. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . oken lines of roof rise twotowers, indicative of the old Puritan sentiment, Trust in God and keep yourpowder dry, for the one is the tower of its church, the other the strongholdof William of Ypres. Walls and battlements were needed for Rye in early days; its pastor knewsometimes the noise of war in the gates. Predatory descents were by nomeans unfrequent on our coasts in the Middle Ages, and it must be admittedthat they were neither unprovoked nor unrequited. In fact, the men of theCinque Ports were a
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . oken lines of roof rise twotowers, indicative of the old Puritan sentiment, Trust in God and keep yourpowder dry, for the one is the tower of its church, the other the strongholdof William of Ypres. Walls and battlements were needed for Rye in early days; its pastor knewsometimes the noise of war in the gates. Predatory descents were by nomeans unfrequent on our coasts in the Middle Ages, and it must be admittedthat they were neither unprovoked nor unrequited. In fact, the men of theCinque Ports were a thorn in the side of France, and took to the work ofharrying the French so kindly that the King could not always keep his dogsfrom the game when a close time was proclaimed. On this account, somefive hundred years ago Rye was by no means a pleasant place of instance, in the year 1377 the French landed in force and plundered thetown—an attention which the men of the Cinque Ports duly returned by harry-ing Western Normandy. That brought back the French in greater strength,. EYE : THE PENDULUM. WiNCHELSEA.] REPRISALS. 377 and in 1380 they burnt not only Rye, but also Wincliolsea and Hastings, townswhich on the former occasion had beaten off their assailants. The church at Rye is dedicated to St. j\Iary the Virgin, and is a cruciformstructure of considerable importance. The transepts, however, arc short, the naveaisles rather wide, and the choir is flanked by large chapels which range withits eastern wall, so that the ground-plan of the building is practically an is a massive tower which, though low, is conspicuous in distant views of thetown. The older part of the church is Norman, but there is later work ofmost dates, and it was partly rebuilt about the end of the fourteenth the town, it was fired by the French in 1380, and this may have rendereda rebuilding necessary. It has also found foes among those of its own household,for a century
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