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Winner of the Best Books on Devon's History: Academic Award from
the Devon History Society A richly illustrated exploration of the
national and international importance of the early modern Exeter
cloth trade. This book reproduces a newly discovered manuscript
detailing the exports of Claude Passavant, a Swiss emigre merchant.
Passavant's dispatch book comprises the most extensive surviving
collection of Devon cloth with 2,475 surviving cloth samples.
Thirteen chapters discuss the local and wider contexts of
eighteenth-century cloth making. This study explores the quality,
range, and vibrancy of cloth that lead to Exeter becoming an
internationally renowned centre for the manufacture and trade of
woollen cloth.
A major re-examination of the history of map-making in Exeter,
following on from the recent discovery of a 'new' town map of the
city in 1743 This major re-examination of the history of map-making
in Exeter, the historic county town of Devon, follows from the
recent discovery of a 'new' Georgian town map of the city. That
map, by William Birchynshaw (a man not known tohave produced any
other), is reproduced in facsimile, along with nearly two dozen
other maps from 1587 through to 1949. They are prefaced by an
introduction which places the new discovery within the context of
four centuries of map-making, demonstrating how Birchynshaw owed a
debt both to John Hooker's map of 1587 and to that by Ichabod
Fairlove of 1709; and provides an overview of Exeter in 1743,
showing that, although was city was basking in economic prosperity
due to its cloth trade, it was also still largely confined within
its ancient walls. The volume as a whole represents a significant
reassessment of Exeter's history. RICHARD OLIVER is a historian and
has been a Research Fellow in the History of Cartography at the
University of Exeter since 1989. ROGER KAIN CBE is a Fellow of the
British Academy and its Vice-President (Research and Higher
Education Policy). He is Professor of Humanities in the School of
Advanced Study, University of London and was previously its Dean
and Chief Executive, 2010-17. TODD GRAY MBE is an Honorary Research
Fellow at the University of Exeter and the author of more thana
dozen books on Exeter.
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 were the bedrock of their societies
and helps us in understanding how local society worked in this
period. It is through the study of these documents that we can
unravel how differently each parish was organised in the sixteenth
and early seventeenth centuries and see how people took part in
parish life. The name lists also provide rich material for family
and local historians.
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 one parish to another. The
documents have been drawn from archives in Devon, London and
Somerset and have not been previously published. This series will
provide details on thousands of Devonians who are otherwise
unrecorded.
These Devon parish tax records provide details on thousands of
Devonians who are otherwise unrecorded. The documents printed in
this volume comprise parish tax records for parishes across Devon.
These rates not only show the range of taxes payable in the county
but also show how differently they were organised from one parish
to another. The documents have been drawn from archives in Devon,
London and Somerset and have not been previously published. This
series will provide details on thousands of Devonians who are
otherwise unrecorded.
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 visiting musicians, purchases of
clothing, building accounts and consumption of provisions. In
particular the volume includes the kitchen account for Sydenham
detailingthe gentry diet, including the importing of wine, the
making of venison, woodcock, salmon, quince, lumber and turkey
pies, and the purchase of all provisions. The seasons of the year
are clearly seen in the accounts including lists of guests for
meals at Christmas through Twelfth Night.
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. The rare survival of parallel
London and provincial accounts allows invaluable comparisons and
analysis which will be of wide appeal. The accounts recorded
thehousehold's very fabric from the servants' financial particulars
(including their wages, clothing and diet) to minute details of
such purchases as furniture, silver, musical instruments and
pictures. There are also recurring entries for the planting of the
extensive terraced garden and unusual entries such as the purchase
of an organ from Gloucester and the construction of the Great
Coach. The continual movement of the Earl and Countess between
Devon and London is shown and this is of added significance given
that the Earl was the county's leading Royalist and the accounts
cover the entire Civil War period. There are accounts for the
Earl's diet in 1642 while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London
and the volume also includes the Countess' personal account book in
which she recorded their Civil War involvement.
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 cases far inland, the
seafaring population is delineated. There are about 6000 names in
all, a source for social and maritime historians and especially
valuable for family historians in the two counties. Nearly unique
in its time as an 'occupation census', the information provides
rare glimpses into local life. Included in the Introduction is an
analysis of contemporary ships' names.
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Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris (Hardcover)
Todd Gray; Edited by Rebecca McGrew; Introduction by Rebecca McGrew, Hannah Grossman; Text written by Carrie Mae Weems, …
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A collection of essays on the theme of Tudor and Stuart Devon.
Subjects studied include Katherine Courtney, Countess of Devon;
tinworking in four Devon stannaries; the legislative activities of
local MPs during the reign of Elizabeth; landed society and the
emergence of the country house; North Devon maritime enterprise;
English wine imports, with special reference to the Devon ports-
fishing and the commercial world of early Stuart Dartmouth; the
clergy in Devon, 1641-1661.
A reference guide to historical sources for over 200 Devon gardens.
It also provides an introduction for would-be garden historians on
how to conduct garden research. The book is the result of an
exploration of the archival resources of Devon's garden history;
the objective being to provide signposts to research material for
those interested in the development of Devon's gardens. Each entry
begins with a brief section describing the garden's history,
amplified by quotations from contemporary travellers and diarists;
following the descriptive sections are listings of documents,
printed sources and illustrations relating to the garden. The
greater part of this material is unknown to garden historians.
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