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... King at Oxford . ' For suggestions as to the revision of the text my best thanks are due to the Editors , to Mr. Madan , and to other friends ; and I am further indebted to Mr. Madan for the use of many pamphlets . As to the meaning of ...
... King at Oxford . ' For suggestions as to the revision of the text my best thanks are due to the Editors , to Mr. Madan , and to other friends ; and I am further indebted to Mr. Madan for the use of many pamphlets . As to the meaning of ...
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... King Ead- weard took to himself Lundenbyrg and Oxnaford and all the lands that were obedient thereto . ' Eadweard thus held the valley of the Thames ; for it was not only the cities , but their lands that he had taken , and these could ...
... King Ead- weard took to himself Lundenbyrg and Oxnaford and all the lands that were obedient thereto . ' Eadweard thus held the valley of the Thames ; for it was not only the cities , but their lands that he had taken , and these could ...
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... king of Mercia , had welded Middle England into one kingdom . For a moment his defeat by Oswiu of Northumbria broke the Mercian power , but Wulfhere ( 657-675 ) soon restored it , got down to the western sea at Chester , beat the men of ...
... king of Mercia , had welded Middle England into one kingdom . For a moment his defeat by Oswiu of Northumbria broke the Mercian power , but Wulfhere ( 657-675 ) soon restored it , got down to the western sea at Chester , beat the men of ...
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... kings of Wessex about 675 , claimed to have a charter from him to confirm previous grants of its possessions . These formed a belt round Oxford on the southern and western sides , extending to the river itself , and were so ... King 6 OXFORD.
... kings of Wessex about 675 , claimed to have a charter from him to confirm previous grants of its possessions . These formed a belt round Oxford on the southern and western sides , extending to the river itself , and were so ... King 6 OXFORD.
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Charles William Boase. bald , who in 736 expressly calls himself ' King of the Mercians and the Southangles . ' Offa ( 757-96 ) became the greatest king of his day in England , beat the men of Wessex at Bensington , near Oxford , in 779 ...
Charles William Boase. bald , who in 736 expressly calls himself ' King of the Mercians and the Southangles . ' Offa ( 757-96 ) became the greatest king of his day in England , beat the men of Wessex at Bensington , near Oxford , in 779 ...
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