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the upper part of it, by a handfome area, called, The Parade, 

 where they exercife ; the fortifications ftrong, well furnifhed 

 With cannon, In the reign of K. Charles I, it was put into a good 

 flare of' defence by the parliament, who held it againft his ma- 

 jcfly. They repaired the town-walls, on which thirty pieces 

 of ordnance were planted. On the mount over-looking the fea, 

 and commanding the harbour, were ten brafs pieces ffj. 



The church is on the north fide of the parade, in which Joan, 

 the fifter of K. Edivard III, was married on St. Mary Magdalen's 

 dav, 13-8, to David Bruce, fon of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland. 

 Their nuptials were celebrated with royal pomp and magnificence. 

 Her mother, the Queen Dowager, was prefent, with the Lords 

 Mortimer and Warren, the Bifhops of Ely and Norwich, and an 

 abundance of other great Lords. The Lord Mortimer's retinue 

 alone confided of ninefcore knights, befides efquires, gentlemen, 

 and yeomen. The Scots acquired by this marriage the re-deli- 

 very of their charters and patents, and of that famous one called, 

 Ragman, wh.crcby their kings became feoclaries to the crown of 

 England; alfo many jewels that had been taken from them; for.- 

 whicli, in return, they complimented their new queen with the 

 title of Joan Make-peace (g). It was rebuilt under the Aufpices of 

 Colonel George Fen-wick, of Brinkbiirn, in the fcrvice of the parlia- 

 ment (hj. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity (i). The minifter of 

 it at the Reparation was Mr. Nicholas Wre/el, who was ejected for 

 not complying with the act of uniformity. He taught fchool at 

 Stock-well for fome time, and ended his days at London, about tlie 

 year 1695 (k). 



(f) jyhitchck-'f, Memor. p. 447. (;) Hoi. Ci.ron. vol. ii. p. 347. 



(h) See BtirMurn. (') Browne Willis. 



(k) Eiftvop Kinrs:'s Kiftorira] Feg'ftcr. 



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