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Buckland Abbey was founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1278 [2] by Amicia, Countess of Devon and was a daughter house of Quarr Abbey, on the Isle of Wight.The abbey of Quarr had close connections with the family, having been founded by Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon. [3]
The baronets' seat was originally Buckland Abbey, Sir Francis Drake's home, but upon their inheritance of Nutwell Court, near Exeter, the Drakes ceased to live year-round at Buckland. A daughter of the fourth baronet was the wife of George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield , the defender of Gibraltar , and their descendants ultimately ...
Arms of Drake of Buckland Abbey: Sable, a fess wavy between two estoiles argent Buckland Abbey tower Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet (1642–1718), of Buckland Abbey in the parish of Buckland Monachorum and of Meavy, both in Devon, England, was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament for Tavistock in Devon, in 1673, 1679, 1681, 1689, 1690, 1696 and 1698.
Near to Buckland Monachorum is Buckland Abbey, home of Sir Francis Drake during the Elizabethan era. The village is the site of St Andrew's , a 12th-century church with a Saxon baptismal font and the tombs of the Drake family and Lord Heathfield , the defender of Gibraltar , many historic buildings, and a complex of interesting gardens, known ...
Replica of Drake's Drum, from the Buckland Abbey education centre. Drake's Drum is a snare drum that Sir Francis Drake took with him when he circumnavigated the world. [1] Shortly before he died he ordered the drum to be taken to Buckland Abbey and vowed that if England were ever in danger and someone was to beat the drum he would return to defend the country. [2]
Sir Francis Drake, 2nd Baronet (25 September 1617 – 6 January 1662) of Buckland Abbey, Devon was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1646 and 1662. He was a Colonel of the Horse, fighting in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. Buckland Abbey tower
Sir Francis Henry Drake, 4th Baronet (1694–1740) of Buckland Abbey, Devon was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1740. Buckland Abbey tower Nutwell Court before 1800
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