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The History and Antiquities of Ludlow; With Lives of the Presidents, and Accounts of Gentlemen's Seats,
The History and Antiquities of Ludlow With Lives of the Presidents and Accounts of Gentlemen's Seats Author:Thomas Wright General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1826 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: BRIEF OF THE PRESIDENTS OF WALES. ANTHONY Widvile, or Widewylle, Earl of Ryvers, was "President of the Prince of Wales' Council" in the year 1473. He was brother to Elizabeth, Queen of Edward IV. and the most accomplished nobleman in the court of that monarch. To him was intrusted the education of his nephews, the two young Princes. He married the daughter and heiress of Thomas Lord Scales, (who was Seneschal of Normandy, and a valiant and active soldier in the French wars) on whose death in 1460 he was in his wife's right summoned to Parliament as Lord Scales. That he was complete master of those high feats of chivalry so much in repute in those days, we may learn from the old chronicles. ". 'And in the moneth of Juny followynge, were certayne actes and featys of warre doone in Smythfelde, atwene sir AntonyWydenyll, called Lord Scalys, vpon that one partye, and the Bastarde of Burgoyne, chalen- gour on that one partye: of which the Lorde Scalys wanne the honour: for the sayde Bastarde was at the firste course rennynge, with sharpe sperys overthrown horse and man, whiche was by the rage of the horse of the sayde Bastarde, and not by vyolence of the stroke of his enemy, and by a pyke of iron standynge vpon the fore parte of the sadll of the Lorde Scalys, wherewith the horse beyuge blynde of the Bastarde, was strykon into the nose thrylles, and payne therof mounted so hyghe vpon the hinder feet, that he fyl bakwarde. Vpon the seconde day they met there agayne vpon fote, and fawght with theyre axes a fewe strokes. But whan the Kyng sawe that the Lorde Scalys hadde auantagc of the Bastarde, as the poy...« less