Image: TobieNewcourt 1645 GeorgehamChurch Devon

Description: Mural monument to Tobie Newcourt (d.1612) of Pickwell in the parish of Georgeham, Devon. Pickwell Chapel of St George's Church, Georgeham. John Newcourt bought the manors of Georgeham and Pickwell in 1560. The oldest inscribed tomb in the churchyard is that of John Newcourt who died in 1602. The monument is dedicated to his son Tobie Newcourt. The sculpture shows busts of six persons, two per row. It is thought to represent Tobie, his son John Newcourt and John's four sons John, William, Tobias and another John. The two female heads represent the wives of Tobie and his son. The inscription is now nearly illegible but was recorded many years ago as follows: "To the pios memorie of Tobie Newcourt of Pickwell in this parish Esqr who married Mary third daughter of Arthur Harris of Heane Esqr by whom he had one son John and three daughters Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret. John (whose effigies is here presented) was buried the 6 June 1645 he married Mary the daughter of William Fry of Yeartie Esqr, by whom he had four sonnes John, Tobie, William and John. Jane the daughter of the said Tobie survived her two sisters her brother and all his four sonnes. She married Gregorie the son of Henry Chichester of Bittadon Gent, who erected this monument A. D. 16??" (From: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN GEORGEHAM by Denise Smith and Brian Harris, Georgham PCC, 2007[1]) Arthur Harris (1561-1628) of Hayne, in the parish of Stowford, 11 miles SW of Okehampton, Devon, was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1603 and was Captain of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. He died at Gulval, Cornwall. His monument is in Stowford Church, Devon.(Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.449, pedigree of Harris of Hayne) Arms of Harris: Sable, three cresents argent a bordure of the last. At the bottom of the monument are the arms of its donor, Chichester impaling Newcourt.
Title: TobieNewcourt 1645 GeorgehamChurch Devon
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