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Canon Fowler , with which the volume commences , takes us back to very early times ; and the same may be said of Mr. Baring Gould's two papers on the Battle of Brunanburh and Eric Bloodaxe . Howden Church and manor house , which were ...
Canon Fowler , with which the volume commences , takes us back to very early times ; and the same may be said of Mr. Baring Gould's two papers on the Battle of Brunanburh and Eric Bloodaxe . Howden Church and manor house , which were ...
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6 In the earliest charters we find as witnesses not only canons , but chaplains and deacons . The chaplains officiated at particular altars , in connection with which chantries were afterwards founded , and the chantry priests are ...
6 In the earliest charters we find as witnesses not only canons , but chaplains and deacons . The chaplains officiated at particular altars , in connection with which chantries were afterwards founded , and the chantry priests are ...
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Next morning , early , Athelstan reviewed his host , and appointed Egill to command one wing and Thorolf the other . To this arrangement Egill did not readily consent . Said he : “ I have no desire to be parted from my brother .
Next morning , early , Athelstan reviewed his host , and appointed Egill to command one wing and Thorolf the other . To this arrangement Egill did not readily consent . Said he : “ I have no desire to be parted from my brother .
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He was well - -grown , and taller than any other man ; his hair grey as nose . fell and thick , but he was early bald. a wolf's The grief of my heart made my eyebrows To hang 26 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL JOURNAL .
He was well - -grown , and taller than any other man ; his hair grey as nose . fell and thick , but he was early bald. a wolf's The grief of my heart made my eyebrows To hang 26 THE YORKSHIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL JOURNAL .
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fell and thick , but he was early bald . And as he sat , as described , down went one of his brows towards his cheek , and the other up towards his hair . Egill was black - eyed and dusky - skinned . He would not drink , though it was ...
fell and thick , but he was early bald . And as he sat , as described , down went one of his brows towards his cheek , and the other up towards his hair . Egill was black - eyed and dusky - skinned . He would not drink , though it was ...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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Page 153 - L'Isle, his younger son. to enable him the better to serve the King in his wars.