The House of Martin

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Excerpt from The House of Martin: Being Chapters in the History of the West of England Branch of That Family As a lad I many a time gazed upon the memorial brasses and tablets in the beautiful Church of Crewkerne, and wondered and wondered what kind of people they were whose names are perpetuated in these pieces of metal and stone. One dull sheet of brass always interested me because of the quaintness of the crest which surmounted the coat of arms - a monkey gazing into a mirror. I could sec from the inscription below that these were the arms and crest of Adam Martin of Seaborough. The desire to know more of this man grew upon me, and the information I have gleaned I now offer to, I trust, an indulgent public. I have endeavoured to recover from the huge scrap-heap of history some local fragments, and to give in the following pages incidents in the lives of men who were prominent in assisting to mould the history of this country - men who were closely associated with and who brought honour to the West of England. To my brother, Mr. Edward J. Watson, F.R.Hist.S., F.R.S.L., Mr. Morris Drake for his illustrations, and to Mr. H. Tapley Soper, the Exeter City Librarian, I am greatly indebted for much valuable assistance, and had it not been for the excellent Reference Library of the City of Exeter, this book would probably never have been written. But here it is, and if in offering such information as it contains I am adding anything of interest to local history, then I am well repaid for my labours. 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.