The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesSome portions of this book have already appeared in print. The rest of the work is entirely new. No serious attempt had been made to ascertain the exact nature of Saxon and Danish fortifications by a comparison of the existing remains with the historical records which have come down to us, until the publication of Mr Allcroft's valuable book on Earthwork of England. The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present volume were written before the appearance of his book, though the results arrived at are only slightly different. |
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s work we may conjecture from the passages in the Pipe Rolls , which show that between the years 1166 and 1173 he spent about £ 30 in enclosing the city of Canterbury and making a gate . We are therefore not without grounds for ...
s work we may conjecture from the passages in the Pipe Rolls , which show that between the years 1166 and 1173 he spent about £ 30 in enclosing the city of Canterbury and making a gate . We are therefore not without grounds for ...
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The first buildings were certainly of wood , but Mr Cox regarded some of the existing masonry on the motte as belonging to the 12th century ; and this would correspond with the entry in the Pipe Rolls of 102l .
The first buildings were certainly of wood , but Mr Cox regarded some of the existing masonry on the motte as belonging to the 12th century ; and this would correspond with the entry in the Pipe Rolls of 102l .
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There are no earthworks on the summit , 2 1 See Farrer's Lancashire Pipe Rolls , p . 385. The castle is not actually mentioned , but " le Baille " ( the bailey ) is spoken of . Mr Farrer also prints an abstract of a charter of Henry I.
There are no earthworks on the summit , 2 1 See Farrer's Lancashire Pipe Rolls , p . 385. The castle is not actually mentioned , but " le Baille " ( the bailey ) is spoken of . Mr Farrer also prints an abstract of a charter of Henry I.
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... and actually exceeding it in the area it covers , should be found in Colchester , is not surprising , because the Eastern counties at the time of the Conquest were not 1 See Farrer , Lancashire Pipe Rolls , i . , 260 .
... and actually exceeding it in the area it covers , should be found in Colchester , is not surprising , because the Eastern counties at the time of the Conquest were not 1 See Farrer , Lancashire Pipe Rolls , i . , 260 .
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4 The single Pipe Roll of Henry I. shows that he spent £ 33 , 15s . on repairs of the castle and borough in 1130 . In operatione unius Rogi ( a kiln ) , £ 13 , 18s . In reparatione muri castelli , £ 16 , 35. 2d .
4 The single Pipe Roll of Henry I. shows that he spent £ 33 , 15s . on repairs of the castle and borough in 1130 . In operatione unius Rogi ( a kiln ) , £ 13 , 18s . In reparatione muri castelli , £ 16 , 35. 2d .
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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