{"id":664,"date":"2019-01-28T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetforyou.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/?p=664"},"modified":"2021-09-23T12:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T12:08:34","slug":"hutchins-extra-illustrated-volume-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/2019\/01\/28\/hutchins-extra-illustrated-volume-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutchins’ Extra Illustrated: Volume 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most consulted books at the Dorset History Centre is Hutchins’ History and Antiquities of Dorset<\/em>.<\/p>\n

John Hutchins, then Vicar of Swyre and Melcombe Horsey and later Rector of Holy Trinity Wareham, began collecting information for his History of Dorset in the 1730\u2019s. It took him nearly forty years to complete and, were it not for his wife Anne, his work may have been destroyed in the great fire of Wareham in 1762, but he finally completed it just before his death in 1773. The first edition was finally published a year later.<\/p>\n

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John Hutchins’s Rectory at Wareham, Dorset, as restored after the great fire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A second edition was published in four volumes between 1796 and 1815 (this edition was also nearly destroyed by a fire at the printers!) and a third edition was published in four volumes between 1861 and 1873. This is the edition that can be found in our reference library and search room and we have copies of the earlier editions in our repository.<\/p>\n

Hutchins’ books contain a wealth of information about the people and places of Dorset, but in our rare books there can be found an edition containing even greater treasures.<\/p>\n

In 1904, A. M. Broadley of the Knapp, Bradpole, took a copy of the second edition of Hutchin\u2019s book and added to it drawings, notes, maps and even original letters and documents. This is known as the Hutchins’ Extra Illustrated Edition<\/em> and consists of 12 volumes.<\/p>\n

Every month this year we will be writing a blog about a volume of this book and the hidden gems it contains.<\/p>\n

Volume One<\/h2>\n

Volume One contains the introduction to the History and Antiquities of Dorset. This gives an overview of the history of Dorset going back to ancient times.<\/p>\n

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The predecessors of the Dorset Regiment, the 39th of Foot and the 54th of Foot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Broadley has added paintings and drawings, original letters, a page on the Dorsetshire Regiment and extracts from books such as Ministers Ejected or Silenced in Dorsetshire<\/em>\u00a0and the 4th<\/sup> volume of Alfred Pope\u2019s Collection of Old Topographical Views and Engravings Relating to Dorset<\/em>, which was published in 1903.<\/p>\n

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Including this drawing of Portland and Chesil Beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There are also a large number of maps of Dorset, from small maps of the county to a copy of the birds-eye view of the coast from 1539, which stretches over 4 double pages.<\/p>\n

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One of the most eye-catching items is a painting of the coat of arms of the Grey family. This is part of a section, added to the book by Broadley, describing those who have held the title Earl or Marquis of Dorset.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Grey was born in 1451. He was made Marquess of Dorset in 1475 by his stepfather Edward IV, who had married Thomas\u2019s mother Elizabeth Woodville in secret in around 1463. His half-brothers, Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury are popularly known as the princes in the tower and his half-sister Elizabeth married Henry VII and was the mother of Henry VIII.<\/p>\n

When Thomas died in 1501 the title passed to his son, also called Thomas, and then to his grandson Henry, father of Lady Jane Grey, who lost the title when he was executed for treason 1554 for taking part in an attempt to overthrow Queen Mary I.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the volume Broadley has added some brief descriptions of Dorset taken from various, often unnamed sources. Our favourite contains the following quote, which seems a good way to end this blog:<\/p>\n

\u2018The manner of the Natives, in general, are a little more polished than in some other Western Counties. They are proud of the saying of King Charles II that he never saw a finer county than Dorsetshire.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Come back in February for more about the diverse content stored in volume 2 of Hutchins’ Extra Illustrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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