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... king of all England ; how the Danes did great mischief to the people ; how Alfred after much trouble drove them away ... Henry in his castle ; how William was killed by Walter Tyrrel ; and how London Bridge and Westminster Hall were built in ...
... king of all England ; how the Danes did great mischief to the people ; how Alfred after much trouble drove them away ... Henry in his castle ; how William was killed by Walter Tyrrel ; and how London Bridge and Westminster Hall were built in ...
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... king ; and of the civil wars in his reign CHAPTER XVIII . HENRY II . - 1154 to 1189 . 51 How Henry the Second did many good things for England ; how the gentry went hawking ; how Strongbow con- quered a great part of Ireland ; and how ...
... king ; and of the civil wars in his reign CHAPTER XVIII . HENRY II . - 1154 to 1189 . 51 How Henry the Second did many good things for England ; how the gentry went hawking ; how Strongbow con- quered a great part of Ireland ; and how ...
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... King Richard be- haved cruelly to his uncles ; how he was forced to give up the crown to his cousin Henry of Hereford , and was killed at Pomfret . CHAPTER XXIX . Page 96 HENRY IV . - 1399 to 1413 . How Henry the Fourth had a dispute ...
... King Richard be- haved cruelly to his uncles ; how he was forced to give up the crown to his cousin Henry of Hereford , and was killed at Pomfret . CHAPTER XXIX . Page 96 HENRY IV . - 1399 to 1413 . How Henry the Fourth had a dispute ...
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... King Henry seized the convents and turned out the monks and nuns ; how he called himself Supreme Head of the Church ... King's favour , but afterwards imprisoned and put to death , because he would not do every- thing the King wished ...
... King Henry seized the convents and turned out the monks and nuns ; how he called himself Supreme Head of the Church ... King's favour , but afterwards imprisoned and put to death , because he would not do every- thing the King wished ...
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... HENRY II . 32 .. 41 42 56 KING RICHARD I. MADE PRISONER BY THE DUKE OF AUSTRIA 66 PRINCE ARTHUR AND HUBERT 69 KING JOHN SIGNING MAGNA CHARTA 71 .... DEATH OF LLEWELLYN , LAST OF THE WELSH PRINCES EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE WAITING ON JOHN KING ...
... HENRY II . 32 .. 41 42 56 KING RICHARD I. MADE PRISONER BY THE DUKE OF AUSTRIA 66 PRINCE ARTHUR AND HUBERT 69 KING JOHN SIGNING MAGNA CHARTA 71 .... DEATH OF LLEWELLYN , LAST OF THE WELSH PRINCES EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE WAITING ON JOHN KING ...
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