 | John Murray (Firm) - History - 1887 - 301 pages
...Barnstaple ; and Philip Wyott, town clerk, records that, Dec. 19, 1601, part of the wall was blown down, " and did no harm, saving some ravens were found dead, and belike sat withinside the wall." During the Civil War there was much fighting in and about Barnstaple, which Clarendon... | |
 | John Murray - 1895 - 348 pages
...Barnstaple; and Philip Wyott, town clerk, records that, Dec. 19, 1601, part of the wall was blown down, " and did no harm, saving some ravens were found dead, and belike sat withinside the wall." During the Civil War there was much fighting in and about Barnstaple, which Clarendon... | |
 | Frederick John Snell - History - 1906 - 288 pages
...Barnstaple from 1586 to 1608 : " 1601, nineteenth day of December, at night, some of the castle walls was blown down and blown into the Castle, and did...some ravens were found dead, and belike sat within the wall." Elsewhere the Journal tells how two hundred trained soldiers were reviewed in the Castle... | |
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... received this honour by their means. The Castle was in ruins when Leland visited Barnstaple ; and Philip Wyott, town clerk, records that, Dec. 19, 1601, part of the wall was blown down, " and did no harm, saving some ravens were found dead, and belike... 