10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAPENSCHAW»
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wapenschaw in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Noble Power in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution
An attempt was made to estab— lish greater central control over the
administrative record—keeping, and a second general wapenschaw was
ordered to take place in November 1627. Little appears to have changed, and
when the barons and ...
2
The Pindar of Wakefield's Legend. [In the Style of an Old ...
... And bent his tough Lancastrian tree With right good aim and heed. Then Sir
Edwin, the flewer of courtesy, Well knit for sport or strife—A comely man-at-arms
rode he, When the wapenschaw was rife. Then Will-o'-the-Wisp, of fancies quaint,
...
3
English forests and forest trees, historical, legendary, and ...
Almost every town had a field or common called the "Bow-butts," where the
archers practised, and regular meetings were held to shoot for what was called
the " Wapenschaw." Some of these fields are still unenclosed and bear their old
name, ...
4
Nelson's historical and descriptive hand-book to Edinburgh ...
9 Bog was long noted as a retreat for duelling ; and in the summer of 1844 it
became the scene of a grand gala display of the Royal Archers of Scotland for
commemorating the ancient practice of the wapenschaw. See St. Anthony's
Chapel, ...
5
Rambles round Nottingham
... of the mark) — undoubtedly its position, and even its retirement, indicate the
convenience of the spot for those ancient gatherings of all fit to bear arms, for
rendezvous or for exercise, which we know to have constituted the "
Wapenschaw," or ...
104 Perth, Letter from Earl of, ordering a general " Wapenschaw," iii. Ill Peru,
Mummyof a Child from, i. 265; Jug found in tomb near Truxillo, ii. 101 ; Relics of
Gold exhibited, 158 ; Antiquities from, iii. 203 ; Researches in, iv. 105 Petit, L. H.
ob.
Society of Antiquaries of London, 1859
7
Highland Light Infantry Chronicle
ex-militiaman (4th Batt.) and C. M. R,, having been gazetted to the 71st, and
posted to F Company, turned up to join and knock these last into shape. We had
a Wapenschaw in very bad weather. Winners of prizes — >Serg. Frame ...
8
Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South
In recognition of the late medieval muster practice called a "weap- onshowe," the
Napiers call their annual meeting at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
the "Annual Wapenschaw." As small arms did not even begin to replace the bow
...
9
The Saltoun Papers: Reflections on Andrew Fletcher
In 'Lochmaben Gate', written to commemorate a 1714 wapenschaw in the
southwest, the travelling speaker encounters a Whig who talks to him in perfect
English: These are rebels to the throne, / Reason have we all to know it; / Popish
knaves ...
Paul Henderson Scott, 2003
10
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London
104 Perth, Letter from Earl of, ordering a general “ Wapenschaw,” iii. 111 Peru,
Mummyofa Child from, i. 265; Jug found in tomb near Truxillo, ii. 10l ; Relics of
Gold exhibited, 158; Antiquities from, iii. 203; Researches in, iv. 105 ' Petit, L. H.
ob.
Society of Antiquaries of London, 1859
