The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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Page 11
... court type were the work of the Anglo- Saxons , the question resolves itself into another , namely , Did the Anglo - Saxons build castles ? As far as we know , they did not ; and although to prove a negative we can only bring negative ...
... court type were the work of the Anglo- Saxons , the question resolves itself into another , namely , Did the Anglo - Saxons build castles ? As far as we know , they did not ; and although to prove a negative we can only bring negative ...
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... court of Edward the Confessor , because he would not obey the king's order to punish the men of Dover for insulting Count Eustace of Boulogne , we do not hear that he retired to his castle , or that his sons fortified their castles ...
... court of Edward the Confessor , because he would not obey the king's order to punish the men of Dover for insulting Count Eustace of Boulogne , we do not hear that he retired to his castle , or that his sons fortified their castles ...
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... court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the use of the word timbrian , which does not exclusively mean to build in wood , ' does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the square or ...
... court . We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the use of the word timbrian , which does not exclusively mean to build in wood , ' does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the square or ...
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... courts appertaining to Chester Abbey.1 Thus the fortification appears to be of manorial use , though this does not preclude the possi- bility of an earlier origin . On the other hand , if Bromborough is the same as Brunanburh , where ...
... courts appertaining to Chester Abbey.1 Thus the fortification appears to be of manorial use , though this does not preclude the possi- bility of an earlier origin . On the other hand , if Bromborough is the same as Brunanburh , where ...
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... Court Yard are at least suggestive . " Bakewell was the seat of jurisdiction for the High Peak Hundred in medieval times . * 1 Whitaker's History of Manchester , i . , 43 . 2 Trans . of Lanc . and Chesh . Hist . and Ant . Soc . , v ...
... Court Yard are at least suggestive . " Bakewell was the seat of jurisdiction for the High Peak Hundred in medieval times . * 1 Whitaker's History of Manchester , i . , 43 . 2 Trans . of Lanc . and Chesh . Hist . and Ant . Soc . , v ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer