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One of the jousting knights (Hanlon-lees action theater) readies his charge.
More at my site: www.paulwoolleyphotos.com
King Richard's Faire: www.kingrichardsfaire.net
Hanlon-Lees action theater: www.hanlon-lees.com
Knights Reed Meyer has made a living off blocks this season getting yet another highlight rejection as St. John's blew out the Islanders.
KNIGHTS OUST ISLANDERS
By Regina Shiroma
The St. John’s Knights added another win to their record Tuesday night on their home court after defeating the JFK Islanders 72-58 with the help of center Reed Meyer, who led his team with 19 points.
Without a big man to challenge Meyer in the paint, the Islanders were forced to take shots from the outside.
“When you have teams that are shorter than you, you really want to take advantage of the post,” said Meyer.
In the first quarter, the Islanders attempted eight shots from the three point line unsuccessfully. By the end of the first quarter, the Knights seemed to be looking at an easy win after Argie Flores made two threes, one after the other. However the Islanders Kurtis Silva gave the Knights a run for their money; Silva would bridge the gap, sinking a trey of his own to begin their 10-0 spree at the end of the second quarter. Knowing that their shooting game was crucial, the Islanders passed the ball around the arc, spreading the defense to give them some breathing room to shoot the short jumpers.
“Kurt was hitting all their three’s so we stuck somebody on him, Cedric (Sevilla), probably our best defender, to slow him down,” said Meyer of the Islanders’ comeback.
The second half opened up with Meyer immediately dropping an easy floater untouched, but the Islanders Give Lewi answered with back to back jumpers. Soon after, Silva stole the ball, made his layup and picked up a foul in the process. After Silva’s successful free throw, the Islanders were down by just one point making the score 38-37. Nevertheless, this is as close as the Islanders would ever come to the Knights for the rest of the game.
After a brief power outage in the middle of the third quarter, both teams seemed to have regained their strength and energy during the break. The intensity level raised as each team sprinted the length of the court, almost non-stop, through the entire fourth quarter. The Knights began to pull away off back to back steals by teammates Cedric Sevilla and Thaddeus “TJ” Atalig, each of them scoring on both attempts. The Knight’s then scored lay-up after lay-up to extend their lead once again and to secure the win.
GW 85, Guam High 48
Valiant Borja led the charge for the Geckos with 23 points, three steals and three assist as they easily defeated the Panthers in their first game back from the Far East Tournament. Raymark Mariano also powered the Geckos with a double-double in 15 points and 10 rebounds. In the loss, Matt Eaton scored 24 points for Guam High.
FD 61, Southern 17
Coming off a third-place finish in the Far East, the Friars cruised past the Dolphins to open the second half of the seaon 61-17. FD naps a three-game losing streak.
Friars beat Dolphins by 44 points
Written by
Vincent Espinal Jr.
For Pacific Daily News
The Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Basketball League resumed last night at Agat gym as the Father Duenas Friars battled it out with the Southern High Dolphins.
In the end the Friars emerged with a 61-17 victory, improving their record to 8-4, while the Dolphins dropped to 1-11.
The Friars were the first to strike with a layup by Cam Eusebio, and then they went to big man Michael Sakazaki in the paint for an easy basket, forcing the Dolphins to call a timeout.
The timeout didn't faze the Friars as they used aggressive defense, forcing the Dolphins to turn the ball over. The Friars went on a 21-0 run before Dolphins' Jacob Chaco scored, ending the quarter with FD up 23-2.
In the second quarter, the Friars' Luis Cabral got the first basket followed by two layups by Sakazaki to increase their lead to 29-2. The Dolphins' Jordan Aguon and Chaz Nangauta got two free throws apiece, but the Friars' John Onedera stopped the mini-rally with a jumper off the glass, giving his team a 31-6 lead with four minutes left. The Friars then closed the half on a 7-1 run to go up 38-7.
After halftime, Eusebio got the first basket with a floater off the glass, but the Dolphins' Tony Taianao and Aguon combined for five points to help motivate their team.
Christian Payumo hit an 18-foot jumper followed by a Sakazaki free throw to push the lead to 43-12.
