Lewes
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battle of Lewes · the county of Sussex
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The town designated as the place of election for the county of Sussex.
and shall send precepts for elections to be made in all and every city, town, borough, or place within his and their county and place where elections are to be made, to the Mayor, Sheriff, or other head officer, and officers of such city, town, borough, or place, within six days after the receipt of such writ and writs, which the said Mayor, Sheriff, and other officers respectively within eight da …
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Lewes, the site of the 1264 battle at which Simon de Montfort defeated and captured Henry III.
during the brief interval between the battle of Lewes, which made him supreme for the moment, and the battle of Evesham, which ended his career, he enjoyed an unfettered control;