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Old and New London
… and a sham; so his body was taken up and submitted to the ordeal of a coroner's inquest. It was identified beyond …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… she had been aspersed, underwent the trial of the fiery ordeal in the cathedral, without, as is stated, receiving the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 12 s. 4 d. paid in 1175 for blessing the ditches for the ordeal (by water) and cost of doing justice on those villeins …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Queen Emma, mother of that monarch, from the reputed fiery ordeal which she underwent in Winchester cathedral. In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… relations with Edward's mother Emma and her trial by ordeal, Ann. Mon. (Rolls Ser.), ii. 215; Dugdale, Mon. i. …