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1 online resource (604 pages) |
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Cover; THE ANNALS OF WEST COKER; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S PREFACE; EDITOR'S PREFACE; FOREWORD; CHAPTER I: SOUTH SOMERSET IN EARLY AGES; CHAPTER II: SOUTH SOMERSET IN SAXON AND DANISH TIMES; CHAPTER III: COKER IN THE TIME OF THE NORMAN KINGS; CHAPTER IV: COKER IN THE TIME OF THE DE MANDEVILLES: (circa 1140-1308); CHAPTER V: COKER IN THE TIME OF THE FIRST COURTENAYS: (1308-1391); HUGH, FIRST EARL, 1308-40; HUGH, SECOND EARL, 1340-77; MARGARET, WIDOW OF SECOND EARL, 1377-91; CHAPTER VI: WEST COKER IN THE TIME OF THE LATER COURTENAYS: (1391-1556) |
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EDWARD, THIRD EARL, AND HUGH, FOURTH EARL, 1391-1422THOMAS, FIFTH EARL, 1422-57/8; THOMAS, SIXTH EARL, HENRY, SEVENTH EARL, AND JOHN, EIGHTH EARL, 1457/8-83; EDWARD, NINTH EARL, WILLIAM, TENTH EARL, AND HENRY, ELEVENTH EARL, 1483-1539; EDWARD, TWELFTH EARL, 1539-56; CHAPTER VII: WEST COKER IN THE TIME OF THE NEW MEN: (1556-91); EDWARD BASSHE AND FRANCIS WHITTINGTON ALIAS WHYTTON; CHAPTER VIII: WEST COKER IN THE TIME OF THE PORTMANS: (1591-1727); JOHN, FIRST BARONET, 1591-1612; HENRY, SECOND BARONET, JOHN, THIRD BARONET, HUGH, FOURTH BARONET, WILLIAM, FIFTH BARONET, 1612-45 |
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WILLIAM, SIXTH BARONET, 1645-90HENRY SEYMOUR, 1690-1728; CHAPTER IX: WEST COKER IN THE TIME OF THE BERKELEY PORTMANS: (1728-1829); WILLIAM BERKELEY PORTMAN, 1728-38; HENRY WILLIAM BERKELEY PORTMAN, 1738-61; HENRY WILLIAM PORTMAN, 1761-96; EDWARD BERKELEY PORTMAN, SENIOR, EDWARD BERKELEY PORTMAN, JUNIOR, 1796-1829; APPENDIX I: Abstract from Domesday Book giving tenure of lands in the neighbourhood of Somerton, T.R.E. and T.R.W.; APPENDIX 11: Domesday entry of Coker |
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APPENDIX III: Extracts from Neustria Pia with reference to the claim of St Stephen's Abbey, Caen, to have been granted the Manor of CokerAPPENDIX IV: A bailiff's account of the Manor of West Coker (1309); APPENDIX V: Extent of East Coker Manor, 13211; APPENDIX VI; (i) Assessments for a twentieth, for East Coker and West Coker P.R.O. Lay Subsidies. E. 179/169/5, 1 Edw. III; (ii) Account of the Collection of 30,000 sacks of wool granted to the king. P.R.O. Lay Subsidies. E. 179/169/17, 15 Edw. III; APPENDIX VII: Accounts of West Coker Manor; (i) P.R.O. Ministers' Accounts 1118/6 (1422) |
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(Ii) P.R.O. Ministers' Accounts, 1118/7 (1425)APPENDIX VIII: Indictment of persons charged with burning down George Middleton's house at West Coker on l September 1457; P.R.O. KB9/287, no. 69. Ancient Indictments; APPENDIX IX: The Coker family out of south Somerset, 1285-1498; APPENDIX X: Abbot Beere's survey of abbey lands in West Coker, 1507; British Museum, Harleian MS. 3961; APPENDIX XI: Accounts of West Coker Manor, 1527; (P.R.O. Ministers' Accounts (Henry VIII), 6174 (1527)); APPENDIX XII; (i) Assessments for fifteenths and tenths for East Coker and West Coker |
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After a life of public service Sir Matthew Nathan retired to the Manor of West Coker near Yeovil in Somerset. He developed a keen interest in his new home; he began first to read about it, then to deepen and widen his research, and then to turn his knowledge into this connected account, which was originally published in 1957. The local sources - the manorial records of his own estate, the parish and county records - were very rich. With great thoroughness he incorporated them in a local history of the area up to the nineteenth century. Nearly all the forces which affect the affairs of the nation can be traced in the records of the area. It is local and amateur history, but of the best calibre, and there is much to interest historians interested in local records. These are liberally quoted and there are detailed maps |
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Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Dec 2011) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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HISTORY -- Civilization.
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HISTORY -- Essays.
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HISTORY -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- Social History.
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Great Britain -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056719
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Great Britain
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139106764 |
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1139106767 |
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9781139126700 |
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1139126709 |
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