THE PARLIAMENT OAK

"What years are thine, not mine to guess!
The stars look youthful, thou being by;
Youthful the sun's glad-heartedness; Witless
of time the unageing sky!"

William Watson.


Parliament Oak


WELL may it be said of these old oaks, "You seem as 'twere immortal, and we mortal," for still, on the return of summer, does this tree, one of the most ancient in the forest, give signs of vigorous life;1 although, since it was in its prime, every other tree and shrub, all neighbouring life has "gone, like the hour that can return no more."

It has been stated, with some probability of truth, that King John, while hunting in the forest, was informed by a messenger of a revolt of the Welsh, and of an insurrection in the north of England; that he hastily summoned a parliament to meet under this tree, and that it owes its name to that incident. Another account connects it with Edward I., who, when on his way to Scotland, in 1290, summoned a parliament to meet at Clipston. The proceedings opened on St. Michael's Day, but there is no authority for stating that any ceremonial assembly took place here, although the name may have been given to the oak in consequence of some informal meeting under its branches.

Standing on high ground, as it does, on the borders of Derbyshire, the prospect from the Parliament Oak is more varied and extensive than is generally found in Nottinghamshire. On one side it is bounded by the hills near Bolsover Castle and Welbeck, while in the valley beneath may be seen the red roofs and the church of the ancient village of Warsop. Looking towards the south-east from near this tree, in former times would be noticed "The Kings' House" at Clipston, with the vivarium, so often named in the royal accounts. Beyond, in the same direction, are the woods of Rufford Abbey, and in the east the spire of Edwinstowe Church rises gracefully from among the old oaks.

The boundary of Clipston Park was formerly at this tree, which stood in the park fence, but in the time of Edward III. an attempt appears to have been made to extend its limit considerably further in the direction of Warsop, for in that reign, John de Warsop, who was lord of the manor, presented a petition to the King and Council, complaining of an inclosure within the park of his wood of Warsop, to his great disinheritance and the impoverishment of his tenants, who ought to have commonage there.2

During the Civil War, in October, 1645, the King's forces lay between Welbeck and Blyth, and had their rendezvous at Warsop. In a letter, Sir John Cell writes: "On Saturday last a party of the Yorkshire horse fell upon some of the King's in Warsopp, and took some prisoners and horse, but the certain number I yet know not. . . . The King himself continues still about Newark, and makes a show of taking up his winter quarters there. He hath appointed the country people to come into Newark this day to be healed of the King's evil, and either he will remove just against that time, as formerly he did, or else he will make a long stay in these parts. ... At this instant I have intelligence that most of the King's horse are gone to Tuxford in the Clay."

Major Rooke, the antiquary, who resided in a picturesque house on the way to Mansfield from this place, more than a hundred years ago gave to the Society of Antiquaries an account of several Roman Camps which had been discovered in this locality. He also brought to light the remains of two extensive Roman Villas, about half a mile from Mansfield-Woodhouse. The buildings had been erected near to each other, and, he believed, occupied by some Roman officer of distinction. The smaller dwelling he names the "villa rustica," or farmhouse, belonging to the large "villa urbana." There were indications found that this site had been selected for the enjoyment of the pleasures of the chase.

Major Rooke relates that Mr. Wylde, of Nettleworth, who died in 1780, at the age of eighty-two, well remembered one continuous wood between Mansfield and Nottingham.

"On Thursday, 11th February, 1646-7, on the road between Mansfield and Nottingham, . . . the General of the Parliamentary army, Sir Thomas Fairfax, went and met the King," Charles I., "who stopped his horse; Sir Thomas alighted, and kissed the King's hand ; and afterwards mounted, and discoursed with the King as they passed towards Nottingham."3

In Groves's History of Mansfield, it is stated that from Major Rooke's house "Thoroton Gould eloped with the daughter of the last Earl of Sussex, and, riding over the border, was married to her by the blacksmith of Gretna Green. The lady succeeded to the title of Baroness Grey de Ruthyn on the death of her father." Their son was the Lord Grey de Ruthyn named in Moore's Life of Byron as being tenant of Newstead during Lord Byron's minority, and their descendants are found in the most eminent families of the kingdom, among others may be named the late Duchess of Norfolk. The Goulds were people of some note, whose house in Mansfield-Woodhouse may still be recognised by the monogram of the family entwined into the ironwork of the entrance gates. Edward Thoroton Gould, who married this lady, was an officer in the 4th Regiment of Foot, which early in 1775 was stationed in the American Colonies. He was wounded and taken prisoner in an attack upon the bridge at Concord, near Lexington, one of the first actions during the American War of Independence.

