... from the site of the abbey was inspected, and the battle-field viewed under the guidance of Mr Herbert New, who gave a lucid account of the disposition of the various forces before the battle of Evesham. The annual dinner of the society was held in the ...

... of the rebel commander who had defended Kenilworth Castle so strenuously against the Royal assaults in 1266 after the battle of Evesham. But it was characteristic of King Edward's insistence on strict legal procedure that he at once appointed a Commission ...

... of Fox, the first Quaker—the home of SHSKESPEARE, and of a host of lesser stars of the firmament, are near us. The battle fields Evesham, Bosworth, Edge Hill, and Naseby, azz within the easy compass of a day’s excursion. the student of history may feel ...

... SDION DE MONTFORD. Last week the Rev. Canon Winnington Ingram delivered Evesham lecture on the death of Simon de Montfort, the great Lord of Kenilworth, at the Battle of Evesham, an event which wa3 the prelude of the great seise of Kenilworth, detailed ...

... person buried in the church was Henry de Hastings, Monttort, who com- a follower of Simon de manded the rebels after the Battle of Evesham when they were besieged for six months in Kenilworth Castle in 1266. The church was fur a time the resting-place of the ...

... Roses, a formidable fortress belonging to the family the Montforts, who, from the time the Conquest to the disastrous battle of Evesham (in the days of Henry III.), exercised supreme sway and owned most of the soil in this part of the country. traces of ...

... granted for life, by Henry 111., to Simon de Montfort, who, having headed an insurrection of the Barons, was slain at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, the royal troops being commanded by Prince Edward, afterwards Edward I. In the following sear the Castle of ...

... historical iliusions, a of a ax months’ by King Heory III. after the death of Simonde Mout- fort, Earl of Leicester, at the battle of Evesham, in 1265. This is succeeded by a long and romanticsketch, glowing with all the™ pride, ‘and circumstance” of chivairy ...

... Castle must necessarily have the title of Lord Beauchamp, with all the offices annexed to that title. At tbe time of the Battle of Evesham (A.D. 1265), the reign of Henry 111., theje was an old Lord Beauchamp living at Elmley, who took tbe side of Prince Edward ...

... imagination to people this greate-t feudal fortresses with knightly warriors, recruited by fugitives from the bloody battle of Evesham, re-is ing the attacks of the third Henry for six months, until' thinned by disease and famine they surrendered Sr. ...

... positive opinion upon an | historical subject which is quite out of my line, I may be allowed to suggest that e great battle of Evesham, n-| between Prince Edward and Simon de Montfort, was fought in the neighbourhood. Immense slaughter took place among ...

... transactions during the whole period after the battle of Evesham (August 4, 1265) to the fall of Kenilworth (December 13,1266) are involved much obscurity. Many of the barons escaped after the battle of Evesham, and during the whole this interval continued ...