. Peeps into Picardy . •Hii. ANlIiCHArKI, SAINl KSIKIT, KUK. io8] LE CROTOY 109 some importance; the Counts of Ponthieuoccupied a chateau here in 1150. One ofthese counts, seeing that the navigation of theSomme might produce a flourishing trade, gaveorders that walls and fortifications should bebuilt for the protection and strengthening ofthe town. These have long since disappeared,but representations of them can be seen inpictures of the time. The lord of St. Valery,whose domain was on the opposite side of theestuary, was averse to these fortifications, andopposed their construction, not unna
. Peeps into Picardy . •Hii. ANlIiCHArKI, SAINl KSIKIT, KUK. io8] LE CROTOY 109 some importance; the Counts of Ponthieuoccupied a chateau here in 1150. One ofthese counts, seeing that the navigation of theSomme might produce a flourishing trade, gaveorders that walls and fortifications should bebuilt for the protection and strengthening ofthe town. These have long since disappeared,but representations of them can be seen inpictures of the time. The lord of St. Valery,whose domain was on the opposite side of theestuary, was averse to these fortifications, andopposed their construction, not unnaturally, forat any time they might have become a menaceto him. War between the two counts appearedimminent. The mediation of their friends, how-ever, induced them to submit the matter to ajudicial combat, which was decided in favour ofthe Count of Ponthieu. The fortress, as it then became, was for somecenturies alternately French and English. Itwas ceded by treaty to Edward I of England,who restored the town and its fortific
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