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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Abbey affigned againſt alſo anceſtors anſwer barons Bigod Biſhop brother Caerleon caftle Caſtle cauſe charter Chepstow Chronicle cloſe courſe daughter death deſcribed Dugdale Duke Earl of Cornwall Earl of Hereford Earl of Norfolk Earl of Pembroke earldom Earldom of Pembroke Edward Edward III eftates Engliſh eſtates fame father fays fecond fent fervice fhall fifter firft firſt Fitz-Ofbern fome fovereign ftated fubject fucceeded fuch Gilbert Strongbow Glouceſter grant heirs Henry himſelf hiſtory houſe huſband iffue John King King's knights lands leaſt Lord Herbert Lord of Striguil lordſhip marriage Marſhal of England Matthew Paris mention miſtake muſt Normandy occafion office of Marſhal Ordericus Vitalis parliament perfons Peter des Roches poffeffions preſent purpoſe queſtion raiſed reaſon repreſenting reſtored Richard Strongbow Roger Roger of Wendover ſay ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould Somerſet ſtated ſtatement Striguil theſe thoſe Tintern Tonbridge uſe Wales Welſh wife William Marſhal Worceſter
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Page 78 - 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 158 - If a man coming of the collateral line to the heir of the crown, who ought not to bear...
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 210 - In his youth, part whereof he spent before he came to reside at court, he was a very fine gentleman, and the best horseman and tilter of the times, which were then the manlike and noble recreations of the court, and such as took up the applause of men, as well as the praise and commendation of ladies; and when years had abated...
Page 223 - Edward, and fo did Vertue ; but it is evidently copied from an older print, done when Henry was only Earl, and which has his name, and was fold by Stent.
Page 241 - ... the word of a king and a Christian, promise to make good to all intents and purposes, as effectually as if your authority from us had been under the great seal of England...
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Page 241 - ... wherein they shall be found defective, it not being convenient for us at this time to dispute upon them ; for of what we have here set down you may rest confident, if there be faith and trust in men.