Author: H. C. Maxwell Lyte

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Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781331340102

Excerpt from A History of Dunster, Vol. 1: And of the Families of Mohun Luttrell In 1880 and 1881, I contributed to the Archoeological Journal a series of papers on 'Dunster and its Lords, ' which were afterwards reprinted for private circulation, together with a descriptive sketch of Dunster Castle by the late Mr. G. T. Clark, and a chapter on the Siege and Surrender of Dunster Castle by Mr. E. Green. In the years that have since elapsed, I have collected a great deal of fresh material, and I have now thrown the result of my researches into a different form, re-writing the book from beginning to end and enlarging it threefold. The successive owners of the Castle have always been so predominant in Dunster that I have again made the general history of the place centre in the Mohuns and Luttrells. It has, however, seemed expedient to devote a separate chapter to the Castle in which they dwelt, and another to the remarkable church in which the parishioners worshipped. In view of the growing interest in the history of economics and social life, I have written an entirely new chapter on the Borough and the Manor, mainly based upon the court-rolls. A chapter on the topography of Dunster may be of some local interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.