GENUKI/Devon: John Prince

Index to

The Curious Sexual Adventure of the Reverend John Prince . . . in 1699

by

Todd Gray

The Mint Press, Exeter, 2001

Index prepared by Brian Randell, Jul 2002

"The event which was the talk of Totnes at the end of the seventeenth century: on an April evening the former vicar [John Prince, later the author of "The Worthies of Devon"] scandalised the town's inhabitants by his indiscretion in a private room in an alehouse with a young servant girl. News quickly spread through Totnes and local people gathered on the High Street to peek through a broken pane of glass as the shocking events of the evening unfolded and their testimonies, which caused Mr. Prince to be removed from his church, are printed here for the first time."

The witnesses:

Walter Bogan of Gatcombe, gentleman, 36 years old
John Tucker of Totnes in the county of Devon, dyer, 28 years old
Nicholas Gay of Totnes in the county of Devon, baker, 28 years old
William Amyott of Totnes in the county of Devon, cordwainer, 50 years old
Edward Rounsevall pf Littlehempston in the county of Devon, yeoman, 60 years old
William Hoyle of Totnes in the county of Devon, clothier, 40 years old
William Payne of Totnes in the county of Devon, clothier, 38 years old
Henry Martin of Totnes in the county of Devon, fuller, 29 years old
John Atherton of Totnes in the county of Devon, Notary de public, 41 years old
Elizabeth Payne the wife of William Payne of Totnes in the county of Devon, clothier, 46 years old

Note: Names have been standardised, and no attempt to index separately the various minor spelling variations - with one exception, namely that of Hoyle, and Hoyle alias Gyles.

Amyott, William 23, 24, 28, 29, 39, 41, 56=58, 60, 61, 63, 71, 88
Angel 17
Angel, John 9, 18-20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 64, 65, 70, 77-79, 85-87, 90, 91
Angel, Mrs. 60
Atherton, John 20, 30, 76
Blackbourne, Richard 38
Bogan, Walter 12, 16, 24, 25, 28, 32, 33, 40, 43, 47-49, 50, 57, 62-66, 87
Draisey, John 14
Drysdale, Jill 14
Exeter, Bishop of 30
Gay, Nicholas 18, 20, 25, 28, 32, 43, 44, 48, 57, 62-65, 87, 89
Gibbons, Mr. 82, 83
Goodridge, Mr. 68
Hoyle alias Gyles, William 41, 52
Hoyle, William 23, 24, 28, 29, 39, 42, 44, 47, 54, 71
Hutchens 38, 46, 52, 68, 75, 93
Laithwaite, Sue 14
Martyn, Henry 70
Oliver, Francis 77, 84
Payne, Eliabeth 20
Payne, Elizabeth 28, 86
Payne, William 16, 17, 23, 24, 28, 32, 34, 40, 43, 48, 50, 57, 62
Payne, Wlliam 20
Prince, Gertrude 8
Prince, John 7-14, 16-37, 39-51, 53-56, 58, 60-67, 69-73, 75-91, 93
Rogers, Mr. D. 14
Rounsevall, Edward 20, 25, 28, 32-34, 40, 43, 48, 57, 62-64, 87
Rowe, Margery 14
Seymour, Sir Edward 12
Smith, Michael 8, 14
Snell, Rev. Mr. George 79
Southcote, Mary 9, 10, 14, 19, 24-30, 33-36, 39, 40, 42-45, 47, 51, 53-56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 69, 72, 75-85, 87-91, 93
Southcote, Thomas 19, 33, 63, 87, 90
Symonds, Edward 87
Symons, Edward 32, 33, 40, 62, 63
Taylor, William 36
Trelawny, Bishop 12
Trust, Mr. 38, 68, 75
Tucker, John 16, 17, 20, 22, 33-35, 37, 38, 40, 43-52, 59, 62-66, 68-71, 74, 75, 80, 84-88, 92, 93
Willing, John 29, 38, 39, 46

Brian Randell, 16 Jul 2002

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