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Alice Chichester (Wotton), Heiress of Widworthy

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Widworthy, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Death: before December 13, 1437
Pilton, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Wotton, II and Englesia Wotton
Wife of Sir John Chichester, Knight at Agincourt, Sheriff of Devonshire
Mother of John Chichester; Richard Chichester, Esq.; Thomasine Chichester and Margaret Chichester
Sister of Ann Mules; Thomas Wooton and John Wotton
Half sister of Lady Joan Wotton

Occupation: Heiress of Widworthy
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About Alice Chichester, Heiress of Widworthy

  • Alice Wotton
  • F, #69025, b. circa 1402, d. before 1437
  • Father John Wotton, Lord Widworthy b. c 1361
  • Mother Margaret Dymoke b. c 1363
  • Alice Wotton was born circa 1402 at of Widworthy, Devonshire, England. She married Sir John Chichester, Lord Raleigh, son of Sir John Chichester and Thomasine de Raleigh, before 1424. Alice Wotton died before 1437 at of Raleigh, Pilton, Devonshire, England.
  • Family Sir John Chichester, Lord Raleigh b. 1386, d. 14 Dec 1437
  • Children
    • Thomasine Chichester+
    • Richard Chichester, Sheriff of Devonshire+ b. 23 Feb 1424, d. 25 Dec 1498
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2297.htm#... ______________________
  • Alice Wotton1
  • F, #249817
  • Last Edited=7 Nov 2007
  • Alice Wotton is the daughter of John Wotton.1 She married John Chichester, son of Sir John Chichester and Thomasine Raleigh.1
  • Her married name became Chichester.1
  • Children of Alice Wotton and John Chichester
    • Richard Chichester+1 d. 24 Dec 1498
    • John Chichester1
  • Citations
  • [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1157. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p24982.htm#i249817 ____________
  • John CHICHESTER of Raleigh (Sir)
  • Born: ABT 1385, Raleigh, Devonshire, England
  • Died: 14 Dec 1437, Raleigh, Devonshire, England
  • Notes: Sheriff of Devonshire. Arms: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair. He was in the retinue of Le Sieur de Harrington on 25 Oct 1415 in the Battle of Agincourt, Picardy, France. Lord of Raleigh in parish of Pilton, Devonshire, England.
  • Father: John CHICHESTER (Sir)
  • Mother: Thomasine De RALEIGH
  • Married: Alice WOTTON (b. ABT 1402 - d. 1437) (dau. of John Wotton of Widworthy and Engaret Dymock) ABT 1410
  • Children:
    • 1. Richard CHICHESTER (Esq.)
    • 2. Thomasine CHICHESTER
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHICHESTER.htm#John CHICHESTER of Raleigh (Sir)1 ___________________
  • Links
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_Pilton
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall,_Bishop%27s_Tawton

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Alice Wotton married Lord of Raleigh, Sir John Chichester Knt., son of Sir John Chichester Knt. and Thomasine Raleigh, before 1424.

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from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

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__________________________ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage p.214 Richard Chichester married Alice,, dau. and heir of John Wotton, of Widworthy and was s by eldest son John Chichester, Esq.. John married Margaret dau of Hugh Beaumont, Esq. of Youlston, co Devon .
Bernard Burke - 1865 - ‎Baronetage ___________________________

