A History, Military and Municipal, of the Ancient Borough of the Devizes: And, Subordinately, of the Entire Hundred of Potterne and Cannings, in which it is Included |
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Page 5
... now known as Bishops Cannings , — that immediately beyond these limits a
new town having sprung up became subject to Alfred ' s fostering care , and the
site of one of those numerous castles which he began to build but could not
induce ...
... now known as Bishops Cannings , — that immediately beyond these limits a
new town having sprung up became subject to Alfred ' s fostering care , and the
site of one of those numerous castles which he began to build but could not
induce ...
Page 24
Was there anything contiguous to his property which might be advantageous to
him , he speedily became possessed of it either by entreaty or purchase , or
these failing , by force . With unrivalled magnificence in their construction , as our
...
Was there anything contiguous to his property which might be advantageous to
him , he speedily became possessed of it either by entreaty or purchase , or
these failing , by force . With unrivalled magnificence in their construction , as our
...
Page 25
He was not insensible of his great power ; and somewhat more harshly than
became such a character did he abuse the favours of Heaven . ” The Bishop ' s
four principal castles were those of Old Sarum ( there was then no New Sarum ) ...
He was not insensible of his great power ; and somewhat more harshly than
became such a character did he abuse the favours of Heaven . ” The Bishop ' s
four principal castles were those of Old Sarum ( there was then no New Sarum ) ...
Page 30
This affair being accomplished , Henry immediately after affianced his daughter
to Geoffrey son of Fulke Earl of Anjou , the eldest son of which marriage
afterwards became Henry II . of England . Thus matters remained in reference to
the ...
This affair being accomplished , Henry immediately after affianced his daughter
to Geoffrey son of Fulke Earl of Anjou , the eldest son of which marriage
afterwards became Henry II . of England . Thus matters remained in reference to
the ...
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For a brief period , indeed , Roger was treated with all the consideration he had
ever enjoyed , and his son Roger , surnamed “ Pauper , " became Stephen ' s
High Chancellor : but the mere possibility of the lordly owner of four castles again
...
For a brief period , indeed , Roger was treated with all the consideration he had
ever enjoyed , and his son Roger , surnamed “ Pauper , " became Stephen ' s
High Chancellor : but the mere possibility of the lordly owner of four castles again
...
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| Title | A History, Military and Municipal, of the Ancient Borough of the Devizes: And, Subordinately, of the Entire Hundred of Potterne and Cannings, in which it is Included |
| Author | Henry Bull |
| Publisher | Longman, 1859 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 602 pages |
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