Joan Chichester

Amyas married (this) Joan, daughter of Sir Roger Gifford of Brightley , also in North Devon and they had 13 sons and 4 daughters.One son was killed serving under Drake at Corunna,Spain in 1589 not long after the Spanish Armada was destroyed, another was killed in a duel in Barnstaple in 1590. Amyas died in 1577 and the estate passed to his elder son Henry (1547 to 1589) and subsequently devolved through his descendants. Amyas' elder brother inherited the manor of Widworthy and founded that branch. A cousin founded the senior branch, Youlston. Their estate, Youlston Park, North Devon was sold by the Chichesters in about 1920 and is currently offered for sale in Country Life magazine

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"Much of my information is derived from " History of the Chichester Family" (1871) by Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester of Arlington, a direct descendant of Amyas Chichester. Also, another published book on the Chichester family by a professional Victorian genealogist called Sir William Drake (1886). I also have other books, papers and family trees etc. I am descended from the Hall brach of the Chichesters. Please contact me if you would like further information."

children

Children:

• 1. Henry CHICHESTER of Arlington
• 2. John CHICHESTER
• 3. Richard CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1538 - d. BEF 22 Jun 1618)
• 4. Hugh CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1539)
• 5. Robert CHICHESTER
• 6. Mary CHICHESTER
• 7. Elizabeth CHICHESTER
• 8. Gifford CHICHESTER (b. 1545)
• 9. Severus CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1546 - bur. 9 May 1574)
• 10. Phillip CHICHESTER
• 11. Edward CHICHESTER
• 12. Silvester CHICHESTER
• 13. Paul CHICHESTER (Capt.)
• 14. Bartholemew CHICHESTER
• 15. Honor CHICHESTER
• 16. Gregory CHICHESTER
• 17. Francis CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1556 - bur. 13 Jul 1611)
• 18. Frances CHICHESTER
• 19. Roger CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1560)

Sources

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 51 1897, Volume 51.  Page 214
2. "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came to America Before 1700" ( Weis, Frederick Lewis, 2004. Line 52, Revised for 8th Edition. Page 61.

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Devon
• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I1130&tree=N...
• http://www.charlemagne.org/p30.htm#i975

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• Jane (Joan) Giffard1
• F, #69017, b. circa 1529
• Father Sir Roger Giffard2 b. c 1475, d. 1 May 1547
• Mother Margaret Cobleigh2 b. c 1503, d. 23 Dec 1547
• Jane (Joan) Giffard was born circa 1529 at of Brightleigh, Chittlehampton, Devonshire, England. She married Amyas Chichester, Esq., son of John Chichester, Esq. and Joan Brett, before 1545; They had 15 sons (Henry; John; Richard; Hugh; Robert; Gifford; Severus; Philip; Edward; Silvester; Paul; Bartholomew; Gregory; Francis; & Roger) & 4 daughters (Margaret, wife of Edward Poyntz; Elizabeth, wife of Henry Bellew, & of Stephen Braddon; Frances, wife of John Wyatt, Esq; & Honor, wife of Balthazer Boteler).1 Her estate was probated on 16 April 1596; Will proved.1
• Family Amyas Chichester, Esq. b. 28 Mar 1527, d. 4 Jul 1577
• Child
  • Frances Chichester+1 b. 27 Nov 1558
• Citations
• 1.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 114.
• 2.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 113-114.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2297.htm#... ______________________
• Amyas CHICHESTER
• Born: 1527, Arlington, Devonshire, England
• Died: 4 Jul 1577, Braunton, Devonshire, England
• Notes: ancestor of Chichesters of Arlington. Executor of his father will.
• Father: John CHICHESTER of Raleigh (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Joan BRITE
• Married: Jane (Joan) GIFFORD (b. ABT 1525 - d. BEF 16 Apr 1596) (dau. of Sir Roger Gifford of Brigthleigh and Margaret Cobleigh) ABT 1545, Arlington, Devonshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Henry CHICHESTER of Arlington
  • 2. John CHICHESTER
  • 3. Richard CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1538 - d. BEF 22 Jun 1618)
  • 4. Hugh CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1539)
  • 5. Robert CHICHESTER
  • 6. Mary CHICHESTER
  • 7. Elizabeth CHICHESTER
  • 8. Gifford CHICHESTER (b. 1545)
  • 9. Severus CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1546 - bur. 9 May 1574)
  • 10. Phillip CHICHESTER
  • 11. Edward CHICHESTER
  • 12. Silvester CHICHESTER
  • 13. Paul CHICHESTER (Capt.)
  • 14. Bartholemew CHICHESTER
  • 15. Honor CHICHESTER
  • 16. Gregory CHICHESTER
  • 17. Francis CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1556 - bur. 13 Jul 1611)
  • 18. Frances CHICHESTER
  • 19. Roger CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1560)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHICHESTER.htm#Amyas CHICHESTER1 _________________________________
• The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations ... By College of Arms (Great Britain)
• http://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&pg=PA721&lpg=PA721&dq...
• Pg.173
  • Chichester of Raleigh. Pg.172-175
• Nicholas Chichester, 2 son of Margaret (Keynes) & Richard Chichester, heir to his brother John, and aged 30 at his death, named in the Inq. taken on the death of his father as deceased. mar. Christian, 3 da. of Sir Nicholas Pawlet of Sampford Peverel, widow of Henry Hull of Larkbear, named in the Inq. taken on the death of her father in law, remar. 3 Sir William Martin, 4 James Chudleigh of Asheton., parents of Elias (ob. s.p.), Tristram (ob. s.p.) Henry (ob. s.p.), Jane (m. Thomas Bretton), Philipp, (m. John Cole), Elizabeth (m. John Berry), Richard (ob. s.p.), William (Rector of Sherwill & Arlington), Peter, John (m. Margaret Beaumont & Joan Bright) Chichester
  • John Chichester of Rawleigh, son & heir of Christian (Pawlet) & Nicholas Chichester, heir to his grandfather and aged 24 years and more at his death, named in the Inq. taken on the death of his sons Hugh and Edward, died 22 Feb. 1537-8. Inq. P.m. 28 Hen. VIII, No.4; mar.1 Margaret Da. & hei. of Hugh Beaumont of Sherwill, parents of Edward (m. Lady Elizabeth Bourchier), Hughe (m. Elizabeth _), Elizabeth (m. Nicholas Pyne) Chichester; mar.2 Joan Da. of Robert Bright, named in the Inq. taken on her husband's death, remarried Henry Fortescue., parents of Anne, Mary (m. John Rowe), William, Amias (m. Jane Gifford), John (m. Katherine Peard & _ Rowe) Chichester. _______________________

