Members to Parliament. For the County, 2; Exeter, 2; Ashburton, 2; Barnstaple, 2; Bereaiston, 2; Dartmouth, 2; Honiton, 2; Oakhampton, 2; Plymouth, 2; Plympton, 2; Tavistock, 2; Tiverton, 2; Totness, 2; total 26.

Produce. Bovey Coal, Lead, Tin, Copper, Pipe and Potter's Clay, Marble, Limestone, Slate; Cattle, Fish, Cyder, Butter, (Clouted) Cream. Manufactures. Serges, Kerseys, Carpets, Bone Lace, Ship Building.

POPULATION.

Hundreds, 33; Parishes, 454; Market-towns, 38; Houses, 64,793.
Inhabitants. Males, 179,553; Females, 203,755 : total 383,308.

Families employed in Agriculture, 33,044; Trade, 30,977; in neither, 15,394 : total, 79,415.

Baptisms. Males, 6,145; Females, -5,665.— Marriages, 2,745. — Burials, Males, 3,741; Females, 3,794.

Towns having not less than 1000 Inhabitants, viz.

Houses. Inhab.

Exeter (capital city)....2971 18,896 Crediton..

Houses. Inhab.

Plymouth, Dock, and

Chudleigh

Suburbs.

.5552 56,060

Colyton

368

1,774

Hartland.

Tavistock.

506 4,723

Sidmouth..

344

1,688

Total, Towns, 36; Houses, 22,404; Inhabitants, 153,111.

A. D. 615, at Bampton, Britons defeated, and 1046 men slain, by Kynegils, King of Westsex.

833, On Hengist Down, Danes defeated by Egbert; and, 876, near Exeter by

Alfred.

818, From Kenwith Castle, Oddune, Earl of Devon, in a sally, defeated the Danes, killed Hubba, their Commander, and took the famous Reafen

Standard.

1003, Exeter,

1003, Exeter taken and completely destroyed, by Sueno, King of Denmark, in revenge of Ethelred's inhuman massacre of the Danes in the preceding

year.

1016, Exeter taken by William I.; and, 1185, after a siege of two months, by Stephen.

1357, May 5, At Plymouth, Edward the Black Prince and his prisoner, John, King of France, landed, and proceeded to Exeter, where they were royally entertained.

1498, Exeter successfully defended by the citizens against Perkin Warbeck, and his army of six thousand men.

1501, Oct. 2, At Plymouth, Catherine of Arragon landed.

1549, June 9, at Sempford Courtenay, the insurrection on account of change of religion and abolition of the mass commenced. The insurgents besieged Exeter; but, after several engagements, being completely defeated on Clyst Heath, August 5, by John Lord Russell, the siege was raised the following day.

1643, Sept. 2, Bideford and Barnstaple Parliamentarians routed by Colonel John Digby.

1648, Plymouth successfully defended by the inhabitants, in a siege of three months, against Prince Maurice.

1646, At Bovey Tracey, Lord Wentworth and Royalists surprised by Oliver Cromwell and at Torrington, Feb. 14, Royalists defeated by Sir William Fairfax.

1688, Nov. 5, at Torbay, the Prince of Orange, afterwards William III. landed on the 9th he arrived at Exeter, where he remained twelve days, and then proceeded to London, and accomplished the Revolution.

BIOGRAPHY.

AUDLEY, JAMES, LORD, Hero of Poictiers, Barnstaple (for. temp. Ed. III.) Badcock, Samuel, divine and critic, South Molton, 1747.

Baker, George, East Indian benefactor, Tormoham (died 1797.)

Baldwinus (Devonius), Archbishop of Canterbury, Exeter (died in Palestine, 1190.)

Rampfield, Francis, non-conformist divine, and author, Poltimore, 1622.

Bampton, John de, first public reader of Aristotle at Cambridge, Bampton (died 1391.)

Barkham, John, divine and antiquary, Exeter, 1572.

Baron, John, non-conformist divine, and author, Plymouth (died 1683.)
Baskerville, Sir Simon, physician and anatomist, Exeter, 1573.

Bathe, Henry de, Lord Chief Justice (flor. temp. Hen. III.)

Battie, William, physician, 1704.

Blount, John, Latine Blondus, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1248.)

Blundel, Peter, benefactor, founder of Tiverton school, Tiverton, 1523.
BODLEY, SIR THOMAS, founder of the Bodleian library, Exeter, 1544.
Boniface, Sir Wenfride, Bishop of Mentz, converter of the Germans, Crediton,

695.

BRACTON, HENRY DE, author of "De Legibus et Consuetudinibus," Bratton, 13th cent.

