Tudor and Stuart Devon: The Common Estate and Government : Essays Presented to Joyce Youings

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Todd Gray, Margery M. Rowe, Audrey M. Erskine
University of Exeter Press, 1992 - History - 230 pages


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.






 

Contents

Katherine Courtenay Countess of Devon 14791527
13
A Comparative Study of Tinworking
39
The Legislative Activities of Devons
75
Landed Society and the Emergence of the Country House
96
North Devon Maritime Enterprise
119
English Wine Imports c 160340 with Special Reference
141
Fishing and the Commercial World of Early Stuart
173
The Clergy in Devon 164162
200
A Bibliography of her Work compiled
227
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