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The first passage occurs in a twelfth - century biography of Bishop John of Terouenne by John de Colmieu , written about 1130 . " Bishop John " , we are informed , " used to stay frequently at Mer- chem when he was going round his ...
The first passage occurs in a twelfth - century biography of Bishop John of Terouenne by John de Colmieu , written about 1130 . " Bishop John " , we are informed , " used to stay frequently at Mer- chem when he was going round his ...
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Amongst the company at Kirby Muxloe we may notice especially the master craftsmen , John Hornne and John Corbell , master bricklayers , and John Doyle , master carpenter , each of them paid 8d . a day in distinction to the 6d . of the ...
Amongst the company at Kirby Muxloe we may notice especially the master craftsmen , John Hornne and John Corbell , master bricklayers , and John Doyle , master carpenter , each of them paid 8d . a day in distinction to the 6d . of the ...
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Rochester , too , in 1215 was taken by storm , and some of the chroniclers tell us that John intended to hang all the garrison until he was dissuaded by some of his captains , on the grounds that the same policy might be used against ...
Rochester , too , in 1215 was taken by storm , and some of the chroniclers tell us that John intended to hang all the garrison until he was dissuaded by some of his captains , on the grounds that the same policy might be used against ...
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Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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| Title | English Medieval Castles |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Publisher | Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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