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 133
... five representative barons , chosen by their Order , were to become its guardians . They were to ' observe , keep and cause to be observed , with all their might ' the liberties it guaranteed . Should any of them be infringed , and just ...
... five representative barons , chosen by their Order , were to become its guardians . They were to ' observe , keep and cause to be observed , with all their might ' the liberties it guaranteed . Should any of them be infringed , and just ...
Page 214
... five hundred followers the King set out into the un- unknown , vowing to endow a college of Carmelite friars if he reached England in safety . Riding day and night with Douglas in pursuit , he reached Dunbar castle where he took boat to ...
... five hundred followers the King set out into the un- unknown , vowing to endow a college of Carmelite friars if he reached England in safety . Riding day and night with Douglas in pursuit , he reached Dunbar castle where he took boat to ...
Page 348
... five days before Christmas , after a forced march , de Vere and his motley crowd of Cheshire archers and Welsh and Irish clansmen reached the Thames at Radcot bridge near Eynsham , they found the passage barred by Henry Bolingbroke ...
... five days before Christmas , after a forced march , de Vere and his motley crowd of Cheshire archers and Welsh and Irish clansmen reached the Thames at Radcot bridge near Eynsham , they found the passage barred by Henry Bolingbroke ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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