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Devon Archives & Local Studies Devon Archives & Local Studies Local History Books on CD The following CDs are for sale in our reception bookshop. These items can also be ordered by email, [email protected]. Please ask for an estimate of the cost of postage and packing before sending your payment. We accept payments by cheque, made payable to ‘South West Heritage Trust Trading Ltd’. We can also accept payments by the following credit or debit cards: Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Electron, Access, Mastercard, Maestro, Solo. Regrettably, we cannot accept American Express or Diners Club. If paying over the phone, please call 01392 888700. The following CDs are produced by Bernard Welchman. The Borders of the Tamar and Tavy (Mrs Bray) This book is in the form of letters that were written by Mrs Bray to Robert Southey. These give detailed descriptions of such diverse subjects as: The Damnonii and their Castle, Rock Basins, Mists of Dartmoor, The Warren, Brigadier Herring, Monasteries, Tomb of Orgar, Hermitage of St. John, Edward Smith, The Great Rebellion, The Atkynses, And many, many more. £7.50 Devon Lay Subsidy Rolls 1543 – 1545 (Edited by T L Stoate) This is a CD of the surviving Subsidy Rolls of Devon, but does not include Exeter, because its 1544 roll has been transcribed by Mrs Rowe in the "Tudor Exeter" (Devon and Cornwall Record Society. Volume 22, 1977). There are many thousands of people listed usually giving their parish and the value that the person is assessed at. Fully indexed and searchable. £7.50 Devon Lay Subsidy Rolls 1524 – 1527 (Edited by T L Stoate) The Subsidy rolls of 1524 - 27 are, with a few exceptions, the first taxation lists giving the names of the inhabitants since the subsidy of 1332. This transcript was edited and published by T.L. Stoate. It names all of those on the Roll along with their class of taxation. £7.50 The Devon Muster Roll for 1569 (Edited by T L Stoate and A J Howard) On March 26th 1569 the Council issued a directive to the counties to hold a general muster of all men over 16, appointing commissioners in each county. Certificates of the muster, with the names of the men and their equipment, were to be returned by July 1st though this was later extended to August 12th. This CD contains a searchable transcript for Devon of this Muster. £7.50 Devon Parishes (By Charles Worthy) Parishes included: Bickleigh, Sheepstor, Walkhampton, Buckland Monachorum, Meavy, St. Peter Tavy, Maristow, Thrushelton, Lamerton, Lidford, Milton Abbot, Ashprington, Dartmouth, Broadhempston, Littlehempston, Wolborough, Hennock, North Bovey, Lustleigh, Denbury, South Brent, Harford, Shaugh, Kingsteignton, Highweek with Newton Bushel, Tormohun and St. Marychurch. £10.00 Gems in a Granite Setting (William Crossing) Anyone who has previously taken an interest in the life and history of Dartmoor will be familiar with the names of Beatrice Chase and Sabine Bearing-Gould. One other must also be added to this illustrious list and that is William Crossing. He is now considered one of the best authorities on Dartmoor and its antiquities, having made it the subject of his life's work and his writings being as popular, and relevant, today as they have ever been. Numerous subjects, photographs and locations are covered in the book. Some of these are Sir Thomas Wise, Black Tor Copse in the Seventeenth Century, Lustleigh Cleave, the Bovey Tracey River, the Manor of Spitchwick and many others. £7.50 Historical Records Of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Batt. Devon Reg) (Colonel H Walrond) This book published in 1897 traces the history of the regiment from its earliest origins to 1896. Its 400+ pages are divided into chronological sections that give a great deal of information as to the location of the company and the day to day activities. There are a number of illustrations and the appendix gives lists of various ranks and officers. £7.50 North Tawton Parish Registers (Edited by T.L. Stoate) This publication covers the following periods: Baptisms 1538 - 1838; Marriages 1538 - 1837; Banns 1754 - 1799; Burials 1538 – 1837. £7.50 Sampford Courtenay Parish Registers (Edited by T.L. Stoate) This publication covers the following periods: Baptisms 1538 – 1840; Marriages 1538 – 1837; Banns 1754 – 1813; Burials 1538 – 1812; Plus Sampford Courtenay Protestation Returns 1641. £7.50 Tavistock Parish Registers (Edited by T.L. Stoate) This transcript covers the following periods: Baptisms 1614 - 1781; Marriages 1614 - 1792; Burials 1614 - 1781 £7.50 .
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