File:Arms of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, St Giles-in-the-Wood Church, Devon.jpg

English:

Heraldic escutcheon of General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), KG, of Potheridge in the parish of Merton, Devon. The whole circumscribed by the Garter, thus dated to after 1660 when he was created a Knight of the Garter on the Restoration of King Charles II. On external wall above the private doorway to the north transept Rolle Manorial Chapel of the parish church of St Giles-in-the-Wood, Devon, 3 miles north-east of Potheridge. Stone escutcheon sculpted in relief, quarterly of 4:

• 1: Gules, a chevron between three lion's heads erased argent (Monck of Potheridge, Devon);
• 2: Arms of w:Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (the maternal grandfather of the Duke's grandfather Anthony Monck): (arms of King Edward IV as Duke of York, differenced by a baton sinister azure overall) Grand-quarterly of 4:
  • 1: Royal Arms of England;
  • 2 & 3: Or, a cross gules de Burgh;
  • 4: Mortimer;
• 3: Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three torteaux a label of three points argent for difference (Grey, Viscount Lisle (Grey of Ruthin differenced by a label of three points argent) (arms of w:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle);
• 4: Gules, a lion rampant and a bordure engrailed or (Talbot) (arms of w:John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle)

The arms of King Edward IV when Duke of York emphasise his descent from Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338–1368), third son of King Edward III (on which basis the House of York claimed the throne), who married Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (1332–1363). Their daughter Philippa de Burgh married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, whose son Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, was the great-grandfather of King Edward IV; (Quarterly 1st: Arms of Edward IV; 2nd & 3rd: Or a cross gules (de Burgh), 4th: (Mortimer))^[1] These arms were also borne by Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG, (died 1542), the illegitimate son of Edward IV

The Duke's connection with this church, the parish church of the influential and important Rolle family of Stevenstone, lords of the manor of St Giles-in-the-Wood and Great Torrington (and many others) is not clear. The Rolle Manorial Chapel was for the private use of the Rolle family, lords of the manor. The parish church of Potheridge House was at Merton, 2.9 km to the S-E of Potheridge. It is not known where the Duke's residence in Devon was, if any, whilst his mansion of Potheridge was being rebuilt on a grand scale after 1660. Was he perhaps resident at the Rolle seat of Stevenstone House, 600 metres to the NW of the church and 4.7 km N-E of Potheridge (a crossing of the River Torridge would be required), whilst his new mansion was being re-built? The Rolles had other seats, including Bicton on the south coast of Devon