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GEORGIAN TIVERTON:

The Political Memoranda of Beavis Wood

Edited with an Introduction by John Bourne

Devon & Cornwall Record Society (1986) ISBN 0 901853 29 1

Index prepared by Steve Steere

Note: This book is mainly a collection of letters written by Beavis Wood (1733-1814), Town Clerk of Tiverton (1765-1806), during the period 1768-1798 to Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby. M.P.



A
ABELL, Dr. John, 12, 18, 29, 31, 35, 77, 115, 124, 127-128, 136, 140-142, 144-145, 147, 152, 155-156, 158-159, 165
ACLAND, Colonel, 47
ACLAND, Gideon, xxiv, 88, 92, 120, 146, 149
ACLAND, Sir Thomas, Bt, 64, 104, 139
ADAMS, Caleb, 31
ADAMS, William, 62, 64, 101, 104, 112
ADNEY, Dr, 71, 84, 123, 163
ADNEY, Miss 123
ALLEN, Mr., 155
ANGEL INN, St. Clement's, London, xix
ANGEL INN, Tiverton, 5, 13-14, 21, 24, 26-27, 41-43, 50, 56, 75, 82, 97, 100, 106, 110, 112, 115-116, 118, 120-121, 123, 126-127, 130, 132-135, 143-144, 151, 154
ANSTEY, Captain, 137
ANSTEY, William, 92
ARAM, Mr., 115
ARMITAGE, Mr., 155
ARMY, Regular: 40th Foot, 80; 6th Dragoons, 99; Light Dragoons, 147; 11th Foot, 147; 62nd Foot, 155; see also Militia and Volunteer Cavalry & Infantry
ASH, Mr., a Cooper, 136
ASHBURTON, Devon, 23, 152
ATHERTON, Rev., Master of Blundell's School, 24, 28-30, 45
AVERAY, Mr., Serjeant, Attorney, 12, 44, 101, 102

B
BAKER, Farmer of Chettiscombe, 158
BAKER, John, 92
BAMPFYLDE, Mr., 10
BAMPTON, Devon, 112, 123, 126, 130
BAMPTON STREET, Tiverton, 31, 90, 159
BARING, Charles, 65-66, 79
BARING, John, Exeter Merchant, x, 27-28, 38, 65-66
BARNE(S), George, 123, 127, 130-131, 133-135, 143-144, 150, 155, 158
BARNES, Rev, Vicar of Butterleigh, 152
BARNSTAPLE, Devon, 38
BARON, Mr., 119
BARRETT, Mr., 22, 26
BARTON, Tiverton, 31, 49
BATH, Somerset, 14, 107-108, 158
BEDWORTH, Warwickshire, Vicar, Rev. Dudley Ryder, xiv
BEEDLE (properly, BEEDELL), John, 117, 121, 126, 130-131, 144-145, 155, 157, 161, 165
BEEDLE, Thomas, 62-63, 68, 70, 73, 116
BERNARD, James, 22, 37
BERNARD, Mrs., 22
BERGERET, Captain, 152
BESLY, Bernard, 10, 29, 31, 34, 36, 49, 54-55, 58, 60, 62-63, 75, 83-85, 89, 119, 131-132, 165
BESLY, John, 2, 4, 7-10, 14, 18-21, 26, 28-30, 32, 34, 36, 40-42, 45, 48-63, 66-67, 71, 74-78, 80-84, 86-90, 93, 99, 106, 108, 110-112, 118, 120-122, 125-126, 128, 131, 136, 165, 173
BESLY, William, xxiv, 7-8, 59-60, 62, 66-68, 71, 75, 84, 87, 89, 91, 96, 106, 108, 112, 117-118, 120-122, 125-126, 128, 130-131, 143-145, 147, 150, 152, 155-156, 158, 165, 173
BESLY, William, Jr., 154-155
BICKLEIGH, Devon, 115
BICKLEIGH CHURCHYARD, 150
BIDGOOD, Thomas, 9
BIRD, Rose, 90
BLUETT, Mr., 71
BLUNDELL, Peter, 83, 95, 130
BLUNDELL, Philip, 108
BLUNDELL, Richard, xxiv, 16, 35, 63, 84, 91-92, 116, 156
BLUNDELL, son of, 83
BLUNDELL'S School, 24, 80, 87, 99, 104-105, 151
BOLHAM, Devon, 50, 80, 110
BOMPARD, Admiral Jean-Baptiste-Francois, 156, 159
BOWDON, Captain, 56-57
BOWDON, Miss, of Bampton, 123
BOYCE, Edward, 154-155, 158
BRADNINCH, Devon, 6
BRAMPFORD SPEAKE, (Brantfurt Speake), Devon, 115
BRICKDALE, Mr., 24
BRIDEWELL, 25, 101-102, 108
BRIDGWATER, Somerset, x
BRIDGWATER School, 37
BRINDLEY, James, 5-6, 10
BRISTOL, 3, 73
BROADCLYST, Devon, 76
BROUGHTON CLIFFORD, Wiltshire, 100
BROWN, Captain, 71, 84
BROWN, Captain, 147
BROWN, Rev, 155
BRYANT, Mr., 155
BULKELEY, Mr., Land Waiter (Excise), 23
BUMBO, Drink composed of Rum, Sugar, Water & Nutmeg, 38
BURRIDGE, Samuel, Tiverton Merchant, 38
BURTON, William, 115
BUTTERLEIGH, Devon, Rev. Barnes, 152

