Richard Pollard

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁶⁰
Humphrey Poynt, of Iron Acton, Gloucster & Womberlegh, East Ansty & Langley, Devonshire Escheator of Devon in 1460 was married to Elizabeth Pollard, daughter and heir of Richard Pollard. They were the parents of William Poytz and grandparents to Wilnot Poytz who married Thomas Hext.

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 243E:37, 234A:36-37

• Web Reference: Cruwys of Cruwys Morchard.
Thomasina married Richard Pollard, the son of John Pollard and Emma Doddescombe. [Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531, 1564 and 1620, by J.L. Vivian (1895). P. 597] On 20 September 1413, Richard Pollard posted a £100 bond to enter arbitration with John Cruwys regarding the dispute over East Anstey and Little Rackenford. The pedigrees given in the suits to follow help prove their place in the ancestry. [Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, by George Wrottesley. P. 408, 435, 452] In 1426, in perhaps a compromise of the dispute, John Cruwys, William Norton and Richard Pollard jointly presented to East Anstey and all three were listed as holding East Anstey in 1428. [Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal Aids, vol. I (Bedford - Devon), By Great Britain. Public Record Office (1899). P. 468 ] [Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (A.D. 1420-1455) part I, by Rev. F.C. Hingeston-Randolph (1909). P. 88] A moiety of the manor of Over Wallacombe would descend through them to their daughter Elizabeth Pollard, wife of Humphrey Poyntz. [Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal Aids, vol. I (Bedford - Devon), By Great Britain. Public Record Office (1899). P. 467] [Website: Notes on Medieval Genealogy - by Chris Phillips, accessed January 2013. Feet of Fine Transcriptions, CP 25/1/46/93, number]

Richard married Thomasina Cruwys, daughter of Robert Cruwys and Margaret de Corneus.⁵⁹⁹ (Thomasina Cruwys was born in Cruwys Morchard, Devonshire, England.)