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296:"where those sons of the devil most barborously murdered him" on 15 October 1326. The bishop was eventually given an honourable burial on the north side of the chancel of Exeter Cathedral, where his effigy and monument survive. The murder of Sir Richard Stapledon is described as part of a verse epitaph in Latin composed by
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Richard was also buried in Exeter Cathedral, near his brother the bishop, against the north wall across the north ambulatory from the bishop's tomb. His tomb is marked by an elaborate monument comprising a recessed ogee shaped niche set into the wall, containing his recumbent effigy, in the form
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No records survive concerning the identity of
Stapledon's wife. It was stated by Prince that Stapledon's progeny continued in the male line at Annery for a further two or three generations, and then on the failure of the male line passed via a daughter and sole heiress, Thomasine Stapledon, to her
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took hold of one of the forelegs of Sir
Richard's horse and by crossing it threw the horse and rider to the ground, whereupon Sir Richard was murdered by the mob. The bishop reached St Paul's, but found no safety there as the mob entered and dragged him out and proceeded to beat and wound him and
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Records of a lawsuit brought against "Richard de
Stapledon, knight, of Devon" in 1341/5, thus after his death, or perhaps referring to a son then living, for recovery of a debt of £28 5 shillings owed to Master Robert Hereward, Archdeacon of Taunton, reveal that Stapledon held lands in Devon
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Stapledon when he came to dedicate Cookbury church. He also was granted by his brother a licence to have a private chapel at Stapledon, a common request made by many of the mediaeval country gentry. The estate of Stapledon descended as Annery.
390:) were displayed on the shield of the effigy, but today no trace of colour remains. These arms are however still visible (possibly restored) on the nearby monument to his brother the bishop.
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and thereby threw him off his horse into the hands of the murderous mob. It is however more likely that the figures are "a touching early fourteenth century visual representation of the
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the keys to the gates, in order to lock her out. However, when the population heard of this they "lay in wait to surprise the bishop", who fled for safety from this mob into
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Westcote, Thomas, "A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX: With a Pedigree of Most of Its Gentry", Book 2, pp.165-6
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Prince's source (as stated in a marginal note) for the murder of Bishop
Stapledon is William de Dene's history of the See of Rochester (
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where (according to
William de Dene's history of the See of Rochester) the Bishop of London and Bishop Stapledon had gathered together
275:(d. 1723), Sir Richard was with his brother at the time and attempted to save him from the mob. However, as they rode (presumably from
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for the western circuit. Few records have survived concerning his career. In August 1315 he entertained his brother the bishop at his
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