C
CABBAGE SELLERS, 138
CALL, Mr., 64-65
CALVERLEIGH, Devon, 59, 61, 163
CAMBRIDGE, KING'S COLLEGE, 17-18, 45, 87, 159, 161-162
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, 55
CAMPKIN, Mr., 10
CANAL, proposed at Tiverton, 5, 10
CAREW, Bampfylde Moore, 150-151
CAREW, Mr., 152
CAREW, Sir Thomas, 127
CARRINGTON, Mr., Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter, 91
CARROLL, Lieutenant, 147
CARVER, Mr., 115
CHALK, Rev. E. S., viii
CHANNING, Mr., 137
CHAPMAN, Mr., 72
CHARD, Somerset, 90
CHETTISCOMBE, Devon, 158
CHEVITHORNE, Tiverton, 2
CHICHESTER, Mr., 163
CHILCOTT, William, 154-155
CHILD, Mr., 122
CHIPPING CAMDEN, Gloucestershire, xv
CHOLWICH, John, 38
CHOLWICH, John Burridge, 38, 51, 73-74, 76-78, 80-83, 85, 87, 94, 99, 112, 116, 131, 161, 165, 173
CHOLWICH, Mrs., 99
CHURCH RATE, 84, 90, 91, see also parish politics
CLAPP, Mr., Barrister of Exeter, 142
CLARE, Tiverton, 2
CLARKE, Mr., 78, 155
CLARKE, Mary (Molly), of Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, xv-xvi
COADE, Miss, of London, 146, 149
COLERIDGE, Mr., 127, 133
COLLARD, Mr., 155
COLMAN, Mr., Attorney of Hillersdon, 84, 90, 105-106
COMBE, Tiverton, 99
COMBERS & WEAVERS, 7-8, 80, 98-99, 106, 135, 137; Distress of, 138; Rate of wages, 145, 151; see also Woolcombers, Society of
COMBING MACHINES, 137, 139, 151
COMER, Mr., 87, 145
COOK(E), J, 94, 96
CORNER, Thomas, Surgeon & Apothecary of Milverton, Somerset, 30, 90
CORPORATION: of Tiverton, xix-xxiii, 3; Accounts, 14, 32, 114, 125, 162-164; Club, 5, 21, 30, 48, 50, 66, 69, 82, 87, 104, 106, 112, 119, 123, 145, 147, 149, 158; Meetings of, 8, 26, 32-34, 36, 40-42, 45, 50, 53, 55-57, 60-62, 67, 75, 112, 117, 121-122, 126, 130-131, 143-145; Politics, 4, 7-15, 18, 26, 28-29, 31, 33-35, 41-42, 46-49, 51, 52-59, 75-83, 86, 88, 95-96, 99, 105-108, 110-112, 123, 127-130, 133, 140-143; Vacancies and Elections, 2-5, 7-12, 19, 20, 26, 34, 36-37, 39, 41-42, 46-48, 53-54, 57-58, 60-62, 76, 123, 127, 130-132, 143-145, 161; see also Tiverton
COSSERAT, Miss, 90
COSSERAT, Mrs., 76, 157
COUNTY JUSTICES (of Devon), 23, 29, 44, 152-153, 159
COVE, Tiverton, 2
CRADDOCK, Attorney of, Mr. Manley, 84, 106, 108, 110, 119, 124
CREDITON, Devon, 163
CROSS, Sally, ('Miss Sally'), 89, 101-103, 105, 107, 112, 117, 123
CRUWYS, George, 4, 7, 12, 14, 165
CRUWYS, George Jr., 8-9, 49, 52, 58-60, 62-63, 66-67, 71, 73-75, 87, 91, 94, 97, 101-102, 106, 115, 121-122, 126-127, 130-134, 143-145, 152-153, 155-158, 166, 173
CRUWYS, Mr. J, of Morchard, 116
CRUWYS, Molly, 30
CULLOMPTON, Devon, 5, 10, 108
CURNO, Mrs., 22

