. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . off, at the right hand three escutcheons but the l)ra-sses gone. John Lord Stourton (ob. 1463) was created Baron Stointon by patent20 Henry ^I. (I44s), His scm William Lord Stourton died 1478. Williamthird hnrd Stuuilun ilictl 15i22, and liis Sdii Charles willi lour of liisservants were hung at Salisbury in 1557, fir tlic nnuder of one Hartgilland his sun, wlmni they slew and Imricd m the ctllar oi Stuurtnn Stiiurtiiii was liinig witli a silken cord and lils !)od>- lunicil in (.hapil, Si
. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . off, at the right hand three escutcheons but the l)ra-sses gone. John Lord Stourton (ob. 1463) was created Baron Stointon by patent20 Henry ^I. (I44s), His scm William Lord Stourton died 1478. Williamthird hnrd Stuuilun ilictl 15i22, and liis Sdii Charles willi lour of liisservants were hung at Salisbury in 1557, fir tlic nnuder of one Hartgilland his sun, wlmni they slew and Imricd m the ctllar oi Stuurtnn Stiiurtiiii was liinig witli a silken cord and lils !)od>- lunicil in (.hapil, Sidislmiv (,itlioili-;d. Ills tnndi li;is been rcniiixrd \i> thenave and still exists there. Tlie fine etHgy f a, crus;idiT, in cliiiln , in iSridporl Cliuicli istraditinnally said to !)? ;i (.liideiH^k. PARISH CHURCHES OF NORTH DEVON. 153 Old Shale House.—It is doulitlul if any ]iurti()ii nf the iUitieiit nuuisioiiof theBonvilles now remains. The parts <.f the ^M hmise at presentexisting, consist of the gateway, antl oiu wniii <il 1 he iiiaiisKJH, now. (lateway. Old Shiilc House. converted into a farm house. These were probably erected, or re-edified,hy WilUani Pole, Esc^., the tirst possessor about the middle of tliesixteenth century, the other parts of the edifice were demolislied in 1787,and the materials employed on the new mansion. This William Pole () was the ftither of the Antiquary. His arms, azure, semee of jienrde lis, a Hon ramjxmt argent, quartering, Pole of Cheshire, or, a stag sface gules, are over the gateway, and his initials W. P. occ\u on thespandi-ils of the doorway leading up the turret stairs. He is bmied undera high tomb in the south Chancel aisle of Colyton Church, where thereis a lai-ge genealogical shield displaying tlie numerous alliances of thisantient family, and this inscription on a brass plate allusive to them: liJttE licti) tf)C boljg of SfflilUam Pole, Inte of Sijutc. l^sq., ticccnscti, Wjomarricti Bntcron, tiaugf)t of Jlk
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