Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... crown was worn by a blasphemous wretch like his son , Rufus , who appointed evil - living favourites to bishoprics ... Crown , under rulers like William I and the first two Henrys , was more so . For this reason the lay investiture ...
... crown was worn by a blasphemous wretch like his son , Rufus , who appointed evil - living favourites to bishoprics ... Crown , under rulers like William I and the first two Henrys , was more so . For this reason the lay investiture ...
Page 157
... Crown as those he was appointed to control . It had , therefore , been the policy of every king since Henry II to entrust every new power of the Crown , not to the sheriffs , but to other officers to county coroners , justices of assize ...
... Crown as those he was appointed to control . It had , therefore , been the policy of every king since Henry II to entrust every new power of the Crown , not to the sheriffs , but to other officers to county coroners , justices of assize ...
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... Crown - always in England quick to avail itself of the services of men of business and financial experience . Merchants unknown to the hereditary feudal hierarchy , with rustic names like Dunstable , Haverill and Piggsflesh , served as ...
... Crown - always in England quick to avail itself of the services of men of business and financial experience . Merchants unknown to the hereditary feudal hierarchy , with rustic names like Dunstable , Haverill and Piggsflesh , served as ...
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Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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