Sir William Pole (1561–1635) of Colcombe House in the parish of Colyton, and formerly of Shute House in the parish of Shute, both in Devon, was an English country gentleman and landowner, a colonial investor, Member of Parliament and, most notably, a historian and antiquarian of the County of Devon.
Portrait of Pole painted in the manner of Van Dyck.
Monument to Pole's first wife, Mary Periham, in the Pole Chapel, Colyton Church, Devon
Colcombe Castle was a castle or fortified house situated about a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) north of the town of Colyton in East Devon.
"Colecombe Castle", watercolour by Rev. John Swete dated 27 January 1795. Swete wrote: "Standing by the door of (the farmhouse) I took the...sketch which will give some notion of the front and which seems to have been the principal one with an aspect to the west...(with) Colyton to the left". Devon Record Office 564M/F7/77
"Inside of Colecombe Castle", watercolour by Rev. John Swete dated 26 January 1795. Devon Record Office 564M/F7/73
Drawing of remains of Colcombe Castle, by James Ward (1769-1859), apparently from the same viewpoint as the Swete watercolour of 26/1/1795
Surviving ancient building formerly part of Colcombe Castle, situated today in the yard of Colcombe Abbey Farm, facing main farmhouse
