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Notes about James Richards Plan of Carlile,
1684-85
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These notes are about the plan of Carlisle drawn by James
Richards, for Lord Dartmouth, Master of the Ordnance,
1684-85.
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Lord Dartmouth, as Master of the Ordnance, was authorised by
a commission, 1 May 1682, to
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make a Particular survey of all his Majts Magazines, Castles
and Forts in this his Kingdome of England
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The survey of Carlisle was entrusted to Sir Christopher
Musgrave, Lieuteneant General of the Ordnance, who gave the
work to James Richards.
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As is often the case with this sort of official plan, the
original stayed in the private ownership of Lord Dartmouth,
and was passed down in his family.
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The plan was reproduced as frontispiece to:-
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Ferguson, R S (ed): 1894: Royal Charters of the City of
Carlisle: Thurnam, C and Son (Carlisle, Cumberland) &
Wilson, Titus (Kendal, Westmorland) & Stock, Elliot (London)
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and is described in Appendix II, pp.286-288: qv. The report
which accompanied the plan is printed in TransCWAAS.
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