Sir John III Chichester (1598-1669) of Hall, dressed in Civil War armour. English School c.1650, National Trust, Arlington Court collection, Devon, ref:987416. Bequeathed by Miss Rosalie Chichester of Arlington Court, 1949Arms of Chichester: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair
Chichester was baptised on 10 December 1598. He was the son and heir of John II Chichester (1566/7-1608) of Hall, Bishop's Tawton, Devon by his wife Anne Basset (1576-1664), daughter of Sir Arthur Basset (d.1586) of Umberleigh House, about 1½ miles south of Hall on the opposite bank of the River Taw, and of Heanton Punchardon, by his wife Elinor Chichester, daughter of Sir John Chichester (d.1569), knight, of Raleigh, the head of the senior line of the Chichester family of Devon, possibly the leading gentry family in North Devon. The Chichesters of Hall were descended from the Chichesters of Raleigh, namely from Richard Chichester, a younger son of that house, who married the heiress Thomasine de Hall (d.1502).
In 1624, he was elected member of parliament for Lostwithiel. He was knighted on 17 September 1625.[1]
Marriages and childrenedit
He married three times:
Mural monument to Ursula Strode (d.1635), 1st wife of Sir John III Chichester (d.1669) of Hall. South wall of chancel, Bishop's Tawton ChurchArms of Strode: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable, detail from mural monument to Ursula Strode (d.1635), 1st wife of Sir John III Chichester (d.1669) of Hall. Bishop's Tawton Church
Firstly to Ursula Strode (d.1635), daughter of Sir William Strode (d.1637), MP, of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, whose monument in Plympton St Mary's Church shows his effigy with that of his two wives and ten children. Her brother was the parliamentarian William Strode (1594-1645), one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in the House of Commons of England by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the Civil War. Ursula's mural monument exists in Bishops Tawton Church, showing her effigy kneeling at a prie dieu with two babies side-by-side wrapped in swaddling clothes in front of her. At the top within an elaborate gilded frame within a broken pediment is a lozenge showing the arms of Strode: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable.[2] On the arch above her is shown on the dexter the arms of Chichester and on the sinister the arms of Strode. Below underneath an inscribed tablet is a cartouche bearing the arms of Chichester impaling Strode. The tablet is inscribed as follows:
To the memorie of the truly vertuous and religious the Lady Ursula Chichester daughter to Sr. William Strode of Newingeam, Knight, and wife to Sr. John Chichester of Hall, Knight, by whome she had issue seven sonnes and two daughters whereof survive fower sonnes, two sonnes & one daught. heere buried. She departed this life in the true faith of Christ Jesus and was heere enterred the 6th (5th?) day of July Anno D(omi)ni 1635 aetat(is) suae (47?). Fayre virtuous sainct injoy thy peacefull sleepe, While wee that live employ our foes to weepe, But when thou wak'st let glory shew thy grace, Let Heav'n, which only can, enrich thy face.
They had six sons, all of whom died childless, although two of them inherited successively the estate of Hall:
John IV Chichester (1626-1684), eldest son by Ursula Strode, who died without children and was buried at Bath Abbey, where exists a monument to his memory.
Francis Chichester (1628-1698) who died childless.
Upon the death of the last of these two sons in 1698 the estate of Hall passed to Arthur Chichester (1670–1737/8), of Pill (a house immediately north of Bishop's Tawton village) a distant cousin descended from Hugh Chichester (d.1644) of Tavistock, a younger brother of John II Chichester (d.1608) of Hall.
Secondly he married Elizabeth Pollard, daughter of Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st Baronet (c.1578-c.1645)[3] of King's Nympton, by whom he had a daughter Susannah Chichester (1665-1707/8), whose monument exists in Swimbridge Church and who married her cousin Henry Chichester of Stowford, also descended from Hugh Chichester (d.1644) of Tavistock.
Thirdly he married Susannah Stevens, daughter of William Stevens of Great Torrington and widow of either Henry Rolle (d.1647) of Beam,[4] later the heir of the great estate of Stevenstone or of Alexander Rolle (d.1660) of Tawstock.[5] The Stevens family were seated at Vielstone, Buckland Brewer, Cross, Little Torrington and at Winscott, Peters Marland. In the early 19th. century they were for a while heir presumptive to the vast estates of John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (d.1842) of Stevenstone.
Death and burialedit
Chichester died on 24 September 1669 aged about 71[1] and was buried in the chancel of St Peter's Church, Bishop's Tawton.
