GENUKI/Devon: Kingsbridge - Myrtles and Aloes (1861)

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to

Myrtles and Aloes: Or, our Salcombe sketch book; with a discursive gossip about Kingsbridge

by

Ellen Luscombe

Kingsbridge, G.P. Friend, (1861) illus. 156pp.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The name Salcombe first appears in writing in 1244. It fell within the boundaries of the parish of Malborough on the edges of two 'manors', Batson and West Portlemouth... Archaeologists have identified stone age settlements on the cliff tops on both sides of the mouth of the estuary and a recently discovered shipwreck has demonstrated the existence of cross channel trade some 3500 years ago. References to Salcombe are limited for several centuries after 1244. By 1342 it was known as 'Portlemouth'. Twelve "barges" and a "ballinger" were hired to transport troops to Brittany at the start of the Hundred Years War. In 1403, Salcombe was raided by a force from France that had sacked and burned Plymouth. The town had been awarded a grant in 1377 "in aid of fortification" but apparently nothing had been done. John Leland described the harbour and settlement in the 1530s in his Travels in Tudor England as "...sumwat barrid and having a Rok at the entering into it ... and aboute half a Mile within the Mouth of the Haven ... is Saultcombe, a Fisshar Towne". This part "history" and part romantic reminiscence written by two visitors is now a rare book, but a typical example of its kind. It was perhaps produced in support of Devon's developing tourism industry. The book, held as part of theBodleian Library Collection was produced from a digital copy that can be downloaded from http://books.google.co.uk/books, with a search by either author of title. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers

	Page
Acland family	149
Adams, Mr	121
Angelico, Fra	43
Bailey	91
Balkwill, Mr W.H.	135
Bastard family	112
Beare, Elizabeth	143
Beare, John	143
Beer, Mr Samuel	119
Bell, Peter	108
Bignell, Mr	136
Blackler, Mr	140
Bond, Mr William	131
Borwell, Rev J.H.C.	122, 129
Bounderby, Mr	52
Bryce	108
Buckland, Mr	94
Bunker, Mr	47
Campion, Mr	140
Charles I	12
Charles II	143-4
Clarke, Jacob	14, 17
Cocker	132
Cole family	18
Cole, Fanny	49
Cole, Henry	18
Courtenay, Lord	76-7, 79, 83, 88
Cove, Captain	47, 96
Cranstown, Lord	37
Creswick	70
Crispin, Thomas	122-5, 127
Cromwell, Oliver	112
Crosse & Blackwell	135
Davie, Mr Jacob	138
Davie, Margaret	57
Davies, Rev E.	6
Date, Mr	118
Devon, Earl of	9, 88
Dinnis, Mr John	142
Dryden	17
Duncombe, William	122, 124-5, 127, 138
Durer, Albert	44
Earle, Rev John	131
Edwards, Mr	148
Elliott, Cyprian	118
Elliott, Roger	151
Evans, Rev Sloane Sloane-	127
Exeter, Bishop of	126
Fairfax, Sir Thomas	12
Flaxman	138
Foale, Mr Robert	109
Fortescue, Sir Edmund	12-3, 112
Fox, Mr George	136, 141
Fox, Messrs F.H. & Co	118
Friend, Mr G.P.	108-9, 112, 120, 122, 132, 152
Gibbs, Mr	140
Gilbert	129-30
Gillard, John esq	142
Goethe	1
Goram	112
Goram, Katherine	112
Gosse, Mr	14, 28, 62
Grant	44
Gye family	149
Hampden, John	130
Harris, Mr Thomas	125
Harvey, Professor	28-9, 53, 84, 86
Hawkins, Mr Abraham	112, 122-3, 126, 146
Hawkins, Justice	121, 134
Hawkins, Major & Mrs Hawkins	138
Hawkins, Stuart esq	117
Haydn	57
Henry VIII	57
Herrick	36, 39
Hill, Captain	48
Hill, Rowland	107
Hooper, Mr John	122
Horswill, Richard	119
Hunt	44
Hunt, William	33
Hurrell, Mr	125
Hurrell & Lidstone, Mssers	142
Huxtable	144
Ilbert. W.R. esq	142
Jarvis, Jack	47, 49
Johnson, Dr	104
King, Mr	121
Kingsale, Lord	10, 99
Lamble, Mr John	139
Lamble, Sam	54
Landsborough	24, 84-5
Lane, Rev Robert	122
Landseer	18, 44, 56
Langdale, Lord	125-7
Lazenby, Elizabeth	135
Lea	135
Leach, Dr W.E. FRS	121
Le Vaillant	17
Lewes, Mr	14, 28
Lidstone, Mr John	113, 125
Littlecumb, Rev M de	136
Lockington	150
Longfellow	96
Luckham	23
Luckner, Sir Christopher	12
Luscombe, John esq	112
Mabuse	44
Mackie, Mr	33
Maurice, Prince	12
Middleton, Rev A.	121
Miller, John esq	137
Milton	34, 63
Montague, Colonel, FLS, MWS	120
Murillo	146
Mutries, Miss	42
Newman	125
Nicholls, Mr Henry	141
Noteworthy, Mr	120
Oliver, Dr	108
Orton	135
Parker, Mr	140
Parkhouse, Mr W.	136
Pellew, Captain Edward (Viscount Exmouth)	148
Pengelly, Mr	102
Penn, Rev H.	142
Pepperell, Tom	146
Perrin	23, 135
Petre family	149
Phillips, Robert (Bone)	145-6
Pinkerton, Miss	107
Polwhele	108
Prescott	93
Prideaux, Roger Ilbert	119
Pridgeon, Cappan	148-9
Pulliblank, Mr Joseph	140, 151
Randall family	147
Randall, William	112
Richards	81
Risdon	108
Roberts	44
Rochester, Bishop of	57
Rosherville	116
Rouse	57
Ruskin, Mr	23, 33, 44
Scobell, John esq	136
Shakspeare	17, 34, 36
Sinnett, Mr	140
Southey	33
Steer, Mr	117
Strong, Mr	10, 14, 16-8, 24, 48, 58, 67, 70, 92-3, 105
Tapley, Mark	20
Thomas, Mr	140
Thorwaldsen	44
Toby, Mrs	137
Tregelles, Miss	Preface, 106
Troake, Mr W.H.	135
Tucker, Rev John	140
Turner	79
Victor-Emmanuel	128
Vincent, Will	121
Vivian, Mr	48
Voltaire	134
Weldon, Colonel Ralph	12, 112
Wells, Rev Nathaniel	131
White	58
Whiteside, Rev James	128
Wilkes, John	130
Willcocks, Rev John	129
Wolcot family	131
Wolcot, Dr John	131-2
Wood, Anthony a	130
Wood, Edward	19
Wordsworth	25, 36, 63
Young, Mr Francis	Preface, 106

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