The barons' war, including the battles of Lewes and EveshamBell and Daldy, 1871 - 390 pages |
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... young Prince were swayed by his prudence ; nor did the defects of the King's character become apparent , until deprived of this statesman . This Earl , by his marriage with the heiress of Strongbow , the conqueror of Ireland , had ...
... young Prince were swayed by his prudence ; nor did the defects of the King's character become apparent , until deprived of this statesman . This Earl , by his marriage with the heiress of Strongbow , the conqueror of Ireland , had ...
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... young Princess was brought over by her uncle , William , Count of Champagne , an artful man , who soon acquired great influence over the King , and from this time all patronage was in the hands of the Queen's relations and adherents ...
... young Princess was brought over by her uncle , William , Count of Champagne , an artful man , who soon acquired great influence over the King , and from this time all patronage was in the hands of the Queen's relations and adherents ...
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... young Earl of Warenne and Surrey ' , by which Lewes Castle also came under his extended influence in Sussex , a circumstance which may have decided the King , at a later period , in the selection of that county for his field of battle ...
... young Earl of Warenne and Surrey ' , by which Lewes Castle also came under his extended influence in Sussex , a circumstance which may have decided the King , at a later period , in the selection of that county for his field of battle ...
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... young nobles , implying the enjoyment of their estates , the direction of their education , and the disposal of their mar- 1 Waleran the Hunter - sepulchral slab at Steeple Langford , Wilts.- Arch . Journal , 1858 , p . 75 . 2 M. Par ...
... young nobles , implying the enjoyment of their estates , the direction of their education , and the disposal of their mar- 1 Waleran the Hunter - sepulchral slab at Steeple Langford , Wilts.- Arch . Journal , 1858 , p . 75 . 2 M. Par ...
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... young and not grown to his full strength , he got " egregiously cudgelled2 " by the tough veterans . His command of Hertford Castle gave him the opportu- nity , in a hunting - party , of first poaching in the Bishop of have been his or ...
... young and not grown to his full strength , he got " egregiously cudgelled2 " by the tough veterans . His command of Hertford Castle gave him the opportu- nity , in a hunting - party , of first poaching in the Bishop of have been his or ...
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