Wigganbeorch

An Hist. Brit. (5) 5. 193. unidentified Milton takes the name from the place. Chronicle, to which he refers in a note. Wight (Vectis). Eikonocl. (9) 3. 406; (5) 210; 5. (6) (10) 3. 411; (3) 5. 117, 126; Hist. Brit. (2) 5. 51, 83; (15) 3. 451; (4) 5. 161, 164, 165; 244, 247, 249, 253, 283, 293, 295; 5. 243, Defens. (12) 6. 177; 2 Defens. 6. 315 (twice), 316 (thrice), 317. “To this county of Hants belongs an island, which stretches by by us at present the isle of Wight. It is separated from the main land by a channel formerly called The island is of an oval figure, 20 miles in length Solent. from east to west, and its greatest breadth in the middle 12 miles. The soil (not to mention that the sea is well supplied with fish) Through the is very rich and profitable to the cultivators. for a considerable length opposite to its south coast, called the Romans..... Vectis,....... middle of the island runs a long ridge of hills which yield plenteous (Camden 1. 123.) Car is bro oke Castle, in pasture for sheep.” this island, was the place of imprisonment of Charles I. 331