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DARTMOUTH, x
DAVEY, George, xi, 1, 11-12, 16, 25, 31, 34-36, 65, 69, 73, 76, 83-85, 87, 166
DAVEY, John, 4, 5, 8-11, 19-20, 27, 31-32, 34, 36, 40-41, 45, 48, 50, 55-57, 60-63, 66-68, 71, 73, 75, 78, 83, 87, 89, 96, 111-112, 114-115, 122, 125, 131, 144, 166, 173
DAVEY, Thomas, 7-8, 20, 27, 29, 31, 34, 40, 46, 54, 58
DAVEY, Thomas, Lieutenant, RM, 138
DEATHS, x, 1, 14, 26, 30, 37, 46, 70, 84, 89, 95, 98, 108, 110, 130, 136, 156, 161
DENNYS, Nicholas, xxiv, 64, 68, 79, 84, 88-91, 99, 106, 116, 124, 137-139, 145, 148, 151, 155-156, 166
DENNYS, Nicholas Jr., 155
DICKEN, Rev. Perry, xii, 36, 83
DICKEN, William, 154
DICKINSON Benjamin, Banker, xxi, xxiii 1, 4, 7-12, 19, 21, 29-30, 32, 34, 36, 39-42, 44-45, 47-58, 61-63, 66-71, 75, 77, 80-84, 86, 88, 90, 97, 99-100, 106, 108-118, 120-133, 138-145, 155, 158, 166, 173
DICKINSON, Benjamin Bowden, 166
DICKINSON, Benjamin Peard, 123, 139, 142, 144-145, 154-155, 166
DICKINSON, Henry, 45
DICKINSON, Mr. J, Schoolmaster, 156
DICKINSON, John, 90, 99, 110, 112, 115, 117, 121-123, 126, 128, 130-131, 139, 142-145, 150, 155, 166
DICKINSON, Mrs., 123
DISTRESSES of the POOR, 108, 134, 155, 157-158
DOUGLAS, Mr., 114
DOWNES, Mr., 93
DOWNMAN, Dr, 127
DRAKE, John, 68
DREW, Mr., of Grange, 84, 105
DRUGGET, (Druggetts), 78
DUKE, Mr., 51
DULVERTON, Somerset, 56
DUNNING, John, 6, 43
DUNSFORD George, xxiv, 68, 79, 84, 88-91, 93, 99, 106, 116, 118, 120-122, 125, 133, 146, 154, 167
DUNSFORD, Henry, 27, 29, 31, 33-34, 36, 40-42, 45, 48, 55-57, 60, 62-63, 66-67, 71-73, 75, 78, 82-89, 94, 96, 104, 106, 112, 115, 117-118, 125-127, 130-133, 144-145, 154, 158, 167, 173
DUNSFORD, Henry Jr., 97, 100, 110, 127-128, 132, 155, 158, 167
DUNSFORD, Martin, Churchwarden, x, xxiv, xxv, 29, 63-64, 68, 79, 84, 87-91, 93-95, 99, 105-106, 116, 118, 120, 125-127, 133, 135, 145-146, 153-154, 159, 167
DUNSFORD, Mrs. Henry, 83, 89
DUNSTER, Somerset, 78
DUNTZE, Sir John 1st Bt., Exeter Merchant, xi-xiii, xviii, xxii, xxvi, 1, 2, 4-5, 7-9, 11, 14-16, 18-20, 22, 24-25, 28-29, 35-36, 38-42, 45-59, 62, 64-65, 70, 73-83, 85, 87, 90, 93-94, 98-99, 106, 108, 111, 124, 126-130, 132-133, 167
DUNTZE, Sir John 2nd Bt., 105, 115, 128, 130, 131, 132, 167
DUNTZE, Lady, 76, 80
DUNTZE, Samuel, 115

