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diocese of Truro diocese of Truro
Truro, diocese of. The see, roughly conterminous with Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, was created in 1877. Episcopal oversight of Cornwall, previously Celtic, passed to Canterbury after Egbert's victory over the Cornish c.838, and finally to Crediton (909). The separate see for Cornwall, St... Read more
Exe Exe
Exe , river, c.55 mi (90 km) long, rising in the Exmoor, Somerset, SW England, and flowing S across the Cornwall peninsula, past Exeter to the English Channel at Exmouth. Salmon and shellfish are taken from the river; many waterfowl are found along its narrow estuary.... Read more
John Gauden John Gauden
John Gauden , 1605-62, English clergyman. He claimed to have written the Eikon Basilike (1649), a tract in defense of Charles I. After the Restoration, Gauden was bishop of Exeter (1660-62) and of Worcester (1662).... Read more
James Hamilton 1st duke of Hamilton James Hamilton 1st duke of Hamilton
Hamilton, James Hamilton, 1st duke of [S] (1606–49). Charles I's adviser on Scottish affairs during the civil wars. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, Hamilton became a privy counsellor under Charles I and fought for the protestant cause in Germany during the 1630s. Successful neither as... Read more
Exeter Exeter
Exeter , city (1991 pop. 88,235) and district, Devon, SW England, on the Exe River. It is the market, transportation, administrative, and distribution center for SW England. Manufacturing predominates, with metal and leather goods, paper, and farm implements as Exeter's chief products. The fort town... Read more
Francis Towne Francis Towne
Towne, Francis (b ?Exeter, 1739/40; d London, 7 July 1816). English landscape painter, primarily in watercolour. He spent most of his life in Exeter, where he earned a good living as a teacher; in his time his work was little known outside his locality, but he is now regarded as one of the most... Read more
John Holand 1st duke of Exeter John Holand 1st duke of Exeter
Exeter, John Holand, 1st duke of (1395–1447). Henry V, in his policy of reconciliation, restored Holand in 1416 to the earldom forfeited in 1400 by his father, the 1st duke. He earned restitution by service in the French war from 1415 to 1421, when he was captured at Baugé. Ransomed... Read more
Battle of Torrington Battle of Torrington
Torrington, battle of, 1646. By 1646, after the heavy defeats at Naseby, Langport, and Philiphaugh, though Charles I still had armies in the field, the Civil War had become largely a mopping-up operation. Hopton, one of the best royalist commanders, took over the remnants of Goring's army in the... Read more
John Wheelwright John Wheelwright
John Wheelwright c.1592-1679, American Puritan clergyman, founder of Exeter, N.H., b. Lincolnshire, England. He studied at Cambridge and was vicar (1623-33) of Bilsby. Suspended by Archbishop Laud on a charge of nonconformity, he emigrated to New England in 1636. While pastor of a Puritan church at... Read more
Prayer Book rising Prayer Book rising
Prayer Book rising, 1549. The regime of Protector Somerset at the accession of Edward VI moved sharply towards protestantism and in January 1549 Parliament ordered the new Book of Common Prayer in English to be used. The day after it was introduced at Sampford Courtenay in Devon the villagers... Read more

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