FOOTNOTES:[1]Introduction toO'Curry(E.),Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 1873, I. xxiv.[2]The New Century Review, April, 1897.[3]SeeM. Drayton'sPolyolbionon this.[4]Davidson, "The Saxon Conquest of Devonshire," in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1877.[5]"Antique and Modern Lace," in theQueen, 1874. The last chapter is devoted to Honiton Lace.[6]TheDevon and Exeter Gazette, December 31st, 1885.[7]Quoted in "Some Seventeenth Century Topography,"Western Morning News, May 9th, 1876.[8]Names of places, as Heavitree, Langtree, Plymtree, take the "tree" from the Welsh "tref," a farm or habitation. Heavitree is Tre-hafod, the summer farm.[9]In myLives of the Saints, written in 1874, I accepted M. Barthélemy's view, that Virgilius held that there were underground folk, gnomes; but I do not hold this now, knowing more than I then did of the learning of the great Irish scholars, and of the voyages made by the Irish. The earliest gloss on theSenchus Morsays, "God formed the firmament around the earth; and the earth, in the form of a perfectly round ball, was fixed in the midst of the firmament."—I. p. 27.[10]Ffin—limit,gal—the level land,i.e.in comparison with the Dartmoor highlands.[11]The same in Loch Lomond and in Lake Leman, in the Lyme in Dorsetshire, and the Leam by Leamington.[12]Condensed from "The Exmoor Ponies," by "Druid," inThe Sporting Magazine, October, 1860.[13]The ford gave its distinctive appellation to the river above it.[14]Observe the Goidelic forCenfor the BrythonicPen. Kenwith is "The Head of the Wood."[15]Granville(R.),History of Bideford,n.d.[16]Grenvilles of Stowe, by "A Bidefordian."[17]Forgotten Worthies.[18]Ashworth: "The Ancient Manor House of Wear Gifford," inTrans. of the Exeter Diocesan Architect. Soc., vol. vi., 1852.[19]Introduction toO'Curry,Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 1873, i., p. cccxxix.[20]For a full account of them seeBurnard(R.),Dartmoor Pictorial Records. Plymouth, 1893.[21]The Ock (uisg, water) occurs elsewhere. The Oke-brook flows into the West Dart below Huckaby Bridge; and Huckaby is Ock-a-boe. The earlier name of the Blackabrook must have been Ock, for the bridge over it is Okery.[22]Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, 5th edition, p. 232. London, 1678.[23]The author of the tract could not find anyparishof Zeal in Devonshire except Zeal Monachorum, where, as he didnotknow, there were no Oxenhams, and so he converted the hamlet of Zeal in South Tawton, where the Oxenhamswereat home, into the Zeal where they were not.[24]Cotton(R. W.), "The Oxenham Omen," inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1882.[25]Prisoners of war staying on parole at Moreton Hampstead.[26]Obituary Notice inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1879. See also that for 1886, pp. 309-15.[27]Bran, pl.bryny, Cornish, a crow.[28]I have told her story in myHistoric Oddities and Strange Events. Methuen, 1889.[29]For what follows on the woollen trade I am greatly indebted to a paper by Mr. P. F. S. Amery in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1879.[30]For a memoir of John Dunning, see that by Mr.R. Dymond, in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1876.[31]Bibliographical Catalogue of Early English Literature, 1865, ii. pp. 83-6.[32]Glandfeelde is the same as Glanville; so in the Tavistock register, Grenville is entered as Greenfeelde.[33]Dr. Brushfield has sifted the whole story in the pages ofThe Western Antiquary, ix., p. 35.[34]The story of John Fitz and of Lady Howard has been worked out very carefully by Mrs. George Radford, to whose paper in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1890, I am much indebted for what follows.[35]A member of the same clan or tribe was buried at Penrhos Llygwyin, Anglesea—"Hic jacet Maccudecheti."[36]Worthy,Devonshire Parishes, 1889, vol. ii., p. 335. Mr. Worthy has worked out the Palk pedigree from extant wills and registers.[37]Windeatt(T. W.), "The Landing of the Prince of Orange," inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1880.[38]Boyd Dawkins,Early Man in Britain, 1880, p. 197.[39]Now Lipson.[40]Worth(R. N.),History of Plymouth, 1890, p. 39. I shall quote much from this admirable work, not only full of information, but written in a charming style.[41]Worth.
[1]Introduction toO'Curry(E.),Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 1873, I. xxiv.
