The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of DoverLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 462 pages |
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... defence was founded on the theory that every able - bodied man should help in the defence of his country , and he ordered that half of the men of each shire should always be prepared for war whilst the other half should remain at hoine ...
... defence was founded on the theory that every able - bodied man should help in the defence of his country , and he ordered that half of the men of each shire should always be prepared for war whilst the other half should remain at hoine ...
Page 50
... defence of the Castle . The ill - feeling against the king came to a head in 1258 , when Henry , in spite of the fact that thousands of Englishmen were dying of starvation in consequence of a bad harvest , demanded one - third of the ...
... defence of the Castle . The ill - feeling against the king came to a head in 1258 , when Henry , in spite of the fact that thousands of Englishmen were dying of starvation in consequence of a bad harvest , demanded one - third of the ...
Page 57
... defence , excepting perhaps a sea wall . The earliest notice of a " wall tax " for Dover occurs shortly after this disaster , and it seems highly probable that the first walls were built about this time as a protection against any ...
... defence , excepting perhaps a sea wall . The earliest notice of a " wall tax " for Dover occurs shortly after this disaster , and it seems highly probable that the first walls were built about this time as a protection against any ...
Page 74
... defence . The year that Edward III . died was marked by a furious descent of the French upon the coast , and although Dover es- caped , Hastings , Rye , Winchelsea , Folkestone and several other towns were burned and sacked . The feud ...
... defence . The year that Edward III . died was marked by a furious descent of the French upon the coast , and although Dover es- caped , Hastings , Rye , Winchelsea , Folkestone and several other towns were burned and sacked . The feud ...
Page 80
... defence to this tower , at a cost of £ 15 . The receipts and expenditure of the corporation in 1365 amounted to something under £ 100 a year , and it is interesting to know that the money was chiefly raised by local taxes , called ...
... defence to this tower , at a cost of £ 15 . The receipts and expenditure of the corporation in 1365 amounted to something under £ 100 a year , and it is interesting to know that the money was chiefly raised by local taxes , called ...
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The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of Dover (Classic Reprint) Samuel Percy Hammond Statham No preview available - 2015 |
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