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of John Wotton , of Widworthy , and was s . by his eldest son , JOHN CHICHESTER , Esq . This gentleman m . Margaret , PALMER - BRUCE , Bart . of Arling dau . and heir of Hugh Beaumont , Esq . of Youlston , co . ton Court , co . Devon ; b . Dec . Devon ( who was great - grandson of Sir William Beaumont , and Isabel , his wife , dau and co - heir of Sir John Willing 1842 ; 8 . his father 20 Dec . 1851 . ton , of Umberleigh and Willington Court ) , with whom he had that seat ; by this lady he had a son , EDWARD . He Lineage . m . 2ndly , Joan , dau . of Richard Brett , Esq . of Whitstaun ton , and had two other song . He was s . by his eldest son , The CHICHESTERS of Arlington claim a common ancestor EDWARD CHICHESTER , Esq . who m . Elizabeth , eldest dau . with the ancient house of CHICHESTER of Raleigh , and of John Bourchier , Lord Fitzwarine and Earl of Bath , and separated from that parent stem in the 14th century . The left a son , surname was anciently written DE CIRENCESTER , and the Sir JOHN CHICHESTER , Knt . , M . P . for the co . Devon , family appears to have been one of the most eminent in the n 1553 and 1562 , and high - sheriff of the same co . in 1552 county of Devon , for its antiquity , estates , employments , and 1578 ; who m . Gertrude . dau . of Sir William Courtenay and alliances . Sir John de Chichester , in 1433 , 12th Knt . of Powderham Castle , ancestor of the Earls of Devon , HENRY VI . , was returned one of the principal gentry in the by whom he had five sons and eight daus . The 2nd son , co . of Devon , by the king ' s commissioners ; and marrying Arthur lord - deputy of Ireland , in 1603 , was raised to the Thomasine , dau . and heiress of Sir William Raleigh , near peerage of that kingdom ) , as Lord Belfast , in 1612 ; d . 8 . p . Barnstaple , acquired that inheritance ; and was father of in 1624 , when the barony ceased , and his lordship ' s estates Sir John de Chichester , of Raleigh , who was sheriff of passed , by will , to his brother ( the 3rd son ) , Edward , who the co . of Devon , 3rd EDWARD IV . , and left issue , Richard was created Baron Belfast and Viscount Chichester , and de Chichester , who , 8th and 14th of that reign , served the founded the noble house of Donegal . The 4th son . Sir | same office , and marrying Alicia , dau . and heiress of Sir John Chichester the younger ( the eldest son , of whom here - John Wotton , of Widworthy , acquired that es John Wotton , of Widworthy , acquired that estate ; by her , after , being also called John ) , was governor of Carrick besides other children , he had John , his heir , and Richard , fergus , and lost his life by decapitation , after falling into his third son , who m . Thomasine , dau . and heiress of the hands of James MacSorley MacDonnel , Earl of Antrim . Simon Hall , of Hall , in Bishop ' s Taunton , co . Devon , and The eldest son was from whom the CMCHESTERS of Hall are descended . John SIR JOHN CHICHESTER , Knt . This gentleman , who , with Chichester , the eldest son , m . lst , Margaret , dau . and the judge of assize and others , died of infection , caught heiress of Hugh Beaumount , of Youlston , co . Devon ( who from the prisoners in Exeter Castle , at the Lent Assizes , in was great - grandson of Sir William Beaumont , and Isabel 1585 , was s . by his son , his wife , dau . and co - heir of Sir John Willington , of Umber SIR ROBERT CHICHESTER , of Raleigh ; who m . lst , Frances , leigh and Willington Court ) , and had by her a son , Edward . youngest dau . of John , Lord Harrington of Exton , and co his heir , ancestor of the present SIR ARTHUR CHICHESTER , heir , in 1613 , of her brother , John , Lord Harrington , and Bart . of Raleigh , and of the noble house of DONEGAL . By had an only dau . , his 2nd wife , Joan , dau . of Richard Brett , of Whitstaunton . ANNE , who m . Robert , Lord Kinloss , and was mother of Somersetshire , John Chichester had a son , Robert , Earl of Aylesbury . Amias CHICHESTER , of Arlington , who was born some Sir Robert m . 2ndly , Miss Hill , and by that lady had a son , | time in the reign of EDWARD IV . , and to whom his father rave the estates at Arlington , which have ever since con his successor , tinued in the possession of Amias ' s posterity . He m . Joan , I . JOHN CHICHESTER , Esq . of Raleigh , who was created dau . of Sir Robert Giffard , of Brightley , and had issue nine a Baronet 4 Aug . 