Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjectsBrooke, Richard
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Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjects
Brooke, Richard
Battlefields -- England; Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
„ 170. After the words, “town’s people,” add, “and there is reason to
believe that they were got rid of, by being thrown into the river at the
end of Bow Bridge, at Leicester;” “borne out of the city, and
contemptuously bestowed under the end of Bow Bridge, which giveth passage
over a branch of Stoure, upon the west side of the towne.”—See Speed’s
_Annals_, fo. 936; see also Thorsby’s _Views in Leicestershire_, p. 338:
and instead of the words, “were deposited,” insert “had been deposited.”
„ 170, note 1. After “Hutton, 143,” add “Sandford’s _Genealogical
History_, p. 410. A tablet has been recently (in 1856) put up on one of
the new buildings near Bow Bridge, with an inscription treating the
locality as if it were the supposed place of the final interment of
Richard III.; but although it may perhaps be a disappointment to those
who have caused the tablet to be placed there, to learn that the
correctness of their theory is not admitted by others, still it is only
proper to mention, that there does not appear to be any authority for
such a supposition: indeed, after his remains had been pulled out of the
grave and got rid of at the river, it is not likely that anybody would
know or care what became of them.”
„ 173. Instead of “which he afterwards gave,” read “which was afterwards
given.”
„ 180. In note 1, instead of “chap. iv.” read chap. “v.”
„ 189. For “the cliff occupied by his left wing, was, as before
observed, almost inassailable,” read, “the cliff occupied, as before
observed, by his left wing, was almost inassailable.”
„ 193, note 1. Instead of “[500],” read “[498].”
„ 203. After the words, “in the fifteenth century,” insert “and had no
relation to the wars of York and Lancaster.”
„ 210, note 2, add “_MS. Chronicle_, by Warkworth, p. 16.”
„ 274. Instead of “the Brooke Farm estate,” read “the Brooke Farm.”
Page 289. For “ou m’a assuire,” read “on m’a assuré.”
„ 294. After the words, “in that county,” add the figure “2.”
„ 296. For “the Institutes of England,” read “the Institutes of the Laws
of England.”
„ 298, note 1. Instead of the words, “there were not any wolves in
England,” insert “wolves did not appear in England.” He uses the
following expression respecting them: “though none of those animals
appear at present in England, nor on the borders toward Scotland, though
very common in that kingdom.”
INDEX.
A.
ACTON, Robert, executed after the battle of Tewkesbury, 148.
Act of attainder of 1st Edward IV., against persons who had been engaged
at the second battle of St. Alban’s, the battle of Wakefield, and the
battle of Towton, 107, 301.
Act of attainder of 38th Henry VI., against persons who had been engaged
at the battle of Blore Heath, and other alleged offences, 28.
Act of attainder of 14th Edward IV., against persons who had been engaged
at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury, 308.
Act of attainder of 1st Henry VII., against persons who had been engaged
at the battle of Bosworth, 309.
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