Another account states that the elopement took place from an inn at Barnet, but as Major Rooke and the Goulds were near neighbours, there seems some probability that Sherwood Forest may have been the scene of this romantic episode.

In a list of officials of Sherwood Forest, published in 1801, the name of E. T. Gould occurs as one of the verderers.

http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/rodgers1908/parliamentoak.htm

::SIBUK SIBUK SIBUK::

Semalam tengok wayang Upin Ipin dekat Jusco Bukit Raja. Kali ini tengok dengan geng-geng laki. Memang best. Selalu tengok dengan pompuan je.

Minggu ni Sabtu Ahad aku sibuk. Program SUKSIS. Sabtu ade menembak. Ahad ade family day. So, memang tak boleh nak kemana. Takpela. Janji boleh sibukkan diri.haha

Kopral call tadi suruh pergi pejabat SUKSIS. Ade hal katanya. Aku pergi dulu..tata~

MUAK sesangat teman kat PERAK

Macam-macam sudah jadi di negeri aku, Perak. Dari A sampai Z semua sudah terkeluar. Rasuah seks, lompat parti, wakil rakyat kena beli, pengkhianatan, ulama' UMNO, MB gila kuasa, Keputusan biased Sultan yang juga ex Lord President, Sivakumar si speaker DUN, by-election di Bukit Gantang, MB baru dan exconya kena gantung keahlian DUN dan macam-macam lagi perkara-perkara ajaib yang bakal berlaku. Trust me!

Muak teman yop oi...Orang-orang politik ni memang nampak sangat gila kuasa, baik pembangkang ataupun kerajaan. Buat government, tahukah anda yang tindakan anda menubuhkan kerajaan baru bersandarkan kepada sokongan penerima rasuah adalah sesuatu yang amat-amat memalukan tatkala anda sendiri beria-ria melaungkan slogan anti-rasuah di sana sini?

Buat pembangkang, kalau sudah tidak dapat majoriti di DUN, apa lagi yang perlu ditunggu. Letak sahaja jawatan. Tak payah nak berebut. Ada banyak lagi PRU di masa akan datang. Jika anda di pihak yang benar, aku jamin yang anda akan perintah Perak next election. Trust me! Ini tak, berebut kuasa macam budak-budak berebut gula-gula. Malu teman yop. Gentlemanlah sikit. Kuasa bukan suatu kemuliaan tetapi tanggungjawab yang amat berat diberi oleh Allah. Jadi bersyukurlah anda dilepaskan dari bebanan ini.

Aku juga bingung dengan tindakan Sultan Azlan Shah. Keputusannya aku hormati tatkala kita tahu bahawa baginda adalah bekas ketua hakim. Maknanya baginda sememangnya arif dalam perkara-perkara berkaitan dan kita tidak boleh sewenang-wenangnya mengatakan bahawa baginda telah membuat keputusan yang salah kerana pasti ada kewajaran dalam keputusan baginda. Akan tetapi, mengapa tidak dibubarkan sahaja DUN? Senang cerita dan adil untuk kedua-dua belah pihak.

Bagi aku, situasi yang berlaku menyerlahkan lagi kekotoran politik dan ini membuatkan aku berfikir beribu-ribu kali untuk menyokong mana-mana pihak. Better duduk diam-diam dan menjadi pemerhati bebas.

KESATUAN BURUH MALAYA (KBM) DALAM PEMBINAAN...RAKYAT DIUTAMAKAN...KORUPSI DIGANYANG...MEMIMPIN KE ARAH KEBENARAN!

