Three Generations in the Honiton Lace Trade. A family history

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Reprinted 2009. Relates in particular to the Chick family from the 18th century through to the 1920s and the families allied to them through marriage, notably John Tucker, and the Chick family's entry into the Devon and Somerset lace trade from the beginning of the 19th century. Sections include: 'Axminster'; 'Tutchers and Staples'; 'Branscombe'; 'Berry Barton'; 'John Tucker, lace dealer'; 'Barnells and Uncle Isaac'; 'Tuckers and Fords'; ''Weymouth'; 'Sidmouth'; 'Samuel and Harriet's children'; 'Early days at Newman Street'; 'Lace and London property'; 'The family at Newman Street'; 'Return to Sidmouth'; 'Return to Branscombe'; 'Goodbye to Samuel Chick'. Has detailed family trees of the Chick family of Axminster, Branscombe, Sidmouth and Newman Street, London; the Staple and Tutcher families of Corfe, Buckland St Mary, etc; Tucker family of Axminster and Branscombe; the Ford family of Branscombe