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Some notes on the earlier municipal history of Plymouth

Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 16 (1884), pp. 725-748.

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R.N. Worth

Prepared by Michael Steer

In 1086 the manor of Sutton was held by the King. Henry I granted it to the Valletort family. They in turn granted parts to the Augustinian priory at Plympton. The part of the town owned by Plympton Priory was granted a market charter in 1254, and the whole town and its surrounding area achieved municipal independence in 1439, becoming the first town to be incorporated by Act of Parliament. The name Sutton slowly became Plymouth. In 1340 French attackers burned a manor house and took some prisoners, but failed to get into the town. In 1403, the town was briefly occupied and burnt by Breton raiders. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the University of Michigan Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.