Samuel Rolle

Sir Samuel Rolle (c. 1588 – 1647) of Heanton Satchville in the parish of Petrockstowe, Devon, served as Member of Parliament for Callington, Cornwall in 1640 and for Devon 1641–1647. He supported the parliamentary side in the Civil War.

Origins Rolle was born c. 1588, Sir Henry Rolle (1589–1656), of Shapwick in Somerset, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and MP; and John Rolle (1598–1648) a Turkey Merchant and MP.

Career In April 1640 Rolle was elected Member of Parliament for Callington in the Short Parliament. In 1641 he was elected MP for Devon in the Long Parliament where he remained until his death in 1647. During the First English Civil War he commanded a regiment of the Devon Trained Bands for Parliament until the surrender of Barnstaple in 1643.

Lands acquired In 1634, he and his brother Henry Rolle, and their brother-in-law Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh purchased an estate at Bawdrip.

Marriage and children Rolle married three times. His first wife was Mary Stradling (died 1613), a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edward Stradling of St George's, Somerset By her Rolle had two children, Samuel and Rebecca, who both died as infants and were buried at Launceston, Cornwall. (died 1629), builder of Sydenham House, in the parish of Marystow, Devon. By Margaret he had children including his son and heir, Robert Rolle (died 1660), MP.

Thirdly he married a daughter from the Carew family, of unknown name.

Death and burial Samuel Rolle died and was buried 7 December 1647 at Petrockstowe.