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EAST INDIA COMPANY, 3, 6, 77, 146
ELMORE LANDS, 22, 67, 126, 147, 149
ENCHMARCH Richard, 4, 5, 8-11, 14, 16, 18-19, 21, 23, 167
ENCHMARCH, Richard Jr., 34-36, 39-42, 45, 48-50, 53, 55-57, 59-60, 62, 66-71, 75, 96, 98, 108, 113 117, 122, 130-132, 139, 143-144, 167, 173
ENCHMARCH, Thomas, 8, 9, 11, 13, 19-20, 29, 31, 34, 36, 40-42, 45, 48-50, 53, 55-57, 59-62, 66-69, 71, 75, 81, 87, 90, 93, 95, 98, 108, 113, 119, 124, 127, 130-132, 139, 141, 143-144, 146, 149, 167, 173
ENCHMARCH, HEATH & Co, 98, 119, 122, 124
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, xix, 23-24, 30, 39, 43
EXETER, Devon, 3, 5, 10, 14, 23, 24, 38, 42-43, 65, 73, 76, 78, 80-81, 88, 90-91, 95, 109, 115, 119, 122, 124, 127, 129, 137, 142, 152
EXMOUTH, Devon, 5

F
FANSHAWE, Charles, 90, 142, 148, 152, 155
FARRINGDON, Devon, 51
FERGUSSON, Captain J, 100, 110, 127, 133, 151, 158
FIRES, 95, 140, 144
FOLLETT, Rev, 63, 69, 84, 91, 122, 125, 146, 149, 155
FORE STREET, Tiverton, 31, 70, 72, 117, 130, 136, 153, 155
FRANCE, 124
FRANKLYN, near Exeter, Devon, 142
FRY, William, 105
FURZDON, Mr., 10

G
GAMLEN, Thomas, 92
GEORGE INN, (now Noel Arms), Public House, Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, xv
GLASGOW, 3
GLASS, Sarah, 93
GLOYNS, Francis, xxiv, 90, 146, 154
GOLD STREET, Tiverton, 107
GORTON, David, 1, 5, 7, 8, 14, 21, 27, 31, 34, 36-37, 39, 41, 45, 50, 53-57, 60-61, 71, 75, 82, 85, 126
GORTON, William, 7, 8, 12, 126, 173
GOVETT, John, Apothecary, 2, 4-5, 8, 10, 29-30, 33-34, 36, 40-41, 48, 50, 53, 55-60, 62-63, 66-68, 71, 75, 77, 85-87, 89-90, 96, 100, 105, 109, 112, 115, 117, 121, 127-128, 130-131, 134, 143-145, 147, 155, 157, 159, 161, 167, 173
GOVETT, John Jr., 150, 168
GRANGE, (Mr. Drew), 84, 105
GREEN, Mr., 137
GRUBB, Mr., 6
GUARDIANS for the POOR, 1, 26
GUERNSEY, 4, 6

H
HALF MOON, Public house, Tiverton, 14, 16
HALLIDAY, Mr., 112
HALLIDAY, M & Co, 22
HAMILTON, Major Daniel, xi-xii, 3, 7, 13, 15-16, 125, 168
HAMILTON, Mrs., 84
HAMMETT'S LANE, Tiverton, 133, 137
HARCUMBE, DEVON, 127
HARRIS, John, 3, 6
HARROWBY, Baron and Earl, see Ryder
HARROWBY MANUSCRIPTS, vii-viii
HAWTREY, Stephen, 43, 69, 73, 78, 83, 90, 96, 111, 113, 118, 122, 124, 142
HEATHCOAT, John, xxi-xxii
HEATHFIELD, Thomas, London Silk Merchant, 79, 83, 124, 127, 129, 133-134, 137-138, 145, 148, 168
HELLINGS, Thomas, Attorney, 155, 159
HENSLEY, Tiverton, 137
HERRING CLUB, 94
HERRINGS, The, 94, 97-98, 100, 105, 110, 113-114, 122, 130-131
HILL, Mr., 22
HIND, Rev. P, Bursar King's College, 162
HISTORICAL MEMOIRS of the TOWN & PARISH of TIVERTON, (1792), 126-127
HODGE, Thomas, 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 20-21, 27-29, 31-34, 36-37, 173
HOGG, C, 137, 139, 145-146, 150, 158
HOLLAND, 30
HONITON, Devon, 30, 124
HORABIN, William, 5, 8, 26-27, 31, 34, 36, 40, 55-57, 59, 73
HOTPRESSOR, Method of papermaking, 70
HOW, James, 38, 46
HOW, James Jr., 3-4, 7-8, 14-15, 20, 29-31, 34, 36, 55-57
HOW, Jasper, 124-126
HULL, Yorkshire, 3
HUMOROUS CATEGORICAL SOCIETY, 62, 66
HUNT, W, Bursar, King's College, 162
HUNTSHAM, Devon, 64
HUTCHINSON, Mr., 71
HUTCHINSON, Dr, 161

