page_title: Richard Ferris
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Ferris
caption_attribution_description: English: Canting arms of Ferrers of Bere Ferrers, Churston Ferrers, Fenyton, etc all in Devon: Argent, on a bend sable three horse-shoes or; The name was Latinized as de Ferariis, from the Latin noun ferrarius (from ferrum, "iron"), meaning an iron-worker or blacksmith (As seen in 16th century stained glass in Churston Ferrers Church. Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.482, where tinctures of field and horse-shoes are reversed)
context_page_description: Richard Ferris was a wealthy merchant from Barnstaple in Devon, England who served as a Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1640 and served twice as Mayor of Barnstaple in 1632 and 1646. He founded the Barnstaple Grammar School, otherwise known as the "Blue School".
context_section_description: Richard Ferris (died 1649, aged 67) was a wealthy merchant from Barnstaple in Devon, England who served as a Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1640 and served twice as Mayor of Barnstaple in 1632 and 1646. He founded the Barnstaple Grammar School, otherwise known as the "Blue School".
caption: Canting arms of the ancient Anglo-Norman family of Ferrers of Bere Ferrers, Churston Ferrers, Fenyton, etc all in Devon: Argent, on a bend sable three horse-shoes or. The arms of Richard Ferris as shown on his monument have the tinctures transposed as: Or, on a bend sable three horse-shoes argent
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