Higher Ashton Devon

Lit by candle light, looking east past the 15c font down the nave past 15c pews - the font heraldry marks the marriage in c 1470 of Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton and 1st wife Margaret daughter of Sir William 2nd Lord Stourton 1478 & Margaret Chidiock 1503 - it still retains the bar that locked the holy water against witchcraft

(James was the son of John Chudleigh and Thomasine daughter of Nicholas Kirkham and Jane Wrey

James & Margaret were the parents of :

1. William Chudleigh 1515 m Joan daughter of Sir William Hody of Pillesdon, Dorset & Eleanor Malet.

2. Margareta Maria d1530 m (1st wife) John son of Oliver Wise & Margaret Tremayne +++ ; who m2 Dorothy daughter of John Leigh of Addington flic.kr/p/sdd4nC

Sir James went on to m2 1510 Margaret Tremayne d1520 +++ & m3 Christian Paulet widow of of Nicholas Chichester & William Martyn )

- Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton Devon

 

www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chudleigh-36

Picture with thanks - copyright Michael Garlick CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7231530

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