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Devonshire Characters and Strange Events

Devonshire Characters and Strange Events

by S. Baring-Gould

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Author
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Reiner Ruf, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Devon (England) -- Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
48507
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48507
Release Date
March 16, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.DEVONSHIRE CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.HUGH STAFFORD AND THE ROYAL WILDING
  6. 6.THE ALPHINGTON PONIES
  7. 7.MARIA FOOTE
  8. 8.CARABOO
  9. 9.JOHN ARSCOTT, OF TETCOTT
  10. 10.WIFE-SALES
  11. 11.WHITE WITCHES
  12. 12.MANLY PEEKE
  13. 13.EULALIA PAGE
  14. 14.JAMES WYATT
  15. 15.THE REV. W. DAVY
  16. 16.THE GREY WOMAN
  17. 17.ROBERT LYDE AND THE “FRIEND’S ADVENTURE”
  18. 18.JOSEPH PITTS
  19. 19.THE DEMON OF SPREYTON
  20. 20.TOM AUSTIN
  21. 21.FRANCES FLOOD
  22. 22.SIR WILLIAM HANKFORD
  23. 23.SIR JOHN FITZ
  24. 24.LADY HOWARD
  25. 25.THE BIDLAKES, OF BIDLAKE
  26. 26.THE PIRATES OF LUNDY
  27. 27.TOM D’URFEY
  28. 28.THE BIRD OF THE OXENHAMS
  29. 29.“LUSTY” STUCLEY
  30. 30.THE BIDEFORD WITCHES
  31. 31.SIR “JUDAS” STUKELEY
  32. 32.THE SAMPFORD GHOST
  33. 33.PHILIPPA CARY AND ANNE EVANS
  34. 34.JACK RATTENBURY
  35. 35.JOHN BARNES, TAVERNER AND HIGHWAYMAN
  36. 36.EDWARD CAPERN
  37. 37.GEORGE MEDYETT GOODRIDGE
  38. 38.JOHN DAVY
  39. 39.RICHARD PARKER, THE MUTINEER
  40. 40.BENJAMIN KENNICOTT, D.D.
  41. 41.CAPTAIN JOHN AVERY
  42. 42.JOANNA SOUTHCOTT
  43. 43.THE STOKE RESURRECTIONISTS
  44. 44.“THE BEGGARS’ OPERA” AND GAY’S CHAIR
  45. 45.BAMPFYLDE-MOORE CAREW
  46. 46.WILLIAM GIFFORD
  47. 47.BENJAMIN R. HAYDON
  48. 48.JOHN COOKE
  49. 49.SAVERY AND NEWCOMEN, INVENTORS
  50. 50.ANDREW BRICE, PRINTER
  51. 51.DEVONSHIRE WRESTLERS
  52. 52.TWO HUNTING PARSONS
  53. 53.SAMUEL PROUT
  54. 54.FONTELAUTUS
  55. 55.WILLIAM LANG, OF BRADWORTHY
  56. 56.WILLIAM COOKWORTHY
  57. 57.WILLIAM JACKSON, ORGANIST
  58. 58.JOHN DUNNING, FIRST LORD ASHBURTON
  59. 59.GOVERNOR SHORTLAND AND THE PRINCETOWN MASSACRE
  60. 60.CAPTAIN JOHN PALK
  61. 61.RICHARD WEEKES, GENTLEMAN AT ARMS AND PRISONER IN THE FLEET
  62. 62.STEER NOR’-WEST
  63. 63.GEORGE PEELE
  64. 64.PETER PINDAR
  65. 65.DR. J. W. BUDD
  66. 66.REAR-ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CHICHESTER, BART.
  67. 67.INDEX
  68. 68.BOOKS OF THE WEST COUNTRY

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