Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... castle . Despite the odds against them they had resolved then and there to carry him off . Such courage met its reward . A day later , his feet tied beneath his horse's belly , William the Lion was carried into Richmond castle and the ...
... castle . Despite the odds against them they had resolved then and there to carry him off . Such courage met its reward . A day later , his feet tied beneath his horse's belly , William the Lion was carried into Richmond castle and the ...
Page 209
... castle if it was not relieved by midsummer . This put both kings in a dilemma . Edward could not ignore the challenge without ignominy , while Robert could only allow Stirling to be relieved at the expense of laying northern Scotland ...
... castle if it was not relieved by midsummer . This put both kings in a dilemma . Edward could not ignore the challenge without ignominy , while Robert could only allow Stirling to be relieved at the expense of laying northern Scotland ...
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... castle where he took boat to Berwick . Other were less fortunate . The Constable , flying towards Car- lisle with the earl of Angus and other Balliol supporters , was handed over to his pursuers by the governor of Bothwell castle ...
... castle where he took boat to Berwick . Other were less fortunate . The Constable , flying towards Car- lisle with the earl of Angus and other Balliol supporters , was handed over to his pursuers by the governor of Bothwell castle ...
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