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.
1765
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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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Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.
Uniform Title
Discription of the cittie of Excester.
Publication Details
Exon : now first printed together by Andrew Brice, in Northgate-Street, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- Exeter.
Language
English
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[2],ii,[4],192p. ; 4⁰.
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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.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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.
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English Short Title Catalog, T138609.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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