Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CAMP OF REFUGE.

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THE
CAMP OF REFUGE:

A Tale
OF
THE CONQUEST OF THE ISLE OF ELY.

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EDITED,
WITH NOTES AND APPENDIX, BY
SAMUEL H. MILLER, F.R.A.S.,

_Joint Author of “The Fenland, Past and Present.”_

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SECOND ANNOTATED EDITION.

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_ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS._

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WISBECH: LEACH & SON.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO.

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WISBECH
LEACH AND SON, PRINTERS.

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THE EDITOR’S PREFACE.

A generation has passed away since “THE CAMP OF REFUGE” first issued from the press. Although published anonymously, it shows that its author had a very extensive knowledge of the history and topography of the Fen district.

The book, however, while it embodied much real history, was put forth with no higher pretension than that of a tale, whose characters were historic personages, and whose incidents occurred, in the main, during the Norman Conquest.

Knowing that this interesting book had become very scarce, and thinking that it would prove as acceptable to this, and perhaps to the next, generation as it did to the past—the present publishers determined to offer a new edition to the public; trusting at the same time that its contents will help to foster a loyalty and a love for our English nation.

But with a new edition some few comments appeared necessary; therefore Notes to the text, a short Appendix, and two Maps have been added, not with a view merely to embellish the original work, nor to convert it into a real history, but to assist, in some measure, the youthful reader, or mayhap those, too, who have but limited means of consulting the many sources of information upon which the ground-work of the tale rests.

S. H. M.

_June, 1880._

SECOND ANNOTATED EDITION.

In preparing this edition, care has been taken to correct whatever defects, typographical or otherwise, may have been found in the former one; several fresh foot-notes have been introduced, the Appendix has been re-arranged and enlarged, and a Map (adapted from _Dugdale’s Monasticon_), representing the ground plan of the Spalding Monastery, or “Succursal Cell,” has also been added.

These emendations and additions, it is confidently hoped, will ensure for the book a more extended appreciation than it has hitherto enjoyed.

S. H. M.

_May, 1887._

THE CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. The Messenger 1

II. The Succursal Cell at Spalding 18

III. The Great House at Ely 40

IV. The Monks of Ely Feast 56

V. The Monks of Ely take counsel 76

VI. Ivo Taille-Bois and the Ladie Lucia 96

VII. Hereward’s Return 106

VIII. Lord Hereward goes to get his own 120

IX. Elfric the ex-novice, and Girolamo of Salerno, prepare
to play at devils 145

X. The House at Crowland 153

XI. The Linden Grove and Ladie Alftrude 172

XII. The Marriage and the Ambuscade 185

XIII. How Lord Hereward and his Ladie lived at Ey 203

XIV. Hereward is made Knight 215

XV. The Castle at Cam-Bridge and a Battle 232

XVI. The Traitorous Monks of Peterborough 245

XVII. Hereward goes to Brunn, and is disturbed there 260

XVIII. The Danes and their King’s son 281

XIX. The Norman Witch 308

XX. The Norman Duke tries again 320

XXI. The Monks of Ely complain and plot 335

XXII. Hereward brings Corn and Wine to Ely 360

XXIII. A Chapter and a Great Treason 389

XXIV. The Dungeon 413

XXV. The Normans in the Camp 428

XXVI. A Fire and a Rescue 446

XXVII. Hereward still Fights 458

XXVIII. The Happy End 466

Appendix—

Note A. Foundation of Ely Abbey 480

Note B. The Legend of S. Lucy 480

Note C. Ovin’s Cross at Ely 481

Note D. Spalding Priory 481

Note E. Archbishop Parker’s Salt Vat 481

Note F. Abbey of S. Alban 482

Note G. Crowland Abbey 482

Note H. Ramsey Abbey 483

Note I. Thorney Abbey 483

Note J. King’s Lynn in the 18th Century 484

Note K. Camp of Refuge Surrendered 485

Note L. Peterborough Abbey 486

Note M. The Gift of Brand 487

Note N. Knut’s Visit to Ely 487

Fenland Bibliography 487

Maps—The Isle of Ely (_Frontispiece._)

The Fen District.

Ground Plan of the Spalding Monastery and Boundaries,
_from Dugdale’s Monasticon_ (_to face page 481._)

THE FEN DISTRICT.

_Horace E. Miller, del._

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THE CAMP OF REFUGE.