Arlington Court

• .... etc.
  • Chichester family
• The Chichester family, which in 2012 still exists in several branches and survives in North Devon at Hall, two miles SE of Bishops Tawton, was historically one of the leading ancient gentry families of Devon, having been established in 1384 at the manor of Raleigh, in the parish of Pilton near Barnstaple, upon the marriage of John Chichester of Somerset to Thomasine de Ralegh, daughter and heiress of Sir John de Ralegh.[10] The site of the great manor house of Raleigh, which was sold by Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet (c.1662-1718) to Arthur Champneys, MP, a Barnstaple merchant,[11] is now occupied by a disused 1960's concrete building, part of the complex of North Devon District Hospital. The present Georgian mansion called Raleigh House was built on a site directly above the old mansion by Nicholas Hooper, whose father Sir Nicholas Hooper, MP, had purchased the manor from Champneys in 1703.[12] The Chichester family thenceforth lived at Youlston. According to the hearth tax returns of 1664, which showed Raleigh still to have been owned by Sir John Chichester, 1st Baronet, of Raleigh (1623-1667) it had 24 hearths, making it one of the largest houses in North Devon, possibly second largest after Tawstock Court.[13] The manor of Arlington was also inherited from the de Ralegh family,[14] and was thus one of the family's most ancient Devon possessions. It was later given by the Chichesters to a younger son from a second marriage, Amyas Chichester (d.1577), who married Jane Giffard, daughter of Sir Roger Giffard of Brightley in the parish of Chittlehampton, and by her produced a family of nineteen sons and four daughters, thus establishing there his own branch of the family.[15] The large family of Amyas is referred to by Charles Kingsley in Westward Ho! [16] Hall in the parish of Bishops Tawton was inherited in 1461 by Richard Chichester on his marriage to Thomasine de Halle, daughter and heiress of Simon de Halle.[17] The manor of Shirwell, in which is situated Youlston House, was inherited by the Chichester family temp. Henry VII (1485-1509) by marriage to Margaret Beaumont, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Beaumont, whose family had resided at Youlston since the reign of Henry I (1100-1135).[18] Shirwell is adjacent to the south of Arlington. Margaret Beaumont's sister and co-heiress Joan Beaumont married into the Basset family of Whitechapel and Tehidy, to which family she brought the other Beaumont lands of Umberleigh[19] and Heanton Punchardon.[20] The pioneering yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester (1901-1972) was the son of Rev. Charles Chichester, appointed by the family as parson of Shirwell, seventh son of Sir Arthur Chichester, 8th Baronet (1822-1898), of Youlston. He was buried at Shirwell Church, where two monuments to him exist. His younger son is Giles Chichester (b. 1946), Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar, who thus retains his family's ancient connection to Devon. (For the history of the wider family see Marquess of Donegall and Chichester baronets).
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• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_Court _____________________________________________

