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| Keywords: MargaretDeBohunTombPowderhamChurch.JPG Edward I 1272-1307 by Eleanor of Castile and wife of Humphrey de Bohun 4th Earl of Hereford and Earl of Essex and mother of Margaret de Bohun wife of Hugh Courtenay 2nd Earl of Devon d 1377 Pevsner N Buildings of England Devon 1952 p 692 illustrates the typical confusion concerning this female effigy whom he describes as Elizabeth de Bohun d 1378 sic whose daughter married the third sic Earl of Devon Effigy with the queer headgear of that period Clearly he is incorrect in two of his details namely date of death which he places 62 years too late and identity of husband Possibly the effigy is of Margaret de Bohun d 1391 herself heiress of Powderham and wife of Hugh de Courtenay 2nd Earl of Devon 1303-1377 She does however have an effigy lying next to that of her husband in Exeter Cathedral but as he predeceased her by 14 years her effigy may have been placed next to his in symbolic fashion not as a sign of her body having been buried underneath Lysons writing in 1822 stated this effigy then to be situated in a window of the north aisle Lysons Samuel Magna Britannia The manor of Powderham was given by Humphrey de Bohun as the marriage portion of his daughter Margaret on her marriage to Hugh Courtenay and serves today as the seat of her descendants the present Earls of Devon own photo own photo Sculpture c 1391; Photo May 2012 Interior of St Clement's Powderham Church monuments in Devon Effigies of dead people in Devon | ||||
