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DECORATING THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON

... The Blind Beggar and His Dog form the crest of Bethnal Green. According to an old and persistent legend, after the Battle of Evesham in 1265, Henry, Simon de Mont- fort's son, was badly wounded and blinded. He was nursed back to health in secret, and ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1959
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 434 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

VITERBO The Scene of the Camorra Trial

... The foul deed was done to avenge the death of his father, who was slain when fighting against Henry III in 1265 at the Battle of Evesham. Viterbo has, too, like most of the smaller Italian cities, a great painter, whose memory is honoured by the town, and ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1911
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1135 | Page: 20 | Tags: Photographs 

VITERBO The Scene of the Camorra Trial

... The foul deed was done to avenge the death of his father, who was slain when fighting against Henry III in 1265 at the Battle of Evesham. Viterbo has, too, like most of the smaller Italian cities, a great painter, whose memory is honoured by the town, and ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1911
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1135 | Page: 20 | Tags: Photographs 

IN CENTRAL ITALY: Latium, Abruzzi and the Marches offer much of Interest and Appeal for the Curious Traveller

... Earl Simon of Leicester, assassinated Henry of Cornwall, nephew of Henry III, to avenge the death of his father at the battle of Evesham in 1 265, where his body had been despicably treated. Dante mentions this horrible crime, and consigns the murderer to ...

Published: Saturday 30 March 1957
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2069 | Page: 37 | Tags: Photographs