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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... cut off from any of his father's honours, and by law but a simple knight, he was almost invariably styled Lord Edward Seymour, even in State documents. This seems to show that his position evoked considerable sympathy, which was shown in thus addressing him by a higher title than he was legally entitled to. During the year 1584, we find an interesting return made by him and Sir John Gilberte, of all the 15 84. demi-lances and light horse in four of the hundreds of Devon (September 30), and an Instrument of Association for Devon, signed and sealed by him, together with Sir John Gilberte, Sir Francis Drake, and many others. f (October.) On the approach of the Spanish Armada, Sir Edward was placed in command of a body of troops in 1588. Devon, but when the alarm of an invasion was over these were disbanded. On August 26, 1589. 1589, we find a curious letter from Gilberte and Cary, to the Council, in which they acknowledge the receipt of their order for safely bestowing the prisoners from a Spanish ship, brought in to Dartmouth, and for making an inventory of the ordnance, munition, &c, contained therein. They add that they had found 85 pipes of wine on board, but in such bad condition that they could make but 67 full pipes of the best of it, and with that the wines were indifferent and sour. They had ventured, they said, presuming on the Council's approval, to bestow one of these pipes on Lord Edward Seymour, as a slight return for his having been kind enough to cumber his house at Berry Pomeroy with all their Spanish prisoners until the ship was cleared, and that, but for him, they would not have known where to bestow them.f We may hope that either their verdict on the wine was wrong or that Sir Edward was not troubled with too delicate a...