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TOTNES , a See also:market See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the Totnes See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, on the Dart, 29 m. S.S.W. of See also:Exeter, by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901), 4035. It stands on the See also:west See also:bank of the See also:river, and is joined by a See also:bridge to the suburb of Bridgetown. It was formerly a walled town, and two of the four See also:gates remain. Many old houses are also preserved, and in High See also:Street their overhanging upper stories, supported on pillars, See also:form a covered way for See also:foot-passengers. The See also:castle, founded by the See also:Breton Juhel, See also:lord of the See also:manor after the See also:Conquest, was already dismantled under See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII.; but its See also:ivy-clad keep and upper walls remain. The grounds form a public See also:garden. See also:Close by are the remains of St See also:Mary's Priory, which comprise a large Perpendicular See also:gatehouse, See also:refectory, See also:precinct See also:wall, See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot's See also:gate and still-See also:house. A See also:grammar school, founded 1554, occupied See also:part of the Priory, but was removed in 1874 to new buildings. The Perpendicular See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Mary contains a number of interesting tombs and See also:effigies dating from the 15th See also:century onwards, and much excellent carved See also:work. The See also:guildhall is formed from part of the Priory. Vessels of 200 tons can See also:lie at the wharves near the bridge. The See also:industries include See also:brewing, See also:flour milling, and the export of agricultural produce, chiefly See also:corn and See also:cider. See also:Trout and See also:salmon are plentiful in the river. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area 1423 acres.
Totnes (Toteneis, Totton) was a See also:place of considerable importance in Saxon times; it possessed a See also:mint in the reign of !See also:Ethelred, and was governed by a portreeve. In the Domesday Survey it appears as a See also:mesne borough under Juhel of Totnes, founder of the castle and priory; it had 95 burgesses within and 15 without the borough, and rendered military service according
to the See also:custom of Exeter. In 1215 a See also:charter from See also:John instituted a gild See also:merchant with freedom from See also:toll throughout the See also:land. A mayor is mentioned in the See also:court See also:roll of 1386—1387, and a charter from Henry VII. in 1505 ordered that the mayor should be elected on St See also:Matthew's See also:day, and should be clerk of the market. The See also:present governing charter was granted by See also:Elizabeth in 1596, and instituted a governing See also:body of a mayor, fourteen masters or councillors, and an indefinite number of burgesses, including a select body called " the Twenty-men." A fresh charter of See also:incorporation from See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. in 1689 made no alterations of importance. The borough was represented in See also:parliament by one member in 1295, and by two members from 1298 until disfranchised by the See also:act of 1867. A market on Saturday existed at least as See also:early as 1255, and in 16o8 is described as well stocked with 'provisions. The charter of Elizabeth granted a three days' See also:fair at the feast of SS See also:Simon and See also:Jude (Oct. 28), and in 16o8 fairs were also held on May day and at the feast of St James (See also:July 25). The market day has been transferred to See also:Friday, but the May and See also:October fairs are continued. The town was formerly noted for serges, and in 1641 the inhabitants represented their See also:distress owing to the decline of the woollen See also:trade. The See also:industry is now See also:extinct. During the See also:Civil See also:War See also:General See also:Goring quartered his troops at Totnes, and See also:Fairfax also made it his temporary station.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History; Devonshire; The History of Totnes, its neighbourhood and See also:Berry See also:Pomeroy Castle, (Totnes, 1825) ; See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Cotton, A Graphic and See also:Historical See also:Sketch of the Antiquities of Totnes (See also:London, 1858).
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