In the final quarter, the Friars got started with quick baskets by Nick Bell and Glen Gogue. The Dolphins could not seem to find any rhythm on offense, but they did not give up. Stingy defense by the Friars, however, gave the Dolphins no opening to get to the rim. The Friars went on a 10-0 run before Nangauta scored five points in the waning moments of the game.
Payumo finished with 13 points, while Nangauta led the Dolphins with seven.
•St. Paul Christian Warriors 39, Simon Sanchez Sharks 22: Morgan Aiken had 11 points and Forrest Gourley added seven in a low-scoring affair at St. Paul Christian School as the Warriors improved to 10-3. Edros Olalai and Mark Tandoc scored five points apiece for Sanchez. The Sharks won the junior varsity game, but the score was unavailable. Official scorekeeper Jun Miranda provided the information.
The league will wrap up the regular season this weekend with a full slate of games on Friday and Saturday. The playoffs are scheduled to open March 10 with the championship and third-place games scheduled for March 16.
The covered bridge over the Stanislaus River at Knight's Ferry, California. The bridge which dates from the 1860's is the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi.
www.army.mil/article/62362/Corps____Knights_Ferry_Covered...
There is some nice history of the town on this site
Iron Knight (2)
Australian - BHP
1948 - 72
5547 gross tons, 2804 net, 7763 dwt.
Lbd: 413'6" x 52'3" x 24'. on196742. Steamship, cargo only as built by Burrard Dry Dock Co Ltd, Vancouver as
the Venissieux for the French Government. Single screw, coal fired, with Parsons type double reduction Turbine
engine.
11 knots on 20 tons of fuel per day. Sold 19..... to Cie Nantaise Des Bhargeurs De L'Ouest & Others.
Sold 19..... Society Nationale Chemins De Fer Francaise (French Railways). August 1955 purchased by BHP.
Registered Melbourne.
Accomodation reconstructed to suit Australian conditions at Newport Graving Dock on the Usk River, Wales UK. 9
February 1956 trials completed and she sailed for Swansea with Captain J Miles in command and a crew of 39. She
loaded 2,070 tons of Anthracite coal and proceed to Sauda, Norway to load 3,995 tons of ferro manganese.
This visit gave her the distinction of being the first ever Australian vessel to visit Norway. Departing February 15
bound for Port Kembla, she broke down in the North Sea 27 February, taking four hours to repair. Arrived Aden
for coal bunkering and, had to unload the Anthracite coal from the third hold due to spontaneous combustion.
Sailed out only to return the following day with electrical problems. Eventually arrived Port Kembla via Port
Said, Suez, Aden (twice) and Fremantle, a voyage of 16 weeks. In her time on the Australian coast, BHP employed
her very suitably in most cargo capacities. At times she carried train rails to Thevenard and Port Lincoln,
South Australia. Has also transported Bentonite from Whyalla to Port Stanley, Tasmania. Also conveyed 'scrap'
metal and pre-slung cargoes.
By 1972 she had transported 2,500,00 tons of cargo. Sold 1972 to Great Fareastern Ltd, Hong Kong, and resold to
Great China Steel Enterprise Co, Taiwan for scrapping purposes. Sailed from Newcastle in tow with Iron Whyalla
bound for Kaohsiung and arrived October 14 1972. 30 October 1972 demolition began
Information supplied by John E. Hoskin www.flotilla-australia.com/
Photo Credits: Unknown Source
I have just had my first foray into the world of eBay. As part of my Project Declutter, we're getting rid of a few things, including some outgrown toys. I had fun setting up Kalu's knights for a last foray. I am particularly fond of the dragons!
cgi.ebay.com.au/Ultimate-Medieval-Toy-Knights-Set-Schleic...
The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and American Democracy examines the causes and consequences of a collapse in trust in democratic institutions, with a focus on trust in the media, journalism and the information ecosystem. In addition, the Commission seeks to identify the perennial and emerging values and social obligations that should guide those who produce, distribute and consume news and information to ensure a functioning democracy. To accomplish this, the August 2017 workshop provided Commissioners and participants an opportunity for thoughtful discussion guided by a set of issue-driven white papers and readings.
Property of the Aspen Institute / Credit: Dan Bayer
Euston Rural Pastimes Event 2014
8th June 2014
Celebrating 23 Years!
