Edward Chichester (died 1648), Effigy in Eggesford Church, Devon. He wears the coronet of a viscountArms of Chichester of Eggesford: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for difference
1608 strapwork plaster escutcheon of four quarters in upstairs bedroom of RuxfordBarton, near Crediton, Devon, with initials "EC" and "AC" for Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648) and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616)Detail of Chichester escutcheon, Ruxford. Armorials quarters 1&4: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a mullet for difference (Chichester); 2: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure a crescent for difference (Copleston of Eggesford); 3: Gules, a pair of wings conjoined ermine (de Reigny of Eggesford)
Firstly in 1605 to Anne Copleston (1588–1616), the sole daughter and heiress of John Copleston Esq., (died 1606) of Eggesford by his wife Dorothy Biston (died 29 July 1601).[4] They had the following children:
Lt-Col. Edward Chichester (born 1611), a Royalist during the Civil War,[7] who married Elisabeth Fisher, 5th daughter of Sir Edward Fisher, Knight,[8] the latter who in 1611 had obtained letters patent from King James I for extensive lands in Wexford, Ireland,[9] from which he ejected the local population by force of arms[10] and formed into the "Manor of Chichester", and in 1617 renamed Fisherstown, with his seat at "Fisher's Prospect".
Mary Chichester, younger daughter, who married firstly Thomas Wise of Sydenham in the parish of Marystow, Devon, and secondly John Harris of Radford.[12]
Secondly after 1616 and before 1626, as evidenced by a date stone on Eggesford Barton bearing the inscription: "E.C.M. 1626",[13] to Mary Denham.
Death and burialEdit
Lord Chichester died on 8 July 1648 at his manor of Eggesford in Devon, where he was buried.
MonumentEdit
Monument to Edward Chichester (1568–1648), 1st Viscount Chichester, and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon. The heraldic achievement above shows an escutcheon of Chichester impaling Copleston, with the supporters of Chichester, two wolves and the Chichester crest of a heron rising with an eel in her beak proper.[14] The Latin motto of Chichester is: Invitum Sequitur Honor, literally translated as "Honour follows against one's will", rendered generally as "Honour is awarded when unsought"Heraldic escutcheon from monument to Edward, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon. Arms of Chichester impaling Copleston: Baron: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for difference (Chichester); Feme: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure (Copleston), surmounted by the coronet of a viscount showing 9 of its 16 pearls. The difference of a crescent indicates the arms of a second sonAlabaster effigies of Edward, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon
Lord Chichester has a particularly fine alabaster effigy and monument against the north wall of the north aisle (Chichester Chapel) in Eggesford Church, Devon, to the immediate west of which stood his manor house, Eggesford House, demolished in 1824. The monument shows recumbent effigies of himself and his first wife with two tablets above inscribed as follows:
"Here rest in hope of Resurrection the body of the Right Hon.bl Sr. Edward Chichester knt., Lord Chichester, Barron of Belfast. Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus, governor of the same &c., and one of His Majesties most hon.ble Privy Counsell for the Kingdome of Ireland, sonne of Sr. John Chichester of Rawleigh knight; and the body of Dame Anne his wife sole daughter and heire of John Copleston of Eggesford Esq.r. who had issue Arthur his eldest sonne now Lord Viscount Chichester, Earle of Donegall &c, who first married Dorcas, daughter of John Hill of Honnely in Warwickshire, Esq. and had issue by her one daughter; afterwards the Lady Mary eldest daughter of John, Earle of Bristol and had issue by her six sonnes & two daughters. John his second sonne who married Mary, eldest daughter of Roger Viscount Rannelagh and Edward his youngest sonne who married Elisabeth daughter of Sr. Edward Fisher knight; Elisabeth his eldest daughter who married Sr. William Wrey knt. & Barro.ett; Mary his youngest daughter who first married Thomas Wise of Syddenham afterwards John Harris of Radforde Esq. Hee departed this life on the 8 and was buried on ye 13-day of July Anno 1648. Shee departed this life on the 8 and was buried on the 11-day of March Anno 1616. This monument was prepared by himself in his lifetime but now erected and finished by the said Arthur Lord Viscount Chichester, Earle of Donegall, January the 11 Anno Domini 1648".
