. Vanishing England . 17 258 VANISHING ENGLAND It was once a sanctuary within the jurisdiction of theAbbot of Battle for persons flying from justice. Hithercame men-slayers, thieves, and rogues of every descrip-tion, and if they reached this inn-door they were is a record of a horse-thief named Birrel in thedays of Henry VIII seeking refuge here for a crime com- ^**». mitted at Lydd, in Kent. It was intended originally asa house for the refreshment of mendicant friars. Thehouse is very quaint with its curious carvings, includinga great red lion that guards the side, the figure-heado
. Vanishing England . 17 258 VANISHING ENGLAND It was once a sanctuary within the jurisdiction of theAbbot of Battle for persons flying from justice. Hithercame men-slayers, thieves, and rogues of every descrip-tion, and if they reached this inn-door they were is a record of a horse-thief named Birrel in thedays of Henry VIII seeking refuge here for a crime com- ^**». mitted at Lydd, in Kent. It was intended originally asa house for the refreshment of mendicant friars. Thehouse is very quaint with its curious carvings, includinga great red lion that guards the side, the figure-headof a wrecked Dutch vessel lost in Cuckmen was noted as a great nest of smugglers, and the Star was often frequented by Stanton Collins and hisgang, who struck terror into their neighbours, daringlycarried on their trade, and drank deep at the inn when OLD INNS 259 the kegs were safely housed. Only fourteen years agothe last of his gang died in Eastbourne is a vanished profession nowadays, a featureof vanished England that no one would seek to can tell whether it may not be as prevalent as everit was, if tariff reform and the imposition of heavy taxeson imports become articles of our political creed? Many of the inns once famous in the annals of the roadhave now retired from business and have taken downtheir signs. The First a
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