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Councillor John Weare, of Silverton and the siege of Exeter 1645-1646
Trans. Devon. Assoc. 42, (1910). illus. pp.383-390.
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Rev J. Heald Ward, MA
Prepared by Michael Steer
On June 16, 1645, Charles I was defeated at Naseby and General Thomas Fairfax was charged with overthrowing the king's Southwest stronghold. A third and final siege of Exeter began in the winter of 1645, with skirmishes taking place around the city.. Fairfax had taken control of this, Exmouth, Dawlish and Alphington by January 1646. Starvation began to take hold in the city, giving rise to a curious account of a flock of larks providing brief salvation as they were hunted, killed and sold. On the 3rd April, a small delegation from the Royalist defenders of Exeter, including Sir John Berkeley, and former Mayor and MP Robert Walker, rode out to Poltimore House to agree surrender terms with General Fairfax. After six long days of negotiation led by Councillor John Were, an agreement of surrender was reached on the 9th April. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the New York Public Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.
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Beare family | 385 |
Beauchamp family | 384 |
Beauchamp, John de | 384 |
Beeching, Canon H C | 389 |
Berkeley, Sir John | 385, 387-8 |
Blake, Martin | 388 |
Bourne, Bishop Gilbert | 383 |
Bourne, Richard | 383 |
Buckingham, Duke of | 387 |
Burns | 389 |
Carew | 384 |
Carew, Dr George | 383 |
Cary, Edward | 389 |
Cary, George | 389 |
Cary, Grace | 389 |
Cary, Sir Robert | 389 |
Channon family | 385 |
Charles I | 383, 387, 389 |
Charles II | 383, 385 |
Chaucer, Geoffrey | 384 |
Chichester family | 384 |
Chichester, John | 384 |
Clarendon, Lord | 383 |
Cotton, Bishop | 385 |
Cotton family | 387 |
Cotton, Precentor | 385 |
Cotton, William | 384 |
Cromwell, Oliver | 385-6 |
Dalkeith, Lady | 385, 387 |
Dart, Margaret | 384 |
Edward the Black Prince | 385 |
Edward the Confessor | 384 |
Edward III | 389 |
Elizabeth I | 383-4 |
Essex, Earl of | 386 |
Fairfax, Sir Thomas | 386-7 |
Froissart | 384 |
Fuller, Dr Thomas | 384, 386-7 |
Granville family | 389 |
Grenville, Bridget | 389 |
Grenville, Sir Richard | 389 |
Gurney, Sir Matthew | 384 |
Hawley, Elizabeth | 383 |
Hawley, Henry | 384 |
Hele, Thomas, Bt, MP | 388 |
Henrietta, Princess | 385, 387 |
Henry VIII | 385 |
Herrick, Robert | 385, 387-9 |
King, John | 383 |
Lands family | 383 |
Laud, Archbishop | 389 |
Leland | 384 |
Mary I Queen | 383 |
Maurice, Prince | 385 |
Merrifield, Counsellor | 387 |
Morton, Countess of | 387 |
Nanshogg, Richard de | 389 |
Nansogg, Martin | 389 |
Oliver, Dr | 389 |
Parry, Sir George, MP | 388 |
Pepys | 385 |
Plantagenet family | 384 |
Pole, Sir Courtenay, Bt | 388 |
Pole family | 388 |
Pole, Lady Urith | 388 |
Pope, Walter MD, FRS | 389 |
Potter, Mr Ambrose | 385 |
Sainthill family | 389 |
Sainthill, Mr Peter | 384-5 |
Shapcote family | 388 |
Shapcote, Robert, MP | 388 |
Shapcote, Thomas | 388 |
Shapcote, Urith | 388 |
Skibbowe family | 385 |
Smith, Dr James | 388-9 |
Smith, Hon W F Danvers | 383 |
Totnes, George Earl of | 383 |
Tremlett family | 383 |
Turpin, Henry | 387 |
Villiers, Sir Edward | 387 |
Wadham, Sir Nicholas | 385 |
Weare family of Halburton | 383 |
Were, Colonel | 383 |
Were, Elizabeth | 383 |
Were family of Silverton | 383 |
Were, Humphrey, MP | 384 |
Were, Councillor John | 384, 387-9 |
Were, John (2) | 384, 388 |
Were, Margaret | 384 |
Were, Margaret (2) | 384 |
Were, Thomas | 384 |
Were, Thomas (2) | 384 |
White family | 383 |
Wickes, Bridget | 389 |
Wickes, Grace | 389 |
Wickes, Prebendary | 389 |
Wreyford family | 385 |
Wright | 389 |
Wyndham, Sir Edward | 389 |
Yard family | 389 |
Yeats, John | 383 |
Yonge, Walter MP | 384 |