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ILCHESTER, Somerset, 6
ILFRACOMBE, Devon, ix, 61
INCLEDON, Mr., 25, 84, 85
INCLEDON, Mr., Jr., 115
INDIA SERVICE, 83
INGRAM, Mr., 90

J
JACOBINS, xiii, 139, 145-146, 153, 159
JACOBS, Denys, vii-viii, xxii
JAMES, George, 92
JARMAN, Samuel, Bailiff of the Hundred, 101, 102, 105, 112, 113, 168
JENKINS, William, Master of the Charity School, 41-42, 46-48, 54, 56-58, 60, 62, 66-67, 71, 75, 83, 87, 89, 92, 94, 96, 106, 112, 115, 121, 126-127, 130, 132, 143-145, 155-156, 168, 173
JENKINS, son of, 83
JOHNS, Mr., 21
JONES, Captain, 115

K
KEATE, Rev, from Winchester, Master of Blundell's School, 24, 34-35, 38
KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, 3, 17-18, 45, 87, 159, 161-162
KNIGHT, Mr., Attorney, 16
KNIGHTSHAYES, Tiverton, 90, 139

L
LAND, Rev. T, Rector of Clare, 45, 88, 91, 94, 96, 100, 106, 116, 118, 125, 127, 136, 155, 159, 162
LAND TAX, 153
LANG, Mr., Portreeve of Tiverton, 70, 134, 137, 151
LARDNER, Richard, 116, 137, 148
LAUNCESTON, Cornwall, 63
LECROIX, M, 95
LEIGH, Attorney, 114, 116, 148, 159
LEIGH, Master at Blundell's School, 159
LEIGH, Mrs., 126
LESTER, George, Bursar Kings College, 162
LEWIS, George, 4, 7-8, 10, 14, 20, 25-29, 31-33, 47, 168
LEWIS, George Jr., 19-21, 26-27, 29-30, 33-37, 39, 40-42, 44, 46-47, 49-56, 168
LEWIS, Mrs. George, 30
LEWIS, Miss, 25-26
LEWIS, William, 30-31, 46-49, 51-58, 60, 62-63, 66-67, 69, 71, 73, 75-79, 81-82, 84-88, 93-95, 99, 108, 110-113, 116-119, 121-123, 126, 130-131, 134, 137-140, 142-145, 147-148, 150, 152-153, 168, 173
LEWIS, Mrs. William, 112, 157
LIVERPOOL, Lancashire, 3, 6
LONDON, 6, 17, 26, 34-35, 72, 74, 79, 82, 98, 107-108, 111, 114, 158
LOUIS, M, Musician, 137
LOWES, Mrs., 39
LOWMAN GREEN, Waste ground used for Fair, 105
LOYALISTS, 134-135
LUDUS, Miss, 137
LUTTRELL, Mr., Commissioner of Taxes, 97, 105
LYON, Mr., Barrister of Exeter, 142

M
MANLEY, Mr., Attorney of Craddock, 84, 106, 108, 110, 119, 124
MANSFIELD, Lord, Lord Chief Justice, 23
MARCHMONT, Earl of, 3
MARDER, Henry, 154
MARKET CROSS, Tiverton, 70-71
MARRIOTT, Mr., 119
MARTIN, John, 86
MARTIN, William, 4, 7-8, 19-21, 27-29, 31-37, 40, 45, 49-50, 53-57, 60, 62, 75-78, 85, 168, 173
MATTHEWS, Francis, 3-5, 8, 11, 13-14, 168
MELHUISH, Mr., 159
MENZIES, Mr., 95
MIDDLETON, Mr., of Staffordshire, 124
MILDEN, Henry, a Glover, 136
MILITIA, Proclamation of (1792), 133; Cornish, 138; 1st Battalion Devon, 47, 51; Somerset Supplementary, 156; Wiltshire, 152; Worcester, 137-138; see also Army and Volunteer Cavalry & Infantry
MILVERTON, Somerset, 30
MOORE, Mr., 155
MOSS, Mr., Collector of Excise, 162

N
NAGLE, Mr., 116, 134
NELSON, Admiral Lord, 155
NESBIT, Mr., 63
NEWTE, Captain Thomas, 77-78, 83, 85-86, 96, 108, 119, 168
NEWTE, Rev, 25-26, 37-38, 45, 92
NIBBS, Mr., 14, 106, 115, 123
NIBBS, Mr., Jr., 123, 134
NION, M, 156
NOEL ARMS, (previously George Inn), Public House, Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, xv
NORWOOD COMMON, 155
NOTT, William, 83, 86-88, 94, 98, 100, 106, 112, 115-117, 121, 126, 130-132, 154, 169
NOTT, William, Jr., 142, 155

