Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 205
... arms was once more a reality . Edward was now sinking fast . But , resolved to put himself at the head of his troops and capture the hated will o ' the wisp , he left Carlisle on 3 July , mounting his horse for the first time in a year ...
... arms was once more a reality . Edward was now sinking fast . But , resolved to put himself at the head of his troops and capture the hated will o ' the wisp , he left Carlisle on 3 July , mounting his horse for the first time in a year ...
Page 238
... arms done , ' wrote Froissart , ' many taken and rescued again . . . If the night had not come on , there had but few escaped . No English man - at - arms but had two or three prisoners . ' Striking once more , Derby turned south to ...
... arms done , ' wrote Froissart , ' many taken and rescued again . . . If the night had not come on , there had but few escaped . No English man - at - arms but had two or three prisoners . ' Striking once more , Derby turned south to ...
Page 240
... arms was a shilling a day , of a knight - bachelor twice as much , of a banneret four shillings a day . Bannerets were knights of proved valour and experience who , distinguished by a rect- angular banner , arrayed and directed ...
... arms was a shilling a day , of a knight - bachelor twice as much , of a banneret four shillings a day . Bannerets were knights of proved valour and experience who , distinguished by a rect- angular banner , arrayed and directed ...
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