Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . CHAPTER III. THE VISIT OF EDWARD II. TO FLINT—CHARTERS GRANTED10 THE BOROUGH BY EDWARD III. AND THE BLACKPRINCE.—LISTS OF THE SHERIFFS OF THE COUNTY ANDOF THE CONSTABLES OF THE CASTLE. During the short reign of Edward II. there is nothing to recordin connection with Flint, beyond the fact that in 1321 thisunfortunate monarch met, and received within the walls of theCastle, the haughty, but insidious favourite, Piers Gaveston, whoa short time before had been banished from the country f
Historic notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the borough and county-town of Flint . CHAPTER III. THE VISIT OF EDWARD II. TO FLINT—CHARTERS GRANTED10 THE BOROUGH BY EDWARD III. AND THE BLACKPRINCE.—LISTS OF THE SHERIFFS OF THE COUNTY ANDOF THE CONSTABLES OF THE CASTLE. During the short reign of Edward II. there is nothing to recordin connection with Flint, beyond the fact that in 1321 thisunfortunate monarch met, and received within the walls of theCastle, the haughty, but insidious favourite, Piers Gaveston, whoa short time before had been banished from the country for hisevil deeds. In this reign a dispute arose about the patronage of NorthopChurch, and Edward therefore issued a commission to Robert deHoLLANDE, his justiciary at Chester, to make inquisition into thehistory and circumstances of the case, which was accordingly doneat Flint ; and, after strict examination of many witnesses, it wasfound that the Kings claim of presentation to the living could notbe maintained. In the Taxatio of 1291 Flint is described as a dependentchapelry of Northop, thus, Ecclcsi
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