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The Chichester family are an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family headed by the Marquess of Donegall. The Barons O'Neill , Barons Rathcavan and Barons Templemore are members of a junior branch of the family.
Raleigh was a manor held by the Chichester family in the parish of Pilton, near Barnstaple.. Location of historic Chichester family manors: Raleigh in the parish of Pilton; Youlston in the parish of Shirwell; Arlington; Hall in the parish of Bishops Tawton (also Pill, Bishop's Tawton); Eggesford House, Eggesford 2Arms of Chichester impaling de Raleigh, painted on stone escutcheon in strapwork ...
His widow later married her late husband's distant cousin and neighbour, Sir Arthur Chichester, 8th Baronet of Youlston Park, Shirwell, Devon. [3] The 2nd baronet's unmarried daughter and heiress, Rosalie C. Chichester (d. 1949), bequeathed the Arlington family seat to the nation in 1949.
His eldest son by his second wife Joan Brett was Amyas Chichester (1527–1577), to whom he granted his manor of Arlington, and who established that line of the family, created Chichester Baronets of Arlington Court in 1840. Sir John Chichester (c.1516/22-1569) Sir John Chichester (c. 1516/22-1569), (grandson), MP, Sheriff of Devon 1552 and 1557.
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Chichester, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only the 1641 creation is extant as of 2025. Chichester baronets of Raleigh (1641) Chichester baronets of Green Castle (1821): see Sir Arthur Chichester, 1st Baronet
[10] [6]: 37 Hall in the parish of Bishops Tawton was inherited in 1461 by Richard Chichester on his marriage to Thomasine de Halle, daughter and heiress of Simon de Halle. [6]: 35 The manor of Shirwell, in which is situated Youlston House, was inherited by the Chichester family temp. Henry VII (1485-1509) by marriage to Margaret Beaumont ...
Hugh was a co-heir of his half-brother Philip Beaumont (died 1473), and his own heir was his daughter Margaret (or Maud) Beaumont who married John Chichester (1472 – 1537/8) of Raleigh. Thus the manors of Shirwell and Loxhore descended to the Chichester family. John Beaumont (died 1513), sixth son, a priest who died unmarried and childless.
Arthur Chichester was the second son of Sir John Chichester [2] (died 1569), of Raleigh, Pilton, in North Devon, a leading member of the Devonshire gentry, a naval captain, and ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550–1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1559.