A traditional, English Country Fair for all the family.
Has now been held every June for 23 years. It began as a fundraising show for our local Blackbourne Churches and St Nicholas' Hospice Care with the kind permission of our President The Duke of Grafton, who allowed the event to be held in the magnificent setting of Euston Park.
Together with John Farrow (the farm manager at that time) and Tim Fogden we set up a volunteer committee, which has continued to run this successful one day Show. We have raised over £450,000 for our causes over the years.
The programme has been broadly similar each year, but with increasing entries the demand for space has required more parking and display areas. A new entrance between the stationary engines and stalls, leads past the traction engines to the new Grafton Ring specifically for tractors.
The main Norfolk Ring has a constant programme of events, displays, demonstrations and parades. It is surrounded by band music, a busy tea tent and further stalls. Leading past the Craft Tent, the Suffolk Ring is home to a large display of Heavy Horses. Nearby is the start of the hugely popular Farm Rides. It has also been associated with a magnificent display of flowers in Euston Church.
There are several catering outlets, but the most popular are the excellent lunches served in the Hall kitchen.
Keeping very much to the same format we hope to continue to attract the numbers, which filled the car park completely last year.
What to see:
Rural Crafts
Countryside Area
Steam Engines (Traction Engines, Road Roller, Commercial and Public Service Vehicles)
Tractors
Lorries
Heavy Horses
Classic and Vintage Cars
Motorcycles
Stationary Engines
Three Show Rings (Norfolk, Suffolk & Grafton) featuring many display throughout the day.
This year featuring The Knights of the Damned jousting display team.
Performing in a fantastic, coloured costumed display of Medieval Jousting at its very best. Consisting of heroic mounted knights and their squires and enhanced by our own commentator the tournament begins with fanfares and introductions and ends with the dramatic thundering of hooves as the knights attempt to unhorse each other in the 'JOUST'. Watch as the knights hone their skills by striking the man-shaped target, the quintain, and attempt to spear peasants heads off the ground at speed. The show also boasts superbly choreographed foot fights with unmerciless swords, flaming fireballs on chains and unyielding quarterstaffs as well as the knights romantically accepting favours from the ladies and fighting for their honour.
Our family friend, John, has what he calls his funeral suit. I suppose we are now reaching the point where I need one too. In fact, I have lost several friends, former colleagues from The Mob, something that will accelerate as the years pass.
Last week, I noticed that a friend of mine on Flickr, Günter, had not commented on any shots for a few weeks. He used to leave funny one sentence comments that almost always brought a smile.
The lastest shot on his photostream was of a fresh grave.
His.
Sadly, Günter passed away on New Year's Day, and his family posted this last shot to let the world know. Or his friends, anyway.
We had visited his and his wife in Bonn, and he had come to stay with us too, we share interests in railways, photography and beer.
It came quite a shock I can tell you.
Online, people come and go, mostly without fanfare or announcement. One day they are there, and then they're not. Did they just get fed up, or something more terminal?
Most of the time, we'll never know.
I am lucky in that I have met many online friends in real life, sometimes here in Kent, but also in the US too, so know they are more than screen names and photos, but real people with lives, who are pretty much as wonderful as thei online presence would have you believe.
Life goes on, of course, but I will miss Günter, and sad for the fact we will not raise beers in a friendly toast to each other.
We woke at half six, I went to the bathroom and looked out the window. Still too early for birds, but there wasn't a breath of wind either, nor any cars to be seen moving. So it looked like someone had paused time.
Cleo is perpetual motion, however, and coming downstairs revealed her to be always on the move until her food is placed just where she wants it.
I went to Tesco by myself, with a list as long as a long thing, while Jools stayed behind and fed the hungry washing machine two loads of dirty laundry. Good news is that Tesco was fully stocked with fresh produce, including rapsberries from Spain. We like them for breakfast at weekends, its a hard habit to break.
Back home to unload and makaid breakfast; fruit and yogurt followed by warmed croissants.
Jools said she had been sitting all week, so would not come with me to go churchcrawling, so I go on me tood, driving up the M20 to Maidstone, to revisit All Saints church, where I had not been for over 12 years. I had checked Google, and it said the church would be open from 10:00.
