page_title: Church of St Peter, Shirwell
section_title: Monuments and glass
hierarchical_section_title: Church of St Peter, Shirwell / Monuments and glass
caption_attribution_description: English: Stone effigy of Blanche Bourchier (d.4 January 1483), daughter of William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin (1407-1470). She married firstly Philip Beaumont (1432-1473) of Shirwell, MP in 1467 and Sheriff of Devon in 1469. She survived her first husband and married secondly Bartholomew St Ledger of Kent. (Vivian, Heraldic Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.106; Beaumont, Edward T., The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850-1850. Oxford, c. 1929, (privately published), Chapter 5, pp.56-63, The Devonshire Family, p.64
context_page_description: The Church of St Peter is the 13th-century Anglican parish church for the village of Shirwell in North Devon. It is a Grade I listed building and comes under the Diocese of Exeter. The family church of the Chichester Family who lived locally, the aviator and sailor Sir Francis Chichester, who was born in Shirwell, is buried in the churchyard.
context_section_description: In a recess with quatrefoil decoration in the North chancel wall is an unrestored 15th-century effigy of a lady, possibly of Blanche St. Leger (d. 1483) on a tomb chest. The recess is much too low for the monument which was probably moved here from elsewhere in the church. Above this is a monument to Lady Anne Chichester (d. 1723). Other 18th-century monuments survive in the church. The glass in the East window was installed in 1898 and is by Charles Eamer Kempe; it is dedicated to the Revd. John James Chichester (1825-1894), Rector of Shirwell. The uncoloured glass in rectangular and diamond patterns in other windows in the church is by William White. Here also is a memorial plaque to the aviator and sailor Sir Francis Chichester, who was born in the Rectory in the village and who is also buried in the churchyard.
  The church of St Peter in Shirwell has been a Grade I listed building since 1965.
caption: Effigy of Blanche St. Leger (d.1483)
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