The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of DoverLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 462 pages |
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... died soon after his appointment . Caius Suetonius Paullinus was immediately made proprætor , and his first work was to complete the conquest of the West by an attack on Mona ( Anglesey ) , the last great centre of Druidical worship ...
... died soon after his appointment . Caius Suetonius Paullinus was immediately made proprætor , and his first work was to complete the conquest of the West by an attack on Mona ( Anglesey ) , the last great centre of Druidical worship ...
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... died fighting was received by their God Odin in Valhalla , where a perpetual battle was waged between the immortal dead . All wounds received during the fierce strife were healed each night in order that all might partake of the daily ...
... died fighting was received by their God Odin in Valhalla , where a perpetual battle was waged between the immortal dead . All wounds received during the fierce strife were healed each night in order that all might partake of the daily ...
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... died in 1053 , and was succeeded by Harold , his second son , who died at Senlac in 1066 . There are very few documents which throw any light upon the condition of the towns in England during the Saxon period , but we are fortunate in ...
... died in 1053 , and was succeeded by Harold , his second son , who died at Senlac in 1066 . There are very few documents which throw any light upon the condition of the towns in England during the Saxon period , but we are fortunate in ...
Page 50
... dying of starvation in consequence of a bad harvest , demanded one - third of the whole revenue of England for the Pope . The " Mad Parlia- ment appointed a committee of twenty - four to reform 50 THE HISTORY OF DOVER .
... dying of starvation in consequence of a bad harvest , demanded one - third of the whole revenue of England for the Pope . The " Mad Parlia- ment appointed a committee of twenty - four to reform 50 THE HISTORY OF DOVER .
Page 71
... dying without awaiting judgment , for which reason the Constable , mayor and bailiffs took their lands and goods into the king's hands . The king now orders them not to intermeddle further with the said lands and goods . " One of the ...
... dying without awaiting judgment , for which reason the Constable , mayor and bailiffs took their lands and goods into the king's hands . The king now orders them not to intermeddle further with the said lands and goods . " One of the ...
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