Remarkable antiquities of the City of Exeter : giving an account of the laws and customs of the place; the office, court of judicature, gates, walls, rivers, churches, and immunities; the titles and privileges of the several corporations, and their distinct coats of arms finely engraven on copper-plates : with a catalogue of all the bishops, mayors, and sheriffs, from the year 1049, to 1677 originally collected by Richard Izacke, Esq; heretofore Chamberlain thereof.
Title
Remarkable antiquities of the City of Exeter : giving an account of the laws and customs of the place; the office, court of judicature, gates, walls, rivers, churches, and immunities; the titles and privileges of the several corporations, and their distinct coats of arms finely engraven on copper-plates : with a catalogue of all the bishops, mayors, and sheriffs, from the year 1049, to 1677 originally collected by Richard Izacke, Esq; heretofore Chamberlain thereof.
Date
1724
Place
London
Publisher
Printed for Edw. Score and John March in Exon, and Samuel Birt in London
Edition
The second edition / now very much enlarged, and continued to the year 1723, by Samuel Izacke, Esq; the present Chamberlain thereof ; to which is also added, a new and corrected map of the said city, with a prospect of the cathedral, curiously engraven on copper-plates, and the freeman's oath both honorary and common.
Contributor
COMPILER:
Samuel Izacke
Samuel Izacke
ENGRAVER:
J. Harris
J. Harris
Sutton Nicholls
Note
IMPRINT:
London : Printed for Edw. Score and John March booksellers in Exon, and Samuel Birt in Ave-Marie-lane, London, 1724.
London : Printed for Edw. Score and John March booksellers in Exon, and Samuel Birt in Ave-Marie-lane, London, 1724.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Of the two illustrated plates one engraved by Sutton Nicholls, the other engraved by J. Harris.
Of the two illustrated plates one engraved by Sutton Nicholls, the other engraved by J. Harris.
Plan of the city drawn & ingraven by Sutton Nicholls.
FORMAT:
iii, 69, [1], 213, [66] pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustration, coats of arms, folded map.
iii, 69, [1], 213, [66] pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustration, coats of arms, folded map.
PROVENANCE:
Gift to Victoria University Library. Hoeniger, David. 2017/06/22.
Gift to Victoria University Library. Hoeniger, David. 2017/06/22.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
358
Call Number
DA690 .E9 I9 1724
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Citation
Richard Izacke, “Remarkable antiquities of the City of Exeter : giving an account of the laws and customs of the place; the office, court of judicature, gates, walls, rivers, churches, and immunities; the titles and privileges of the several corporations, and their distinct coats of arms finely engraven on copper-plates : with a catalogue of all the bishops, mayors, and sheriffs, from the year 1049, to 1677 originally collected by Richard Izacke, Esq; heretofore Chamberlain thereof.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 30, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9908.