The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Volume 22Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1913 A review of history, antiquities and topography in the county. |
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... Northumbria to himself . " Alfgeir went to Athelstan , and told him how ill it had fared with him . And when King Athelstan heard that so mighty an army had invaded his land , he at once summoned troops to his aid , and sent word to the ...
... Northumbria to himself . " Alfgeir went to Athelstan , and told him how ill it had fared with him . And when King Athelstan heard that so mighty an army had invaded his land , he at once summoned troops to his aid , and sent word to the ...
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... Northumbria . to prevent the junction of Olaf with Constantine . Olaf sailed through the Straits of Dover , and arriving in the mouth of the Humber , as Simeon of Durham tells us , there disembarked the remainder of his army . In the ...
... Northumbria . to prevent the junction of Olaf with Constantine . Olaf sailed through the Straits of Dover , and arriving in the mouth of the Humber , as Simeon of Durham tells us , there disembarked the remainder of his army . In the ...
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... Northumbria . Once more the delegates solicited a delay of three days , and this was accorded ; and on this occasion Olaf sent some of his own men with the ambassadors . They met Athelstan " in the burgh that was nearest to the heath on ...
... Northumbria . Once more the delegates solicited a delay of three days , and this was accorded ; and on this occasion Olaf sent some of his own men with the ambassadors . They met Athelstan " in the burgh that was nearest to the heath on ...
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... Northumbria , and after his death , which took place two years later , the Danish King of Dublin was able again to assert , and in a measure maintain , his claim over it . SOME OLD WEST RIDING MILESTONES . BY JOHN J. BRIGG THE BATTLE OF ...
... Northumbria , and after his death , which took place two years later , the Danish King of Dublin was able again to assert , and in a measure maintain , his claim over it . SOME OLD WEST RIDING MILESTONES . BY JOHN J. BRIGG THE BATTLE OF ...
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... Northumbrian peel - tower . Aldborough , therefore , had taken the peel tower type of plan , and tacked on to it a spacious wing for the kitchen and buttery , with retainers ' bedrooms above -an evidence of the growing luxury of the age ...
... Northumbrian peel - tower . Aldborough , therefore , had taken the peel tower type of plan , and tacked on to it a spacious wing for the kitchen and buttery , with retainers ' bedrooms above -an evidence of the growing luxury of the age ...
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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...
Page 84 - Aquitaine, to archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, ministers and all his bailiffs and faithful, greeting. Know ye that we have granted and by this our charter confirmed to our beloved...
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.