On a lunette above, probably the text planned by the deceased himself:
"In memory of Edward Lord Viscount Chichester & Dame Anne his wife and in humble acknowledgement of the good providence of God in advancing their house".
"Fam'd Arthur Ireland's dreade in armes in peace, Her tutelar genius Bellfast's honour wonne, Edward and Anne, blest payre, begott increase, Of lands and heires: Viscount was grafted onn, Next Arthur in God's caus and King's stak't all,
And had to's honour added Donnegall".
On the wall to the right above the monument is a black stone tablet inscribed as a memorial to Anne Copleston's parents:
"Here lyeth buried ye bodies of John Copleston Esq., & Dorothie his wife daughter to Sr. George Biston of Biston Castel in Chelshere, knight. They had issue Anne their sole daught. & heire who is now maryed to Edwarde Chichester Esq., one of ye sonnes of Sr. John Chichester of Rawleigh, knight, in whose memory the said Edwarde Chichester their son in law hath erected this monument in ye yere 1614. She departed ye 29 July in ye yere 1601 he departed ye 11 of ... in ye yere 1606, living together 30 yeres in much peace w.th God & lovinge societie e.ch w.th other".
Sir George Beeston (c. 1520 – 1601) of Beeston House near Bunbury, Crewe, Cheshire, acquired Beeston Castle from the Crown shortly before his death. He was a naval captain who commanded HMS Dreadnought against the Spanish Armada in 1588, and was knighted at sea on board the Ark Royal by Lord Howard of Effingham the Lord High Admiral. He served as MP for Cheshire in 1589. His wife, and Dorothy's mother, was Alice Davenport (died 1591), daughter of Thomas Davenport Esq., of Henbury. Sir George's effigy and elaborate monument exist against the north wall of the sanctuary in St Boniface's Church, Bunbury.[15]
SourcesEdit
Armstrong, R. M. "Chichester, Arthur". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5275. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.), on the son.
Axe, Matthew, Chapman, Lesley & Miller, Sharon. The Lost Houses of Eggesford, published by Eggesford Gardens Ltd., Eggesford, 1995
Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, Chichester of Hall and Arlington, pp. 35–40
^Per inscription on father's monument in Eggesford Church
^Collins's Peerage of England, Vol.8, London, 1812, pp. 446–7, footnote (i)[1]
^Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the Civil War, Vol.8, chapter 75, pp. 4–5 [2]
^Hunneyball, Paul, biography of Wrey, William (c.1601-1645), of Trebigh, St. Ive, Cornwall, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
^Per inscription on father's monument in Eggesford Church
edward, chichester, viscount, chichester, 1568, july, 1648, eggesford, devon, governor, carrickfergus, lord, high, admiral, lough, neagh, ireland, edward, chichester, died, 1648, effigy, eggesford, church, devon, wears, coronet, viscountarms, chichester, egges. Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester 1568 8 July 1648 of Eggesford in Devon was Governor of Carrickfergus and Lord High Admiral of Lough Neagh in Ireland Edward Chichester died 1648 Effigy in Eggesford Church Devon He wears the coronet of a viscountArms of Chichester of Eggesford Chequy or and gules a chief vair a crescent sable for difference Contents 1 Origins 2 Career 3 Marriages and children 4 Death and burial 5 Monument 6 Sources 7 ReferencesOrigins EditHe was the third son of Sir John Chichester died 1569 knight lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton Devon about three quarters of a mile north east of the historic centre of Barnstaple 1 by his wife Gertrude Courtenay 1521 1566 a daughter by his second marriage of Sir William Courtenay 1477 1535 The Great 2 of Powderham MP for Devon 1529 1535 and a distant cousin of the Earl of Devon 3 He was thus the younger brother of Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Chichester of Belfast 1563 1625 founder of Belfast Career EditHe was knighted in 1616 and after his brother s death in 1625 was in his memory ennobled as Baron Chichester of Belfast and Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus both in the County of Antrim both in the Peerage of Ireland He succeeded his brother in his extensive estates as well as in his offices of Governor of Carrickfergus and Lord High Admiral of Lough Neagh He