John Chichester (died 1669)

Sir John III Chichester (1598 – 24 September 1669) of Hall was member of parliament for Lostwithiel in Cornwall in 1624.

Hic jacet vir admodum venerabilis D(ominus) Jo(h)annes Chichester de Hall, Eques, qui (dum in vivis) fuit erga deum pius, regi suo fidelis, patriae dux publicus dilectus, ecclesiae filius, pacis amator, pauperum patronus, omnibusq(ue) tum justitiae necnon reliquarum virtutum exemplar.

Maerens posuit Jo(h)annes Chichester, Armiger, defuncti filius natu maximus ("Sacred to the Memory.

Here lies a man altogether venerable, Sir John Chichester, Knight, who (whilst amongst the living) was towards God pious, to his king faithful, to his country a beloved public leader, to the Church a son, to peace a lover, to the poor a patron and in everything as to justice, and certainly of the rest of the virtues, an example.

The cartouche shows the following 20 quarters: 1: Chequy or and gules a chief vair (Chichester) 2: Or, three torteaux a label of three points azure (Courtenay) 3: Gules semé of crosses crosslet fitché, a lion rampant argent 4: Argent, a fess between two chevrons sable in base the Red Hand of Ulster[6] 5: Gules, a chevron between three goat's heads erased ermine attired or (Marwood of Westcot, Marwood) 6: Barry of six vair and gules (Beaumont of Youlstone, Shirwell) 7: Azure, a chevron argent between three pears or[7] 8: Sable, two lions passant crowned or 9: Gules, a saltire vair (Willington of Umberleigh) 10: Azure, seven martlets or on a canton (sable?)

Sir John III Chichester (1598-1669) of Hall, dressed in Civil War armour. English School c.1650, National Trust , Arlington Court collection, Devon, ref:987416. Bequeathed by Miss Rosalie Chichester of Arlington Court, 1949
Arms of Chichester: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair
Mural monument to Ursula Strode (d.1635), 1st wife of Sir John III Chichester (d.1669) of Hall. South wall of chancel, Bishop's Tawton Church
Arms of Strode: Argent, a chevron between three conies courant sable , detail from mural monument to Ursula Strode (d.1635), 1st wife of Sir John III Chichester (d.1669) of Hall. Bishop's Tawton Church
Mural monument to Sir John III Chichester (d.1669), Bishop's Tawton Church , north wall of chancel
Heraldic cartouche of 20 quarterings on mural monument to Sir John III Chichester (d.1669) of Hall