. The records of St. Bartholomew's priory and of the church and parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield . was carried out here within listsbefore the king (Henry VI) between Sir Philip la Beaufe (or Boyle)of Aragon and Sir John Ansley (or Astley). It is depicted in theHastings with an onlooker on the roof of one of the houses(as would occur to-day, were a similar sight to be seen). A churchwith a tower, apparently to suggest St. Bartholomews, is depictedin the background (pi. VIII). The last record met with of the use of Smithfield for such purposesis in the year 1467, when
. The records of St. Bartholomew's priory and of the church and parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield . was carried out here within listsbefore the king (Henry VI) between Sir Philip la Beaufe (or Boyle)of Aragon and Sir John Ansley (or Astley). It is depicted in theHastings with an onlooker on the roof of one of the houses(as would occur to-day, were a similar sight to be seen). A churchwith a tower, apparently to suggest St. Bartholomews, is depictedin the background (pi. VIII). The last record met with of the use of Smithfield for such purposesis in the year 1467, when the Bastard of Burgoine challenged theLord Scales, brother to the queen, to fight with him both on horse-back and on foot. The kings and nobles were present, and the fightlasted three Encroachments on the open space of Smithfield, which commencedon the west side as early as the year 1417,5 reduced the space available 1 R. Ser. No. 93, p. 146. 2 lb., 230. 3 Ordinances of chivalry of fifteenth century belonging to Lord Hastings, 277 Archaeologia, lvii, 36. 4 Stow, Survey, p. 143. 5 lb., 142. PLATE VIII.
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