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From: "Edna & Ken" <>
Subject: Fw: Old Map
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:46:04 -0500


Very interesting -- just noticed Richard Riuers and I think that should be
Richard Rivers (de Revere?)...

What do you think?

Edna - Ottawa


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----- Original Message -----
From: Leonard Heyward <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 1:02 AM
Subject: Old Map


> Hello Listers;
>
> Recently, while going through some old papers, I found a more modern copy
of
> a very old Devon map that had been given to me about 30 years ago. This
> 'modern' copy is itself on very brittle parchment and beginning to go
black.
> While there is no date of the original map there are a couple of things
that
> may be of interest to Devon researchers.
>
> The map, between A3 and A2 in size, is titled "Devonshire with Excester
> described and the Armes of such Nobles as have borne the Titles of them".
>
> In the lower corner is the following notation "Performed by Ihon Speede
And
> are to be sold in popes-head Alleye by Iohn Sudburi & George humble Cuin
> privilegio". From this it looks like the capital 'I' is used for a 'J'.
> The letter 'S' also looks like a modern day 'F'.
>
> Down the left hand side it has two columns of family crests under the
> following headings:
> THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BENE DIGNIFIED WITH THE TITLE OF DEVONSHIRE.
> Richard Riuers E.
> Hugh Courtney E.
> Humfrey Stafford E.
> Charles Blount E.
> THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BENE DIGNIFIED WITH THE TITLE OF EXCESTER.
> John Holland D.
> Thomas Beaufort D.
> Henry Courtney M.
> Thomas Cecill E.
>
> There is also in an inset, a map of Excester.
>
> Interestingly the water South of Plimouth is referred to as 'The British
> Sea'.
>
> I thought I would write this down before the parchment has gone completely
> black. Hope it may be of interest to somebody.
>
> Regards
>
> Len Heyward
> Mt Evelyn
> Victoria
> Australia
>
>
>
>
>

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