Excerpt from Historic Collections, Relating to the Monasteries in Devon To the registers of the see of Exeter I am greatly indebted for the materials of this work. Those oili cial records are of indisputable authority; and no one should undertake to write the ecclesiastical, or even the civil history of Devonshire or Cornwall, without having studied them thoroughly. To john jones, Esq. Of Franklyn, I am proud to acknowledge my Obligations for his valuable assistance; and the Right Honorable Lord clifford is entitled-to my warmest thanks, for his constant encouragement, and for the unreserved use of the library at Ugbrooke. 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.