Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton- its antiquities and institutions (1889) (14753754386)

Identifier: someaccountofbar00brid (find matches)
Title: Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton: its antiquities and institutions
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Bridges, William B Wright, W. H. K. (William Henry Kearley), 1844-1915 Rattenbury, John Shebbeare, Richard Thomas, C Fothergill, Henry George
Subjects: Okehampton (England)
Publisher: Tiverton : W. Masland



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er,being committed as Mayor, Sec, 13s. 4d. The Kings (Charles) officers lf),S HISTORY OF OKF.HAMPTON. and servants for fees demanded at his Majestys Court, July, 1644, /;20. To Prince Charles and his guard for money and dyett, £1 12s od. Paid to the Earl of Linseys officers by his warrant, £t, 6s. od. Carriage of gunpowder to Tavistock, £1 os. od. To dirers sick and maymed soldiers to convey them out of the Town,£1 I OS. od. Wood delivered unto the Kings garde, £1 los. od. Fees of the Parsevant by whom the Mayor was taken up and carried toExeter in Sep., 1644, for not sending in provision for the Kings Mats.£2 16s. 8d. A ground plan of the British, Roman, andDanish Camps, situated on the south-easternpart of Okehampton Park, taken by H. G.Fothergill in the year 1840. A. The Danish Works. B. The British Camp. C. The intermediate space between theBritish and the Roman Camp. D. The Praetorium. E. Part of the Roman Camp. F. The Speculum or Watch Tower. G. The Northern Foss or Fence.
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1 ^Mk :Cfff ifti^«*g--«»^>**M*<^^- ,,C^-^W^*^^!! t^.^ MARGINAL NOTES BY THE RE\. II. G.FOTHERGILL & OTHERS* PAGE I. Celtic. Pryd and Cai7i: the C being lost in the latterword, for the more easy pronunciation in the British tongue,and the P in the former changed into B by the Romans forthe more gentle and pleasant sounds sake. Britain derives its name from the Celtic words signifying—Beautiful, White. By the Greeks written W^vrxvu/x, bythe Romans Brytania, or Britannia, the latter word referringto . . . (word torn away.) All tradition ought not to be thrown overboard lightly,as useless and unfounded, since it must have had an originor fact to base the superstructure upon, though, in the lapseof time, the circumstances of the case might have beengreatly mixed with some alloy in the fancy of the Poets ;and imagery of others, as there are sufficient grounds tosuppose that through Brute was not the original founder,he was the first invader of this Island.—H. G. F. PAGE 2.