 Asselin Fitz-Arthur stepped forth and forbade the burial to proceed : " The land where ye stand was once covered by my father's house, which this man for whom ye pray, while he was yet Duke of Normandy, took forcibly from my father, and, denying him all...  The Early and Middle Ages of England - Page 289by Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Henry Pearson - 1861 - 502 pages
...castles in defence ; the servants stripped the house of everything — arms, furniture, and dress — and fled. William's body lay naked in the deserted palace...sepulture, 1 How much of this last speech was invented by Orderic, is difficult to decide. I have extracted the parts that seem most in keeping with William's... | |
 | Charles Henry Pearson - 1867 - 706 pages
...funeral mass had been said, and the body was about to be lowered into the grave, Asselin Fitz- Arthur stepped forth and forbade the burial to proceed. "...claimant with sixty shillings for the place of sepulture, and a promise that the whole of his inheritance should be redeemed. Prince Henry has the credit of... | |
 | Charles Henry Pearson - 1867 - 732 pages
...funeral mass had been said, and the body was about to be lowered into the grave, Asselin Fitz- Arthur stepped forth and forbade the burial to proceed. "...statement-' and the bishops and barons were compelled to buy °ff the claimant with sixty shillings for the place of sepulture, and a promise that the whole of... | |
 | David Morris - 1879 - 586 pages
...was once .my father's house, which this man, when Duke of Normandy, took forcibly from my father. I forbid, in God's behalf, that the body of the spoiler...covered with my turf, or buried in my inheritance 1 ' The man's statements were proved to be true ; his claims were allowed ; and on the promise that... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1881 - 368 pages
...be taken to Caen, and a private gentleman, Herluin, defrayed the expenses. When the funeral mass 4 had been said, and the body was about to be lowered...claimant with sixty shillings for the place of sepulture, and a promise that the whole of his inheritance should be redeemed. Prince Henry has the credit of... | |
 | David Morris (B.A.) - 1883 - 176 pages
...was once my father's house, which this man, when Duke of Normandy, took forcibly from my father. I forbid, in God's behalf, that the body of the spoiler...with my turf, or buried in my inheritance ! ' The man's statements were proved to be true ; his claims were allowed ; and on the promise that the inheritance... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1893 - 460 pages
...be taken to Caen, and a private gentleman, Herluin, defrayed the expenses. WTien the funeral mass 4 had been said, and the body was about to be lowered...claimant with sixty shillings for the place of sepulture, and a promise that the whole of his inheritance should be redeemed. Prince Henry has the credit of... | |
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