their descendants, which include back crosses with the naturalized Turkey Oak, are common in the landscape of East Devon, as well as in parks and gardens. A number of Lucombe Oaks are planted in the grounds of County Hall in Exeter - the headquarters of Devon County Council. The Tree Register of the British Isles−TROBI Champion is at Phear Park in Exmouth, measuring in height, with a trunk diameter of in 2008.> Lucombe felled the original hybrid in 1785, keeping timber from it from which his coffin was to be made when he died. He stored the boards under his bed. However, he lived, for the age, an exceptionally long life, dying at the age of 102 years. By that time the planks had decayed in the Devon dampness. Instead, on his death, timber from one of his early graft propagations was used to make his coffin. http://www.oaksofchevithornebarton.com/detail.cfm/plant_id/1623 External links Pinces Gardens RBGkew.org: Lucombe Oak at Kew Gardens References English horticulturists Nurserymen Year of birth missing Year of death missing 18th-century births Botanists active in Kew Gardens Businesspeople from Exeter 18th-century British botanists 18th-century English businesspeople