DEVONSHIRE CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

HUGH STAFFORD AND THE ROYAL WILDING

THE ALPHINGTON PONIES

MARIA FOOTE

CARABOO

JOHN ARSCOTT, OF TETCOTT

WIFE-SALES

WHITE WITCHES

MANLY PEEKE

EULALIA PAGE

JAMES WYATT

THE REV. W. DAVY

THE GREY WOMAN

ROBERT LYDE AND THE “FRIEND’S ADVENTURE”

JOSEPH PITTS

THE DEMON OF SPREYTON

TOM AUSTIN

FRANCES FLOOD

SIR WILLIAM HANKFORD

SIR JOHN FITZ

LADY HOWARD

THE BIDLAKES, OF BIDLAKE

THE PIRATES OF LUNDY

TOM D’URFEY

THE BIRD OF THE OXENHAMS

“LUSTY” STUCLEY

THE BIDEFORD WITCHES

SIR “JUDAS” STUKELEY

THE SAMPFORD GHOST

PHILIPPA CARY AND ANNE EVANS

JACK RATTENBURY

JOHN BARNES, TAVERNER AND HIGHWAYMAN

EDWARD CAPERN

GEORGE MEDYETT GOODRIDGE

JOHN DAVY

RICHARD PARKER, THE MUTINEER

BENJAMIN KENNICOTT, D.D.

CAPTAIN JOHN AVERY

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT

THE STOKE RESURRECTIONISTS

“THE BEGGARS’ OPERA” AND GAY’S CHAIR

BAMPFYLDE-MOORE CAREW

WILLIAM GIFFORD

BENJAMIN R. HAYDON

JOHN COOKE

SAVERY AND NEWCOMEN, INVENTORS

ANDREW BRICE, PRINTER

DEVONSHIRE WRESTLERS

TWO HUNTING PARSONS

SAMUEL PROUT

FONTELAUTUS

WILLIAM LANG, OF BRADWORTHY

WILLIAM COOKWORTHY

WILLIAM JACKSON, ORGANIST

JOHN DUNNING, FIRST LORD ASHBURTON

GOVERNOR SHORTLAND AND THE PRINCETOWN MASSACRE

CAPTAIN JOHN PALK

RICHARD WEEKES, GENTLEMAN AT ARMS AND PRISONER IN THE FLEET

STEER NOR’-WEST

GEORGE PEELE

PETER PINDAR

DR. J. W. BUDD

REAR-ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CHICHESTER, BART.

INDEX

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