Peet and Pate, with Corbin of the gate,
Milling and Hughet, with Gill and Pughet."
The Jury--so continues the story--found the Holy Rood guilty of wilful
murder, and the sentence was proposed that she should be hanged. This
was opposed by Span, who suggested that, as they wanted rain, it would be
best to drown her. This, again, was objected to by Corbin, who advised
to lay her on the sands of the river and see what became of her. This
was done, with the result that the image was carried by the tide to some
low land near the wall of Caerleon--(supposed to be Chester)--where it
was found by the Cestrians drowned and dead, and by them buried at the
gate where found, with this inscription:--
The Jews their God did crucify,
The Hardeners theirs did drown,
'Cos, with their wants she'd not comply,
And lies under this cold stone.
Hence the said low land, or island, as it may have been, is supposed to
have got the name of the Rood-Eye, or Roodee as at present.
After the Conquest, Hawarden was included in the vast grant made by
William to his kinsman, Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, which included
Cheshire and all the seaboard as far as Conway. The Earl had his
residence at Chester, and there held his Courts and Parliament. His
sword of dignity, referred to in the heading of Common Law Indictments,
is preserved in the British Museum.
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