An archæological description of Saltwood castle near Hythe, Kent, the historical notes by C. Beeston

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Página 68 - To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye, that we of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant...
Página 34 - Count Witikind came of a regal strain, And roved with his Norsemen the land and the main. Woe to the realms which he coasted ! for there Was shedding of blood and rending of hair, Rape of maiden and slaughter of priest, Gathering of ravens and wolves to the feast : When he hoisted his standard black, Before him was battle, b.ehind him wrack, And he burned the churches, that heathen Dane, To light his band to their barks again.
Página 61 - On this limitation of the universal message of Christian love he now proceeded to discourse. He began by speaking of the sainted fathers of the Church of Canterbury, the presence of whose bones made doubly hallowed the consecrated ground. " One martyr," he said, " they had already," — Alfege, murdered by the Danes, whose tomb stood on the north side of the high altar ; " it was possible," he added, " that they would soon have another.
Página 61 - they had already," — Alfege, murdered by the Danes, whose tomb stood on the north side of the high altar ; " it was possible," he added, " that they would soon have another." The people who thronged the nave were in a state of wild excitement ; they wept and groaned ; and an audible murmur ran through the church, " Father, why do you desert us so soon ? To whom will you leave us ? " But, as he went on with his discourse, the plaintive strain gradually rose into a tone of fiery indignation.
Página 67 - Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Legate of the Apostolic See...
Página 24 - Paled in by many a lofty hill, The narrow dale lay smooth and still, And, down its verdant bosom led, A winding brooklet found its bed.
Página 27 - Of all the nations conquered by Rome," says Montalembert, " the Britons were those who resisted her arms the longest, and borrowed the least from her laws and manners. . . . The noble Celtic race had produced a succession of remarkable personages, who, thanks to Tacitus, shine with an 8 Guizot, quoted by Montalembert.
Página 31 - SALFORD : SALTERSFORD : SALTERSGATE (10 S. x. 222, 256, 274, 297).— ' An Archaeological Description of Saltwood Castle,' by Frederick Beeston, FRIBA, says of Saltwood Castle, near Hythe : — " Leland tells us that Saltwood derived its name from a wood so called, which anciently covered that part of the coast near which it stands. That painstaking antiquary is followed in this view by the compiler of 'Magna Britannia et Hibernia...
Página 55 - If it may be, as much as in us is, we ought to have peace with all men. Therefore, William, if thou wilt now meekly and of good heart, without any feigning, kneel down, and lay thy hand upon a book and kiss it, promising faithfully as I shall here charge thee, that thou wilt submit thee to my correction, and stand to mine ordinance, and fulfil it duly by all thy skill and power, thou shalt yet find me gracious unto thee. Then said I to the archbishop, Sir, since ye deem me a heretic, and out of belief,...
Página 28 - Montalembert. imperishable light amid the degradation of the world — the glorious prisoner Car,actacus, who spoke to the Emperor in language worthy of the finest days of the Republic, Boadicea the heroic queen, and Galgacus the Pictish hero of the Grampians.

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