Nottinghamia vetus et nova. Or an historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham / Gather'd from the remains of antiquity and collected from authentic manuscripts and ancient as well as modern historians. Adorn'd with beautiful copper-plates; with an appendix, containing besides extracts of wills and deeds relating to charities, diverse other curious papers. By Charles Deering, M.D.

  • George Charles Deering
Date:
1751
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Credit: Nottinghamia vetus et nova. Or an historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham / Gather'd from the remains of antiquity and collected from authentic manuscripts and ancient as well as modern historians. Adorn'd with beautiful copper-plates; with an appendix, containing besides extracts of wills and deeds relating to charities, diverse other curious papers. By Charles Deering, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    v/oriliipful citey for many your kynd and lovyn defignings to his grace, Hiew^'d “ heretok)re, which his grace will never forget, and intendeth therefore foe to doe ‘‘ unto you, that all the kings that ever reigned beflow’d upon you, did they never foe much. Doubt not hereof, ne make ne manner of petition or dehre of any thing .by his highnefs to you to be graunted. But this I advife you, as laudable as your wifdom can imagin, to receive him and the queen at their coming, difpofe you to do as well with pageants, with fuch gude fpeeches as can gudely (this ihoit warning confidered) be,-devifed, and under fuch form as mailer Lancafier of the “ king’s councelthis brynger lliall fumwhat adyertife you of my mind in that behalf^ ‘‘ as in hanging the llreets through which the king’s grace fliall come, with cloths of arras, tappeilry work and ollyr, for there comen many fothern lords and men of “ vror/hip with them, which will mark greatly your refayving thar graces. Me ne- “ ded not thus to advife you, howbeit many things I ihew you thus of good heart, and for the lingular zele and love which I beer to you and your cite af^ore all other, ‘‘Ye iliall well know, that I ihall not forbeer calling on his grace for your weles,ne “ remember it as Mr. /hall ihew you, which in partheard the king’s grace “ fpeakdiereon, to whom touching the premi/Tes it may like you -.f-in “ hade the Z3d day of at Isotttyighdni with the hand of your friend and “ 10 ve r JOHN KENDAL, Secretary, (a) A. D. 148^. ’ When the duke oi Richmond^ (after king Raglanby the ti¬ tle of Henry VII.) had landed in PFales and w^as marched to Shre^ivshury^ Rickard HI. was-at Hottingham^ and from that town he marched, towards RoJ\mrth to give battle to that duke, A. D. 14S7, Henry VII. before the battle of Stoke by Newark^ was advanced to Netting/jam and there held a council of war. Authors diifer in the day of the month on which this battle was fought j my lord Raoon^ fays Junedno. 6th, Halk Sto-iv and I-Jollinzfiedn^Lvm It to be the i6th, and Sir gfohn W’cire; \v\\l have it the 20th: This battle was fought at Stoke^ againfl the earl of Lincoln-, aiTiiled by Flewip ^ and forces, undes the conducl of that'undaunted captain Martin S-wartz. Raping [vol. I. p.659.] like the refl; tells-us, that the king being informed that the earl of was advancing towards refolved to prevent him 5 to that end he marched withfuch expedition that he encamped between the enemy and Ne-wark 5 the earl of Lincoln advanced that day-to a little village called Stoke, where he en¬ camped on the /ide of an hilL B Y this account it appears that none of the v/riters who have given an account of this battle, did ever inform themfelves of the iituation of the place where the en¬ gagement wa^. I /hall therefore to clear up this matter, make ufe of my oft quoted anonymous author, who being a native of this country knew perfectly well the htua- tion of Newark and Stoke, who fays: “ The truth 1?, the king did not put himfelf “ between Newark and the enemies camp, for which purpofe he mu/l have been on “ the north oi Newark, and Stoke where the battle was fought is two long miles on the (a) Rapin, vol, I. p, 645.