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The earliest plan of an English town is this one of Bristol by Robert Ricart. It shows the inner city, packed with houses and churches and protected by massive walls and gates. The four main streets: Wine Street, High Street, Corn Street and Broad Street - form a St Andrew's Cross.
Nov 21, 2023 · The Admiral Benbow in Treasure Island is the setting of the first six chapters of the story. The inn is located near a harbor called Kitt's Hole and is not far from the city of Bristol.
- Admiral Benbow was a real person. He was a naval admiral who lived from 1653 until 1702. He was famous for dying in battle against the French and i...
- The Admiral Benbow Inn is located near Kitt's Hole in Treasure Island . It is also not far from Bristol, England. There is a real Admiral Benbow I...
- In Treasure Island , Jim Hawkins' father owns the Admiral Benbow. After he dies, the responsibility for the inn's upkeep falls to Jim and his mother.
St James Priory was founded around 1129 by Robert, first Earl of Gloucester, who owned the castle at Bristol. To start with, there were 11 or 12 monks and a Prior, who lived under the rule of the Benedictine Abbey of Tewkesbury.
- Prologue
- First Part
- Second Part
- Third Part
- Fourth Part
- Fifth Part
- Sixth Part
- Illustrations
At the start of the book, Ricart details his plan for the execution of the work in six parts, although this plan was not in the end adhered to, he informs the reader that Spencer had commissioned the work to preserve the ancient customs of the town, for maynteyneng of the said fraunchises herafter more duely and freely to be executed and excercised...
This consists of a history of England, from the time of Brut or Brute (Brutus of Troy), up until the reign of Harold Godwinson. The section is based on earlier sources such as Wace's verse epic Roman de Brut, which in turn is based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. The town of Bristol is represented as having been founded by Bren...
Covering the period from the Norman conquest up until the death of John, King of England in 1216, this section is based heavily on Matthew Paris' Flores Historiarum. Interpositions contain accounts of the building of Bristol Castle by the Earls of Gloucester and their founding of St. James' Priory, Fitzhardings' foundation of St. Augustine's Abbey,...
In this section, the material is listed under the terms of office of the town mayors, starting with Adam le Page in the earlier sections it was arranged by the reigns of kings. Much of the subject matter is derived from London chronicles of the time with little local content until the early 15th century, when information on grain prices, William II...
The fourth section contains descriptions of the oaths of office administered to civic officials, regulations for the sale of bread, coal, and other commodities, civic ceremonies, robes of office, and judicial matters.
The whole of this section is a reproduction of the text of the 1374 charter, which granted Bristol civic status, together with the contents of King John's 118 charter.
The last section is mostly a transcription of a book belonging to Henry Darcy, Mayor of London in 1339, which is very similar to the Liber Albus or White Book, an account of the laws of the city of London, written by town clerk John Carpenterin 1419.
The Kalendar contains eighteen illustrations, mostly depicting kings, but there is a notable plan of the town of Bristol, showing its principal features, and an illustration of the annual mayor making ceremony.
May 22, 2005 · Robert, Earl of Gloucester, became her trusted right-hand man - the commander of her troops. Earl Robert raised a rebellion in Normandy, while in England rebels rallied to his castle at Bristol. Stephen reconnoitred Bristol and contemplated a seige, but gave up the idea as impractical. Bristol was impregnable.
History records that the first white men to visit Bristol were the French explorer, Robert LaSalle, and the Jesuit missionary, Galinee, in August 1669. While waiting for an Iroquois escort to take them to Ohio, the explorers were shown “Burning Springs.”.
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1 day ago · Know ye, that whereas Henry the 6th, late King of England, on the 15th day of March, in the 24th year of his reign, by his letters patent, committed and granted unto Nicholas Hill, then the Mayor of the town of Bristol, and to the Commonalty of the same town, with the gates, ditches, and walls of the same town and suburbs, also all other the ...
