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Some persons think that the legends of King Arthur have been wrongly attached to this neighbourhood through Winchester, “Gwent,” being mistaken for the “Gwent” in Monmouthshire.
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Pat. Rolls, 16 Henry III. m 5. There was a hall here previously.
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[20]
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Pat. 45 Henry III.
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[21]
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Close Rolls, 6 Henry III.
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[22]
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Cotton. Titus, B. ii. 242.
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He took her from the Nunnery of St. Mary’s, at Romsey. Rufus went to court her, but the abbess showed him the convent garden with the “Romsey roses,” where he saw her attired like a nun. She was buried in this Cathedral with the inscription “called by the English Molde the good Queen.”
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Henry III. threw the Winchester jury into the lowest dungeon of the Castle because they would not find guilty thirty highwaymen, friends of theirs, whom he condemned to be hanged.
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The King’s spokesman on the occasion was the celebrated Archbishop Chicheley—originally a poor boy whom Wykeham met on the road and patronized.
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See notice in “Historic Winchester,” by Misses Bramston and Leroy.
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There is a ball in the Museum which fell in the Castle Hall.
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An interesting account of “The Civil War in and around Winchester” has been published by the Rev. G. N. Godwin.
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There is in the Bodleian a book of rules to be observed by these priests. They were to avoid going out together in large numbers so as not to attract attention.
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[30]
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Mr. Baigent has written an interesting little book on Wyke.
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Wyke, Compton, and Chilcombe were given to the monastery to support commemorative festivals, but Littleton for the entertainment of guests.
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A picture of her “in Ranelagh costume” was long hanging in the Chelsea bunhouse.
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