Feudal barony of Plympton
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The feudal barony of Plympton was a large feudal barony in the county of Devon, England, whose caput was Plympton Castle and manor, Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which ex
Plympton Castle, the motte with parts of ruined walls of the keep on top
Isabel de Forz was the eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon. On the death of her brother Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon, in 1262, without children, she inherited suo jure th
Showing her paternal arms of Redvers (a lion rampant) impaled by the dimidiated arms of her husband, William de Forz (a cross patonce). This seal displays a rare mixture of forms of marshalling.
The Redvers lion is repeated as a border around a shield containing the de Forz arms of her husband. Legend: SECRETUM ISABELL(A)E DE FORTIB(U)S (COMITISSA(E)) DEVONI(A)E ET INSUL(A)E ("Personal seal of Isabel de Forz, Countess of Devon and of the Isle")
Sculpted corbel in Christchurch Priory, Dorset, possibly a portrait of Isabel
Isabella de Redvers, 8th Countess of Devon