The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; BuckinghamshireT. Maiden, 1801 - Architecture |
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... battle was fought here , between the Saxon , Cuthwolf , and the Britons . The latter were defeated , and obliged to deliver up several of their towns to the haughty conqueror . The Danes , in the reign of Edward the Elder , having ...
... battle was fought here , between the Saxon , Cuthwolf , and the Britons . The latter were defeated , and obliged to deliver up several of their towns to the haughty conqueror . The Danes , in the reign of Edward the Elder , having ...
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... battle of Eversham , in the reign of Henry the Third , when John , the then possessor , having joined the re- bellious barons , was slain in the field . His estates were confisca ted , and given to Prince Edward , to whose great ...
... battle of Eversham , in the reign of Henry the Third , when John , the then possessor , having joined the re- bellious barons , was slain in the field . His estates were confisca ted , and given to Prince Edward , to whose great ...
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... duke . He was honored with this title by his nephew , Henry the Seventh , whom he had rescued from imminent danger at the battle of Bosworth Field . It It afterwards reverted to an earldom , and was bestowed 14 BEDFORDSHIRE .
... duke . He was honored with this title by his nephew , Henry the Seventh , whom he had rescued from imminent danger at the battle of Bosworth Field . It It afterwards reverted to an earldom , and was bestowed 14 BEDFORDSHIRE .
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... battle of Tewkesbury . He was appointed by the general , John , Earl of Somerset , to command what was called the middle ward of the army . When Somerset , who led the van , found himself unsupported in the fierce attack he had made ...
... battle of Tewkesbury . He was appointed by the general , John , Earl of Somerset , to command what was called the middle ward of the army . When Somerset , who led the van , found himself unsupported in the fierce attack he had made ...
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... battle of St. Alban's , wherein he was dreadfully wounded ; yet , with the fickleness of the times , he joined the duke of York in the year 1459 , and was in consequence attainted by the Lancastrian parliament . In Tow- ton field he ...
... battle of St. Alban's , wherein he was dreadfully wounded ; yet , with the fickleness of the times , he joined the duke of York in the year 1459 , and was in consequence attainted by the Lancastrian parliament . In Tow- ton field he ...
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