I timed it to arrive dead on ten. I parked the car opposite, and didged traffic to get over the main road, I went to the first door only to find it locked. But a sign suggested there were two more possible ways in, so walked round, checked the north door, and that was locked too. That only left the west door, under the tower, to try. That was ajar, so my hopes lifted. Only to find the inner door locked.
Maybe I was too early?
A lady came in, I asked about the church. She said she was a bellringer, and disappeared up the steps to the ringing loft, where sounds of poorly rung bells could be heard.
I went round the church one more time, ending back at the west door, and again all way in were locked.
Sigh.
But there was a runners up prize; a church on the edge of town, in what used to be a village, at Bearsted. THe sat nav told me it was just a ten minute drive away.
So, I drove across town, through the crazy one-ways system, out the other side and along to Bearsted, where there were ancient timber framed houses, so old they had settled over the centuries into strange angles, none of which were right ones.
I found church lane, which wound its way through a modern housing estate, parked outside the chuchyard, and I could see a nice "church open" sign before I got out.
Although it looked spendid from the outside, inside it had been reordered at least twice, so that any ancient features were well hidden indeed. Even the glass, usually a rescuing act for over restored churches, were either just average or poor here. But it was my first visit here, so another tick in the box.
I now had to get home, as Jools is joining the speaking ciruit, as a lady has asked Jools to lead classes in beaded jewellery making.
I hightailed it back to the motorway, and once on, settled down to cruise back down to Dover and home, getting back at half twelve, with an hour to spare before Jools had to leave for the class.
So, it was just me an the cats for a few hours. There was football to entertain me, so I sat beside Scully on the sofa and watched the Championship game while she dozed beside me.
At three, it was time to concentrate on Norwich away at Millwall, one of six teams above us, and a win here would put us back in the play-offs. It was an exciting game, Millwall took the lead, only for City to level before half time, and then score two more early in the 2nd half. Millwall plled one back in the last ten minutes, but we hung on to win 3-2.
Not perfect, but a win at the New Den where they had been unbeated since September. And then, along came Nodge.
Dinner was a rushed one of pizza and iced squash, as we were going out to a gig.
Lawrence was the singer in an indie band in the 80s called Felt. He then formed Denim, an ironic pop band for the 90s, which also stiffed. He now fronts Mozart Estate, which does a fine line in ironic pop. Still.
We drive over th Ramsgate, to a small venue called The Music Hall. We were early, but got in, and went to the bar where we chatted to a couple about our age about music. In fact, most folks were about "our age".
First up was a young female singer/songwriter, who strummed her guitar along to her 6th form poetry.
The hall, which was barley bigger than our living room was about 50% full, but comfortable. We went to find somewhere to sit, thinking that the bar would be empty, only to find it rammed with more people than when we left it half an hour before.
We went to get some air, and finding nowhere to sit, went to the car.
Jools was shattered and fell asleep, and I really did not feel like being rammed into that room unable to see the band, and not able to lean against a wall to rest my back.
I said we'd go home.
So we did.
I don't regret it.
We got back at ten, Jools went to bed, while I had a glass of sloe port.
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Holy Cross church stands to the south of the village green at the end of a cul de sac. Its noble tower is crowned with queer sculptures, slightly reminiscent of Alnwick Castle. The exterior has a nicely textured effect, but this leads to an unexpectedly clean interior - the result of much care and attention and recent reordering. Whilst it cannot pretend to be in the top league of Kent churches it offers a fine selection of 19th and 20th century glass and some fine wall tablets. West tower, nave, chancel, north aisle and chapel, south porch.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bearsted
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BERSTED.
BERSTED lies the next parish north-westward from Leeds. It was antiently written Bergestede, and most probably took its name from its situation, Berg, in Saxon, signifying a hill, and stede, a place or village.
