7. Richard Izacke 1677
Richard Izacke was appointed Chamberlain of
Exeter in 1653, like Hooker before him. His main work, Antiquities Of The City Of Exeter with a history of Exeter and a list of its most important
official representatives was Collected by
Richard Izacke, Esquire Chamberlain thereof and published in London by
Richard Marriott with the Imprimatur of G Jane and dated October 20, 1676,
although it wasn’t issued until 1677. Both this first edition[1], and the second
edition[2] which appeared in
1681, contained a map of Exeter copied fairly closely from Speed’s (inset) map
of 1610. Although very similar to Speed’s, with the same references (1 to 50 on
map; only 1 to 48 in table Figures of
Reference), it is somewhat wider and shows further buildings both east and
west. As on Speed’s map item 32, St. Georges Church, is incorrectly labelled as
St. Gregories.
Who drew and engraved the map is not known. The work was reissued in an extended and revised version, by the then Chamberlain, Samuel Izacke, in 1724, complete with a new map (see Sutton Nicholls).
Title: A MAPP OF the CITY of
EXETER
Size: 160 x 193 mm with no scale or signature.
Map from the Antiquities of
the City of Exeter.… 1677. Almost a direct copy of Speed’s 1610 map
complete with numbered references it covers slightly more land, but without the
detail of Hogenberg.
Considering the fact that Izacke
was a local personage the map is, in many respects, disappointing. The Haven is
shown with a false island, and there is a wind mill in mistake for the crane at
the quayside. In nearly seventy years since Speed's plan there has been no
development.
[1]
Printed by E Tyler and R Holt for Richard Marriott.
[2]
Printed for Rowland Reynolds, next to the Middle Exchange, in the Strand, 1681.
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