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... hands will lay it aside before he has thoroughly imbibed the information and historical criticism contained in its two hundred pages . ' NOTES AND QUERIES . With 3 Maps . NEW YORK . BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT . The Editor of the Series was ...
... hands will lay it aside before he has thoroughly imbibed the information and historical criticism contained in its two hundred pages . ' NOTES AND QUERIES . With 3 Maps . NEW YORK . BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT . The Editor of the Series was ...
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... hands of the Conqueror ; but , as Edwin the Earl of Mercia submitted , Oxford probably submitted with its earl . Few towns suffered more , whether from a capture by storm ( of which there is no trace ) or through the oppression of ...
... hands of the Conqueror ; but , as Edwin the Earl of Mercia submitted , Oxford probably submitted with its earl . Few towns suffered more , whether from a capture by storm ( of which there is no trace ) or through the oppression of ...
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... hand of Robert d'Oilgi fell as heavily on the Church as it did on the townsmen . Outside the town lay a meadow belonging to the Abbey of Abingdon , suit- able for the exercise of the soldiers . Robert had already wiled away a fine manor ...
... hand of Robert d'Oilgi fell as heavily on the Church as it did on the townsmen . Outside the town lay a meadow belonging to the Abbey of Abingdon , suit- able for the exercise of the soldiers . Robert had already wiled away a fine manor ...
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... hands of the D'Oilgi family . This was the Priory , and afterwards Abbey , of Oseney , a little way out of the town , on an ' island in the Ouse ' - if that is the meaning of Oseney , and if Ouse was once a name for part of the Thames ...
... hands of the D'Oilgi family . This was the Priory , and afterwards Abbey , of Oseney , a little way out of the town , on an ' island in the Ouse ' - if that is the meaning of Oseney , and if Ouse was once a name for part of the Thames ...
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... order directed to the constable of the castle . At first all Jews had to be taken to London for burial , but they soon obtained leave to have burial - places nearer at hand ; and at Oxford , in 1177 , they EARLY OXFORD 23.
... order directed to the constable of the castle . At first all Jews had to be taken to London for burial , but they soon obtained leave to have burial - places nearer at hand ; and at Oxford , in 1177 , they EARLY OXFORD 23.
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