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032-002057245

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032-002057245

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Add MS 44058

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ACCOUNT BY JOHN SAVERY, of Butcombe Court, co. Som., of the family of Savery of Totnes and (1614) of Shilstone, near Modbury, co. Devon, from 1511, with a pedigree (ff. 2, 3); 24 July 1809 (f. 100b), with a preface dated June 1810 (f. 1). A few additions have been made by his son Charles, i864 (mainly at ff. 101, 102), grandson, Charles Evelyn, 1888 (ff. 102b, 103b), and others (ff. 106- 111). Included in the account are extracts from the family papers (some of which were later owned by John Waller, bookseller; see his catalogue no. 167, 1896, pp. iii, iv), chiefly relating to the activities of Christopher Savery (d. 1660), his son Sen,ington (d. 1689), and grandson Christopher (d. 1708), as Justices of the Peace, etc., for co. Devon, and to the scientific researches of Thomas Savery, F.R.S., engineer (d. 1715), the inventor of a water-raising machine, and Servington Savery (d. circ. 1744). The names of the writers of letters transcribed will be found in the Index to this Catalogue. A transcript of the present MS., then in the possession of Edward Windeatt of Totnes, was used by R. Jenkins in an account of Thomas Savery's inventions in Transactions of the Devonshire Association, xlv, 1913, p. 346. A book of poems of the family is Add. MS. 52489. Paper; ff. iii + III. Quarto. XIX cent. At f. 104 is a letter from John Herman Merivale to John Savery, returning the manuscript after inspection, 4 Jan. 1821. Belonged to John Eliot Hodgkin, F.S.A. (bookplate, f. i; Setheby's sale-cat., 18 May 1914, lot 1371), who also owned the origins (Add. MS. 38856, ff. 71-74) of the correspondence concerning Quakers at ff. 55 b-58. Presented by the Kyancutta Museum, South Australia.

Scope & Content:

Genealogies: Account of the Savery family, with pedigree, by J. Savery: 1809.

John Savery, of Butcombe Court, county Somerset: Account by, of the Savery family: 1809.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: Hodgkin (John Eliot): 1912.

Savery family; of Totnes and Shilstone: Account of, by J. Savery: 1809.

includes:

f. 18 John Bampfylde, alias Bampfield; of Poltimore; Sheriff of Devon: Letter to C. Savery,: 1634.: Copy.
ff. 20b-23 Army; England: Return of armed forces in co. Devon: 1643.: Copy.
f. 23b William Bastard, Sheriff of Devon: Letter to C. Savery, G. Prestwood and W. Fowell: 1647.: Copy.
ff. 26b, 32b, 33b Devonshire: Memoranda by the Commissioners for Public Safety in: 1648.: Copies.
ff. 29-32 England; Parliament: Letter from the 'Derby House' Parliamentary Committee to the Commissioners of Public Safety for co. Devon: 1648.: Copies.
f. 33 William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons: Letter to the Commissioners for Public Safety in co. Devon: 1648.: Copy.
ff. 53, 54 Wages: Rates in co. Devon: 1656.: Copy.
ff. 55b-58 Nonconformists Quakers: Complaint to the Privy Council, of persecution of, in co. Devon: 1657.: Copy.
ff. 58, 64 Privy Council, The: Letters to the J.P.'s in co. Devon: 1657, 1667.: Copies.
f. 60b Justices of the Peace: Letter from Lord Clarendon to J.P.'s in co. Devon: 1665.: Copy.
f. 60b Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letter to J.P.'s in co. Devon: 1665.: Copy.
f. 66b Henry Northleigh, Sheriff of county Devon 1680: Letter to G. Yarde: 1685.: Copy.
ff. 69-74 Richard Duke, junior; MP 1695: Letters to C. Savery: 1693.: Copies.
ff. 75b-81 Christopher Savery, of Shilstone: Correspondence with Sir F. Drake: 1693.: Copies.
ff. 75b-81 Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet; of Buckland Monachorum; MP: Correspondence with S. Savery: 1693.: Copies.
f. 81 b Thomas Sampson, of Exeter: Letter to C. Savery: 1693.: Copy.
f. 82 Benjamin Hooper, of Raddon, in Thorverton: Letter to C. Savery: 1693.: Copy.
f. 82b John Boscawen: Letter to C. Savery: 1693.: Copy.
f.85 Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Letter to S. Savery: 1730.: Copy.
ff. 86-88 Servington Savery, of Shilstone: Letter to J. Jurin: 1727.: Copy.
ff. 89 b, 90 John Huxham, MD; of Plymouth: Letters to S. Savery: 1726, 1728.: Extracts.
f. 91 Lovelace, of London: Letter to S. Savery: 1743.: Copy.
ff. 101, 102 Charles Savery, son of John Savery: Notes by, on the Savery family: 1864.
ff. 102b, 103 Charles Evelyn Savery, son of Charles Savery: Notes by, on the Savery family: 1888.
f.104 John Herman Merivale, scholar and poet: Letter to J. Sa-,,ery: 1821.
ff. 106, 107 Miss Mary Wise Savery Hawkins, of Buckfastleigh: Account by, of her family's connection with the Saverys: 1889.
ff. 109-111 b Thomas Savery, d 1715 FRS; engineer: Account of his water-raising machine: 19th cent.

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1809

End Date:

1810

Date Range:

1809-1810

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Custodial History:

Kyancutta, S. Australia: Kyancutta Museum presented in 1934, 43735; in 1935, 44058, 44085: in 1934, 1935.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Army of England
Bampfylde, John, of Poltimore; Sheriff of Devon and MP, c 1586-c 1657
Bastard, William, Sheriff of Devon, fl 1647
Boscawen, John, of Add MS 44058
Drake, Francis, 3rd Baronet, of Buckland, politician, 1642-1718
Duke, Richard, politician, 1652-1733
Hawkins, Mary Wise Savery, Miss; of Buckfastleigh
Hooper, Benjamin, of Raddon, in Thorverton
Huxham, John, MD; of Plymouth
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674
Lenthall, William, Speaker of the House of Commons
Lovelace, of London
Merivale, John Herman, scholar and poet
Northleigh, Henry, Sheriff of county Devon 1680
Parliament
Privy Council, The
Sampson, Thomas, of Exeter
Savery, Charles Evelyn, son of Charles Savery
Savery, Charles, son of John Savery
Savery, Christopher, of Shilstone
Savery, Family
Savery, John, of Butcombe Court, county Somerset
Savery, Servington, of Shilstone
Savery, Thomas, FRS; engineer, d 1715
Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959

Places:

Devonshire, England
Kyancutta, S. Australia