[1]Introduction toO'Curry(E.),Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 1873, I. xxiv.
[2]The New Century Review, April, 1897.
[2]The New Century Review, April, 1897.
[3]SeeM. Drayton'sPolyolbionon this.
[3]SeeM. Drayton'sPolyolbionon this.
[4]Davidson, "The Saxon Conquest of Devonshire," in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1877.
[4]Davidson, "The Saxon Conquest of Devonshire," in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1877.
[5]"Antique and Modern Lace," in theQueen, 1874. The last chapter is devoted to Honiton Lace.
[5]"Antique and Modern Lace," in theQueen, 1874. The last chapter is devoted to Honiton Lace.
[6]TheDevon and Exeter Gazette, December 31st, 1885.
[6]TheDevon and Exeter Gazette, December 31st, 1885.
[7]Quoted in "Some Seventeenth Century Topography,"Western Morning News, May 9th, 1876.
[7]Quoted in "Some Seventeenth Century Topography,"Western Morning News, May 9th, 1876.
[8]Names of places, as Heavitree, Langtree, Plymtree, take the "tree" from the Welsh "tref," a farm or habitation. Heavitree is Tre-hafod, the summer farm.
[8]Names of places, as Heavitree, Langtree, Plymtree, take the "tree" from the Welsh "tref," a farm or habitation. Heavitree is Tre-hafod, the summer farm.
[9]In myLives of the Saints, written in 1874, I accepted M. Barthélemy's view, that Virgilius held that there were underground folk, gnomes; but I do not hold this now, knowing more than I then did of the learning of the great Irish scholars, and of the voyages made by the Irish. The earliest gloss on theSenchus Morsays, "God formed the firmament around the earth; and the earth, in the form of a perfectly round ball, was fixed in the midst of the firmament."—I. p. 27.
[9]In myLives of the Saints, written in 1874, I accepted M. Barthélemy's view, that Virgilius held that there were underground folk, gnomes; but I do not hold this now, knowing more than I then did of the learning of the great Irish scholars, and of the voyages made by the Irish. The earliest gloss on theSenchus Morsays, "God formed the firmament around the earth; and the earth, in the form of a perfectly round ball, was fixed in the midst of the firmament."—I. p. 27.
[10]Ffin—limit,gal—the level land,i.e.in comparison with the Dartmoor highlands.
[10]Ffin—limit,gal—the level land,i.e.in comparison with the Dartmoor highlands.
[11]The same in Loch Lomond and in Lake Leman, in the Lyme in Dorsetshire, and the Leam by Leamington.
[11]The same in Loch Lomond and in Lake Leman, in the Lyme in Dorsetshire, and the Leam by Leamington.
[12]Condensed from "The Exmoor Ponies," by "Druid," inThe Sporting Magazine, October, 1860.
[12]Condensed from "The Exmoor Ponies," by "Druid," inThe Sporting Magazine, October, 1860.
[13]The ford gave its distinctive appellation to the river above it.
[13]The ford gave its distinctive appellation to the river above it.
[14]Observe the Goidelic forCenfor the BrythonicPen. Kenwith is "The Head of the Wood."
[14]Observe the Goidelic forCenfor the BrythonicPen. Kenwith is "The Head of the Wood."
[15]Granville(R.),History of Bideford,n.d.
[15]Granville(R.),History of Bideford,n.d.
[16]Grenvilles of Stowe, by "A Bidefordian."
[16]Grenvilles of Stowe, by "A Bidefordian."
[17]Forgotten Worthies.
[17]Forgotten Worthies.
[18]Ashworth: "The Ancient Manor House of Wear Gifford," inTrans. of the Exeter Diocesan Architect. Soc., vol. vi., 1852.
[18]Ashworth: "The Ancient Manor House of Wear Gifford," inTrans. of the Exeter Diocesan Architect. Soc., vol. vi., 1852.
[19]Introduction toO'Curry,Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 1873, i., p. cccxxix.
[19]Introduction toO'Curry,Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, 1873, i., p. cccxxix.
[20]For a full account of them seeBurnard(R.),Dartmoor Pictorial Records. Plymouth, 1893.
[20]For a full account of them seeBurnard(R.),Dartmoor Pictorial Records. Plymouth, 1893.
[21]The Ock (uisg, water) occurs elsewhere. The Oke-brook flows into the West Dart below Huckaby Bridge; and Huckaby is Ock-a-boe. The earlier name of the Blackabrook must have been Ock, for the bridge over it is Okery.
