East Ogwell Devon
At the end of the south transept / Reynell chantry is the monument to lord of the manor Sir Richard Reynell 1519 - 1585 and wife Agnes Southcote. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/114t5k39Q9
A remnant of his manor house adjoins the church.
He was the second son and heir of John Reynell of East Ogwell and Margaret daughter of William Fortescue of Wood, in Devon.
"To divers of his kings and queens," writes Prince, "he did special duties and services, being in commission of the peace near 40 years, and high sheriff of the county of Devon in 1585 the late noble Queen Elizabeth's reign, An. 28. He was ever most virtuously affected, sound in religion, faithful and serviceable to his Princes, upright and zealous in justice, beating down vice, preferring the virtuous, and a keeper of great hospitality. His youth, in King Henry VIII's days, he spent at court, and in travel beyond the seas with honourable knights and gentlemen, first into France, Flanders, and Italy, thence they crossed the Adriatic Sea, and so into Hungary and Greece, where they served against the Turks at the siege of Buda. Also he served at Bulloin, when his king, Henry VIII was present. Also at Laundersey, and was at the siege and burning of Treport, in France, &c. Also in the Western Rebellion against Edward VI he having charge of a troop of horsemen, did special good services, when in suppressing and confounding those traytors, he being sorely wounded and hurt, it pleased the king's majesty of his princely bounty to grant his warrant to the Earl of Bedford, then general of those wars, for the rewarding the said Richard Reynell with the demesnes of Weston Peverill, and house called Pennicross, in Devon, near Plymouth. This Richard left behind him 5 sons, whereof 4 are knights, all which sons even from their infancy he ever with godly care and great charge maintain'd in the schools of virtue and learning, viz. at the universities, inns of court, their prince's court, travels into Germany, France, and Italy, &c. All which sons being virtuously disposed, religious and well qualified, are at this day serviceable in some good degree or other to their king's majesty, and their country. Lastly it is generally noted and known, that the aforesaid 5 sons are a knot of as worthy and serviceable gentlemen as any in the Western parts of this kingdom of England."
He represented the borough of Saltash in Parliament in 1559. He added to his large possessions, by purchase from the Courtenays, the manor and parish of West Ogwell, which, like East Ogwell to which it is contiguous, was, in the reign of Henry II held by Hugh Pictavensis, to whom succeeded Robert Peytevin. From his family, it came to the Courtenays, Earls of Devon, who sold it as before stated.
He m Agnes daughter of John Southcote of Indio, in the parish of Bovey Tracey, Devon, an MP for Lostwithiel, Cornwall. & Joanna Hankford , widow of .. Sydenham
Children
1. Sir Thomas Reynell (1545–1621), eldest son and heir; m1 Frances daughter of John Aylworth of Poslewe / Polstow , (parents of Sir Richard Reynell (1583–1648) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/X539x2Fh9P ; m2 Elizabeth daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew & Katherine daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, KB, MP and Anne Fitzwilliam flic.kr/p/WbaKkZ
2. Sir George 1628 m1 Etheldred 1618 daughter of Sir Edward Peacock of Finchley and Elizabeth Denton; m2 Elizabeth daughter of Valentine Browne
3. Sir Richard Reynell 1633/ 34 of Forde in the parish of Wolborough, near Newton Abbot , barister of the Middle Temple m Lucy 1652 daughter of Robert Brandon 1591 "the queens jeweler" & 2nd wife Elizabeth Osborne
4. Sir Carew Reynell dsp 1624 MP m Susan widow of Michael Erneley of Bishops Canning, Wiltshire and previously of Sir John Marvyn, and daughter of Walter Hungerford, of Farleigh Castle, Somerset and Hungerford, Wilts
5. Josias of Pennicross & Weston Peverill
1. Mary 1630 m1 Sir Edmund Prideaux 1628, 1st Bart of Netherton Hsll, Farway www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/qAyR7k0qjn son of Roger Prideaux, MP by Philippa daughter of Roger Yorke, Sergeant at Law and Eleanor Luttrell / Lutterell Yorke; m2 Arthur Fowell
This is a fine Elizabethan monument (without effigy) under an arch, over which is a pediment, surmounted by a small cross at the apex and supported on two columns, on the face of which are two plumed figures. The spandrels of the arch are each decorated with an open rose, rosebuds, and leaves. On the pediment are the arms of John Reynell, Richard's father, which are, quarterly:
1. Argent, masonry a chief indented sable (Reynell);
2. Argent, on a bend sable three bezants (Burden);
3. Azure, on a fess engrailed argent three lozenges gules (Stighull of East Ogwell);
4. Per pale argent and gules, on a chevron azure three cross-crosslets botonee or (Thorber),
impaling Azure, a bend engrailed argent cotised or a crescent for difference (Fortescue, for John Reynell's wife Margerie Fortescue, a daughter of William Fortescue of Preston in the parish of Newton Ferrers and of Wood in the parish of Woodleigh, both in Devon).
