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| Barnet - Page 166and of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Howard the younger, and was a staunch Lancastrian, fought on the part of Henry VI. at the battle of Barnet in ...more pages: 133 206 210 211 |
| Northampton - Page 51As the Yorkists marched from London, and proceeded to a place between Towcester and Northampton, it appears pretty certain that they advanced by ...more pages: 43 46 180 235 |
| Cheltenham - Page 150The high road from Cheltenham did not formerly pass as close to Margaret's Camp as at present. Within the memory of persons now living, it turned out ...more pages: 148 153 154 |
More | Wakefield - Page 74who had been taken at the battle of Wakefield.1 The victorious Edward then proceeded with his army to join the King-making Earl of Warwick, ...more pages: 24 53 54 56 |
| Gloucester - Page 141The two hundred spearmen were of great use on this occasion, as they advanced to the assistance of Gloucester, and suddenly charged Somerset and his ...more pages: 136 148 153 |
| Lancaster - Page 129that we are now preserved from the miseries and calamities which were experienced in this country, during the wars of York and Lancaster.more pages: 73 174 191 |
| Evesham - Page 203As the battle of Evesham was not fought in the fifteenth century, it would not have been noticed here, if it had not been for the circumstance of my ...more pages: 332 335 |
| York - Page 129that we are now preserved from the miseries and calamities which were experienced in this country, during the wars of York and Lancaster.more pages: 85 174 243 |
| Warwick - Page 206and, although Clarence offered his mediation between Edward and Warwick, the latter proudly rejected it, and resolutely prepared for battle. ...more pages: 39 176 210 |
| Coventry - Page 85the forfeitures and confiscations by the act of attainder of the Parliament held at Coventry, and the bitterness of party strife, gave to the conflict ...more pages: 28 42 206 |
| Nottingham - Page 180On Corpus Christi Day, the King was joined at Nottingham by Lord Strange, son of the Earl of Derby, with a great body of troops, ...more pages: 28 162 184 |
| Stafford - Page 293Worcester, Hereford, Salop, and Stafford, in which wolves may be found, that he take and destroy wolves, with his men, dogs, and engines, in all ways, ...more pages: 3 4 161 |
| Leicester - Page 162Richard, on the 16th of August, led his army from Nottingham to Leicester, which town he entered with great pomp. ...more pages: 27 170 325 |
| London - Page 51As the Yorkists marched from London, and proceeded to a place between Towcester and Northampton, it appears pretty certain that they advanced by ...more pages: 47 85 178 |
| Rouen - Page 232At the capitulation of the palace and castle of Rouen, by the Duke of Somerset, he stipulated for the departure in safety of himself and the English ...more pages: 22 68 119 |
| Bristol - Page 133and proceeded from Exeter by Taunton, Glastonbury, and Wells, to Bath, and from thence to Bristol : their forces being continually increased on their ...more pages: 134 237 238 |
| Macclesfield - Page 267CHESHIRE.1 Handford is a township of the parish of Cheadle, in Cheshire, in the hundred of Macclesfield, intersected by the London and North Western ...more pages: 26 |
| Manchester - Page 251and had since been a labouring gardener at Manchester, or in its vicinity, and was then in very indifferent circumstances, and out of work. ...more pages: 253 267 |
| Exeter - Page 133and raised forces in Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, and afterwards in Cornwall and Devonshire; and proceeded from Exeter by Taunton, ...more pages: 195 |
| Scarborough - Page 243to the application, has been preserved, stating that William Tunstall, constable of the castle of Scarborough, was ordered, by royal letters, ... |
| Salisbury - Page 49respecting the place where the Duke of Buckingham was executed : some have stated that the execution took place at Salisbury, and others at Shrewsbury ...more pages: 21 55 106 |
| Peterborough - Page 51way from Northampton to Peterborough, passes over one side of them. The mansion of Delapre Abbey stands upon the site of the old abbey of that name, ... |
| Caen - Page 232On the surrender of Caen, by the Duke of Somerset, to the French, he stipulated for the departure of the English, with their effects, ...more pages: 217 |
| Dublin - Page 178where the earl raised a body of Irish forces, and provided transports ; and having at length sailed from Dublin, the Earl landed with his army, ...more pages: 182 |
| Pembroke - Page 70Queen Margaret landed at Weymouth ; the Lancastrians once more took up arms, and Pembroke proceeded to raise forces in Pembrokeshire, ...more pages: 71 |
| Oxford - Page 178and had gone abroad; and Lambert Simnel,3 the son of a joiner, named Thomas Simnel, of Oxford,3 was tutored by Richard Simons, a priest of that city, ...more pages: 208 |
| Harrogate - Page 89There was also another, very recently, which is now destroyed, over the same brook, at a place called Knox Mill, near Harrogate, on the right side of ... |
| Hinckley - Page 162On the 17th, he marched from it, expecting to meet his rival at Hinckley. That night he passed at Emsthorpe, where bis officers slept in the church. ... |
| Southampton - Page 1331 Anne Countess of Warwick arrived at Portsmouth, and went from thence to Southampton, intending to have joined the Queen at Weymouth; ... |
| Portsmouth - Page 1331 Anne Countess of Warwick arrived at Portsmouth, and went from thence to Southampton, intending to have joined the Queen at Weymouth; ... |
| Venice - Page 216We also learn from the same authority, an instance in 1494, of fireworks having been exhibited at Venice, from the steeples of the city, and pieces of ... |
| Windsor - Page 134artillery and other things requisite, from London for Windsor, where he remained a short time, for the double purpose of celebrating the feast of St. ...more pages: 82 110 |
