[large photos courtesy of Pauline Prosser; small closeups courtesy of Wikipedia.].
Buried in the small chapel of Hlcomb Rogus, Devon is the rather extensive Bluett family which includes four rather remarkable effigies. Of special note is the wonderful effigies of Richard Bluett (died 1614), his wife Mary Chichester (1548-1613), his grandson John Bluett (1603-1634) and his wife Elizabeth Portman (1602-1636).
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| Mary Chichester Bluett |
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| Richard Bluett |
center large plaque:
Mary the only wife of Richard Bluet of Holmcombe Rogus Esq. the daughter of Sir John Chichester of Rawleigh Knight and sister to the right honorable the lord Chichester, lord deputy of the kingdom of Irlande who has issue 6 sonnes viz: Arthur, Roger, Walter, Charles, Francis and Charles the yonger and five daughters, Gertrude, Amey, Ioane, Anne, and Dorothy, she departed this life the eleventh day of Februarie, 1613, beinge of the age of 65 yeres.
left side plaque:
Modest matron here doth lie [?]
A myrror of her kinde:
Her husband and her childrens good:
Her lyke is rare to finde:
Godly chast and hospitable
A housewife was she.
right side plaque:
Poore she often would releve
Yet would not wasteville be
Her death a patterne was to ___
Her life was good likewise
Her life & death assuer her ___
That she to joy shall ryse,
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| John and his wife Elisabeth Portman |
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| Elizabeth Portman Bluett |
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| John Bluett |
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