. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . hilippa daughter of Sir John Dinhams inherited the manor of Ilsington from the Beaumonts, andthe effigy in Ilsington Church is said traditionally to represent one ofthem. Sir John Dinham, his son, married Mm-iel, one of the daughters andheirs of Sir Thomas Courtenay (ob. ) of South Pool, fourth son ofHugh Earl of Devon and Agnes St. John, by his wife Mvu-iel daughterof John de Mules. About this time a Sir John Dinham, Knight, marriedMatilda widow of Peter de la Mare, and daughter of John Matraver
. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . hilippa daughter of Sir John Dinhams inherited the manor of Ilsington from the Beaumonts, andthe effigy in Ilsington Church is said traditionally to represent one ofthem. Sir John Dinham, his son, married Mm-iel, one of the daughters andheirs of Sir Thomas Courtenay (ob. ) of South Pool, fourth son ofHugh Earl of Devon and Agnes St. John, by his wife Mvu-iel daughterof John de Mules. About this time a Sir John Dinham, Knight, marriedMatilda widow of Peter de la Mare, and daughter of John Matravers ofHooke, Dorset (ob. 1386). She died without 1410. Elizabeth heryounger sister was to have been married to John Lovel when the King 62 SEPIJLCHEAL EFFIGIES IN THE (Richard II.) should think fit, but she afterwards became the wife i)fHumphry Stafford, son of Sir Humphry Stafford, Knight, who marriedElizabeth her mother; her grandson was the luifortunate Himipliry Staf-ford, Earl of Devon. (Hutcliins.) The effigies in Kmgs-Carswell Church Iiave been assigned to represent. On Dinham Tomb.—Kings-Carswell. this Su John Dinliam and Muriel Courtenay his wife. But there is adifficulty of identification, by reason of the arms on the tomb. Thsknight has the arms of Dinham on his surcoat, and they appear againbelow, but the impalement is not Courtenay, but fretty. The arms ofMatravers of Hooke are, sahlc, a fret or. There are no arms on thetomb supporting the other female effigy; but the tonil) of the Knightand Lady has been removed from its oiiginal position, which was in thetransept on the opposite side, where the reredos (originally behind thefigures) stiU remains, and it is probable the tomb with the female effigyhas been moved also, and it may be, that the effigies themselves wereconfused in the transit, and now occu])y the wrong tombs. Tlie surmisemay be hazarded, that these three effigies represent Sir John Dinham andhis presumed two wives ; there are, however, great dif
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