Image: St Mary Magdalene's, Richmond, Margaret Chudleigh memorial (1628)

Description: St Mary Magdalene's Church, Richmond, Surrey, mural monument to Margaret Courtenay (d.1628), eldest daughter of Sir William Courtenay (1553–1630), of Powderham in Devon, de jure 3rd Earl of Devon, by his first wife Elizabeth Manners, a daughter of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland. She married firstly Sir Warwick Hele (1568-1626) of Wembury in Devon, MP, secondly Sir John Chudleigh (born 1584), knighted by King Charles I 22 Sept 1625, 3rd son of John Chudleigh (1565-1589) of Ashton, Devon, and younger brother of Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (d.1656). (Source:Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.247, Courtenay; p.190 Chudleigh). Left: Sir John Chudleigh, with arms of Chudleigh above (Ermine, three lions rampant gules); right: Margaret Courtenay, with arms of Courtenay above. Arms at top: Chudleigh (of 6 quarters) impaling Courtenay (quartering de Redvers, tinctures incorrectly restored). Arms of Chudleigh family (Chudleigh Baronets) of Ashton, Devon: Ermine, three lions rampant gules (Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.478) Heraldry Heraldry based on mural monument in Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton, Devon, to Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (d.1656), as related in Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association, Vol.31, 1st Series (Vol 1, 2nd Series), Plymouth, 1899, Maxwell Adams, A Brief Account of Ashton Church and of Some of the Chudleighs of Ashton, pp.191-3 [1]: Quarterly of 6: 1&6: Ermine, three lioncels rampant gules (Chudleigh of Ashton, Devon); 2: Azure, three bendlets argent (Merton) (Arms of de Merton of Merton in Devon: Azure, three bends argent (Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.493); 3: Argent, a lion rampant gules (Nonant); 4: Sable, three lions rampant argent (Prouse) 5: Or, on a chevron azure between three roses gules as many leaves of the field (Gould or Golde (Gould of Seaborough)).Impaling Quarterly of 4: 1&4: Or, three torteaux Courtenay, Earl of Devon 2&3: Or, a lion rampant azure de Redvers, Earl of Devon (tinctures re-painted erroneously here)
Title: St Mary Magdalene's, Richmond, Margaret Chudleigh memorial (1628)
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