Saturday, September 20, 2008

John Drake Uplyme

Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon By Sir William Pole, ... Now First Printed from the Autograph in the Possession of His Lineal Descendant Sir John-William de la Pole, Bart. ... By William Pole: "UPLYM E UPLYME accordinge unto yc fignificatioo of the name is a bordering parifh uppon ye county of Dorfet & ftretcheth itfelf unto the fea uppon the South beinge devided by a little ftream iffuing from the North & runneth unto the fea in yc middle of ye towne of Lyme Regis beinge the utmoft border by yc fea of Dorfetfhire This mannor was the ancient enheritanc of thabbey of Glaftenbury & after the furrender thereof unto yc Kinge H 8 it was pur chafed by John Drake of Aflie Efqur great grandfather unto Sr John Drake y nowe is whofe father John fold a part thereof unto John Jones a merchant of Lyme Regis whofe heire now enjoyeth yf fame Sr John Dr"

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