Title Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794) : letters from the country, letters from the city / edited by Charity Scott-Stokes and Alan Lumb

Published Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Devon and Cornwall Record Society. New series ; volume 62 Devon and Cornwall Record Society. New series ; volume 62 Contents General Introduction; Elections and Infrastructure; Buckland Abbey and Nutwell Court: Buildings; Nutwell: Planting the Landscape; Healthways and Two Eighteenth-Century Devonshire Estates; Editorial method; The Letters I: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1740-1754; The Letters II: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1754-1775; The Letters III: From William Hudson to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1767-1778; Bibliography Summary 'In 1740, at the age of 17, Sir Francis Henry Drake of Buckland and Nutwell in Devon succeeded his father as Baronet and in due course followed him as MP for Bere Alston. This volume presents 320 letters written to Sir Francis between 1740 and 1778 by his Devon overseer, Nicholas Rowe, and by his London agent, William Hudson, who was a well-known apothecary and botanist and author of Flora Anglica (1762). The early letters from Devon have much to say about elections and related property dealings in the pocket borough of Bere Alston, while the later ones centre on Sir Francis's reshaping of Nutwell Court and its gardens. Health matters are an issue throughout, and the letters from London are a rich source of information on eighteenth-century medical practice in the city as well as in the country. They also informed Sir Francis about London society and parliamentary business during the months he spent in Devon. Taken as a whole, they offer a rich insight into eighteenth-century life both in Devon and in London.' -- Summary from publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index Notes Print version record Subject Drake, Francis Henry, Sir, 1723-1794. Hudson, William, 1730?-1793 -- Correspondence Rowe, Nicholas -- Correspondence Hudson, William, 1730?-1793 Rowe, Nicholas Nutwell Court (England) Medicine -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Sources HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837). Manners and customs Medicine Politics and government Devon (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Sources Devon (England) -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Sources Devon (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Bere Alston (England) -- History -- Sources London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Sources England England -- Bere Alston England -- Devon England -- London Genre/Form History Personal correspondence Sources Form Electronic book Author Hudson, William, 1730?-1793, author. Rowe, Nicholas, author Lumb, Alan, editor Scott-Stokes, Charity, editor Devon and Cornwall Record Society, issuing body. ISBN 9781787447066 1787447065

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