THE PARISH lies mostly on what may be called high ground, a pleasant, and the greatest part of it a dry situation; the soil is in general a deep sand, though towards the south-west part it partakes of the quarry rock, and on the south side of the Lenham river a black moorish soil of fertile meadow ground. This river parts it towards the south from Osham, another smaller stream, which rises near Boxley, separates it on the western side from that parish and Maidstone, leaving within the bounds of it a part of the hamlet of Maginford. Besides the above, this parish is watered by two or three other smaller rivulets, which rise northward, and run here into the Lenham river, the easternmost of them separating it from Hollingborne and Leeds. The high road from Ashford and Lenham towards Maidstone, runs along the northern boundaries of it, passing over Bersted-green, the houses round which form the parish village, near it stands the church; besides this there are two other hamlets, called Ware and Roseacre-streets. In the south-east part of the parish is the seat of Milgate, pleasantly situated and wellcloathed with trees, at the back of which the ground descends to the river, and at a small distance that of Lower Milgate, so called from its lower situation still nearer the river.
A fair used to be held here on Holy Cross day, September 14, now by the alteration of the style, changed to Sept. 25, for pedlary, toys, &c.
The noble family of Bertie own this parish to have been their most antient habitation in this kingdom, for they are said to have possessed lands in it near the parsonage, at Strutton-street, and elsewhere in this neighbourhood, as early as the reign of king Henry II. and among the Harleian MSS. there is a grant of arms, anno 2 Henry VI. to Bartie, of Berested, in Kent; they continued here in king Henry the VIIth.'s reign, as appears by an antient rental of that time, and there are still lands, called Barty lands, in this parish and Thurnham; and from those of this name settled here, in a direct line was descended the dukes of Ancaster, now extinct, and from them the lady Willbughbye, of Eresbye; the earls of Abingdon, and other distinguished branches of this family claim their descent.
The manors of Leeds, Moathall, and Thurnham, extend over this parish, in which there is an estate belonging to the former of them, which has constantly passed through the same succession of owners, from the family of Crevequer, who were proprietors of it in the reign of William the Conqueror, to the Rev. Dr. Denny Martin Fairfax, of Leeds-castle, who is at present in the possession of it.
MILGATE is an eminent seat, situated in the southeast part of this parish, which was formerly esteemed a manor, though it has long since lost the reputation of ever having been one.
The family of Coloigne antiently possessed this estate; one of whom, Robert de Coloigne, died possessed of it in the 35th year of king Edward III. In process of time, his descendants came to be called Coluney; one of whom, Thomas Coluney, as appears by an old survey of Bersted, possessed it in the 14th year of Edward IV. Soon after which, that is, in the beginning of king Henry VII.'s reign, it was become the property of the family of Stonehouse, whose antient seat was at Haslewood, in Boughton Malherbe.
Robert Stonehouse, esq. was of Bersted, at the latter end of king Henry VIII.'s reign. His son, George Stonehouse, esq. was clerk of the green cloth to queen Elizabeth, and resided at West Peckham, where he died in 1575, whose eldest son William was created a baronet anno 4 Charles I. and Nicholas, the second, was of Boxley, in this county. He bore for his arms, Argent, on a fess sable, between three hawks volant, azure, a leopard's face, between two mullets, or. (fn. 1) In the beginning of the reign of queen Elizabeth he alienated this seat to Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards knighted, who was son of John Fludd, esq. of Morton, in Shropshire, and bore for his arms, Vert, a chevron between three wolves heads, erased, argent; which coat, with his quarterings, was confirmed to him by Robert Cook, clarencieux, in 1572. He resided at Milgate, where he died in 1607, and was buried in this church, having considerably improved and augmented this seat. His son Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards of Otham, succeeded him in this estate, which he alienated in 1624, to William Cage, of Farringdon, in Hampshire, barrister-at law, who resided here. He was bred at Lincoln's-inn, an utter barrister, and was descended from Richard Cage, of Packenham, in Suffolk. He bore for his arms, Per pale, gules and azure, a saltier, or, and a chief, ermine, which was an alteration from the antient arms of this family, viz. Azure and gules, over all a saltier, or; and, together with an addition to the crest, was granted to him by St. George, clarencieux, in 1624, (fn. 2) and in his descendants it continued down to Wm. Cage, esq. who was likewise of Milgate, and was sheriff in 1695, and represented the city of Rochester in several parliaments during queen Anne's reign. Of his sons, William died s. p. Lewis will be mentioned hereafter; and John was of Lower Milgate, esq. Lewis Cage, the second son, became at length possessed of Milgate, where he resided, and left one son Lewis, and a daughter Catherine, who married first, Mr. George Eastchurch, of Maidstone; and secondly Christopher Hull, esq. but died s. p. On his death, Lewis Cage, esq. his son, succeeded him in this seat, where he now resides.
