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Risdon, Tristram, (? 1580-1640), Topographer

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Surname: Risdon
Forenames: Tristram
Gender: Male
Date: ? 1580-1640
Biography: ODNB link for Risdon, Tristram (? 1580-1640) Topographer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P155883 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P24318 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Tristram Risdon
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
c1633: peritinerary of Devon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
2
survey of Devon
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
3
17th cent: MS of Chorographical History of Devon (not autograph)
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
See Annual Report 1978-79, p19
4
MS copy of Chorographical History
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
See HMC 73, Records of City of Exeter, 1916, pp367-8
5
transcript of survey of Devon and extracts from his collections by Anthony Wood 1658
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
6
c1630-c1700: several copies of his Description of Devon
Westcountry Studies Library
NRA 38987 Westcountry
7
notebook with further genealogical and heraldic collections for Devon
Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives