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
River Exe
Videos
The River Exe is a river in England that rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, 5.2 miles from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south,
The Exe Estuary from a balloon over Exeter. The M5 motorway is in the foreground, Topsham on the left bank just beyond, and Exmouth at the river mouth opposite Dawlish Warren.
'Exeter as seen from the River'. Watercolour on paper by John White Abbott
The Exe Estuary with the Belvedere tower of the Powderham Castle estate visible in the background.
'Exeter from Trew’s Weir' circa 1799. Watercolour on paper by Thomas Girtin