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| Keywords: SpekeChantryExeterCathedral1518CourtenayArms.JPG en Arms and heraldic badge of William Courtenay 1st Earl of Devon 1475-1511 sculpted on external wall of Speke Chantry Exeter Cathedral Devon burial place of Sir John Speke d 1518 of Whitelackington Somerset No family relationship seems to have existed between the two men but the Courtenay arms may have been displayed simply in deference to the Earl as the most powerful man in Devon Arms Baron quarterly 1st 4th Courtenay 2nd 3rd de Redvers lion should be azure not sable possible restoration error impaling femme royal arms of King Edward IV 1461-1483 father of his wife Catherine of York the sixth daughter of King Edward IV by Elizabeth Woodville The Roses surrounding the escutcheon should be the White Rose of York not the Red Rose of Lancaster as shown here possibly due to erroneous restoration The heraldic badge above not the Courtenay crest of a plume of ostrich feathers seems to have been adopted during the Wars of the Roses and depicts an eagle displayed holding in its claws a bundle of sticks probably a corrupted version of the well-known classical Greek and Roman image often displayed on coins of the Eagle of Jupiter holding in his claws a thunderbolt the emblem of that deity Mediaveal nobles frequently kept classical cameos and other valuables in their cabinets as curiosities and thus the imagery would have been familiar own photo Lobsterthermidor <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 14 42 10 March 2013 UTC 1518; photo 2013 Interior of Exeter Cathedral William Courtenay 1st Earl of Devon Catherine of York Heraldic memorials in the United Kingdom Reliefs of coats of arms in England Courtenay arms Courtenay Eagle of Jupiter | ||||