O
OSMOND, Charles O, 169
OSMOND, Henry, Apothecary, xiii, xv, xvii-xviii, xxi, xxiii, 4-9 11-15, 20-21, 24, 26-30, 32-37, 39, 40-43, 45-58, 60-62, 69, 74-75, 78, 82, 84-90, 93, 97-99, 101-103, 105-111, 113-118, 123-125, 127, 169, 173
OSMOND, Henry Peard, 34, 36-37, 40-42, 48, 53-58, 60, 62, 71, 75, 78, 97, 100, 110-112, 115-117, 120-123, 125, 128-132, 134, 140-144, 153, 155-158, 169, 173
OTTERTON, Devon, 51
OWENS, George, xxiv, 63, 68, 84-85, 87-91, 93, 105, 139, 159
OWENS, John, xxiv, 4, 8, 11, 21, 27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 40-42, 44-46, 48, 50, 53, 55-57, 59-60, 62-63, 66-68, 73, 75-78, 82, 85, 96, 106, 169, 173
OWENS, John Jr., 31, 35, 41-42, 46, 63, 86, 88, 94, 123, 157
OWENS, Thomas, 46, 59, 86, 154
OWENS, Thomas Jr., 92
OXFORD, 82

P
PAINE, Tom, 135
PALMER, John, 93
PARISH POLITICS, 2, 84, 87-94
PARKHOUSE, Philip, 21, 25, 29-30, 32-34, 36, 40-42, 45, 49-50, 55-64, 66-68, 71, 74-75, 81-82, 95, 108, 169
PATRONAGE, viii, xiii, 17-18, 23, 37, 38, 45, 74, 83, 100, 115, 124-125, 162
PEARCE, Mr., 159
PEARCE, Mrs., Mistress of Tiverton Workhouse, 89
PEARD, Mary, xi, 8, 19, 21, 24, 30, 37, 49, 52, 54-56, 169
PEARD, Oliver, x, xiv-xvii, xix-xxii, 169
PEARSE, John, 20
PEARSE, Peter, 1
PEARSE, Mr., the young, 83
PEARSE, Samuel, 1, 4, 6-8, 17
PELLEW, Sir Edward, 152
PELLS, Captain, xxiv, 116, 133-134, 159
PERRIN, K.L, xv
PETER'S STREET, Tiverton, 94, 149
PETITION, East India Company, 3, 6
PHOENIX The, Public House, Tiverton, 133
PINNEX MOORS, Devon, 106
PITMAN, Rev. John, 38, 45, 69, 88, 91, 93, 95-96, 104-106, 110, 115, 117, 121-123, 125-128, 130-132, 142-145, 148-149, 153, 157, 159, 170, 173
PITT, Tiverton, 38, 159
PITT, William (Pitt the Younger), 109
PLYMOUTH, Devon, x, 102, 138, 156
POOL, Mr., of Crediton, 18
POPHAM, Mr., 10
PORTREEVE, 70, 133, 155
PORTSMOUTH, Hampshire, 157
POST OFFICE, 93
PRISONERS of WAR, 152, 156-157
PUGH, Mr., 155
PUBLIC HOUSES: Angel Inn (St Clement's, London), xix; Angel Inn, 5, 13-14, 21, 24, 26-27, 41-43, 50, 56, 75, 82, 97, 100, 106, 110, 112, 115-116, 118, 120-121, 123, 126-127, 130, 132-135, 143-144, 151, 154; Half Moon, 14, 16; Noel Arms (previously George Inn), Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, xv; Phoenix, 133; Three Tuns, 13, 18, 24, 28-29, 62, 80, 93, 99, 104-105, 110, 112, 115, 123, 133, 148, 151, 156; White Ball, 155
PULLING, James, Sergemaker, xxiv, 64, 68, 145, 158

Q
QUARTER SESSIONS, Tiverton, 16, 43, 73, 78, 83, 96, 99, 109, 113, 118, 122, 124, 148, 152, 155
QUICK, Richard, 98
QUICK, William, xxiv, 155-156

