Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . YPRF-S TOWER before removal of 5oiip Kitchen. GUIDE TO RYE. 6;. ANTIOUITIES OF RYE. F. Yprks Towkr. Upon the occasion of the visitof the members of the SussexArchaeological Society, in the sum-mer of 1905, additional light wasthrown upon several relics ofantiquarian interest. Hence were-produce an interesting paperread by Mr. Harold Sands, de-scriptive of the above building,which claims the greatest antiquity in the town : — There is an erroneous, but quite unfoun
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . YPRF-S TOWER before removal of 5oiip Kitchen. GUIDE TO RYE. 6;. ANTIOUITIES OF RYE. F. Yprks Towkr. Upon the occasion of the visitof the members of the SussexArchaeological Society, in the sum-mer of 1905, additional light wasthrown upon several relics ofantiquarian interest. Hence were-produce an interesting paperread by Mr. Harold Sands, de-scriptive of the above building,which claims the greatest antiquity in the town : — There is an erroneous, but quite unfounded idea, thatthis curious little building was erected by a certain Williamde Ypres, Earl of Kent: how far this is removed from theactual facts I will endeavour to explain as briefly aspossible. This William de Ypres was a Fleming, and was one ofKing Stephens Captains of mercenary soldiers. He wasnever created Earl of Kent by Stephen, and never held anyEnglish Earldom from him or his successor Henry , as INIr. Round pithily puts it, provided well forhis great and faithful follower by quartering him upon theCounty of Kent, not as its Earl, but as tenant of the ancientdemesne of
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