Thomas Denton

A Perambulation of Cumberland, 1687-8, including descriptions of Westmorland, the Isle of Man and Ireland: (Cumbria Record Office MS D/Lons/L12/4/2/2)

By: Angus J L Winchester (Editor), Mary Wane

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Hardcover | 14 August 2003

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This volume prints for the first time the 'perambulation' of Cumberland compiled by the lawyer, Thomas Denton, for Sir John Lowther of Lowther in 1687-8. Denton's manuscript provides the most detailed surviving description of the county in the seventeenth century. Taking the methods of earlier antiquaries as a framework, and incorporating much of the text of the history of Cumberland written c.1603 by John Denton, the perambulation includes a wealth of contemporary detail for almost every parish and township in the county, including particulars of land tenure, valuations of estates, population estimates, descriptions of buildings and the histories of landed families. Appended to the description of Cumberland, are a perambulation of Westmorland, and the texts of two important tracts, the genealogy of the Clifford family and a treatise on customary tenantright. The volume is rounded off by descriptions of the Isle of Man and Ireland, taken in part from Camden's Britannia but including detailed topographical accounts of Man and Dublin, based on Denton's own observations. ANGUS J.L. WINCHESTER is Senior Lecturer in History, Lancaster University.

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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
The Author: Thomas Denton of Warnell	p. 1
The Manuscript: Content, Sources and Context	p. 11
Editorial Conventions	p. 27
Perambulation of Cumberland	p. 29
Preface	p. 29
Introduction to Cumberland	p. 33
Allerdale above Derwent Ward	p. 64
Allerdale below Derwent Ward	p. 130
Cumberland Ward	p. 201
Leath Ward	p. 280
Eskdale Ward	p. 347
Westmorland
Perambulation of Westmorland	p. 394
Genealogy of Vipont and Clifford Families	p. 422
Custom of Tenantright	p. 463
Isle of Man	p. 494
Ireland	p. 513
Marginal Genealogies	p. 551
Index of Places and Persons	p. 561
Index of Subjects	p. 597
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Thomas Denton

A Perambulation of Cumberland, 1687-8, including descriptions of Westmorland, the Isle of Man and Ireland: (Cumbria Record Office MS D/Lons/L12/4/2/2)

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