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 43
... fighting force capable of withstanding the worst that could befall her . Once more , seeing that the only certain safety was to defeat the invaders before they could land , he began to build ships . Though he could not hope in his ...
... fighting force capable of withstanding the worst that could befall her . Once more , seeing that the only certain safety was to defeat the invaders before they could land , he began to build ships . Though he could not hope in his ...
Page 227
... fighting - kept nor- mally at Winchelsea and Portsmouth and administered from the Tower by an officer called the clerk of the King's ships - the fleet consisted of one - masted , single - decked merchant and fishing boats , most of them ...
... fighting - kept nor- mally at Winchelsea and Portsmouth and administered from the Tower by an officer called the clerk of the King's ships - the fleet consisted of one - masted , single - decked merchant and fishing boats , most of them ...
Page 240
... fighting men , were paid twopence . The wage of a mounted man - at - 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 ...
... fighting men , were paid twopence . The wage of a mounted man - at - 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 ...
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