This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...room became filled with a silvery light, which even broke through the shuttered casement on to the black road; sight came back to the sightless eyes, a glow as from the moon illumined the paltry details of cupboard and shelf, and the watcher knew that beneath the poor rags lay the body of the King. It has already been ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...room became filled with a silvery light, which even broke through the shuttered casement on to the black road; sight came back to the sightless eyes, a glow as from the moon illumined the paltry details of cupboard and shelf, and the watcher knew that beneath the poor rags lay the body of the King. It has already been told how the corpse of King Eadward Corfe from the Castle Gate. the Martyr was carried in time to Wareham, and later to the hill town of Shaftesbury (pages 2 and 154). The church of Corfe dedicated to the murdered King stands nigh to the spot where the cottage was. At what date the present Castle was built is unknown. x1l THE DAMSEL 181 Certain it is that there was a strong keep here in Stephen's time, which was held by Baldwin de Redvers for the Empress Matilda and was besieged by the King in vain. In the time of John it was not only a royal castle, but also a royal treasure house and a state prison. King John blighted the place by his esteem, filled its dungeons with the unhappy, and kept here not only his miserable money-bags, but his crown. What malignant hate and fiendish cruelty could do was done within the walls of Corfe. Those prisoners were fortunate who were merely starved to death in a windowless pit, and were so spared a glimpse of the sun on the open heath and of the blue sea hurrying across the sands into Poole haven. One of King John's most interesting captives was Eleanor, the Damsel of Brittany. She and her brother Arthur had substantial claims to the throne, so Arthur was done to death and the Damsel came a prisoner to Corfe. She was confined for many years in the Castle, and was removed later to Bristol, where the poor soul died after an imprisonment of forty years. It would appear from the "Close Rolls" that the D...
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