Mural monumentedit
Mural monument to Sir John III Chichester (d.1669), Bishop's Tawton Church, north wall of chancel
A baroque mural monument exists in Bishop's Tawton Church to Sir John III Chichester (d.1669), on top of which in the centre is shown an escutcheon of twenty quarterings with on the dexter the arms of Chichester impaling Strode, with on the sinister, more recently restored, Chichester impaling Courtenay (perhaps of Powderham or of Molland), with which families no close connection of his is recorded and which is therefore inexplicable. In this position might be expected to have been placed the arms of one of his later wives, Pollard or Stevens. The Latin inscription is as follows:
Memoriae Sacrum. Hic jacet vir admodum venerabilis D(ominus) Jo(h)annes Chichester de Hall, Eques, qui (dum in vivis) fuit erga deum pius, regi suo fidelis, patriae dux publicus dilectus, ecclesiae filius, pacis amator, pauperum patronus, omnibusq(ue) tum justitiae necnon reliquarum virtutum exemplar. Obiit 24.o Septemb(ri) Anno Salutis 1669. Maerens posuit Jo(h)annes Chichester, Armiger, defuncti filius natu maximus ("Sacred to the Memory. Here lies a man altogether venerable, Sir John Chichester, Knight, who (whilst amongst the living) was towards God pious, to his king faithful, to his country a beloved public leader, to the Church a son, to peace a lover, to the poor a patron and in everything as to justice, and certainly of the rest of the virtues, an example. He died on the 24th of September in the Year of the Redemption 1669. John Chichester, Esquire, the eldest son of the deceased, mourning, erected this")
Quarteringsedit
Heraldic cartouche of 20 quarterings on mural monument to Sir John III Chichester (d.1669) of Hall
At the top of the mural monument to Sir John III Chichester (d.1669) is an oval heraldic cartouche supported by two putti with the crest of Chichester above. The cartouche shows the following 20 quarters: 1: Chequy or and gules a chief vair (Chichester) 2: Or, three torteaux a label of three points azure (Courtenay) 3: Gules semé of crosses crosslet fitché, a lion rampant argent 4: Argent, a fess between two chevrons sable in base the Red Hand of Ulster[6] 5: Gules, a chevron between three goat's heads erased ermine attired or (Marwood of Westcot, Marwood) 6: Barry of six vair and gules (Beaumont of Youlstone, Shirwell) 7: Azure, a chevron argent between three pears or[7] 8: Sable, two lions passant crowned or 9: Gules, a saltire vair (Willington of Umberleigh) 10: Azure, seven martlets or on a canton (sable?) a turtle (gules?) 11: Argent, on a chevron gules three fleurs-de-lis or 12: Sable, three lions rampant argent 13: Gules crusilly or, a bend vair (Raleigh of Raleigh, Pilton, with crescent for difference; erroneous arms) 14: Argent, a chevron counter-ermine between three cinquefoils gules (de Hall) 15: Argent, two bars gules in chief three torteaux (Mules/Moels of Halmeston, Bishops Tawton) 16: Sable, three garbs or 17: Gules, a chevron between three mermaids each holding a mirror in her right hand and a comb in her left argent (Gough of Aldercombe[8]) 18: Azure, a chevron ermine between three chaplets or 19: Argent, a fess gules between three mullets sable 20: Chequy or and gules a chief vair (Chichester)
Sourcesedit
Hunneyball, Paul, biography of Sir John Chichester (d.1669) published in The History of Parliament: House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
Vivian, J.L., Lt.-Col., The Visitations of the County of Devon comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, Chichester: pp. 172–184, Chichester of Hall: pp. 176–178
www.tudorplace.com (pedigree of Chichester family)
Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, pp. 400–1, Chichester of Hall
Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, pp. 35–40, Chichester of Hall & Arlington
Risdon, Tristram, The Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon, manuscript circa 1635, 1810 edition, pp. 321–2
Further readingedit
Chichester, Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce, Bart., History of the family of Chichester, from A.D. 1086-1870, Including the descents of the various branches settled at Raleigh, Youlston, Arlington, Widworthy, Calverleigh, Hall, and elsewhere in Devonshire; also of the Chichesters, marquesses of Donegal, and barons Templemore, London, 1871, pp. 127–148, Chichester of Hall
Referencesedit
^ ab'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Chaffey-Chivers', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 255-273. Date accessed: 15 March 2012
^Apparently the arms of a baronet. Similar to Pecche & FitzWalter
^Arms of Peryam (William Peryam (d.1604), judge) ancient were: Argent, a chevron between three pears sable(?); Arms of Stucley of Affeton contain pears of these tinctures, but omit the chevron
^Given for "Gogh" with field sable by Tristram Risdon in his Notebook
