Henry De Raleigh (died 1301)
Sir Henry de Raleigh (died 1301) was a knight from Devonshire, England, whose effigy in the form of a cross-legged crusades, crusader knight survives in Exeter Cathedral. Origins The place of his origin is unclear from surviving records, but he was probably a member of the prominent ''de Raleigh'' family seated at the manor of Raleigh, Pilton, Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, Devon, Pilton, near Barnstaple in North Devon. In the 16th century the arms of ''Checquy a chief vair'' were recorded by the antiquarian John Leland (antiquary), John Leland as painted on the shield of his effigy in Exeter Cathedral. These arms were later adopted by the prominent Chichester baronets, Chichester family, the heirs of de Raleigh of Raleigh, Pilton. Death and burial He is known to have died whilst living at the Dominican Friary in Exeter, whence his body was forcibly removed by two Cathedral canons, including Walter de Stapledon (d.1326), later Bishop of Exeter, and given burial in the cathedra ...
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