The History of Winchelsea: One of the Ancient Towns Added to the Cinque PortsJ.R. Smith, 1850 - 264 pàgines |
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Abbot acres aforesaid afterwards Alard anno apud bailiff barons batello Battle Battle Abbey Bishop of Chichester Brede called Camber Camber Castle Castle chantry charter church of St Cinque Ports clerk commonalty Cook's Green Corporation Dawes Dering MSS Ditto Dover Dovorr Earl Edward III election England equorum expensis Festum Finch fleet Fœd freemen Friars Gervase Alard Giles Godfrey granted harbour Hastings heirs Henry Henry III house and ground ibidem Icklesham Iham iiijd.—It inhabitants Jeake Johanni John jurats Kent king King's Rents land Leonard liberties Lord manor marsh mayor mayor and bailiffs mayor and jurats messuage Nicholas old town Old Winchelsea Padiham parish Parl portanti quod Regis reign Richard Ride MSS Robert Roger ships Stephen Summa Sussex tenements Thomas Lloyd Total town of Winchelsea Udimore wife William Winchelsea and Rye writ Wynchelse xijd.-It Yarmouth
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Pàgina 172 - Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc.
Pàgina 13 - October, the moon, upon her change, appearing exceeding red and swelled, began to show tokens of the great tempest of wind that followed, which was so huge and...
Pàgina 75 - ... minstrels to play before him a German dance which sir John Chandos had lately introduced. For his amusement, he made the same knight sing with his minstrels, which delighted him greatly. From time to time he looked up to the castle on his mast, where he had placed a watch to inform him when the Spaniards were in sight. Whilst the king was thus amusing himself with his knights, who were happy in seeing him so gay, the watch, who had observed a fleet, cried out...
Pàgina 76 - WHEN the king of England saw from his ship their order of battle, he ordered the person who managed his vessel, saying, " Lay me alongside the Spaniard who is bearing down on us ; for I will have a tilt with him.
Pàgina 77 - Spaniards, was well and hardy fought; but, as night was coming on, the English exerted themselves to do their duty well, and discomfit their enemies. The Spaniards, who are used to the sea, and were in large ships, acquitted themselves to the utmost of their power. The young Prince of Wales and his division •were engaged apart: his ship was grappled by a great Spaniard, when he and his knights suffered much ; for she had so many holes, that the water came in very abundantly, and they could not...
Pàgina 35 - John Tregose a knight was the chief owner of it, and one Maurice and Bataille Abbay. The king compoundid with them : and so was there vii. score and tenne acres limited to the new toune, whereof part is in the king mede withoute the toune, and part in hangging of the hille. Then in the tyme of the yere aforesayde the king set to his help in beginning and waulling New...
Pàgina 14 - ... that heard it. Besides this, at dark night, the sea seemed to be a light fire and to burn, and the waves to beat with one another, insomuch that it was past the...
Pàgina 99 - MEN may leve all gamys, That saylen to Seynt Jamys ; For many a man hit gramys ; When they begyn to sayle. For when they have take the see, At Sandwyche, or at Wynchylsee, At Brystow, or where that hit bee, Theyr herts begyn to fayle. A none the mastyr commaundeth fast To hys shyp-men in all the hast, To dresse hem sone about the mast, Theyr takelyng to make. With
Pàgina 75 - Ho ! I spy a ship, and it appears to me to be a Spaniard.' The minstrils were silenced, and he was asked if there were more than one : soon after he replied, 'Yes: I see two, three, four, and so many that, God help me, I cannot count them !' The king and his knights then knew they must be the Spaniards.