Literature

NEW BOOK
also available on CD

Launched 31st October 2007

East Devon people remember war time
in and around Colyton during the war

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Written by Geoff Elliot and Published by Colyton and District Parish History Society

 


The Most Rebellious Town in Devon

Published
by local author Colin Haynes

UK Price £9.50 plus £1.00 P & P

Rest of world £9.50 plus £3.80 Postage

Please make your cheque payable to
C. E. Haynes and send your order to:
15 Govers Meadow, Colyton, EX24 6PG

150 pages, 29 illustrations
15cm x 21cm


CHAPTERS INCLUDE:
Life in Colyton around 1680
Dissent and Non-conformity
The Duke of Monmouth
Plotting in Exile
Talk of Rebellion in Colyton
Monmouth Arrives at Lyme Regis
Colyton men join the rebellion
Battle at Sedgemoor
On the run and seeking safety
Imprisonment, trial, and hangings
Plantation slavery and escape
 

 

 

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The Colyton men listed below were
rebels who were either hanged or transported to slavery in the West Indies.

If you are related to, or if you know any
of their families, Colin Haynes would be
delighted to hear from you.
He is particularly  interested in
Roger Satchell, and John Whicker.

       Telephone 01297 553 336    
FAX: 01297 552 296

John Bagwell                Peter Bagwell
Francis Bagwell            John Butcher
Phillip Cox                   Roger French
John Facey                  William Greenaway
John Heathfield            Bernard Lowman
George Macey             William Mader
William Marthers          John Skiffes
Robert Sandy               Argentine Rust
Peter Ticken                 John Truren
Richard Willmott           John Whicker
Bernard Whicker