. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . t;l wasCfintirmed by King .lolm in |-J|:;, and Sir Nicholas (ol). |;;|.,) was sum-niMind bv writ loiii|i. Ivlwaid I. li\ that title. Ilo married Amisia sisterlinM ; Nirholas,(liiid son a,!(??..,- of the (;ircws of licddington. IAEISir rilURCHES OF NOKTH DEVON. 215 Lysoiis speaks of the nld maiisidn ;it .M()luiiis-( )ttery :is cnnsistiiio- ofremains Imilt in tlu ivion nl Kiui^- IfiMirv VI., the eh;ipel ;iii(l hall havingbeen pulled tlnwu a few ycais before. The jiortions left are of iinich later(hite. Tlu
. The ancient sepulchral effigies and monumental and memorial sculpture of Devon . t;l wasCfintirmed by King .lolm in |-J|:;, and Sir Nicholas (ol). |;;|.,) was sum-niMind bv writ loiii|i. Ivlwaid I. li\ that title. Ilo married Amisia sisterlinM ; Nirholas,(liiid son a,!(??..,- of the (;ircws of licddington. IAEISir rilURCHES OF NOKTH DEVON. 215 Lysoiis speaks of the nld maiisidn ;it .M()luiiis-( )ttery :is cnnsistiiio- ofremains Imilt in tlu ivion nl Kiui^- IfiMirv VI., the eh;ipel ;iii(l hall havingbeen pulled tlnwu a few ycais before. The jiortions left are of iinich later(hite. Tlu old house is described as being of Tiidoi- oreetioii, with aniniilni- ot large stone-inullioiud windows. Little of Ihis stnietiire nowrenuiins, and the sentence accorded t(_i all things of human origin has hadits fulHhuent at Otterv-Mohiui, where the original grandeur of this theantieni nest of a noble his long ?^.-i! ^3ii#S^^- A similar fate has fillowed Bickleigh (Joiut, although a much largerpurtion of it at present exists than is fiund renriining at is situated on the west bank of the Kxe, closs to the streani. about amile distant from IJiikleigh, and neuly opposite the village. Mostluxuriant m< of ivy cover the main , ruinous at the top, effectuallyhiding its arcliitectvu-al features, except where cut away from the wIndo\vsof the first storey, which has been converted into a farm dwelling. In 216 SEPULCHRAL EFFIGIES IN THE tlie basement u Haely groined entrance arcliwoy runs through the bnilding,wliose date may perhaps be assigned to the early part of the sixteenthcentury. Some poplars that skirt the entrance are also densely clothedwith ivy, giving great picturesqueness of ettect to the remains of tliis otlierolden home of Carew.— The presence of ijerpetual </li;iiigeIs ever on tlie earth :To-day is only as the soilTliat gives to-mo
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