He married Annetta, second daughter and coheir of Edward Coke, esq. of the White Friars, in Canterbury, by whom he had four sons; Lewis Cage, esq. of Lower Milgate, who married Fanny, eldest daughter of Sir Brook Bridges, bart. the Rev. Edward Cage, rector of Easling, who married Jane, second daughter of Charles Van, esq. of Monmouthshire; John, who died in the West-Indies unmarried in 1789, and the Rev. Charles Cage, of Cristmell, vicar of Bersted, who married Elizabeth, daughter of colonel Graham, and one daughter Catherine, as yet unmarried.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE westward from Milgate, there is a good house, called COMBES, alias LOWER MILGATE, which on the death of William Cage, esq. came to his youngest son John Cage, as before-mentioned, who died s. p. It is now the property of Mrs. Brander, the widow of Gustavus Brander, esq. and daughter of Francis Gulston, esq. by a daughter of William Cage, esq. Lewis Cage, esq. junior, at present resides in it.
MOAT-HALL is a manor in this parish, the mansion of which, from the materials with which it was built, was called Stonehouse. It antiently belonged to the neighbouring priory of Leeds, as appears by several old boundaries and papers, and was most probably part of those demesnes given to it at its first foundation, by Robert de Crevequer, in the reign of king Henry I. These demesnes appear by a rental of the time of king Henry VII. to have been held of the manor of Leeds, though they have been long since accounted parcel of this manor of Moat-hall.
On the dissolution of the priory in the reign of king Henry VIII. this manor, among the rest of the possessions of it, was surrendered into the king's hands, who afterwards, by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, settled this manor, among other premises, on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom it remains at this time.
The present lessee of it, under the dean and chapter, is Mr. William Usborne. There is a court baron held for this manor.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE southward from the church lies an estate called OTTERIDGE, formerly Oterashe, which in the reign of king Henry VIII. belonged to Simon Bertyn, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, beside Sandwich, who by will in 1530, devised it to Jeffry Merchant, of Rainham.
It afterwards came into the possession of the family of Munns, who continued possessors of it for several generations, till at length one of them sold it, with Aldington, in the adjoining parish of Thurnham, to William Sheldon, esq. whose descendant Richard Sheldon, esq. at his death, bequeathed it to his widow, and she re-marrying with William Jones, M. D. entitled him to it. He died in 1780, leaving by her two daughters; Mary, married to Lock Rollinson, esq. of Oxfordshire, and Anne, to Thomas Russell, esq. and they in right of their wives, are respectively entitled to it.
Charities.
SIMON BERTYN, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, near Sandwich, owner of Otteridge, in this parish, which he devised, together with his messuage called Buds, with its lands and appurtenances, in Allyngton, beside Thurnham, by his will in 1530, to Jeffry Marchant, ordered that the said Jeffry and his heirs male, should for ever yearly distribute, on the first Sunday of Lent, in the church of Berghsted, to the parish clerk there, and to other poor people, four bushels of green peas; that is to say, to every one of them, one peck.
EDWARD GODFREY, gent. of Thurnham, gave by his will in 1709, thirty shillings yearly out of lands in this parish, called Crouch field, for the schooling of poor children; half of them to be of this parish, and half of that of Thurnham. And he left 30s. yearly for the same use, to be paid out of an house called Rose acre, in this parish; the payment of which has been constantly refused, upon pretence, that he had no right to devise that charge on it.
The poor constantly relieved are about forty-five; casually twenty five.
BERSTED is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Sutton.
