Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 87 No. II. Cole: Arg. an ass passant between two mullets, one in chief, the other in base gu. a bordure sa. charged with thirty- nine plates. Brought in by the marriage of Lawrence Prouz,* of Chagford, son and heir of the last named John, to Agnes or Elizabeth, dau. of William or John Cole, of Colehanger, a manor in East Allington. No. 12. Cobb or Cobbie: Per chev. gu. and sa.; in chief two teals arg., in base a fish naiant or (as in Visitation of Nor- folk, 1563-1589 and 1613, and as blazoned by Burke and Robson), Brought in by the marriage of John Prouz of Chagford and West Challacombe, or Colloacombe, in the hundred of Shirwell, son of Lawrence, to Agnes, dau. of William Cobbe or Cobbie, of Norfolk. This John Prouz had John, of Chagford, Esq., son and heir, who married Philippa, dau. of John Harris, of Lantrest, in Cornwall. She re-married Jenkin Franklin, of Wales. They had Humphrey Prouz, of Chagford, Esq., living 1620, buried 24 April, 1648, at Chagford (P. R.) Humphrey was twice married. His first wife (m. 17 June, 1604, at Monkleigh, P. R.) was Katherine, dau. of Tristram Arscott, of Annery. By her he had a second son John, who died s.p. m. 19 May, 1664, whose wife was Judith, dau. of Sir George Southcott, of Shillingford, Kt. No, 13 (a). Arscott: Per chev. az. and erm. in chief two stags' heads, caboshed or, the coat of Katherine's ancestor, John or Robert Arscott. N. 13 (&). TiLLEY, Tylly, or TiLLET : Arg. a cross fiory (T' bet. four crescents gu. (Risdon). Brought in by the marriage of John or Robert Arscott to Joan, dau. of Nicholas Tilley. No. 13 (c). Renston, Rainstone, or Reynston : Arg. a chev. sa. between three roses arg., each with a rose sa. super- imposed. The placing of roses ar. on a field ar. contravenes the heraldic law forbidding metal upon metal. I do not suppose that we have here an instance of Armes a enguerir, but rather that it is the painter's mistake for roses sa. voided of the field (arg.) Papworth gives Arg. a chev. bet. three roses sa. This coat was brought in by the marriage of John or Robert's son John or Richard to Joan, dau. and heir of Renston of Devon. No. 13 (d). is a repetition of 13 {a), the Arscott coat.
- He was aged 46 years in 1526, and died 4 Jan., 1548. Inq. P. M.,
2 Ed. VI. (1547-8). Pt. I, No. 18.
