Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales (1777)
Grose, Francis · London: Printed for S. Hooper · leaf 368
and theParUament, when it formed a ftrong and moft ufeful poft, from whence manyfuccefsful excurfions were made; it proved alfo an occafional place of retreat for the King. It was twice unfuccefsfuUy befieged by Sir John Meldrum, but furrendered onthe 6th of May 1646, in obedience to the Kings… … irtWSTED PKIORT. . A OTTl-VOH^OtSnTRK ■\ NEWSTED ABBEY was formerly a fmall PRioRY^oundcd by Henry II. and given by Henry VIII. toSir John Eiron, and is now the feat of Lord Biron. This houfc is fituated in a vale, in the midft of an cxtcnfivc park, finely planted. On one fide of the hoiife, avery…
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