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	Add MS 36748
2	survey of Devon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Gough Devonshire 3
3	17th cent: MS of Chorographical History of Devon (not autograph)	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	D 2865	See Annual Report 1978-79, p19
4	MS copy of Chorographical History	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Exeter City archives, Book 54(a)	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	MSS top Devon 3-4; MS Wood d 7 (3)
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	MS3531