. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . ce(Fitzwarren), impaling, urijcnl, thrc c/icrroiis sahlc (Arcedeckne),—for theother two wives of Sir llugli of Ilaccombe,—Elizabeth daughter of SirWilhani (ogaii of liaiintoii, ;ni(| \\i<|o\v of Sir I^ilk l^itzwa-rren, andPhilippa daughter of Sir Warin A ivrdcckne of Haccomlie. Tliese shlclfls were |)iobal)ly erected b\ F/lward (onitenay, (son ofHngh of Ashwatei), wiio was Iestoreil to the IvirMoin by Henry VIT. PAKI8II CIITTIJCIIES OF NOETH DEVON. 193 He uiiinud Eli/,;iliftli (lau«,flitrr of 8ir Plulij) Coiu


. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . ce(Fitzwarren), impaling, urijcnl, thrc c/icrroiis sahlc (Arcedeckne),—for theother two wives of Sir llugli of Ilaccombe,—Elizabeth daughter of SirWilhani (ogaii of liaiintoii, ;ni(| \\i<|o\v of Sir I^ilk l^itzwa-rren, andPhilippa daughter of Sir Warin A ivrdcckne of Haccomlie. Tliese shlclfls were |)iobal)ly erected b\ F/lward (onitenay, (son ofHngh of Ashwatei), wiio was Iestoreil to the IvirMoin by Henry VIT. PAKI8II CIITTIJCIIES OF NOETH DEVON. 193 He uiiinud Eli/,;iliftli (lau«,flitrr of 8ir Plulij) Coiuteiuiy o\ xMulhiud, secondBon of Sir Philip of Powderliani. Hence, jjrobably, the a])pearance of theplates on the lalicl. He, Kail Edward, was the gi-andson of Sir Hugh ofHaccombe, by liis wife Margaret Beaimiont. The marsluilliu of theshields shews the descent. POLLuVRD. Bishopii-Nynvpton and S. Giles.—In addition to the effigyassigned to represent a. member of this family in Horwood Church, thereis in S. Giles Cluiirh, iirar Torringion, the small brass effigy of a lady. mmM iJUlfTiMiiui ii{ii)t m Oir iHfuliiJ (iiitnniiris^ Brass of Alyanora Pollard. S. Giles, 1430. in long robes with horned head-dress and cover-chief. Below is thisinscription:— Die jarct :sipanai-fl PoUarU qui fuit lirnr SiobfS PcllaiUft filia 3?oi)fs CoplfSton obiit xv) iJtf mrnsts ^eptrmbrisanno Dfii miUma rcrcyjcjc cujiis aninir ppirtft Dr. 3lmfn. The shield of amis is gune. In the Chancel of Bishoi>s-Nympton Church is an altar tomb, ornamented 194 SEPULCHRAL EFFIGIES IN THE ?with quatrefoils, under a depressed arch, erected probably for Su- Lewis Pollard, but there is no inscription, and the aims are obliterated. Eisdon, speaking of this monument, says: In jST^anet Chmch, Judge Pollard lieth honouiably interred, having a monument erected to his memory, a •wuidow of -which Clnu-ch whereunto he was a benefactor, sheweth his name, marriage, office, and issue, with his effigies and his lady


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