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    historic manor of Raleigh, near Barnstaple and in the parish of Pilton, North Devon, England, was the first recorded home in the 14th century of the influential...
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    John Chichester (died 1569) (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple)
    his lordship of the manor of Raleigh, Pilton had considerable influence. The Chichester family had been seated at the manor of Raleigh since the mid-14th...
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    11th-century lords of the manor of Raleigh, Pilton in North Devon, although the two branches are known to have borne entirely dissimilar coats of arms, adopted...
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    of the monument. By marriage to the Raleigh heiress in the 14th century the Chichester family acquired the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton,...
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    The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Pilton is the 13th-century Anglican parish church for the Pilton suburb of Barnstaple in Devon. It has been a Grade...
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    Pilton is a suburb of the town of Barnstaple, it is located about quarter of a mile north of the town centre, in the civil parish of Barnstaple, in the...
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    originally a junior branch of the de Raleigh family, lords of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton in North Devon. Later members of the family resident...
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  • refer to: Raleigh, New South Wales Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador Raleigh, Pilton, a historic manor in North Devon Raleigh, Florida Raleigh, Georgia...
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    shield of his effigy in Exeter Cathedral. These arms were later adopted by the prominent Chichester family, the heirs of de Raleigh of Raleigh, Pilton. He...
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    site of the historic manor house of Raleigh, in the former parish of Pilton, seat of the locally influential Chichester family. The building of the hospital...
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    1404 of Thomasia de Raleigh, heiress of Raleigh, Pilton in North Devon and of many other estates, and wife of John Chichester of Donwer, records that...
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    Arlington, Devon (category Former manors in Devon)
    the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton. For the descent of the lands of the de Raleigh family to the Chichester family see Raleigh. Sir John Chichester...
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  • successively the seat of two of the leading families of North Devon, the Beaumonts and their heirs the Chichesters of Raleigh, Pilton, both of which families...
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    Robert Chichester (died 1627) (category Deputy lieutenants of Devon)
    lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton in Devon, was Custos Rotulorum and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon. He was the eldest son and heir of Sir...
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    Richard Chichester (died 1496) (category High sheriffs of Devon)
    Chichester (1423-1496), lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, near Barnstaple, North Devon, was twice Sheriff of Devon, in 1469 and 1475....
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  • of Sir John Chichester (died 1569) of Raleigh. The heraldic impalement representing this marriage is visible on the monument of her father in Pilton Church...
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    Robert Incledon (category Mayors of Barnstaple)
    (1676–1758) of Pilton House, Pilton, near Barnstaple in North Devon, was a lawyer of New Inn, London, a Clerk of the Peace for Devon, Deputy Recorder of Barnstaple...
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    Shirwell (category Deaneries of the Church of England)
    heirs the Chichesters of Raleigh, Pilton, both of which families lived on the estate of Youlston within the Manor of Shirwell. The manor house which survives...
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    wedding took place at Withecombe in Manor of Raleigh, Pilton, Devon, England. Alfred and Elizabeth Clark were the parents of four sons: Edward Severin Clark...
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    1586) lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, near Barnstaple, North Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1576/7 and/or in 1585 and died of gaol fever...
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    Arthur Champneys (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple)
    1658-1724) of Raleigh House in the parish of Pilton, Devon, and of Love Lane in the City of London, England, was a wealthy merchant and a Member of Parliament...
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    by the Chichester family, the senior branch of which was seated at Raleigh, Pilton, near Barnstaple. "Facts and Figures". (link to Devon Parishes map)...
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    next to Pilton Church. Joan married secondly (after 1510), as his second wife, Sir John Chichester (died 1537) of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, and from...
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    Hall, Bishop's Tawton (category Former manors in Devon)
    Chichester (1836-1896), JP, of the Royal Bengal Artillery, resident at Pilton House, Pilton (next to the old family seat of Raleigh) in 1893. Charles Chichester...
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  • lord of the manor of King's Nympton by his wife Dorothy Chichester (4th daughter of Sir John Chichester (d.1569) of Raleigh, Pilton, Sheriff of Devon...
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    Arthur Bassett (died 1586) (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple)
    Chichester (died 1585), a daughter of Sir John Chichester (died 1569), MP, lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, Devon. By her he had five sons...
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    Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (category Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland)
    third son of Sir John Chichester (died 1569), knight, lord of the manor of Raleigh, in the parish of Pilton, Devon, about three-quarters of a mile north-east...
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    November 1667) lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton in Devon, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661...
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  • Mabil de Punchardon, wife of Sir Henry Ralegh of Raleigh, Pilton, heiress of Charles, whose descendants held that manor in direct descent for seven...
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    Proceedings of the High-Court of Parliament in England. 1710/13-?: Sir Nicholas II Hooper (1654-1731) of Fullabrook and Raleigh, Pilton, Near Barnstaple...
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