Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet

[8] Penelope's aunt was Anne Lovett (born 1615/19), the second wife of Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (1590–1636), of Tawstock Court, which marriage was childless.

E schola Ætonensi ad Coll: Exon: apud Oxonienses emissus socius admodum juvenis cooptatus est: inde Medicinae Doctor prodiit Omnimoda Disciplina ita institutus ut Rem ubivis parare; et Moribus ita fomatus ut ornare posset amplissimam omnibus vero titulis hic in eo praenituit.

Uxorem duxit Penelopen, Edvardi Lovet Arm(igeri) filiam faeminam fide moribus & charitate dignam quae viro tam egregio jungeretur.

Utriq(ue) parenti filius eorum unicus Henricus Northcote Bartus hoc marmor gratus consecrat.

For his wife he took Penelope, daughter of Edward Lovet, Esquire, a lady as worthy in her faith morals and charity as the so exceptional husband to whom she was joined.

Arms of Northcote: Argent, three crosses-crosslet in bend sable [ 1 ]
Arms of Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet (1655–1730) (with Red Hand of Ulster as inescutcheon) impaling arms of Lovett of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire & Corffe, Tawstock: Argent, three wolves passant in pale sable . The Lovett arms are said to refer to the appointment of William Lovett as Master of the Royal Wolfhounds by King William the Conqueror (1066–1087). [ 5 ] The crest of Northcote shown above is: On a chapeau gules turned up ermine a stag trippant argent . [ 6 ] Detail from his mural monument in St Peter's Church, Tawstock
Mural monument to Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet (1655–1730) of Corffe in the parish of Tawstock, Devon. St Peter's Church, Tawstock