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James Davidson’s East Devon Church Notes
Av Jill Cobley
Häftad, 2022
406 kr
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Sheds light on the history of East Devon's churches from the Middle Ages onwards, illustrating the ways in which parish churches were transformed in the late nineteenth century.In the mid nineteenth century the Devon antiquarian James Davidson visited all of East Devon's churches and made detailed …
Exeter in the Seventeenth Century
Tax and Rate Assessments 1602-1699
Häftad, 1957
309 kr
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Exeter's tax assessments from the seventeenth century give an important insight into the population and economy of one of England's principal cities in this period. They tell us about housing, population density, the distributionof wealth across the city, and the incomes of Exeter's citizens. They …
Exeter Assembly
Minutes of the Assemblies of the United Brethren of Devon and Cornwall 1691-1717, as transcribed by the Reverend Isaac Gilling
Häftad, 1963
309 kr
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The Exeter Assembly was founded in 1691 as a meeting place for Nonconformist ministers in Devon and Cornwall. Its Minutes, edited here with an introduction, provide evidence of Nonconformist activity in the two counties in their most active period. They include information about the education and …
Devon Parish Taxpayers, 1500-1650: Volume Three
Churchstow to Dunkeswell
Av Todd Gray
Häftad, 2023
406 kr
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112 tax lists for Devon for the period from 1500 to 1650.Tax lists are a key means of understanding parish life in the 1500s and early 1600s. This collection of 112 records for towns and villages such as Crediton and Dartmouth is published here for the first time. It reveals those individuals who …
Memoir of John Butter: Surgeon, Militiaman, Sportsman and Founder of the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary
Häftad, 2023
406 kr
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John Butter was an early nineteenth-century surgeon and physician who founded the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary, one of the earliest eye hospitals in Britain. In his Memoir, Butter tells about his long career in medicine, from his early training to his wide-ranging medical practice and his advanced …
Tudor Exeter
Tax Assessments 1489-1595
Häftad, 1977
309 kr
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This volume presents eight tax returns for the city of Exeter dating from the Tudor period. It includes the assessment of 1522, which also lists men with few assets and so offers one of the most detailed surveys of population surviving from the period. It will interest family historians, economic …
Devon Cloth Industry in the 18th Century
Häftad, 1978
309 kr
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This volume presents early insurance registers kept by the Sun Fire Office, which list and value the goods of cloth manufacturers. The textile industry was an important part of Devon's economy in this period and these documents survive in greater numbers for Devon than for any other area outside …
Accounts of the Fabric of Exeter Cathedral 1279-1353, Part I
Häftad, 1981
309 kr
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The Exeter Cathedral Fabric Accounts document the history of Exeter Cathedral during a period when it was being extensively rebuilt by a series of active bishops. They show how the rebuilding was financed and give a detailed account of what was involved in a medieval building project, listing …
Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall, Part I
Häftad, 1982
309 kr
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This volume presents the second half of the survey conducted of manors in the Duchy of Cornwall in 1650, covering thirty-seven manors across the Duchy. It gives much information about the spread of population and the Duchy's tenants, and is of particular interest to economic, social and family …
Accounts of the Fabric of Exeter Cathedral 1279-1353, Part II
Häftad, 1983
309 kr
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The Exeter Cathedral Fabric Accounts document the history of Exeter Cathedral during a period when it was being extensively rebuilt by a series of active bishops. They show how the rebuilding was financed and give a detailed account of what was involved in a medieval building project, listing …
Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall, Part II
Häftad, 1984
309 kr
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This volume presents the second half of the survey conducted of manors in the Duchy of Cornwall in 1650, covering twenty-seven manors in Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, and west Devon. It gives much information about the spread ofpopulation and the Duchy's tenants, and is of particular interest to …
Georgian Tiverton, The Political Memoranda of Beavis Wood 1768-98
Av John Bourne
Häftad, 1986
309 kr
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Beavis Wood (d. 1814) was the Town Clerk of Tiverton for over forty years, from 1765 to 1806. This volume presents a selection of his letters to Nathaniel Ryder, MP for Tiverton for much of this period, and to other correspondents. They give a colourful account of the society, local politics, and …
Cartulary of Launceston Priory (Lambeth Palace MS.719)
A Calendar
Av P. L. Hull
Häftad, 1987
309 kr
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The priory of Launceston was founded in the 1120s and owned a large collection of properties in the Launceston area. Its cartulary gives information about many aspects of the Priory's existence, including its tenants, quarrels over land and boundaries, and dealings with local laypeople. …
Receivers' Accounts of the City of Exeter 1304-1353
Av Margery Rowe, John M. Draisey
Häftad, 1989
309 kr
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Exeter has one of the best-preserved medieval city archives in England, and the receivers' accounts are unusually early of their kind. First extant in 1304, they list the income and expenditure of the city corporation each year, thereby throwing light on Exeter before, during, and after the Black …
Early-Stuart Mariners and Shipping
The Maritime Surveys of Devon and Cornwall 1619-35
Av Todd Gray
Häftad, 1990
427 kr
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This volume contains all the surviving early-Stuart surveys of Mariners and Shipping for Devon and Cornwall, including a hitherto unknown one of south Devon discovered in the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. From parish to parish, all along the coasts of the two counties and in some …
