Sir Amyas Pollard, 3rd Baronet

Little is known of his life except that he was a staunch royalist during the Civil War, as evidenced by the inscribed verse on his ledger stone at Abbots Bickington: Who durst the King & royall cause still own, In times when doing it was so dangerous known.

[3] A prominent mural monument erected by his wife exists in the church of Abbots Bickington to the memory of Thomas Pollard.

On top between the two angels was formerly a shield showing the quarterings as sculpted in relief on the ledger stone of his father before the altar in the same church.

Pollard died in 1701 and was buried before the altar in the very small parish church of Abbots Bickington, where survives his ledger stone inscribed with verse and decorated with heraldry.

Beneath is the following verse: "If birth & parentage be an ornament, His may be rank'd w(i)th those of best descent, If constant stedfast loyallty be a praise, His was unshaken in the worst of dayes, Who durst the King & royall cause still own, In times when doing it was so dangerous known, If love to friends to neighb(ou)rs & to peace, When constituted justice may increase, And raise his charact(e)r all this lets us see, How much we lost in being depriv'd of thee.

Arms of Pollard of King's Nympton: Argent, a chevron sable between three escallops gules [ 1 ]
Heraldic escutcheon bearing arms of Sir Amyas Pollard, 3rd Baronet (1616–1701): Quarterly 1st & 4th, a chevron between three escallops; 2nd & 3rd: a chevron between three mullets; overall the Red Hand of Ulster . Detail from his ledger stone in Abbots Bickington Church, Devon
Crest of Sir Amyas Pollard, 3rd Baronet (1616–1701), detail from his ledger stone in Abbots Bickington Church, Devon: A leopard's head and neck erased
Mural monument to Thomas Pollard (1681–1710), natural son of Sir Amyas Pollard, 3rd Baronet, Abbots Bickington Church, Devon, NE corner of chancel
Ledger stone of Sir Amyas Pollard (1616–1701), 3rd Baronet, before the altar in Abbots Bickington Church, Devon