DARK NEW DAY- That's Enough

"That's Enough"

Hover above my head and call me out
I'm beneath it all
Just a thief caught in the red
Hands dirty from the crawl
Back to an unsuspecting victim
Waiting on a different view
But it's too late now to change It
Wrapped inside, holding tight, to the memory of your light

And that's enough for me
I'm better off just to know you
Just stay right here with me
And that's enough for me
Just ask and I will show you
The man that I could be
And that's enough for me

They're running from eyes like there's a fire out of control
Saltwater testimony to a feeling in my soul.
Given to me by your tireless power,
Undermining all I've learned.
And it's too late now to change it
Wrapped inside, holding tight, to the memory of your light

[Chorus]

There's noone
And there's nothing left that's ever gonna bring me back down.

KORANG TAU APE YANG AKU RASE SEKARANG NI? cut me into pieces!

Blog cik noor

salam.....ni nak promote sikit..

blog cik noor

klik la kt situ kalo nak tengok isinya...

ISRAEL

Aku telah ditag oelh membe lama, bashir. Pasala barang-barang Israel dan sekutunya yang diboikot. Aku mintak maaf sebab da lame tak update blog. Sejak kebelakangan ni aku rase amat-amat malas untuk menaip walaupun aku bukak blog ni hari-hari time kat umah. So, sekarang aku selesaikan tag ko bashir:)

Here's what we should do. It's simple:
List down 5 of the products from the list below that you are boycotting,
and then list down 5 of the products that you will try your best to boycott,
and finally list another 5 of the products that you find it hard to boycott,
and tag 5 others.

This tag is to get everyone to read the list below carefully and identify which products affects your life and the lives of the Palestinians most! You can also compare your list with your friends and see : if they can boycott one product that you haven't been boycotting, why can't you start to boycott the product too?

5 products i'm boycotting :
1. Kotex(tak gune pun...haha)
2. Intel
3. Starbucks
4. Nokia
5. Revlon(tak gune jugak!)

5 products i will start to boycott (inshaAllah) :
1. Kit kat
2. Ambi Pur
3. Kiwi
4. Sanex
5. Timberland

5 products that i find hard to boycott (astaghfirullaah) :
1. Mc D, KFC
2. Nestle
3. Arsenal
4. Coke
5. Disney

Solat berimamkan NIK AZIZ

Cuti semester lepas aku sempat mengikuti rombongan Cik Kiah (rombongan cik kiah ni rombongan beramai-ramai naik bas le dik oi..) ke negeri Kelantan dan Terengganu. Banyak tempat yang dilawati dan ini bukan kali pertama aku ke negeri tersebut. Sebelum ini kami sekeluarga telahpun ke sana.

Masjd Kristal di Terengganu antara destinasi baru yang menarik perhatianku. Cukup cantik walaupun dikatakan membazir...haha.
Tetapi pengalaman yang paling mengujakan apabila kami serombongan telah dijembut oleh Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan untuk minum petang di kediaman rasmi MB ataupun lebih dikenali sebagai JKR 10. Terasa diri begitu berharga...haha. Kami dijamu mee goreng dan akok. Kata wakil MB, Tok Guru telah berpesan agar mereka cuba dengan sedaya-upaya mereka untuk meraikan setiap pelawat yang hadir ke negeri Kelantan.

Selepas itu, kami telah dijemput untuk bersolat asar di Masjid Pulau Melaka bersama NIk Aziz. Perasaan cukup teruja kerana ini pertama kali dapat bertemu MB Kelantan secara live! dan tanpa sebarang protokol dan bodyguard yang mengiringi MB. Beliau kelihatan tua dan uzur dan itu membuatkan aku sedikit tersentuh.

Kami bergambar bersama beliau. Semua adik beradikku sempat bersalaman dengan beliau. Malangnya aku tidak sempat berbuat begitu kerana menjaga adik bongsuku yang sibuk mengejar kucing. Terok betol. Adakah ini petanda bahawa PAS bukan takdirku?hahaha. Adakah nanti aku akan melaungkan "Hidup Barisan!" ?? Hanya masa yang akan menentukannya.

Tamat satu babak - What's next beb?

