Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, of Stowford

Arms of Harris of Hayne in the parish of Stowford, Devon: Sable, three crescents argent a bordure of the last.[1] These are the arms of Harris of Radford in the parish of Plymstock, Devon, the senior line of the family, differenced by a bordure.

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Monument in Lifton Church, Devon, to the Harris family of Hayne. The figure at far right is John Harris (1586–1656/7) of Hayne, MP, father of the 1st Baronet. Above him are the arms of Harris impaling Mohun, for Cordelia Mohun, mother of the 1st Baronet. At left is Florence Wyndham, 1st wife of the 1st Baronet's father, a daughter of Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645) of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset. In the centre is the 1st Baronet's grandfather Arthur Harris (1561–1628) of Hayne, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1603 and Captain of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. Above him are shown the arms of Harris impaling Davilles of Marland, Devon, for his wife Margaret Davilles.[2]

Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (c. 1650 – 1686) of Hayne in the parish of Stowford in Devon (about 11 miles south-west of Okehampton), was four-times elected as a Member of Parliament for Okehampton in Devon, between 1671 and 1685.

  1. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 449
  2. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 449, pedigree of Harris