The Editor takes this opportunity of rectifying two omissions in his preliminary sketch. Owing to some accident, he failed to refer to the defence of Dartmouth against the attack of Du Chastel in 1404. This event was memorable on account of the active part taken by the women, who, Amazon-like, hurled flints and pebbles on the French, and thus expedited their retirement. The other omission concerns the abortive Cavalier rising of 1655. Penruddock and Groves, the leaders in the affair (for which they suffered death at Exeter), were both Wiltshire men, but it is certainly interesting that an attempt which might have antedated the Restoration by five years was initiated by the proclamation of Charles II. at South Molton—a town of the county of which George Monk, to whom the Merry Monarch owed his crown, was a native.

It only remains for the Editor to thank his many able contributors for their generous assistance, and to express the hope that the plan and execution of the work will prove satisfactory to those who desire a fuller acquaintance with the families, persons, and places therein mentioned.

F. J. Snell.

Tiverton, October 1st, 1904.

CONTENTS

Page
Historic DevonshireBy the Editor[1]
The Myth of Brutus the TrojanBy the late R. N. Worth[20]
The Royal CourtenaysBy H. M. Imbert-Terry, F.R.L.S.[34]
Old Inns and Taverns of ExeterBy the late R. Dymond, F.S.A.[63]
The Affair of the Crediton Barns—A.D. 1549By the Rev. Chancellor Edmonds, B.D.[77]
Gallant Plymouth HoeBy W. H. K. Wright[88]
The Grenvilles: a Race of FightersBy the Rev. Prebendary Granville, M.A.[99]
The Author of Britannia’s Pastorals and TavistockBy the Rev. D. P. Alford, M.A.[116]
The Blowing-up of Great Torrington ChurchBy George M. Doe[132]
Herrick and Dean PriorBy F. H. Colson, M.A.[141]
The Landing of the Prince of Orange at Brixham, 1688By the late T. W. Windeatt[155]
Reynolds’ BirthplaceBy Jas. Hine, F.R.I.B.A.[176]
French Prisoners on DartmoorBy J. D. Prickman[201]
Ottery St. Mary and its MemoriesBy the Right Hon. Lord Coleridge, M.A., K.C.[210]
“Peter Pindar”: the Thersites of KingsbridgeBy the Rev. W. T. Adey[218]
Honiton LaceBy Miss Alice Dryden[238]
The “Bloody Eleventh”; with Notes on County DefenceBy Lt.-Col. P. F. S. Amery[250]
Jack Rattenbury, the Rob Roy of the WestBy Maxwell Adams[264]
Barnstaple FairBy Thomas Wainwright[276]
Tiverton as a Pocket BoroughBy the Editor[284]
Index [297]

[Illustration]

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

Exeter[Frontispiece]
(From a Drawing by J. M. W. Turner. Engraved by T. Jeavons)
Facing Page
Rougemont Castle, Exeter(From a Photograph by Frith & Co.)[8]
Okehampton Castle, 1734(From an Engraving by S. and N. Buck)[34]
Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire[54]
(From the original portrait by Sir Antonio
More, at Woburn. Engraved by T. Chambars)
Doorway of King John’s Tavern, Exeter[62]
(From a Drawing by F. Wilkinson. Engraved by J. Mills, 1836)
High Street, Exeter(From a Photograph by Frith & Co.)[76]
Plymouth Hoe [88]
(From a Drawing by J. M. W. Turner. Engraved by W. J. Cooke)
Sir Bevill Grenville(From an Oil Painting)[104]
West View of Tavistock Abbey, 1734[116]
(From an Engraving by S. and N. Buck)
Great Torrington Church (Old and New)[132]
The Landing of William III. at Torbay[154]
(From a Painting by T. Stothard, R.A. Engraved by George Noble)
The Cloisters, Plympton Grammar School[176]
(From an Engraving by J. E. Wood)
Norman Doorway, Plympton Priory[176]
(From an Engraving by J. E. Wood)
The “War Prison” on Dartmoor, 1807[200]
(From a Drawing by S. Prout, Jun. Engraved by Neele)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge(From the Portrait by Peter Vandyck)[214]
Dr. Wolcot (“Peter Pindar”)[218]
(From a Painting by Opie. Engraved by C. H. Hodges)
Honiton Lace(From a Photograph by Miss Alice Dryden)[238]
“Jack” Rattenbury(From a Lithograph by W. Bevan)[264]
Queen Anne’s Walk and the Quay, Barnstaple[276]
(From a Lithograph by J. Powell)
St. Peter’s Church, Tiverton(From a Lithograph by W. Spreat, Jun.)[284]

HISTORIC DEVONSHIRE.