The church is situated on high ground, at a small distance southward of Bersted-green. It is dedicated to the Holy Cross, and is a handsome building, consisting of two isles and two chancels, with a square beacon tower at the west end of it. On three corners of the summit of the tower, are the figures of three dogs, or bears sejant, for they are so defaced by great length of time, that they can but be guessed at. If they represent the latter, they might have been placed there in allusion to the name of this parish: if not, these figures might perhaps be the crest of the founder of the church. In this church in the Milgate chancel, are monuments for the Cage family, and for Robert Fludd, M. D. A memorial for William Godfrey, jun. in 1690; and for Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Bosvile, esq. of Bradburne, justice and clerk of the court of wards, married first to Edward Mabb, gent. of this parish; and secondly, to William Godfrey, of Bersted, yeoman, obt. 1614. In the porch, against the east wall, is a small monument for Stephen Mason, of Boxley, citizen and vintner of London, obt. 1560, arms, A thevron, between three tuns, or barrels.
There were some lands and tenements in this parish, given by several persons, who stiled themselves the fraternity of the Holy Cross of Bersted, for a priest to sing mass yearly for one quarter of a year, in this church.
The church of Bergnestede, with all its rights and appurtenances, was given in the reign of Henry I. by Robert de Crevequer, son of Hamo de Crevequer, junior, to the priory of Leeds, then founded by him; which gift was confirmed by Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Henry II. who then appropriated this church to the canons there, towards the finding of lights and ornaments in their church. Archbishops Theobald and Hubert confirmed it likewise, as did John, prior, and the convent of Christ-church, in 1278, by the description of the church of Berghestede, with the tithes of Strutton. King Edward III. likewise confirmed it by his charter of inspeximus in his 41st year.
This church, together with the advowson of the vicarage, remained part of the possessions of the priory of Leeds till the dissolution of it, in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered up into the king's hands, among other estates belonging to it.
After which, the king, by his dotation charter, in his 33d year, settled both the parsonage and advowson of the vicarage of this church on his new-founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom they now remain.
¶On the intended dissolution of deans and chapters, after the death of king Charles I. the possessions of the dean and chapter of Rochester, in this parish, were surveyed in 1649, by order of the state; when it was returned, that the parsonage or rectory of Bersted consisted of a messuage, barns, &c. which, with the tithes and glebe land of forty acres, were of the improved rent of 46l. 8s. per annum, which were let anno 13 Charles I. at the yearly rent of 9l. 13s. 4d. and four bushels of malt, for the term of twenty-one years; and the lessee covenanted to discharge the pension of forty shillings to the vicar, and to repair the chancel of the church. Out of which lease was excepted, the advowson of the vicarage, and the portion of tithes called Vintners Portion.
The vicarage is a discharged living in the king's books, of the clear yearly certified value of thirty pounds, the yearly tenths of which are 12s. 9d.
In 1649, the vicarage was valued in the abovementioned survey at twenty pounds per annum.
The parsonage is leased out by the dean and chapter to Mr. John Packman, but the advowson of the vicarage they reserve in their own hands.
The vicarage is endowed with all manner of tithes, except grain, and the vicar now enjoys the abovementioned pension of forty shillings from the lessee of the dean and chapter.
The Knights Hospitaller were a Christian organization that began as an Amalfitan hospital founded in Jerusalem in approximately 1080 to provide care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land. After the Western Christian reconquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade it became a religious/military order under its own charter, and was charged with the care and defence of the Holy Land. Following the conquest of the Holy Land by Islamic forces, the Order operated from Rhodes, over which it was sovereign, and later from Malta.
The monastic hospitaller order was founded following the First Crusade. Initially the group cared for pilgrims in Jerusalem, but the order soon extended to providing pilgrims with an armed escort, which soon grew into a substantial force. The Hospitallers and the Knights Templar, formed in 1119, became the most powerful Christian groups in the Holy Land. The order came to distinguish itself in battles with the Muslims, its soldiers wearing a black surcoat with a white cross, although this was later changed to the better known red surcoat with the sign of the cross on it in white.
By the mid-12th century the order was clearly divided into military brothers and those who worked with the sick. It was still a religious order and had privileges granted by the Papacy; for example, the order was exempt from all authority save that of the Pope, and it paid no tithes and was allowed its own religious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were built by the Templars and the Hospitallers. At the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other estates in the area.
The rising power of Islam eventually expelled the Knights from Jerusalem. After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1291 (Jerusalem itself fell in 1187), the Knights were confined to the County of Tripoli, and when Acre was captured in 1291 the order sought refuge in the Kingdom of Cyprus, from where they later moved to Rhodes.