| Hertford - Page 23from the great and powerful families of Mortimer (Earls of March), Clare (Earls of Gloucester and of Hertford), and de Burgh (Earls of Ulster). ...more pages: 308 |
| Erie - Page 32Erie of Salisbury and his felysship, had distressed youre said people at Bloreheth, the said Lord Stanley sent a letter to the said Erie to Drayton, ...more pages: 31 |
| Vannes - Page 71The Duke of Brittany considering, that these two noblemen might be of some advantage to him, assigned to them the town of Vannes for their residence. ... |
| Stockport - Page 267(formerly the Manchester and Birmingham) Railway, and situated eleven miles from Manchester, and five miles south-west-by-south from Stockport. ... |
| Dover - Page 195on the seashore, near Dover; her two grandsons, King Edward V. and Richard Duke of York, are believed to have been murdered l in the Tower of London, ...more pages: 54 |
| Poole - Page 71Richmond's fleet was dispersed by a storm ; and although the ship in which he sailed appeared off Poole, in Dorsetshire, he found it dangerous, ... |
| Banbury - Page 193was made prisoner, and put to death after the battle of Banbury, in 1409 ;2 her two nephews, 1 Sir John Neville (commonly called John Lord Neville), ...more pages: 336 |
| Newport - Page 161marched through Wales, by Dell, Haverfordwest, Cardigan, New Town, and Welsh Pool, to Shrewsbury, and then through Newport and Stafford, to Lichfield, ...more pages: 4 |
| Paris - Page 139who then soon sent to Paris for Dorset, who, together with Sir John Bourchier (the brother of the Bishop of Exeter), had been left there by Henry, ...more pages: 218 230 |
| Luton - Page 108William Ackeworth late of Luton in the shire of Bed' Squier, William Weynsford late of London Squier, Richard Stucley late of Lambehith in the Counte ...more pages: 304 |
| Leeds - Page 124removed about thirty years ago, and was taken to the mansion of the late Thomas Walker, Esq., of Killingbeck, near Leeds, where it perhaps may yet be. ... |
| Leon - Page 22son of Edmund (of Langley) Duke of York and Earl of Cambridge, fifth son of Edward III., by Isabel, the daughter of Peter, King of Castile and Leon. ... |
| Abingdon - Page 134He reached Abingdon on Saturday the 27th, remained there all Sunday, and on Monday the 29th, proceeded to Cirencester,1 where he received information, ... |
| Loughborough - Page 312And on the morow, which was on the Monday, the King lefte ther the forsaide Reverende Fader in God and roode to Loughborough ; and the saide Lorde ... |
| Cambridge - Page 23The Duke of York enjoyed vast possessions in England and Ireland, in right not only of his paternal line of the booses of York and Cambridge, ... |
| Liverpool - Page 247William Wyche, a tenant of my father, Richard Brooke, Esq., of Liverpool, resided, when those works were written, and during many years previously, ... |
| Chapel Hill - Page 330Chapel Garth, or Chapel Hill, at Towton Field, 101. Cheadle Church, Cheshire, 267 to 281. Cheney, Sir John, 168, 186. Clarence, George Duke of, 110, ... |
| Malmesbury - Page 134On the next day, Edward, still seeking to encounter his enemies, marched to Malmesbury, when he learned that they had turned aside and gone to Bristol ... |
| Inglewood - Page 96as to make his peace with Edward IV., and had the office of Master Forester of the forest of Inglewood, in Cumberland, conferred upon him for life, ... |
| Berkeley - Page 135About three o'clock after midnight, he received information, that the Lancastrians had taken their way by Berkeley towards Gloucester; ... |
| Wellington - Page 122Such a geueral as Cromwell, Maryborough, or Wellington, if commanding a force tolerably equal, would not have waited for the attack of an enemy. ... |
| Corpus Christi - Page 312And on the morowe, whiche was Corpus Christi day, after the King had harde the dyvyne servyce in the pariche chirche, and the trumpetts haddc blowne ... |
LessPopular passagest; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ. Page 270 With that grim ferryman which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul, Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick ; Who cried aloud, " What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence... Page 131 MoreThine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations ; they set up their ensigns for signs. Page 19 Burning for blood ! bony, and gaunt, and grim ! Assembling wolves in raging troops descend, And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north wind sweeps the glassy snow, — All is their prize. Page 287 March, 1538-9, he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron, by the title of Lord St. Page 166 France was created Earl of Ewe, in Normandy, by Henry V. ; and married Anne, the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, sixth son of Edward III., and widow of Edmund, 1 Godwin de Prassul. Page 43 Henry was the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, fourth son of Edward III. Page 48 There Dutton Dutton kills ; a Done doth kill a Done ; A Booth a Booth ; and Leigh by Leigh is overthrown : A Venables against a Venables doth stand, And Troutbeck fighteth with a Troutbeck hand to hand ; There Molineux doth make a Molineux to die ; And Egerton the strength of Egerton doth try. Page 21 There hath beene yn tyme of mynd sum Paries of the Castel stonding now sum ruines of the Botoms of Waulles appere. Now it is caullid Holme Hylle. George Duke of Clarence, Brother to King Edward, had thought to have brought Avon aboute the Towne and to have enlarged the Town. Page 149 By wintry famine rous'd, from all the tract Of horrid mountains which the shining Alps, And wavy Apennine, and Pyrenees, Branch out stupendous into distant lands; Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave; Burning for blood; bony, and gaunt, and grim. Assembling wolves in raging troops descend; And, pouring o'er the country, bear along, Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snow. All is their prize. Page 287 LessOther editions | by Richard Brooke Snippet view - 1975
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