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Hundred of Tavistock in early times

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 46, (1914) pp. pp.220-255.

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Oswald J. Reichel

Prepared by Michael Steer

Initially named Hurdwick, Tavistock Hundred was the name of one of 32 ancient administrative units of Devon, The parishes in the hundred were: Brentor, Milton Abbot and Tavistock. The town itself owes its origin to the foundation of the abbey in 961. From Henry I. the abbots obtained the entire jurisdiction of the hundred of Tavistock, with a weekly market. Among the famous natives of Tavistock are Sir John Glanville, judge under James I., William Brown, the author of Britannia's Pastorals, and Sir Francis Drake, of whom a colossal statue by Boehm was presented to the town by the Duke of Bedford in 1883. 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 Princeton University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.