The antique description and account of the city of Exeter : 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exeter (England)--History.

Exeter (England).

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,ii pages, 4 unnumbered pages,192 pages ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a list of subscribers.

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

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T138609.

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Restricted for use by site license.