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The antique description and account of the city of Exeter [electronic resource] : in three parts. Pa...

The antique description and account of the city of Exeter [electronic resource] : in three parts. Pa...

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The antique description and account of the city of Exeter [electronic resource] : in three parts. Part I. Containing the antient History, &c. of the City; together with Relations of the sundry great Assaults and Sieges it, Time after Time, sustain'd; and most especially by the conjoin'd Rebels of Devonshire and Cornwall, in 1549; the various Circumstances of which long and dreadful Siege are amply and minutely detailed. Part II. Containing a large and curious Account of the Antiquity, Foundation, and Building, of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter. To which is added a regular and orderly Catalogue, with authentic Memoirs, of all the Bishops, down to Bishop John Wolton, in 1583. then living. Part III. Contains the Offices and Duties (as of Old) of those particular Sworn Officers, &c. of the City, viz. a Freeman, the Mayor, Stewards, Receiver, Recorder, the Common Council and every of them, an Alderman, Chamberlain, Town-Clerk, the Serjeants, &c. All written purely by John Vowell, alias Hoker, Gent. Chamberlain, and Representative in Parliament, of the same.

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The antique description and account of the city of Exeter [electronic resource] : in three parts. Part I. Containing the antient History, &c. of the City; together with Relations of the sundry great Assaults and Sieges it, Time after Time, sustain'd; and most especially by the conjoin'd Rebels of Devonshire and Cornwall, in 1549; the various Circumstances of which long and dreadful Siege are amply and minutely detailed. Part II. Containing a large and curious Account of the Antiquity, Foundation, and Building, of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter. To which is added a regular and orderly Catalogue, with authentic Memoirs, of all the Bishops, down to Bishop John Wolton, in 1583. then living. Part III. Contains the Offices and Duties (as of Old) of those particular Sworn Officers, &c. of the City, viz. a Freeman, the Mayor, Stewards, Receiver, Recorder, the Common Council and every of them, an Alderman, Chamberlain, Town-Clerk, the Serjeants, &c. All written purely by John Vowell, alias Hoker, Gent. Chamberlain, and Representative in Parliament, of the same.

Publisher

Exon : now first printed together by Andrew Brice, in Northgate-Street, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Uniform title

Discription of the cittie of Excester.

Date

M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Record Identifier

74Vv4mpwvlPy

MMS ID

991015391909702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[2],ii,[4],192p. ; 4°.

Publication information

Publisher

Exon : now first printed together by Andrew Brice, in Northgate-Street, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M.DCC.LXV. [1765]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The antique description and account of the city of Exeter [electronic resource] : in three parts. Part I. Containing the antient History, &c. of the City; together with Relations of the sundry great Assaults and Sieges it, Time after Time, sustain'd; and most especially by the conjoin'd Rebels of Devonshire and Cornwall, in 1549; the various Circum...

Variant title

Discription of the cittie of Excester.

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Notes

General note

A compilation of 'The discription of the cittie of Excester', originally published ca. 1575, and two other works not previously published.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With a list of subscribers.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T138609.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vv4mpwvlPy

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MMS ID

991015391909702626