Arlington, Devon

• .... etc.
  • Grant to Amias Chichester
• Sir John Chichester (c. 1474-1537) of Raleigh, the son and heir of Nicholas Chichester (d.pre-1496) and heir to his grandfather, married firstly in about 1490, Margaret Beaumont (d.1507), daughter and co-heiress of Hugh Beaumont of Shirwell by his wife Thomasine Wise, and the heir to Raleigh and the other principal family estates was Sir John Chichester (c. 1516/22-1569), (grandson), son of Edward Chichester (c. 1496-1522), (second and eldest surviving son of Sir John Chichester (c. 1474-1537). However Sir John Chichester (c. 1474-1537) married secondly to Joan Brett, sister of Robert Brett (d.1540), lord of the manor of Pilland in the parish of Pilton, and the last steward of Pilton Priory before its dissolution[1] and widow of John Courtenay (d.1510) of Molland; she survived her husband and remarried Henry Fortescue. His will was witnessed by his brother-in-law Robert Brett (d.1540). His eldest son by his second wife Joan Brett was Amyas Chichester (1527-1577), to whom he granted his manor of Arlington, and who established that line of the family, created Chichester Baronets of Arlington Court in 1840. The Latin deed dated 28 November 1535 making the grant survives in the Chichester of Arlington archives in the North Devon Record Office, catalogued as follows: "Surrender John Chechester, and Joan, his wife to Amias Chechester, their son, Manor of Alryngton, alias Arlyngton, with advowson of the church; 2 red seals of John and Joan Chechester on parchment tags".[2] His will dated 12 October 1530, written five years before he made the grant sets out his intentions clearly:[3] "Will (indented) of John Chechester, Esq. Manors, lands, advowsons of churches, etc. of and in Dunwere, Beggernhuysche alias Huyshe Gaunte, Arlyngton, Rokesford [in Sandford?], Cheryton Fytz Payne, Tregamere, and Treverbyan, to Johan his wife for her life. After her death, manor and advowson of Arlington to his son Amys and his heirs male and manor of Dunwere to his son John, and his heirs male. Manor of Ralegh [in Pilton] and advowson of chantry there, and moiety of manor of Awton Gifford to go after death of Elizabeth, late wife of Hewe Chechester, to Johan (i.e. Brett), and after her death to go, together with the manor of Wedisworthy after the death of his mother, to his executors, for the performance of various provisions in his Will concerning marriage of his daughters, maintenance of his children, compensation of tenants, etc. Manors, lands, advowsons of churches, etc. of and in Maneton Magna, Huntor [in Manaton?], Hennok, Lokesforde [Loxhore], Barstabell, Scherwell, Pilton, Kentisbury and Tauton Bischopp, to his son William and his heirs male, if he refuse to be a priest. Executors: Johan his wife, and Amys his son. Overseers: Robert Brett, Richard Chechester, John Forde". Amias married Jane Giffard, daughter of Sir Roger Giffard (d.1547) of Brightley in the parish of Chittlehampton. The Heralds' Visitation of Devon lists 19 children produced from this marriage. The descent from Amias is as follows:[4]
• Henry Chichester (eldest son) (1545-1589), married in 1571/2 Mary Burgoine (d.1616), daughter of George Burgoine of South Zeal, immediately north of Dartmoor, which family Lysons (1822) states to have also held the nearby manor of South Tawton: "A younger branch of the Bedfordshire family of that name, continued (in Devon) for several generations, having married the heiresses of Sheldon, Stoning, and Courtenay. The heiress of the Burgoynes married Jackson, of Exeter. William Courtenay Burgoyne, Esq., died in 1750. Arms: Azure, a talbot passant argent on a mullet or a crescent sable for difference".[5] A monument to Robert Burgoyne dated 1651 exists in the church at South Tawton and shows the arms of a talbot dog. Their 16th-century manor house at nearby South Zeal is now the "Oxenham Arms" public house.[6] The arms of Burgoyne can also be seen on the monument to Thomas Chafe (1585-1648) of Dodscott, in the parish church of St Giles in the Wood.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Devon __________________________________