1641 . He m . Elizabeth , dau . of Sir John teen sons . Edward , the ninth son , was slain in a duel , and Rayney , Bart . ; and dying in 1667 , was s . by his eldest son , Paul , the eleventh , was a worthy captain in the Netherland II . Sir John , at whose demise , in 1680 , without male issue , the title devolved upon his brother , wars , and was slain in the Portugal action , in 1589 . III . SIR ARTHUR , M . P . ; who m . Elizabeth , dau . of Giles CHICHESTER , of Arlington , great - great - great - grand Thomas Drewe , Esq . of The Grange , co . Devon : and dying son of Amias , m . Catherine Palmer , nicce and heiress of the in 1717 , left ( with seven daus . , of whom Florence m . William celebrated Roger Palmer , Earl of Castlemaine , by whom he Northmore , Esq . ; Anne , Francis Fulford , Esq . ; and another , had , with a dau . , Mary , m . to William Paston , Esq . of Stephen Cassan , Esq . ) a son and successor , Norton , co . Gloucester , a son , IV . Sir John , M . P ; who m . Anne , dau , of John Leigh , John CHICHESTER , of Arlington , who m . lst , Elizabeth , Esq . of Newport , Isle of Wight ; and had , with three daus . , dau . and co - heir of John Courtenay , Esq . of Molland , co . two sons , viz . , of Devon , which lady d . 8 . p . 16 Oct . 1766 ; and 2ndly , 1 . John , his heir . Mary , eldest dau . of Alexander Macdonald , of the clan of II . William , in holy orders , rector of Ham , co . Devon ; m . Macdonald of keppoch , and had issue two sons and three Miss Bellamin , and left at his decease ( with other issue ) , daus . , ARTHUR , who inherited as 7th baronet . 1 . JOHN - PALMER CHICHESTER , col . of the royal Cardigan rifle corps ; m . lst , Mary - Ann , dau . of George Cary , Esq . He d . in 1740 , and was 8 . by his elder son , of Torr Abbey , co . Devon , and had issue one dau . , Mary V . SIR John , high - sheriff of Devon in 1753 . This gentle Ann , m . to Thomas Fitzherbert , Esg . of Swinnerton Park , man m . Frances , 2nd dau . and co - heir of Sir George Chud Staffordshire . His 2nd wife was Agnes Hamilton , eldest leigh , of Haldon , co . Devon ; and dying 18 Dec . 1784 , was s . dau . of James Hamilton , Esq . of Bangour , N . B . ( by Mar by his only child , garet Bruce , sister of the celebrated traveller , James VI . SIR JOHN , who d . unm . 8 Sept . 1808 , and was s . by Bruce , Esq . of Kinnaird ) , by whom he had issue , his first cousin , 1 JOHN - PALMER - BRUCE CHICHESTER , 1st baronet . VII . Sir ARTHUR , 6 . 25 April , 1790 ; who m . 8 Sept . 1919 , 2 George , captain in the army , m . Maria , only child of Henry Warren , Esq . of Beckenham , Kent . Charlotte , youngest dau . of Sir James - Hamlyn Williams , 3 James Hamilton , in holy orders : m . lst , Mary , dau . of Bart . of Clovelly Court , and by her ( who d . 18 Aug . 1834 ) Richard Bateman , Esq . of Hartington Hall , Derby . left issue at his decease , 30 May , 1842 , shire : 2ndly , Louisa Blencowe , dau . of Robert - Willis ARTHUR , present baronet . Blencoe , Esq . of Dawlish ; 3rdly , Mary - Ann - Whyte , George , m 5 July , 1849 , Elizabeth , eldest dau . of the Rev . dau . of Robert Moyser , Esq . of Hotham , Yorkshire . Francis Hole , rector of Georgeham , Devon . 4 Robert - Bruce , barrister - at - law , m . Mary , eldest dau . James - John , in holy orders , A . B . : m . 30 Jan . 1850 , Jane of Edward Bloxsome , Esq . of Dursley , Gloucestershire , Barbara , 2ná dau . of the late John West , Esq . and has issue : his eldest dau . Mary Elizabeth - Cole Frederick - Charles , d . in 1837 , aged 10 . grove , m . 15 Nov . 1864 , Major Edgar Grantham - Bredin , R . A . Charlotte - Elizabeth , m . 15 March , 1848 , to the Rev . Richard 1 Margaret - Caroline , m . June , 1830 , to Augustus - Saltren John Beadon , rector of Shirwell , Devon . Willett , Esq . of Tapleigh Park , near Bideford , formerly Blanche , m . 30 Aug . 1855 , to John - Toller Nicholetts , Esq . an officer in the Inniskilling dragoons , who , in com . of South Petherton , co . Somerset . pliance with the will of his uncle , John Cleoland , Esq . , Creation — 4 Aug . 1641 . assumed the surname and arms of CLEOLAND . 2 Julia , d . in 1815 . Arms — Chequy , or and gu . , a chief , vair . Mr . Chichester m . 3rdly , Catherine Ford , dnu . of

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Alice Chichester, Heiress of Widworthy's Timeline

1402
1402
Widworthy, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1424
February 23, 1424
Raleigh, Devonshire, England
February 23, 1424
Raleigh, Barnstaple, Devon, England (United Kingdom)

•ID: I109208
•Name: Richard CHICHESTER
•Given Name: Richard
•Surname: Chichester
•Sex: M
•_UID: 054FE703192A6F48B7DB3F57B1D3948D0566
•Birth: 23 FEB 1422 in Raleigh, Devon, England

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1430
1430
Raleigh, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1437
December 13, 1437
Age 35
Pilton, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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