------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Superscripted characters are indicated with a carat ‘^’ and if multiple characters are so printed, they are delimited by ‘{ }’. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Placeholders for full page illustrations have been moved to the nearest paragraph break. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. MEMORIALS OF OLD DEVONSHIRE [Illustration _From a Drawing by J. M. W. Turner._] [_Engraved by T. Jeavons._ EXETER. ] MEMORIALS OF OLD DEVONSHIRE EDITED BY F. J. SNELL, M.A. (OXON) AUTHOR OF “_A Book of Exmoor_” “_Early Associations of Archbishop Temple_” _&c._ -- WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration LONDON BEMROSE AND SONS, LIMITED, 4, SNOW HILL, E.C. AND DERBY 1904 -- [_All Rights Reserved_] TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT EBRINGTON, LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON, AND REPRESENTING ONE OF ITS OLDEST AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILIES, THESE “MEMORIALS” ARE, BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED. [Illustration PREFACE