The History of SuffolkE. Stock, 1895 - 287 pages |
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... died on board ship in the Helles- pont as he was returning home . We have a plethora of wonderful stories about Edmund , the Martyr - King , which may be read by those that will in a florid biography of the saint , 1 who was endued with ...
... died on board ship in the Helles- pont as he was returning home . We have a plethora of wonderful stories about Edmund , the Martyr - King , which may be read by those that will in a florid biography of the saint , 1 who was endued with ...
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... died , and his cousin- german Ethelwald seized the castle at Wimborne Minster in Dorset , but on the approach of Alfred's son , Edward the Elder , as near as Badbury Rings , he retired to the Northumbrian Danes , who received him as ...
... died , and his cousin- german Ethelwald seized the castle at Wimborne Minster in Dorset , but on the approach of Alfred's son , Edward the Elder , as near as Badbury Rings , he retired to the Northumbrian Danes , who received him as ...
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... died ; but the struggles with Canute swept off many of the Angle nobility , especially at Assandun ( Ashdon in Essex ) , where he built a minster of stone and lime , ap- pointing to it Stigand , one of his priests , who became Bishop of ...
... died ; but the struggles with Canute swept off many of the Angle nobility , especially at Assandun ( Ashdon in Essex ) , where he built a minster of stone and lime , ap- pointing to it Stigand , one of his priests , who became Bishop of ...
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... died , and Edward the Confessor and his Witan transferred Harold from the more ancient earldom of East Anglia to the more extensive one of Wessex . The general joy at this promotion seems to argue favourably for the state of East Anglia ...
... died , and Edward the Confessor and his Witan transferred Harold from the more ancient earldom of East Anglia to the more extensive one of Wessex . The general joy at this promotion seems to argue favourably for the state of East Anglia ...
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... died during the campaign against Hereward the Wake in 1071. He was one of the few nobles allowed to build a castle , which he did at Eye . He also established a market there by the King's leave . It is recorded in Domesday that this ...
... died during the campaign against Hereward the Wake in 1071. He was one of the few nobles allowed to build a castle , which he did at Eye . He also established a market there by the King's leave . It is recorded in Domesday that this ...
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Page 121 - Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down.
Page 273 - Huntingdonshire, on a bright day last autumn [says the picturesque Tourist], I saw sitting on wooden benches, in front of their Bastille and within their ring-wall and its railings, some half-hundred or more of these men. Tall robust figures, young mostly or of middle age; of honest countenance, many of them thoughtful and even intelligent-looking men. They sat there, near by one another; but in a kind of torpor, especially in a silence, which was very striking. In silence: for, alas, what word was...
Page 196 - Our good people be not disturbed, letted or discouraged from any lawful recreation, such as Dancing (either men or women), Archery for men, Leaping, Vaulting, or any other such harmless...
Page 196 - Church ; and as for our good people's lawful recreation, our pleasure likewise is, that after the end of divine service our good people be not disturbed, letted or discouraged from any lawful recreation, such as dancing, either men or women ; archery for men, leaping, vaulting, or any other such harmless recreation, nor from having of May-games, Whitsun-ales, and Morris-dances ; and the setting up of May-poles and other sports therewith used : so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without...
Page 196 - God: prohibiting in like sort the said recreations to any that, though conform in religion, are not present in the church at the service of God, before their going to the said recreations.
Page 196 - And likewise we bar from this benefit and liberty all such known Recusants, either men or women, as will abstain from coming to church or divine service, being therefore unworthy of any lawful recreation after the said service, that will not first come to the church and serve God...
Page 180 - From Eddystone to Berwick bounds, from Lynn to Milford Bay. That time of slumber was as bright and busy as the day; For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly war-flame spread, High on St.
Page 196 - ... the setting up of maypoles and other sports therewith used: so as the same be had in due and convenient time, without impediment or neglect of divine service; and that women shall have leave to carry rushes to the church for the decorating of it, according to their old custom.
Page 197 - May, in the sixteenth year of our Reign, of England, France and Ireland; and of Scotland the one and fiftieth.
Page 152 - ... which caused the people greatly to murmur, and specially in Suffolk, for if the Duke of Norfolk had not wisely appeased them, no doubt but they had fallen to some rioting. When the king's council was advertised of...