 | 1837
...usual place of rendezvous for the English army, and the county was exposed to all the evils of a border warfare. In 1237, "on the death of John Scot, the...Henry III. gave the daughters of the late earl other lands in lieu of the earldom, behig unwilling, as he said, to 'parcel out' so great an inheritance... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1837 - 1040 pages
...usual place of rendezvous for the English army, and the county was exposed to all the evils of a border warfare. In 1237, on the death of John Scot, the seventh...Henry III. gave the daughters of the late earl other lands in lieu of the earldom, being unwilling, as he said, to 'parcel out' so great an inheritance... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 584 pages
...and the county was exposed to all the evils of a border warfare. In 1237, on the death of John Scott, the seventh earl of Chester of the Norman line, without...male issue, Henry III. gave the daughters of the* hite earl other lands in lieu of the earldom, being unwilling, aa he said, to ' parcel out ' во great... | |
 | John Timbs - Historic buildings - 1872 - 602 pages
...the Welsh, the city was the usual place of rendezvous for the English army. In 1237, on the death of the seventh Earl of Chester of the Norman line, without...Henry III. gave the daughters of the late Earl other lands in lieu of the earldom, being unwilling, as he said, to parcel out so great an inheritance "among... | |
 | Richard Yeo - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1999 - 904 pages
...of government continued from the conquest till the reign of Henry III., a period of 171 years, when in 1237, on the death of John Scot, the seventh earl of the Norman line without male issue, Henry took the earldom into his own hands, and gave the daughters... | |
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Welsh, tliB city of Chester was the usual place of rendezvous for the English army, and the county was exposed to all the evils of a border warfare. In 1237, on the death of John Scot, the seventh earl of Chester of the Norman line, without male issue,... 