A History of CambridgeshireE. Stock, 1897 - 306 pages |
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... Cambridge rebuilt - 832. Danish invasions begin 866. Danes " horsed " in East Anglia 867. Northumbria ravaged by Danes 870. On their return they destroy Ely and Soham , and conquer East Anglia . Murder of St. Edmund Burgraed , King of ...
... Cambridge rebuilt - 832. Danish invasions begin 866. Danes " horsed " in East Anglia 867. Northumbria ravaged by Danes 870. On their return they destroy Ely and Soham , and conquer East Anglia . Murder of St. Edmund Burgraed , King of ...
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... Cambridge , built in the Jewry 110 1133. Priory of St. Rhadegunde founded 1135. Stephen St. John's Hospital , Cambridge , founded - 1140. University of Paris begun ( ? ) - 119 113 - 116 121 1143. Geoffrey de Mandeville seizes Ely and ...
... Cambridge , built in the Jewry 110 1133. Priory of St. Rhadegunde founded 1135. Stephen St. John's Hospital , Cambridge , founded - 1140. University of Paris begun ( ? ) - 119 113 - 116 121 1143. Geoffrey de Mandeville seizes Ely and ...
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... Cambridge with King's Ditch Mayoralty of Cambridge inaugurated Merton College founded at Oxford 1268. Ely patriots crushed by Edward 1272. Edward I. 1284 . PAGE · 131 131 · 120 123 - 125 • 130 · 133 123 123 · 122 131 137 127 127 133 ...
... Cambridge with King's Ditch Mayoralty of Cambridge inaugurated Merton College founded at Oxford 1268. Ely patriots crushed by Edward 1272. Edward I. 1284 . PAGE · 131 131 · 120 123 - 125 • 130 · 133 123 123 · 122 131 137 127 127 133 ...
Page xvii
... Cambridge . Study of Greek introduced St. John's College founded 1514. Erasmus leaves Cambridge 1515. West , Bishop of Ely 1530. Sanction of " Divorce " by University 1533. Cranmer , Archbishop of Canterbury 1534. Papal supremacy cast ...
... Cambridge . Study of Greek introduced St. John's College founded 1514. Erasmus leaves Cambridge 1515. West , Bishop of Ely 1530. Sanction of " Divorce " by University 1533. Cranmer , Archbishop of Canterbury 1534. Papal supremacy cast ...
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... Cambridge 213 1570. Elizabethan Statutes 245 1573. Dr. Caius driven from Cambridge 210 1574. First plan of Cambridge 194 Wisbeach 212 210 1580. Survivors of Roman Catholic Hierarchy imprisoned at 1584. Emmanuel College founded 1585 ...
... Cambridge 213 1570. Elizabethan Statutes 245 1573. Dr. Caius driven from Cambridge 210 1574. First plan of Cambridge 194 Wisbeach 212 210 1580. Survivors of Roman Catholic Hierarchy imprisoned at 1584. Emmanuel College founded 1585 ...
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