MARK OF PHILIP ELSTON, EXETER, 1724

The arms are those of Chichester with Leigh in pretense, for Sir John Chichester, 4th Bt. (1689-1740) and his first wife Anne (d. 1723), daughter and heiress of John Leigh of Newport, Isle of Wight, whom he married in 1715. Sir John, who succeeded his father in 1718, served as M.P. for Barnstable from 1734 to 1740 and was a known Jacobite supporter. He resided at Youlston House, Shirwell, Devon where the Chichester and Leigh arms appear in a plaster ceiling installed as part of Sir John’s improvements.