Death of a bride - Chagford Devon
The Three Crowns inn is early Tudor . It is reputed to have been built by Sir John Whiddon who died in 1575 as the dower house to Whiddon Park House  
His great grand daughter, Mary left here in 1641 to cross to the church on her wedding day. She was shot by a jealous suitor as she left after the ceremony.   It is believed that this inspired R.D. Blackmore to write his story, Lorna Doone.
In 1643 a skirmish took place between Royalists and Parliamentarians. Sidney Godolphin, 33, a poet and MP for Helston in Cornwall was shot and carried to the porch here. Thus, said Lord Clarendon “leaving the misfortune of his death upon a place which could never otherwise have had a mention in the World”. 
In the 19c it became the Black Swan and later the Three Crowns.
It was refurbished in mid 17c, 18c &amp; 19c with and extended in  early 20c 

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chagford church devon