Danmonii Orientales Illustres

Author : John Prince
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332929634
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Danmonii Orientales Illustres, Or the Worthies of Devon written by John Prince and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Danmonii Orientales Illustres, or the Worthies of Devon: A Work, Wherein the Lives and Fortunes of the Most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers, and Other Eminent Persons, Natives of That Most Noble Province, From Before the Norman Conquest, Down to the Present Age, Are Memorized John prince, author of the Worthies of Devon, was born in the year 1643 at Newnham Abbey, in the parish of Axminster. He was the son of Bernard Prince; and his mother, whose name was Mary, was allied to the ancient family of the Crockers of Lynham, in the county of Devon. In 1660, when only seventeen years of age, he was admitted a student of Brazen Nose College, Oxford; and in 1664 took his degree of bachelor of arts, and entered into holy orders. He appears to hav'e entered upon the active duties of his profession at Bideford, as curate to Mr. Arthur Gifford, at whose decease he removed to Exeter, and was chosen minister of St. Martin's church. About that time he obtained the degree of master of arts from the university of Cambridge, having become a member of Caius College. From Exeter he removed to the Vicarage of Totnes, which he held about six years 3 and in 1681 he was preferred by Sir Edward Seymour to the vi'carage of berry-pomeroy, which he held unto the time of his death in 1723, a period of forty-two years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.