Exeter past and present, ed. by H. LeducH Leduc 1884 |
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Page 42 - Heaven's favorite, for whom the skies do fight, And all the winds conspire to guide thee right!" The Prince made haste to Exeter, where he stayed ten days, both for refreshing his troops and for giving the country time to show its affection.
Page 43 - Both the clergy and magistrates of Exeter were very fearful and very backward. The Bishop and the dean ran away. And the clergy stood off, though they were sent for and very gently spoken to by the Prince. The truth was, the doctrines of passive obedience and non-resistance had been carried so far and preached so much that clergymen either could not all on the sudden get out of that entanglement into which they had by long thinking and speaking all one way involved themselves...
Page 21 - John by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves and all his bailiffs and faithful men greeting. Know ye that we have...
Page 7 - The chief characteristic of the climate of this district," says this -writer, " is that of being warm, soft, mild, equable, calm, and free from storms. Though subject to a large share of rain, yet it seldom occurs that a whole day is so unceasingly wet as not to afford some hours, whether early or late, sufficiently fine for out-door exercise.
Page 35 - No, no; it is God only upon whose name we must call, and we have no other advocate to him but Jesus Christ, who died for us, and now sitteth at the right hand of the Father to be an advocate for us, and by him must we offer, and make our prayers to God, if we will have them to take place and be heard.
Page 21 - Citizens may year a mayor, who to us may be faithful, discreet, mayor, and fit for government of the city, so as, when he shall be chosen, to be presented unto us, or our justice (if we shall not be present) ; and he shall swear to be faithful to us ; and that it shall be lawful to them, at the end of the year, to amove him, and substitute another, if they will, or the same to retain, so as he be presented unto us, or our justice, if we shall not be present.
Page 78 - Teaching is in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England, but special exemption may be claimed therefrom by parents on behalf of their children.
Page 46 - ... There were poor remnants of a wool manufacture at Barnstaple and Tiverton; but that was all3. Yet so recently as 1800 Exeter itself was " essentially a manufacturing city." It "was the great emporium for the thinner kinds of woollen goods, such as serges, druggets, estamines and long-ells; which being spun and woven in the towns and villages around were dyed and finished in the city, whence they were shipped to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Italy and the East Indies.
Page 34 - A. He did. I wrote some papers which I placed on the doors of the cathedral and other churches, saying that " the pope is ANTICHRIST, and we ought to worship God only, and no saint." This gave great offence to the priests under the prisoner's government, and they, by his authority, proceeded to curse the author, with bell, book, and candle. The priest who was to pronounce the curse, being in the pulpit, clothed in white; and the friars and monks standing about him...
Page 28 - ... others, and yn this manner he was received. At his firste comynge yn to Devon he was received and lodged yn the Abbey of Forde, and there stayed one nighte at the costs of the Abbey ; from thence he came to Otrey St. Mary, and there was received with greate solemnytye and lodged yn the Colledge two nightes.