On Rhodes the Hospitallers, then also referred to as the Knights of Rhodes, were forced to become a more militarised force, fighting especially with the Barbary pirates. They withstood two invasions in the 15th century, one by the Sultan of Egypt in 1444 and another by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1480 who, after capturing Constantinople 1453A.D., made the Knights a priority target. In 1522 an entirely new sort of force arrived: 400 ships under the command of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent delivered 200,000 men to the island. Against this force the Knights, under Grand Master Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, had about 7,000 men-at-arms and their fortifications. The siege lasted six months, at the end of which the surviving defeated Hospitallers were allowed to withdraw to Sicily.
After seven years of moving from place to place in Europe the Knights got an established base again in 1530 when Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, gave them Malta, in exchange for an annual fee of a single Maltese falcon, which they were to send on All Souls Day to the King's representative, the Viceroy of Sicily.
In 1565 Suleiman sent an invasion force of 40,000 men to besiege the 700 knights and 8,000 soldiers and expel them from Malta, with the aim of gaining a base from which to launch an assault on Europe. The Great Siege of Malta was one of the greatest sieges in history. By the time the Ottomans withdrew the Hospitallers had only 600 men still able to bear arms. Of the 40,000 Ottomans, only 15,000 returned to Turkey. Malta’s capital Valletta is named in memory of the Grand Master who withstood the siege.
The Knights Hospitaller remained on Malta for 268 years, however they declined in power and influence through the 17th and 18th centuries, largely due to their losing their raison d'etre.
Their end was brought about by Napoleon, who in 1798 during his expedition to Egypt, as a ruse, asked for safe harbour to resupply his ships, and then turned against his hosts once safely inside Valletta. Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim failed to anticipate or prepare for this threat, provided no effective leadership, and readily capitulated to Napoleon, arguing that the order's charter prohibited fighting against Christians.
The order still exists, as a Roman Catholic religious order based in Rome.
To celebrate the anniversary of Belgrade's liberation from Nazi occupation, the Serbian capital hosted its first military parade in nearly 30 years. Some 4,500 troops participated in the event, which was attended by both Serbian and Russian leaders.
Speaking at the festivities, Russian President Vladimir Putin – who was a guest of honor at the parade – said that although the Soviet Union was responsible for the fight against the Nazis, Russia has "never divided the victory into 'its own' and 'foreign,' and will always remember the help of allies by the anti-Hitler coalition, the participants of the resistance movement."
Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a speech at the 'Victor's March" military parade on 16 October 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from fascist invaders. (RIA Novosti / Aleksey Nikolskyi)Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a speech at the 'Victor's March" military parade on 16 October 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from fascist invaders. (RIA Novosti / Aleksey Nikolskyi)
"It's our common duty to remember the lessons of World War II, to stand against attempts of Nazis and their associates’ glorification, to join efforts in creating an atmosphere of trust and understanding on the European continent," Putin added.
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The parade, which was held after a 29-year break, became the 24th in Serbia's history since the Nazi invasion.
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The event included 4,500 Serbian troops out of the country's 36,000-strong army. It also featured around 200 military vehicles. World famous Russian aerobatics team Strizhi (Swifts) also participated.
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"Your attendance...is an honor for us, and a symbol of our collective glorious past, present and future," Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said while addressing Putin.
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In an interview with Rossiya TV channel, the leader of Serbia also pointed out that the two countries fought on the same side in both world wars, and that "Serbia's survival as a nation was at stake" both times.
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Putin visited Serbia on Thursday to discuss key issues regarding the two countries' joint cooperation. At a press conference in Belgrade, the Russian leader also invited Serbian officials to attend the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow next May, when the country will be celebrating 70 years of Nazi defeat in World War II.
Jack Rose & The Black Twigs, Peter Knight & Trevor Watts, Meg Baird, Tom James Scott - Cecil Sharp House, 8.11.09
Members of an incoming and outgoing cohort of winners of Prototype Fund grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Pittsburgh Sept. 19, 2014 at Left Field Meeting Space for a demo day. Photo by Michael D. Bolden / Editorial Director, Knight Foundation
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