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... lands that were obedient thereto . ' Eadweard thus held the valley of the Thames ; for it was not only the cities ... land , but boats passed easily along the river . It was while keeping watch over this frontier that Eadweard died in ...
... lands that were obedient thereto . ' Eadweard thus held the valley of the Thames ; for it was not only the cities ... land , but boats passed easily along the river . It was while keeping watch over this frontier that Eadweard died in ...
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... lands which send off the Avon to the west , the Nene , Welland , and Ouse to the east . That Oxford was already important before 912 is shown by its being coupled with London as necessary to secure the obedience of Mercia or Middle ...
... lands which send off the Avon to the west , the Nene , Welland , and Ouse to the east . That Oxford was already important before 912 is shown by its being coupled with London as necessary to secure the obedience of Mercia or Middle ...
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... land met to settle their differences , to feast together and forget their wrongs over the mead and ale , or to devise treacherous murder , and close the banquet with fire and sword . ' In the eleventh century important national assem ...
... land met to settle their differences , to feast together and forget their wrongs over the mead and ale , or to devise treacherous murder , and close the banquet with fire and sword . ' In the eleventh century important national assem ...
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... land in the city well known under the name of Oxnaford , to the use of the monks at the place called Abbandun . ' The existence of a Hustings court at Oxford , as at York , Lincoln , and London , seems to imply a Danish element in the ...
... land in the city well known under the name of Oxnaford , to the use of the monks at the place called Abbandun . ' The existence of a Hustings court at Oxford , as at York , Lincoln , and London , seems to imply a Danish element in the ...
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... Land one carucate ( ploughland ) . There is one plough team and a half , and twenty - three men have small gardens . There are forty acres of meadow . It was worth twenty shillings , now it is worth forty . This land has not paid geld ...
... Land one carucate ( ploughland ) . There is one plough team and a half , and twenty - three men have small gardens . There are forty acres of meadow . It was worth twenty shillings , now it is worth forty . This land has not paid geld ...
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