The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... held there , just because it had formerly been the site of a castle , and consequently a seat of jurisdiction.1 That some of these hillocks have anciently been sepulchral , we do not attempt to deny . The Norman seems to have been free ...
... held there , just because it had formerly been the site of a castle , and consequently a seat of jurisdiction.1 That some of these hillocks have anciently been sepulchral , we do not attempt to deny . The Norman seems to have been free ...
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... held in a burh . If a man neglect three summonses to a moot , the oldest men of the burh are to ride to his place and seize his goods . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 185. " All my reeves , " are mentioned in the Preface to Athelstan's ...
... held in a burh . If a man neglect three summonses to a moot , the oldest men of the burh are to ride to his place and seize his goods . " Domesday Book and Beyond , 185. " All my reeves , " are mentioned in the Preface to Athelstan's ...
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... held outside the town . In the laws of Edgar's time not only the borough - moot and the borough - reeve are spoken of , but the burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country . 3 If we wish to multiply ...
... held outside the town . In the laws of Edgar's time not only the borough - moot and the borough - reeve are spoken of , but the burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country . 3 If we wish to multiply ...
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... held out , and then to order the destruction of all the castles which had been erected against him.3 Or let us contrast the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle of 1051 with that of 1088 , when certain Norman barons 1 Parker's Domestic Architecture ...
... held out , and then to order the destruction of all the castles which had been erected against him.3 Or let us contrast the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle of 1051 with that of 1088 , when certain Norman barons 1 Parker's Domestic Architecture ...
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... held by Geoffrey de Wirche , and that the monks of St Nicholas [ at Angers ] had two carucates in the manor . In the charter in which Geoffrey de Wirche makes this gift Chircheberie is called Kirkeberia [ M. A. , vi . , 996 ] , but in ...
... held by Geoffrey de Wirche , and that the monks of St Nicholas [ at Angers ] had two carucates in the manor . In the charter in which Geoffrey de Wirche makes this gift Chircheberie is called Kirkeberia [ M. A. , vi . , 996 ] , but in ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer