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XXVIII. Observations on the Pusey Horn. By the Right Honourable Jacob Earl of Radnor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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In addition to the information respecting the Pusey Horn, published many years since by the Society, the traditional history respecting it may be thought worth noticing. It is as follows: Canute being encamped in the neighbourhood of Pusey, and the Saxons at a few miles distance, the king received intelligence from an officer of his army, who in the disguise of a shepherd had got into the enemy's camp, of an ambuscade formed by the Saxons to intercept him. This intelligence proved true; and the king in consequence escaping the danger, he gave this manor to the officer and his heirs for this service, to hold by the tenure of this horn, which has accordingly been preserved carefully by the proprietors ever since.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1796

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