Sebelum check result tadi rase bedebar giler! Yelakan, result 1st degree ni. Orang kate akan jadi kayu pengukur untuk semester seterusnya. Bile tau je rase lega bangat seyh! Kurang 0.01 je dari result aku time 1st sem pre degree.Ngehehe

Maknanye bolelah kan untuk meneruskan kehidupan dalam babak seterusnya. Nak aku paste ke result aku? Malu rasenye. Kalau dekan da lame aku tayangkan and riak wa takabbur...haha. Walaupun tak menepati apa yang aku kehendaki, at least aku bersyukur becoz nak jugak Tuhan bagi aku rezeki ni walaupun tak terkira dosa aku denganNya.

Sem 2? Apa cabarannya? Lecturer yang banyak songeh kot..haha. Mesti menarik sem ni. Aku nak sekelas dengan sapa ek? Banyak pilihan ni. Sekelas dengan budak-budak yang aku tak kenal dan tak rapat pun best jugak kan...Sem lepas aku dapat kenal adam and mas. Sem ni sapelah pulak yang teramat malang yang akan jadi partner aku...:)

Sebelum tidur, aku rasa amat simpati dengan cikgu blog aku si Cik Suria. Dia ada problem sikit. Sabar ek Suria, masalah tu akan setel jugak akhirnya. Perlukan sedikit masa. Kalau jadi dekat aku pun gerenti aku menangis la...

Nyte adioss

BARACK OBAMA v ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

Bakal Presiden US

Umur 47 (lahir pad 14 Ogos 1961)

Kelulusan Columbia University dan Harvard Law School

Parti Demokrat, US

Agama Kristian

Bangsa Africa-America



ABHISIT MARK VEJJAJIVA

Bakal PM Thailand

Umur 44 (lahir pada 3 Ogos 1964)

Kelulusan University Chulalongkorn dan University Oxford

Parti Demokrat, Thailand

Agama Buddha

Bangsa Thailand

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Siapa lagi hebat? Aku pun tak taw becoz seorang mengaji kat oxford dan sorang kt harvard law school. Tapi yang aku tahu Abhisit lagi HENSEM...auuuuu...

Melepas rindu:)

Assalamualaikum...
Lama sudah aku tak update blog ni. Entah kenapa aku rase teramat malas nak menaip. Mungkin kerana mood rumah ni menghantui aku....

Banyak sebenarnya yang aku nak ceritakan kat korang semua. tapi semua cerita da lame dah coz aku tak update..haha

SUKSIS DI LANGKAWI

Lebih kurang seminggu aku di sana. bagi aku tak ada ape yang istimewa tentang pulau tu. Bosan dah aku tengok laut, nelayan, feri, bot dsb. Almaklumlah, aku duduk di Manjung, area tepi pantai. Takde beza bagi aku Langkawi dengan lumut malah boleh aku katakan lumut lagi lawa la beb!

Yang bestnya aku melantak coklat-coklat yang murah dan tidak bertag halal.hahaha. Biaselah, kalo benda was-was ni semua sedap. Kerja SYAITAN NIRRAJIM.

Di langkawi kami menetap di MES Pegawai Polis Pasir Hitam. Kemudahan memang tip top. Bayangkanlah student yang jadi sukarelawan polis je ni boleh duduk di MES pegawai. Bilik dia lengkap dengan dapur dan ruang tamu, tv, peti ais dan semestinya air cond. Tapi aku andaikan roomate aku kat sana macam tak pernah jumpe air cond kot.hahaha. Sori kalo kau marah. Ade ke patut dalam hujan die boleh buka air cond temp paling rendah siap bukak kipas lagi. Orang eskimo ke hape?

Aktiviti juga macam biase. LDK, indoor activity. Yang paling malas sekali bila time kene present depan 60 member dan pegawai. Aku ni dala lack of confidence. Memang cuak giler la. Tapi gagahkan juga. Alhamdulillah semua ok. 6.45 pagi da kena kumpul dan kawad. Lepas tu kena senam robik. Aktiviti paling best ialah.....MAKAN! coz makan sedap dan yang paling penting free of charge...aktiviti yang paling meluat ialah karaoke. Selepas membuat kajian yang tidak mendalam, polis tidak boleh dipisahkan dengan dua perkara iaitu rokok dan karaoke. Sealim manapun polis dia mesti kena pandai karaoke dan aku cukup meluat. Dalah lagu old skool pulak tu. Maklumlah semua pegawai orang tua.