Brentingham, Thomas, Bishop of Exeter, Lord Treasurer to Rich. II. (died 1394.)

Brice, Andrew, printer, author of "Topographical Dict." Exeter (died 1773.) Bronscombe, Walter, Bp. of Exeter (died 1281.)

Bryant, Jacob, mythologist, Plymouth, about 1725.

Budgell, Eustace, essayist, St. Thomas, near Exeter, 1685.

Burdwood, James, nonconformist divine and author, Yarnacombe, 1626.

Burton, John, divine, author of "Opuscula miscellanea," Wembworth, 1696. Carew, George, Earl of Totness, author of "Pacata Hibernia," 1557.

Carew, Thomas, wit and poet (died 1639.)

Carpenter, Nathaniel, scholar, chaplain to Usher, Hatherleigh (died 1636.)
Cary, James, Bp. of Exeter, Cookington (died 1419.)

Cary, Sir John, Chief Baron, faithful adherent to Richard II. Cookington

(died 1404.)

Cary,

Cary, Robert, chronologer, author of "Palæologia Chronica," Cookington,

1615.

Chichester, Sir Arthur, Lord Deputy of Ireland, Raleigh (died 1625.)

Chichester, Richard, historian, Raleigh (died about 1355.)

Chichester, Robert, Bp. of Exeter, Raleigh (died 1150.)

Chudleigh, Lady Mary, poet, Winslode, 1656.

CHURCHILL, JOHN, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mildenheim, Ashe,

1650.

Conant, John, divine, “ Conanti nihil difficile," Yeatenton, 1608.

Conybeare, John, Bp. of Bristol, Defender of Revelation, Pinhoe, 1692.
Corey, John, actor and dramatic writer, Barnstaple (died 1721.)
Courtenay, Peter, Bp. of Winchester, Powderham (died 1491.)

Courtenay, Richard, Bp. of Norwich (died 1415.)

Courtenay, William, Cardinal, Abp. of Canterbury, Exminster (died 1396.)
Cowell, John, civilian, author of "Interpreter," Ernsborough, 1554.
Cowley, Mrs. H. dramatic writer, Tiverton, 1743.

Crane, Thomas, nonconformist divine and author, Plymouth, 1630.
Cutcliff, John, schoolman, Gammage (temp. Edw. III.)

Davis, John, discoverer of Davis straights in South America, in 1585, San.

dridge.

Dodderidge, Sir John, Judge (died 1628.)

Duck, Arthur, civilian, biographer of Abp. Chichele, Heavitree, 1580.
Dunning, John, Lord Ashburton, advocate, Ashburton, 1732.

D'Urfey, Thomas, song and dramatic writer, Exeter, 1628.

Edinondes, Sir Thomas, diplomatist and political writer, Plymouth, 1563.
ELFRIDA, Queen of Edgar, Tavistock.

Exeter, Walter of, historian of Guy of Warwick (flor. 13th century.)
Exeter, William of, Defender of Papal Power, Exeter (flourished 1330.)
Fishaker, Richard, schoolman (died 1248.)

Foliot, Gilbert, Bp. of London, adversary of Becket, Tamerton (died 1187.)
Foliot, Robert, Bp. of Hereford, Tamerton (died 1186.)

Ford, John de, Confessor to King John, Ford (died 1215.)

Ford, Thomas, nonconformist divine and author, Brixton, 1598.

FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN, author of “De Laudibus Legum Angliæ," Brent (died 1465.)

Fortescue, Sir John, Tutor to Elizabeth, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Foster, James, Defender of Christianity, Exeter, 1697.

Gale, Theophilus, author of "Court of the Gentiles," Kingsteignton, 1628.
GAY, JOHN, poet and dramatic writer, Barnstaple, 1688.

Geare, Allan, nonconformist divine and translator, Stoke Fleming, 1622.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, naval commander, Greenway, (died 1583.)

Glanvil, Sir John, Judge, Tavistock.

Granville, George, Viscount Lansdowne, poet, 1667.

Glanvil, Joseph, defender of witchcraft, Plymouth, 1636.

Granville, Sir Richard, one of the Conquerors of Glamorgan in 1091,

Bideford.

Hankford, Sir William, Chief Justice, Amery (died 1422 )

Hakewill, George, divine, Exeter, 1579.

Hanmer, Jonathan, nonconformist divine and author, Barnstaple, 1605.

Harding, Thomas, polemical divine, Combe Martin, 1512.

Hawkins, Sir John, Rear Admiral at defeat of the Armada, Plymouth, 1520.

Hawkins, Sir Richard, naval commander, Plymouth, (died 1622.)

