Launceston, past and present, etc

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THE CASTLE OF LAUNCESTON. LAUNCESTON, PAST AND PRESENT; A historical atto descriptive £&etcf), BY piiPi^ED F. Bobbins, ( " dunheved" ). Shall we go see the reliques of this town ? I pray you, let us satisfy our eyes With the memorials and the things of fame That do renown this city. —Twelfth Night. LAUNCESTON PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY AV ALTER WEIGHELL, CORNISH AND DEVON PRINTING AVORKS, AVESTGATE STREET. MDCCCLXXXVIII TO RICHARD BOBBINS, THIS, THE STORY OP HIS NATIVE TOWN, is AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY HIS YOUNGEST SON, The Author. I 11 Ill IV V VI. VII VIII CONTENTS. Preface. From tbe Earliest Times to the Coming of Æthelstan (B.C. . . . —A.D. 927.) To the First Choice of Members of Parliament (927 — 1294.) To the Building of St. Mary Magdalene's (1294 — 1524.) ■To the Election of Sir John Eliot (1524—1623.)

To the Death of Sir Bevil Grenvile (1623—1643.) To the Return of William Harbord (1643—1680.) -To the Disfranchisement of Newport (1680 — 1832.) :.— To the Present Time (1832—1883.) Appendix. Index. 6ntcrrD at stationers' fall.