Nak minta maaf kat Cik Noor coz tak beli ape pun untuk you. Biaselah orang lelaki ni. Pemalas. Kesimpulannya KURSUS ETIKA DAN PENGURUSAN INTEGRITI ni adalah kursus yang sekadar memenuhi jadual aje kot(betul ke?)

ANTOO FIGHTER

Minggu lepas aku dan sedare dan adik tengok wayang. Start pukol 9.15. Untuk pengetahuan, 1 sem duduk shah alam aku tidak pergi cinema. Sebab ape? sebab shah alam tak de wayang. hampeh. Kalau kat kedah dulu tiap-tiap minggu dengan geng tengok wayang. Memang best. Lagi satu dekat sini dapat roomate yang soleh-soleh belaka, budak-budak kelantan. So, takkan nak rosakkan diorang pulak...haha. Jangan marah ek Husaini, Faiz, Syafik dan Fariz. Tapi thnx kat Husaini coz supply movie baru kat aku tiap-tiap minggu. Husaini ni rajin downlod movie kt internet.

Lepas tengok wayang Kak Nyah belanja KFC. Kitorang lepak KFC tengah malam sembang-sembang pasal cerita misteri dan mistik yang berlaku dalam sedare kitorang. Maklumlah, orang kampung kan aku ni.

So setakat itu sajelah aku nak mengomel harini. TATA~nyte:)

Aku tidak pulang;(

Assalamualaikum. Berikut adalah tentatif aku sempena habis exam ini:

19-21 November 2008- Kem SUKSIS di FRIM, Kepong.

22 November 2008- Rehat Di Kolej Teratai.

23-28 November 2008- Kursus Etika SUKSIS di Langkawi.

Justeru itu 29 haribulan baru aku boleh bersenang-lenang di rumah...waaaaaaaa. Malas rasenya! Aku mahu pulang!

Setakat masa posting (22 hb) aku ni, aku telapun menghadiri kem SUKSIS di FRIM. Korang nak tau ape nasib aku??

1.Kene berpakaian kemas di dalam hutan termasuk baju mestilah dimasukkan ke dalam seluar setiap masa dan berkasut walaupun baju dan kasut basah kena hujan.

2.Tidor berlantaikan air hujan kerana sepanjang 3 hari kem, hujan asik-asik turun. Amat tidak selesa. Sejuk giler! 2 malam tidur dalam khemah yang basah tahap banjir.

3.Kena hormat semua pegawai atasan termasuk senior sepanjang masa. Pegawai kena panggil "tuan" dan senior kena panggil "encik". Rasa kekok tetapi aku pasrah. Ketaatan amat penting dalam polis.

4.Sembahyang dalam keadaan yang kurang selesa. Maklumlah sembahyang dengan pakaian yang lembap.

5.Kena joint malam kebudayaan. Perkara yang aku paling meluat sekali dalam hidop. Malas beb nak berlakon. Kita ni bukannya pandai berlakon macam brad pitt..haha

6.Hari-hari kena berleter. Rase macam budak-budak tadika. Tapi sabar ajelah becoz niat senior n pegawai berleter adah baik.

7.Penat n sakit kaki aku berlari. Sampai sekarang ni masih lagi terasa sengal-sengalnya. Adussss

Walau bagaimanapun, aku redo pan pasrah atas semua yang berlaku. Adatlah orang bercampingkan. Baru challenging. Tambahan lagi ni kem Polis. Senior lelaki pun cukup sporting. Macam kawan-kawan je rasenya walaupun kena panggil diorang "encik". Mintak maaf becoz tidak dapat sertakan gambar. Tak bawak camera n hp pun cikai tak de camera.

Besok akan bertolak ke Langkai pukul 7 pagi. Doakan semoga aku boleh bertahan ye sahabat sekalian:)