He succeeded his brother in his extensive estates as well as in his offices of Governor of Carrickfergus and Lord High Admiral of Lough Neagh.
The monument shows recumbent effigies of himself and his first wife with two tablets above inscribed as follows: On a lunette above, probably the text planned by the deceased himself:
"In memory of Edward Lord Viscount Chichester & Dame Anne his wife and in humble acknowledgement of the good providence of God in advancing their house".
And had to's honour added Donnegall".On the wall to the right above the monument is a black stone tablet inscribed as a memorial to Anne Copleston's parents:
Sir George's effigy and elaborate monument exist against the north wall of the sanctuary in St Boniface's Church, Bunbury.
Edward Chichester (died 1648), Effigy in
Eggesford
Church, Devon. He wears the
Coronet
of a viscount
Arms of Chichester of Eggesford:
Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for
difference
1608
strapwork
plaster escutcheon of four
quarters
in upstairs bedroom of
Ruxford
Barton
, near Crediton, Devon, with initials "EC" and "AC" for Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616).
Detail of Chichester escutcheon, Ruxford. Armorials
quarters
1&4:
Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a mullet for difference
(Chichester); 2:
Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure a crescent for difference
(Copleston of Eggesford); 3:
Gules, a pair of wings conjoined ermine
(de Reigny of Eggesford)
Monument to Edward Chichester (1568–1648), 1st Viscount Chichester, and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon. The
heraldic achievement
above shows an escutcheon of Chichester impaling Copleston, with the
supporters
of Chichester, two wolves and the Chichester
crest
of a heron rising with an eel in her beak proper.
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The Latin motto of Chichester is:
Invitum Sequitur Honor
, literally translated as "Honour follows against one's will", rendered generally as "Honour is awarded when unsought"
Heraldic
escutcheon
from monument to Edward, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon. Arms of Chichester
impaling
Copleston:
Baron: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for
difference
(Chichester)
; Feme: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure
(Copleston), surmounted by the
coronet of a viscount
showing 9 of its 16 pearls. The difference of a crescent indicates the arms of a second son
Alabaster effigies of Edward, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon
