. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. Historical ICH, or Nantwich, although not mentioned in the SaxonChronicle, must have been an important place in Saxon importance at the close of the Saxon sera, is seen in theaccount given by King Williams Commissioners in the greatnational survey, called Domesday Book, (p. lo, ii); an accountthat is only exceeded in length and interest in this county, bj^the description in the same record, of the City of important events connefted with Nantwich inNorman times ha

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. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. Historical ICH, or Nantwich, although not mentioned in the SaxonChronicle, must have been an important place in Saxon importance at the close of the Saxon sera, is seen in theaccount given by King Williams Commissioners in the greatnational survey, called Domesday Book, (p. lo, ii); an accountthat is only exceeded in length and interest in this county, bj^the description in the same record, of the City of important events connefted with Nantwich inNorman times have been noticed in the preceding pages;—?the battle in 1069 resulting in the destruction of the ancient Saxon town; the grant oflands to the then newly founded Abbey of Combermere, about 1130; and another sanguinarybattle in which the Welsh were defeated in or about 1140. For a period of 167 years, from 1070 to 1237, during which Cheshire had been governed by local hereditaryEarls, the Welsh had been kept in check; but after the death of the last of these Earls(John Scot) in 1237, the history of this count

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