 borduris. make on the same tower on the south side, at the top, deep alures of good and strong timber, entirely and well covered with lead, through which people may look even unto the foot of the same tower, and ascend, and better defend it, if need...  The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles - Page 385by Ella S. Armitage - 1912 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1888 - 510 pages
...entry of the great tower." (Clarendon, Nov. 24.) Ib., 25 Henry III, — " And to make in the same Tower (London), on the south side, at the top, deep alures...entirely, and well covered with lead, through which people may look even unto the foot of the same Tower, and ascend and better defend it, if need be." (Dec.... | |
 | Thomas Hudson Turner - 1851 - 574 pages
...appenticinm is the * bordari. term used in the above writ . This order ' borduris. make on the same tower on the south side, at the top, deep alures of good...entirely and well covered with lead, through which people may look even unto the foot of the same tower, and ascend, and better defend it, if need should be.... | |
 | Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - 1867 - 430 pages
...by the dropping of rain water, nor be easily weakened. And make on the same tower on the south-side, at the top, deep alures of good and strong timber,...entirely and well covered with lead, through which people may look even unto the foot of the said tower, and ascend, and better defend it, if need should be.... | |
 | Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire - 1923 - 578 pages
...(*>. Mâchicoulis when continuous were called hurdicia or alures. A mandamus of Henry III runs : ft To make on the same tower (of London) on the South...foot of the tower, and better defend it, if need may be^n, but only two English examples are known dating from the xiith century, (1) the alures of the... | |
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