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==Family background==
She was the only surviving daughter and sole [[heir]]ess of [[Samuel Rolle (1646–1719)|Samuel Rolle]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] (1646–1719), of [[Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe]], by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Tuckfield, of [[Thorverton|Raddon Court, Devon]], a junior branch of the Tuckfield family of [[Little Fulford]], near [[Crediton]]. The manor of [[Ashburton, Devon]] was purchased as a [[Rotten and pocket boroughs|pocket borough]] for [[Roger Tuckfield]] (c. 1685–1739), son of
The Rolle family of Heanton Satchville was a wealthy [[cadet branch]] of the [[Baron Rolle|Rolle]]s of [[Stevenstone]], one of [[Devon]]'s biggest landowners, descended from [[George Rolle]], [[Member of parliament|MP]] (d.1552) who acquired lands at the [[dissolution of the Monasteries]]. She was also an [[Heraldic heiress|heiress-in-her-issue]] of her paternal grandmother, Lady Arabella Clinton, wife of [[Robert Rolle (died 1660)|Robert Rolle, MP]], [[High Sheriff of Devon]] and aunt of [[Baron Clinton|Edward Clinton, 5th Earl of Lincoln, 13th Baron Clinton]] (1645–1692). The [[earldom of Lincoln]] had devolved upon her kinsmen who became [[Dukes of Newcastle]].<ref>[https://www.burkespeerage.com/new_records.php?record=LINCOLN "LINCOLN, E"] ''[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage & Baronetage]]'' (www.burkespeerage.com)</ref>
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