Annals of Chepstow Castle: Or, Six Centuries of the Lords of Striguil from the Conquest to the Revolution |
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Annals of Chepstow Castle: Or, Six Centuries of the Lords of Striguil, From ... John Fitchett Marsh No preview available - 2022 |
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affigned againſt alſo anceſtors anſwer arms barons Biſhop brother Caerleon caftle Caſtle cauſe charter Chepstow Chronicle Clare courſe daughter death deſcribed Dugdale Duke Earl Marſhal Earl of Cornwall Earl of Norfolk Earl of Pembroke Earl of Worceſter Earldom Earldom of Pembroke Edward Edward III eftates Engliſh eſtates fame father fays feal fecond feems fent fifter firſt fome fovereign ftated fubject fuch Glouceſter grant heirs Henry Henry III himſelf hiſtory honour horſe houſe huſband iffue Ireland John King King's knights lands laſt Lord Herbert Lords of Striguil lordſhip manor marriage married Matthew Paris mentioned miſtake muſt nobles occafion parliament patent perfons Peter des Roches poffeffions preſent priſoner promiſe purpoſe queftion raiſed reaſon repreſenting reſtored Richard Richard Strongbow Roger of Wendover ſeems ſervice ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Somerſet ſpeaks ſtated ſtatement Striguil theſe Thomas de Brotherton thoſe Tintern uſe Wales Walter wife William Marſhal
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Page 80 - John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou...
Page 246 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected which (my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the year 1655 to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice.
Page 157 - Clarence; with knights' fees &c, and all issues from Michaelmas last. Further grant to him and the heirs male of his body of the manor or lordship of Busshy, co. Hertford, as above; to hold until the king provides for him in lands or rents in the realm of the same value.
Page 181 - ... it bears date the very day after Clarence's marriage with the Earl's daughter. The articles annexed to the circular, fetting forth the grievances complained of, are unneceffary, or at all events too lengthy, for our purpofe, but the circular itfelf is as follows : — " Right trufty and welbeloved we grete you welle. And welle ye witte that the Kyng oure foveregne lordys true fubgettes, of diverfe partyes of this his realms of Engelond, have delivered to us certayn billis of Articles whiche we...
Page 225 - But the garrison defended themselves valiantly, until their provisions were exhausted, and even then refused to surrender under promise of quarter, hoping to escape by means of a boat, which they had provided for that purpose. A soldier of the Parliamentary army, however, swam across the river, with a knife between his teeth, cut the cable of the boat, and brought it away ; the castle was at length forced, and Sir Nicholas Kemys, with forty men, were slain in the assault.
Page 238 - ... them over a high bridge that arched over the moat, that was between the castle and the great tower,* wherein the Lord Herbert had...
Page 242 - I will have you suspend the execution of any sentence against him, until you inform me fully of all the proceedings. For I believe it was his misguided zeal, more than any malice, which brought this great misfortune on him and on us all.
Page 182 - ... desiryng and pray you to dispose and arredie you to accompayneye us thedir, with as many persones defensabyly arrayede as y can make, lettyng you wete that by Goddis grace we entende to be at Caunterbury uppon Sonday next comyng. Wretyn undre oure signettis and signe manuell the xijth Jay of Juyll, A° 1469.
Page 172 - Duke him self and too or iij othere gentyl men, seying that myschief, leped vp- on y* pyles, and so were saved thorugh helpe of them that weren a bove y* Brigge with castyng downe of ropes.' The Duke of Norfolk, to whom this misfortune happened, was John Mowbray, the second of that title...
Page 3 - England, and went straight to the duke and saluted him, and drew him on one side, and told him privily that king Edward was dead, and that Harold was raised to be king. When the duke had listened to him, and learnt all the truth, how that Edward was dead, and Ha-rold was made king, he became as a man enraged, and left the craft of the woods. Oft he tied his mantle, and oft he untied it again; and spoke to no man, neither dared any man speak to him.