The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... King Edward's nephew , was Earl of Hereford . We shall return to these castles later . ... ' Mr Freeman says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite ...
... King Edward's nephew , was Earl of Hereford . We shall return to these castles later . ... ' Mr Freeman says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite ...
Page 36
... king's barons have 112 houses in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the lands which the 1 These buildings formed part of a hunting lodge built in the reign of Edward III . , called ...
... king's barons have 112 houses in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the lands which the 1 These buildings formed part of a hunting lodge built in the reign of Edward III . , called ...
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... king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any trace of a motte . TOWCESTER ( Fig . 5 ) .- There is a motte at Towcester , but no direct evidence has yet been found for the existence of a Norman castle there ...
... king had a hall there , but there was never any castle , nor is there any trace of a motte . TOWCESTER ( Fig . 5 ) .- There is a motte at Towcester , but no direct evidence has yet been found for the existence of a Norman castle there ...
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... king of Mercia 1 It is really wonderful that the identification of Cledemuthan with the mouth of the Cleddy in Pembrokeshire could ever have been accepted by any sober historian . That Edward , whose whole time was fully occupied with ...
... king of Mercia 1 It is really wonderful that the identification of Cledemuthan with the mouth of the Cleddy in Pembrokeshire could ever have been accepted by any sober historian . That Edward , whose whole time was fully occupied with ...
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Ella S. Armitage. NOTTINGHAM 45 and his Witan begged of Ethelred , king of the West Saxons , and of Alfred his brother , that they would help them , that they might fight against the army . army . And then they went with the West Saxon ...
Ella S. Armitage. NOTTINGHAM 45 and his Witan begged of Ethelred , king of the West Saxons , and of Alfred his brother , that they would help them , that they might fight against the army . army . And then they went with the West Saxon ...
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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