90 THE POOLE TOWN CELLAR. 



St. Clement's Wall to being the remains of the Town Wall erected 

 by Kichard 3rd. I should consider it to be either the garden wall 

 of an important building, such as a monastery, hence the corbel 

 plate and embrasure, or that it was built at a later date, when 

 the ruined buildings of Poole were restored, and that it was. 

 composed of stones from older and more important buildings. 



In the commencement of this paper I referred to Sydenham's 

 statement, that in 1406 the Town Cellar was a store, and was 

 attacked and burnt by Pero Nino. I may here say that this attack 

 on Poole is the only recorded assault of the town from the harbour, 

 although in 1483, Henry, Earl of Richmond, who had sailed from 

 St. Malo, with the intention of making a descent on the Western 

 coast of England, came off Poole harbour and would have landed, 

 but not getting satisfactory answers from those on the shore, who 

 were indeed partisans of Richard 3rd, he sailed back to Normandy. 

 The account in the Spanish Chronicle of Pero Nino's expedition 

 refers to the state of the fortifications of Poole, and is, therefore 

 of interest to us, and I give you a brief resume of it. In 1405 

 some Spanish and French privateers, the former under the command 

 of Pero Nino, afterwards Conde de Buelna, the latter under Charles 

 de Savoisy, Sieur de Seignelai, determined to try their fortune on 

 the English coast. They set sail from Rochelle, reached the 

 Cornish coast and proceeded eastward along the coast, landing 

 occasionally for capture and plunder. On coming near Poole 

 harbour, Pero Nino thought to repay one Harry Paye, who lived 

 at and had possessions in Poole, some of the injuries he had 

 inflicted on the Spanish and French vessels and inhabitants of the 

 coasts. They entered the harbour, and came at daybreak in sight 

 of Poole. The town was not walled, and there was a handsome 

 tower with a cupola. The French commander, thinking it rash to 

 attempt to land, forbade his men, but the Spaniards landed under 

 the command of Fernando Nino (Pero's kinsman), with orders not 

 to encumber themselves with plunder, but to plant their banner 

 before the place and set the houses on fire. One large building was 

 maintained awhile against them ; but, when after a stout resistance 



