Peter de Heyno was the Lord of Stenbury,

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under Edward III. In 1377 a raiding force of French and

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invaded the Isle of Wight and burnt Yarmouth and Newtown which he had to defend.A new, correct, and much-improved history of the Isle of Wight
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during which Peter de Heyno killed their leader with an arrow from his "silver bow" fired through a

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in the battlements known as "De Heyno's Loop". The French were defeated in a

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by the defenders led by the commander Sir Hugh Tyrell and withdrew after payment of a bribe.

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