Category: History - British
CHEPSTOW CASTLE, from the Iron Bridge across the Wye.--This View, looking towards the West, shows part of the Town, the Castle Gate, the Citadel, the Keep, or Marten’s Tower, the Western Gate, the House and Groves Persefield, with the precipitous banks of the River. W. H. BART...
He continues--“And it was a strange thing, that during the time that I was thus a bond-servant to his lordship, which was for the space of twelve monethes thrice told, the diffe...
21. Part 21“Your assured friend and servant, W. C.,” (as the letter is signed,) writes to the Parliament man from “Usk, August 15, 1646.--I shall now give you an account how near our appro...
16. Part 16In consequence of the extravagant living introduced during this period, the spendthrift gentleman often sank into the serving-man, as we may see from the frequent recurrence of...
23. Part 23A “Life of Fisher, Bishop of Rochester,” is also ascribed to the pen of Dr. Bayly; but his title to that work is not fully substantiated. His Dedication of “Worcester’s Apophthe...
25. Part 25Some of his commentators have affected to smile at this wish, as evincing a feeling of weakness and vanity on the part of Lord Worcester, incompatible with a philosophic mind. B...
3. Part 3Henry Marten,[21] commonly called Harry Marten, was born in the city of Oxford, in the parish of St. John the Baptist, in a house opposite to Merton College Church, then lately...
15. Part 15It is not stated by Grose on what authority he places Raglan Castle among the strongholds erected in the time of Henry VII. His observations can apply only to those portions of...
5. Part 5Hospinian says--“They allowed to candidates a year’s probation, but no reception to fugitives after the third time. All fasts were observed according to the rule: to visitors pr...
39. Part 39“ Also , it is to be remembred that the soyle nere the sayde haven yeldeth corn in such aboundance, as wolde suffice to maynteigne a greate armye: and the sea coasts nere about...
26. Part 26Outworks of Raglan. --On this head little remains to be added. The details, given in the first volume of this work, respecting castles of the middle ages, preclude the necessity...
30. Part 30The space, therefore, in which the most distant resemblance to ancient cultivation can be traced is comparatively small. It was, perhaps, under a strong conviction of great piet...
18. Part 18be observed that the majority of these baronial mansions are situated on, or near, the bank of some navigable river, for the purpose of defending some important pass or fortress...
20. Part 20The King took leave of Raglan Castle on the 15th of September, mournfully observing to the Marquess, that by so doing he hoped “to ease his lordship of a heavy burden.” His Maje...
22. Part 22In his palmy days, long before he was created Marquess, the good Earl lived in princely state in this Castle. Surrounded by faithful friends, numerous retainers, and a household...
14. Part 14The keep stands somewhat in the same manner as those of Porchester, Pevensey, and Castleton, close to the outward wall of the castle; and, like them, it has no window on the out...
38. Part 38Sir Rhys -ap-Thomas, lord of this and many other castles, was descended from Rhys-ap-Twdor, of the royal house of South Wales; and had been appointed governor of these counties...
8. Part 8The parish church of Tinterne Parva is a small but very ancient building, irregularly divided into porch, nave, and chancel. Its erection, according to the historian of the abbe...
35. Part 35It is pleasing to add that, when the fortunes of Richmond had placed him on the throne, the generous conduct of the worthy mayor of Tenby was not forgotten. The royal favour was...
32. Part 32With regard to these camps and intrenchments, Mr. King, in his “Monumenta Antiqua,” supposes that most of the strong intrenchments on the summits of natural hills must be attrib...
17. Part 17“Not to be too tedious, the man--what with bounty, and what with that which was as free to every man, as was their purses unto him, which was good wine--the man was not himself...
24. Part 24Three years after this event, the Duke took his seat in the House of Lords; but did not appear at court until after the change of ministers in 1710, when he frankly told her Maj...
29. Part 29[After describing, in graphic language, the distractions of the country, the robbery, violence, murder, and rapine, that were daily perpetrated in their immediate vicinity, and...
