The chronicle of Richard of Devizes concerning the deeds of Richard the First, King of England. Also Richard of Cirencester's description of Britain / Translated and edited by J.A. Giles.

  • Richard, of Devizes, approximately 1150-approximately 1200.
Date:
1841
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Credit: The chronicle of Richard of Devizes concerning the deeds of Richard the First, King of England. Also Richard of Cirencester's description of Britain / Translated and edited by J.A. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Iver VII. SITES OF THE STATIONS. (66) A Portu Sistuntiorum Eboracum | From Freckleton to York. usque, sic :— Corrected numbers. (67) Rerigonio XXIII XIII | Ribchester. (68) Ad Alpes Peninos VIII XXIII | Burrens in Broughton. (69) Alicana X X | Ilkley. (44) Isurio * XVIII XVIII | Aldborough. (43) Eboraco XVI XVII | York. This Iter runs from Freckleton on the Ribble to Ribchester, and then over the mountains to Broughton, Ilkley, Aldborough, and York. As the Roman road is tolerably perfect all the way to Ald- borough, and the vestiges of the stations are undoubted, we are justified in the alteration of the two first numbers, as by this al- teration they will correspond with the present distances and the situations of the posts. Iter VIII. SITES OF THE STATIONS. (43) Ab Eboraco Luguvalium usque, From York to Carlisle. sic :— Corrected numbers. (45) Cattaractoni XL XL | Catterick. (70) Lataris T XVI XVIII | Bowes. (71) Vataris LXVI XIIII | Brough. (72) Brocavonacis $ XVIII XIII | Kirby Thur. (Brovonacis) (73) Vorreda XVIII XIIII | Plumpton Wall. (74) Lugubalia — || XVIII XIII | Carlisle. The road from York to Catterick has been traced before, and the Roman way from thence to Carlisle ran nearly in the direction of the present turnpike. The only doubt which occurs, therefore, in this Iter, is whether, from a similarity of sound, the transcriber of Richard has not erroneously written Brocavonacis for Brovona- cis, which are two neighbouring posts in this direction, the first Brougham, and the second Kirby Thur. As the conjecture is not improbable, the corrected distance is given from the latter. It is worthy of observation that in this Iter four successive V's have been added by mistake of the transcriber, as is the case in regard to the X's omitted in the third Iter. * Stukeley, XVIIII. + XVI. Stuk. + Lataris XVII. Stuk. $ XX, Stuk.