English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 116
... Rolls , the Great Rolls of the Exchequer which , beginning even earlier , survive in majes- tic and almost unbroken series from the second year of King Henry II in 1155-6 to their final abolition in 1832 . These rolls , made up for each ...
... Rolls , the Great Rolls of the Exchequer which , beginning even earlier , survive in majes- tic and almost unbroken series from the second year of King Henry II in 1155-6 to their final abolition in 1832 . These rolls , made up for each ...
Page 119
... Rolls is very summarised and provides few details of how the work was carried out , but the mention on the roll of 1167-8 of finished timbers , presumably for the joists and flooring of the keep , brought from as far away as Scar ...
... Rolls is very summarised and provides few details of how the work was carried out , but the mention on the roll of 1167-8 of finished timbers , presumably for the joists and flooring of the keep , brought from as far away as Scar ...
Page 178
... Rolls , * set out , in far greater detail than the Pipe Rolls , the expenditure of one of the most fastidious of our kings , living in an age which represents the high - water mark of medieval civilisation . Amongst the wealth of ...
... Rolls , * set out , in far greater detail than the Pipe Rolls , the expenditure of one of the most fastidious of our kings , living in an age which represents the high - water mark of medieval civilisation . Amongst the wealth of ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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