Nottingham
place · 2 works · 7 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Notingeham · the County of the Town of Nottingham
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Town where John assembled his army in 1212 and hanged the Welsh hostages, and to which he later marched during his 1213 confrontation with Langton.
A muster was summoned for September at Nottingham, and John went thither to meet his troops.
John continued his march to Nottingham, bidding the archbishop not to meddle in affairs of state;
Si quis tenuerit de aliqua eskaeta, sicut de honore Wallingfordie, Notingeham, Bolonie, Lancastrie vel de aliis eskaetis, que sunt in manu nostra, et sunt baronie, et obierit, heres ejus non det aliud relevium, nec faciat nobis aliud servicium quam faceret baroni si baronia illa esset in manu baronis;
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Town where Charles I raised his standard on August 22, 1642, formally beginning the Civil War.
On August 22, the King raised his standard at Nottingham, and the Civil War began which was to decide, at least for a time, in whose hands was sovereignty in England.
and upon or about the 24th day of August in the same year, at the County of the Town of Nottingham, where and when he set up his standard of war;