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قراءة كتاب Ruins and Old Trees, Associated with Memorable Events in English History
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Ruins and Old Trees, Associated with Memorable Events in English History
Ruins and Old Trees.
LONDON:
HARVEY AND DARTON,
GRACECHURCH STREET.
RUINS AND OLD TREES,
ASSOCIATED WITH
MEMORABLE EVENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY.
BY
MARY ROBERTS,
AUTHOR OF
“THE PROGRESS OF CREATION, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THE
PRESENT CONDITION OF THE EARTH,” “CONCHOLOGIST’S COMPANION,” &c.
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DESIGNS BY GILBERT,
ENGRAVED BY FOLKARD.
LONDON:
JOSEPH RICKERBY, PRINTER,
SHERBOURN-LANE.
The Oak of Chatsworth,
PLANTED BY HER MAJESTY WHEN PRINCESS VICTORIA.
CONTENTS.
Melksham Court.
Ancient Forest—Huts of the Britons on its margin. Roman Settlements in the vale country—Destruction of the Danes—Gradual diminishing of the Forest—Pageant in the days of Richard II. in honour of his marriage with Anne of Luxemburg—Journey of the young Queen—Dangers attendant on the way—Arrival in London—Margaret of Silesia, a confidential friend and first-cousin of the Queen, accompanies her—Death of the Queen—Marriage of Margaret; afterwards that of her Daughter to Sir William Tyndale—Anecdote of Piastus, her immediate ancestor, and his elevation to the throne of Poland—A descendant of Margaret of Silesia concealed for three days and nights in the Yew-tree of Stinchcombe Wood—The Burning of his Mansion in the Valley—Reference to William Tyndale, the Apostle of the English Reformation, descended from Margaret—Beautiful Scenery around the remains of the old Forest, which now bears the name of Stinchcombe Wood—A dilapidated Court-House in the Valley, where the Tyndale family once resided—Its present condition and past greatness.—Page 1.
Ruins of Bradgate Palace.
Scenery before and around the Ruin—Beautiful group of Chesnut-trees growing there in the days of Edward I.—Clear Stream of Water, beside which Lady Jane used to walk—Ruins of the little Mill mentioned by Leland—Vale of Newtown, Hill and Ruin—Sketch of Bradgate Palace—Lady Jane’s Tower—Concluding Observations—Poetry.—Page 21.
Oak of Chertsey. Glendour’s Oak.
Battle between Henry IV. and Hotspur—Fall of Hotspur—Battle witnessed by Owen Glendour from the topmost branches of the Tree—Return to his Castle in the Vale of Glyndwrdwey—Mode of Warfare—Remarks respecting him—Dread entertained by the English of his possessing supernatural Powers—Anecdote of his early Life—Beautiful Scenery of Bethgellert—The bard Rhys-Cock—Stone on which he used to sit—Building of a Church by Henry IV. in commemoration of the Battle in which Hotspur fell—Present condition of the Church, and of Glendour’s Oak.—Page 31.
Yew Trees of Skelldale.
Historical notice of the Monks of St. Mary’s at York, who took shelter beneath seven Yew-trees—Their sanctity and mode of life—Conjectures respecting the state of Britain, when the fraternal Yew-trees first arose from the earth—Hardships endured by the recluses—The charity of their Abbot to a stranger—Splendid Abbey of the