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Sir John III Chichester 1598 24 September 1669 of Hall was member of parliament for Lostwithiel in Cornwall in 1624 Sir John III Chichester 1598 1669 of Hall dressed in Civil War armour English School c 1650 National Trust Arlington Court collection Devon ref 987416 Bequeathed by Miss Rosalie Chichester of Arlington Court 1949Arms of Chichester Chequy or and gules a chief vair Contents 1 Origins 2 Education 3 Career 4 Marriages and children 5 Death and burial 6 Mural monument 6 1 Quarterings 7 Sources 8 Further reading 9 ReferencesOrigins editChichester was baptised on 10 December 1598 He was the son and heir of John II Chichester 1566 7 1608 of Hall Bishop s Tawton Devon by his wife Anne Basset 1576 1664 daughter of Sir Arthur Basset d 1586 of Umberleigh House about 1 miles south of Hall on the opposite bank of the River Taw and of Heanton Punchardon by his wife Elinor Chichester daughter of Sir John Chichester d 1569 knight of Raleigh the head of the senior line of the Chichester family of Devon possibly the leading gentry family in North Devon The Chichesters of Hall were descended from the Chichesters of Raleigh namely from Richard Chichester a younger son of that house who married the heiress Thomasine de Hall d 1502 Education editHe subscribed at Oxford University on 18 November 1614 and was awarded a BA from Exeter College on 28 February 1617 He was a student of the Inner Temple in 1617 Career editIn 1624 he was elected member of parliament for Lostwithiel He was knighted on 17 September 1625 1 Marriages and children editHe married three times nbsp Mural monument to Ursula Strode d 1635 1st wife of Sir John III Chichester d 1669 of Hall South wall of chancel Bishop s Tawton Church nbsp Arms of Strode Argent a chevron between three conies courant sable detail from mural monument to Ursula Strode d 1635 1st wife of Sir John III Chichester d 1669 of Hall Bishop s Tawton ChurchFirstly to Ursula Strode d 1635 daughter of Sir William Strode d 1637 MP of Newnham Plympton St Mary whose monument in Plympton St Mary s Church shows his effigy with that of his two wives and ten children Her brother was the parliamentarian William Strode 1594 1645 one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in the House of Commons of England by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the Civil War Ursula s mural monument exists in Bishops Tawton Church showing her effigy kneeling at a prie dieu with two babies side by side wrapped in swaddling clothes in front of her At the top within an elaborate gilded frame within a broken pediment is a lozenge showing the arms of Strode Argent a chevron between three conies courant sable 2 On the arch above her is shown on the dexter the arms of Chichester and on the sinister the arms of Strode Below underneath an inscribed tablet is a cartouche bearing the arms of Chichester impaling Strode The tablet is inscribed as follows To the memorie of the truly vertuous and religious the Lady Ursula Chichester daughter to Sr William Strode of Newingeam Knight and wife to Sr John Chichester of Hall Knight by whome she had issue seven sonnes and two daughters whereof survive fower sonnes two sonnes amp one daught heere buried She departed this life in the true faith of Christ Jesus and was heere enterred the 6th 5th day of July Anno D omi ni 1635 aetat is suae 47 Fayre virtuous sainct injoy thy peacefull sleepe While wee that live employ our foes to weepe But when thou wak st let glory shew thy grace Let Heav n which only can enrich thy face They had six sons all of whom died childless although two of them inherited successively the estate of Hall John IV Chichester 1626 1684 eldest son by Ursula Strode who died without children and was buried at Bath Abbey where exists a monument to his memory Francis Chichester 1628 1698 who died childless Upon the death of the last of these two sons in 1698 the estate of Hall passed to Arthur Chichester 1670 1737 8 of Pill a house immediately north of Bishop s Tawton village a distant cousin descended from Hugh Chichester d 1644 of Tavistock a younger brother of John II Chichester d 1608 of Hall Secondly he married Elizabeth Pollard daughter of Sir Lewis Pollard 1st Baronet c 1578 c 1645 3 of King s Nympton by whom he had a daughter Susannah Chichester 1665 1707 8 whose monument exists in Swimbridge Church and who married her cousin Henry Chichester of Stowford also descended from Hugh Chichester d 1644 of Tavistock Thirdly he married Susannah Stevens daughter of William Stevens of Great Torrington and widow of either Henry Rolle d 1647 of Beam 4 later the heir of the great estate of Stevenstone or of Alexander Rolle d 1660 of Tawstock 5 The Stevens family were seated at Vielstone Buckland Brewer Cross Little Torrington and at Winscott Peters Marland In the early 19th century they were for a while heir presumptive to the vast estates of John Rolle 1st Baron Rolle d 1842 of Stevenstone Death and burial editChichester died on 24 September 1669 aged about 71 1 and was buried in the chancel of St Peter s Church Bishop s Tawton Mural