Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... hundred court , held once every three weeks by a bailiff to whom the sheriff or the owner of the hundred jurisdiction had sublet its profits , but who , as a royal officer , was responsible to the sheriff or , in a few special cases ...
... hundred court , held once every three weeks by a bailiff to whom the sheriff or the owner of the hundred jurisdiction had sublet its profits , but who , as a royal officer , was responsible to the sheriff or , in a few special cases ...
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... hundred followers the King set out into the un- unknown , vowing to endow a college of Carmelite friars if he ... hundred men of high rank were made prisoner . Thousands more , including seven hundred knights and many of England's ...
... hundred followers the King set out into the un- unknown , vowing to endow a college of Carmelite friars if he ... hundred men of high rank were made prisoner . Thousands more , including seven hundred knights and many of England's ...
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... hundred . The unit of policing was made to conform to the needs , not merely of the village , but of the nation . As part of this policy the townships along the royal highways were also ordered , on pain of indictment before the ...
... hundred . The unit of policing was made to conform to the needs , not merely of the village , but of the nation . As part of this policy the townships along the royal highways were also ordered , on pain of indictment before the ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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