The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Volume 22Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1913 A review of history, antiquities and topography in the county. |
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... floor were cellars , store rooms , and granaries ; on the first floor was the Great Hall , buttery , bakery , and the sleeping apartment of the waiting maids and children . The lord and lady of the castle appear to have slept on the ...
... floor were cellars , store rooms , and granaries ; on the first floor was the Great Hall , buttery , bakery , and the sleeping apartment of the waiting maids and children . The lord and lady of the castle appear to have slept on the ...
Page 110
... floor level , and have contained small mural bedchambers . The east face of the tower projects some 28 feet beyond the northern curtain . Some very fine ashlar work still remains here . The bold plinth already referred to is conspicuous ...
... floor level , and have contained small mural bedchambers . The east face of the tower projects some 28 feet beyond the northern curtain . Some very fine ashlar work still remains here . The bold plinth already referred to is conspicuous ...
Page 111
... floor still exists , and a large part of the tower is some 34 feet above exterior ground level . A bold plinth is ... floor level at the point where the apse commences . The writer has in his possession a photograph of this tower taken ...
... floor still exists , and a large part of the tower is some 34 feet above exterior ground level . A bold plinth is ... floor level at the point where the apse commences . The writer has in his possession a photograph of this tower taken ...
Page 114
... floor , approached from the narrow court - yard by an exter- nal flight of steps , probably wooden , would afford accommoda- tion for the inferior domestics , for additional in - living retainers during a period of intestinal warfare or ...
... floor , approached from the narrow court - yard by an exter- nal flight of steps , probably wooden , would afford accommoda- tion for the inferior domestics , for additional in - living retainers during a period of intestinal warfare or ...
Page 114
... floor room of the north- west tower , still remains . The west wall stands to a height of some 18 feet for a distance of about 33 feet from the north - west tower . The facing stones have all been wrenched away , and the wall is covered ...
... floor room of the north- west tower , still remains . The west wall stands to a height of some 18 feet for a distance of about 33 feet from the north - west tower . The facing stones have all been wrenched away , and the wall is covered ...
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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.