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Earlier this week I walked in their footsteps again at Dartington Hall.

This view may not have looked that different in 1573 - kitchen and hall as now. But the arches? Remains of windows in buildings in second courtyard that Emery suggests dates from John Holand’s time (c1390s) not part of Sir Arthur Champernowne’s sixteenth century remodelling.

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On this day in 1536 Sir John Gilbert, the eldest of Katherine Raleigh’s sons was born.

His magnificent tomb is in Exeter Cathedral where his effigy lies alongside his wife Elizabeth Chudleigh . The Gilbert coat of arms and the Gilbert arms quartered with those of Chudleigh, are prominent and a rather endearing squirrel, the Gilbert family crest lies at John’s feet.

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At this church in Tiverton in early December 1527 Katherine Raleigh’s father, Sir Philip Champernowne, played his part at the splendid funeral of Katherine Plantagenet- Courtenay, daughter of King Edward IV.

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