Introduction

Arthur chichester was a military manad a devonian, born in 15 63. He became a career soldier in the wars against spain, rising to become a captain of the marines. His brother john had been a governor of carrick fergus in ireland, and his head used as a football by hugh o'neill earl of tyrone's camp. Chichester carried out one particularly merciless raid across lochney, and infamously said of the scorched earth policy: "A million swords will not do them so much harm as one winter's famine"