took his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1634 Marriages and children EditEdward Chichester married twice nbsp 1608 strapwork plaster escutcheon of four quarters in upstairs bedroom of Ruxford Barton near Crediton Devon with initials EC and AC for Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester 1568 1648 and his wife Anne Copleston 1588 1616 nbsp Detail of Chichester escutcheon Ruxford Armorials quarters 1 amp 4 Chequy or and gules a chief vair a mullet for difference Chichester 2 Argent a chevron engrailed gules between three lion s faces azure a crescent for difference Copleston of Eggesford 3 Gules a pair of wings conjoined ermine de Reigny of Eggesford Firstly in 1605 to Anne Copleston 1588 1616 the sole daughter and heiress of John Copleston Esq died 1606 of Eggesford by his wife Dorothy Biston died 29 July 1601 4 They had the following children Arthur Chichester 1st Earl of Donegall 1606 1674 the eldest son Col John Chichester died 1647 a Royalist during the Civil War 5 who married Mary Jones eldest daughter of Roger Jones 1st Viscount Ranelagh d 1643 an Irish peer and Lord President of Connaught 6 Lt Col Edward Chichester born 1611 a Royalist during the Civil War 7 who married Elisabeth Fisher 5th daughter of Sir Edward Fisher Knight 8 the latter who in 1611 had obtained letters patent from King James I for extensive lands in Wexford Ireland 9 from which he ejected the local population by force of arms 10 and formed into the Manor of Chichester and in 1617 renamed Fisherstown with his seat at Fisher s Prospect Elizabeth Chichester eldest daughter wife of Sir William Wrey 2nd Baronet 1600 1645 of Trebeigh St Ive Cornwall and North Russell Sourton Devon MP for Liskeard Cornwall in 1624 11 Her eldest son was Sir Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet 1628 1668 of Trebeigh MP for Lostwithiel in Cornwall Both the 2nd and 3rd Baronets were Royalists during the Civil War Mary Chichester younger daughter who married firstly Thomas Wise of Sydenham in the parish of Marystow Devon and secondly John Harris of Radford 12 Secondly after 1616 and before 1626 as evidenced by a date stone on Eggesford Barton bearing the inscription E C M 1626 13 to Mary Denham Death and burial EditLord Chichester died on 8 July 1648 at his manor of Eggesford in Devon where he was buried Monument Edit nbsp Monument to Edward Chichester 1568 1648 1st Viscount Chichester and his wife Anne Copleston 1588 1616 Eggesford Church Devon The heraldic achievement above shows an escutcheon of Chichester impaling Copleston with the supporters of Chichester two wolves and the Chichester crest of a heron rising with an eel in her beak proper 14 The Latin motto of Chichester is Invitum Sequitur Honor literally translated as Honour follows against one s will rendered generally as Honour is awarded when unsought nbsp Heraldic escutcheon from monument to Edward 1st Viscount Chichester 1568 1648 and his wife Anne Copleston 1588 1616 Eggesford Church Devon Arms of Chichester impaling Copleston Baron Chequy or and gules a chief vair a crescent sable for difference Chichester Feme Argent a chevron engrailed gules between three lion s faces azure Copleston surmounted by the coronet of a viscount showing 9 of its 16 pearls The difference of a crescent indicates the arms of a second son nbsp Alabaster effigies of Edward 1st Viscount Chichester 1568 1648 and his wife Anne Copleston 1588 1616 Eggesford Church DevonLord Chichester has a particularly fine alabaster effigy and monument against the north wall of the north aisle Chichester Chapel in Eggesford Church Devon to the immediate west of which stood his manor house Eggesford House demolished in 1824 The monument shows recumbent effigies of himself and his first wife with two tablets above inscribed as follows Here rest in hope of Resurrection the body of the Right Hon bl Sr Edward Chichester knt Lord Chichester Barron of Belfast Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus governor of the same amp c and one of His Majesties most hon ble Privy Counsell for the Kingdome of Ireland sonne of Sr John Chichester of Rawleigh knight and the body of Dame Anne his wife sole daughter and heire of John Copleston of Eggesford Esq r who had issue Arthur his eldest sonne now Lord Viscount Chichester Earle of Donegall