Arthur Acland (died 1610)
Sir Arthur Acland (1573–1610) of Acland in the parish of Landkey, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry, and was knighted in 1606. Little is known of his life and career, but his monumental inscription survives above his monument in Landkey Church. His son was Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet. He was ancestor to the prominent, wealthy and long-enduring Acland family of Killerton, which survives today in the direct male line.
Detail of Acland's effigy on his monument in Landkey Church
Detail of Acland's Heraldic achievement on his monument in Landkey Church.
Escutcheon showing arms of Acland impaling Mallet: Azure, three escallops or. Detail from Acland's monument
Monument to Sir Arthur Acland and his wife Eleanor in Landkey Church
The estate of Acland in the parish of Landkey, near Barnstaple in North Devon, England, was from 1155 the earliest known seat of the influential and wealthy family of Acland, to which it gave the surname de Acland. It is situated about 3/4 mile north-east of the village of Landkey, from which it is now cut off by the busy A361 North Devon Link Road.
Acland Barton in 2013 with its whitewashed and rendered mediaeval chapel wing
John Acland (died 1553) of Acland. 1554 Portrait by unknown artist. Collection of Killerton House, Devon
Effigy of Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) of Acland. Detail from his monument in Landkey Church
