Part 28
“Miss Noble has followed up her admirable edition of the “Bampton Parish Registers” by copying and publishing the Registers of the adjoining parish of Askham, which go back to the year 1566. She has discharged her self-imposed task with her accustomed care and ability, and the handsomely printed and substantially bound volume of 250 pages is not merely a record of marryings, buryings, and christenings in this ancient parish ... but a valuable contribution to the history of the border land.”—_The Carlisle Patriot._
=MATLOCK MANOR AND PARISH.=
Historical and Descriptive, with Pedigrees and Arms, and Map of Parish reduced from the Ordnance Survey. By BENJAMIN BRYAN. Crown 8vo, cloth, =12/6=; large paper, =15/-=.
“Mr. Bryan’s history is an excellent record of the rise and progress of the Matlocks up to the present time, and for many years to come local people will regard it as the standard work for consultation on all questions arising out of local customs, local government, local institutions, local events, and prominent local people.”—_Derby Mercury._
=HOW TO WRITE THE HISTORY OF A PARISH.=
An Outline Guide to Topographical Records, Manuscripts, and Books. By Rev. J. CHARLES COX, LL.D., F.S.A. _Fourth Edition._ Crown 8vo, buckram. Price =3/6=.
=THE FRENCH STONEHENGE.=
An Account of the Principal Megalithic Remains in the Morbihan Archipelago. By T. CATO WORSFOLD, F.R.HIST.S., F.R.S.L., Member of the Council of the British Archæological Association; Author of “Staple Inn,” “Antwerp, Past and Present,” “Porta Nigra, the Treasure of Treves,” &c. Second Edition. =With numerous additions and Illustrations.= Size 9 in. by 6 in., cloth, price =5/-=.
“Mr. Worsfold has compressed into a small space a great amount of interesting detail with regard not only to the megalithic and other stone monuments, but also to the Roman and early Mediæval remains in the district he has sought to illustrate. His style is easy and attractive, and his little work may induce visitors to France, who are interested in objects of remote antiquity, to take the opportunity of seeing a part of the country which abounds with them.”—_Athenæum._
=London:= BEMROSE & SONS, LTD., 4, SNOW HILL, E.C.; AND DERBY.
Transcriber’s Note
The Index distinguishes between ‘de Courtenay’ and ‘de Courteney’. However, the latter does not appear in the text. The index is given as printed.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.
129.9 Shall enjoy a Spring for ever![”] Removed 174.29 The lettering of the inscript[i]on Inserted. 183.25 [“]and,> as a mark of subjection Removed. 204.32 Th[e] following notice Added. 246.20 _vrai r[esé/ése]au_ Replaced. 299.20 de Courteney, John, Abbot of Tavis[s]tock Removed. 299.47 Dickinson, Mr., of Knight[s]hayes Added.
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Transcriptions of Extended Captions
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Okehampton Castle, 1734.
This Castle, was built by Baldwin de Bronys, & was at first call’d Ochementon; it descended to Rich. de Rivers or Riparus, & from him to his Sister Adeliza, who marrying one of the Courtenays, it came into that Noble family, & so continued til K.E.IV. seized it, for their adherence to the Hous^e of Lancaster. K.H. VII. restord it to the Courtenays, but K.H.VIII. again alienated it & dismantled the Castle & Park, yet Ed. Courtenay in Q. Marys Reign obtain’d a Restoration, but he dying without Issue Male, it came by a female into the Mohuns Barons of Mohun & Oakhampton, & by the like failure of y^e male it came by marriage to Christopher Harris of Heynes Esq^r.
S. & N. Buck, delim et Sculp. 1734.
West View of Tavistock Abby
For the most noble John, Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marquess of Tavistock, Baron Russel of Thornbaugh, and Baron Howland of Streatham. Proprietor of these Remains. This Prospect is humbly Inscrib’d by Your Grace’s most Dutiful, and Obedient Servants, Sam l & Nath l Buck. Ordigarius or Orgarius Duke of Devonshire & Cornwall, whose Daughter was married to K. Edgar, Very probably kept his Court here, till his son Odulph built this Abbey Anno 961, for then the whole Mannor of Tavistock, & Jurisdiction thereof, were given to the Monastery with view of Frank Pledge, Gallowes Pillory assize of Bread Beer &c. The Church was dedicated to St. Mary &. St Rumon. The Danes burnt it but it was soon rebuilt, In the Reign of Ed. I. The abbot claim’d the aforesaid Priveleges, which were by that King allow’d & confirm’d. There were some famous Men Abbots thereof, particularly two Bishops & one Earl of Devonshire; of the Courtenay family, Lectures were herein read in the Saxon language to preserve it in Memory; it was of the Dignity of the Mitred Abbots, who sat as Barons in Parliament. Their Power and Priveleges continued till the Dissolution by K. H. 8. who gave it to John L’ d Russel, in which Noble Family it still continues. Annual Value £902 5 7¾.
S. & N. Buck delim et sculp 1733.
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