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English: Molland Church, Devon, looking north. At right on floor fragments of a 15th century gothic heraldic chest-tomb carelessly re-assembled. (See: Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.572) One of the relief-sculpted coats of arms of the Courtenay family is now sideways. (Hoskins mistakenly called it a "curious double heart-stone, railed off, a receptacle for the hearts of a Courtenay and his wife" (Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.437). Visible to the left on the floor with reflected sunlight on it, one third within the railed area of the chest-tomb, is the ledger stone of John Courtenay (died 1510), lord of the manor, the oldest such item in the church. (See image File:MollandTombJohnCourtenay1510.jpg))It is of the same style and lettering as that of Richard Chichester (d.1496), of Raleigh, Sheriff of Devon 1469 & 1475, in Pilton Church, Devon. (see image File:RichardChichester1496PiltonChurchDevon.JPG John I Courtenay (1466–27 March 1510), lord of the manor of Molland, married Joan Brett, the sister of Robert Brett (died 1540), lord of the manor of Pilland in the parish of Pilton and the last steward of Pilton Priory who in 1536 following its dissolution purchased the Prior's House (now called "Bull House") next to Pilton Church. Joan married secondly (after 1510), as his second wife, Sir John Chichester (died 1537) of Raleigh (grandson of Richard Chichester (d.1496)) in the parish of Pilton, and from her were descended the cadet branch of the Chichester family of Arlington. The Brett family was from Whitestaunton in Somerset and had married the heiress of Pilland late in the 15th. century. The Brett family is today represented by Viscount Esher.