 | James Storer - Architecture - 1808 - 314 pages
...the town with a wall and moat, securing it against invasion by any foreign enemy, it being considered the key, or principal entrance, into the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Yet, notwithstanding the king's grant, the erection was for a long time delayed ; and it does not appear... | |
 | Architecture - 1809 - 340 pages
...the town with a wall and moat, securing it against invasion by any foreign enemy, it being considered the key, or principal entrance, into the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Yet, notwithstanding the king's grant, the erection was for a long time delayed; and it does not appear... | |
 | George Measom - 1865 - 932 pages
...Henry a -nonarrestentur nisi, or the charter of debtor and creditor. In the year 1260, King Henry III., upon the petition of the burgesses of Yarmouth, granted,...entrance into the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Yet, notwithstanding the letters patent, the building was for a long time superseded ; for it does... | |
 | 1884 - 106 pages
...fortifications. Swinden, another trustworthy local historian says : — " In the year 126o, King Henry III., upon the petition of the burgesses of Yarmouth, granted...entrance into the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and, therefore, a stronghold or fortification was adjudged as necessary then, to command that entrance,... | |
 | 1885 - 112 pages
...fortifications. Swinden, another trustworthy local historian says : — " In the year 126o, King Henry III., upon the petition of the burgesses of Yarmouth, granted...enclose the town with a wall and moat, to be a place o£, security ''* 4 ^'' and defence against invasions of foreign enemies ; it being as it were, the... | |
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King Henry III., upon the petition of the burgesses of Yarmouth, granted by his letters patent licence to enclose the town with a wall and moat, to be a place of, security and defence against invasions of foreign enemies ; it being as it •were, the... 