[21]The Ock (uisg, water) occurs elsewhere. The Oke-brook flows into the West Dart below Huckaby Bridge; and Huckaby is Ock-a-boe. The earlier name of the Blackabrook must have been Ock, for the bridge over it is Okery.
[22]Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, 5th edition, p. 232. London, 1678.
[22]Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, 5th edition, p. 232. London, 1678.
[23]The author of the tract could not find anyparishof Zeal in Devonshire except Zeal Monachorum, where, as he didnotknow, there were no Oxenhams, and so he converted the hamlet of Zeal in South Tawton, where the Oxenhamswereat home, into the Zeal where they were not.
[23]The author of the tract could not find anyparishof Zeal in Devonshire except Zeal Monachorum, where, as he didnotknow, there were no Oxenhams, and so he converted the hamlet of Zeal in South Tawton, where the Oxenhamswereat home, into the Zeal where they were not.
[24]Cotton(R. W.), "The Oxenham Omen," inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1882.
[24]Cotton(R. W.), "The Oxenham Omen," inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1882.
[25]Prisoners of war staying on parole at Moreton Hampstead.
[25]Prisoners of war staying on parole at Moreton Hampstead.
[26]Obituary Notice inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1879. See also that for 1886, pp. 309-15.
[26]Obituary Notice inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1879. See also that for 1886, pp. 309-15.
[27]Bran, pl.bryny, Cornish, a crow.
[27]Bran, pl.bryny, Cornish, a crow.
[28]I have told her story in myHistoric Oddities and Strange Events. Methuen, 1889.
[28]I have told her story in myHistoric Oddities and Strange Events. Methuen, 1889.
[29]For what follows on the woollen trade I am greatly indebted to a paper by Mr. P. F. S. Amery in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1879.
[29]For what follows on the woollen trade I am greatly indebted to a paper by Mr. P. F. S. Amery in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1879.
[30]For a memoir of John Dunning, see that by Mr.R. Dymond, in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1876.
[30]For a memoir of John Dunning, see that by Mr.R. Dymond, in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1876.
[31]Bibliographical Catalogue of Early English Literature, 1865, ii. pp. 83-6.
[31]Bibliographical Catalogue of Early English Literature, 1865, ii. pp. 83-6.
[32]Glandfeelde is the same as Glanville; so in the Tavistock register, Grenville is entered as Greenfeelde.
[32]Glandfeelde is the same as Glanville; so in the Tavistock register, Grenville is entered as Greenfeelde.
[33]Dr. Brushfield has sifted the whole story in the pages ofThe Western Antiquary, ix., p. 35.
[33]Dr. Brushfield has sifted the whole story in the pages ofThe Western Antiquary, ix., p. 35.
[34]The story of John Fitz and of Lady Howard has been worked out very carefully by Mrs. George Radford, to whose paper in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1890, I am much indebted for what follows.
[34]The story of John Fitz and of Lady Howard has been worked out very carefully by Mrs. George Radford, to whose paper in theTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1890, I am much indebted for what follows.
[35]A member of the same clan or tribe was buried at Penrhos Llygwyin, Anglesea—"Hic jacet Maccudecheti."
[35]A member of the same clan or tribe was buried at Penrhos Llygwyin, Anglesea—"Hic jacet Maccudecheti."
[36]Worthy,Devonshire Parishes, 1889, vol. ii., p. 335. Mr. Worthy has worked out the Palk pedigree from extant wills and registers.
[36]Worthy,Devonshire Parishes, 1889, vol. ii., p. 335. Mr. Worthy has worked out the Palk pedigree from extant wills and registers.
[37]Windeatt(T. W.), "The Landing of the Prince of Orange," inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1880.
[37]Windeatt(T. W.), "The Landing of the Prince of Orange," inTransactions of the Devonshire Association, 1880.
[38]Boyd Dawkins,Early Man in Britain, 1880, p. 197.
[38]Boyd Dawkins,Early Man in Britain, 1880, p. 197.
[39]Now Lipson.
[39]Now Lipson.
[40]Worth(R. N.),History of Plymouth, 1890, p. 39. I shall quote much from this admirable work, not only full of information, but written in a charming style.
[40]Worth(R. N.),History of Plymouth, 1890, p. 39. I shall quote much from this admirable work, not only full of information, but written in a charming style.
[41]Worth.
[41]Worth.
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