monument edit nbsp Mural monument to Sir John III Chichester d 1669 Bishop s Tawton Church north wall of chancelA baroque mural monument exists in Bishop s Tawton Church to Sir John III Chichester d 1669 on top of which in the centre is shown an escutcheon of twenty quarterings with on the dexter the arms of Chichester impaling Strode with on the sinister more recently restored Chichester impaling Courtenay perhaps of Powderham or of Molland with which families no close connection of his is recorded and which is therefore inexplicable In this position might be expected to have been placed the arms of one of his later wives Pollard or Stevens The Latin inscription is as follows Memoriae Sacrum Hic jacet vir admodum venerabilis D ominus Jo h annes Chichester de Hall Eques qui dum in vivis fuit erga deum pius regi suo fidelis patriae dux publicus dilectus ecclesiae filius pacis amator pauperum patronus omnibusq ue tum justitiae necnon reliquarum virtutum exemplar Obiit 24 o Septemb ri Anno Salutis 1669 Maerens posuit Jo h annes Chichester Armiger defuncti filius natu maximus Sacred to the Memory Here lies a man altogether venerable Sir John Chichester Knight who whilst amongst the living was towards God pious to his king faithful to his country a beloved public leader to the Church a son to peace a lover to the poor a patron and in everything as to justice and certainly of the rest of the virtues an example He died on the 24th of September in the Year of the Redemption 1669 John Chichester Esquire the eldest son of the deceased mourning erected this Quarterings edit nbsp Heraldic cartouche of 20 quarterings on mural monument to Sir John III Chichester d 1669 of HallAt the top of the mural monument to Sir John III Chichester d 1669 is an oval heraldic cartouche supported by two putti with the crest of Chichester above The cartouche shows the following 20 quarters 1 Chequy or and gules a chief vair Chichester 2 Or three torteaux a label of three points azure Courtenay 3 Gules seme of crosses crosslet fitche a lion rampant argent 4 Argent a fess between two chevrons sable in base the Red Hand of Ulster 6 5 Gules a chevron between three goat s heads erased ermine attired or Marwood of Westcot Marwood 6 Barry of six vair and gules Beaumont of Youlstone Shirwell 7 Azure a chevron argent between three pears or 7 8 Sable two lions passant crowned or 9 Gules a saltire vair Willington of Umberleigh 10 Azure seven martlets or on a canton sable a turtle gules 11 Argent on a chevron gules three fleurs de lis or 12 Sable three lions rampant argent 13 Gules crusilly or a bend vair Raleigh of Raleigh Pilton with crescent for difference erroneous arms 14 Argent a chevron counter ermine between three cinquefoils gules de Hall 15 Argent two bars gules in chief three torteaux Mules Moels of Halmeston Bishops Tawton 16 Sable three garbs or 17 Gules a chevron between three mermaids each holding a mirror in her right hand and a comb in her left argent Gough of Aldercombe 8 18 Azure a chevron ermine between three chaplets or 19 Argent a fess gules between three mullets sable 20 Chequy or and gules a chief vair Chichester Sources editHunneyball Paul biography of Sir John Chichester d 1669 published in The History of Parliament House of Commons 1604 1629 ed Andrew Thrush and John P Ferris 2010 Vivian J L Lt Col The Visitations of the County of Devon comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531 1564 amp 1620 Exeter 1895 Chichester pp 172 184 Chichester of Hall pp 176 178 www tudorplace com pedigree of Chichester family Burke s Landed Gentry 1937 pp 400 1 Chichester of Hall Lauder Rosemary Devon Families Tiverton 2002 pp 35 40 Chichester of Hall amp Arlington Risdon Tristram The Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon manuscript circa 1635 1810 edition pp 321 2Further reading editChichester Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Bart History of the family of Chichester from A D 1086 1870 Including the descents of the various branches settled at Raleigh Youlston Arlington Widworthy Calverleigh Hall and elsewhere in Devonshire also of the Chichesters marquesses of Donegal and barons Templemore London 1871 pp 127 148 Chichester of HallReferences edit a b Alumni Oxonienses 1500 1714 Chaffey Chivers Alumni Oxonienses 1500 1714 Abannan Kyte 1891 pp 255 273 Date accessed 15 March 2012 Vivian p 718 Vivian p 598 pedigree of Pollard Vivian p 653 Vivian p 653 Apparently the arms of a baronet Similar to Pecche amp FitzWalter Arms of Peryam William Peryam d 1604 judge ancient were Argent a chevron between three pears sable Arms of Stucley of Affeton contain pears of these tinctures but omit the chevron Given for Gogh with field sable by Tristram Risdon in his Notebook Parliament of EnglandPreceded byEdward SalterGeorge Chudleigh Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel1624 With Sir John Hobart Succeeded bySir George ChudleighReginald MohunSir Henry VaneNicholas Kendall 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