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Cite: | 'Treadway Russell Nash to Thomas Pennant 25 July 1777' in Curious Travellers Digital Editions [editions.curioustravellers.ac.uk/doc/1305] |
Bevere July 25. 1777.
Dear Sr
Having been a ramble in Oxfordshire, & that neighbourhood, I was not favoured with your
letter so soon as I ought to have been, [...] which I hope you will accept as an Excuse for my delay: I wish you had
given me some further Account of Your Excursion, I trust it was not an
Iter Sabrinum or I should have seen you, if
Mrs Pennant does not attend you in that Expedition further than
Worcester, my wife would be very happy to wait upon her at
Bevere while you continue your Tour: If you have been ^at
Harrowgate on your Sons Account, I hope it has perfectly
answered all your Wishes:1 If you continue at Downing & the Weather is fine, we threaten
you with a Visit.
Worcestershire goes on fair & softly, I have now employed
Paine Mr White's
Painter Partner to get the Plates rolled off, but I have not yet determined whether I shall print at
Worcester, Birmingham or
London.
As to your friend Glendwr I cannot give you much certain Intelligence: Something of his Pedegree I think I saw at Miss Moningtons, & believe you have seen it likewise, I took some Minutes, but cannot now find them.2
Worcester seems to have been the entrance into Wales when Henry determined in person to attack Glendwr, he issued orders for the forces to meet him there (1401.)3 In 1405 when he was beat by Glendwr he retired to Worcester, from thence he issued Orders for the defense [sic] of the Welch Castles.4
After the French had landed at Milford Haven & marched through Wales they came to Worcester,5 upon the Kings Approach (we read) that they posted themselves on a high hill about 3 leagues from the town which Tradition informs us is Wobury Hill in the Parish of Great Whitley about 9 miles off. where probably by the name was an old Entrenchment. The Camp is surrounded by a single Ditch including about 27 Acres of Ground: On the other side the River are two more Camps one in Wasal Wood in the Parish of Kiderminster about 8 miles from Wobury the other at Kin[...]r Edge about 11 miles from Glendwr's Camp, they lye in the Road from the North.6 Qe Whether the King could occupy these Camps?
Mrs. Nash & my Daughter beg you will make their their [sic] Compls. acceptable to Mrs. Pennant & believe me to be
Your most obedient &
obliged humble Servant
P.S
Is there any thing curious in Mr Price's History of the Lords Marchers7 Pray tell me the Extent of
the Marches, & how much of Worcestershire was
included. At Bewdley the Severn was the Boundary