Local Customs Accounts of the Port of Exeter 1266-1321
Häftad, 1993
309 kr
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Exeter possesses the best series of local customs accounts from medieval England, beginning in 1266 and surviving for almost 70 per cent of the years up to 1498. They are also far more complete than other local accounts: listing ships' names, home ports, shipmasters and dates of arrival, as well as …
Devon Household Accounts, 1627-59, Part I
Sir Richard and Lady Lucy Reynell of Forde House, 1627-43, John Willoughby of Leyhill, 1644-6, and Sir Edward Wise of Sydenham, 1656-9
Av Todd Gray
Häftad, 1995
309 kr
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These records, of three gentry families from east, west and south Devon, are remarkable for their richness and diversity and provide a unique insight into seventeenth-century life. They illustrate every aspect of the running of the household including the duties of the servants, payments to …
Devon Household Accounts 1627-59, Part II
Henry, Earl of Bath, and Rachel, Countess of Bath, of Tawstock and London, 1639-54
Av Todd Gray
Häftad, 1996
309 kr
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This comprises the household accounts of the only noble family then resident in Devon. Remarkable for their richness and diversity, the collection of documents has not been previously published and will considerably add to our understanding of the county's social history in the seventeenth century. …
Uffculme Wills and Inventories, 16th to 18th Centuries
Av Peter Wyatt
Häftad, 1997
309 kr
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This volume for 1997 contains transcriptions of all the 266 probate inventories that could be traced for the parish of Uffculme, Devon, together with abstracts of the accompanying wills and administrations which have survived. Added to these are 322 further abstracts of wills and administrations …
Liberalism in West Cornwall
The 1868 Election Papers of A. Pendarves Vivian MP
Häftad, 1999
309 kr
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Between 1832 and 1885 West Cornwall was highly unusual in the British electoral system. Throughout the period the division was never contested at a general election, and the Liberals maintained a stranglehold on both parliamentaryseats. Yet this apparent stability disguised an often turbulent …
HavenerÆs Accounts of the Earldom and Duchy of Cornwall, 1287-1356
Häftad, 2001
309 kr
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From at least the mid-thirteenth century, the Earl of Cornwall, the wealthiest and most politically powerful lord in the county, employed a special official - called the havener - to supervise the administration of his maritime profits in the county. When the Duchy of Cornwall was created in 1337, …
Death and Memory in Medieval Exeter
Av David N Lepine, Nicholas Orme
Häftad, 2003
309 kr
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Death, burial, and the commemoration of the dead have been much studied by historians in recent years, but far less has been done to make available the sources on which these studies are based. This book sets out to fill the gap with an anthology of the rich and varied evidence that survives from …
Survey of Cornwall by Richard Carew
Av John Chynoweth, Nicholas Orme m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
406 kr
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The Survey of Cornwall by Richard Carew, published in 1603, is the first and classic description of Cornwall, The first of two parts describes its landscape, mining, agriculture, fishing, communications, and government, anddiscusses the Cornish people, their speech, customs and recreations. The …
Killerton, Camborne and Westminster
The Political Correspondence of Sir Francis and Lady Acland, 1910-1929
Häftad, 2006
309 kr
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This volume edits the correspondence of Sir Francis and Lady Acland of Killerton, Devon. It brings together a unique collection of written sources for politics in the early twentieth century, ranging from the administrative worldof high politics to constituency electioneering in Cornwall and Devon. …
Letter Book of Thomas Hill 1660-1661
Av June Palmer
Häftad, 2008
309 kr
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The Letter Book of Thomas Hill forms one of the most significant survivals of English merchant papers for the seventeenth century. It provides fascinating insights into the world of English merchants at the time of the Restorationof Charles II. It shows not just the importance of family …
Minor Clergy of Exeter Cathedral
Biographies, 1250-1548
Häftad, 2013
345 kr
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Exeter Cathedral is rich in its medieval archives, which record not only its buildings but also its personnel from the thirteenth century onwards. This volume lists the names of about a thousand people who served in the Cathedralbetween 1250 and the Reformation in 1548, including vicars choral, …
Chancery Case between Nicholas Radford and Thomas Tremayne
the Exeter Depositions of 1439
Häftad, 2013
345 kr
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The documents printed in this volume result from a dispute in the Westminster court of Chancery between two members of the Devon family of Tremayne. At their core is a collection of 85 witness statements describing the activitiesof the lawyer Nicholas Radford on two days in 1438 and 1439. The …
Elizabethan Inventories and Wills of the Exeter OrphansÆ Court, Vol. 1
Häftad, 2016
345 kr
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This volume and Volume 57 present the Elizabethan wills and inventories collected by the Exeter Orphans' Court between 1560 and c.1602. The court administered the estates of all 'orphans' (the children of wealthy freemen whose fathers were deceased) within the city. They form the most important …
Elizabethan Inventories and Wills of the Exeter OrphansÆ Court, Vol. 2
Häftad, 2016
345 kr
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This volume and Volume 56 present the Elizabethan wills and inventories collected by the Exeter Orphans' Court between 1560 and c.1602. The court administered the estates of all 'orphans' (the children of wealthy freemen whose fathers were deceased) within the city. They form the most important …
Devon Parish Taxpayers, 1500-1650: Volume One
Abbotskerkwell to Beer & Seaton
Av Todd Gray
Häftad, 2016
345 kr
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The documents printed in this volume comprise parish tax records for eighteen parishes across Devon. These 26 church rates, 1 clerk rate, 13 Easter books, 5 military rates and 21 poor rates not only show the range of taxes payablein the county but also show how differently they were organised from …
