Topographical and statistical description of the County of Devon ..: to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide ..a complete county itinerary, with a list of the fairs, and an index table ... . OakfLamptvn Castle. MoLOtt Edqcu/nb. J 67 Bude and Launceston canal pnsses at abont thedistance of five miles to the south. The manor of Werrington, including three parishes;belongs to the Duke of Bedford, Resuming our journey, at the distance of fifteenmiles from Lifton, we arrive at Oakhampton, anancient borough, situated near the source of theriver Oke, 193 miles from London. It has
Topographical and statistical description of the County of Devon ..: to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide ..a complete county itinerary, with a list of the fairs, and an index table ... . OakfLamptvn Castle. MoLOtt Edqcu/nb. J 67 Bude and Launceston canal pnsses at abont thedistance of five miles to the south. The manor of Werrington, including three parishes;belongs to the Duke of Bedford, Resuming our journey, at the distance of fifteenmiles from Lifton, we arrive at Oakhampton, anancient borough, situated near the source of theriver Oke, 193 miles from London. It has sentrepresentatives to Parlian)ent ever since the 28tbof Edward I. when it made its first return. Thesecond was in the seventh of Edward the Second ;we find no more returns until the IGth of Charles theEirst, wiien the town began again to exercise theprivilege. The right of election is in the freelioldcrs andfreemen, being made free according to the charterand b\e-laws. The number of voters is about is governed by a mayor, eight burgesses, as manycommon-council men, a recorder, and Mohuns were lords of Oakhampton till the year1711, when Charles Lord Mohun was killed in aduel with the Duke
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