The History of the City of Exeter

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Excerpt from The History of the City of Exeter: With a Short Memoir of the Author, and an Appendix of Documents and Illustrations The Author of the 'Lives of the Bishops of Exeter' did not long survive the publication of that work. He left behind him, in a state fit for publication, a Civil History of the City of Exeter, but had, unfortunately, made very little progress in preparing any documentary Appendix of the nature of that which has given great value to the ecclesiastical portion of his History. It is with a view to supply this deficiency (at least to some small extent), as well as to correct any oversight that might occur in the text itself, that the writer of this notice has undertaken to assist in carrying the present work through the press. The late lamented Author enjoyed the confidence both of the Municipal and the Ecclesiastical authorities of this city, and might doubtless have obtained access to the important and valuable records of the city as easily as to the registry of the diocese, but it is to be regretted that he availed himself only very partially of this facility in respect of the former class of documents. Hence the rise and progress, the fate and fortunes, of the municipal organization and internal history of Exeter must await the researches of some future historian. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.