The History of the Ancient Borough of Pontefract: Containing an Interesting Account of Its Castle, and the Three Different Sieges it Sustained, During the Civil War, with Notes and Pedigrees, of Some of the Most Distinguished Royalists and Parliamentarians, Chiefly Drawn from Manuscripts Never Before Publishedauthor, 1807 - 496 pàgines |
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Pàgina 9
... arms , and hurried away to the rendezvous . When Cæsar first invaded Britain the alarm was spread in this manner , in sixteen or seventeen hours , one hundred and sixty miles in a direct line † The partial remains of this custom ...
... arms , and hurried away to the rendezvous . When Cæsar first invaded Britain the alarm was spread in this manner , in sixteen or seventeen hours , one hundred and sixty miles in a direct line † The partial remains of this custom ...
Pàgina 10
... arms . Though possessed of equal valour and courage with their enemies , the Britons were deficient in that steady discipline and order which they had acquired , and were at last compelled to submit to the Roman eagle . This revolt of ...
... arms . Though possessed of equal valour and courage with their enemies , the Britons were deficient in that steady discipline and order which they had acquired , and were at last compelled to submit to the Roman eagle . This revolt of ...
Pàgina 18
... arms , Implores protection of its neighbour states , Who nurse it to their hurt . Anon it strives For pow'r and wealth , and spurns at opposition . Arriv'd to full maturity it grasps At all within its reach , o'erleaps all bounds , Robs ...
... arms , Implores protection of its neighbour states , Who nurse it to their hurt . Anon it strives For pow'r and wealth , and spurns at opposition . Arriv'd to full maturity it grasps At all within its reach , o'erleaps all bounds , Robs ...
Pàgina 21
... arms till he was solemnly admitted to the privilege in a general assembly . A man was not suffered to cut his beard , till he had slain his enemy , or taken his standard from him . If any one quitted the field of battle without success ...
... arms till he was solemnly admitted to the privilege in a general assembly . A man was not suffered to cut his beard , till he had slain his enemy , or taken his standard from him . If any one quitted the field of battle without success ...
Pàgina 23
... arms against the unhappy Britons , and began the conquest of the land . Though frequently checked and often defeated , yet receiving continual reen- forcements from their own shores , they ultimately succeeded in their design , and ...
... arms against the unhappy Britons , and began the conquest of the land . Though frequently checked and often defeated , yet receiving continual reen- forcements from their own shores , they ultimately succeeded in their design , and ...
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acres Alderman appointed army Austwick Baghill barons belonging besieged body borough aforesaid boys burgage called Capt castle of Pontefract Castleford cattle charter church of All-Saints comburgesses command Darrington daughter ditto Duke dutchy Earl of Lancaster Edward election enemy enjoyed erected estates Ferrybridge fire Gallway garrison gave gentlemen giving his soul governor granted guard Henry de Lacy Henry VIII honour of Pontefract horse hospital hundred Iidem inhabitants John Bland king king's Knottingley land Langdale Leeds Lieut Lord low church Lowther Marmaduke Langdale married mayor and burgesses Monkhill monks Morrice night oxgangs paid park parliament party Paulden persons Pontefract castle possession pounds priory prisoners received reign rents Richard Robert de Lacy sally Sandal Castle Saxon sent shillings siege Sir John Swillington Tanshelf thereof Thomas tithes tower town of Pontefract troops trustees vicar village or borough Wakefield William York
Passatges populars
Pàgina 96 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Pàgina 112 - I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world: And for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it; yet I'll hammer it out. My brain I'll prove the female to my soul; My soul the father: and these two beget A generation of still-breeding thoughts...
Pàgina 81 - Kirkby, and the heirs of his body ; and for want of such issue...
Pàgina 406 - ... the year, that is to say at the feast of St. Michael the archangell, the birth of our Lord God, the annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, and nativity of St.
Pàgina 497 - May, in the sixteenth year of our Reign, of England, France and Ireland; and of Scotland the one and fiftieth.
Pàgina 83 - We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works Die too : the deep foundations that we lay, Time plows them up, and not a trace remains.
Pàgina 79 - ... of free warren was invented to protect them, by giving the grantee a sole and exclusive power of killing such game so far as his warren extended, on condition of his preventing other persons.
Pàgina 256 - In a word, I believe him still that grand apostate to the commonwealth, who must not expect to be pardoned in this world, till he be dispatched to the other.
Pàgina 322 - The habit of these monks was a black loose coat, or gown of stuff, reaching down to their heels, with a cowl or hood of the same, and a scapulary ; and under that a white habit, nearly as large as the former, made of flannel; these, with a pair of boots, completed their costume.
Pàgina 145 - ... strength, should further attacks be made upon his throne. Early in December, 1484, the king was aware of the continuance of Richmond's intention to contest with him for the crown, from the evidence of the following mandate sent to the Mayor of Windsor by Richard, towards the close of that year :