For a crest, a cherub's head, and for supporters, two angels, which are obviously non-heraldic.
Under the main arch are the arms of Richard Reynell (d.1585), namely, quarterly: 1, Reynell; 2, Burden; 3, Stighull ; 4, Obliterated, impaling quarterly 1 and 4 Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three coots sable (Southcote); 2 and 3 Argent, on a fess sable between three birds of the last three mullets or (Pury, of Oxfordshire (and of Chudleigh, Devon (Vivian, p.697)); see quarterings of Callard in Heraldic Visitations of 1620; An heiress of Pury married Southcote, whose heiress married Callard (Adams, p.233, footnote 8)). This shield is surmounted by an esquire's helmet, on which is a fox passant or for the crest (canting crest, French: reynard = fox) and two foxes for supporters.
The inscription is: "Virtus Post Funera Vivit" (Virtue lives after death"), between the initials "ER" and "AR", for Richard Reynell and his wife Agnes Southcote.
Below on the panels on the front of the tomb are three shields: (1) Reynell, quartered with Burden, Stighull, and Thorber, as in the shield on the pediment, impaling: Chequy or and gules a chief vair (Chichester), for John Reynell, MP for Devon (great uncle of John Reynell) and his wife Agnes Chichester; (2)Reynell impaling: Argent, three bull's heads sable armed or (Walrond), for Walter Reynell (d.1478) of Malston in the parish of Sherford, Devon, MP for Devon (grandfather of John Reynell) and his wife Joane Walrond, a daughter of William Walrond of Bradfield in the parish of Uffculme, Devon; and (3) Reynell impaling (blank
- Church of St Bartholomew, East Ogwell, Devon
Tim britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101096697-church-of-st-barth...
www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardReynell.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carew_Reynell_(politician) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carew_Reynell_(politician)
East Ogwell Devon
At the end of the south transept / Reynell chantry is the monument to lord of the manor Sir Richard Reynell 1519 - 1585 and wife Agnes Southcote. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/114t5k39Q9
A remnant of his manor house adjoins the church.
He was the second son and heir of John Reynell of East Ogwell and Margaret daughter of William Fortescue of Wood, in Devon.
"To divers of his kings and queens," writes Prince, "he did special duties and services, being in commission of the peace near 40 years, and high sheriff of the county of Devon in 1585 the late noble Queen Elizabeth's reign, An. 28. He was ever most virtuously affected, sound in religion, faithful and serviceable to his Princes, upright and zealous in justice, beating down vice, preferring the virtuous, and a keeper of great hospitality. His youth, in King Henry VIII's days, he spent at court, and in travel beyond the seas with honourable knights and gentlemen, first into France, Flanders, and Italy, thence they crossed the Adriatic Sea, and so into Hungary and Greece, where they served against the Turks at the siege of Buda. Also he served at Bulloin, when his king, Henry VIII was present. Also at Laundersey, and was at the siege and burning of Treport, in France, &c. Also in the Western Rebellion against Edward VI he having charge of a troop of horsemen, did special good services, when in suppressing and confounding those traytors, he being sorely wounded and hurt, it pleased the king's majesty of his princely bounty to grant his warrant to the Earl of Bedford, then general of those wars, for the rewarding the said Richard Reynell with the demesnes of Weston Peverill, and house called Pennicross, in Devon, near Plymouth. This Richard left behind him 5 sons, whereof 4 are knights, all which sons even from their infancy he ever with godly care and great charge maintain'd in the schools of virtue and learning, viz. at the universities, inns of court, their prince's court, travels into Germany, France, and Italy, &c. All which sons being virtuously disposed, religious and well qualified, are at this day serviceable in some good degree or other to their king's majesty, and their country. Lastly it is generally noted and known, that the aforesaid 5 sons are a knot of as worthy and serviceable gentlemen as any in the Western parts of this kingdom of England."
He represented the borough of Saltash in Parliament in 1559. He added to his large possessions, by purchase from the Courtenays, the manor and parish of West Ogwell, which, like East Ogwell to which it is contiguous, was, in the reign of Henry II held by Hugh Pictavensis, to whom succeeded Robert Peytevin. From his family, it came to the Courtenays, Earls of Devon, who sold it as before stated.
