There have been comparatively few royal visitors to Rye when the importance of the town in the middle ages is taken into account.
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Discover Edward III in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “The Battle of Rye Bay” and “Rye’s Royal Visitors”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
The Battle of Rye Bay
The English fleet lay at anchor in the lagoon that stretched from the foot of the hill on which New Winchelsea is built to the cliffs of Rye. The forty or so Cinque Ports built ships were a hive of activity, preparations for battle were well under way. Word had come that a great force … Continue reading The Battle of Rye Bay