The Pelican History of England: The beginnings of English society, by D. Whitelock |
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Page 73
... hides , or a pound ; Oxford ought to send twenty men , but could buy itself free at the rate of a pound a man ; at Warwick ' when the king went by land ' , ten burgesses went on behalf of all the others ; Leicester supplied twelve . We ...
... hides , or a pound ; Oxford ought to send twenty men , but could buy itself free at the rate of a pound a man ; at Warwick ' when the king went by land ' , ten burgesses went on behalf of all the others ; Leicester supplied twelve . We ...
Page 76
... hides of land to the maintenance and manning of a fortress is based on the assumption that one man would come from each hide , and that eighty hides would be responsible for keeping in repair twenty poles of the wall . The laws of the ...
... hides of land to the maintenance and manning of a fortress is based on the assumption that one man would come from each hide , and that eighty hides would be responsible for keeping in repair twenty poles of the wall . The laws of the ...
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... hide of land , for there was a widespread feeling that a property of five hides was necessary before a man began to be regarded above his class as a churl . A charter of King Ethelred in 984 men- tions a ' rustic ' who had had eight hides ...
... hide of land , for there was a widespread feeling that a property of five hides was necessary before a man began to be regarded above his class as a churl . A charter of King Ethelred in 984 men- tions a ' rustic ' who had had eight hides ...
Contents
PREFACE | 7 |
THE BONDS OF SOCIETY | 29 |
THE KING AND HIS COURT | 48 |
Copyright | |
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