11. Part 11Music-schools , says Davies, were built within the church. Great pains were taken with the pupils, who were instructed in the musical service of the altar.[153] Music, says Gira...
41. Part 41Mozart’s Requiem--his last and greatest Work--adapted to English Words, selected chiefly from the Scriptures, and approved by Ecclesiastical Dignitaries; by the Gresham Professo...
44. Part 44[246] An allusion possibly to some design on the part of Charles to forsake rebellious London, and make York his capital; but more probably--as I am reminded by a correspondent-...
42. Part 42[31] In 1696, the castle was garrisoned by the royal troops, the daily expense of which may be estimated by the following examples:--The governor, in addition to six captains’ p...
36. Part 36The Church of Manorbeer stands upon a high slope, fronting the south side of the Castle, and forms an interesting feature in the landscape. It is of Norman architecture, consist...
12. Part 12Walnut-trees. --The Abbey appears to have been sheltered and enriched in its prosperous days by extensive orchards; but of the lofty walnut-trees, that formerly spread their lux...
33. Part 33“ Know ye that the good praesage of circumspection and vertue which we have conceived by the towardly youth and happy beginnings of our most welbeloved cousin Laurence Hastings...
43. Part 43Abbas de Tynterne habet Grang: de Asarto ubi sunt tres caruc. terr. prec. cujuslibet, 1 0 0 De prato ibidem quatuor acr. prec. cujuslibet, 0 0 6 De silva cedua per annum, 0 5 0...
27. Part 27“Now I gain the mountain’s brow-- What a landscape lies below! No clouds, no vapours intervene; But the gay, the open scene, Does the face of Nature show In all the hues of heav...
40. Part 40As far as the loss of parents could be supplied at their tender age, it has been supplied by this relative--whose delicacy must not be hurt by any commendation from a stranger,...
13. Part 13V.-- Doorway leading into the Cloisters. --This beautiful specimen of art is one of the very finest in the abbey. The elegance of the design is only surpassed by the elaborate t...
9. Part 9The king was by no means backward in issuing his final orders and decrees spiritual; and the reformers herein concealing their ulterior views, he was led to reduce the number of...
2. Part 2In melancholy connection with the old bridge of Chepstow, is a family calamity which drew from the late poet Campbell an epitaph[5] worthy of his pen. The victims by the sudden...
6. Part 6A few years after this, “whilst he, the said William Marshall , was in Ireland, Leoline , Prince of Wales, took two of his castles; and having cut off the heads of those whom he...
4. Part 4The pens of Reed, Warren, and Gilpin, have been successively employed in sketching the features of this magnificent panorama; but nothing can be more correct and graphic than th...
10. Part 10In times when life and female honour were exposed to daily risk from tyrants and marauders, it was better that the precinct of a shrine should be regarded with an irrational awe...
31. Part 31D. The Habit of the Order was to be sober, not conspicuous. When they went abroad, they were to walk two together, and so remain at the journey’s end. In gait, look, habit, or g...
45. Part 45[346] The north aisle is occupied by a wash-house and skittle-ground. The cloisters, dormitories, and other offices are used for the reception of visitors, under the direction o...
7. Part 7Many and great were the privileges, franchises, and immunities granted to this Order in general, by sundry kings and pontiffs; and on some particular houses were conferred very...
28. Part 28Milo, Founder of Llanthony Secunda.--Under this head, it is recorded in the Abbey Chronicle, that in the reign of King Henry , son of the Conqueror, there flourished a certain w...
37. Part 37“The scale has shifted--freighted barks no more Visit, with welcome sail, the lonely shore: Unprofitable weeds usurp the strand-- The once wide port presents a mound of sand. Bu...
34. Part 34“PEMBROKE, June 28.--I have some few days since despatched horse and dragoons for the North. I sent them by the way of Winchester; thinking it fit to do so in regard of this enc...
1. Part 1CHEPSTOW CASTLE, from the Iron Bridge across the Wye.--This View, looking towards the West, shows part of the Town, the Castle Gate, the Citadel, the Keep, or Marten’s Tower, th...