Robert Chichester (died 1627)
Sir Robert Chichester (1578–1627), (KB),
Biography
He was the eldest son and heir of Sir
He was a minor aged 8 at the death of his father in 1586
Marriages and children
Chichester married twice. His first wife was Frances Harington, one of the two daughters of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (died 1613) of Exton in Rutland, and a co-heiress of her brother John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton (1592–1614). By her he had one daughter, Anne Chichester (died 1627), who became the first wife of Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin (1599–1663).[2] Anne died the day after having given birth to an only child Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1626–1685). Her monument with sculpted recumbent effigy in marble survives in Exton Church.
His second wife was Mary Hill, a daughter of Robert Hill (died 1637)[3] of Shilston in the parish of Modbury in Devon. She survived him and remarried to Sir Ralph Sydenham,[4] who held on her behalf the Chichester manor of Shirwell,[5] in which is situated the mansion house of Youlston. By his second wife he had two sons and one daughter (as is recorded on his monument in Pilton Church) including his eldest son and heir, Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet (died 1667), of Raleigh, and Robert Chichester, second son.
Death and monument
Chichester died in 1627 aged 48. His elaborate monument survives in
In memory of Sr Robert Chichester Knight of the Bath, Custos Rotulorum & Deputy Lieutenant of this shire & Colonel of a Regiment of Foot. He was a son of Sr John Chichester Kt by Anne daughter of Sr Robert Dennis of Holcomb. He married his first wife Frances daughter and co-heir of John Lord Harrington of Exton in Rutlandshire by whom he had issue Anne who became the wife of Thomas, Lord Bruce. Sr Robert married to his second wife a daughter of Robert Hill of Shilston in this county Esqr by whom he had issue two sons and one daughter. He died 1627 aged 48.
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The monument to Chichester in Pilton Church
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Chichester's two wives, and behind them his daughter Anne. Detail from his monument.
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Effigy of Chichester's daughter Anne in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton.
References
- ^ a b c d Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter, 1895, p.174, pedigree of Chichester
- ^ Thomas Birch & Folkestone Williams, Court and Times of James the First, 2 (London: Colburn, 1849), p. 322.
- ^ Vivian, p.486, pedigree of Hill of Shilston
- ^ Vivian, pp.486, 174
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (died 1640), Survey of Devon. With considerable additions. London, 1811, p.311
- ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8. p.629