The grade II listed farmhouse known today as "Spence Combe",[2] the remnant of a former mansion house, is situated 3 miles north-west of the town of Crediton.
The arms given by Pole for Spencer of Spencer Combe, are: Argent, on a bend sable two pairs of keys or,[3] and are shown quartered by Prideaux on the monument in Farway Church, Devon, to Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet (died 1628) of Netherton Hall, and are shown in stained glass impaled by de Esse of Thuborough in the Thuborough Chapel of Sutcombe Church.
[4] However the Devon historian Sir William Pole (died 1635) stated Comb Lancelles to be a separate estate to Cumbe, held by the Hody then Spencer families.
Indeed, the grade II listed farmhouse[5] known today as "Combe Lancey" survives, situated within the parish of Sandford, to the immediate north-west of Crediton.
The descent is given by Pole as follows: Sir Simon Leach (1567–1638) of Cadeleigh, near Crediton, Sheriff of Devon in 1624, purchased Spencer Combe from Beville Prideaux.
"Spence Combe" House, near Crediton, Devon
Setting of "Spence Combe"
Arms of Spencer of Spencer Combe, Devon:
Argent, on a bend sable two pairs of keys (adorsed, handles entwined) or
, blazon by Sir
William Pole
(d.1635).
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1
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As visible sculpted on monument to
Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet
(died 1628), of
Netherton
in the parish of Farway, Devon, in St Michael and All Angels' parish church, Farway
Quartered arms of
Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet
(died 1628), of
Netherton
on his monument in Farway Church, quarterly of 9: Prideaux, de Adeston (2&3), Spencer of Spencer Combe, Hody of Spencer Combe, Giffard, Esse of
Thuborough
, unknown (lion rampant), Poyntz
Arms of de Esse of
Thuborough
, Sutcombe (whose eventual heir was Prideaux), impaling Spencer of Spencer Combe ("key arms"), Thuborough Chapel of Sutcombe Church
Arms of Hody of Spencer Combe and Nethway:
Argent, a fess per fess indented vert and sable between two cotises counterchanged of the fess
,
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7
]
as seen in Farway Church on monument of
Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st Baronet
Arms of Giffard:
Sable, three fusils conjoined in fesse ermine
Arms of Prideaux:
Argent, a chevron sable in chief a label of three points gules
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Arms of Sir Robert Spencer (d.circa 1510) given erroneously in
Debrett's Peerage
as "of Spencer Combe":
Sable, two bars nebuly ermine
,
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quartered by Percy and Cary
