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But cannon were not easily available and the older engines were in effective use in C16 and after ( the defenders of Pontefract in the Civil War seem to have used ' petrarii ' as well as muskets ) . CAPHOUSE Gabled turret , often ...
But cannon were not easily available and the older engines were in effective use in C16 and after ( the defenders of Pontefract in the Civil War seem to have used ' petrarii ' as well as muskets ) . CAPHOUSE Gabled turret , often ...
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Engines lands at Wolviston , possessed his own seal and a relic of St Cuthbert . Henry II employed Maurice who probably designed the great keeps of Dover and Newcastle . During the course of his employment at Dover his salary was raised ...
Engines lands at Wolviston , possessed his own seal and a relic of St Cuthbert . Henry II employed Maurice who probably designed the great keeps of Dover and Newcastle . During the course of his employment at Dover his salary was raised ...
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Sieges , Notable Henry caused siege engines to be carted from Lincoln and Northampton across Oxfordshire while others were built on the spot by carpenters who had ridden post - haste by day and night from the royal stronghold at Windsor ...
Sieges , Notable Henry caused siege engines to be carted from Lincoln and Northampton across Oxfordshire while others were built on the spot by carpenters who had ridden post - haste by day and night from the royal stronghold at Windsor ...
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