Hayman, Francis, painter, 1708.

Henrietta Maria, Duchess of Orleans, daughter of Charles I. Exeter, 1644. Herle, Sir William, Chief Justice, Ilfracombe (died 1335.)

Hilliard, Nicholas, limner to Elizabeth, Exeter, 1547.

Hooker, John, antiquary, assisted Holinshed, Exeter, 1524.

HOOKER, RICHARD, author of "Ecclesiastical Polity," Heavitree, 1553.
Hopkins, Charles, poet and tragic writer, Exeter, 1664.
Hopkins, Ezekiel, Bp. of Derry, Sandford, about 1635.

Jewel, John, Bp. of Sarum, author of "Apologia Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ," Burden, 1522.

Iscanus, Bertholomeus, Bp. of Exeter, opponent of Becket, Exeter (died 1185.)

Iscanus,

Iscanus, Josephus, Archbishop of Bordeaux, “a golden poet in a leaden age,"

Exeter (flor. 1210.)

Kendal, George, Calvinistic author, Cofton (died 1663.)

Kennicott, Benjamin, Orientalist, editor of Hebrew Bible, Totness, 1718.

King, Peter, Lord Chancellor, Exeter, 1669.

Lye, Edward, author of Saxon Dictionary, Totness, 1704.

Martin, Richard, Recorder of London, author, Exeter (died 1616.)

Martin, William, historian, Exeter (died 1616.)

Mauduit, John, non-conformist divine, and author, Exeter (died 1674.)

Maynard, Sir John, old and witty sergeant, Tavistock (died temp. Wm. III.)
Mayne, Jasper, poet, divine, and dramatic writer, Hatherleigh, 1604.

Molle, John, confessor, South Molton, 1557.

MONCK, GEORGE, Duke of Albemarle, Restorer of Royalty, Potheridge, 1608.
Monck, Nicholas, Bishop of Hereford, Potheridge, 1609.

Newtou, George, non-conformist divine, and author, 1602.

Ockley, Simon, Orientalist, Exeter, 1678.

Osborne, John, non-conformist divine, and author, Crediton, 1619.

Palk, Thomas, non-conformist divine, and autbor, Staverton, 1636.

Parsons, James, physician, Barnstaple, 1705.

Pearse, William, non-conformist divine, and author, Ermington, 1625.

Peele, George, dramatic poet (died 1598.)

Petre, Sir William, Secretary of State to four Sovereigns, Exeter, about 1505.
Pollard, Sir Lewis, Judge, King's Nismet (died 1540.)

Prideaux, John, Bishop of Worcester, Hartford (died 1650.)

Quicke, John, non-conformist divine, and author, Plymouth, 1636.

Rainolds, John, divine, Pinto, 1549.

RALEIGH, SIR WALTER, discoverer of Virginia; Hayes Farm, Budley, 1558.
Raleigh, William de, Bishop of Winchester, Raleigh (died 1249.)

REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA, painter, F.R.A. Plympton, 1723.

Roger the Cistercian, writer of legends, near Ford Abbey (flor. 1180.)
Rowe, John, non-conformist divine, and author, Tiverton (died 1677.)

Saunders, Richard, non-conformist divine, and author, Peyhambury (died
1692.)

Shebbeare, John, political writer, author of "Chrysal," Bideford, 1709.
Sprat, Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, poet, Tallaton, 1636.

Stanbery, John, Bishop of Hereford, first Provost of Eton, Bratton (died 1474.)
Stone, Nicholas, statuary, master mason to Charles I. Woodbury, 1586.
Strange, John, philanthropist, Bideford (fell victim to the plague, 1646.)
Strode, William, divine, orator, and poet, Newinham, 1599.

Stuckley, Lewis, non-conformist, divine, and author, Afton (died 1687.)
Stuckley, Thomas, eccentric character, Bideford, 1681.

Tapper, Samuel, non-conformist divine, and author, Exeter, 1636.

Tindal, Matthew, deist, Beer Ferrers, 1657.

Tolley, David, scholar, author of "Themata Homeri," Kingsbridge (flor. temp. Ed. VI.)

Trope, George, non-conformist divine, and author, Exeter, 1631.

Tucker, William, Dean of Lichfield, defender of the Royal touch (died 1617.)
Upton, Nicholas, author of book on Heraldry, first of its kind (flor. 1440.)
Walker, George, Rev. heroic defender of Londonderry, Exeter (slain 1690.)
Walker, Samuel, divine, Exeter, 1714.

Wilford, William, naval commander, near Plymouth (died 1414.)
Yalden, Thomas, poet, Exeter, 1671.

MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS.

At Exeter, Lent Assizes, 1586, an infectious disorder was communicated by
the prisoners, of which the Judge, eight Justices, eleven Jurymen, and several
Officers of the Court died.-The great Bell, given by Bishop Courtenay,
weighs 12,500 lbs.

At Heavitree, August 25, 1682, were executed three women, natives of
Bideford, the last sufferers under the statute against witchcraft.

At Tiverton, April 3, 1598, a fire destroyed thirty-three persons, more than
400 dwellings, and 150,000l. worth of property. August 5, 1612, a second fire

destroyed

destroyed 600 houses, and goods to the amount of 200,0007.; and in 1731 á third fire consumed 298 houses, and property of the value of 60,000%.

March 15, 1760, The Ramillies, man of war, with above 600 men, perished off the Edystone rocks. A descriptive account of the light-house, with plates, in imperial folio, was published by its architect, Smeaton.

Combe Martin was once famous for silver mines.-In Ottery St. Mary are the remains of the residence of Sir Walter Raleigh.-In Buckland Monachorum is a monument by Bacon, in memory of Lord Heathfield, defender of Gibraltar.-Mason has made the romantic story of Elfrida the subject of a fine dramatic poem.

DORSETSHIRE.

SITUATION AND EXTENT.

Boundaries. N. E. Wilts. N. W. Somerset. East, Hants. South, English Channel. West, Devon.

Greatest length 55, greatest breadth 36, circumference 160, square 1129 miles.

Province, Canterbury. Diocese, Bristol. Circuit, Western.

ANTIENT STATE AND REMAINS.

British Inhabitants, Durotriges or Morini,
Roman Province. Britannia Prima. ·

Stations. Durnovaria, Dorchester; Vindogladia, Blandford, or Wimborne Minster; Londinis, Lyme Regis; Canca Arixa, Charmouth; Clavinio, Weymouth, Morinio, Wareham; Bolclaunio, Poole; Ibernium, Bere Regis.

Saxon Heptarchy. Westsex,

Antiquities. British, the Agglestone, 400 tons weight, near Studland. Portisham Cromlech. Winterbourne and Pokeswell Druidical Circles. Badbury Rings Encampmeut.-Roman, Maunbury Amphitheatre, Maiden Castle, and Poundbury Castra Estiva, near Dorchester. Abbotsbury, Bindon, and Cerne Abbeys. Sherborne, Swanwick, Wareham, Wimbourne Minster, Melbury Samford, and Cerne Churches. St. Catha. rine's Chapel, Abbotsbury. Stalbridge Cross. Corfe, Sandford, Bow and Arrow Castles.

Sherborne was an Episcopal See from 705 to 1076, when it was transferred to Sarum. Among the relics in Wimborne Minster, where Ethelred I. was buried, were pieces of our Lord's manger, robe, and cross, some of the hairs of his beard, and a thorn of his crown; the blood of St. Thomas à Becket, and part of St. Agatha's thigh! Shaftesbury nunnery, of which there are now very inconsiderable remains, was the richest in England. Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred, was its first Abbess. Edward the Martyr was first buried at Wareham, but his corpse was afterwards removed to Shaftesbury.

PRESENT STATE AND APPEARANCE.

Rivers. Allen, Axe, Birt or Brit, Cale, Char, Dewlish, Frome, Ivel or Yeo,
Liddon, Lyme, Piddle, Simene, Stour, Wey, Winterbourne
Inland Navigation. Dorset and Somerset Canal, Poole Harbour, Stour River.
Lakes. Luckford Lake, Abbotsbury Swannery and Decoy.
Eminences and Views. Pillesdon Pen; Nettlecomb Fort; Flower's Barrow;
Nine Barrow Down 642 feet; Bull Barrow; East Axnolla Hill, on which
are the sources of the Axe, Birt, and Simene; Lewesdon Hill, the subject
of a poem by Crow, public orator of Oxford; Trendle, Hambledon,
Woodbury, Egerdon, and Lambart's Castle Hills.

Natural Curiosities. Portland Peninsula, 44 miles long, 2 miles broad, one rock or bed of freestone, of which St. Paul's, and the principal edifices in London, are built. Cave Hole in Portland; Chesil Bank; St. Adhelm's Head, off which, Jan. 6, 1786, was lost, the Halsewell East Indiaman, when Captain Pearse, seven ladies, and 160 other persons, perished. Brownsea Island; Lullworth cove and arched rock; Nottington medicinal water.

Public Edifices. Portland Light-Houses; Weymouth Esplanade; Dorchester

Gaol.

Seals.