He m Agnes daughter of John Southcote of Indio, in the parish of Bovey Tracey, Devon, an MP for Lostwithiel, Cornwall. & Joanna Hankford , widow of .. Sydenham
Children
1. Sir Thomas Reynell (1545–1621), eldest son and heir; m1 Frances daughter of John Aylworth of Poslewe / Polstow , (parents of Sir Richard Reynell (1583–1648) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/X539x2Fh9P ; m2 Elizabeth daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew & Katherine daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, KB, MP and Anne Fitzwilliam flic.kr/p/WbaKkZ
2. Sir George 1628 m1 Etheldred 1618 daughter of Sir Edward Peacock of Finchley and Elizabeth Denton; m2 Elizabeth daughter of Valentine Browne
3. Sir Richard Reynell 1633/ 34 of Forde in the parish of Wolborough, near Newton Abbot , barister of the Middle Temple m Lucy 1652 daughter of Robert Brandon 1591 "the queens jeweler" & 2nd wife Elizabeth Osborne
4. Sir Carew Reynell dsp 1624 MP m Susan widow of Michael Erneley of Bishops Canning, Wiltshire and previously of Sir John Marvyn, and daughter of Walter Hungerford, of Farleigh Castle, Somerset and Hungerford, Wilts
5. Josias of Pennicross & Weston Peverill
1. Mary 1630 m1 Sir Edmund Prideaux 1628, 1st Bart of Netherton Hsll, Farway www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/qAyR7k0qjn son of Roger Prideaux, MP by Philippa daughter of Roger Yorke, Sergeant at Law and Eleanor Luttrell / Lutterell Yorke; m2 Arthur Fowell
This is a fine Elizabethan monument (without effigy) under an arch, over which is a pediment, surmounted by a small cross at the apex and supported on two columns, on the face of which are two plumed figures. The spandrels of the arch are each decorated with an open rose, rosebuds, and leaves. On the pediment are the arms of John Reynell, Richard's father, which are, quarterly:
1. Argent, masonry a chief indented sable (Reynell);
2. Argent, on a bend sable three bezants (Burden);
3. Azure, on a fess engrailed argent three lozenges gules (Stighull of East Ogwell);
4. Per pale argent and gules, on a chevron azure three cross-crosslets botonee or (Thorber),
impaling Azure, a bend engrailed argent cotised or a crescent for difference (Fortescue, for John Reynell's wife Margerie Fortescue, a daughter of William Fortescue of Preston in the parish of Newton Ferrers and of Wood in the parish of Woodleigh, both in Devon).
For a crest, a cherub's head, and for supporters, two angels, which are obviously non-heraldic.
Under the main arch are the arms of Richard Reynell (d.1585), namely, quarterly: 1, Reynell; 2, Burden; 3, Stighull ; 4, Obliterated, impaling quarterly 1 and 4 Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three coots sable (Southcote); 2 and 3 Argent, on a fess sable between three birds of the last three mullets or (Pury, of Oxfordshire (and of Chudleigh, Devon (Vivian, p.697)); see quarterings of Callard in Heraldic Visitations of 1620; An heiress of Pury married Southcote, whose heiress married Callard (Adams, p.233, footnote 8)). This shield is surmounted by an esquire's helmet, on which is a fox passant or for the crest (canting crest, French: reynard = fox) and two foxes for supporters.
The inscription is: "Virtus Post Funera Vivit" (Virtue lives after death"), between the initials "ER" and "AR", for Richard Reynell and his wife Agnes Southcote.
Below on the panels on the front of the tomb are three shields: (1) Reynell, quartered with Burden, Stighull, and Thorber, as in the shield on the pediment, impaling: Chequy or and gules a chief vair (Chichester), for John Reynell, MP for Devon (great uncle of John Reynell) and his wife Agnes Chichester; (2)Reynell impaling: Argent, three bull's heads sable armed or (Walrond), for Walter Reynell (d.1478) of Malston in the parish of Sherford, Devon, MP for Devon (grandfather of John Reynell) and his wife Joane Walrond, a daughter of William Walrond of Bradfield in the parish of Uffculme, Devon; and (3) Reynell impaling (blank
- Church of St Bartholomew, East Ogwell, Devon
Tim britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101096697-church-of-st-barth...
www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RichardReynell.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carew_Reynell_(politician) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carew_Reynell_(politician)