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 140
... Council of Fifteen was to ' have the power of advising the King in good faith concerning the government of the ... Council's knowledge - to reform the royal household , to place the castles in the hands of native- born custodians , and ...
... Council of Fifteen was to ' have the power of advising the King in good faith concerning the government of the ... Council's knowledge - to reform the royal household , to place the castles in the hands of native- born custodians , and ...
Page 141
... Council decided was thereafter to bind the community . The reforming Fifteen acted quickly . While Parliament re- ceived and investigated hundreds of judicial petitions , it began with furious energy to reform the kingdom's internal ...
... Council decided was thereafter to bind the community . The reforming Fifteen acted quickly . While Parliament re- ceived and investigated hundreds of judicial petitions , it began with furious energy to reform the kingdom's internal ...
Page 149
... Council or court of royal officials and judges , feudal tenants - in - chief , prelates and magnates to which his father in times of need had had resource for ' colloquy and treating ' and to which in his later years both he and Edward ...
... Council or court of royal officials and judges , feudal tenants - in - chief , prelates and magnates to which his father in times of need had had resource for ' colloquy and treating ' and to which in his later years both he and Edward ...
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Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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