Amyas Bampfylde

[6] Her portrait circa 1640, in the style of Anthony van Dyck, survives in the collection of Antony House, Cornwall and her stone-sculpted effigy sits in mourning next to the recumbent one of her husband in North Molton Church, on which monument are depicted the arms of Bampfylde impaling Clifton: Argent semée of cinquefoils pierced gules, a lion rampant of the last.

The Latin inscription on a tablet within a strapwork surround is as follows: Bampfield died at Cottonheath on 9 February 1625 at the age of 65[7] and stated in his will his wish to be "buried in North Molton church with his parents".

[3][8] It might seem however that his parents were buried in Poltimore Church, where a grand monument with their effigies survives, erected by Amias in 1604, with Latin inscription above: Hic tremibunda boni requiescunt membra Rich(ard)i Bampfildi... ("Here rest the trembling limbs of the worthy Richard Bampfield...").

On the wall to its right is affixed a stone tablet inscribed with the following lines: "Stand passenger gaze such was he As thou tremble such shalt thou be He dy'd to live so live to dye Depart muse on eternity" Ameae Bamfylde equiti aurato patri suo charissimo ex antiqua Bamfydeorum (sic) de Poltimore familia patre Richardo Bamfyde (sic) armigero matre Elizabetha Clifton de Barrington per 45 annos conjugato ex qua 12 filios 5 filias suscepit prudenti sed pio animoso sed affabili provido sed hospitali et benigno de suis de patria bene merito ex hac miseriarum valle anno aetatis suae 67 ad immortalitatem commigranti et sui reliquias his in terris quas post diuturna litigia et graves expensas sui posteritati foeliciter recuperavit in spem resurrectionis requiescere volenti Johannes Bamfylde filius et haeres qui etiam ex Elizabeth Drake de Buckland 8 filios et 7 filias ante patris obitum habuit anno Christi 1626 regis Caroli 2 hoc monumentum pietatis ergo posuit quas terras mea cura meis non-parva redemit hae mea jure sinu molliter ossa fovent.

From this vale of miseries he migrated towards immortality in the 67th year of his age and having wished the remains of him to rest in hope of resurrection in these lands which after long-lasting dispute and heavy expenses happily he regained for his posterity.

Sir Amyas Bampfylde, Coat of Arms quartered
Effigy of Sir Amyas Bampfylde, North Molton Church
Arms of Bampfylde : Or, on a bend gules three mullets argent
Portrait circa 1640 of Elizabeth Clifton, wife of Sir Amyas Bampfylde. "Style of Anthony van Dyck ", property of Trustees of Antony House , Cornwall
Arms of Bampfield impaling Clifton ( Argent semée of cinquefoils pierced gules, a lion rampant of the second ), representing the marriage of Sir Amyas Bampfylde and Elizabeth Clifton. Detail from monument to Sir Amyas Bampfylde in All Saints' Church, North Molton
Effigy of Dorothy Bampfield, daughter of Sir Amyas Bampfield, Lady Chapel of Exeter Cathedral
Monument to Sir Amyas Bampfylde, All Saints' Church, North Molton, south wall of south aisle chapel ("Bampfylde Chapel")
Monument with recumbent effigy of Sir Amyas Bampfylde, All Saints' Church, North Molton. His wife Elizabeth Clifton is shown seated at his feet, in an attitude of mourning
Escutcheon with 30 quarterings above monument to Sir Amyas Bampfylde, North Molton Church