Chalgrove

Malin found the Domitianus coin in a second hoard, also from Chalgrove, which is ten miles southeast of Oxford, in 2003.

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Then, in 2005, the hoard, dubbed Chalgrove II, was bought by the Ashmolean Museum for around $75,000.

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What turmoil led to the burial of the 5,000 coins at Chalgrove?

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However, through a composite of coins, artifacts, inscriptions, and texts historians and archaeologists have been able to sketch a rough narrative of period, known as the third-century crisis, from which the Chalgrove coins come.

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At Edgehill, Chalgrove, and even Naseby, men and standards were captured and rescued, through the impossibility of distinguishing between the forces.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

But here at Chalgrove Field no such fortitude of endurance is needed; the enemy are scattered, and, as Rupert's Cavaliers are dashing on, in their accustomed headlong pursuit, a small, but fresh force of Puritan cavalry appears behind the hedges and charges on them from the right, -- two troops, hastily gathered, and in various garb.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

Donnington to the west, where the ruined Gatehouse upon the hill alone remains of that strong fortress, which overlooked the well-contested field of Newbury, -- and Chalgrove to the north, where the reaper, as he binds his sheaf, still pauses to tell you the very place where Hampden fell; every spot has a history!

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Various

Prince's Risborough, was for many generations the abode of the family of that name, and is still in the possession of descendants of John Hampden, who fell at the battle of Chalgrove in 1643, and is buried in Hampden church.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Before his arrival Hampden had received a mortal wound at Chalgrove Field (18 June).

London and the Kingdom - Volume II

He resisted the imposition of ship-money, and died in a skirmish at Chalgrove during the

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