Family and Education b. c.1520, 1st s. of Edward Chichester (d.v.p. 1526) by Elizabeth, da. of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath. m. Gertrude (d.1566), da. of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, 7s. 9da. suc. gd.-fa. John Chichester 1536.2 Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Devon 1550-1; recorder, Barnstaple by 1555; j.p. Devon 1555, q. and dep. lt. by 1559; commr. eccles, causes, Exeter diocese 1559, piracy, Cornw., Devon 1564.3

Biography Chichester was a friend of the 2nd Earl of Bedford in whose company he was at Venice in July 1555. In the early years of Elizabeth’s reign the two men were in constant touch over such matters as the religion of justices in the south-west, presentments and the subsidy.

Chichester did not achieve knight of the shire status in Elizabeth’s first Parliament, instead being returned for Barnstaple where he was recorder. He bought the borough and castle in May 1566, disposing of it almost immediately, though retaining the nomination of one burgess. Though his name does not appear in the exiguous journal for 1559, he was appointed to committees concerned with gig mills (3 Feb. 1563) and the succession question (31 Oct. 1566). He was also one of 30 MPs summoned on 5 Nov. 1566 to hear the Queen’s message on the succession. The ‘lewd pasquyle’ which lampooned the extreme protestants in the 1566 session calls him ‘Chichester the fell’. In his will, made in 1568, he asked to be buried near his late wife, and left £20 to be spent on a tomb ‘for a perpetual memory’. He died 30 Nov. that year, and was buried at Pilton, Devon. His property was valued at £185 p.a.4

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603 Author: N. M. Fuidge Notes 1. Unknown constituency 2. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 173, 179; C142/45/40, 58/4, 24, 88; W. Drake, Fam. of Chichester, 331. 3. Barnstaple Recs. ii. 1 7 2; H. Gee, Elizabethan Clergy, 98-9; A. L. Rowse, Tudor Cornw. 393; Roberts thesis. 4. CSP Ven. vi. 145; SP12/7/1; HMC Exeter, 39; APC, vii. 225; HMC Pepys, 50; Cam. Misc. ix(3), p. 68; SP12/6/17; CJ, i. 64; D’Ewes, 126; Stowe 354, f. 18; Cambridge Univ. Lib. Gg, iii. 34, p. 209; F/v 14; CPR, 1563-6, pp. 117, 369; PCC 43 Daper; Wards 9/104/258d, 139/303

Notes: a knight and a High Sheriff of Devonshire. He was, excepting his two sons Arthur and Edward, the most distinguished member of the family in Devonshire, (See p. 239-244). He was the ancestor of the Chichesters of Youlston.

Of Raleigh, Devonshire, England

One of the ancestors of the Earls of Spencer and Princess Diana

ID: I113162 Name: John Chichester Sex: M Birth: 1516 in Raleigh, England Death: 30 NOV 1568 in Raleigh, England Change Date: 7 JUL 2005 Note: Name Suffix:<NSFX> Knight

Marriage 1 Gertrude Courtenay b: 1521 in Powderham, Devonshire, England Married: 30 NOV 1568 Note: _UIDC81E5378552A45419B99B856743C0B8336CB

/Children: Susanna CHICHESTER Elizabeth CHICHESTER of Rawlegh+ Sir John CHICHESTER+ Mary CHICHESTER+ Eleanor (Elinor) CHICHESTER+ Grace CHICHESTER Cecilia CHICHESTER Charles CHICHESTER Dorothy CHICHESTER Urith CHICHESTER Bridget CHICHESTER+ Adrian CHICHESTER Sir Arthur CHICHESTER John CHICHESTER "The Younger" Sir Edward CHICHESTER 1st Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus+

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A leading member of the Devonshire gentry, a naval captain, and ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550-1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and for Barnstaple in 1559.

He married Gertrude Courtenay, a daughter of Sir William Courtenay (1477–1535) of Powderham.

CHILDREN: Sons: 1. Sir John Chichester (d. 4/11/1597) of Raleigh, who married Anne Denys, daughter of Sir Robert Denys (d.1592), MP, of Holcombe Burnell. He was Governor of Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, and was captured and beheaded by Randal MacSorley Macdonnell. 2. Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (1563-1624/5). 3. Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648). of Eggesford, Devon.

Daughters 1. Elizabeth Chichester (d.1630), married Hugh Fortescue (1544–1600), the son of Richard Fortescue (c.1517-1570) of Filleigh, ancestor of the Earls Fortescue. 2. Cecilia Chichester, M1 Thomas Hatch M2- Lewis Sir Lewis POLLARD, son of Sir Lewis Pollard and Jane Prust of King's Nympton, Devon. 3. Eleanor Chichester (d.1585), married Sir Arthur Bassett (1541-1586), MP, of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon, MP for Barnstaple in 1563 and for Devon in 1572. 4. Mary Chichester (d.1613), married Richard Bluett Esq. (d.1614) of Holcombe Rogus. 5. Grace Chichester, married Robert Dillon of Farthington, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Henry Dillon of Bratton Fleming by his wife Elizabeth Pollard, daughter of Sir Hugh Pollard of Kings Nympton. 6. Dorothy Chichester, married Sir Hugh Pollard of King's Nympton, son and heir of Sir Lewis II Pollard of Kings Nympton, Devon. 7. Urith Chichester, married John Trevelyan of Nettlecombe in Somerset. 8. Bridget Chichester, married Edmund Prideaux. 9. Susannah Chichester, M1- 1580 (as his 2nd wife) John Fortescue Esq., MP, of Buckland Filleigh, with whom she had a son Sir Faithful Fortescue (d.1666). M2-1584 William Fortescue.

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Parents:

 Edward Chichester of Raleigh, Esq. (1496 - 1522)

 Elizabeth Bourchier Chichester (____ - 1548)

Spouse:

 Gertrude Courtenay Chichester (____ - 1566)*

Children:

 John Chichester (____ - 1586)*

 Elizabeth Chichester Fortescue (1545 - 1630)*

 Eleanor Chichester Bassett (1547 - 1585)*

 Cecily Chichester Pollard (1547 - ____)*

 Mary Chichester Bluett (1548 - 1613)*

 Dorothy Chichester Pollard (1556 - ____)*

 Arthur Chichester (1563 - 1625)*

 Edward Chichester (1568 - 1648)*

Sibling:

 Philip Chichester (____ - 1583)*

 John Chichester (1519 - 1569)

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Church of St Mary the Virgin Pilton West North Devon District Devon, England

Created by: W. Pollard Record added: Oct 30, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 119591151