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RACKENFORD, DEVON, 101
RACKENFORD MOOR, 125
RAYMOND, Sir Charles, Banker, 77, 108
RECEIVERSHIP of LAND TAXES for North Devon, x, xi, xii
REED, Mr., 106
REGENCY CRISIS, 109, 110, 111
RENDELL, Thomas, a Hotpressor, 63, 69, 82, 86, 159
RICHARDS, Mr., Master of Blundell's School, 151, 159
RIDDELL, Mr., 14
RIDDELL, Rev, xxiv, 63, 84
RIOTS & DISTURBANCES, 72, 137, 138, 151
ROCKBEARE, Devon, 39, 40, 48, 52, 54, 78, 83, 87, 96
ROGERS, Mr., 136
ROSE, Mr., 156
RYDER, Rev. Dudley, Vicar of Bedworth, Warwickshire, xiv
RYDER, Sir Dudley, xiv
RYDER, Dudley (1st Earl of Harrowby), vii-viii, xx-xxi, xxiv, 72-74, 93, 109-110, 114, 124-128, 170
RYDER, Nathaniel (1st Baron of Harrowby), vii, viii, ix, xii, xiv-xix, xx, 96, 170
RYDER, Richard, business in Bishopsgate, London, xiv, 140-141, 143
RYDER FAMILY, viii, xiii-xix, xxvi

S
ST. CLEMENTS COFFEE HOUSE, London, 114
ST. ANDREWS STREET, Tiverton, 44
SALTER, Mr., Organist & Bookseller, 89, 110, 116 133
SAMPSON, Mr., 125
SANDERS, Joseph, Partner in the Exeter Bank, 50
SANDERS, Mr., Organist, 89
SERGE INDUSTRY, x
SHAMBLES, The, Street in Tiverton, 31, 62-63, 68-71
SHARLAND, John, 95, 120
SHARLAND, Thomas, 7-8, 10, 12, 20, 26-27, 34, 36, 40, 49, 54, 58
SHARLAND, William, 92
SHORNER, Farmer, 95
SHORT, John, 43
SKINNER, Alexander, 154
SLAVE TRADE, 125-126
SMALE, William, 8-11, 16, 22, 37, 63
SMALE, William Jr., xxiv, 8-10, 37, 39, 44, 63-65, 68, 79, 84, 88-91, 99, 106, 116, 120, 137, 170
SMITH, John 145-146
SMITH, Mr., Bursar of King's College, 17
SMITH, Mr., 159
SOLWARD, Mr., 22
SOUTH MOLTON, Devon, 6
SPRAGUE, Mr., 63, 125, 146
STEDMAN, Colonel John Gabriel, 139, 150, 170
STONE, William, Shopkeeper, 90-91, 94, 114
STRONG Richard, Apothecary, 74-77, 81, 83, 86-87, 108, 170
STRONG, Richard Jr., 156
SUMNER, Robert Carey, Provost of King's College, 17-18, 162
SUNDAY SCHOOLS, establishment of, 91
SWEET, Mr., 12, 16, 17, 156
SWEETLAND, Hugh, 63, 89, 92, 156

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TAUNTON, Somerset, x, 3, 80, 107, 130
TAUNTON COMEDIANS, Theatrical Performing Group, 24
TAVISTOCK, Devon, x
THREE TUNS, Public House, Tiverton, 13, 18, 24, 28-29, 62, 80, 93, 99, 104-105, 110, 112, 115, 123, 133, 148, 151, 156
THOMPSON, E.P, xiii
TIDCOMBE, Tiverton, 2, 79
TITHING MEN, 155
TIVERTON: viii, x, xiii, 5, 6, 10; Charity School, 48; Charter, x, xix-xx, 6, 7, 12, 14, 17, 23-24, 40, 43, 114; Coffee house, 123; Constitutional rights of inhabitants, 62-68, 70-72; Court Baron, 154; Fair, 20, 105, 115-116, 138, 155; Guildhall, 50, 61, 63, 144, 150, 152; Improvement of, 62-63, 68-72, 116-118, 121-122, 126, 139, 141; Mayors of, xxii-xxiii, 173, Elections of, 4-5, 11, 20, 27, 40, 60-62, 144-145; Post office, 39, 93, 149-150; Turnpike Trustees, 71, 84-85 Town House, 44-47, 50, 57, 60, 67, 97, 99-100, 107, 121, 141, 151, 156; Town Lake and Pot Water, 62; Well, 155; Workhouse, 89; see also Corporation
TONKIN, Mr., Barrister of Exeter, 142
TOPSHAM, Devon, 5, 10, 23, 157
TOTNES, Devon, x
TROTT, Mr., 108
TROYTE, Mr., of Huntsham, 64
TUCKER, Edward, 154
TUCKER, John, 2, 4, 8, 21, 27, 29-30, 32, 34, 36-38, 45; 47, 50-51, 55-58, 170, 173
TUCKER, Mr., Bootmaker, 130
TUCKER, Richard, 33, 170
TUCKER, Sarah, 162
TUCKER, Thomas, 171
TUCKER, William, Farmer, Maltster, Baker & Waggoner, 1, 8, 10-12, 14, 20-21, 29-30, 33-34, 37, 39-42, 50, 53-60, 62-63, 66-68, 71, 75-76, 78, 81, 87, 89, 95-96, 112, 117, 121-122, 125, 127, 129-131, 133, 135, 137, 139-145, 147, 149-150, 155-157, 161, 171, 173
TUCKER, William, Churchwarden, 154
TURNER, Thomas, 92, 94
TURNER, William, xxiv

