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A History of the County of York
… cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James the Deacon remained to carry on … chantry priests. The foundation was abrogated by the battle of Bosworth. The college was pulled down, and nothing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the northern of the two Navarino windmills named after the battle of 1827, both of which were tower mills. 67 The south …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was made prisoner at the battle of Shrewsbury, and afterwards beheaded; this once …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… troops quartered here, by Prince Rupert, after the battle of Reading. Seal and Arms. The town is pleasantly … and royal customs, it was granted to the abbey of Battle, in Sussex, with which it continued till the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… as the rendezvous of the Scottish army previously to the battle of Otterburn, and it was the place of sepulture of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… suffered temporary confiscation of his estate after the battle of Evesham in 1265. 29 In 1279 he held Yelford of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… VII., intrusted the standard of England, at the decisive battle of Bosworth Field, after Sir William Brandon, his … annals of the principality as the scene of a desperate battle between the invading Saxons, and the ancient Britons …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… absence, advanced with Caracalla to give to the Britons battle, and, though from age and infirmity obliged to be … to Christianity. On the death of Edwin, who was killed in battle in 633, while resisting an attack of the Britons under … rivers Humber and Trent, and, after a severe and obstinate battle, obtained a triumphant victory. Harold and Canute …