Chap. IX, from the Conquest, to the Death of Mary X

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C H A P. IX.

Expeditions and Transactions of the English, with several other Occurrences, during the Reign of King Edward I.

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[2 7 2 * TF 1 D W A R D I. surnamed Long-Shanks, (s) tho’ absent, and onhis Return from the Holy-Land,when his Father died, was ac-knowledged his lawful Heir, and Suc-cessor, without Opposition, or Con-straint, and all the Barons swore Fealtyto him. It was at Messina, in Sicily, hereceived the first News of his Advance-ment to the Throne. From thence hewent to Rome, to visit the new Pope,and in his Way thro' France he visitedKing Philip at Paris. From Paris hewent to Bourdeaux, and from thence re-turned to England, where he landedwith his Queen, the five and twentiethj? d ^ 2 74 - of July, 1274. came to London the fe-

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cond, and was crowned on the nine-teenth of Augafi following, (I) Alex-ander, King of Scotland, and J. Earl ofBretagne, with their Wives, the King’sSisters, being present.

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JsstyJJ 1 - remarkable at Sea, nor did the Kinghimself undertake any memorable Voy-0 ^ance , age 'till the four and twentieth of June,in the Year 1286. (c) when (or, accordingto IValsmgh. in 1287.) important Affairscalling him to France, he repaired thi-ther,with a nobleRetinue, and remainedthere above three Years. . He did notreturn to England till the Month of Au-

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sis <fy e ' en gsift, in the Year 1289 ; And in the Yearfollowing, or, according to IFalfmgham,in 1291. he lost his excellent Queen.

In the Year 1294. a Parliament,which was assembled at JVejlminfler,_ after IVhitjiintide, passed a Resolutionc o recover Guienne, by Force of Arms.rance - The Earls and other great Men of Eng-land promised to contribute generouslytowards defraying the Charges, of thisWar: And a Fleet was ordered to bej &eet an d § ot together at Portsmouth, as was like-

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wife an Army, which the King notthinking large enough ordered all thePrisoners to be set at Liberty, and to be

listed in his Service. These great Pre-parations requiring larger Disbursementsthan, Edward was provided for, andgreat Sums of Mony having been col-lected for carrying on the Holy Wur, J Mony rai j- e ^_and deposited in the Monasteries, in the for the HolyMonth oh July, he ordered it to be feiz- War -ed, and applied to the War in Guienne.

In the mean Time, his Fleet at Portj-mouth had been detained there by con- 7 ^ 1 Expedt-trary Winds, from June the four and twn deferred,twentieth, and was so ’till September thefourteenth, which put a Stop to hisVoyage for this Year. The Occasionof this War breaking out between Occasion ofFrance, and England in Earnest, was a the £si>arreLprivate Quarrel between a Norman Pi-lot and an Engli/h Mariner. Reprisalswere taken on both Sides, and a fierceWar was carried on, between the Sub-jects of both Nations, for - some Time, Knightonbefore the two Kings were concernedin it: But sixty stout jE nglish Ships hap-pening to meet a Norman Fleet of two F tefd°seat?Hundred Sail, (Knighton fays about two e d ;Hundred, and forty) laden with Wine,after a sharp Encounter, in which greatNumbers (JValJingham fays fifteen Thou-sand and Knighton fays manyThoufands,besides what were drowned) of theFrench were slain, the English took thewhole Fleet, and carried it triumphant- ^Englandly into England, which made the Quar-rel publick.

Mr. Secretary Burehett, in his Ac- ^.Burchettcount of the Naval Wars of France, un-der the Year 1294. gives the followingRelation: " Edward I. having sent out" six Sail of Ships for Bourdeaux, as" they. coasted along Normandy, they" were attacked and taken by some" People of that Province, which he

highly resenting, ordered his Admi-tC ral Robert TiptoC, to fail with a Squa-cf dron to Normandy, who, entering“ the Seine, funk all the Ships he found" in that River, after which he took.'.

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Ofi Because his Legs were too long in Pro- who was born the six and twentieth of sr si Was 1portion to the Rest of his Body. the first Heir Apparent to the Crown, who was

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Worses were let loose, for the Benefit of those IN this. Year 1286. TVilEdm -d£ Lti&nrn "■ ha$"who could catch them. , .the Title of -Admirallv.s Marls Anglja. (Admiral

(e) I shall only observe, that in this Interval of the English Sea,

Time, in the Year 1284. Prince Edward,