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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The voyage of Ranulph earle of Chester
, of Saer Quincy
earle of Winchester
, William de Albanie earle of
Arundel
, with divers other noble men to the Holy
land, in the second yere of K. Henry the third. Matth .
Paris
. Holensh . pag. 202., (search)
The voyage of Ranulph earle of Chester
, of Saer Quincy
earle of Winchester
, William de Albanie earle of
Arundel
, with divers other noble men to the Holy
land, in the second yere of K. Henry the third. Matth.
Paris
. Holensh. pag. 202.,
IN the yeere 1218, Ranulph earle of Chester
was sent
into the Holy land by king Henry theChester
was sent
into the Holy land by king Henry the third with a goodly
company of souldiers and men of warre, to ayde the
Christians there against the Infidels, which at the same
time had besieged the city of Damiata in Egypt
. In
which enterprise the valiancy of the same earle after his
comming thither was to his great praise most apparant.
There went with him in that journey Sa thither was to his great praise most apparant.
There went with him in that journey Saer de Quincy
earle of Winchester
, William de Albanie earle of Arundel
,
beside divers barons, as the lord Robert fitz Walter, John
constable of Chester
, William de Harecourt, and Oliver
fitz Roy sonne to the king of England, and divers others.
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, The travailes of Ranulph Glanvile earle of Chester
. (search)
The travailes of Ranulph Glanvile earle of Chester
.
RANULPH GLANVILE earle of Chester
, a man of a very
noble house, and learned in both the Lawes, deserves of
duetie to be here placed by me in the catalogue of woorthy
and notable men. He applied so well all the yeeres of
his youth to the study of humane and divine Lawes, that
he came not so soone to the age of a man, as he had
purchased to himselfe by reason of his singular learning,
renowme and honour. When the noble men of France
went Chester
, a man of a very
noble house, and learned in both the Lawes, deserves of
duetie to be here placed by me in the catalogue of woorthy
and notable men. He applied so well all the yeeres of
his youth to the study of humane and divine Lawes, that
he came not so soone to the age of a man, as he had
purchased to himselfe by reason of his singular learning,
renowme and honour. When the noble men of France
went to Ptolomais, upon the counsell of John Brenne king
of Jerusalem, they resolved to besiege Damiata a city
of Egypt
, in the yeere 1218. And then Henry the king
upon the motion of Honorius the third, bishop of Rome,
sent thither this earle Ranulph with a great power
of armed souldiers, to further the enterprise of the
Christians: whose valure in that warre (by the testimonie
of Polidor Virgil) was marveilously commended of all
men. After the end of which businesse, he being returned
into his coun