Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester of Eggesford in Devon, was Governor of Carrickfergus and Lord High Admiral of Lough Neagh, in Ireland.
Arms of Chichester of Eggesford: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for difference
Monument to Edward Chichester (1568–1648), 1st Viscount Chichester, and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon. The heraldic achievement above shows an escutcheon of Chichester impaling Copleston, with the supporters of Chichester, two wolves and the Chichester crest of a heron rising with an eel in her beak proper. The Latin motto of Chichester is: Invitum Sequitur Honor, literally translated as "Honour follows against one's will", rendered generally as "Honour is awarded when unsought"
Heraldic escutcheon from monument to Edward, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648), and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church, Devon. Arms of Chichester impaling Copleston: Baron: Chequy or and gules, a chief vair a crescent sable for difference (Chichester); Feme: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure (Copleston), surmounted by the coronet of a viscount showing 9 of its 16 pearls. The difference of a crescent indicates the arms of a second son
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Eggesford is a parish in mid-Devon, without its own substantial village. It is served by Eggesford railway station on the Exeter to Barnstaple railway line, also known as the Tarka Line.
All Saints Church, Eggesford, viewed from the south-east
Arms of Copleston of Eggesford: Argent, a chevron engrailed gules between three lion's faces azure. From monument to Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (1568–1648) and his wife Anne Copleston (1588–1616), Eggesford Church