Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Abbreviations viii
6. Timeline 1740–1778 ix
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. General Introduction Charity Scott-Stokes 3
9. 2. Elections and Infrastructure 15
10. 3. Buckland Abbey and Nutwell Court: Buildings 23
11. 4. Nutwell: Planting the Landscape 36
12. 5. Healthways and Two Eighteenth- Century Devonshire Estates 45
13. Editorial Method 69
14. The Letters
15. I: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1740–1754 (Devon Heritage Centre 346M/F196–F268), with one (F198) from Sir Francis to Nicholas Rowe 73
16. II: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1754–1775 (Devon Heritage Centre 346M/F269–F485), with two (F355, F356) from Betty Dyer to Sir Francis, and two (F434, F441) from John Channon to Nicholas Rowe 129
17. III: From William Hudson to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1767–1778 (Devon Heritage Centre 346M/F166–F195, re-ordered 1–29, followed by DHC number) 289
18. Bibliography 313
19. Index 319