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| Keywords: Bowchier (OfWestaway) Arms.png en Arms of Bowchier of Westaway in the parish of Pilton North Devon Ermine a cross chequy gules and or between four water bougets gules As shown on the mural monument to Christopher Lethbridge d 1713 of Westaway in the parish of Pilton Devon At the bottom of the monument are shown impaled by Lethbridge the arms of his wife a daughter of Philip Bowchier of Westaway which appear as Argent a cross chequy gules and or between four water bougets gules each between four ermine spots These are a differenced version of the arms of Bourchier Earls of Bath of nearby Tawstock Court Argent a cross engrailed gules between four water bougets sable The Bourchier Earls of Bath which name was spelled historically in various ways died out in the male line in 1654 on the death of the 5th Earl It is not known what relationship if any the Bowchiers of Westaway see Reed Margaret A Pilton its Past and its People Barnstaple 1985 p 243 were to the Bourchiers of Tawstock They were clearly not in the line of succession to the titles Earl of Bath extinct post 1654 Baron FitzWarin and Baron Daubeney post 1654 abeyant between daughters of 4th Earl one line of which is today represented by the Wrey Baronets of Tawstock own Lobsterthermidor <span class signature-talk ></span> 22 17 2 January 2016 UTC 2015 Bowchier of Westaway Pilton arms Crosses chequy in heraldry | ||||
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