Jump to content

Peter de Heyno

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by JoeHebda (talk | contribs) at 13:41, 22 May 2019 (Add: stub notice). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Peter de Heyno was the Lord of Stenbury, Isle of Wight under Edward III.[1]

In 1377 a raiding force of French and Castilians invaded the Isle of Wight and burnt Yarmouth and Newtown which he had to defend.[2] They laid siege to Carisbrooke Castle during which Peter de Heyno killed their leader with an arrow from his "silver bow" fired through a loophole in the battlements known as "De Heyno's Loop". The French were defeated in a sally by the defenders led by the commander Sir Hugh Tyrell and withdrew after payment of a bribe.

References

  1. ^ Parishes - Godshill | British History Online
  2. ^ A new, correct, and much-improved history of the Isle of Wight

Sources

  • Adrian Searle. Walking Isle of Wight History, Dovecote Press


Stub icon

This English biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_de_Heyno&oldid=898265522"