The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... A. • Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 13. He adds an instance showing that Moot Hill is sometimes a mistake for Moot Hall . 3 Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . SEPULCHRAL HILLOCKS 9 moot - hill in Scotland means nothing 8 INTRODUCTORY.
... A. • Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 13. He adds an instance showing that Moot Hill is sometimes a mistake for Moot Hall . 3 Scottish Review , vol . xxxii . SEPULCHRAL HILLOCKS 9 moot - hill in Scotland means nothing 8 INTRODUCTORY.
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Ella S. Armitage. SEPULCHRAL HILLOCKS 9 moot - hill in Scotland means nothing but mote - hill , the hill of the mote or motte ; but that moots or courts were held there , just because it had formerly been the site of a castle , and ...
Ella S. Armitage. SEPULCHRAL HILLOCKS 9 moot - hill in Scotland means nothing but mote - hill , the hill of the mote or motte ; but that moots or courts were held there , just because it had formerly been the site of a castle , and ...
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... means now an enfranchised town ; but we must remember that it got that meaning because the fortified towns , the only ones which were called burhs or burgi , were the first to be enfranchised , and while the fortifications have become ...
... means now an enfranchised town ; but we must remember that it got that meaning because the fortified towns , the only ones which were called burhs or burgi , were the first to be enfranchised , and while the fortifications have become ...
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... mean a town . Schmid , 138. Professor Maitland says : " In Athelstan's day it seems to be supposed by the legislator that a moot will usually be held in a burh . If a man neglect three summonses to a moot , the oldest men of the burh ...
... mean a town . Schmid , 138. Professor Maitland says : " In Athelstan's day it seems to be supposed by the legislator that a moot will usually be held in a burh . If a man neglect three summonses to a moot , the oldest men of the burh ...
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... means a town . Thus Egbert of Kent says in 765 : 198 Trado terram intra castelli monia supranominati , id est Hrofescestri , unum viculum cum duobus jugeribus , etc. , " where castellum is evidently the city of Rochester.1 Offa calls ...
... means a town . Thus Egbert of Kent says in 765 : 198 Trado terram intra castelli monia supranominati , id est Hrofescestri , unum viculum cum duobus jugeribus , etc. , " where castellum is evidently the city of Rochester.1 Offa calls ...
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