Buckland Abbey grounds - and Saltash in the distance Property of Sir Trayton F.Elliott Drake, Bart. (1842)
F. C. Lewis
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | sfDEV/1842/LEW |
Illustration Reference
SC0304
Location
CD 6 DVD 1
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Scope and Content
Lysons, Daniel and Samuel. Magna Britannia: being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain: Vol. VI., Devonshire. p. 83. London: T. Cadell, 1822.An abbey of the Cistercian order was founded at this place, in 1278, by Amicia, relict of Baldwin Earl of Devonshire. Its yearly revenues were estimated, in the reign of Henry VIII., at 241l. 17 s.9½d. The site was granted to Richard Grenville, who built on it, as Risdon says, a fair new house, which afterwards became, by purchase, the seat of the celebrated circumnavigator, Sir Francis Drake. Having no issue, Sir Francis bequeathed it to his nephew of the same name, who was created a baronet in 1622. The late baronet, Sir Francis Henry Drake, left it to his sister's son, the late Lord Heathfield. Upon his death, in 1813, it passed, pursuant to an entail, to a younger son of his sister, Mrs. Fuller, of Sussex, Thomas Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake, Esq., who is the present proprietor.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Etch etc
Dimensions
134x167mm
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Looking towards Saltash
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Dates
1842