... most gallant and accomplished Trince, regain Hie Ihrouc wliehce lie bad nearly fallen. Leicester was killed in the battle of Evesham in the year 1265. The renewal of Henry’s rule was accompanied with singular moderation. No blood was shed on the scaffold ...

... surface 104 swords and pikes; from their make it is conjectured they must have remained in that place ever ■since the battle of Evesham, 1265. A man tll .M,. iv,, of Comedmns, pr..r«e.(h !fi from J de-la-Z«ncli, on Momlav sp’nnii!lii A ' ll,, mmital m ...

... already theirs. The fatal battle of Evesham confirmed the Earl's worst anticipations, and here terminated bis stotmy though exalted career, 4th August, 1265. •' Tradition still points out, just without the town of Evesham, two gently rising slopes with ...

... 1228 Robert Grossetete, rector ol St Margaret's Church ahout 1230 First Mayor chosen 1233 Simon de Montfort slain in battle at Evesham . .. 1265 Members for the Borough fir -t chosen 1294 Death of Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Leicester. . 1299 Fair granted ...

... the reign of Henry III. assumed so much power as eventually to bring about his own destruction. He was slain at the battle of Evesham in 1265, with his eldest son. His widow and other children were expelled the kingdom ; they escaped into France, leaving ...

... churches, chapels, and hospitals; the charters he grauted, his military movemeuts, the battles of Lewes and Evesham ; and his death in 1265. The battle of Evesham, and the death of the Earl, are thus narrated :—“ In the month of May, 1265, the prince ...

... the battles of Roleia and Vi- retreat to and battle of Corunna, pas- sage of the Douro, battle of Busaco, lines of Torres Vedras, battle of Albuhera, first and second sieges of Badajoz, sieze and capture of Cindad third siege of Badajoz, ...

... the defensive armour, would indace us to believe that the remain* wero not those of one of the soldiers slain in the battle of Evesham. In all probability the skeleton was that of an antique Roman a Dane, and the wonder is that it had lam so long u ...

... crosslegged knights in armour—one of which represents Sir John de Clinton, who was in arms against Henry 111. at the battle of Evesham. The chancel contains the monuments of the Digby family from the time of Henry VII., and has four altar tombs of alabaster ...

... Leicester, at the battle of Evesham, was seized by the grant of the Archbishop of York, of certain custody in Lan ...

... his previous acts were rendered valid. He was made Baron le Dispenser in 1284. He fought on De Ntontfort's side at the battle of Evesham, August 4, 126.5, aad in the press of the fight when all was low, was advised by his friend and leader to fly the field ...

... Leicester, came | into possession in 1254, through a grant from Henry 111., and was the owner till his death at the battle of Evesham in 1265. After his death his son remained at the Castle, but the King marched an army to Warwick, on June 25, j 1266 ...