English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 128
... accounts which have survived , now in the British Mu- seum and recently printed , cover the three years 1432-5 and give a total expenditure of £ 1,480 5s . 94d . They are not , however , complete , and indeed , according to the no doubt ...
... accounts which have survived , now in the British Mu- seum and recently printed , cover the three years 1432-5 and give a total expenditure of £ 1,480 5s . 94d . They are not , however , complete , and indeed , according to the no doubt ...
Page 130
... accounts of disbursements at this time for wages and ma- terials , one , recording the payment of 1s . 8d . to a certain Powel and four men , who sat up one night at the end of May to watch lest the water in the moat should rise and ...
... accounts of disbursements at this time for wages and ma- terials , one , recording the payment of 1s . 8d . to a certain Powel and four men , who sat up one night at the end of May to watch lest the water in the moat should rise and ...
Page 131
... accounts . King Edward IV had died in April , and Lord Hastings , his close supporter , was seized and executed by the usurping Richard , formerly Duke of Cloucester . On the building accounts the busy work comes almost to a stop , and ...
... accounts . King Edward IV had died in April , and Lord Hastings , his close supporter , was seized and executed by the usurping Richard , formerly Duke of Cloucester . On the building accounts the busy work comes almost to a stop , and ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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