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UFFCULME, Devon, 5

V
VAGRANCY, 102-103
VETCH, Mr., Surveyor, 139
VOCHEZ, M, 156
VOLUNTEER CAVALRY, 150, 153
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 151, 158, see also Army & Militia
VYVYAN, Mr. J, 127-128, 130, 157
VYVYAN, Sir Vyell, 7th Bt. Of Trelowarren, Cornwall, 63-64

W
WALKER, John, 108, 119
WALKER, Samuel, 171
WALKER, Rev. William, xiii, 47-49, 51-56, 58, 60, 62, 64-69, 71, 75-79, 84-87, 89, 94, 96, 99, 104-108, 110-112, 115, 117-118, 121, 123, 126-134, 138, 142-144-145, 147-148, 152, 155-158, 171, 173
WALL, Rev, Rector of Pitt, 159
WARE, John, Sergemaker, xxiv, 100, 120, 145-146, 154
WARREN, Thomas, 39, 43-44, 73
WASHFIELD, Devon, 24, 26, 137
WATER BAILIFFS, 101, 154
WATH, Mr., 116
WAUGH, Rev, 87-88
WEBBER, John, 4-5, 8, 19, 21-24, 29-30, 32, 36, 40-42, 45, 48-50, 53-57, 59, 60-63, 66-67, 70, 73-75, 81, 84, 86, 88-89, 93-94, 96, 98-100, 106, 110, 171, 173
WEBBER, Mrs. John, 124, 151
WEBBER, William, 76, 151, 171
WEECH, Mr., 63, 155
WELLS, Mr., London Silk Merchant, 79
WESTEX, Tiverton, 22, 44
WHITE BALL, Public House, Tiverton, 155
WHITE BALL CLUB, xxiv, 135
WHITEWAY, Mr., 29
WHITTER, Rev, 37-38
WHITWORTH, Mr., Surveyor, 10
WILKINS, Samuel, 101-103, 105, 112,
WILMOT, John Eardley, xviii, 45, 56, 72
WINSLOE, Mr., 25, 35, 63-65, 69, 71, 73, 84-85, 148, 152
WITHLEIGH, Tiverton, 2
WOOD, Beavis, Town Clerk, vii-xiii, xix, xxi-xxvi, 21, 29-30, 32-33, 40-42, 45, 48, 50, 53, 55-57, 59-60, 62, 66-67, 71, 75, 87, 112, 117-118, 121-122, 125-126, 130-131, 139, 143-145, 148, 152, 155-157, 171-173; Loyalist activities of, 134-136, 146, 148; Death of, 161-162; Financial affairs of, 162-164
WOOD, Beavis, of Norwich, ix
WOOD, John, vii, 84-85, 102, 107, 110, 125, 127, 140, 143-145, 147-148, 153, 155, 157, 172
WOOD, Mr., a Sergemaker, 136
WOOD, Mr., Undermaster of Blundell's School, 24
WOOD, Rev. Thomas, 45, 69, 95, 138, 141-142
WOOD, Rev. Thomas of Bampton, 126, 134
WOOD, William, 2, 4, 6-9, 16, 20, 34-37, 40, 45, 51, 55, 63, 69, 74-75, 86, 88, 94, 107-108
WOOL ACT, The (1788), 101-102
WOOLCOMBERS, SOCIETY of, 120
WOOTON, Mr., Attorney, 156
WORTH, John, of Worth, 37, 83, 126, 150, 153, 159, 172
WORTH, Mrs., 137
WREY, Sir Bourchier, 18
WYNNE, Dr, 84, 88
WYVILL, Rev. Christopher, of York, 65-67

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YONGE, Sir George, 5th Bt., M.P. for Honiton, 29-30
YORK, 65
YORK, Duke of, 159
YORKE, Charles, Attorney-General, 11
YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION, 65, 67
YOUNGSTER, Rev, Yorkshire Clergyman, 38

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