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.


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[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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