Filleigh is a small village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon, on the southern edge of Exmoor, 3.5 miles west of South Molton. The village centre's street was, until the 1980s opening of t
St Paul's Church, Filleigh, viewed from south
Arms of Denzell: Sable, a mullet in chief and a crescent in base argent. These arms survive sculpted in stone on the monument to Sir Richard de Pomeroy (1442–1496), in Berry Pomeroy Church
A list of Fortescues buried in the family vault on the church wall above two brasses from Richard Fortescue's tomb
Castle Hill, Filleigh, south facade
Richard Fortescue of Filleigh, North Devon was an English Member of Parliament and prominent land-owner and member of the Devonshire gentry, ancestor to the Earls Fortescue.
Filleigh
…arms and those of other heiresses who brought possessions to the Fortescue family. The Denzell arms are also shown in the second quarter of the arms of Richard Fortescue (died 1570) on his monumental brasses in Filleigh Church. In 1454 Sir Martin Fortescue (died 1472), second son of Sir John Fortescue (1395–1485), Chief…
Mural monument erected in 1638 in Weare Giffard Church, the top tier showing Hugh Fortescue (1544–1600), son of Richard Fortescue, and his wife Mary Chichester.
Monumental brass depicting Richard Fortescue, Filleigh Church
Fortescue&Moreton Arms Simonsbath