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keeps as those at Canterbury , Carlisle , Corfe , Norwich , Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Hedingham ( 10 ) we have already seen to belong to the earlier twelfth century , and Colchester and the Tower of London ( 27 ) to the earliest years ...
keeps as those at Canterbury , Carlisle , Corfe , Norwich , Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Hedingham ( 10 ) we have already seen to belong to the earlier twelfth century , and Colchester and the Tower of London ( 27 ) to the earliest years ...
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It is approached by an external staircase at right angles to it , built up the face of the wall , and the whole is covered by a forebuilding , clearly visible in our illustrations of Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Rising ( 8 ) .
It is approached by an external staircase at right angles to it , built up the face of the wall , and the whole is covered by a forebuilding , clearly visible in our illustrations of Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Rising ( 8 ) .
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A little later in the same year the royal garrison from the recently captured Rochester rode out and took the neighbouring castle of Tonbridge in the lordship of the Clare earl of Hertford , then amongst the rebels .
A little later in the same year the royal garrison from the recently captured Rochester rode out and took the neighbouring castle of Tonbridge in the lordship of the Clare earl of Hertford , then amongst the rebels .
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