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Note for: Thomas de Holcombe, ABT. 1199 -
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Info from CD#4, Tree#2061, submitted 1-29-96. This earlier data does not
really compute with the ages of the offspring, but I have entered it
until I can check into it further. This has been adjusted per data from
Jill Cruse, June 1999.
From CD#10, Tree#4213--Walter de Holcombe was Lord of Holcombe in 1301.
Shortly after, family changed residence to Hole (Burks Commoners, p.
95). He was the grandson or great grandson of Sir John Holcombe?
Notes
Note for: Sir John Holcombe, ABT. 1175 - ABT. 1269
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From CD#10, Tree 4213--Sir John Holcombe is the first to be mentioned in
the Visitations of England. He served in the War of the Crusades, to
Palestine, indications being that he participated in two of the
Crusades. "During the Third Crusade, while in battle, with one mighty
sweep of his sword he severed the heads of three Mohannedans. This
explains the significance of the four heads on the Coat of Arms which was
bestowed upon him hen he was meritoriously knighted for this deed of
valor by King Richard in the latter part of the 12th century.The Heraldic
Office describes the Holcombe Arms as follows: 'Azure field; chevron,
argent, bewteen three Turks' heads in profile, coupled at shoulders or,
wreathed about the temples, sable and of the second. Crest: a man's head,
full faced couped at the breast proper, wreath around the temples or, and
asure.' "The motto 'Veritas et fortitudo' in English is Truth and
Courage." The effigy of the Knight Holcombe now rests in the old Abbey
Church of Dorchester, England, one of the oldest abbies in England.
Per Jill Cruse: Sir John Holcombe was knighted by King Richard I (The
Lion Heart) for deeds accomplished during the third crusade (1189-92).
Sir John beheaded three Turks with one sword swipe. His tomb is located
in Dorchester, Abbey, Oxfordshire England. The missing family pedigree
which hung behind the sarchohagus in the lady chapel in 1995. Sir John's
coat of arms, one of the oldest in England, are as follows: Azure field,
a chevron argent, between three Turks' heads in profile, couped at the
sholder, wreathed about the temples, sabled and of the second. The crest
is a man's head, full faced, couped at the breast proper, wreathed around
the temples (Source: The Holcombe Family
http://claim.goldrush.com/~humbert/test.html). Jill has a B&W picture of
the tomb and the crest.
the first recorded holcombe in history
Tomb of Sir John de Holcombe, Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire
Sir John's tomb is one of oldest likenesses we have of any family member,
he being my ggggggggggggggggggg grandfather.
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About three centuries later, John Smith of popularized history
(Jamestowne, VA) "borrowed" not only the basic design of the arms but the
legendary deed that won them as well.
Sir John is buried in Oxfordshire, England, in the Dorchester Abbey. In
recent years a family of that area has hired a researcher to prove that
an ancestor of theirs lies in his well known sarchophagus rather than he.
Their claim rests primarily on an amateur researcher having been unable
to decipher the numbering system used by another researcher (in
the1940's) to trace Sir John's decendants. A task which requires the
ability to add and subtract. The argument being used is along the line of
'Lacking absolute proof acceptable to the detractor that it is indeed Sir
John in the box, it is a member of his employer's family'. A rather weak
trumpery that relies on a lack of opposition to carry it along. It was a
great bit of good luck that family data carried to Australia by the
descendants of Christopher Holcombe (elder brother of Gilbert Holcombe)
and the now missing family pedigree which hung behind the sarchohagus in
the Ladychapel were found in 1995 to form a whole. That combination of
pedigrees was used to generate the descent chart below.
Sir John's arms, one of the oldest coats of arms in England, are as
follows;
Azure field; a chevron argent, between three Turk's heads in profile,
couped at the shoulder, wreathed about the temples, sabled and of the
second.
The crest is a mans head, full faced, couped at the breast proper,
wreathed around the temples.
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Note for: Ella Bell Todd, -
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Burial: Place: Laurel Land Cemetary
Notes
Note for: Archie Leon Cole, 27 SEP 1925 - 29 JUL 1997
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Burial: Date: 1 AUG 1997
Place: Laurel Land Cemetary