... the hammer than the sword ; but handling tho latter with terrible effect when their humour led them that way. In the battle of Evesham the stout Birmingham smiths followed the banner of their lord of the manor, and fought on the side of the barons and ...

... courtesy, and impartiality. Few, if any, of his predecessors, from Peter de Montford —the first speaker—who was killed in battle of Evesham, 1265, down to the present time, have more worthily, or more satisfactorily, discharged the delicate and difficult duties ...

... respecting the office of Speaker, a few word 3 on thia will not be out of (dace here. Peter Montfort, afterwords killed the battle of Evesham, was the first who held this dignified position, and be was appointed in the year 1260. Upon the Speaker's election he ...

... by the Welsh, and the Earl of Leicester bad recruited his army in this part the country, previous to the disastrous battle near Evesham,in Worcestershire which proved equally fatal to him and the baronial cause. Under these circumstances the castle of ...