amp c who first married Dorcas daughter of John Hill of Honnely in Warwickshire Esq and had issue by her one daughter afterwards the Lady Mary eldest daughter of John Earle of Bristol and had issue by her six sonnes amp two daughters John his second sonne who married Mary eldest daughter of Roger Viscount Rannelagh and Edward his youngest sonne who married Elisabeth daughter of Sr Edward Fisher knight Elisabeth his eldest daughter who married Sr William Wrey knt amp Barro ett Mary his youngest daughter who first married Thomas Wise of Syddenham afterwards John Harris of Radforde Esq Hee departed this life on the 8 and was buried on ye 13 day of July Anno 1648 Shee departed this life on the 8 and was buried on the 11 day of March Anno 1616 This monument was prepared by himself in his lifetime but now erected and finished by the said Arthur Lord Viscount Chichester Earle of Donegall January the 11 Anno Domini 1648 On a lunette above probably the text planned by the deceased himself In memory of Edward Lord Viscount Chichester amp Dame Anne his wife and in humble acknowledgement of the good providence of God in advancing their house Fam d Arthur Ireland s dreade in armes in peace Her tutelar genius Bellfast s honour wonne Edward and Anne blest payre begott increase Of lands and heires Viscount was grafted onn Next Arthur in God s caus and King s stak t all And had to s honour added Donnegall On the wall to the right above the monument is a black stone tablet inscribed as a memorial to Anne Copleston s parents Here lyeth buried ye bodies of John Copleston Esq amp Dorothie his wife daughter to Sr George Biston of Biston Castel in Chelshere knight They had issue Anne their sole daught amp heire who is now maryed to Edwarde Chichester Esq one of ye sonnes of Sr John Chichester of Rawleigh knight in whose memory the said Edwarde Chichester their son in law hath erected this monument in ye yere 1614 She departed ye 29 July in ye yere 1601 he departed ye 11 of in ye yere 1606 living together 30 yeres in much peace w th God amp lovinge societie e ch w th other Sir George Beeston c 1520 1601 of Beeston House near Bunbury Crewe Cheshire acquired Beeston Castle from the Crown shortly before his death He was a naval captain who commanded HMS Dreadnought against the Spanish Armada in 1588 and was knighted at sea on board the Ark Royal by Lord Howard of Effingham the Lord High Admiral He served as MP for Cheshire in 1589 His wife and Dorothy s mother was Alice Davenport died 1591 daughter of Thomas Davenport Esq of Henbury Sir George s effigy and elaborate monument exist against the north wall of the sanctuary in St Boniface s Church Bunbury 15 Sources EditArmstrong R M Chichester Arthur Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 5275 Subscription or UK public library membership required on the son Axe Matthew Chapman Lesley amp Miller Sharon The Lost Houses of Eggesford published by Eggesford Gardens Ltd Eggesford 1995 Lauder Rosemary Devon Families Tiverton 2002 Chichester of Hall and Arlington pp 35 40References Edit Lauder p 37 Visitation of Devon 1895 ed p 246 http www tudorplace com ar Bios WilliamCourtenayPowderham1 htm unreliable source Sharing common descent from Hugh Courtenay 2nd Earl of Devon died 1377 Dates per memorial tablet in Eggeston Church Axe Chapman amp Miller p 16 Per inscription on father s monument in Eggesford Church Axe Chapman amp Miller p 16 Per inscription on father s monument in Eggesford Church Collins s Peerage of England Vol 8 London 1812 pp 446 7 footnote i 1 Gardiner Samuel Rawson History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the Civil War Vol 8 chapter 75 pp 4 5 2 Hunneyball Paul biography of Wrey William c 1601 1645 of Trebigh St Ive Cornwall published in The History of Parliament the House of Commons 1604 1629 ed Andrew Thrush and John P Ferris 2010 Per inscription on father s monument in Eggesford Church Axe Chapman amp Miller p 14 Debrett s Peerage amp Baronetage 1968 p 172 Chichester of Raleigh Elsworth John Churchwarden of St Boniface s Church Beeston Notes on Sir George Beeston 2000 Peerage of IrelandNew creation Viscount Chichester1625 1648 Succeeded byArthur Chichester Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester amp oldid 1109703112, 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