The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Volume 22A review of history, antiquities and topography in the county. |
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They were placed there as Margraves to defend the country against the attacks of the Scots and Danes and Norsemen , who ravaged the land , for they claimed a right to it , for in Northumbria they were the only colonists .
They were placed there as Margraves to defend the country against the attacks of the Scots and Danes and Norsemen , who ravaged the land , for they claimed a right to it , for in Northumbria they were the only colonists .
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Probably just before his death , Sir William constructed the ward outside the promontory to protect the entrance , this ward being defended by light walls of masonry and ...
Probably just before his death , Sir William constructed the ward outside the promontory to protect the entrance , this ward being defended by light walls of masonry and ...
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To defend the walls against this engine , the besieged would let down sacks filled with straw or wool by chains from the battlements . The Beffroi , or movable tower , could only with very great difficulty have been used against Kilton ...
To defend the walls against this engine , the besieged would let down sacks filled with straw or wool by chains from the battlements . The Beffroi , or movable tower , could only with very great difficulty have been used against Kilton ...
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At Castroggy and Grosmont there was no walling whatever , the ward being defended by large platforms of earth , which were probably stockaded . Denbigh , a much later example , erected in the reign of Edward I , has , however , an ...
At Castroggy and Grosmont there was no walling whatever , the ward being defended by large platforms of earth , which were probably stockaded . Denbigh , a much later example , erected in the reign of Edward I , has , however , an ...
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The foundations of this barbacan tower still remain . The entrance passage , 8 feet wide , would probably be defended by a meutriere at either end , and by a gate and portcullis . The tower appears to have measured 30 ...
The foundations of this barbacan tower still remain . The entrance passage , 8 feet wide , would probably be defended by a meutriere at either end , and by a gate and portcullis . The tower appears to have measured 30 ...
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Page 250 - Death. King Eirik had many people about him, for he kept many Northmen who had come with him from the East ; and also many of his friends had joined him from Norway. But as he had little land, he went on a cruise every summer, and plundered in Scotland, the Hebrides, Ireland, and Bretland, by which he gathered property. King Athelstan died on a sick bed, after a reign of fourteen years, eight weeks, and three days.* After him his brother Jatmund + was king of England, and he was no friend to the...
Page 237 - I and 4, argent three chevronels braced in base sable, on a chief of the second as many mullets of the first, Danby ; 2 and 3, gules six billets ermine, three, two, and one (Britlevile).
Page 55 - ... faciebat in carcere. Traxit se in medium carceris, et sibilabat fortiter : et factum : est lumen in carcere ab igne, qui exibat de ore draconis .... draco ore aperto posuit os suum super caput...
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Page 251 - and as the king went homewards, then the army of York overtook him ; the rear of the king's forces was at Chesterford, and there they made great slaughter. Then was the king so wrath that he would have marched his forces in again, and wholly destroyed the land.
Page 27 - Anlaf, over the ocean, in the ship's bosom, this land sought fated to the fight. Five lay on the battle-stead, youthful kings, by swords in slumber laid : so seven eke of Anlaf...
Page 81 - Thwing, together with a fair on the eve, day, and morrow of the Translation of...
Page 251 - Wilferth built. And as the king went homewards, then the army of York overtook him : the rear of the king's forces was at Chesterford ; and there they made great slaughter. Then was the king so wroth that he would have marched his forces in again and wholly destroyed the land. When the North-humbrian witan understood that, then forsook they Hyryc, and made compensation for the deed with king Eadred.
Page 230 - In ye name of God, amen. I, Elizabeth Scrop, late wife to my worshipfull lord, John newly lord Scrop...
Page 153 - L'Isle, his younger son. to enable him the better to serve the King in his wars.