TINGMOUTH-EAST, (Devon) near the former, was once a Bor. whose inh. vye with Exeter for antiquity. The Bps. of the diocese in the R. of Henry III. granted it 300 acres of land; and it had many privileges, one of which remains to this day, viz. that it claims whatsoever value is found about the body of any person drowned bet. a rock called the Clerk in the E. and a place called Hackney in the W. They had also a prison, and a Mt. on Sunday, which they would not discontinue, till forced to it by the sheriff's posse in the R. of Hen. III. It has a well-frequented Fair Sept. 29, and a hos. called the Maudlin, built by the inh. of West-Tinmouth; but their chief profit is from the abundance of sea-fish taken here, and sent about the country. The harbor is indifferent good, but defenceless, and has been much subject to invasion.