When an eagle shall sit on the top of Vale-Royal House,
Then an heir shall be born, who shall live to see great troubles
in England.
It is said that the Cholmondley family was at this time nearly extinct,
but in due course an heir was born, during which time an eagle perched
on the house-top.
Between a rick and two trees
A famous battle shall be.
The “rick and two trees” may be Warwick, Coventry, and Daventry, and
the battle, Edgehill, 1642; or Rickmansworth, Elstree, and Edwinstree,
and the battle the second fought at St. Alban’s, 1461.