... This brave and powerful Baron was, at length, overcome at the battle of Evesham, and the author gives us the following account of the final scene:— Simon de Montfort (says one account) fought stoutly like a giant for the liberties of England, and even ...

... Leicester, against King Henry the Third, and fell, fighting by his side, at the battle of Evesham. grandsons, Nicholas Lord Astley and his brother Giles, were taken prisoners at the battle of Bannockburn, and from the latter were descended, the family of the Astleys ...

... adversary at all his points. In the 7th round, Cooper gave a turn to the battle by getting him down; but after this, it was Moses to a liackrzey. A second terrible ruffianing battle was fought on the extremity of the course. It lasted only 18 minutes, but ...

... and all manner of calamities were attributed to it by various parties. One chronicler supposes it to have presaged the battle of Evesham;* another observes with much simplicity, that ' though it may have tokened many things in other parts of the world, this ...

... and all manner of calamities were attributed to it by various parties. One chronicler supposes it to have presaged the battle of Evesham; * another observes with much simplicity, that though it may have tokened many things in other parts of the world, this ...

... and all manner of calamities were attributed to it by various parties. One chronicler supposes it to have presaged the battle of Evesham;* another observes with much simplicity, that though it may have token ed many things in other parts of the w , .rld ...

... the sun, 5 min. 46 seconds.—Calais taken by Edward the Third ,1374.—P. B. Shelley, born, 1792.—Henry I. crowned, 1100.—Battle of Evesham, 1265.—J0hn Home died, 1808.—Pitt made Earl of Chatham, 1766.—East India Docks opened, 1806.—Sun rises 29 min. past 4 ...

... baneret, whose valour had steaded' that Monarch more than once in his need, and who, having saved his prince's life at the battle of Evesham, ,conceived himself chartered in the use of his tongue, and uttered his sentiments with a bluntness that well accorded ...

... the sun, 5 mm. 46 seconds.—Calais taken by Edward the Third , 1374.—P. B. Shelley, born, 1792.—Henry I. crowned, 1100.—Battle of Evesham, 1265.—J0hn Home died, 1808.-I'itt made Earl of Chatham, 1766.—East India Docks opened, 1806.—Sun rises 29 min• past ...

... and all manner of calamities were attributed to it by various parties. One chronicler supposes it to have presaged the battle of Evesham; another observes with much simplicity that, ' though it may have tokened many things in other parts of the world, this ...

... compromise succeeded, satisfactory to the two parties. Like a sturdy nonconformist as he was, he laid down his life at the battle of Evesham, fighting like a dragon with his fellow barons in the ranks of De Montfort (the Barons de Montfort possessed fortresses ...

... in order to counteract the popularity of Leicester and his party. It was given out that young Henry had fallen at the battle of Evesham, but the traditionary legends consider him es having lived in disguise and thereby given rise to the ballad; there is ...