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| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Moore-Stevens.png|100px]] | | style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Moore-Stevens.png|100px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''John Curzon Moore-Stevens''' | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''John Curzon Moore-Stevens''' | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | | | style="vertical-align:top;" | Quarterly 1st & 4th, Per chevron argent and gules, in chief two falcons rising proper, belled or (''Stevens''); 2nd and 3rd, Sable, a swan argent membered or within a bordure quarterly or and ermine (''Moore'').<br/> | ||
<small>''The Moore arms are blazoned from the image. Burke's General Armory gives different variations, e.g. a bordure engrailed.''</small> | |||
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Gordon of Wiscombe Park.png|100px]] | | style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Gordon of Wiscombe Park.png|100px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Charles Gordon''' (1817-1878) | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''Charles Gordon''' (1817-1878) | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | | | style="vertical-align:top;" | Three boars' heads coupled within a double tressure flowered and counter-flowered alternately with roses, thistles and fleurs-de-lys or.<br/> | ||
<small>''These are the arms of the earls of Aberdeen. Charles Gordon was descended from an illegitimate son of the 3rd earl and so not properly entitled to use them. Blazons for the double tressure vary, some omitting the roses or fleurs-de-lys. It is not clear from the image which variation is represented.''</small> | |||
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Dymond of Exeter.png|100px]] | | style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Dymond of Exeter.png|100px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''R. Dymond''' | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''R. Dymond''' | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | | | style="vertical-align:top;" | Argent, five fusils gules, each charged with a fleur-de-lys or, conjoined in fess between three mullets sable, two and one. | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Drew of Powderham.png|100px]] | | style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Escutcheon of Drew of Powderham.png|100px]] | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | '''John Drew''' | | style="vertical-align:top;" | '''John Drew''' | ||
| style="vertical-align:top;" | | | style="vertical-align:top;" | Ermine, a lion passant gules. | ||
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[[Category:Devon]] | [[Category:Devon]] | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 23 January 2026
The Rougemont Hotel on Queen Street, Exeter, Devon, England. It was built in 1877-79 and owned by the Devon and Exeter Hotel Company (Limited), but has changed ownership a number of times since.
On the half-landing of the hotel's grand staircase there is a large stained-glass window with two side windows. The large window, known as the Shakespeare Window, contains a scene from Shakespeare's Richard III which contains a reference to Exeter's Rougemont Castle. The quotation, spoken by Richard, is writen underneath the scene:
When last I was at Exeter,
The mayor in courtesy show'd me the castle,
And call'd it Rougemont: at which name I started,
Because a bard of Ireland told me once
I should not live long after I saw Richmond.
Above the scene is the royal escutcheon of the United Kingdom ensigned by the royal crown, and below it are the arms of the diocese of Exeter and Exeter Corporation (now Exeter City Council).
Each of the side windows contains four shields. These are the arms of the directors of the Devon and Exeter Hotel Company at the time the hotel was built:
Left window
| Arms | Person | Blazon |
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F.T. Fulford | Gules, a chevron argent. |
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E.M. Snow | Per fess nebuly, three antelopes' heads erased counterchanged, armed or. |
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Charles J Follett | Barry of twelve gules and argent, a bend sable, a mullet for difference. |
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B C Gidley | Or, a castle sable, a border of the second bezantée. |
Right window
| Arms | Person | Blazon |
|---|---|---|
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John Curzon Moore-Stevens | Quarterly 1st & 4th, Per chevron argent and gules, in chief two falcons rising proper, belled or (Stevens); 2nd and 3rd, Sable, a swan argent membered or within a bordure quarterly or and ermine (Moore). The Moore arms are blazoned from the image. Burke's General Armory gives different variations, e.g. a bordure engrailed. |
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Charles Gordon (1817-1878) | Three boars' heads coupled within a double tressure flowered and counter-flowered alternately with roses, thistles and fleurs-de-lys or. These are the arms of the earls of Aberdeen. Charles Gordon was descended from an illegitimate son of the 3rd earl and so not properly entitled to use them. Blazons for the double tressure vary, some omitting the roses or fleurs-de-lys. It is not clear from the image which variation is represented. |
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R. Dymond | Argent, five fusils gules, each charged with a fleur-de-lys or, conjoined in fess between three mullets sable, two and one. |
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John Drew | Ermine, a lion passant gules. |