. Newbury: a pattern of flatware made in sterling silver by the Towle Mfg. Company; with some history of Newbury: Massachusetts and its progenitor Newbury: England. early Celts, who occupied the country before the coming of the Romans inthe second century. Relics of the lattci are numerous; their roads may yet beseen ; and they left the name Spinae, variously rendered Spinus, Spone,and Speen, to designate their station on the route traveled by Antoninus , later called Speenhamlaud, was the nucleus from which may be said to havegrown, by the coming of the Saxon, the settlement, precari
. Newbury: a pattern of flatware made in sterling silver by the Towle Mfg. Company; with some history of Newbury: Massachusetts and its progenitor Newbury: England. early Celts, who occupied the country before the coming of the Romans inthe second century. Relics of the lattci are numerous; their roads may yet beseen ; and they left the name Spinae, variously rendered Spinus, Spone,and Speen, to designate their station on the route traveled by Antoninus , later called Speenhamlaud, was the nucleus from which may be said to havegrown, by the coming of the Saxon, the settlement, precarious and nameless forcenturies, finally to be known as New Bourg and Newbury. The south bank of the river Kennet, soon to merge its waters with the Thames,favored the peaceful life of the new invaders more than did the former Romanmilitary camp a mile to the northward; and the fruitful valley sustained themafter the manner of those dark ages,— recordless but for relics turned up by theplow,— until the dawning light of the eleventh century reveals an ecclesiasticalsettlement firmly established under the Norman succession, from which all realhistory For the followingcentury this is chieflyconcerned with the af-fairs of Ernulf de Hesd-ing and other possessorsof the manor, their pat-ronage of the churchand monastery, and theneighboring priory ofSandelford. The naturalactivities of a flourishingcommunity are evident,however, and we findmention in the record ofthe court of chancery,in the year 1205, of a Ful-ling Mill, and anotherMill, as well as a TownMarket. One of the moststirring events of thisperiod of the towns his-tory is the siege of thecastle of Newbury byKing Stephen, in account of thisstruggle is contained ina French poem of nearlytwenty thousand lines,comprising the history ofWilliam Marshall, Earlof Pembroke, son of JohnMarshall, one of the mostvaliant supporters ofthe Empress Matildaagainst Stephen. It relates with much detail the kings demand for th
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