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Scoble (anciently Scobbahull), is an historic estate in the parish of
Scoble (anciently Scobbahull), is an historic estate in the parish of South Pool
South Pool is a village, parish and former Manorialism, manor in South Hams, Devon, England. It is situated 3 1/2 miles south-east of the town of Kingsbridge and 2 1/2 miles north-east of Salcombe. It is administered by the South Hams local aut ...
near the south coast of Devon
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, England. The present Scoble House, located about 1 mile west of the village of South Pool, is a Grade II* listed
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building built circa 1720-40, probably around a more ancient core, with early 19th c. additions. It is a "tall stone house in a remote position" which represents a "slightly provincial, but nonetheless interesting example of an early - mid 18th century gentleman's house which has a remarkably complete interior and has not suffered from any extreme C20 modernisation."
Descent
de Scobbahull
From the reign of King Henry III (1216-1272) until that of King Henry V (1413-1422) the estate was the seat of the de Scobbahull (''alias'' Scobhill, Scobhul, Scobbhull, etc.,) family, which had taken its surname from its seat. The last in the male line was Sir Robert Scobbahull, alsolord of the manor
Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a historical rural estate. The titles date to the English Feudalism, feudal (specifically English feudal barony, baronial) system. The ...
of Coffinswell
Coffinswell is a small village in South Devon, England, just off the A380, the busy Newton Abbot to Torquay road. It lies within Teignbridge District Council.
Coffinswell has a church dedicated to Saint Bartholomew with a Norman font. Near the ...
, who by his wife Elinor (if unrecorded family) left three daughters and heiresses:
**Joane Scobbahull, heiress of Coffinswell, wife of William Holbeame of Holbeame in the parish of West Ogwell, son of John Holbeame (born 1351). Their son and heir was John Holbeame (born 1407-1429). The arms of Holbeame impaling Scobbahull survive sculpted in stone on a pier in the Church of East Ogwell.
**Isabell Scobbahull, heiress of the estate of Scobbahull, wife firstly of Thomas Chedder, secondly of Nicholas Speccot, of Speccot in the parish of Merton, to whose son John Speccot (d.1460) the estate of Scobbahull descended.
**Elizabeth Scobbahull, wife firstly of William Trebell and secondly of Robert Kirkham (d.1443) of Blagdon, Paignton in Devon, by whom she had issue. The arms of Kirkham quartering Scobbahull survive in the Kirkham Chantry of St John's Church, Paignton.
Speccot
The estate of Scobbahull descended to the Speccot family of Speccot in the parish of Merton, on the marriage of Isabell Scobbahull, a daughter and co-heiress of Robert Scobbahull.Pole, p.289References