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The Speke Chantry. also called the "Chapel of St George", is situated at the east end of the north choir. It holds the tomb of Sir John Speke (c.1442–1518), a local landowner, Sheriff of Devon and Member of Parliament. The chantry compliements the chantry of Bishop Hugh Oldham (c.1452 – 1519) which stands opposite in the south choir. The two men were friends and probably planned their memorials together.
The chapel has heraldry on its outer wall, mostly relating to Speke himself but also including the arms of Oldham and Courtenay, and the arms of the Dean and Chancellor of the cathedral. There are also four older coats of arms on its window, which were originally located in the Great East Window.
Arms in the outer stonework
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Sir John Speke ((c.1442–1518).
Blazon: Argent, two bars azure over all an eagle with two heads displayed gules. Crest A porcupine. These arms appear twice (three times?) on the chantry wall. |
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Hugh Oldham ((c.1452-1519), Bishop of Exeter (1505–19).
Blazon: Argent, two bars azure over all an eagle with two heads displayed gules. Crest A porcupine. These arms appear twice (three times?) on the chantry wall. |
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Dean of Exeter.
Blazon: Azure, a stag's head cabossed or between the attires a cross pattée fitchy of the last. AZ. A STAG'S HEAD CABOSSED OR, BETW. THE ATTIRES A CROSS PATTÉE FITCHÉE OF THE LAST - Or??? |
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Treasurer of the Diocese of Exeter.
Blazon: Gules, a saltire engrailed between three leopards' heads or. |
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Treasurer of the Diocese of Exeter.
Blazon: Argent, two bars azure over all an eagle with two heads displayed gules (Speke) impaling Or, a castle triple-towered within an orle of five fleurs-de-lys samble **THIS IS MY BLAZON. BGA SAYS ARGENT!?**. |
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Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter (c.1498-1538).
Blazon: Quarterly, 1 & 4 Or, three torteaux, 2 & 3, Or, a lion rampant azure (Courtenay), impaling Quarterly 1 & 4, Azure, three fleurs-de-lys Or, 2 & 3 Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or. (England, for Catherine of York). |
Sources
- Bedford, Rev. W.K. Riland. The blazon of episcopacy, Second edition.] Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1897.
- Burke, Bernard. The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales ...] London : Harrison, 1884.
Arms in the window
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Athelstan (c.894-939), King of the Anglo-Saxons 924-927, King of the English 927-939.
Blazon: Per saltire gules and azure, an orb Or.<ref> |
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