Sir Samuel Rolle of Heanton Satchville in the parish of Petrockstowe, Devon, served as Member of Parliament for Callington, Cornwall in 1640 and for Devon 1641-1647.
Background
Samuel Rolle was born c. 1588, the eldest son and heir of Robert Rolle (died 1633) of Heanton Satchville in the parish of Petrockstowe, Devon, by his wife Joan Hele, daughter of Thomas Hele of Fleet, Devon. Samuel was a great-grandson, in a junior line, of George Rolle (c 1486-1552) of Stevenstone, Devon, founder of the influential and wealthy Rolle family of Devon, Keeper of the Records of the Court of Common Pleas and Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1542 and 1545.
Samuel"s brothers included:
Sir Henry Rolle (1589–1656), of Shapwick in Somerset, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench and Member of Parliament for Callington, Cornwall, (1614-1623-1624) and for Truro, Cornwall (1625- 1629)
John Rolle (1598–1648) a Turkey Merchant and Member of Parliament for Callington, Cornwall, in 1626 and 1628 and for Truro, Cornwall, in 1640 for the Short Parliament and in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.
A supporter of the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.
Career
He supported the parliamentary side in the Civil War. In 1641 he was elected Member of Parliament for Devon in the Long Parliament where he remained until his death in 1647. Bawdrip. A monumental brass to Marie Stradling (died 1613), first wife of Sir Samuel I Rolle (c 1588-1647) of Heanton Satchville survives in the parish church of Street Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornwall, affixed to the wall at the east end of the north aisle, formerly on the floor by the altar.
The inscription reads: who maried Samuell ye eldest sonne of Robert Rolle of Heaunton in Devon Esq.
She dyed yr 23th of Janua. 1613. The arms depicted are: Or, on a fesse dancetté between three billets azure each charged with a lion rampant of the first three bezants a mullet for difference (Rolle) impaling quarterly 1: Paly of six (shown here incorrectly as five) argent and azure on a bend gules three cinquefoils or (Stradling).
2: Azure, a chevron between three crescents or (Berkerolles of Coity Castle, Glamorgan. 3: Chequy..and..afess ermine (Turberville of Coity Castle).
4:..three fishes niant in pale..on a chief a hedgehog (?).
Samuel Rolle died and was buried 7 December 1647 at Petrockstowe.
Membership
Short Parliament]
In April 1640 Rolle was elected Member of Parliament for Callington in the Short Parliament. Firstly to Mary Stradling (died 1614), a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edward Stradling of Street George"s, Somerset (a member of the Stradling family of Street Donat"s Castle, Glamorgan, Wales).
