At least two English ballads known as The Ballad of Chevy Chase exist, but the nature of ballads mean that many more versions of this once popular song may not have survived. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... A ballad is a story in song, usually a narrative song or poem. ...

The extant songs apparently reflect the events of the Battle of Otterburn in 1388, although the account of the battle lacks historical accuracy and may relate to border skirmishes up to fifty years later. A third ballad named "The Battle of Otterburn" assuredly does reflect the historical battle. The Battle of Otterburn took place on the 9 August 1388 or 15 August 1388, as part of the continuing border skirmishes between the Scottish and English. ... Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland Births Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury. ... The Battle of Otterburn took place on the 9 August 1388 or 15 August 1388, as part of the continuing border skirmishes between the Scottish and English. ...

The first of the two ballads of Chevy Chase took shape perhaps as early as the 1430s but the earliest record we have of it appears in The Complaint of Scotland one of the first printed books from Scotland. The Complaint of Scotland, printed about 1540, calls the ballad The Hunting of Cheviot. Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s - 1430s - 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s Years: 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 Events and Trends Categories: 1430s ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Main languages English Scots Scottish Gaelic Doric Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ...

Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586) wrote in his Defence of Poetry of this early ballad: Philip Sidney Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 - October 17, 1586) became one of the Elizabethan Ages most prominent figures. ...

"I never Heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet"

This seems to have sparked renewed interest in the old ballad and the second of the ballads appears to have emerged shortly afterwards, perhaps around 1620. The second version also attracted high praise: Addison called it "the favourite of the common people of England" and Ben Jonson went as far as to say that he had rather penned it than all of his actual works. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ... Joseph Addison, the Kit-cat portrait, circa 1703-1712, by Godfrey Kneller. ... Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ...

The ballads themselves tell the story of a hunting party in the Cheviot hills 'the chevy chase' by Percy, the English Earl of Northumberland. The Scottish Earl Douglas had forbidden this hunt and the defiance caused a bloody battle which only 110 people survived. The Cheviot Hills are a range of rolling hills that straddle the England/Scotland border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Thomas Percy's Reliques contains both ballads; and Francis James Child's Child Ballads the first. Thomas Percy (April 13, 1729 - September 30, 1811), was Bishop of Dromore, and is remembered as editor of Tatler, Guardian, and Spectator. ... Francis James Child (February 1, 1825 - September 11, 1896), was an American scholar and educationist, and collector of what came to be known as the Child Ballads. ... The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child. ...

See also

• Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane Chase, better known as Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer and television and film actor from Woodstock, New York. ...

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