The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth: In the Counties of Stafford & WarwickJ. Thompson, 1845 - 520 páginas |
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... nearly twenty years ago , a " History of the Borough and Parish of Tamworth " was undertaken by John and Henry Wood Roby ; but only one part of the work , including the general history to the termination of the Anglo - Saxon domination ...
... nearly twenty years ago , a " History of the Borough and Parish of Tamworth " was undertaken by John and Henry Wood Roby ; but only one part of the work , including the general history to the termination of the Anglo - Saxon domination ...
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... nearly 400 years , the Romans abandoned them about the middle of the 5th century . Finding themselves unable to resist the incursions of their enemies , the Britons were at length compelled to call in the aid of the Saxons , a 1 Plott's ...
... nearly 400 years , the Romans abandoned them about the middle of the 5th century . Finding themselves unable to resist the incursions of their enemies , the Britons were at length compelled to call in the aid of the Saxons , a 1 Plott's ...
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... nearly forty years , was at last himself slain and his followers defeated , at Seccandune or Seckington , in a battle caused by the insurrection of his own army , headed by Beornred , one of the generals . This ambitious warrior seized ...
... nearly forty years , was at last himself slain and his followers defeated , at Seccandune or Seckington , in a battle caused by the insurrection of his own army , headed by Beornred , one of the generals . This ambitious warrior seized ...
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... nearly forty years , they were deterred from repeating their predatory visits , in consequence of a severe disaster that befel them in the following year . They came in a large fleet to Northumbria , and ravaged the whole country ...
... nearly forty years , they were deterred from repeating their predatory visits , in consequence of a severe disaster that befel them in the following year . They came in a large fleet to Northumbria , and ravaged the whole country ...
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... nearly forty years . The annalists give dreadful accounts of the ravages of the Danes ; and their narratives certainly have not been ex- aggerated . Their marches were accompanied by fire and slaughter , and famine followed in their ...
... nearly forty years . The annalists give dreadful accounts of the ravages of the Danes ; and their narratives certainly have not been ex- aggerated . Their marches were accompanied by fire and slaughter , and famine followed in their ...
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afterwards aged Amington amongst ancient arch bailiffs Baldwin baron bart bishop Bonehill borough Castle of Tamworth Charles charter Church Comberford corporation Coton Court rolls court-leet daughter decease died Drayton earl Edward Elizabeth Fazeley Francis Frevile garden George gift Gungate Hastings Heaberht heirs held Henry honour Hopwas Humphry impaling inhabitants It'm Joan John Ferrers John Vaughton Joseph Joseph Heath July king knight lady lands large paper Lichfield Lichfield-street lord Lord Charles Townshend maner manor March marquis Townshend Mary Mercian messuage Nicholas Parker p'te paid parish persons Philip de Marmyon Polesworth poor queen Ralph reign rent Repington Richard Robert de Marmyon royal Samuel Samuel Langley seyd side Sir Henry Gough sir John sir Robert Peel Stafford Staffordshire Thomas town Townshend vicar wall Walton-upon-Trent Warwick Warwickshire wife Wigginton William Willington Wilnecote window
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Página 93 - I am a barker*, sir, by my trade; Nowe tell me what art thou?
Página 94 - I thee; Thy foule cowe-hide I wolde not beare, If thou woldst give it to mee. The tanner hee tooke his good cowe-hide, That of the cow was hilt; 110 And threwe it upon the king's sadelle, That was soe fayrelye gilte.
Página 93 - Might beseeme a lord to weare." " I never stole them," quoth our king, " I tell you, sir, by the roode ; " " Then thou playest, as many an unthrift doth, And standest in midds of thy goode."1 " What tydinges heare you," sayd the kynge, " As you ryde farre and neare ? " " I heare no tydinges, sir, by the masse, But that cowe-hides are deare.
Página 96 - And soone before our king they came, And knelt downe on the grounde : Then might the tanner have beene awaye, He had lever than twentye pounde. A coller, a coller, here...
Página 94 - I sweare, so mote I thee: My horse is better than thy mare, And that thou well mayst see. "Yea, Sir, but Brocke is gentle and mild, And softly she will fare: Thy horse is unrulye and wild, I wiss; Aye skipping here and theare.
Página 424 - The Governors of the possessions, revenues and goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth in Sherborne in the county of Dorset.
Página 118 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Página 95 - And soone came lords, and soone came knights, Fast ryding over the hille. Nowe, out alas! the tanner he cryde, That ever I sawe this daye! Thou art a strong thiefe, yon come thy fellowes Will beare my cowe-hide away.
Página 93 - Fro the place where thou dost stand, The next payre of gallowes thou comest unto, Turne in upon thy right hand.
Página 24 - Kenelm's1 fate renown'd, I take my plaintive reed, and range the grove, And raise my lay, and bid the rocks resound The savage force of empire and of love. Fast...