Devonshire
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
his Devonshire knights
in the texts
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
County identified as William Gifford's birthplace.
William Gifford (1756-1826), son of a small tradesman in Devonshire, was already known as a satirist and was to lead Conservatives as editor of The Quarterly Review.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The county whose knights, held by Henry Tracey, were consulted in 1235 over an aid for his daughter's marriage.
Henry Tracey, for example, in 1235 (although armed with a royal writ), convened his Devonshire knights and obtained their consent to an aid of 20s.