Roman period to 1327W. Clowes, 1881 |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 69–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ xii
... Castle grounds - Moats - Keep - Pointing of Roman roads ... PAGE 124 CHAPTER VI . - SAXONS AND DANES . Roman rule withdrawn - Picts and Scots - Saxon treachery - Ben- sington and Wallingford taken - Conflicts between Saxons and Britons ...
... Castle grounds - Moats - Keep - Pointing of Roman roads ... PAGE 124 CHAPTER VI . - SAXONS AND DANES . Roman rule withdrawn - Picts and Scots - Saxon treachery - Ben- sington and Wallingford taken - Conflicts between Saxons and Britons ...
Էջ xiii
... Castle - Earl of Chester - Compromise proposed — Siege of Wallingford renewed - Duke Henry arrives from Normandy - Marches to Wallingford - Forts at Crow- marsh taken - Stephen and Henry prepare for battle - Earl of Arundel intercedes ...
... Castle - Earl of Chester - Compromise proposed — Siege of Wallingford renewed - Duke Henry arrives from Normandy - Marches to Wallingford - Forts at Crow- marsh taken - Stephen and Henry prepare for battle - Earl of Arundel intercedes ...
Էջ xiv
... Castle- Castle and honor descend to the king - Seizure of town- Restored - Municipal records . Edward II . - Castle and honor granted to Piers de Gaveston - His banishment - Tournament at the Castle - Results - Inquisition -Gaveston ...
... Castle- Castle and honor descend to the king - Seizure of town- Restored - Municipal records . Edward II . - Castle and honor granted to Piers de Gaveston - His banishment - Tournament at the Castle - Results - Inquisition -Gaveston ...
Էջ 5
... castle . Bishop Kennett , in his " Parochial Antiquities , " asks why may not Wallingford be Gallorum Transitus , and so called from the passage and defeat of Levius Gallus , colleague of Allectus , A.D. 294 ? And he refers to the ...
... castle . Bishop Kennett , in his " Parochial Antiquities , " asks why may not Wallingford be Gallorum Transitus , and so called from the passage and defeat of Levius Gallus , colleague of Allectus , A.D. 294 ? And he refers to the ...
Էջ 123
... Castle Hill , about half a mile from High Wycombe , bears evident traces of having been a British or Roman station . Vestiges of the outworks appear , and there are two fosses on the north and east sides . In 1827 ten British coins were ...
... Castle Hill , about half a mile from High Wycombe , bears evident traces of having been a British or Roman station . Vestiges of the outworks appear , and there are two fosses on the north and east sides . In 1827 ten British coins were ...
Common terms and phrases
2nd brass 3rd brass A.D. Emperor Abbey abbot Abingdon afterwards ancient Antoninus appears Atrebates Atrebatian Atrebatii authority barons Basset battle belonged Berks Berkshire Bishop Brien Fitzcount Britain British Britons Caerleon Cæsar called Calleva Calleva Atrebatum Camden Cassivellaunus Castle of Wallingford charter chief Church Cirencester coins Comius Conqueror considers Danes death denariis distance district Dobuni Domesday Book Dorchester Earl Edward England favour ford Gaul granted Henry Henry III Hill honour of Wallingford Horsley hundred Iter Itinerary John Julius Cæsar Kennett king king's kingdom land London lord manor mentioned miles Miles Crispin military neighbourhood Norman opinion Oxford Oxfordshire parish passage pence Plautius possession probably Ptolemy referred reign Richard river Thames Robert d'Oyley Roman road Roman station royal Saxon Chronicle says scutage Segontiaci shillings side Silchester Stephen Stukeley supposed territory took place town trace tribes Venta Vindomis Wallingford Castle West Saxons Wigod William Winchester
Սիրված հատվածներ
Էջ 156 - Cerdic; but was not sufficient to wrest from him the conquests which he had already made. He and his son Kenric, who succeeded him, established the kingdom of the West Saxons, or of Wessex, over the counties of Hants, Dorset, Wilts, Berks, and the Isle of Wight, and left their new-acquired dominions to their posterity. Cerdic died in 534, Kenric in 560.
Էջ 245 - They put knotted strings about men's heads and writhed them till they went into the brain. They put men into prisons where adders and snakes and toads were crawling, and so they tormented them. Some they put into a chest short and narrow and not deep, and that had sharp stones within, and forced men therein so that they broke all their limbs. In many of the castles were hateful and ^•rim things called rachenteges, which two or three men had enough to do to carry.
Էջ 327 - The Kyng of Alemaigne wende do ful wel, He saisede the mulne for a castel, With hare sharpe swerdes he grounde the stel, He wende that the sayles were mangonel To helpe Wyndesore, Richard, thah thou be ever, &c. The Kyng of Alemaigne gederede ys host, Makede him a castel of a mulne post, Wende with is prude, ant is muchele bost, Brohte from Alemayne mony sori gost To store Wyndesore.
Էջ 307 - Capella, and others. Given by the hand of the venerable father, R. Bishop of Chichester, our Chancellor, at Bruges, the first day of June, in the sixteenth year of our reign.
Էջ 204 - Adam, brother of Eudo, etc.* The inhabitants were to give to them information, upon oath, of the name of each manor, and that of its owner ; also by whom it was held in the time of Edward the Confessor ; the number of hides ; the quantity of wood, of pasture, and...
Էջ 296 - ... of Wallingford, or Nottingham, or Boulogne, or Lancaster, or from other escheats which are in our hands and are baronies, and he dies, his heir shall not give any other relief, nor do to us any other service than he would do to the baron, if that barony was in the hands of the baron ; and we will hold it in the same way as the baron held it.
Էջ 327 - Against slanderous reports or tales, to cause discord betwixt king and people.' (Westm. Primer, c. 34. anno 3. Edw. I.) That it had this effect is the opinion of an eminent writer : See ' Observations upon the Statutes, &c.
Էջ 182 - Both the name and the thing were new. To fortify a town, to build a citadel to protect a town, were processes with which England had long been familiar. To contribute to such necessary public works was one of the three immemorial obligations from which no Englishman could free...
Էջ 204 - ... when granted by King William, and at the time of this survey; also whether it was capable of improvement, or of being advanced in its value ; they were likewise directed to return the tenants of every degree, the quantity of lands then and formerly held by each of them, what was the number of villains or slaves, and also the number and kinds of their cattle and live stock.
Էջ 380 - Apostle, in the eleventh year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Edward